The Maverick Show: Global Travel Stories & Life Beyond Borders

Sondre Rasch takes us on his journey growing up in Norway, starting to travel the world, and eventually leaving his job to become a location-independent entrepreneur and digital nomad. _____________________________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.).Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram ____________________________________He shares his experience founding two companies, going through the “Y-Combinator” accelerator twice, and gives his tips on how to get accepted to the program. Sondre then talks about founding Safety Wing with a mission to build a global social safety net and to solve the fundamental problems that exist with traditional health insurance companies. He gives an overview of Safety Wing’s “Nomad Insurance” (global travel medical insurance for nomads) as well as Safety Wing’s “Remote Health” insurance product for remote workers and nomads. He then takes us behind the scenes and talks about how he selected his business partners, how they raised $13 million, and how they scaled Safety Wing to 100,000 customers in under 4 years. Sondre shares Safety Wing’s strategy on marketing and branding, and also shares his leadership style, productivity tactics, and stress management techniques. He reflects on what makes a great CEO and shares executive leadership tips for managing a fully distributed team. Sondre then talks about his future vision for creating a borderless country on the internet and the steps he is taking towards making it a reality. And, finally, he reflects on what travel means to him. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED AVAILABLE HERE.____________________________________See my Top 10 Apps For Digital NomadsSee my Top 10 Books For Digital NomadsSee my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual)Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and RecommendSee How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use)____________________________________ENJOYING THE SHOW?Please Leave a Rating and Review. It really helps the show and I read each one personally. You Can Buy Me a Coffee. Espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)

Nora Yusuf takes us on her journey growing up in Malaysia, studying abroad in the UK, traveling through Europe, working in the Middle East, and then becoming a photographer, traveling to many of the world’s most remote locations and capturing their natural beauty. ____________________________________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.).Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram ____________________________________She shares her favorite travel destinations in her home country of Malaysia, and then talks about what she loves about the natural beauty of super-remote destinations. Nora shares her travel experiences sleeping in the snow in Antarctica, seeing the Aurora Borealis in Greenland, traveling the Silk Road in Central Asia, and visiting Lake Baikal in Siberia during the winter. She then recounts her experience spending time with Eagle Huntresses in Mongolia and talks about her 4x4 expeditions in East Africa and South America. Nora shares her adventure in the Amazon and her experience in the Pantanal Wetlands catching piranhas to barbecue with Malaysian spices and eat. She then shares some tactical tips on how to take better photos and timelapse videos. And, finally, Nora reflects on the impact all of her world travel has had, what travel means to her today, and why it’s important for her to break down stereotypes and inspire other women to travel. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED AVAILABLE HERE.____________________________________See my Top 10 Apps For Digital NomadsSee my Top 10 Books For Digital NomadsSee my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual)Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and RecommendSee How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use)____________________________________ENJOYING THE SHOW?Please Leave a Rating and Review. It really helps the show and I read each one personally. You Can Buy Me a Coffee. Espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)

Sean Tierney returns to the Maverick Show for his 4th interview after spending a month in Mexico with Matt. Recorded in person, over a bottle of wine, Matt and Sean discuss their experiences together in Mexico, including a local backyard hip hop cypher in Puerto Escondido. ____________________________________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.).Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram ____________________________________Sean then talks about his experience buying turnkey rental properties through Matt’s company, Maverick Investor Group. Matt and Sean discuss the advantages of residential investment property as an asset class, and the advantages of buying “turnkey” properties with tenants and local property management already in place. Sean then talks about building the “Problemattic” App and empowering knowledge workers to contribute their skills to affecting positive change in the world from anywhere. He also talks about his love for the City of Lisbon, including how and why he is getting a second passport from Portugal. Sean shares his experience being an entrepreneur in residence at “Startup Lisboa” and being an organizer of the Lisbon Digital Nomads meetup group—the largest nomad meetup group in the world with over 13,000 members. He then shares one of his favorite books of all time, drops a number of travel hacks, reflects on his social media fast, and rounds out his Top 20 Hip Hop MCs of all time. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED AVAILABLE HERE.____________________________________See my Top 10 Apps For Digital NomadsSee my Top 10 Books For Digital NomadsSee my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual)Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and RecommendSee How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use)____________________________________ENJOYING THE SHOW?Please Leave a Rating and Review. It really helps the show and I read each one personally. You Can Buy Me a Coffee. Espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)

