Sam Palmer
Sam Palmer was born and raised in Selma, Alabama. He attended Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sam spent more than thirty years of his work life as a nonprofit executive in the arts and creative industries, retiring in July of 2021. He looks forward to traveling more, cooking unhurriedly, filling a sketchbook with doodles and exercising without realizing it.
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June 17, 2022
E89 Retire in Madeira, Portugal
Ever fantasize about living on an Island in the middle of an ocean? At some point you probably talked yourself out of it, believing that it would be too isolated, too expensive and too hot. According to Bill Strickland and Sam Palmer, the Portuguese island of Madeira, off the African coast, is none of those. Bill and Sam retired to the city of Funchal on Madeira in 2021 without ever having stepped foot on the island. The couple described Funchal as having the feel of an old European city, even t...
Guests: Bill Strickland, Sam Palmer