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, s… read more
By now you know -- or you should know -- that we’re leaving. Not just Arizona, where we’ve made our home for the last 18 years. But the entire …
[Speculating]
EVO: Did I mention we’re not quite the world travelers you might imagine us to be? Sure, we’ve done plenty …
[.50 well spent]
EVO: As I write this episode of the ShEvo Studios On Tour podcast, I'm hurtling -- literally hurtling -- …
[Jesus Christ, more farmland photos?]
EVO: We’re officially one week into our grand tour of, well… the world. If you’re …
[Public toilettes]
EVO: Our time in France is coming to an end. So far, neither of us want to kill the other, at least not …
[Step down places]
EVO: So… we made it to Denmark. Copenhagen, actually, and to be even more precise, a small, bedroom …
[cough medicine]
EVO: Copenhagen, like many metropolitan cities, isn’t very car-friendly. The city grew organically, with …
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Hjortur conducted a video interview with me, and I nabbed a little audio with him as well. The clip will do a much better job of explaining why, if …
[confused]
EVO: This week's show is going to be short and sweet. As much as I really wanted our 10th episode to be The …
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[fundamentally wrong]
EVO: If you had to pick a time to travel northern Europe, you probably wouldn't pick winter. But …
[CLIP: starvation]
EVO: There are lots of ways to travel. And I don't just mean by air, rail, or boat. I mean the intent …
[pull my finger]
EVO: Our last show might have left you with the impression that there's nothing to do in Sheffield other …
[mi español es muy mal]
EVO: ¡Viva España! Of all the countries in the first leg of our world tour, this is the one I, …
[not lost]
EVO: It's our second week in Santiago de Compostela, a medieval city in the northern part of Spain that …
EVO: We're in Costa Brava, a beautiful beachside area just outside of Barcelona, Spain. We've been attending the TBEX…
EVO: The Mediterranean sea is pretty salty, about 15% higher in salinity than the Atlantic. That's …
[Friendly]
EVO The coastline of Costa Brava --- all of coast of the Mediterranean, in fact -- is lousy with castles. …
EVO: It's June. Holy crap. That's almost five months of traveling the world. Doing exactly what we want to …
Evo: When we left you last week, we were on the island of Mallorca, wrapping up our epic tour of Spain.
Evo: So... that was Europe. 7 countries visited in 129 days of travel. We could do the math to uncover …
Evo: If you're following our blog, you've probably read the account of our ride in the back of a cop truck …
EVO: I'm just going to come out and say it: There are a myriad ways that Thailand has already tried to …
EVO: If you missed our last couple shows, opportunity has brought us to Thailand, a country we didn't know …
SHE: Hold on. Before we start the show: two things.
EVO: We were in a bit of a funk last week, as you likely noticed.
SHE: And the word "funk" is being …
EVO: If Phuket has a ubiquitous tourist attraction, it's elephant trekking. Billboards, in-hotel pamphlets, …
EVO: Our travel itinerary over the next few months is going to be a little on the crazy side, with a half dozen countries on …
EVO: Hey, thanks for hanging in there with us as we're in between seasons. This week, we're taking you back about a month …
EVO: I'm going to apologize now. If you're squeamish about bats, this unreleased clip from our travels in Thailand is going …
EVO: We're still between seasons, here at The Opportunistic Traveler's podcast, but still have plenty of unreleased audio to …
EVO: Yep, we're still betwixt seasons, and you're still getting an un-aired clip from our recent travels around the world, …
EVO: Greetings from the past! While we're busy collecting content for the second season of The Opportunistic Traveler's …
EVO: For seven weeks now, we've been releasing previously unreleased field clips as mini-episodes, keeping you fed with at …
EVO: Another week, and another mini, interstitial episode from us, just to whet your appetite until season two starts, which …
EVO: Gotta say, going through all this old, unreleased audio has been a lot of fun. I get a chance to relive some fun …
EVO: In case I haven't said it loud enough, putting together episodes in our format takes a lot of time. We're now 10 weeks …
EVO: Due to our own self-imposed time constraints, I'm not always able to put in all the choice bits we record as we travel. …
EVO: This is it. This is the final mini, interstitial show. Next week, I am stoked to announce, will be the first episode of …
This episode mixes beer and finance in one unexpected little package, with stories told in Hue, Vietnam and in Hong Kong. It’s just over 14 minutes …
Opportunity has brought us to Sydney, Australia, where we’re busy soaking up the sights in between freak rainstorms down under! Special thanks to our gracious hosts Kevin and Imp for giving us a cheap (read: FREE!) …
Hello vicarious travelers and welcome to Airlie Beach, Australia! We haven’t actually seen all that much, as we’ve been playing catchup from the prior six weeks of nearly non-stop travel. Welcome to the realities of a …
Hello vicarious travelers and welcome once again to Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia! For our American listeners: Happy Thanksgiving next week! Oddly enough, it’s not celebrated in Australia. The just call it …
