Fresh off the previous episode JV takes the discussion of Alaska to the edge of the Last Frontier.  What drives people to move up to Alaska from the Lower 48?  What is this myth in the American psyche that leads people to seek what is over the next horizon?  Listen and find out in this most interesting episode!

Fresh from a trip to Alaska JV recounts some of the outstanding sights and experiences of the Last Frontier.  Advisory:  You should buy a ticket for this ride and go there!  Now!

This may be the episode you've been waiting for.  The crib notes version of the Italian Renaissance!  In this episode JV throws down a little history and connects that to the miraculous art witnessed in Florence during a recent trip to Italy.  Lung Vita all 'Italia!

In this loose and fast follow-up episode J to the V thinks about airline travel, Italian cemetaries and burial practices, the Triumph of the Commoner, tourist scams in Florence, and the fun of riding in Roman taxis.  All topics are associated and disassociated at the same time!  Buy a ticket and travel!  That's the final word on that subject.  Enjoy!

JV is back after a 2 week hiatus!  After returning from a trip to Italia JV offers observations on tourism and the effect a mass horde of humanity can have on local towns.  Should we be travelling all over and bringing ourselves to foreign doorsteps?  Plus a tribute to the late, great Anthony Bourdain is offered up.  Godspeed Anthony!

Well this 10th episode was supposed to just be about talking some story on travel adventures but J to the V got immediately sidetracked by the amazing experience of the Paul Simon Homeward Bound Final tour he witnessed and that leads to a discussion of music.  THEN he gets more to the point and gets on the travel train to talk some story about the power of art in Europe, the conundrum of tourism and the threat it poses to local culture, and experiences in Siem Reap and Angkor Wat.  All in ONE action packed episode.  Happy 10th everybody!

J to the V talks some serious story about being raised by women and the profound influence the WWII generation has had on GenX conceptions of the United States.  Dig yourselves!

They say fear is your best friend.  But if you add it up it brings you down.  Looking at the loops of habitual thinking fear can generate JV talks some story and makes some interesting connections between American's fear addiction and the state of the country.  Is it Interesting?  You decide!

In what may be a rambling episode (who knows for sure?) J to the V gets deep on identity and the perception of 'self'.  Who are you and how do you define that?  Are you sure?  So many questions and so little time.  Go inside and explore.  You may or may not like what you see.

This (and all episodes) sponsored in part by the music of Manitou.  Check them out!  Twenty-two years and still going.

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In this free-for-all episode J to the V discusses some highlights from an unrecorded conversation with the WillWham.  What is going on with the Youth of Today?  What is always going on with "the Youth of Today"?  From Boomers to X'ers to Millenials the song has remained the same.  But something NEW seems to be afoot.  Are you ready for it?