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2023: Stick a Fork In It - The Best Food and Travel Cities This Year

This week, the Skiptown All Stars podcast recaps their best and worst travel experiences from 2023. James and Denise discuss the most memorable destinations, friendliest and least friendly cities, best food cities, easiest and most difficult cities to get around, and James shares his picks for the top coffee cities. We also reminisce about their road trip mishaps and funny travel stories from the past year. You will enjoy hearing this lively couple's perspectives on their adventures across America.

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A Very Fiery Christmas Special: Our Best & Worst Yuletide Stories, Ever!

This Christmas podcast is about hilarious holiday fiascos and crazy traditions, to odd true crime stories that happened on or around the holidays. Tune in as our hosts James, Denise and Phil trade tales of their best and worst Christmases ever - including a near-fatal snowmobile accident, an arsonist secret girlfriend burning down a house, and a dog rescued from a freezing locked car!

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A Tale of 10 Cities: James Goes Back to Connecticut

James had 10 days to explore charming small towns and idyllic waterfront living all across Connecticut — and he made the most of it@ In this episode, he recounts his recent travels visiting over 10 different Connecticut towns and cities including Guilford, Newtown, Brookfield and more. From the colonial homes to hundreds of trails (not to mention access to major cities like NYC), James recaps it all. Then, Denise opens up the debate over the viability of dating apps. If you’re considering moving to Connecticut or just want to learn more about what it has to offer, hit the play button!

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Sandra and Nik: An FHA Loan Success Story

When Denise was in Texas, listener Sandra invited her to Boerne to see the house she and husband Nik were having built. Denise was intrigued, but then Sandra told her it was the FIFTH time they were constructing a new home... we had to get to the bottom of why they're such huge fans of starting from scratch.
While we were in Boerne this summer, we sat down with Sandra and Nik to hear how they parlayed an FHA loan into an eventual $2M custom build--and why they STILL hate their window sills. From a killer view to vanishing closets, they're here to tell us all about their triumphs and fails in the land of new construction!

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How Old Are You, Really? Age-Defying Mental Floss

Everyone has their own definition of what "staying young" means. For your favorite town-skippers, it meant divesting from the Los Angeles real estate market and getting their kicks on Route 66 until they found a new one. In this episode we discuss what we believe our TRUE ages to be... and while Denise keeps it reasonable, James seems to think he is much, much younger than he really is. We also talk about successful people who were able to reboot their careers at an older age--and what the average age of an entrepreneur in America really looks like. Spoiler alert: it's not 23-year old "Instagram bros" selling workout routines).

If you're in our favorite demographic of 35-65--and we know most of you are!--get ready for a truth bomb that will surely wake you up to all of the potential that still lies ahead of you.

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