Hello vicarious travelers and welcome once again to Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia! We have made friends here both in the wildlife and human …
Hello vicarious travelers and welcome to Brisbane, Australia! We’ve been in Australia for just over a month and, as some of you have noticed, have …
Greetings once again from Brisbane, Australia! After five weeks “down under”, we’ve noticed an interesting fashion trend. Maybe it’s the warm climate. Maybe it’s the carefree nature of Australians. Or maybe they just …
This week’s show comes to you from again and for the last time Brisbane, Australia. We’ve been here for two months and need to be moving on. Where? …
Let’s get the big news out of the way right away: We’ve moved to Bangkok! We hit 13 countries in 2015, spanning three continents. We’re not slowing down the travels in 2016, but we will be a little more concentrated on …
Yes, we’re changing up the format once again. Now that we’re using Thailand as a home base, the nature of our stories is changing, and that necessitates a change to the format. The goal here was to get you the content …
Remember that new format we announced last week? Well… we’re breaking it this week. Sorry, but Sheila was a little under the weather, and we’d been sitting on this conversation we recorded a few months back. So you’re …
An unseasonable cool front nailed China just as that nasty snowstorm hit the eastern seaboard of the US of A. We got awesome, sub-70s weather in …
Though we’re officially Bangkokians, our status with Thai Immigration is still one of “tourist”, which means we have to exit the country every 30 days. Or rather, our status was tentative. We just firmed that up, though …
Well… we made it more than a month in Bangkok! Only… forever to go! Happy Chinese New Year to you, and happy impending Valentine’s Day. But enough chit chat. Let’s get started.
We share two stories on today’s program, …
Happy Valentine’s Day from Thailand! Yes, they celebrate the holiday here. Sheila’s getting into the groove of her new job, but isn’t quite ready to …
Somehow we managed to again put together a show where beer -- too much of it -- take center stage. Try not to lose your shirt from the surprise and shock you’re now experiencing.
Happy Sheila’s …
As you noticed, we skipped a show last week, opting to spend as much of our time as possible with our son while he visited us here in Bangkok! We …
Greetings one and all to another show from Bangkok, Thailand. We’re now in our third month living as expats and couldn’t be happier. Well, I mean… …
Hello and welcome again to our life here in Bangkok, Thailand! We know that getting us in your ears every week satisfies your curiosity to a certain level, but sometimes pictures work really, really well. Sheila’s added …
We know you love keeping up with us on the podcast, but you can get an almost-live look at our lives here in Bangkok on Evo’s Snapchat account! Though we’ve both had accounts there for a while, it took some time before …
It’s hot in Bangkok. Like… always hot. Which is why so many tourists and expats walk around in shorts and tank-tops all the time. But now that we have an actual closet, it’s rather nice to wear clothes that we …
This week we’re thrilled to report that our constant quest for quality beer has been fulfilled! Though we still have to pay the annoying 400% import …
Things are getting busy here at ShEvo Studios, as Evo’s picking up a few podcasting clients. Hooray for additional income! And hooray for the new podcasts he’s helping to launch. We’ll talk more about them in the coming …
Just a quick follow up to the blighted phone booth cleanup show from a few weeks back: That crazy Bangkok notion looks like it’s going into action! …
Bangkok’s much lauded Dinosaur Planet theme park caught on fire today. And if that’s not strange enough, it was the ferris wheel that burst into flames. That’s right. Ferris, as in iron. Iron burns in this country. What …
Plenty of things are cheaper in Thailand than they are back home. Fresh produce is one those, so we probably shouldn’t have been surprised at the low …
Things are heating up here in Thailand, but hopefully a break in the weather is in sight. And sorry for the less-than-perfect audio for the first …
Holy cow how did we make 28 episodes of our second season? Clearly we did, and you must like it, so I guess we’ll keep going. So without any further …
We just celebrated our 27th year anniversary, which apparently is a big thing. And even bigger considering we’ve spent the last 18 months hopping the …
Welcome to episode 30! Astute listeners will be aware of the historic relevance of that number for us. The rest of you will just want us to get on with it and tell you what’s happening on this week’s show. Speaking of …
George Hrab is the perfect combination of smart, talented, and funny. Sort of like a Nest thermostat crossed with Spotify that created incredibly ironic playlists and called out hypocrisy with abandon. Oh, and was a …
John Lenahan is a man of many talents. His primary gig is dazzling passengers on cruise ships with his magic shows. Yes, that’s his real job. As such, he’s traveling much of the time. In between, he’s a published author …
