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ShEvo vs. The First World | A Skeptical Look at Western Culture

152 EpisodesProduced by Sheila Dee & Evo Terra - Third World SurvivorsWebsite

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

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The Worst Job In Bangkok [Season 3, Episode 30]

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 company that makes lozenges. Yes, the new packaging is party-worthy. And yes, it was quite the fancy party. All the Bangkok influencers were there, including Evo’s partner on the Bangkok Podcast and long-time Bangkokian Greg Jorgensen, Instagram celebrity and travel blogger Charlene from Malaysia, and one guy who managed to get 4100+ likes on an Instagram photo in under and hour, netting him 325 grams of gold as a prize!  

We were a little out of our league. Neither of us are Thai, and most of our audience is from someplace other than Thailand. But Thai downloads of our podcast are starting to increase significantly, so we’re happy to do our part to spread the Ricola story via podcasting. (Pretty sure we were the only ones doing that!)

But back to the party, which was great! Fantastic food, an actual Swiss horn/accordion/bowl-with-a-coin-rolling-around musician, and an insane of amount of Ricola lozenges in various flavors and forms, all in their nifty new packaging. Oh, and one poor dude who was stuck in a Ricola box all party long. Which doesn’t sound all that bad, but Evo saw the same guy (or at least the same box) wandering the streets of Bangkok, spreading the message of Ricola.

If you find yourself in Bangkok and want to sample some of Ricola’s wares… come to our place. We might have smuggled out more than our fair share! Or if you can’t make it to us, check out Ricola’s Thai page for more info, or just buy a box at 7-11, Tesco, Family Mart... they are everywhere!

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This is the 30th episode of the 3rd season for us. Typically, the 30th episode means we stop, take a break, and then come back with something new in a few weeks. Well… that might not happen. But it might. Hell, we don’t know. Just stay subscribed. We’ll make whatever it is we do painless for you, OK?

What we aren’t doing is giving up on postcards. And hello, new recipients! Thanks for signing up. Along with all of our other supporters, you’ll be getting a postcard from Cambodia in just a few weeks. For those who haven’t yet signed up: there’s still time! We’ll grab a few extras, so  get signed up now so we can send you a handwritten postcard this month, next month… and so on! If you like, we can even include a little something special from the area on your card. (It’ll probably be a smudge from a Ricola lozenge, if you haven’t yet caught the theme of this show. Oh, and because it needs to be said: We were compensated to attend the event, produce this episode, and all the other stuff we did on behalf of Ricola. But Sheila really is a converted fan now!

Are you a regular listener?

You can hear us do our travel comedy show each week. You can listen for free on iTunes, get it on Google Play, follow on the iHeart Radio app... and a bunch more places. Or you can click the little player below this paragraph to just hear this episode. (But seriously, it's a good show. You'll want to get updates automatically. we promise!)

Music for our show is graciously provided by the fantastic band Velella Velella. They make killer tunes, and you should buy all of their stuff. It’s fabulous!

To keep up with our travels, like our page on Facebook, follow our Twitter account, see where we’ve been with Instagram… and probably a few more things. But that’ll do for now.

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