The COBO Podcast

Veronica Skye. Amazing Race Canada contestant. Founder of Mondays Run Club. An adventurer and entrepreneur who discovered that racing across a country and building something from the ground up require exactly the same thing, carrying only what matters.In this conversation, Veronica talks about what it means to race across a country with everything on your back and what that teaches you about how to move through the rest of your life. How founding a run club that turns Vancouver into a course worth exploring is the same instinct as packing light. And why the people who go furthest tend to be the ones who left the most behind. A COBO conversation worth lacing up for. Learn more here: Website: https://mondaysrunclub.my.canva.site | Instagram: @mondaysrunclubCarry-On Bags Only | COBO. Conversations with entrepreneurs, adventurers, artists, creatives and people who carry only what matters. Less is a luxury, travel & lifestyle redefined. Subscribe and follow along for more! Instagram: ⁠⁠@carryonbagsonly_⁠⁠

Megan Grant. Founder of Cherish Tours. Lead Memory Creator. Someone who understood that the most meaningful journeys are the ones designed with intention from the ground up.In this conversation, Megan talks about what it means to build a travel experience exclusively for women, by women. How moving through the world with purpose changes not just where you go but who you become when you get there. And why sustainable, conscious travel isn’t a compromise, it’s the only version worth taking.A builder. A creative. And a COBO conversation about what happens when travel is designed to leave something behind in you, and in the places you visit. Learn more here: Website: https://www.gocherishtours.com | Instagram: @gocherishtoursCarry-On Bags Only | COBO. Conversations with entrepreneurs, adventurers, artists, creatives and people who carry only what matters. Less is a luxury, travel & lifestyle redefined. Subscribe and follow along for more! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@carryonbagsonly_⁠⁠⁠

Mark Newton. Alpine Canada Para-Alpine Coach. Adventurer and advocate. Someone who has spent a career showing athletes and the world that the only real limits are the ones nobody has thought to remove yet.In this conversation, Mark talks about what it means to coach para-alpine athletes from grassroots to the podium. How travel looks different when parts of the world haven’t been designed with everyone in mind and why that needs to change. The accessibility gaps that most travellers never notice, and the ones para-athletes navigate on every single trip. And how a passion for sport opened doors to corners of the world most people never reach.A coach, an adventurer, and a COBO conversation that redefines what it means to carry only what matters and go further than anyone thought possible.Carry-On Bags Only | COBO. Conversations with entrepreneurs, adventurers, artists, creatives and people who carry only what matters. Less is a luxury, travel & lifestyle redefined. Subscribe and follow along for more! Instagram: ⁠⁠@carryonbagsonly_⁠⁠

Patricia Plesner. Founder of Plugin Heat Club. Previous CEO of EcoHotels.com. An entrepreneur with a passion for redefining the way the world books travel and what it means to live well. In this conversation, Patricia talks about what it means to build a platform that makes sustainable travel the default, not the exception. How conscious hospitality from boutique stays to beachfront villas can exist without compromising on experience. And why the next generation of travellers is already asking questions the industry is only beginning to answer. Patricia has since moved on to start a Copenhagen wellness and social recovery community.A founder. A builder. And a COBO conversation about what it looks like when where you stay is as intentional as how you travel. Learn more here: Website: https://pluginheatclub.com | Instagram: @Ecohotelscom & @pluginheatclubCarry-On Bags Only | COBO. Conversations with entrepreneurs, adventurers, artists, creatives and people who carry only what matters. Less is a luxury, travel & lifestyle redefined. Subscribe and follow along for more! Instagram: ⁠⁠@carryonbagsonly_⁠⁠

Chris Lovett. Bestselling author of Discovery of Less and Relentless. TEDx speaker. Executive coach. A creative who found everything he was looking for underneath everything he owned.In this conversation, Chris talks about the moment stepping on a broken CD case changed the trajectory of his life and what happened when he started removing things instead of adding them. How decluttering a home became a philosophy. How a philosophy became a book, a talk and practice. And why the people who travel and live the lightest tend to be the ones who’ve already done the harder work of figuring out what they actually need.A writer, a speaker and a COBO conversation about the radical, occasionally humorous act of letting go.Learn more about Chris Lovett and get your own copy of Discovery of Less: Website: https://www.lessisprogress.com | Instagram: @Christolovett - The first 10 listeners to follow and send a direct message to Chris on Instagram will receive an audio copy of the book for free! If you enjoyed this episode be sure to subscribe and leave a review and if you read Discovery of Less please leave a review for Chris. Carry-On Bags Only | COBO. Conversations with entrepreneurs, adventurers, artists, creatives and people who carry only what matters. Less is a luxury, travel & lifestyle redefined. Subscribe and follow along for more! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@carryonbagsonly_⁠⁠⁠

