{"podcast":{"title":"Counting Countries","slug":"counting-countries-515125","podcast_index_feed_id":515125,"rss_url":"https://countingcountries.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://globalgaz.com/counting-countries/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/4/1/b/541badb3b384277dd959afa2a1bf1c87/countingcountries_1400x1400.jpg","author":"Ric Gazarian","episode_count":173,"summary":"Chasing 193, one of the most exclusive clubs on Earth. In fact, more people have been to outer space than have earned their way into this, the ultimate travel club. According to the United Nations there are 193 sovereign nations in the world. Welcome to the only podcast to bring you the stories from the dedicated few who've spent their lives on the singular quest of traveling to them all. Welcome, to Counting Countries. With your host, Ric Gazarian.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T22:20:16.852224+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counting-countries-515125"},"episode":{"title":"Thor Pedersen  … Impossible Journey","slug":"thor-pedersen-impossible-journey","published_at":"2025-08-01T02:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counting-countries-515125/thor-pedersen-impossible-journey","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counting-countries-515125","url":"https://globalgaz.com/thor-pedersen-impossible-journey/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/countingcountries/Thor__impossible_journey_Lisbyn.mp3?dest-id=389581","summary":"Thor Pedersen has been to every country in the world Hey now, I am your host, Ric Gazarian. Thor returns for the 4th time to Counting Countries in addition to 7 other episodes for patrons. During this conversation, we speak about his newly published book, The Impossible Journey (including Kindle on Amazon US - affiliate). Despite knowing his journey well, this book shares more stories and additional context to his quest. We also overview what he has been doing over the last 2 years since his return from his nearly 10 year journey. I would like to thank everyone for their support of Counting Countries, especially my Patrons. You know them, you love them! Bisa \"fully nomadic\" Myles, Ted Nims, Adam \"one-away\" Hickman, Steph \"Phuket\" Rowe, Simen Flotvik Mathisen, Ed Hotchkiss, Barry Hoffner, Katelyn Jarvis, Philippe \"BC\" Izedian, Gin Liutkeviciute, Sunir Joshi, Carole Southam, Sonia Zimmermann, Justine, Per Flisberg, Jorge Serpa, Sam Williams, Scott Day, Dana Mahoutchian, Mihai Dascalu and Ryan Knott for supporting this podcast. You can support this podcast by going to Patreon.com/CountingCountries. My patrons will hear the entire conversation with Thor. And, we also have partnered with Ahmed at Aknaf Tours in Iraq who offers monthly fixed date trips from Baghdad to the marshes. Of course it is a bit too hot. But start planning those trips starting in September and beyond. Here is the link. And ask me for the discount code. Remember to keep up to date with the Extraordinary Travel Festival by joining our Instagram and Facebook groups and signing up for the ETF newsletter. I do have some news to share at this time … a save the date, ETF will be October 22-25, 2026. Destination to be announced soon. So if interested in the ETF, block those dates off. And speaking of the ETF,…","meta_description":"Thor Pedersen has been to every country in the world Hey now, I am your host, Ric Gazarian. Thor returns for the 4th time to Counting Countries in additio…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4899,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/counting-countries-515125/episodes/thor-pedersen-impossible-journey/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counting-countries-515125/thor-pedersen-impossible-journey.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}