#36 - Mark Wolters: How Not to Travel, Uno Cards, and Getting Married in Rwanda

Mark Wolters is a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the creator of Wolters World, a popular travel YouTube channel with almost one million subscribers. EPISODE LINKS: Wolters World: ⁠ @woltersworld ⁠ Wolters World's Website: https://woltersworld.com/ Mark Wolters' Education YouTube: ⁠ @ProfessorWolters ⁠ Mark Wolters' UIUC Website: https://giesbusiness.illinois.edu/profile/mark-wolters OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 0:58 - Everyone is the same 4:34 - Uno Cards 7:44 - Making friends 13:03 - Tips to connect with anyone 16:32 - Cultural norms 20:37 - Wolters World Travel Bucket List 21:37 - Going to the Moon? 22:45 - Movies as a way to travel 27:45 - Planned or Spontaneous Travel? 30:08 - South America & Africa 32:43 - Getting married in Rwanda 34:37 - Travel rituals 36:10 - Don't travel in the summer 43:15 - YouTube marketing hacks 46:17 - Death threats 50:39 - Wolters World's most popular video 51:34 - How Wolters World got started 54:15 - Professor or YouTuber? 58:58 - Becoming a better creator 1:00:12 - Will Mark Wolters stop teaching to go YouTube full-time? 1:00:55 - The Don'ts of Urbana-Champaign 1:02:35 - Wolters World's writing and filming process 1:05:23 - Born with two heart holes 1:07:20 - Advice for young people 🚥Overrated or Underrated Section 🚥 1:13:18 - 🌎 Travelscope 1:14:38 - 📺 Wolters World TV Show 1:16:31 - 🍭 Liam Wolters (⁠ @LiamWolters ⁠ ) 1:19:21 - 📉 College 1:22:15 - 🇸🇮 Slovenia 1:23:23 - 🛩️ Concorde/Supersonic Flight 1:24:48 - 🇮🇳 India and Asia 1:28:06 - 🌬️ Chicago 1:29:11 - Closing Words SOCIAL: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uiuctalkshow Twitter: https://twitter.com/uiuctalkshow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@uiuctalkshow Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ezoc4xJa4DrGq7N4lhq Qn Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-uiuc-talkshow/id1611427075 Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1H9UJqXvJXr3qlx9c89Rv76c6IpnwGeC Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UIUCTalkshowClips What is the UIUC Talkshow? Our goal with this show is to introduce you to the most interesting people with the most interesting ideas from the UIUC campus. Learn more about Juan David & Aaryaman: Aaryaman Website: https://www.aaryamanpatel.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaryaman-patel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaryamanpatel Juan David Website: https://www.juandavidcampolargo.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jdcampolargo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdcampolargo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jdcampolargo/