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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Ending TBEX on a note of overconsumption led to an epic tour by plane, van, and boat of the Philippines that shouldn’t be missed. Well, Evo’s pretty sure he should have missed it. But it does make for an entertaining show.
Out of all the natural disasters we’ve survived (fire, flood, earthquake, tornado…) coming through unscathed through a typhoon in The Philippines was of the more mild. Though it did lead us to some really stupid choices. I’m pretty sure the “l” in Manila is silent.
We dedicate this show to the passing of His Royal Highness King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.
Of all the dumb, drunken things you can do in The Dominican Republic, only one will get you special consideration from the airlines and immigration. An no, we don’t mean deportation. Not this time, at least.
One quick way to get deported from Bangkok? Have your mild-mannered international teacher cover story blown by those meddling kids.
Some days, living in Thailand is like living in paradise. Other times, it’s like the system is conspiring against us. So when an opportunity to screw with the system comes along, one of us is probably going to take it.
First we’ll tell you how the French-American War Part Two was almost started in Malaysia. Then you’ll learn why “white tailed” animals aren’t as friendly as they sound. You want real-world travel stories? You got it.
There’s no animal products used in animal crackers, but that’s not the case for vegetarian food in Thailand. Go figure. Oh, and if your tattoo artist asks if you’ll act as canvas for some neophyte backpacker who wants to try her hand with the needle, I recommend taking a pass. That’ll make sense once you listen to this episode.
Exactly how many Thai governmental functionaries can Evo piss off in one day? About as many licks as it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop, apparently.
Our trip to Khao Lak Thailand was a much needed break. Sure, we could have done with less rain, but such is the rainy season in Thailand. Luckily no one drowned. Except for maybe our livers in tequila.
OK, OK… it’s possible one of us was a little overzealous on the use of the phrase “panda plague”. (Hey, once a link-baiter…) On this episode, we’ll start telling the story of what really happened when we stayed for five days in Chengdu China as VIP guests of Niccolo Chengdu, an amazing property right in the center of town and a great base to explore the greater Sichuan area.
While our unexpected hospital bills are spiraling out of control, Loren is shorting the bill at a restaurant ran by the Korean mafia. Today’s episode is all about poor money decisions, I guess?
Who has the scarier bus story: rock stars or puppeteers? The former group’s issues are probably self-induced. The latter is more karma. But they retell the story better!
We all make sacrifices when we travel, like our body for the ability to have more stuff, gifts for those we meet along the way, or our very dignity for the taste of sweet, sweet pie.
What else are you supposed to do when you’ve got a monkey in your bed? Also, we’re betting all the Brexit-backers were real ale fans, not craft beer drinkers.
