JUMP with Traveling Jackie

JUMP with Traveling Jackie

Welcome to JUMP Podcast, your invitation to adventure. Through a mix of guest stories, solo episodes, and often raw and personal accounts, host Jackie Nourse (Traveling Jackie) explores travel, adventure, and lifestyle in ways meant to motivate YOU to move and experience the world outside your comfort zone and to do big, courageous things with your one life. Let this show be a source of travel advice and inspiration, and remember that in the end, it’s YOU who takes the leap.

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January 27, 2025 2 mins

JUMP Podcast is your invitation to adventure. Through a mix of guest stories, solo episodes and often raw and personal accounts with host Traveling Jackie, JUMP explores travel, adventure, and lifestyle in ways meant to motivate YOU to get out and see the world.

Let this show be a source of travel advice and inspiration, and remember that in the end… It’s YOU who takes the leap.



Take a leap with Jackie IRL - join us in Greece and Nor...
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When we travel, especially solo, our surroundings have a way of reflecting back to us the peaks and valleys within ourselves. Listen today as Jackie speaks with Mark Johanson about his recently published book Mars on Earth: Wanderings in the World’s Driest Desert, which is part travelogue, part memoir about the forgotten places of Chile and Mark’s personal journey through a tumultuous time in both the world and in his own lif...

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Amber & Christian Meier have figured out their path to work-life balance by following their passions for cycling and coffee. The result? Opening a "cycle cafe" in Girona, Spain, where they even roast the coffee themselves. Join us today as we listen to their inspiring story and learn about the one thing that has helped them overcome countless challenges in creating a thriving (and delicious!) business in a quaint ...

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Jackie and her hockey teammate Matt Parsons compare notes and share perspectives on their recent two-month sabbaticals, including why they decided to take the time off, how they set themselves up for success in doing so, what they spent their time off doing (Jackie's sabbatical was a staycation while Matt's was a vacation to South America), and what they ultimately took away from their experiences. Whether you've ...

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Join Jackie for a solo episode today as she reflects on her experiences, the good and the bad, of living full-time out of her truck camper for the past year. Find out why her plans changed and where she spent most of her time, the hardest and most unexpected part of the truck camper lifestyle, the single best thing that has come from the experience, and what’s next for Jackie.

- Check out Jackie’s posts about her Four Wheel Camper S...

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Chris & Sara from What No One Tells You podcast turn the mic on Jackie today, digging into truck camper living, where Jackie is now, and behind the scenes on her journey with the podcast and JUMP Adventures. This conversation is a story of empowerment, adventure, and the endless quest for balance between the solitude of solo travel and the shared excitement of group journeys.


- Find Chris & Sara at ChrisAndSara.com/links

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Join us as we explore hidden gems of Japan, including the Michinoku Coastal Trail, Tokachi District of Hokkaido, and Shikoku Island’s pilgrimage trails and Iya Valley with Sherry Ott. Along the way we'll hear about why Japan is so different from the rest of Asia and the rest of the world, solo traveler safety in Japan, the Ainu indigenous culture, an introduction to disaster tourism, and we’ll find out many reasons that Sherry ...

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Join us as we invite Baja California Sur native Fátima Aviles to the mic to share her story, not only about how the city girl in her became an adventure traveller, but how her passion led her to working in alternative tourism, connecting travellers with locals and contributing to regeneration projects that positively impact her community and her beautiful backyard of Baja.


- Join us in Baja this February https...

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October 26, 2023 53 mins

Join us on the slow track as we take you behind the scenes with us, walking along the Jordan Trail from Dana to Petra and beyond, meeting Bedouins and discovering stories and history lessons, and a little bit of that Jordanian magic along the way. 


- Join JUMP PodChats: https://jumpadventures.com/podchats 

- Get on our email list and browse 2024 trips: https://jumpadventures.com...

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Jackie is joined by Rafa Di Biase as they dig into off the beaten path travel in Patagonia, what it looks like to leave a positive impact, how we are working together on a rewilding project on our upcoming group trip, and the importance of sustainable travel in Patagonia. Join us!


- Join us in Northern Patagonia 2023: https://jumpadventures.com/patagonia 

- Join JUMP PodChats: https://jumpadventures.com/podchats 

- Get on our emai...

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August 24, 2023 42 mins

Jackie bought a truck camper! Join us for this solo episode as she dives into full-time truck camper living, including her biggest fear going in and her hardest-learned lessons so far.

Get on our email list (2024 trips launch soon!): https://jumpadventures.com

Northern Patagonia 2023: https://jumpadventures.com/patagonia

Join JUMP PodChats: https://jumpadventures.com/podchats

 



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Tune in to our first-ever “PodChat" featuring bike touring across Sardinia, plus find out what PodChats are and how you can be part of the podcast going forward.


Join us: https://jumpadventures.com/podchats



Take a leap with Jackie IRL - join us in Greece and Norway in 2025 at JUMPadventures.com

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November 30, 2022 67 mins

Escape to hike the Jordan Trail, sleep under the stars, wander the Wadi Rum desert, visit the ancient city of Petra, and float in the Dead Sea. 

A little over four years ago, I took a group of adventurous podcast listeners to Jordan for the first time: to hike the Jordan Trail, sleep under the stars, wander the Wadi Rum desert, visit the ancient city of Petra, and float in the Dead Sea.

It was, unequivocally, the most surpri...

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We're getting up close and personal with beluga whales, local foods, local guides, and incredible adventure activities in one of Jackie's favorite places: Quebec.

BOOK your own kayak camping adventure

WATCH trip video on IG @travelingjackie

LET US KNOW where you want to go with JUMP Adventures!

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September 28, 2022 44 mins

We rode bikes on the famous Going-to-the-Sun-Road in Glacier National Park and we're here to recap our experience! Join Jackie and participants Dawn, Carley, Ashley, and Makenna from the first ever JUMP Adventures WEEKEND that took place in Glacier National Park, Montana. We hiked, we rode, we ate, we challenged ourselves, and we learned to always bring bear spray into Glacier NP. 

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Join us on a remote backyard adventure in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northern Minnesota with Recal Travel and Quiet Parks International. Find out why we went, what we saw, what we heard, and what we learned from spending four days in this beautiful, incredible wilderness, AND how you can go, too! Plus, listen to the end for a special treat that might just make your day.

SHOW NOTES:

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Let us whisk you away to the land of fire and ice, trolls and elves, and the daughters of Vikings as we explore the best of Reykjavik, Iceland. Join host Jackie Nourse and featured guests Kirsten Alana and Icelanders Elma and Heidi.

Subscribe for all things JUMP Adventures at JUMPAdventures.com

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Experience FlyOverIceland.com / @fly...

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December 29, 2021 71 mins
Join us for a round-table conversation about what it was like to say yes to a JUMP Adventure in Croatia with host Traveling Jackie. Hear it from the travelers themselves as we chat e-bikes, group dynamics, the structure of and fears around "group trips," favorite memories, best takeaways, and whether or not they would do it all again.
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From being a dishwasher to a two-time study abroad alumna to English professor and Master's student in Spain, long-time JUMP Podcast listener-turned traveler extraordinaire Dani Twichel shares her journey of (and best tips for) finding learning and teaching programs abroad and where it’s taking her.
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Jackie is back from 6 weeks in Europe and shares today about her travel experiences, highlighting spending a week exploring and hiking on Italy's Amalfi Coast.
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