In 2015, Tom Turcich—and his dog, Savannah—left his home to begin a walk around the world that would span 7 years, 28,000 miles, 38 countries, and 6 continents. Over the course of those years, he spoke to Jason Moore—host of the Zero to Travel podcast—three different times. And over the course of the next two episodes, we’ll hear those conversations.

In part one, Jason shares his first conversation with Tom, 15 months into the walk, and part of the second, about almost four years into the walk. Their conversations run from the logistics and reality (and pain!) of walking up to 20 miles every day to the lessons we can glean from these kind of journey—lesson that reveal what it means to be human.

Find Tom on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theworldwalk/

Read the transcript here: https://rebrand.ly/rgazr3q

Discover more episodes of the podcast here: https://www.afar.com/podcasts/unpacked

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0:00: Introduction
2:30: Who is Jason
6:50: Inspiration for Tom’s world walk
22:18: Introduction to Savannah, Tom’s dog
23:40: Beginning of Tom’s walk
50:30: Logistics
1:01:17: Their second conversation
1:02:35: Tom’s sickness
1:15:30: Algeria
1:35:28: How an adventure like this can change us