SHOW FINALE! It's not goodbye, it's boarding time for the next Quest.

Host Carrie Anne records the 130th and final episode of The Quest Express: Travel, Culture & Untold Stories. She shares why she started the podcast, a Season 1 & 2 retrospective, The Quest Express audience, how the show evolved, how to stay connected, the mystery project, and starting your own podcast.

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FAVORITES:

✨ Favorite recent podcast episode: Ken Burns & Joe Rogan

✨ Favorite Airlines: Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Southwest, Swiss Air, Virgin Atlantic, Qantas

✨ Favorite TV Series: Poldark & Outlander (Seasons 1-6 Netflix, Season 7 Starz)

✨ What I’m Reading Now: Antinet Zettelkasten by Scott M. Scheper & a big stack of books for research

✨ Favorite Platform: Substack

✨ Favorite Hawaiian Island: Kauai

✨ Favorite Sea: Adriatic

✨ Least favorite technology: iPhone

Carrie Anne is a multifaceted leader with a rich background in artistry and event production. A former classical violinist, she has performed with legends like Harry Connick Jr., Diana Ross, and Aretha Franklin, and studied under Yfrah Neaman at Hengrave Hall International Violin Course. Her transition to the corporate world led her to organize high-profile corporate retreats in destinations such as Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Sonoma, and Napa Valley.

Today, she focuses on private small private events, private and corporate retreats, and is working on her first non-fiction book.

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The Quest Express: Travel, Culture & Untold Stories is your ticket to extraordinary journeys, hidden histories, and the world’s most fascinating people. This global travel podcast goes beyond the typical tourist path, bringing you unfiltered conversations with explorers, historians, entrepreneurs, artists, and cultural icons who have lived the stories most people never hear.

Episodes Aired October 23, 2023 - June 12, 2025

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Music Credits: INTRO: Loyalty - Philip Ayers | OUTRO: Grasshopper's Dance - Etienne Roussel

MAUI: John Patrick Morgan Jr., practical philosopher and Founder of Creating, joins me from his homestead in Maui to trace the invisible architecture behind freedom, agency, and self-authorship. Drawing on a life steeped in physics, philosophy, martial arts, and spiritual inquiry, JP challenges the usual narratives, showing how real power comes from leaning into uncertainty, self-creation and taking quantum actions.

If you’re drawn to ideas that disrupt default thinking, this one will stay with you.

Connect with JP:

Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn

Websites:

We Are Creating

JP Morgan Jr.

Inside This Episode:

• How major geographical moves—from London > Providence > Los Angeles > Maui influenced JP’s identity and philosophy
• What bootstrapping travel teaches you about resourcefulness, creativity, and discomfort
• The major life decision JP & his wife made on the PCH
• Life on the Farm in Maui
• Self-creation, Creating programs, and true freedom?
• Quantum actions: what they are, why they matter, and how they invite outsized change
• When planning backfires what remains?
• The AI Era and Awaken.is

ABOUT JP MORGAN JR.: Practical Philosopher, Writer & Speaker

John Patrick Morgan, or as friends call him “JP”, is a practical philosopher, writer, and the founder of Creating – a body of perspectives and practices for spiritual growth, worldly success, and societal impact.

Post his formal studies in Physics and Mathematics, JP turned his fascination with ‘how things work’ to the dynamics of business, relationships, and being human. This took him on many adventures including building multiple small businesses, traveling the world for years on end, competing in martial arts, fitness, and endurance sports, and studying the world’s philosophies and religions.

Fifteen years ago, JP turned his passion for a self-dialogue that elevates the human spirit into an outward-facing practice. Through this he discovered and came to live the purpose of his life, which is to champion the one person in front of him; to see them fully, love them deeply, and through piercing dialogue, grow their freedom, love, and power.

Today he resides with his wife, two boys, two cats, and thirty hens on their small homestead in Upcountry Maui.

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Music Credits: INTRO: Loyalty - Philip Ayers | OUTRO: Grasshopper's Dance - Etienne Roussel

LONDON: What happens when a finance exec ditches spreadsheets to launch one of the world’s most influential luxury travel magazines—centered on inclusivity, representation, and authentic storytelling?

Join us for a captivating conversation with Uwern Jong, Co-Founder & Experientialist in Chief of the award-winning OutThere Magazine, the multi-award-winning inclusive, luxury travel magazine that's flipping the script on who gets seen and heard in the world of travel. From navigating the digital vs. print debate to championing representation in travel media, Uwern shares what makes OutThere resonate with readers around the world—LGBTQ and far beyond. We also explore emerging trends like slow travel, digital detox, and why immersive storytelling still matters in the short-form age.

Inside this episode:

• How OutThere became a global force despite limited marketing budgets
• Why half its readership isn’t LGBTQ+—and why that matters
• The bold decision to invest in high-end print media in a digital-first world
• The rise of slow travel, digital detox, and meaningful experiences over photo ops
• How The Experientialist was born during a global crisis to deliver feel-good travel stories
• Disruptive branding, immersive storytelling, and what’s next in luxury experiential travel
• Travel trends: growing, here to stay, and new

ABOUT UWERN JONG:

Uwern Jong is Experientialist-in-Chief of award-winning luxury and experiential travel media brand, OutThere. The brand, rooted in 'diversity, discovery and discernment' is a champion of inclusive tourism. Uwern recently won 'Luxury Travel Writer of the Year 2025' at the prestigious TravMedia awards and is recognised as one of the '50 most influential people in British Luxury' by Walpole, the association of UK-based luxury brands. SUBSCRIBE TO THE MAG HERE

THE QUEST EXPRESS RECIPES

THE QUEST EXPRESS WAITING LIST - FUTURE EVENTS

NEW! THE QUEST EXPRESS GUEST LIST

NEW! THE COURT OF MEDICIS SALON TOUR APPLICATION

Website: https://www.thequestexpress.com

Feedback Survey: https://forms.gle/6yMieXo2iGEE1Qmr9

Say Hi: host@thequestexpress.com

Music Credits: INTRO: Loyalty - Philip Ayers | OUTRO: Grasshopper's Dance - Etienne Roussel