Matt Bowles: Full-Time World Traveler Since 2013

The Maverick Show: Global Travel Stories & Life Beyond Borders

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The Maverick Show is a global travel podcast about what really happens when people cross borders and build lives across cultures. Hosted by full-time world traveler Matt Bowles, each episode features intimate, unfiltered conversations (often over a bottle of wine) exploring the human stories behind global travel and what the journey teaches us about the world and ourselves. Guests include expats, digital nomads, women and diaspora storytellers, worldschooling families, and human rights advocates, all sharing travel stories that are funny, moving, and deeply human. In addition to hearing about...

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Matt Bowles: Full-Time World Traveler Since 2013

Episodes

35: Bad-Ass Digital Nomads, Personal Brand Building and Designing Your Path to Location Independence in 30 Days with Kristin Wilson 04.06.2019 1:20:41

Kristin Wilson shares her latest travel adventures, and her upcoming plans to attend Rolf Potts’ travel writing course in Paris. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the latest travel gear I'm using, my favorite...

34: Taking Fabulous Photos, Dating as a Nomad and Running a Wedding Photography Business Remotely with Lydia Baikalova 27.05.2019 1:56:35

Lydia Baikalova tells her story of growing up poor in Ukraine, learning to speak English at age 13 and developing her entrepreneurial drive out of necessity to make money. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the...

33: Building a Dozen Streams of Passive Income, Expanding the Nomad Summit and Traveling Like a Boss with Johnny FD 19.05.2019 1:11:14

Johnny FD talks about his latest travel adventures and begins by explaining why he loves the value destinations of Sri Lanka and Nepal in South Asia, Ukraine and Bansko, Bulgaria in Eastern Europe, and Lisbon, Portugal in Western Europe. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that yo...

32: Winning Emmys, Directing Feature Films and Running a Production Consulting Firm While Traveling the World with Michael Thelin 12.05.2019 1:18:02

Michael Thelin takes us on his journey coming up as a trader on the CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange), explains what that unique environment was like on the inside, how he managed the rollercoaster of stress and euphoria, and the personal life lessons he took from the experience. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3...

31: From Walking Red Carpets to Building Location-Independent Businesses: Creating a Life You Truly Love with Marisa Meddin 05.05.2019 1:59:37

Marisa Meddin shares her experiences as a brand marketer at Pepsi for 6 years, and describes what life was like throwing celebrity parties for influencers, walking red carpets at the Grammys, Clios and Golden Globes, and regularly interacting with her A-list clients. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of va...

30: Building Cryptocurrency Companies, Racing a Moto-Taxi Down the World's Most Dangerous Road, and Becoming Thailand's Fittest Man with Ben Lakoff 27.04.2019 1:14:00

Ben Lakoff takes us on his journey of becoming a Division 1 Golfer, getting into corporate finance, and then becoming an entrepreneur and helping build one of Thailand’s most popular Cryptocurrency exchanges. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (...

29: Bootstrapping an 8-Figure Business, Co-Living, and Founding the Nomad Train with Maria Sirotkina 21.04.2019 1:35:21

Maria Sirotkina shares her entrepreneurial journey, starting with co-founding her first company, J-Study, in her home country of Russia, and running it as an 18-year old CEO. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like...

28: Producing A-List Music Videos Remotely, Getting a Billionaire Real Estate Mentor, and the Transformative Impact of Men's Suits with Colin Randall 14.04.2019 1:15:25

Colin Randall shares his experience working in real estate and explains how he quickly rose up the ranks right out of college to start selling million dollar homes within 3 months. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations...

27: Long-Term Nomading with your Executive Assistant, Radical Collaboration and Rethinking Performance Management with Dr. Laura Gallaher 07.04.2019 1:50:10

Dr. Laura Gallaher shares her path to becoming an organizational psychologist, then an entrepreneur, and finally a nomad traveling the world with her executive assistant and running her business remotely. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all...

26: Real Estate Investing for Old Dawgs, Nomading with Your Kids, and Being Interviewed by Oprah with Bill Manassero 29.03.2019 1:33:01

Bill Manaserro tells his incredible life story which begins with him getting elected to public office at age 18, becoming a corporate VP by age 21, then becoming an entrepreneur, gravitating into the tech space, getting hired by one of Meg Whitman’s companies, and then losing it all when the tech bubble burst in the late 90s. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Mo...

25: Pitching Celebrities, Selling Your House in One Day, and Raising Entrepreneurial Kids with Seth Greene 25.03.2019 1:36:46

Seth Greene shares his entrepreneurial journey from being a magician to a financial advisor to founding his own direct-response marketing firm, Market Domination, LLC. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the la...

24: Speed Reading 2,400 Words Per Minute, Business Lessons from Karaoke, and Meditation in Motion with May Ling Lai 17.03.2019 1:22:51

May Ling Lai shares her personal story of growing up on the Florida Gulf Coast where she became a musical performer on local stages starting at age 5 because her mother wanted to prevent any tendencies towards shyness. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60...

