Nepal, New Zealand, and the Aral Sea with Marina Steiner

30/07/2025 45 min Episodio 8
Nepal, New Zealand, and the Aral Sea with Marina Steiner

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Marina Steiner didn't expect to build a life of travel, but an undergraduate certificate in global health set her on a journey to Nepal, New Zealand, central Asia, and beyond! From moving abroad without housing to trying fermented horse milk in Uzbekistan, Marina shows us the benefits of being comfortable with being uncomfortable, She shares how any of us can make an impact on a global scale through her work addressing health disparities affecting Himalayan home cooking, rural access to healthcare, and remediating the toxic byproducts from the destruction of the Aral Sea.-----Transcript: https://nearandfar.travel/podcast/episodes-and-transcripts/-----Travel book recommendations: http://nearandfar.travel/books/ https://bookshop.org/shop/near_far_travel-----Follow Near and FarMonthly Near and Far newsletter: https://nearandfar.travel/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/near_far_travel/BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/nearandfar.bsky.socialThreads: https://www.threads.net/@near_far_travelLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/near-far-travel-----About the Podcast: https://nearandfar.travel/podcastBe a podcast guest: https://nearandfar.travel/podcast/be-a-podcast-guest/-----Chapters0:00 Introducing: Marina Steiner0:55 Nepal, accessing rural healthcare, and cooking for the household15:12 Leave a Review!15:40 New Zealand's cultural insights27:17 Subscribe to the Near and Far Newsletter27:44 Karakalpakstan and the destruction of the Aral Sea