Yes. yOu can listen to operators all over the world, depending on the reception situation and all that. You don’t have to talk to listen, though I couldn’t tell you where great sources of information are.
Of course, world-wide reception is very dependent on atmospheric conditions. The signals can “skip” off layers of the atmosphere, from thousands of miles away, and then suddenly not be there any more.
I really should be doing some listening myself - I have the setup and a general license. I just haven’t been “hamming it up”.
DH talked with a friend at the Fire Dept who mentioned he has ham license. DH got one quite a few years ago but never got into it. If (actually “when”) things get rough, communications are vital, and a ham friend in the FD could be very useful.