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Hey friends, this is Jessica and Will from WorldTowning. You’re listening to the podcast that shares the highs, the lows, and the “what the heck just happened” of our decade-long full-time travel lifestyle and how it has changed us. On The WHY Matters, we dig deep into the WHY behind our choices and the positive results they leave. If you are ready to spread your wings, have a laugh, and take the insights of full-time travelers into your everyday life, then this podcast is for you.
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English
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59 episodes
since Dec. 13, 2023
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In this episode of Why Matters Podcast, we sit down with Karen for a powerful and deeply human conversation about reinvention, courage, and what it really means to choose a life that aligns with who you are becoming. Sparked by the idea that a “good life” isn’t always a fully expre…
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In this episode of The WHY Matters Podcast, Jessica and Will kick off International Women’s Month with a powerful conversation about reinvention, courage, and choosing a life that feels aligned. Their guest, LiAnne, shares how she walked away from a successful corporate career, sold eve…
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In this episode of Why Matters Podcast, we dig into a heavy but necessary conversation about friendship, morality, and what it really means to choose values over comfort. Sparked by a viral declaration, “I don’t have one Trump-supporting friend and I never will,” this episode explores h…
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In this episode of Why Matters Podcast, we dig into a heavy but necessary conversation about therapy, trauma, and what it really means to live an authentic life. Sparked by the idea that unprocessed trauma doesn’t disappear, it recruits beliefs, identities, and enemies, this episode exp…
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In this episode of The WHY Matters Podcast, we sit down in Paris with our longtime French teacher, Camille of Artful French, to talk about what it really takes to learn a language. From awkward yoga classes and repeating “je ne parle pas français,” to raising bilingual kids and question…
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In this episode of The WHY Matters Podcast, Jessica and Will officially welcome themselves into 2026, even if it’s mid-January and last year felt like it had 13 months. After a heavy season of grief, transition, and unexpected life pivots, they shift the conversation toward something li…
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In this episode of The WHY Matters Podcast, Jessica and Will share an honest, unfiltered conversation about grief in real time. After the loss of Jessica’s closest friend of 31 years, Doug, they explore what grief truly looks like — messy, isolating, and unpredictable. Jessica opens …
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In this episode of The WHY Matters Podcast, we sit down with Jamless and Green Bean, a daughter–mother duo who took resilience to the extreme by attempting a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail together—and learned that endurance isn’t just about pushing forward, but knowing when to p…
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Before we begin, we want to share something important.
This episode originally aired when our close friend Doug was very much alive, sharing his perspective with the warmth and curiosity that defined him. At the time, none of us knew this conversation would become a memory we would o…
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