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The Quest Express: Travel, Culture & Untold Stories
The Quest Express: Travel, Culture & Untold Stories is your ticket to extraordinary journeys, hidden histories, and the world’s most fascinating people. This global travel podcast goes beyond the typical tourist path, bringing you unfiltered conversations with explorers, historians, entrepreneurs, artists, and cultural icons who have lived the stories most people never hear.
From the lost traditions of ancient civilizations to the boldest innovators shaping the future, we uncover the secrets, struggles, and successes behind each travel and personal journey. Whether it's an archaeologist unearthing Egyptian tombs, a fifth generation Monegasque ballet star, or a George Washington portrayer bringing history to life, every episode is an adventure.
If you crave authentic travel experiences, cultural deep dives, and captivating storytelling, subscribe now.
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The Quest Express: Travel, Culture & Untold Stories
Ep. 103: Miles Spencer - Trekking On The Edge of "A Line In The Sand"
This week The Quest Express travel podcast unlocks an ancient way to travel through the Middle East: on foot! We sit down with Miles Spencer who co-authored "A Line in the Sand" with Wells Jones.
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- Miles' Commonwealth upbringing
- The Kayak Bet
- Seven Pillars of Wisdom
- Retracing the steps of Lawrence of Arabia
- The Sykes-Picot Agreement
- The Faisal-Weizmann Agreement
- A Story Told Three Ways
- His book, co-authored with Wells Jones, "A Line in the Sand"
- The Next Odysseys
- Three exits from consumer to digital
- How Miles finds gaps in the marketplace
- Not-to-miss documentaries from Miles:
Collection of Movies for Art Thieves &
MARTHA: About Martha Stewart's rise, fall & comeback
- Sage advice in a Digital Age
🚨 WATCH the full length interview
Next week: The Quest Express speaks to Dr. Jack Kruse, a respected neurosurgeon and CEO of Kruse Longevity Center at Destin.
ABOUT:
Miles is a fairly normal guy from Pittsburgh that strayed a long way from home. He's been a mentor of tech founders for 30 years, and a father of kids for 11 years.
His day job has involved creating over 1,100 jobs while founding, financing, building and exiting three digital media companies. Prior to that, he was a Venture Principal at Capital Express (register.com), hosted MoneyHunt on PBS (pre- SharkTank), led over 1,500 people across 14 miles of open sea on kayak, and trekked 1,100 miles through the deserts of Saudi, Jordan and Syria… and A Line in the Sand ended up an Amazon Bestseller in the Middle East. After a bit of a pandemic reset, Miles is now actively investing and directly managing teams in digital media, entertainment, and consumer products. And painting watercolors with my daughter or playing rugby with my son.
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Music Credits: INTRO: Loyalty - Philip Ayers | OUTRO: Grasshopper's Dance - Etienne Roussel
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