Mike Safo

Joined today by the host of the award winning podcast “Amateur Traveler”, Chris Christensen. The voice of one of the most popular traveling podcasts out there tells what made him start his show almost 9 years ago before anyone was doing it.  We discuss how and why Chris picks his destinations to tackle, from Chad to the Hudson Valley and from Botswana to London. We hear about some of the life changing events that hosting the podcast have given Chris, such as being invited to the White House by President Obama and being a hired paparazzi to photograph the Pope in Jordan. We talk about our mutual travel friends: Gary Arndt and Lee Abbamonte; what makes a good travel guest on his show, and we hear about his upcoming tour of Africa. Chris tells us why he doesn’t count countries just to get a stamp in his passport, and we finish up by tips form the O.G. of travel blogging and podcasting on the dos and don’t of how to make money in the travel world. There is a reason his podcast is used to teach English all over the world and at Oxford. Check out chris podcast here: https://amateurtraveler.com/tag/travel-podcast/ Follow him on twitter: https://twitter.com/chris2x His website here: https://amateurtraveler.com?