{"podcast":{"title":"Out Of Office: A Travel Podcast","slug":"out-of-office-a-travel-podcast-629743","podcast_index_feed_id":629743,"rss_url":"https://outofofficepod.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.outofofficepod.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/6/6/d/d66d608b6bc46b49/ooo_lowres.jpg","author":"Ryan Davis","episode_count":200,"summary":"Out of Office is a travel podcast hosted by us, Ryan Davis and Kiernan Schmitt. From early childhood, we were each infected with a serious case of wanderlust (among other things.) We define travel broadly, from local day trips to high-flyin' overseas adventures. Every episode, we dig into one topic—ranging from the serious to the silly, the practical to the outlandish—and give advice on how to get out there and explore the world.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T04:17:49.898081+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/out-of-office-a-travel-podcast-629743"},"episode":{"title":"Cruising Life with Royal Caribbean CEO Richard Fain","slug":"cruising-life-with-royal-caribbean-ceo-richard-fain","published_at":"2025-10-21T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/out-of-office-a-travel-podcast-629743/cruising-life-with-royal-caribbean-ceo-richard-fain","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/out-of-office-a-travel-podcast-629743","url":"https://outofofficepod.libsyn.com/cruising-life-with-royal-caribbean-ceo-richard-fain","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/outofofficepod/Out_of_Office_Episode_212.mp3?dest-id=782160","summary":"On this week's episode of \"Out of Office: A Travel Podcast.\" Kiernan talks to Richard Fain who served as CEO of Royal Caribbean for 33 years. Richard and his team oversaw—and essentially invented—the evolution of the cruise ship industry from a niche business to a global behemoth. His new book \"Delivering the WOW\" gives the behind the scenes story, with tons of great tidbits (how do you build an ice rink on a ship?) and business advice. Things We Talk About on Today's Episode \"Delivering the WOW\" https://www.deliveringthewow.com/ Richard Fain https://www.deliveringthewow.com/about-richard Adrian McKinty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_McKinty Black Rabbit https://www.netflix.com/title/81630027 Crazy Horse Memorial https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/style/a-hike-to-crazy-horse-stirs-patriotism-and-doubt.html","meta_description":"On this week's episode of \"Out of Office: A Travel Podcast.\" Kiernan talks to Richard Fain who served as CEO of Royal Caribbean for 33 years. Richard and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3480,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/out-of-office-a-travel-podcast-629743/episodes/cruising-life-with-royal-caribbean-ceo-richard-fain/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/out-of-office-a-travel-podcast-629743/cruising-life-with-royal-caribbean-ceo-richard-fain.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}