23: Extreme Performance Training, Boozy Cupcakes and Kicking Life in the Dick with Brooke Siem 09.03.2019 1:59:13

Brooke Siem talks about her work as an Extreme Performance Training (XPT) certified coach and explains the theory and practice behind the XPT workshop she conducted in New York City the day before the recording, in which Matt participated. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that...

22: Nomad Cruise Founder Johannes Voelkner on Kitesurfing, Brand Loyalty and Building Nomadic Communities 04.03.2019 1:13:27

Johannes Voelkner takes us on his digital nomad journey, which started in 2010. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the latest travel gear I'm using, my favorite destinations, discounts for special events, etc.)...

21: Increasing Sales 70% in a Year While Working Remotely from 18 Countries and Closing Deals in a Moroccan Bowling Alley with Sean Tierney. 24.02.2019 1:49:31

Sean Tierney shares his background as a musician, kite surfer, entrepreneur, podcast host, digital nomad and, since 2015, the Director of Sales at Pagely. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the latest travel ge...

20: Teaching German with Humor, Getting 340K Subscribers on YouTube, and Making 6 Figures a Year as a Teacher-Nomad with Anja Winter. 18.02.2019 56:01

Anja Winter shares her journey from growing up in her hometown in Germany to becoming a “Teacher-Nomad” who has been travelling the world full time for 5 years and now makes over 6 figures a year teaching German online. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 6...

19: Stripping for Travel Money, Getting Shot with a Spear Gun, and Living Life to the Fullest with Nick Martin 11.02.2019 1:39:34

Nick Martin tells his story of leaving his corporate job in Germany in 2010 with 9,010 Euros in his bank account to embark on a year of adventure, “couch-surfing” around the world on a $30/day budget. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all pers...

18: Building a Guitar Academy into a Passive 6-Figure Online Business and Getting Over 30 Million Views on YouTube with Tobias Rauscher 03.02.2019 1:02:14

Tobias Raucher shares his story of being unable to sing or read music and yet teaching himself by ear to be a modern percussive finger-style guitarist. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the latest travel gear...

17: Running the World's Highest Marathon, Racing a Rickshaw Across India, and Finding Your Purpose with Tarek Kholoussy 27.01.2019 1:10:19

Tarek Kholoussy tells his story of growing up in Philadelphia, going to top academic institutions, and working in world leading financial institutions in New York and London until one day he decided to completely change his life course. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you...

16: Netting 300K/Year from AirBNB Rental Arbitrage and Selling over $1 Million in Courses on Udemy with David Dang Vu 21.01.2019 1:27:52

David Dang Vu talks about his working-class upbringing in a Vietnamese immigrant household in Southern California and credits his mother as his primary inspiration to become an entrepreneur. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recom...

15: Becoming a Digital Nomad at Age 50, Taking the World's Highest Bungee Jump, and Running an Award-Winning Production Company Remotely with Palle Bo 13.01.2019 1:02:20

Palle Bo (aka “The Radio Vagabond”) shares his story of deciding to become a full time digital nomad at age 50. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the latest travel gear I'm using, my favorite destinations, dis...

14: Social Impact Nomadism, Empowering Ugandan Artisans, and Solo-Traveling the World on Passive Rental Income with Stella Airoldi 05.01.2019 1:51:14

Stella Airoldi begins by explaining why she chose to invest in rental properties and how her lifestyle expenses are now covered by her passive rental income. She then shares her journey beginning with her choice to travel the world and how she was regularly confronted with poverty and injustice, raising her social and political consciousness and inspiring her to pursue dual Master's Degrees in Int...

13: Goat Yoga,, Managing a Fully Remote Staff, And Getting Over 100,000 Paying Customers Per Year to Attend Your Live Events, with Daraja Asili 28.12.2018 1:53:46

Daraja Asili shares her entrepreneurial journey and how the real estate and mortgage crisis of 2009 caused a major life transition that put her on the path to founding Happy Trees Entertainment which currently draws over 100,000 paying customers per year to attend her live events. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 sho...

12: Axe Throwing, Seeing the World Through Street Art, And Using "People Ops" to Increase Your Company Growth by 80% in 2 Years with Ali Greene 21.12.2018 1:50:35

Ali Greene talks about being a full-time digital nomad for the last 2 years while working as a full-time salaried employee in a senior management position as “Director of People Operations” at DuckDuckGo. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all...

11: Hacker Paradise CEO Spencer Jentzsch on Emotional IQ, Optimizing Your Tinder Profile, and Running the World's First International Work-Travel Program for Digital Nomads 17.12.2018 1:38:36

Hacker Paradise CEO Spencer Jentzsch talks about his role running the world’s first international work-travel program for digital nomads. ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the latest travel gear I'm using, my...