#101 | Scott Brills on World Travel & Language Survival Basics

World traveler, tour coordinator, and language learner, Scott Brills, joins Benny Lewis and Shannon Kennedy to chat about “faking” comprehension, deep-diving into cultural experiences, and cross-country adventures around the world.

Scott has an impressive travel résumé having taken part in the Mongol Rally, traversing India in a rickshaw, and building a business that provides travelers with rich cultural immersion experiences. If you’re interested in travel, living abroad, or multicultural entrepreneurship, this is the episode for you.

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Dealing with the logistics of building work and making a living in other countries
Scott’s ideal language learning routine
Scott’s 3 Language Survival Resources
How to fit in language learning as a busy entrepreneur
What the hosts’ favorite languages are
What languages the hosts struggled with most
Memorable gaffs the hosts made in their languages

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Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

Living abroad at a young age in Japan
Combatting loneliness and fear of living alone in another country
How to get through the roadblocks along the path to fluency
Why you sometimes just need to be thrown into the deep end
Running culinary tours in Japan and safaris in Tanzania
Taking part in the Mongol Rally, driving through 16 countries for charity and learning to rely on the support of strangers
Traveling across India in a rickshaw on three different occasions
Learning a language by “faking” comprehension
Gaining the confidence to approach complete strangers in another language

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy