From humble beginnings, born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Annika Wolters has made her mark on the world as a journalist, academic, and world-traveler. She is currently living in Bangkok, Thailand and working as a video editor for the Associated Press. But as we know, nothing worth having comes easy, and the last few years have provided countless challenges for this ambitious young woman.
Join her and Jeff as they ramble their way through growing up on the West coast, attending Western Washington University (where Annika was President of the A.S.), traveling to Thailand, and navigating a pandemic while living abroad.
Annika is a warm, thoughtful, and funny person and this is a really enjoyable conversation. It was great to catch up with an old friend and to discover that she has been out there accomplishing her goals and conquering her demons. Annika has accumulated some impressive achievements, but she remains humble and down to earth. She is out there making waves across the planet, and I'm proud to claim her as one of ours. After all, she started out as just another beach kid with a dream.
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Topics/Keywords:
Travel; living-abroad; Thailand; Bangkok; The Hangover II; Religion; cultural contrast; Education; Communications; Journalism; censorship; Western Washington University; Associated Press; Cronkite School; Arizona State University; employment; student loans; student loan forgiveness; HGTV; Beach house Bargain Hunt; real estate; cars; Anxiety; Covid-19 pandemic; vaccination; immunization; buried treasure; relationships; Americorps; The Depot Restaurant; investing; cryptocurrency; NFTs; Ilwaco High School; manic candy-making; chocolate truffle recipe; Depression; Bellingham, WA; Karate Church; dorm-living; forgetting potatoes in a drawer; cleaning toilets at the state fair; Old Country Buffet; rowing; kayaking; air quality; Denzel Washington; American Gangster; Angkor Wat; LIDAR; Phimai Historical Park; Wat Mahatat; Buddhist religious sculpture; deity fashion; iconoclasm; religious tolerance; Ebony Ex-Pats; Thanksgiving in Thailand; salads; Thai salad; anchovies; magnesium eye twitch; seafood; Deep River; Our Only May Amelia; Naselle; Free Willy; The Goonies; clarinet; high school band; journalism; Romancing Mr. Bridgerton; Shonda Rhymes; Jane Austen; reading; plastic surgery; breast reduction; medical tourism; breast cancer; parenthood; motherhood; opportunity cost
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Still Fly, Revel Day.
Shining, shining, Coco.
Hallelujah chorus (From Handel's Messiah), performed by Royal Choral Society at Royal Albert Hall.
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