The Maverick Show: Global Travel Stories & Life Beyond Borders

Learn how to create impactful travel experiences rooted in personal transformation, authentic connection, and play. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Geleen Antonio joins Matt from the Philippines. She starts off reflecting on...

Learn about burlesque, Afro-diasporic dance, telling Black stories, and whether BIPOC travelers can be colonizers too. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Janna Zinzi joins Matt from New Orleans and they talk about meeting at No...

Learn where to find some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes and most extraordinary hiking and diving experiences. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Sandi Oluoch shares her experience growing up in Kenya and Tanzania, the...

Learn how to travel the world inexpensively, make meaningful connections across cultures quickly, and find nomadic love. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Juky Lee joins Matt in person in Salvador, Brazil. She talks about her...

Learn how to create travel content more ethically, amplify marginalized narratives, and support communities in struggle. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE In Part 2 of this interview, travel journalist Joel Balsam explains how...

Learn about some of the world’s most interesting (and little-known) stories documented by travel journalist Joel Balsam. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Travel journalist and full-time digital nomad Joel Balsam joins Matt ov...

Learn the self-growth potential of solo travel for women, and how to do it consciously, thoughtfully, and ethically. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Delia Colantuono joins Matt over a bottle of wine on the Nomad Cruise and s...

Learn how to become a travel writer, pursue what you desire, downsize to carry-on luggage & design your dream lifestyle. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Rosie Bell joins Matt in Tenerife in the Canary Islands to discuss her...

Learn about the beauty and magic of Panama, Brazil, Mexico, Bonaire, Buenos Aires and building a life of world travel. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Rosie Bell joins Matt in Tenerife in the Canary Islands to record this in...

Learn about Afro-Mexican history, culture and how you can go on an immersive small group trip to experience it yourself. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Diva Green starts off talking about her Panamanian background, growing...

Learn about Doctors Without Borders, Seeing the World through the Lens of a Culture Kid, and Visiting Sudan & Uzbekistan. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE In Part 2 of this interview, Roshni talks about her experience growing...

Learn what Roshni’s family experienced during the partition of India, the Bangladesh genocide, and the lessons for today. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Roshni and Matt start off talking about Philadelphia, and why it is on...

Learn specific tips on traveling to Cameroon, Senegal and Dominica, plus and the history of Carnival in the Caribbean. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Dr. Clementine Affana and Matt discuss how they met at Nomadness Fest, an...

Learn how to travel the world with kids, pursue motherhood without limits, and the tips & hacks to make it affordable. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Kameko Rooks joins Matt over a bottle of wine and starts off talking abou...

Learn the history, context & analysis of the genocide being carried out in Palestine & what you can do to help stop it. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE With a Master’s Degree in International Peace and Conflict Resolution an...

Learn how to navigate our diverse and complex world of power asymmetry, identity, privilege and be an ally not a savior. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE In part 2 of my interview with Tayo Rockson, he shares his personal jou...

Learn how to develop cultural fluency, make thoughtful travel decisions, and seek out spaces where you are a minority. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Tayo Rockson takes us on his journey growing up as the son of a diplomat...

Learn what it’s like in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Central Asia & how you can participate in one of Derek’s sustainable tours. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE In this episode Derek Baron talks about his experience traveling through...

Learn how Derek got kidnapped for 3 nights and escaped & what it’s like to spend an evening talking with the Taliban. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Derek Baron takes us on his journey growing up in Boston, studying abroad...

Learn how to skyrocket your website traffic with SEO & hear travel stories from Bhutan, Bolivia, Colombia & New Zealand. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Isabel Leong takes us on her journey growing up in Singapore, studying...

Learn how to join Matt and Johannes on the next Nomad Cruise and become part of a global community of digital nomads. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Johannes Voelkner joins Matt from Bangkok and starts off talking about wha...

Learn how to meet up with Matt, get discounts on upcoming nomad conferences, and schedule a free video call with Matt. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Matt reflects on doing podcast for 5 years and now having listeners in 18...

Learn Simone’s #1 business networking technique, his stress-management tips, and his key stability anchor when traveling. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE In part 2 of this interview, Simone Vincenzi talks about why his podca...

Learn the 4-step method to turn your expertise into a business & how to best utilize webinars, PR and public speaking. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Simone Vincenzi joins Matt over a bottle of wine and starts off by talkin...

Learn how to support community-led initiatives around climate resilience, ecological regeneration, and education. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Candice Young talks about growing up in LA in a Chinese immigrant home, majori...