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