Mark Wolters is a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the creator of Wolters World, a popular travel YouTube channel with almost one million subscribers.

EPISODE LINKS:

Wolters World: ⁠ @woltersworld ⁠

Wolters World's Website: https://woltersworld.com/

Mark Wolters' Education YouTube: ⁠ @ProfessorWolters ⁠

Mark Wolters' UIUC Website: https://giesbusiness.illinois.edu/profile/mark-wolters

OUTLINE:

0:00 - Introduction

0:58 - Everyone is the same

4:34 - Uno Cards

7:44 - Making friends

13:03 - Tips to connect with anyone

16:32 - Cultural norms

20:37 - Wolters World Travel Bucket List

21:37 - Going to the Moon?

22:45 - Movies as a way to travel

27:45 - Planned or Spontaneous Travel?

30:08 - South America & Africa

32:43 - Getting married in Rwanda

34:37 - Travel rituals

36:10 - Don't travel in the summer

43:15 - YouTube marketing hacks

46:17 - Death threats

50:39 - Wolters World's most popular video

51:34 - How Wolters World got started

54:15 - Professor or YouTuber?

58:58 - Becoming a better creator

1:00:12 - Will Mark Wolters stop teaching to go YouTube full-time?

1:00:55 - The Don'ts of Urbana-Champaign

1:02:35 - Wolters World's writing and filming process

1:05:23 - Born with two heart holes

1:07:20 - Advice for young people

🚥Overrated or Underrated Section 🚥

1:13:18 - 🌎 Travelscope

1:14:38 - 📺 Wolters World TV Show

1:16:31 - 🍭 Liam Wolters (⁠ @LiamWolters ⁠ )

1:19:21 - 📉 College

1:22:15 - 🇸🇮 Slovenia

1:23:23 - 🛩️ Concorde/Supersonic Flight

1:24:48 - 🇮🇳 India and Asia

1:28:06 - 🌬️ Chicago

1:29:11 - Closing Words

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