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The Joy of Cruising PodcastSee It With CSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Carlene Reid, creator of the See It With C YouTube channel, Instagram, and Facebook page. Carlene starts each video, “Hi, my name is Carlene. I work a 9-5 but travel the world as if I don’t.” Carlene is a lifelong traveler and educator who has turned her passion for traveling and teaching others into a growing community of travel aficionados. She has visited almost 40 countries and taken 3...2025-06-261h 20The Joy of Cruising PodcastHelena and Dustin and Crew, Stranded at Sea, Carnival Splendor to the RescueSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast I am delighted to welcome Helena and Dustin, two “cruisers” with a once-in-a-lifetime harrowing tale with a happy ending on Carnival Splendor. Another one of those world-wide new human-interest stories I love bringing to the listeners of The Joy of Cruising Podcast. Dusty and Helena are two Australians in their late 30s who have been living off-grid for the past three years. Their journey began with a motorhome adventure around Austr...2025-06-231h 06
Lucid DriverPaul Grondal, YouTube Host, Life After 70Send us a textHello, Lucid fans! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome this week Paul Grondal, creator and host of YouTube’s Life After 70 as my guest on this week’s Lucid Driver Podcast. As suggested by its name, Life After 70 is about much more than just being a Lucid owner. In fact, Paul has done a lot of noteworthy things after 70. Like taking delivery of one of the worlds fastest sedans at 75. Or attaining his private airplane pilot’s license at 70. Or well into his seventies continuing to serve as CEO of the...2025-06-1651 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastGian and Angie: Solo on Villa Vie Odyssey, Falling in Love, and Getting Married! A Global Love StorySend us a textThis is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast I am delighted to welcome Gian and Angie, two cruisers living out two amazing stories on a cruise ship. That’s right, two amazing stories. The first is living on a cruise ship, Villa Vie Odyssey for the next three years, circumnavigating the globe and in the process visiting 147 countries across all seven continents—425 port stops in all. Anyone who is a regular listener of The Joy of Cruising Podcast knows I wouldn’t hesitate to host Gian...2025-06-1656 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastA Rich and Jazzy Life, on Assignment for MSC, on the new MSC World AmericaSend us a textThis is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast I am delighted to welcome back again to The Joy of Cruising Podcast Rich and Jazzy, creators of the amazing A Rich and Jazzy Life brand. A Rich and Jazzy Life is comprised of their top ten 110K cruise channel on YouTube; Melanin at Sea (MAS), their 115K Facebook affinity to group known for its legendary group cruises and, in my opinion the most influential cruise croup on Facebook; companion Instagram accounts and more. 2025-06-051h 02The Joy of Cruising PodcastPaul and Carole Love to Travel, Costa Smeralda, Dubai and the EmiratesSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome back to The Joy of Cruising Podcast Paul and Carole, creators of one of the top cruise brands in the world, Paul and Carole Love to Travel. They are dominant on every social medium platform they are on, and whether you classify them as cruise influencers or cruise content creators they are among the world’s leader as either. Most importantly to me is that Paul and Carole are passionate cruisers, and just about every time I read about them on...2025-05-2949 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastLinzi & Mark, Suite Natured, Windstar Star LegendSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome back Linzi and Mark Cowgill, creator of the UK-based Suite Natured blog, YouTube channel, and Instagram platform. Over a year ago, I reached out to Linzi and Mark to come on the podcast to talk about transatlantics, in advanced of our first transatlantic cruise around this time last year on Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady Ep 91. Suite Natured, Transatlantics. It was a fun conservation which ended with a hilarious anecdote. (Sure enough...2025-05-2257 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastZimbabwe-born Presley Pfereka: A Crew Members PerspectiveSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Presley Pfereka, a crew member for Azamara luxury cruise line. I have long observed with awe and fascination cruise ship crew from the Captain to entry-level crew members and have hosted on The Joy of Cruising Podcast a cross-section of ship crew, both former as well as active over the past years. I would love to delve into their lives in an in-depth manner both on the home front...2025-05-1557 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastThe Chefs, Behind the Soul Food on the Soul Train CruiseSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, a special group of guests, The Chefs: Jerome Brown aka Chef Rome, the chef to the stars with over 35 years of professional cooking, the