Appearances
Every so often, the writing here finds its way out into the world — onto the airwaves, into print. This page collects appearances: interviews, conversations, the occasional unexpected cameo, and a feature or two — with links to listen or read.
Podcast Appearances
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Abrotha Abroad
Derrik Dyka Interview
Released September 11, 2026 · Guest interview
A conversation about life abroad, starting over, and the road that led from grief to a new life overseas.
The Human Adventure
Episode 241 — Go Be James Bond, with Derrik Dyka
Released August 13, 2026 · Guest interview
A conversation about travel, reinvention, and choosing the bolder version of your own life — trading “someday” for the person you keep imagining, and going out to be him.
Digital Dating with Anonymous Andrew
Life After Losing Your Soulmate, with Derrik Dyka
Released July 27, 2026 · Guest interview
A conversation about dating and connection after profound loss — what it means to open up again, and how grief reshapes the way we find our way back to other people.
Where Have You Been
Episode 068 — Thailand, China, Sri Lanka & More
Released July 12, 2026
A conversation about traveling through Thailand, China, Sri Lanka, and beyond, the experiences that inspired Good Grief Travel, and how grief, unexpected connections, and starting over can change the direction of a life.
Abroad Experience
Guest interview
June 2026 · Live interview
A conversation with host Anthony Muiruri about life abroad — travel, transition, and the parts of leaving home that don’t make the highlight reel.
They Call Me Mista Yu
The MRT’s Spotlight — How Travel Helped a Widower
June 2026 · My first live interview
A full sit-down conversation on the “All Purpose Pod for an All Purpose Life” — real talk about grief, travel, and finding your way forward when the map disappears.
Dakota Spotlight
The Bagpiper and His Brother — Episode 1: “Strange Beginnings at Braemar”
May 2026 · Brief commentary
A few quotes from me — mostly about hockey, of all things — in the opening episode of Dakota Spotlight’s investigative true crime season on the Brenna brothers. Not my usual territory, but a fun place to turn up.
COMING SOON
Travel Time Stories with Shannon
Guest interview — Real Journeys, Real Stories, Real Healing
Release Date: August 24, 2026
A conversation already recorded and on its way — travel and life, woven together, on a show that treats both with honesty. Episode links will land here when it airs; until then, you can find the show below.
COMING SOON
Skin and Soul: Beyond the Pale
Guest interview with host Gwenm A. Carsley
Release Date: TBD
A conversation already recorded and on its way — BLURB: what you discussed, and how it ties back to grief, travel, or starting over. Episode links will land here when it airs.
COMING SOON
Almost Local: Living Abroad Stories
Guest interview
Release Date: Early 2027
Recorded and in the queue — a conversation about what it means to belong somewhere you weren’t born, and the slow work of becoming almost local. Episode links will land here when it airs.
In Print
Edina Magazine
“Hockey Finder Helps Pickup Players Break the Ice” — feature
February 2019 · By Catherine Guden
A feature on Hockey Finder, the fun-first adult hockey league I co-founded — what began as pickup games grew into a community of thousands of players across multiple states. Fun, friendly, social: that was always the whole idea.
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
“Get Real About Real Estate” — feature
June 2005 · National print feature
A full-page feature on real estate investing in which I’m quoted throughout on the realities of turning old apartments into condos — and the one obstacle I’d learned to watch for. “The biggest obstacle to successful real estate investing isn’t a meltdown in property values or tenants who wreck an apartment,” I told the magazine. “It’s overconfidence.”
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