ShEvo vs. The First World | A Skeptical Look at Western Culture
Summary: A critical look at the first world, inspired by the reverse culture shock your hosts, Sheila Dee & Evo Terra, experience every day as American citizens returning to Western civilization after three and a half years living and working in developing nations. Expert guests from the fields of science, skepticism, and critical though are frequent guests.
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Podcasts:
When you ask someone who’s made a career out of taking of pants to do something crazy in a photo contest, you should not be surprised at his first choice.
Busking your way around the world sounds like fun. Doing so as a magician sounds harder. Making it your career for decades? That's dedication.
Two middle-class white people are forced to spend their last days in the gritty part of America. And one drummer puts his foot all the way in his mouth. Don’t mock the dead, man.
This show is all about changes. Changes in attitude of the local Thais about one crazy foreigner living in their midsts, and changing attitudes about the tattoo culture of Korea. South, not North. Obviously.
Coming to Bangkok for a little “retail therapy”? You might want to pack your own sports bra and/or jockstrap. And if you’re driving a huge motorhome through Mexico with your whole family in tow, you really should understand Google Maps’ limitations.
You can get duck feathers but not pork on Koh Yao Yai. And leaping across bridges can be hazardous to your health. Spoiler alert!
Heatstroke and bad audio quality be damned... the things we do to bring you great travel stories. Bamboo rockets to force the sky god to bring the rain. Hugging it out with an elk. What more do you want in a travel podcast?
From buying drugs to trespassing, it sure doesn't seem like we're trying to stay out of overseas prisons as we travel the world. And one mourning family's encounter with Ozzy Osbourne during an iconic US-based road trip shifted their perspective.
What would you pack for a 20-hour trip to Hanoi? No, really. We need to know. Because Evo forgot to pack just about everything. Bonus: How many Polish police officers does it take to clear an accident scene? The punchline is in this week’s episode.
Bangkok’s best movie theaters have the worst popcorn. Meanwhile, professional traveler Gary Arndt island-hops the Pacific and gets the Prime Minister of Kiribati to reform immigration with one bad trip.
This week’s episode is a bit of a horror show. Creepy Buddhist temples. Nearly drowning during Songkran. And the terror of too many apricots and an ill-timed sneeze. It’s a weird one!
It takes a strange couple to blend craft beer, Austrian nude saunas, and butt-cleansing into a podcast episode. But then again, if you want inspirational and transformative travel stories or tips on making money while traveling the world... there are lots of other podcasts offering that type of content. Need a break from that? Check this out:
What do fabulous pants, infested phone booths, and accidental drug smuggling have in common? We’ve no idea either, but they are the main themes in this episode of our travel podcast!
It’s a total temperature inversion this week! Hot cheese from steamy Bangkok, and frozen elves from Iceland. That’s right: Something for everyone on this episode of our travel podcast!
Kicking sweaty ass (or at least ears) in Thai boxing gym, and why Astrologer-arranged marriages can often lead to surprising good relationships. I know… I know… We’re skeptical too, but it seems to work in this episode of our podcast.