go-to chef for celebrities worldwide; Chicago Chef George Outlaw specializing in elevated soul food with bold and unusual food combinations; Chef Sondra (Dra) Rhodes bringing creole and southern country cuisine to your table; and, Chef Ricky Simpson, Jr., an Atlanta resident whose credo is “To enlighten people to a...2025-05-121h 41The Joy of Cruising PodcastCruise Tips TV, MSC Euribia Yacht Club, Middle East and the United Arab EmiratesSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome back to The Joy of Cruising Podcast Sheri of Cruise Tips TV. Sheri is a special friend to me, having been featured in my first two cruise books, The Joy of Cruisinghttp://amzn.to/2EAMddF and Cruising Interrupted http://amzn.to/3seFU8y, and then being my first choice for the initial episode of The Joy of Cruising Podcast which she graciously accepted Episode 1. Sheri returned to the podcast for Episode 93. Today Sheri becomes...2025-05-0853 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastGreece, Dr. George Alexakis, Tourism & Hospitality ProfessorSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am proud to welcome Dr. George Alexakis, a former colleague of mine from Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers. George is a Hospitality Professor at FGCU, and he did some work some collaboration with the organization I led, which was the Office of Continuing and Off-Campus Education. George and I always had a good rapport given our mutual interests—not just in continuing ed but hospitality, which I had taught at my prior institution. George ta...2025-05-0555 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastLadybugTravels: Adventurer on a Year-Long CruiseSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Belencia Wallace, creator of Ladybug Travel of Facebook, Instagram, and with its 55k following on TikTok, which is where I met her. I was amazed to learn Belencia decided last year to leave her professional career to embark on a full year at sea. Belencia sails on a variety of Royal Caribbean ships and estimates her one-year journey to cost approximately $100k. When Belencia’s The Joy of Cruising Podcast ep...2025-05-0154 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastRaquel & Vincent, Sailing Around the WorldSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast I am delighted to welcome Racquel and Vincent, two cruisers who have never been on a cruise ship. Yes, you heard that right. All of you, well the vast majority of you—I know we have listeners who aspire to take their first cruise—the vast majority of you have been on cruise ships, yet unlike most of you Racquel and Vincent have cruised around the world. Confused? Well, with respect to mains...2025-04-241h 00The Joy of Cruising PodcastAuthor, JD Harbor, Romance at SeaSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome JD Harbor, author of the new seafaring novels, Emerald Tide, and Sapphire Seas. They are both set aboard a luxurious cruise ship and were inspired by JD’s own experience. You see, he met his wife onboard a singles cruise in 2014, and they have sailed together ever since. Man, that sounds fun! As JD notes, “Meeting my wife on that cruise is proof that the magic of the sea really can lead...2025-04-1752 min
4th Bottom LineAndrew Thornton: "My mid-life crisis was going and buying a couple of supermarkets"In Episode 5 of the second series of the 4th Bottom Line, Paul Hargreaves is in conversation with Andrew Thornton for a very open and honest conversation about a stellar career in the food retail sector, growing up in Catholic Ireland, buying two supermarkets and now putting the heart back into business. If you want to learn more about Paul’s work, follow him on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/paulwhargreaves, visit www.paulhargreaves.co.uk or look out for his two books – Forces for Good and The Fourth Bottom Line. Hosted on Acast. See acas...2025-04-161h 04The Joy of Cruising PodcastPaul & Cheryl, Reflections of A Journey to Barrier Reefs of Mexico, Belize and Honduras, Explora Journeys ISend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast I am delighted to welcome back a special guest, my cohost Cheryl.We are largely in the bucket list checking stage of our lives, and just got the opportunity to check one off—a cruise on a luxury cruise line, specifically Explora Journeys and its first ship, Explora I. Let me preface with a brief overview oo the main categories of cruise lines:Mainstream-Carnival, Royal Caribbean, NCLPremium-Celebrity, Holland America, Pr...2025-04-1433 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastShelton and Ke’, Your Favorite CoupleSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Shelton and Ke' creators of the YouTube channel, Your Favorite Couple. As frequent listeners know, I enjoy watching cruise YouTube videos and from time to time I get introduced to potential The Joy of Cruising Podcast guests. That’s how I met Shelton and Ke'. I enjoyed their fun, informative video style and their diverse choices in terms of cruising and sensed similarities to our own cruise choices. They ha...2025-04-1058 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastSometimes Sailing, Uncruise Safari