the vogel twins

Our season is almost over! If you haven't already feel free to listen to this past season to get ready for our big rewind episode that airs at the end of the month! Hope you all enjoy your holidays with loved ones!

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Featured in Forbes, USA Today, CNN, and more, Kevan Chandler inspired a movement of people helping people, all starting with a backpacking trip to Europe in 2016. Born with spinal muscular atrophy, Kevan's adventures on the backs of his friends have taken him to the English countryside, Ireland's Skellig Michael, and even the Great Wall of China. As the founder of the nonprofit We Carry Kevan, Kevan continues his mission to redefine accessibility as a cooperative effort between the disabled and able-bodied communities.

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For today's twin talk we want to highlight a special organization called Elephant Nature Park. Elephant Nature Park is an elephant rescue and rehabilitation center in Northern Thailand where you can volunteer and visit to help. They have been involved in dozens of rescues that have created their thriving elephant herd. The park provides a natural environment for elephants, dogs, cats, buffaloes, and many other animals under their care. Volunteers and visitors contribute to the healing while learning about their lives past and present. We were fortunate enough to visit this sanctuary back in 2018 and wanted to share their mission and our experience by reading an excerpt from Shannon's travel journal during that time. If you are interested in visiting or donating here is the link where you can help their organization continue to do the work they do!

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Meet our guest Brittnay Sharman. She has house-sat in 15 countries, looked after 40 homes and cared for over 45 animals! But the craziest part of this whole story, she has traveled around the world to these amazing locations FOR FREE! Imagine traveling the world and not having to spend rent, thanks to becoming a House sitter she has done just that! Today Britt is going to share with us the life of a house sitter and how she was able to combine her favorite interests, travel and animals!

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Known by some as “The Best Storyteller in the world,” Jonathan Kruk enchants throughout the Northeast at schools, libraries, historic sites, and festivals.  You may be lucky enough to attend one of the many programs he has tailored for its venue. Jonathan is best known for his solo shows “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “A Christmas Carol.” He’s been featured on The Today Show, The Travel Channel, CBS Sunday Morning, and the BBC. He has eight award-winning recordings, and  two books, “Legends and Lore of Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson Valley,” and “Legends and Lore of the Hudson Highlands.” In today's episode we discuss with Jonathan the story of Sleepy Hollow, the Tarrytown Music Hall hauntings as well as the lores of the Leatherman! 

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Last year we did an episode with our guest Troy Taylor about the hauntings of Mineral Springs Hotel in Alton Illinois. On that episode, he invited us to join him on a tour with American Hauntings so we could experience where these haunted locations took place and we said YES! In this twin talk, we are highlighting our experience with Troy and our take on whether Alton was as creepy as he claimed. If you are interested in learning more about these hauntings tune in to our previous episode with him here.

Want to do a tour with Troy Taylor?! You can book on his website here

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Meet our guest Troy Taylor. His full-time job is ghosts, true crime, and the unexplained. He is the author of more than 130 books and the owner of American Hauntings - a tour company dedicated to offering a historically haunted experience in towns across Illinois and haunted locations all over the country!

You may remember him from last year's episode “American Hauntings” where he shared some of his favorite haunting stories in Alton, Illinois and we joined him on a ghost tour there to show us where those stories began. To say we are big fans is an understatement since we asked to have him on again, but this time he will be covering the haunted tales of New Orleans!

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Guest: Troy Taylor

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With all the traveling we have done we can easily say this was the WORST flying experience of our lives. This is probably the second worst thing that can happen on a flight (the first being a plane crash) that we can now check off as a traveling experience. Unfortunately, it is one we have been avoiding the most. Tune in to hear what happened and how we survived 7 hours of flying with food poising! 

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Here is the second part of our experience hiking the Inca Trail with the Alpaca Expeditions! We cover what you can expect, our experience for the second half of the hike, and the impact of seeing Machu Picchu on our last day. We want to give a big shout-out to our tour guides, Yoel, Aldair, and Victor for making this experience so special but also to our group of new friends who got us through these 4 days with a lot of laughter and love! Expect some happy tears in this episode and how we were able to share this beautiful moment at Machu Picchu with our family!

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