Glyn Lewis. Founder and CEO of Renewal Home Development. An entrepreneur who looked at what the world was throwing away and decided to build something remarkable with it instead.In this conversation, Glyn talks about a mission to save hundreds of homes from ending up in the landfill. Relocating them to Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast to give them a second life. He shares how he is working to build the world’s largest walking and cycling community of upcycled homes. The obstacles in the way, including five trees that stand between a developer and hundreds of properties worth saving. And why rethinking what we discard in housing, in travel, in how we live is the same conversation, approached from a different angle.A founder, a builder and a COBO conversation about what it means to carry less, waste less and build something that lasts. Learn more about Glyn Lewis and Renewal Home Development:Website: https://www.renewaldevelopment.ca | Instagram @Renewal_DevelopmentCarry-On Bags Only | COBO. Conversations with entrepreneurs, adventurers, artists, creatives and people who carry only what matters. Less is a luxury, travel & lifestyle redefined. Subscribe and follow along for more! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@carryonbagsonly_⁠⁠⁠

Sam. Virtual reality creative. Adventurer become teacher who found a job posting on the internet while living in England that landed him a career across the world in China. Not every journey begins with a plan. Some begin with a Craigslist ad.In this conversation, Sam talks about what happens when you say yes before you’re ready. What it actually looks like to pack up and move abroad with nothing but curiosity and a willingness to figure it out on arrival. The hilarious, bizarre and quietly life-changing situations that only reveal themselves to the people who showed up. And why the decision to go even without a roadmap turned out to be the most clarifying thing he ever did.A teacher, a creative and a COBO conversation about what becomes possible the moment you stop waiting until everything is certain.Carry-On Bags Only | COBO. Conversations with entrepreneurs, adventurers, artists, creatives and people who carry only what matters. Less is a luxury, travel & lifestyle redefined. Subscribe and follow along for more! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@carryonbagsonly_⁠⁠⁠

Dr. Rachel Dodds. Author & Hospitality and Tourism Management professor. Featured in The Last Tourist award winning documentary. Someone who has spent a career asking the question the travel industry has been slow to answer: what does it actually mean to travel well?In this conversation, Rachel talks about her book, “Are We There Yet?” co-written with international tourism researcher Richard Butler. She elaborates on what it looks like to travel more responsibly with children. How to turn the journey into the education. Why the mindset shift towards conscious travel is one of the most valuable things you can pass on. And how the next generation of travellers is shaped by the trips they take before they’re old enough to book them. Learn more about The Last Tourist: https://thelasttouristfilm.com/home/A professor, an author and a COBO conversation about what it means to carry less impact and leave more behind for the people who come after us.Carry-On Bags Only | COBO. Conversations with entrepreneurs, adventurers, artists, creatives and people who carry only what matters. Less is a luxury, travel & lifestyle redefined. Subscribe and follow along for more! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@carryonbagsonly_⁠⁠⁠

Tom. Adventurer & creative. Someone who discovered that the best version of any journey begins the moment you decide to carry only what matters.A traumatic rugby injury that didn’t end the story, it recalibrated it. What followed was a row around Ireland, adventure races, cliff faces in Chamonix and the trails of Yosemite National Park. One challenge at a time, Tom rebuilt himself through movement and the kind of intention that only comes from having everything stripped away first.In this conversation, Tom talks about what it means to carry less, in the bag and in the mind. The lessons learned from overpacking, and what happened when he started leaving things behind. How the hardest stretches of trail and water have a way of bringing people together in ways that easier roads never do.An adventurer and a COBO conversation about what it means to travel and live with intention. Not in spite of the hard things. Because of them.Carry-On Bags Only | COBO. Conversations with entrepreneurs, adventurers, artists, creatives and people who carry only what matters. Less is a luxury, travel & lifestyle redefined. Subscribe and follow along for more! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@carryonbagsonly_⁠⁠⁠

Jess. Adventure seeker and creative who learned that the most valuable thing you can carry into the world’s most remote corners isn’t in your bag, it’s already in you.A staring contest in Thailand. An unexpected cabin guest in the jungle. A self-defence class born from a moment that didn’t feel right and a decision not to let fear make the next one.In this conversation, Jess talks about solo travel as a practice of presence, what it demands, what it reveals and what it quietly builds in the people willing to try it. The creative instincts that surface when you’re navigating alone. And why arriving somewhere unfamiliar with only what you need turns out to be the most clarifying version of any journey.A creative, an adventurer and a COBO conversation about what happens when you stop waiting for the right conditions and just go.Carry-On Bags Only | COBO. Conversations with entrepreneurs, adventurers, artists, creatives and people who carry only what matters. Less is a luxury, travel & lifestyle redefined. Subscribe and follow along for more! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@carryonbagsonly_⁠⁠⁠