Explorer, Hawaii/ Viking Torgil in Portugal/AmaWaterways, AmaMagna (double-wide river cruise ship) on the DanubeSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast I am delighted to welcome back again to The Joy of Cruising Podcast Mikkel and Dan, creators of the Sometimes Sailing cruise website and Instagram. Mikkel and Dan are special friends, that I got to know when I wrote about Sometimes Sailing in my latest book release, The Joy of Cruising Again http://amzn.to/3lAfyON where I wrote about their penchant for small ship cruising as well a...2025-04-031h 10The Joy of Cruising PodcastProf Cruise, Hawaiian Holiday, Holland America Line ZaandamSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome back this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Prof Cruise. I first met Prof Cruise featured her in my 3rd cruising book, The Joy of Cruising Again amzn.to/3lAfyON, to The Joy of Cruising Podcast. Yes, Sarah really is a former university professor—but her passion for cruising not only contributed to her decision to move on from teaching, but also directly influenced her family’s decision regarding where to live after she did so...2025-03-2756 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastEmma & Jack, Live A LittleSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Emma & Jack, creators of the YouTube channel, Live A Little. As frequent listeners know, I enjoy watching cruise YouTube videos and from time to time I get introduced to The Joy of Cruising Podcast guests. That’s kind of how I met Emma & Jack. I say kind of because normally I just watch videos and then perhaps transfixed by someones video style, or sense of humor, comprehensiveness of their vi...2025-03-201h 08
The Kangaroo Leadership by MaxFab ConsultingEpisode #42: Paul B. Thornton: What are the stories being told about you, the leader?I’m excited to introduce our guest, Paul B. Thornton, an accomplished author, speaker, and former professor of business administration. He studied management, psychology, and political science at Ohio University, where he had the privilege of learning from renowned educators Dr. Paul Hersey and Dr. Ken Blanchard. Their teachings sparked his passion for understanding what the best coaches, leaders, and managers do to maximize individual and organizational performance.With advanced degrees in business (M.B.A.) and education(M.Ed.), Paul has amassed significant experience as a teacher, business executive, and writer. He has been instrumental in designing and de...2025-03-1840 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastMy Cruising FamilySend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Peta-Gaye and Allan, creators of the My Cruising Family YouTube channel, Instagram, and blog. As frequent listeners know, I enjoy watching cruise YouTube videos and from time to time I get introduced to The Joy of Cruising Podcast guests. That’s how I met My Cruising Family (with their fun, mostly family-oriented videos often accompanied by a Jamaican beat.) I also occasionally interact with them on social media and de...2025-03-171h 27The Joy of Cruising PodcastNancy & Dale Houchens: Still Living On Cruise ShipsSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast I am delighted to welcome back Nancy and Dale Houchens. I learned about Nancy and Dale when I read articles about them in both USA Today and Miami Herald. The Houchens retired in 2015 to a life—planned well before their last day at work—of living on cruise ships. I wrote a feature about the Houchens, Living On Cruise Ships in my new book, The Joy of Cruising Again amzn.to/3lAfyON in a sect...2025-03-131h 18The Joy of Cruising PodcastWorld-Renowned London Community Gospel Choir, Caribbean Gospel Choir Workshop Cruise, MSC World AmericaSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and welcome to The Joy of Cruising Podcast, and in this special episode we meet members of the World-Renowned London Community Gospel Choir (LCGC) and discuss their participation in this summer’s Caribbean Gospel Choir Workshop Cruise on the stunning new MSC World America. I am delighted to welcome the founder of LCGC, Bazil Meade; Kaylin Cain, who is coordinating the Caribbean Gospel Choir Workshop Cruise, and long-time member of LCGC, Jenny La Touche.LCGC is one of the most energetic and inspiring fo...2025-03-101h 00The Joy of Cruising PodcastRitzy Travel GuideSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Bill, creator of Ritzy Travel Guide. As many listeners know, I am a serial viewer of YouTube cruise channels, watching them continuously while I work on my podcast and will even play them on mute when I listen to music. They are informative and sometimes introduce me to prospective podcast guests. That was the case with the Ritzy Travel Guide. Bill’s seductive voice and accent first caught my attention, but mo...2025-02-271h 01The Joy of Cruising PodcastRound Trip NatSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Nathalie Holiday, creator of Round Trip Nat, Travel Content Creator and World Cruiser.Nathalie notes, “I like to speak on the reality of travel. Nothing is ever perfect no matter what price point you are traveling at. Someone at a 4-Star accommodation can