Small Brained Pod

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Small Brained Pod

Small Brained American

77 episodes

1 day ago

Over the course of my travels I’ve met tons of amazing people with even more amazing stories. Here you’ll find some of those stories. And the occasional solo rant from me. Hope you enjoy.

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Over the course of my travels I’ve met tons of amazing people with even more amazing stories. Here you’ll find some of those stories. And the occasional solo rant from me. Hope you enjoy.

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Small Brained Pod

Drinking and Smoking Cigarettes in a Public Park with Jacob Jones

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro

1:37 Jacob's expertise in tobacco and cigarettes

14:21 Jacob's start in YouTube

24:15 Gaming, gambling, and bargaining

31:07 Tourist behavior in Japan

34:07 Public transit Japan vs America

36:33 Smoking cigs

47:34 Cars

51:36 Smoking in Japan

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1 week ago

58 minutes 33 seconds

Small Brained Pod

The True Salaryman Experience in Japan

In this episode we sit down with our old pal Ben, a coworker from my salary man days in Osaka.

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1 week ago

37 minutes 1 second

Small Brained Pod

Every Time I Almost Died Traveling

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

0:30 Driving a motorcycle abroad

7:00 Driving a motorcycle in Colombia

21:05 Robbed at knife point in Colombia

29:27 Don't use Couch Surfing

32:28 Robbed at gun point in Colombia

41:50 Diving in the Philippines

49:02 Human trafficked in Vietnam (almost)

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2 weeks ago

49 minutes 49 seconds

Small Brained Pod

Reacting to "India Sucks! Don't Ever Come Here"

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1 month ago

45 minutes 59 seconds

Small Brained Pod

A Mormon Missionary in Japan

Chapters

0:00 Intro

0:56 Learning about Mormonism through Jake's experience in the church

20:48 Is Mormonism a cult?

29:08 The importance of the Mormon mission trip

39:55 The Mormon Missionary Training Center

58:56 Sent to Japan for his Mormon mission trip

1:33:59 Leaving the church

1:52:02 Discussion about Japan

2:30:26 The Outdoor Boys Mormon connection

2:36:44 Life at BYU

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1 month ago

2 hours 42 minutes 55 seconds

Small Brained Pod

5 Things I Hate About America

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

2:26 Reason 1

13:44 Reason 2

28:30 Reason 3

33:38 Reason 4

40:31 Reason 5

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1 month ago

44 minutes 11 seconds

Small Brained Pod

China is the Loneliest Place to Solo Travel

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

0:58 The world's largest apartment building

5:26 Changsha

7:06 China as a travel destination

20:00 Traveling with Bald and Timmy

21:55 Filming with Bald and Timmy

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1 month ago

41 minutes 11 seconds

Small Brained Pod

Everything in my Bag for Long Term Travel

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

0:29 Backpack vs Roller

4:03 Clothing

17:22 Fanny Pack

25:24 Tech Bag

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1 month ago

48 minutes 9 seconds

Small Brained Pod

Brain Dead Travelers

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

0:17 All American Beach Vacation

5:30 Brain Dead Vacations

11:53 There's no right way to travel

29:13 Cruise Ship YouTubers

35:31 Current state of YouTube/travel vloggers

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2 months ago

49 minutes 30 seconds

Small Brained Pod

Ranking Every Country I've Been To

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2 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes 5 seconds

Small Brained Pod

Austin Sucks Ass

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2 months ago

14 minutes 9 seconds

Small Brained Pod

How to Deal with Travel Anxiety

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2 months ago

20 minutes 57 seconds

Small Brained Pod

What I Miss Most When Travelling

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3 months ago

48 minutes 39 seconds

Small Brained Pod

The Craziest People I Met Driving Across America

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3 months ago

55 minutes 33 seconds

Small Brained Pod

My Craziest Drug Stories

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3 months ago

50 minutes 49 seconds

Small Brained Pod

Getting Drunk in Japan's Seediest Hood

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

0:40 Thoughts on making the vlog

2:42 Japan's Green Car train and drinking in public

6:18 Walking around my old neighborhood

24:29 Going out drinking

42:17 Why I love Osaka

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3 months ago

46 minutes 47 seconds

Small Brained Pod

My Travel Pet Peeves

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3 months ago

1 hour 17 seconds

Small Brained Pod

Everyone's Favorite International Alcoholic with The Wonton Don

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4 months ago

1 hour 7 minutes 31 seconds

Small Brained Pod

How to Overcome Culture Shock

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4 months ago

42 minutes 39 seconds

Small Brained Pod

My Final Thoughts on China | SBP #61

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4 months ago

32 minutes 42 seconds