Looking at the Sky

In this episode, the founder and managing editor of Intrepid Times, and the author of ‘Untethered: Living the digital nomad life in an uncertain world’ and ‘Travel Your Way: Rediscover the world, on your own terms’ Nathan James Thomas shares his latest travel experience in Armenia, challenges the notion of authenticity and finds the so-called khrushchevka, a Soviet-era apartment building, thought-provoking.

Born and bred in New Zealand, Nathan has lived in China, Georgia, Spain and Hungary while simultaneously visiting and experiencing several other countries along the way. Currently Nathan is based in Poland. Nathan’s writing has been published in places like Roads and Kingdoms, Outpost Magazine and New Zealand Memories. His work as a ghostwriter has been featured in Forbes, the Huffington Post and the Harvard Business Review.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-aXJbyV5KY

Michael is a filmmaker and producer with more than 800 short films and 20 years of experience under his belt. But beyond this, he is a storyteller who lives off-the-grid on the tip of South Africa and for the past five years, he has travelled extensively around the world to tell the stories of common people and their relationship with love, joy, happiness, anger, and misfortune. What has been learned from such relationship and how much more there is to learn. Michael is on a mission to stitch up the fabric and remind about the mutuality-and-interconnectedness of humanity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiGVP89Fgm8

Govinda is a certified yoga teacher, the founder of RAW yoga studio and GOVINDA plant-based kitchen who counts her eighth year in Malta. Born and raised in Arequipa city in the south of Peru, Govinda has set herself on an adventure to learn about and experience life. Through her practice, she stresses the importance of appreciating the complex relationship between the body, mind, and the spirit and invites to perceive food through the lens of joy and nourishment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DiH__kwBEU

Charlene Galea presents herself as a conceptual artist who explores the notions of online identity and physical experiences. Using performances as a tool to positively influence various groups of people within the society, Charlene immerses in movement and storytelling about various subjects such as being a woman, the effect of the media and fake news, space and environment, human relations, and the social world of communication.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x2eSvRbDjc