Just Interesting People

Just Interesting People


Latest Episodes

Oliver Collinson: focusing on what makes you happy
February 09, 2022

In today's episode we welcome Oliver, aka Olly aka Rosie's little brother! We kick off the conversation talking about his childhood, and how growing up with a lot of freedom and values such as "do wha

Lorraine Kyriazis: taking risks to live a fulfilled life
February 02, 2022

Lorraine's life has been a rollercoaster! She grew up in a working class family in Manchester, England. When she was 19 years old, she met the man who would become her first husband and a few years la

Ricardo Lima: Worldpackers, volunteer around the world
January 26, 2022

Imagine traveling around the world and living with locals for free in exchange of a few hours of your time. Sounds pretty amazing, right? Well, this is possible thanks to Worldpackers.com. Ricardo is

Alvey Thompson: dive into the You Can 2 book
January 19, 2022

For the 100th episode, we are bringing back our very first guest, Alvey Thompson. Alvey published his first book at the end of 2021, "You Can 2: Life Lessons From My Mom's Untimely Death" and we are e

Joanie Sharon: life in the military as a gay woman
January 12, 2022

Joanie was born in Louisiana and was expected to follow the plan her family had for her: graduate from college, find a man, get married, buy a house, have children and be a good housewife. However Joa

Bresly Frech Schipper: German Peruvian culture immersion
January 05, 2022

We had the pleasure of spending 2.5 weeks with Bresly near Oxapampa, in the middle of Peru, through the website Worldpackers (a platform listing volunteering opportunities across the world). Bresly g

Special: 2021 recap & lessons learned
December 29, 2021

Time to reflect (again)! At the end of 2020, we thought 2021 would be a smoother, easier year... well, life had other plans for us. Life, the Universe, or whoever is in charge up there decided otherw

Walter Espíndola: life in Peru & becoming an ornithologist
December 22, 2021

We met Walter during our trip in Peru when we stayed with Bresly, close to Oxapampa, for a volunteering experience with Worldpackers. Walter was born in 1988 in Lima, the capital of Peru, where he als

Lauren Wynn: IVF pregnancy after 8 miscarriages
December 15, 2021

In 2016, Lauren and her husband EJ were pregnant for the first time. As most young couples who are trying to have their first child, they were full of joy and extremely excited. A few weeks later, Lau

Tara Rahmani: navigating life & demystifying the word FAT
December 08, 2021

Tara is a young woman trying to figure out life. We start this episode talking about the important life decisions we are faced with in our late teen years and early twenties, that will have a huge imp