I have always loved adventure - whether it has been in my career, my entrepreneurial activities, or my life. On my travels, I have met so many terrific people, learned about their culture, their perspectives. Every year, I take a trip with family, or friends, or sometimes alone to a new destination. It renews and inspires me, and I hope that my commentaries will inspire you to explore our shared world as well as to value and marvel at what may appear at the time to be seemingly small and unimportant moments in this wonderful time that we have on...
Latest episodes
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10 min
What Will the Camino Teach Me This Time?
In this episode Neil prepares to return to Spain’s legendary Camino de Santiago eleven years after cycling the famed French route. This time, joined by his partner Alexis and follo…
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15 min
Do I Need to Hire Someone Just to Be a Patient?
In this candid episode of Meandering Musings, Neil shares a growing frustration familiar to many Americans: navigating the health-care system. Despite being healthy, persistent, te…
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4 min
Do You Want to Play?
In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil reflects on an unexpected lesson from his grandchildren, who kept inviting him to do something adults often forget: play. Whether it was…
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6 min
A Marching Band That Won’t March
In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil reflects on his late-blooming journey into the world of music. From chamber music and symphony performances to jazz clubs and, most rece…
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10 min
My Own Little Version of the movie “Tow”
In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil Peterson recounts his unexpectedly expensive encounter with Seattle’s towing policies after returning to discover his car had been impou…
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18 min
I Watched Dr. Phil Sell Me a Prostate Pill. Except It Wasn’t Dr. Phil.
In this thought-provoking episode of Meandering Musings, Neil Peterson shares a surprisingly personal story about being deceived by a sophisticated online supplement pitch that app…
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6 min
The Trouble With Painted Toenails
In this episode Neil Peterson shares the unexpected consequences of letting his young granddaughters, express their artistic talents by painting his toenails bright red and purple.…
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6 min
A Moment Worth Showing Up For
In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil Peterson travels across the country for an event that might seem small to some but felt enormous to him: his granddaughter Edith’s presc…
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7 min
The Green Monster
In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil Peterson shares a sweet summer story from Martha’s Vineyard, where a summer tradition of ferry rides and ice cream leads to an unexpecte…
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7 min
More Than a Building
In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil Peterson reflects on the beauty and significance of Budapest’s iconic Hungarian Parliament building. What begins as admiration for a rem…
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6 min
A Great Idea We Should Copy
In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil Peterson reflects on his first experience in Budapest’s famous thermal baths and discovers something deeper than relaxation. What begins…
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6 min
Winston Churchill… and a Rubber Duck
In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil Peterson shares an unexpected travel story that combines two of his passions: Winston Churchill and rubber ducks. After purchasing a Chu…
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5 min
What Is It About Apricots?
In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil Peterson talks about the top crop of Austria's Wachau Valley and his personal love of the fruit.Find Meandering Musings online at meande…
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5 min
Slowing Down in the Wachau Valley
In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil Peterson reflects on a visit to the Wachau Valley in Austria."I left Prague ready for something completely different, and the peaceful W…
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4 min
The Names on the Wall
In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil Peterson reflects on a return visit to Prague’s Jewish Quarter. Surrounded by thousands of names memorialized on synagogue walls, he sha…
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6 min
Appreciating… Without Enjoying
In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil Peterson shares his experience attending the Vienna State Opera—an iconic cultural event that didn’t unfold quite as expected. Despite t…
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7 min
More Than Tea
In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil Peterson reflects on experiencing Afternoon Tea at the iconic Brown's Hotel in London—an elegant ritual that goes far beyond food and dr…
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8 min
A Night in a Different World
In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil Peterson reflects on his unexpected stay at a true five-star hotel in London and what made the experience so memorable. Beyond the luxur…
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6 min
Why I Travel
In this episode of Meandering Musings, Neil Peterson shares insights from the middle of a 16-day journey through Europe, exploring how travel shapes not just what we see—but who we…
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10 min
My Brief Career as an Illegal Uber Driver
In this episode, Neil Peterson recounts his brief and ill-fated stint as an “illegal Uber driver” during the chaos of Coachella. What begins as simple curiosity quickly turns into…