have the same issues as someone staying at a 2-star. I like inspiring people that don't think they have the finances to travel. There are so many options th...2025-02-201h 14The Joy of Cruising PodcastPaul & Cheryl Reflections of The Soul Train Cruise on Holland America Line Nieuw AmsterdamSend us a textHello passionate cruisers. This is Paul and I am joined by a special guest, my wife Cheryl, to share our thoughts on the Soul Train Cruise. Longtime listeners and readers of my books know of my fascination of theme cruises, especially my first cruising book, The Joy of Cruising http://amzn.to/2eamddf where I included a section on theme cruising and featured a chapter on my first theme cruise, Festival at Sea, the oldest African-American Cultural Cruise, and a chapter about StarVista Live, a company that does a series of...2025-02-1350 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastSean and Stef, Margaritaville at Sea IslanderSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome back this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Stefanie Mullen, co-creator of the Sean and Stef blog and YouTube Channel. From the Sean and Stef website: ‘We are Sean & Stef, your favorite cruise travelers! We are professional filmmakers and have won 3 Emmy awards for our video work. We are positive filmmakers who focus on the joys of travel and all the fun that goes along with the journey. We travel the world exploring destinations, all while making video memories th...2025-02-1053 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastDCL DuoSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome back this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Sam & Brian, hosts of the massively successful DCL Duo podcast. DCL Duo is a Disney Cruise Line-focused podcast, with occasional detours into general cruising and Disney topics including the Disney parks, Adventures By Disney, Run Disneyand Disney Vacation Club. It is great to get back together with Sam and Brian, who are not just friends of mine but are podcast mentors as well. DCL Duo is featured in...2025-01-301h 10
Plumbing AroundPlumbing Around - Episode 7: Breweries, Wineries, and Plumbing Lines: A Chat with Paul IveyIn this episode of Plumbing Around, Scott Thornton is joined by Paul Ivey from Wayland Industries for an insightful and entertaining conversation about the world of sanitary stainless steel and the importance of relationship-driven business in the plumbing industry. Paul shares his journey from the restaurant industry to becoming a business development manager overseeing 14 states, along with his passion for off-roading, Star Wars, and his love-hate relationship with holiday traditions. Discover how sanitary stainless steel plays a critical role in industries like food production, dairies, wineries, and distilleries, and learn why relationships and expertise are still the c...2025-01-2820 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastChristopher Warren, Hospitality & Ocean Photographer ExtraordinaireSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Chris Warren. As you know, I try to portray cruising in all its diversity: region of the world; age; celebrities as well as “ordinary” cruisers with extraordinary stories; and profession—cruise CEO’s, Captains and crew, chefs, performers, travel writers, cruise influencers and content creators, etc. Here we are with over 160 episodes and have yet to host a professional travel photographer. Until today…Chris is a talented photographer born in Philade...2025-01-2741 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastCruise LifestyleSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Laura Pedlar, and Craig Shaw of Cruise Lifestyle Blog. Those of you with my second cruising book, Cruising Interrupted amzn.to/3seFU8y, know that I featured Laura and Cruise Lifestyle in a section called “Bloggers: Cruise Community Champions.” Laura also came on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Ep 46 Cruise Lifestyle over a year ago and I’m glad to talk to her ag...2025-01-231h 15The Joy of Cruising PodcastEmma Cruises, AfricaSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome back this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Emma of the massively successful Emma Cruises. Emma is one of the most well-known cruise personalities in the world—and she is still in her 20’s. I first met her in 2019 after Emma shocked the UK cruising community at age 23 by winning the UK Wave Award for Best Cruise Blogger for her irreverently named blog, “Cruising Isn’t Just for Old People.” I was writing my first cruise book, The Joy...2025-01-2054 minThe Joy of Cruising PodcastProfessor Melissa, Cruising Through LifeSend us a textHello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Melissa Newman.Melissa Newman is a university professor who loves to cruise. For most of her life, she held two full-time jobs, serving as professor and also running a nonprofit organization. In 2022 she decided to stop letting work dominate her life and she exited the nonprofit sector and used her newly found free time to pursue one of her passions... Travel. And specifically, cruise travel. She now cruises monthly and...2025-01-161h 02