{"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":"Zsuzsanna Berencsi  … Thanks Tammy","slug":"zsuzsanna-berencsi-thanks-tammy","published_at":"2025-07-03T09:21:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counting-countries-515125/zsuzsanna-berencsi-thanks-tammy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counting-countries-515125","url":"https://globalgaz.com/zsuzsanna-berencsi-counting-countries/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/countingcountries/Zsu_LISBYN_.mp3?dest-id=389581","summary":"Zsuzsanna Berencsi has been to every country in the world Hey now, I am your host, Ric Gazarian. Zsu Berencsi shares with us her awesome travel adventures to every country in the world with a big celebration this past December in her last country, Jamaica. I have met Zsu twice before at both ETFs and she promises a third. I got it on tape. I also reconnected with Zsu at April Peregrino's 193 party in Bratislava where Zsu arranged a special field trip. 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, and Dana Mahoutchian for supporting this podcast. You can support this podcast by going to Patreon.com/CountingCountries. My patrons will hear extra content with Zsu that you will not hear and you can be part of our members only FB group. And my patrons will get behind the scene video and audio from a unique roadtrip that Zsu hosted to her favorite ice cream parlor! And now I want to take a moment for one of my parts of the podcast and that is to welcome two new patrons to the Counting Countries family. First up is Mihai Dascalu. He recently retired, and after a NM survey, he and his wife decided to officially Chase 193. They have a passion for UNESCOs and Mihai plays classical piano. And I got to meet him last November at the ETF, so you know he is a cool guy! And also welcome Ryan Knott, who has listened to over 100 episodes in the last two years, especially while driving on some roadtrips. He visite…","meta_description":"Zsuzsanna Berencsi has been to every country in the world Hey now, I am your host, Ric Gazarian. Zsu Berencsi shares with us her awesome travel adventures…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5694,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/counting-countries-515125/episodes/zsuzsanna-berencsi-thanks-tammy/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/zsuzsanna-berencsi-thanks-tammy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}