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JUMP with Traveling Jackie

JUMP with Traveling Jackie

Traveling Jackie 213 Episodes Aug 19, 2026

JUMP Podcast invites you to adventure through guest stories, solo episodes, and personal accounts. Host Jackie Nourse explores travel, adventure, and lifestyle to motivate listeners to step outside their comfort zone. The show offers travel advice and inspiration, encouraging big, courageous actions in life.

Episodes

Language, Place & the Projects Worth Your Life with Jo Franco (JUMP 217)
Language, Place & the Projects Worth Your Life with Jo Franco (JUMP 217) Aug 19, 2026 3727 What if learning another language could give you an entirely new way to experience being human? Jackie sits down with Brazilian-born storyteller, filmmaker and polyglot Jo Franco to talk about the power of language, the doors it can open, and the cultural ideas that simply can’t be translated into a single English word. Jo shares her journey from building the wildly successful travel brand Shut Up
Alex Honnold and Jim Morrison: Two Legends Redefining What's Possible (JUMP 216)
Alex Honnold and Jim Morrison: Two Legends Redefining What's Possible (JUMP 216) Aug 5, 2026 2233 What does it really mean to take a smart risk and live intentionally? In JUMP’s first-ever live podcast, recorded onstage at the Travel Gear and Adventure Show in Salt Lake City, Jackie sits down with legendary professional climber Alex Honnold and ski mountaineer Jim Morrison. They explore how years of training, failure, preparation, and time outdoors taught them to work with fear rather than be
Hiking, Wine, and Wild Georgia The Country (JUMP 215)
Hiking, Wine, and Wild Georgia The Country (JUMP 215) Jul 22, 2026 4188 Why Georgia? Jackie and returning guest Ginger Cooper answer that question by sharing two very different adventures through this mountainous, wonderfully under-the-radar country. Ginger recounts a four-day trek through the remote villages of the Svaneti region, while Jackie shares how unexpected snow changed her group’s hiking plans and led them toward Kazbegi, the fortress village of Shatili, and
Belonging, Culture, and the Outdoors with José Gonzalez (JUMP 214)
Belonging, Culture, and the Outdoors with José Gonzalez (JUMP 214) Jul 8, 2026 2876 José Gonzalez, founder of Latino Outdoors and fellow Osprey ambassador, joins Jackie for a rich and deeply thoughtful conversation about identity, belonging, culture, and finding your place outside. José shares his story of immigrating from Mexico to the U.S., the layered meanings behind identifying as Mexican, Latino, Chicano, and Hispanic, and how those roots shaped his work in creating Latino O
Untold Stories of the Outdoors with James Edwards Mills (JUMP 213)
Untold Stories of the Outdoors with James Edwards Mills (JUMP 213) Jun 24, 2026 3970 Jackie sits down with James Edward Mills, fellow Osprey ambassador, freelance journalist, National Geographic Explorer, and creator of the Joy Trip Project, for a wide-ranging conversation about building an adventurous life on purpose. James shares how a childhood in Los Angeles, a job at REI, an unexpected career with The North Face, and a life-changing pivot after 9/11 led him into journalism an
The Unexpected Freedom of Putting Down Roots (JUMP212)
The Unexpected Freedom of Putting Down Roots (JUMP212) Jun 10, 2026 2198 What if putting down roots could actually set you free? In this deeply personal solo episode, Jackie celebrates buying her first house and takes us through nearly a decade of reflections on home, belonging, freedom, and life as a long-term traveler. Through four essays and the recurring symbol of a rice cooker, she shares how her relationship with possessions, stability, Montana, and the idea of p
Building the Community She Couldn’t Find with Cassidy VanOrden (JUMP211)
Building the Community She Couldn’t Find with Cassidy VanOrden (JUMP211) May 27, 2026 2475 What happens when you can’t find the community you’re looking for? For Cassidy VanOrden, the answer was simple: create it. In this episode, Jackie sits down with Cassidy, founder of Girl Get After It, a women-focused community built around outdoor adventure, movement, trying new things, and making real friendships as adults.Cassidy shares the story behind Girl Get After It, from growing up in a ti
How 52 Hikes Became a Healing Movement with Karla Amador (JUMP210)
How 52 Hikes Became a Healing Movement with Karla Amador (JUMP210) May 13, 2026 2715 Karla Amador, founder of the 52 Hike Challenge, joins Jackie to share the deeply personal story behind a movement that has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to get outside. After becoming a mom at 17, navigating a young marriage, and later going through a painful divorce, Karla found herself in a dark season where hiking became a path toward healing, strength, and self-trust.What started as
Bikepacking Across the Americas: A Four-Year Journey with Hana Black (JUMP209)
Bikepacking Across the Americas: A Four-Year Journey with Hana Black (JUMP209) Apr 29, 2026 3602 What if you stopped waiting to feel ready and just started pedaling? In this episode, Jackie sits down with Hana Black, a New Zealand cyclist and guide who, together with her partner Mark, bikepacked from Alaska all the way to Ushuaia, Argentina, covering roughly 32,000 miles through 16 countries over more than four years. Hana shares how a quiet dream became a life-shaping quest, what it actually
Going Nomadic After 40: Following the Signs Into Your Next Chapter (JUMP 208)
Going Nomadic After 40: Following the Signs Into Your Next Chapter (JUMP 208) Apr 15, 2026 3785 What happens when the life you’ve built no longer feels like the life that fits? In this heartfelt conversation, Jackie sits down with guest Jackie Flood for an honest look at what it means to trust yourself enough to make a major change. Jackie Flood shares her journey from suburban Detroit and years in corporate life to making the bold decision to sell her house, leave her job, begin training as
The Courage to Leave What’s Comfortable - Real Talk with Jackie (JUMP 207)
The Courage to Leave What’s Comfortable - Real Talk with Jackie (JUMP 207) Mar 30, 2026 4504 What happens when you know you’re meant for more, but comfort has quietly started to win?In this different kind of episode, Jackie sits down with her friend Walker Smith for an honest, unscripted conversation about being at a crossroads. Walker shares how a childhood spent traveling the world shaped his perspective from an early age, why hospitality and human connection still drive his curiosity,
The Ultimate Patagonia Road Trip in Chile with Christian Morrison (JUMP 206)
The Ultimate Patagonia Road Trip in Chile with Christian Morrison (JUMP 206) Mar 18, 2026 3499 What happens when you combine one of the wildest road trips on Earth with local knowledge and a spirit of adventure? Jackie sits down with Chilean travel expert Christian Morrison, founder of EcoChile, to explore the magic of traveling through Chile and Argentina.From childhood stories of Patagonia and unforgettable nights on a penguin-filled island to driving the legendary Carretera Austral throu

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