Up in the Air

By Ian Agrimis

Global travel is an imperfect art that changes everyone’s perspective. Each Wednesday, join Ian Agrimis, a self-proclaimed professional traveler who flies over 100,000 miles per year, as he dives i

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Up in the Air episodes:

March 24, 2021 Keith Vincent, CEO Wilderness Safaris
Keith is a lifetime adventurer, a licensed wildlife guide and the CEO of wilderness safaris, the largest safari operator in Africa.
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1h 2min
March 17, 2021 Marc Polymeropoulos, fmr CIA Operations Officer
Marc served 26 years at the CIA as an operations officer and later in leadership of the Senior Intelligence service. He's recruited spies, been a spy, and had an amazing host of life experiences you can't make up.
Some of what we covered:
-Why you won’t find a lot of intelligence officers hanging out with Iranian or Russians in their free time
-Why he felt his job was the ultimate adventure travel job
-How his Greek family never knew where he worked until he retired
-What it was like to learn the art of espionage
-What it was like to be woken up every morning by rockets exploding on his base in Afghanistan
-Why he’d love to go back to Iraq but will probably skip on revisiting Afghanistan
-The approach to evaluating information he learned at the agency that he wishes the general public would take incorporate into every day life.
-The Intelligence community’s frequent flyer sub-culture
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57min
March 10, 2021 John McKeon, CEO Polar Latitudes—Antarctic Expedition Company
John spends more time in Antarctica than a lot of penguins as the CEO of Polar Latitudes, an Antarctic expedition company.
What we discussed:
-What he learned from spending 30 minutes alone on Antarctica away from other people
-Why it takes an extremely motivated traveler to visit Antarctica
-What kind of person gets the most out of an Antarctica travel experience
-How he found a ship to launch his company
-His wife’s first time stepping onto an Antarctic beach and being surrounded by penguins
-What it’s like to see an 11 mile long ice berg roll over
-Why ice bergs are an interesting problem for antarctic cruise vessels
-Why camping on shore is a very loud experience
-Why they vacuum the velcro on every guests coat before they can get off the boat
-How the US dept of state overseas their Antarctica operations
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57min
March 03, 2021 Kenn Ricci, Chairman of Flexjet
Kenn Ricci is an aviation entrepreneur, the chairman of Flexjet, winner of the living legends lifetime aviation entrepreneur award and a passionate jet owner.
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59min
February 24, 2021 Peter Greenberg, CBS News Travel Editor
Peter Greenberg is the Travel editor for CBS News, the host of several travel shows including Travel Detective and the Royal Tour and was inducted into the US Travel Association’s hall of leaders.
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1h 3min
February 17, 2021 Steve Giordano, Aircraft Test & Delivery Pilot
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58min
February 10, 2021 Peter Lind, Fighter Pilot US Air Force
Peter Lind is a Fighter Jet Pilot on the F-15 Strike Eagle. He has served in the Middle East where he conducted air superiority missions during his last deployment to the region.
Some things we talked about:
What it was like to realize his childhood dream of becoming a fighter pilot
How pilots go to the bathroom on long flights
What his first time refueling mid-flight was like
What pulling a ton of Gs does to your body
How weird it is to travel with airlines after becoming a fighter pilot
How military members get amazing added benefits from credit cards
A story about landing his jet with no brakes
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51min
February 03, 2021 Pete Bryant, Founder of Steller
Pete Bryant is the founder and CEO of Steller, a travel community of passionate travelers with a story to tell.
Some things we talked about:
How Steller became Apple’s app of the year
The explorers and travelers who have inspired him
His extremely classy morning routine
How Steller is supposed to be a community instead of a social network
What he’s learned from working with all sorts of travel influencers
How they make sure they showcase all the “cool shit” on the platform
Find Pete on Steller here:
https://steller.co/s/apple-in-the-ABEZjasneGh
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37min
January 27, 2021 Special Episode: The Art of the “Free” Luxury Trip
To watch the video we discussed, click here: https://youtu.be/fGSWBAzjsHo
In this special episode of Up in the Air, I sat down with my buddy Garrett to discuss how we traveled to Doha, Qatar and challenged ourselves to use airline miles, hotel points, and credit card perks to cover every single expense for the trip. Listen along to understand how we did it and how you can too!
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55min
January 20, 2021 Kevin Jackson, Ultra Luxury Experience Builder
Kevin Jackson is the founder of EXP Journeys, an ultra high-end boutique travel agency that coordinates and executes inimitable travel experiences worldwide.
What we covered:
How EXP started as a rock climbing Groupon experience in San Diego
How they built an amazing race style event for a NYC financial firm
How they develop narratives for all of their experience storylines
What a custom 007 experiences would look like for a client adventure
The insane logistics and planning that goes into a custom fantasy world experience
How the pricing and budgets work for these crazy events
What it’s like to lead a travel company personally and professionally
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47min

FAQs about Up in the Air:

How many episodes does Up in the Air have?

The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.