World traveler, tour coordinator, and language learner, Scott Brills, joins Benny Lewis and Shannon Kennedy to chat about “faking” comprehension, deep-diving into cultural experiences, and cross-country adventures around the world.

Scott has an impressive travel résumé having taken part in the Mongol Rally, traversing India in a rickshaw, and building a business that provides travelers with rich cultural immersion experiences. If you’re interested in travel, living abroad, or multicultural entrepreneurship, this is the episode for you.

Mentioned in this Episode

• Scott’s Website
• Scott’s Facebook
• Scott’s Twitter
• Scott’s Instagram
• Mongol Rally
• Rickshaw Run
• Pamoja Safaris
• Benny’s Mt. Kilimanjaro Story

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• Dealing with the logistics of building work and making a living in other countries
• Scott’s ideal language learning routine
• Scott’s 3 Language Survival Resources
• How to fit in language learning as a busy entrepreneur
• What the hosts’ favorite languages are
• What languages the hosts struggled with most
• Memorable gaffs the hosts made in their languages

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Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

• Living abroad at a young age in Japan
• Combatting loneliness and fear of living alone in another country
• How to get through the roadblocks along the path to fluency
• Why you sometimes just need to be thrown into the deep end
• Running culinary tours in Japan and safaris in Tanzania
• Taking part in the Mongol Rally, driving through 16 countries for charity and learning to rely on the support of strangers
• Traveling across India in a rickshaw on three different occasions
• Learning a language by “faking” comprehension
• Gaining the confidence to approach complete strangers in another language

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy