WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life

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Take a profound and distant journey. Call it Deep Travel, Immersive Travel, Slow Travel, or Vagabonding. Francis Tapon guides you to the intersection of travel, technology, and transformation. The podcast will compel you to go beyond your comfort zone. Occasionally, you‘ll also delve into the misunderstood world of cryptocurrencies.

Recent Episodes
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    Apr 25, 2025 – 11:26
  • Does Tech Impact on Our Desire to Explore? Is Exploration Required for Fulfillment?
    Apr 18, 2025 – 08:31
  • Michael Zervos Will Soon Be The Fastest Person To Travel To Every Country
    Apr 8, 2025 – 33:09
  • Is There An Explorer's Gene? Alex Hutchinson Responds
    Apr 4, 2025 – 15:21
  • Who is Most Traveled People Founder Charles Veley?
    Mar 29, 2025 – 12:43
  • What's different about outer space today?
    Mar 21, 2025 – 16:08
  • Nothing is Ever Very Full or Very Unique
    Mar 13, 2025 – 00:50
  • USA Champs vs. World Champions
    Mar 7, 2025 – 00:44
  • Space Business with Authors of 'Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier'
    Mar 1, 2025 – 33:53
  • Nobody is Humbled When They Say, "I'm Humbled..."
    Feb 20, 2025 – 01:35
  • Are Vegans Unhealthy?
    Feb 14, 2025 – 11:54
  • Tips on Taking Baby Steps To Becoming Vegan
    Feb 7, 2025 – 16:42
  • What Do Vegans Think about Lab-Grown Meat?
    Jan 31, 2025 – 14:19
  • Does Going Vegan Have To Suck?
    Jan 24, 2025 – 27:16
  • DB Cooper's Background & the Cash Found at Tena Bar
    Jan 17, 2025 – 37:21
  • DB Cooper's Planning, Prep, & Precursors
    Jan 10, 2025 – 21:36
  • Jimmy Carter's 2024 death fulfills my prediction
    Dec 30, 2024 – 01:00
  • 2025 Predictions about Bitcoin, Trump, Ukraine, Unemployment, Economy, Stocks, & more
    Dec 27, 2024 – 10:39
  • How the FBI Screwed Up the DB Cooper and Flight 305 Case
    Dec 21, 2024 – 35:44
  • 2/3 of the way to visiting every country faster than anyone else
    Dec 13, 2024 – 18:19
  • Fastest Traveler Reflects On Ukraine, Palestine, & USA Election
    Dec 10, 2024 – 19:23
  • I Ate Durian: the fruit that smells like sh*t
    Dec 6, 2024 – 01:47
  • You're Wrong! You CAN compare X with Y!
    Nov 30, 2024 – 01:21
  • Ege's Dad Was Killed When She Was 5. How To Forgive?
    Nov 15, 2024 – 10:02
  • Radical Forgiveness Therapy with Ege Riiitsalu
    Nov 8, 2024 – 10:42
  • Is Voting for a Third-Party Candidate Throwing Away Your Vote?
    Oct 30, 2024 – 11:10
  • Following Sunshine with Niamh McAnally
    Oct 25, 2024 – 12:24
  • Sandy Irvine's Foot Found on Everest! Analysis with Dr. Robert Edwards
    Oct 14, 2024 – 41:26
  • Snow Kiting Across Greenland + 4 First Ascents with Eric Gilbertson!
    Oct 11, 2024 – 25:55
  • 2 K2 & Everest Climbers Swap Mountain Stories
    Oct 4, 2024 – 19:06
  • Talking with a Dane About Greenland
    Sep 27, 2024 – 08:42
  • What's Your Travel Style?
    Sep 20, 2024 – 10:50
  • Harris-Trump Debate + Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari covers the entire information age
    Sep 11, 2024 – 18:16
  • Why You Should Revisit Countries You Disliked
    Sep 6, 2024 – 17:59
  • 8 Years of Misadventures in Africa | Extraordinary Travel Festival
    Aug 30, 2024 – 57:01
  • Meeting Elephants in Chiang Mai, Thailand
    Aug 23, 2024 – 04:07
  • Extraordinary Travel Festival Host Ric Gazarian #Thailand & #ETF2
    Aug 16, 2024 – 13:39
  • The Radio Vagabond on Geopolitics - Harris vs. Trump, Ukraine, Taiwan, & Gaza
    Aug 7, 2024 – 17:28
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    Aug 2, 2024 – 02:24
  • Are the Smiles in Thailand Fake?
    Jul 26, 2024 – 02:08
  • Carnival Magic: Thailand's largest & most colorful amusement park, located in Phuket!
