Palle Bo (aka “The Radio Vagabond”) shares his story of deciding to become a full time digital nomad at age 50. He explains what led up to his decision to sell all his stuff and slow-travel the world on a quest to visit every country while documenting it all on his podcast The Radio Vagabond. He tells stories from his travel adventures, including his trip to Macao where he took the highest bungee jump in the world, his hot air balloon ride over Siem Reap, Cambodia, and what it was like to visit to North Korea. He also talks about his professional journey founding radio stations in Denmark (he now co-owns 17 stations), and then founding RadioGuru, an award-winning company that produces radio commercials and podcasts, which he now runs remotely as the CEO while traveling the world. He explains how he landed LEGO as a client, and both produced and hosted the LEGO Technic podcast. He tells the story of how that project got him secret and confidential access to the Bugatti factory, what it was like inside and what he learned from interviewing their staff. He also shares his professional tips on what makes a truly great and effective audio commercial for radio or podcasts, and tells you how you can follow his travel adventures.
Episode #15: Becoming a Digital Nomad at Age 50, Taking the World’s Highest Bungee Jump, and Running an Award-Winning Production Company Remotely with Palle Bo
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About the Guest
Palle Bo
Palle Bo is the owner and CEO of RadioGuru, an award-winning production company that develops radio commercials, runs radio training programs, and produces podcasts for companies around the world including major brands such as LEGO. He runs RadioGuru completely remotely and it has been winning annual awards since 2010 including the prestigious National Creative Circle Award in 2012. Palle is also the co-founder and co-owner of 17 radio stations across his home country of Denmark and the author of the book “Guide to Better Radio Advertising”. He is an internationally sought after public speaker and has given talks on creative radio advertising and podcasting in countries ranging from Iran to Greenland to South Africa to The Bahamas. In 2016 at age 50, Palle decided to become a full time digital nomad. He sold his house, car and furniture to begin slow-traveling the world. His goal is to travel to every single country, and document all of his adventures on his podcast “The Radio Vagabond”.
What You'll Learn
- How and why to become a digital nomad at age 50+
- The importance of learning through travel at every age.
- The key ingredients to producing a truly great audio commercial.
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PLACES MENTIONED
- Capetown
- Copenhagen
- Ukraine
- Poland
- Moldova
- Brazil
- Iceland
- Tokyo
- South America
- Korea
- Bahamas
- Cambodia
- Macao
- Hongkong
- Thailand
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PALLE’S PODCAST:
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Time Stamped Show Notes
[04:07] PALLE’s PODCAST RECORDING STYLE
- How and why Palle records his podcast interviews on site
[05:46] BECOMING A DIGITAL NOMAD AT AGE 50
- Why Palle decided to sell everything to travel the world at age 50
- How a Cape Town trip inspired him to run his business remotely
- Why he scrapped his travel planning after 2 weeks and became spontaneous
[13:33] PALLE’S EXPERIENCE IN NORTH KOREA
- Palle’s experience and biggest takeaway from visiting North Korea
- Matt and Palle talk about their experiences in Seoul, South Korea
- Matt and Palle talk about their visit to the Demilitarized Zone from both sides
[18:12] LEARNING THROUGH TRAVEL
- The importance of learning through travel
- Palle’s lesson from The Bahamas
- Highlighting the political history of the American South
[21:25] TRAVELING IN CAMBODIA
- Matt’s experience in Cambodia
- Palle’s experience meeting survivors of the Khmer Rouge genocide
- The Siem Reap temple complexes where the movie “Tomb Raider” was filmed
- Taking a sunrise hot air balloon over Angkor Wat
[26:30] TAKING THE WORLD’S HIGHEST BUNGEE JUMP
- Palle’s experience in Macao
- What it felt like to take the world’s highest bungee Jump
- The most unexpected part of his reaction while falling
[29:06] DISRUPTING THE RADIO INDUSTRY IN DENMARK
- How Palle started his own radio station in the 80s
- How he founded and now owns 17 radio stations
[33:24] FOUNDING AND RUNNING “RADIO GURU”
- Directing and producing radio commercials and podcasts
- Producing and hosting The LEGO Technic Podcast
[37:50] INSIDE THE BUGATTI FACTORY
- Describing a Bugatti
- The Bugatti sales process
- The secrecy required to tour the Bugatti factory
[42:28] PALLE’S EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH LEGO
- The secrecy inside the LEGO factory
- Producing Season 2 of The LEGO Technic Podcast
[45:36] THE LIGHTNING ROUND
- The top book Palle recommends
- The top app that Palle recommends
- The advice Palle would give to his 20-year-old self
- The celebrity Palle would most like to have dinner with
- The key to making a great audio commercial
[54:49] CONTACT PALLE BO
- Listen to The Radio Vagabond Podcast
- Follow Palle on Social Media
