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Extraordinary Travel Festival III Update II – ETF/ABS Magellan Travel Index

By |2025-11-13T08:27:39-06:00November 13th, 2025|Categories: Podcast|

The ETF/ABS Magellan Travel Index was announced and premiered at the Extraordinary Travel Festival in Bangkok in 2024 by founder, João Paulo Peixoto.  The professor has recently moved into the #1 position on both the NM and MTP lists.  The professor joins us on the ETF to provide an update on the MTI. You can learn more [...]

Thomas Preinl … Inspired By His Grandfathers

By |2025-11-05T07:11:29-06:00November 5th, 2025|Categories: Podcast|

Thomas Preinl has been to 190 countries   Hey now, I am your host, Ric Gazarian. On this episode I have the pleasure to speak with Thomas Preinl who I met at the NomadMania meeting in Uzbekistan and spent time with him during a recent visit to Thailand. Thomas is one of those characters who has [...]

Orla Phillips … A Travel Brochure

By |2025-10-03T03:32:03-05:00October 3rd, 2025|Categories: Podcast|

Orla Phillips has been to 172 countries Hey now, I am your host, Ric Gazarian. On this episode I have the pleasure to speak with Orla Phillips who I was fortunate enough to meet at the Extraordinary Travel Festival in Bangkok.  Orla was inspired as a child to travel as she thumbed through travel brochures in [...]

Extraordinary Travel Festival III Update I – Destination Reveal

By |2025-09-14T11:30:33-05:00September 14th, 2025|Categories: Podcast|

Hey now!  Welcome to the third season of ETF news and updates. The destination for ETF III will be back to Bangkok, Thailand! The dates will be October 22-25, 2026. Join today to lock in great prices with these discount codes. ETF3 - $140 DISCOUNT – EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 24 ALUMNI - $160 DISCOUNT – EXPIRES SEPTEMBER [...]

Peter Fenger … The Milk Run

By |2025-09-02T04:13:58-05:00September 2nd, 2025|Categories: Podcast|

Peter Fenger has been to 102 countries Hey now, I am your host, Ric Gazarian. On this episode I have the pleasure to speak with Peter Fenger, who just celebrated his 50th anniversary of global traveler.  I always love to hear the insights of pre-internet travelers, as Peter visited both China and the USSR in the [...]

Thor Pedersen … Impossible Journey

By |2025-07-31T22:02:51-05:00July 31st, 2025|Categories: Podcast|

Thor Pedersen Impossible Journey. Thor Pedersen has been to every country in the world.   Hey now, I am your host, Ric Gazarian. Thor returns for the 4th time to Counting Countries in addition to 7 other episodes for patrons.  During this conversation, we speak about his newly published book, The Impossible Journey (including Kindle on Amazon [...]

Zsuzsanna Berencsi  … Thanks Tammy

By |2025-07-03T04:34:52-05:00July 3rd, 2025|Categories: Podcast|

Zsuzsanna Berencsi has been to every country in the world. Zsuzsanna Berencsi Counting Countries  Hey now, I am your host, Ric Gazarian. Zsu Berencsi shares with us her awesome travel adventures to every country in the world with a big celebration this past December in her last country, Jamaica.  I have met Zsu twice before at [...]

Michael Angelo Zervos … A Happy Moment

By |2025-06-15T06:34:30-05:00June 15th, 2025|Categories: Podcast|

Michael Zervos has been to every country in the world   Hey now, I am your host, Ric Gazarian. This is a bonus episode with Michael Zervos.  I interviewed Michael back in December of 2023, before he had started his quest.  His quest?  To travel to every country in the world in the quickest possible time.  [...]

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