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Whether you need light entertainment for your next flight or a new favorite go-to pod for long road trips between assignments, there are no better podcasts than podcasts about nomadic living. Below, we’ve listed some podcasts that range in topics from real-life travel nursing stories to travel tips and tricks to expansive guides shared by other full-time travelers.
The Top 8 Podcasts for Travel Nurses
Become Nomad Podcast
Nobody understands how different everyday life can be when you’re on the road than the folks at Become Nomad. They talk to lifelong travelers about their experiences and get you the goods, from managing your finances to the best apps to use to manage life on the road. They even talk about the tricky process of genuinely getting to know the local flavors of the community you’re staying in so you get the most out of your time there.
Behind The Scrubs: The Travel Nurse Experience
This might be the most comprehensive look into what travel is right now. Starting in 2020, this pod features interviews with nurses across the spectrum of experience who share anecdotal stories about how to win the game of life in travel nursing. You get the highs, the lows, the unexpected connections, and the wisdom they’ve gained through their relationships, coworkers, or personal lives. If you love to hear interview-style podcasts where the guest takes the stage with their story, this is the pod for you.
Extra Pack of Peanuts
Take it from hosts Trav and Heather, who started their podcast in 2013 — full-time traveling is a world of its own. Over the past 10 years, they’ve explored every part of this world and shared it with their listeners, bringing them stories from other full-time travelers, tips for surviving particularly long flights, and guides on where to go, what to eat, and what to do in destinations that span the globe. Don’t forget to check out the Extra Pack of Peanuts blog for even more online resources.
Gritty Nurse
Get into the grit with these gritty nurses — hosts Amie and Sara don’t shy away from tough topics that impact nurses and healthcare professionals, whether they’re travelers or not. Nurses themselves, they cover topics like mental health, social justice, women’s health, and women’s rights in the healthcare system. This one’s for the nurses who like to stay updated on the latest news impacting the profession, delivered by hosts any nurse can relate to.
NomadTogether
Traveling solo is one thing, but doing it with a family is another. On the NomadTogether pod, Paul and Becky Kortman talk about everything it takes to take your family on the road — like navigating schooling for your kids. Learn about their takes on travel (RVing, towing tiny homes, packing life in a suitcase, even living on boats) while getting into the little things, like how to get your mail.
Nomadtopia
While Nomadtopia offers some of the same everyday survival tips and advice as the other pods, they don’t just stop at providing advice on your finances or places to car camp. Nomadtopia gets into the topic of the emotional side of being a travel nurse — they get into issues like identity and belonging while on the road, how to support family, and how to navigate grief in life’s more challenging moments, along with tips for nomads who are on the road because they’re looking for a new place to settle down. The hosts themselves have settled since starting the podcast 18 years ago, but in those 18 years, they covered a lot of ground.
TravCon’s Travel Nursing & Allied Life
The experts who put on TravCon and The Gypsy Nurse have come together to create this up-to-date podcast that covers evergreen topics like traveling solo versus with a partner, long-term planning, keeping up with state-by-state healthcare legislation, navigating contracts, and even dating while traveling. The podcast offers insights from nurses, allied professionals, and recruiters. Their mini-series provides industry trends, newbie trends, speaker series, and more.
The Truth About Travel Nursing podcast
This podcast for travel nurses gives you the lowdown in the title — it’s all about travel nursing: how it works and how it can work for you. Learn about navigating contracts, dealing with pay issues and fluctuations, understanding the travel nursing market, and more. The podcast goes back a few years, so there’s plenty of practical advice on the profession to pick up from this one.
Stay informed and happy listening!
Being on the road comes with challenges, but we hope these podcasts for travel nurses keep you updated on everything you’ll want to know as a veteran (or new!) travel nurse. Do you have other podcasts to add to our list of top podcasts for travel nurses? Comment podcasts you think our travel nurses would love below.
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