    Jul 19, 2024 – 07:20
  • Why Go To Thailand
    Jul 12, 2024 – 14:04
  • 300th Episode! Listen To The Most Popular Episode!
    Jul 4, 2024 – 46:28
  • He's Seen Most of Countries in Less Than a Year - Michael Zervos
    Jun 27, 2024 – 19:08
  • How To Travel in Africa with Young Kids
    Jun 21, 2024 – 07:34
  • Family of 4 Traveling Nonstop to 29 Countries with Margaret Bensfield Sullivan, Following the Sun book author
    Jun 14, 2024 – 19:50
  • Kommu: Alternative to Airbnb, TrustedHousesitters, & Couchsurfing
    Jun 7, 2024 – 39:14
  • Did Mallory & Irvine Summit Everest 100 years ago? Author Dr. Robert Edwards investigates
    Jun 1, 2024 – 35:00
  • Surviving a Plane Crash That Killed the Pilot
    May 24, 2024 – 22:05
  • 5 Best Backpacking Gear Tips from Gossamer Gear's Founder
    May 17, 2024 – 06:29
Recent Reviews
  • amquin72
    Phenomenal!!!
    Francis is very entertaining and funny. I truly enjoy listening to him.
  • Artist Mary
    Brilliant show
    I related to this as a visual artist too. Allowing for the quiet spaces to digest the material spoke to me enormously.
  • rg67777
    A Unique Point Of View
    Francis offers a unique perspective and strong opinions which makes WanderLearn one of the podcasts that I subscribe to. Francis is an accomplished traveler and an excellent storyteller.
  • REVictoriaC
    Eclectic Mix of Fascinating Topics
    Francis Tapon’s podcast has outstanding audio production. His voice is pleasant to listen to. He covers a wide range of topics and always offers a fresh and original perspective. He will challenge the status quo. I’ve become one of his Patrons on Patreon. You must subscribe to his podcast!
  • greenfrogz345
    Good entertainment and educational
    I’ve been a long time fan of his books and videos. He’s actually one of the people that inspired me to hike thru the PCT and live an adventurous traveler lifestyle. I really enjoy his storytelling abilities and he also integrates facts and interesting history about countries he’s traveled in. Francis has a multicultural perspective knowing french and American culture and pointing out strengths and weaknesses in how people are in other countries. Travelling in every African country for 5 years is impressive and shows the patience and dedication he has to accomplish his goals and write good travel books. I’m also into cryptocurrency trading and appreciate the information he shares in the show. Some guests can be kind of strange most are pretty good and share funny stories and experiences. Some more episodes on traveling in Central Asia would be nice.
  • Ceci Ordo
    Takes you beyond travel
    Francis interviews many travel experts but also goes beyond typical travel tips and tricks. He talks about Bitcoin, pandemics, spirituality, and a broad assortment of other topics. I love him!
  • DC Qranky
    Authentic, "well traveled" topics
    I've read a few of Francis' books which are fantastic so I was excited to start listening to his podcasts. As a fairly well seasoned traveler myself, it's especially refreshing to listen to his shows during this pandemic when travel is sadly the last thing on my list. He hosts really interesting interviews and covers a good range of topics, the big plus being that it's all very authentic, feeling more like a conversation at a bar or at the dinner table than with a host reading off a list of prepared questions.
  • BluezcluezPics
    Insightful and Enjoyable.
    Great podcast. Francis is well traveled, and offers insightful points of view on often complex issues. He does the research and does so in an entertaining fashion. Highly recommended!
  • Bummed&Disappointed
    Travel for privileged tech bros. I listened. You don’t have to.
    Such a shame as I came to this from the informative “Extra Pack of Peanuts” podcast and to be honest there is truly impressive, insightful and helpful info to be had here but this guy is soooo backwards and obnoxious that It makes the episodes unlistenable. If you want to listen to an impossibly smug, narcissistic, self satisfied, libertarian tech bro tell you how poor and working class people working in shops should be friendlier then this is for you. This guy’s wealth and sense of entitlement just oozes through every episode like a toxic cancer. A naïf who has no knowledge of world history or contemporary politics. While you will accidentally get some good info about traveling you'll have to cringe while listening to this jagoff fluff up his own ego. Ugly. For shame.
  • Alibarbara
    Lots of profanity
    As a writer, Francis is a great story teller. He also knows some real adventurers. I was excited to listen to the podcast, but unfortunately there’s a lot of profanity and Francis doesn’t give his guests an opportunity to answer the questions he asks. I would love to hear more stories from the guests.
  • ShelbyFotografik
    Really excited for this!
    As someone who loves the travel/tech/transformative aspects of life, I can’t wait to follow along through the podcast! 👍🏼
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