When Jeff Moriarty isn’t busy dragging traditional media into the present, he’s doing silly things -- very silly things -- in Phoenix, Arizona. Through Jeff’s tenaciousness, a team of willing “agents” routinely subject …
When it comes to adventure travel, India is an oft-mentioned destination. Even though the sub-continent is home to more than a billion people, there are still plenty of remote beaches, mountains, and jungles you can …
Before we get started, a moment to rave about the best little piece of technology we’ve discovered since traveling. It’s a VPN, which we didn’t …
Life on the road is filled with perils. For full time travelers like us, some of those perils are due to Mongolian death worms taking up residence …
When you travel the world, it’s not a question of if but when you’ll eat too much of something that doesn’t sit quite right with you. For Snapchat …
Our stay at the Niccolo Chengdu could not have been better. As far as we’re concerned, they set the bar so high for any other five-star experience. …
In case you missed the news, I’m going to be the opening keynote keynote speaker for TBEX Asia 2016! The conference takes place on October 15th and …
It’s not a matter of if but when you get in trouble for bending rules and exploiting loopholes. And that finally happened to me in Thailand. No, I …
Before we get started, I need to tell you about PodcastLaunch.pro. It’s not just some new podcasting service. It’s my new podcasting service. After a …
Before we start: Have you heard about Snapappen? It’s a kick-ass event that recognizes and features the best snapchatters, and it’s happening in just a few days in London. Even if you can’t go (we can’t), you’ll want to …
Why can’t Evo leave things alone? Call his inability to not poke the bear a character flaw if you want, but know that if he were more of a rule …
Living in the tropics, you’d think sunglasses would be a way of life for the citizens of Bangkok. You’d be wrong. Yes, the sun is rather intense all …
In celebration of what will soon be our 20th country visited, we’re taking a break from Thailand-based stories this week and going with a tale before we were seasoned travel veterans. For our 25th wedding anniversary …
We dedicate this show to the passing of His Royal Highness King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.
Just a few days after arriving in Manila from …
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 …
My drunken exploits from last week are the main cause of the title of this episode. I finished TBEX off in my classic style, which means the FAM trip to Palawan started on a low note. But a typical one, unfortunately. …
We’re sick, as a punishment from the gods. Though it will likely knock us out of favor with the greater travel blogging community, there’s no delicate way to say this: we went to a ping pong show in Bangkok. There. We …
If you think Evo's good at telling a funny story, you should have met his grandfather, Vic Rodkey. In his 88 years of life, he collected some of the …
As Evo was selecting the the best photos from our Copenhagen trip for re-sharing on Instagram, he was struck by something missing. Specifically, no …
Just a scootch north of Bangkok is Ayutthaya, one of the capitals of Siam prior to Bangkok’s founding. The short history is that this UNESCO World Heritage site was sacked by the Burmese in the 18th century, and it’s on …
When the topic of Magic, Mysticism, and Mana: Superstition in Thailand came up on Evo’s other podcast, he’d planned on linking to the episode of …
Of NHL scouts and ancient mapping systems from when the internet was young. Somehow, we pull a funny travel story out of that.
In case you missed …
Because Evo was chosen as the keynote speaker for the Nordic Bloggers Experience / Matka 2017 conference, he left Sheila home in Bangkok for the last …
Long time listeners will recall we’re in the middle of recanting stories Evo collected while he was in Finland and Estonia, thanks to the fine people …
Kanchanaburi is where the bridge on the River Kwai is. And while it's a lovely part of Thailand to visit on a motorbike, it's not even a little funny. So we're skipping that as our topic for the show and continuing on …
For those following along, this is the last of four funny stories told while Evo was traveling near the top of the world in the winter. Previously, …
Evo still sick. But finally went to the doctor. Now on lots of drugs. Yay, modern medicine and a qualified pro to guide you! Yes, even in Thailand. Sheila’s tired and hungover because her birthday was Friday and …
Last week, we were invited to a big, fancy party at the top of the Muse Hotel in Bangkok to celebrate the new packaging of Ricola. Yes, the Swiss …
Season 4 is still in development (which means we don’t know what the hell we’re doing), but we still have stories to tell. So until we figure out what Season 4 will actually be, we’ll keep putting out great stories as …
Teasers for Season Four of …
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In case you missed the memo, we're building this season of This One Time around your questions for us. You (as in you) visit ShEvo.wtf/callus and ask us anything you like. Relationship advice? We've been together for 30 …
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This week’s caller is about to get a hard lesson in high-stakes dating that will either make or break his relationship.
