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:
We mixed a little pleasure with pain this week in Thailand. A repeat visit to the tattoo parlor, the adventure of getting our teeth cleaned on one side, the joy of a private Thai cooking class, and some unexpected revelations at the massage studio. What a week!
Is riding an elephant high on your bucket list? Spoiler alert: Take it off. There are much better and guilt-free ways to have an elephant encounter when you travel.
A trip to Phuket to clear our heads leads to some interesting sights and conversations.
Everybody wants to be rich and famous, right? Well... we're not either. In fact, we're almost broke, and might even be getting less well-known. That's a recipe for disaster, but interesting fodder for an unusual episode of our weekly travel podcast.
Thailand is a great big country literally overflowing with beauty... and water!
In Thailand, we're in constant danger motor scooter accident, murderous monkeys, or venomous snakes. And by "constant danger", I mean we've seen those things, minus the accident, murderous, or venomous descriptors.
Next time you're lost in Thailand, take a ride in the back of a police truck. Oddly enough, they make excellent guides!
If your impression of Europe is an expensive place to travel with crappy beer, we have a different story to tell.
This Mediterranean jewel captured our hearts in five short days with sun, surf, great food, and fantastic friends.
Good fortune or large fortune? It's all in how you look at it.
Of lovely boat rides, the sweetest oysters, and a tradition from Spain where no one gets gored!
Of salt pans and olive groves of southern Spain.
During our walk about the Earth, we've encountered a fair number of street musicians. And since we've always got an audio recorder on us... we recorded some of them. This week, it's a musical interlude on our show. Enjoy the sounds of a few street musicians we've met all across Europe!
The best walk in Santiago de Compostela has nothing to do with pilgrims, and everything to do with quality craft beer.
Our first week in Galicia -- northern Spain -- was outstanding. We made plenty of friends, stumbled across a protest, and managed to find the place with quality craft beer. Surprised? No, probably not.
