Counting Countries
Chasing 193, one of the most exclusive clubs on Earth. In fact, more people have been to outer space than have earned their way into this, the ultimate travel club. According to the United Nations there are 193 sovereign nations in the world. Welcome to the only podcast to bring you the stories from the dedicated few who’ve spent their lives on the singular quest of traveling to them all. Welcome, to Counting Countries. With your host, Ric Gazarian.
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 94 minutes
- Episodes
- 155
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Jorge Sanchez: Ranked first on Nomad Mania
Key links & critical information: Listen with More about Jorge Sanchez Born in: I was born in 1954 in Barcelona, Spain Passports from: I have Spanish passport Favorite travel book: My favorite…
02:05:54 |
Thu 14 Jun 2018
Peleg Cohen … has completed 133 UN countries as he gives back to the local community
Key links & critical information: Listen with More about Peleg Cohen: Born in: Nahariya, Israel Passports from: Israel Favorite travel book: Favorite travel film: Must carry: Camera!! Fa…
01:19:58 |
Thu 31 May 2018
Samer Kawar … has completed 145 UN countries, while marrying his passion for travel and architecture
Key links & critical information: Listen with More about Samer Kawar: Born in: San Francisco Bay Area Passports from: USA, Jordan Favorite travel book: Any Lonely Planet Guide Favorite trave…
01:21:21 |
Thu 17 May 2018
Frank Grosse-Oetringhaus … has created a list of 5,000 places in the world to visit
Key links & critical information: Listen with More about Frank Grosse-Oetringhaus: Born in: Germany Passports from: Germany Website: Map: A final note, with this episode, it will mark the en…
01:49:31 |
Thu 22 Mar 2018
Jeff Shea summited the Seven Summits, traveled to all 193 countries, and much more!
Key links & critical information: More about Jeff Shea: Born in San Francisco, CA Passports from USA Favorite travel book: Bill Dalton’s Indonesia Handbook 1983 Must carry: Headlamps, Neospor…
02:05:43 |
Thu 08 Mar 2018
George Kashouh has summited the highest mountain on six of the seven continents!
George has set two ambitious goals. First, he wants to summit the tallest mountain on each continent. Second, he intends to travel to every country in the world. He has made great progress so far,…
01:34:10 |
Thu 15 Feb 2018
Babis Bizas - 193 countries ... and travels 300 days a year for several decades
Babis completed his quest for 193 in 2004, but has not slowed down at all. In the late 1970s, Babis backpacked the Hippy Trail which included Pakistan and Afghanistan. He eventually found his way …
01:12:18 |
Thu 01 Feb 2018
Artemy Lebedev - 193 countries ... and exploring over 1500 cities
Being a lazy workaholic propelled Artemy to become one of the world’s most traveled people Artemy had exploration in his DNA. As a kid he traveled the metro in Moscow visiting scores of different th…
01:36:58 |
Thu 18 Jan 2018
Jonny Blair - 113 countries ... a Northern Irishman in Poland
Jonny loves travel and he has a special interest in micronations. Jonny has met Jonathan I, Emperor of Austenasia and was the first backpacker to visit the nation. He also visited the Sovereign Mili…
01:19:05 |
Thu 04 Jan 2018
Tony Giles - 110 countries ... and blind and mostly deaf
Tony has a sense of adventure not rivaled by many. Tony heard tales of travel from his Dad, a merchant marine. He also had two opportunities to study in the USA as a student. Yet, the gift of a kid…
01:17:59 |
Thu 21 Dec 2017
Special Report - Turmoil In The Travel Community - The William Baekeland Controversy
A number of allegations have been made against William Baekeland by other members of the travel community. These allegations have not been proven in a court of law. Please listen in on this special e…
02:35:49 |
Thu 07 Dec 2017
James Asquith - 193 countries ... and Guinness World Record Holder
James is the current world record holder as the youngest person to travel to every country in the world according to the Guinness World Records James has travel DNA. His grandfather regaled him with…
01:16:11 |
Thu 23 Nov 2017
Pongtharin Tanthasindhu - 113 countries ... and travelling on a Thai passport
Pong has travel in his blood. He started traveling to nearby Asian countries and Europe with his parents as a kid. Pong spent a year as a thirteen year old in Bangalore, India learning English at a…
01:15:53 |
Thu 09 Nov 2017
Arvinder Bahal - 178 countries ... and on his way to outer space!
Arvi is nearly finished in completing his quest to travel to all 193 countries, and has had some amazing experiences on the way. Arvi only has 15 countries left and is hoping to finish this quest in …
01:02:24 |
Thu 26 Oct 2017
Nina Sedano - 193 countries ... and one of the few women to accomplish this goal
Listen to Nina’s inspiring story to learn how an offhand comment by a friend set her on the path of becoming one of the approximately 10 women who have visited every country in the world. Nina grew u…
01:12:46 |
Thu 12 Oct 2017
Ellany Lea - 104 countries ... and living as a digital nomad
Ella made a drastic decision after graduating university and starting her first corporate job. She quit on her 89th day. Despite having a great opportunity in the corporate world, she realized qu…
01:05:35 |
Thu 28 Sep 2017
Jakob Øster - 178 countries ... and travels with his family to Somalia and Afghanistan!
A family that travels together stays together. Jakob travels frequently with his girlfriend and two young children. Jakob travels often with his girlfriend and two young children. Family vacation…
01:35:16 |
Thu 14 Sep 2017
Maurizio Giuliano - 193 countries ... and in 2004 was the youngest person to travel to every country in the world!
Maurizio was a travel outlier at a young age. Riding the rails in Europe independently as a 13 year old. At 17, he left Italy to travel the Trans-Siberian to visit his penpal in Mongolia. …
01:33:48 |
Thu 31 Aug 2017
Fabio Cao - 180 countries ... and counting!
Fabio is closing in on his goal of 193 countries as he narrows down the list! Fabio was born in Milan and spread his wings as a model as he travelled to Miami and then moved to East and Southeast Asi…
01:32:42 |
Thu 17 Aug 2017
Drew Binsky - 110 countries ... Guinness World Record Holder!
Drew is 26 and has already been to 110 countries and holds two Guinness World Records. As a ten year old, Drew spun a globe in his room and memorized the countries of the world. As a college stude…
00:58:28 |
Thu 03 Aug 2017
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