Funny things you’ll hear in …
Funny things you’ll hear in this episode of our comedy-travel-relationship advice podcast:
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Fair warning: While Evo doesn’t take aim at any one religion or make disparaging remarks against people who are religious, there is a great chance that devout listeners will take offence. That isn’t the intention of …
You know you’re a real world traveler when you have funny looking letters or an odd layout on your keyboard. Sheila’s laptop is setup for Italians, which means she has to hunt for the ‘@’ all the time. Evo’s features …
Sheila is the artist in the family, and likes to explore creative endeavors. Oddly enough, Bangkok is a great place for people to explore their more creative side, with plenty of classes, seminars, and workshops …
This week’s question is oddly prescient:
“Hi, ShEvo. Since you both have experience teaching in Thailand, could you give us American teachers some …
After three years, we finally made it to Chiang Mai, the hot destination for digital nomads and freelance barbers, apparently. But that’s not why we …
A not very funny thing happened on the way to pick up gifts for our supporters: Evo got into a motorcycle accident. As a passenger in an Uber in a very Thai neighborhood of Bangkok. How does a passenger in the back of a …
We’re in Estonia traveling and really hadn’t intended to put out a show from the road. But on Christmas Eve, we were entertained by a drunken Finn named Miiko at one of Tallinn’s most notorious dive bar, Valli Baar. As …
When we booked a private Estonian sauna for a couple of hours in Estonia, we knew it was a perfect time to reflect on the best parts of our trip to …
Today’s show was inspired from Maria, who asked the following: “I wanted to ask your opinion on [NAME REDACTED] travel writer's program. As a travel …
Recorded live on location at Save Our Souls after probably too many beers, Evo goes on a tear about the English alphabet. What predicated this …
Listener Tiffany from Puerto Rico wants to know what we think about this racist, ignorant map that supposedly denotes how Americans really view the world. Now obviously, we don’t like it, and Tiffany wasn’t looking for …
If you haven't heard the news, we’re going to be grandparents in the next few months. So of course, the most important thing we have to decide is the names we want this new kid to call us.
Today on the program we’ll …
In the three years we’ve been traveling the world, we’ve eaten some weird food. But what’s the most bizarre food we’ve encountered. That’s the …
It’s almost impossible not to learn things as you travel. After traveling to 20 different countries as we’ve lived as expats for over 3 years, we’ve racked up quite a few memories and life-lessons we’ll take back with …
As a special treat to those of you who stay subscribe to our podcast, we’ll be releasing some special, long form audio over the coming weeks as we travel to Cambodia, China, Japan, and Korea before landing back in …
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Before we go too far down highway 420, we need to stress that the two strongly support a comprehensive repeal of America’s stupid federal ban on cannabis. We’re also keenly interested in the good studies on the medical …
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Living in Phoenix Arizona, it really seems like there is a new ethnic restaurant popping up on every corner. Ethiopian food. Peruvian food. Dominican …
We’re taking a look inside your refrigerator. Not that we care what kind of food you eat. You do you. No, what we want talk about is how the items in your fridge or your pantry got there.
We’re claiming expert …
Traveling the world, we’ve had some pretty great coffee. But the Senegalese spiced coffee we found tops the list.
Listen in to learn more and to discover that, if you play your cards right, we just might send you some …
As you might imagine, there are lots of little things that we notice that bug us. Things you probably ignore. Things that we ignored the first four decades of our lives. Some of those are so baked into the very fabric …
It’s hard to believe we’ve been making this podcast for four years, across five different seasons. And in that time, we’ve never really talked about religion. Well… that’s changing.
Based on our time abroad in some …
Let’s talk about your place of residence. Specifically if you’re renting the place in which you live. And even more specifically, the horrible “switching costs” associated with moving from one address to another.
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Today, we are going to talk about travel. Yes, we’ve talked about travel for the better part of 4 years. But this time, we’re taking a broader look at how air travel works in places like Southeast Asia. Because unless …
Recorded during a road-trip to San Diego, we were inspired to compare our current situation to where we just were for the better part of three years, …
Back in 2015, Evo spent several hours in a tattoo chair in Thailand. Just a few weeks ago, Sheila got a new tattoo in America.
The differences were …
We’re back after a long absence -- an absence explained in detail to our supporters -- to talk about air travel in America. Recent cross-country trips for both of us are causing us to pine for the ease, reliability, and …
Did you miss us? We missed you. And we wish we could say that to you in a foreign language. But since we’re proud Americans the grew up in the ‘80s, …
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