Isis Love takes us on her journey growing up in the U.S., joining the military, living aboard, transitioning to entrepreneurship, persevering through financial struggles, and eventually discovering FOREX trading and cryptocurrency investing. ____________________________________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.).Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram ____________________________________She tells her story of how she went from being broke to becoming a full time investor, financial educator and digital nomad.  Isis shares how and why she was able to cultivate a money mindset, and talks about the different asset classes into which she is now diversified. She explains how to get started in cryptocurrency, how to generate yield with your crypto, how to navigate the market’s volatility, and which coins she is most bullish on. Matt and Isis discuss their NFT investments and the variety of evolving use cases for NFTs.  Isis also explains the metaverse and strategies for investing in it.  She also shares her travel journey in Europe, Asia, South Africa, Central America, and reflects on what travel means to her and why she chooses the nomad lifestyle. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED AVAILABLE HERE.____________________________________See my Top 10 Apps For Digital NomadsSee my Top 10 Books For Digital NomadsSee my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual)Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and RecommendSee How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use)____________________________________ENJOYING THE SHOW?Please Leave a Rating and Review. It really helps the show and I read each one personally. You Can Buy Me a Coffee. Espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)

Bori Vigh takes us on her journey growing up in Hungary, being an entrepreneur, and eventually becoming a digital nomad with no permanent base. ____________________________________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.).Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram ____________________________________She shares some techniques for creating ‘deep connections’ and explains how important that is in a full-time travel lifestyle. Bori talks about the event space in Hungary that she runs remotely and her “Belong Camp” Retreat for digital nomads that she organizes. She also takes us on her travel journey, starting with family trips as a kid, then studying abroad in Spain, and then solo traveling the world while building one of the largest backpacker blogs in Hungary. Bori then shares the transformative impact of her first solo trip to Buenos Aires, how that inspired her to hand-write her first bucket list, and how that has guided her life ever since. She shares some of her travel highlights and also reflects on the evolving nomad eco-system and how she balances local travel experiences with nomad-community-building. Bori also talks about her business mentorship program and shares some of the techniques she personally uses for business success including the current mastermind group she is in. She offers Maverick Show listeners a 10% discount on both her Belong Camp retreat and her business mentorship services. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED AVAILABLE HERE.____________________________________See my Top 10 Apps For Digital NomadsSee my Top 10 Books For Digital NomadsSee my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual)Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and RecommendSee How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use)____________________________________ENJOYING THE SHOW?Please Leave a Rating and Review. It really helps the show and I read each one personally. You Can Buy Me a Coffee. Espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)

Santiago Sosa takes us on his journey growing up in Colombia, immigrating to the U.S., getting married, and traveling the world full time with his spouse. ____________________________________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.).Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram ____________________________________He shares tips on nomading as a married couple with no base, and recounts some of his top travel stories. Santiago also discusses the impact his Asian travels had on leading him towards the philosophy of Stoicism and becoming a minimalist. He then shares his entrepreneurial journey, and how he built a location independent marketing agency with his wife as his business partner. Santiago shares tips on being business partners with your spouse and explains how they run the company together. He also unveils the most effective marketing tactics that are working for his business clients today. Santiago then opens up about his personal investing strategies across many asset classes, ranging from real estate to online businesses to crypto currency. He shares his wins and losses, and emphasizes the importance of diversification. Santiago takes us on his cryptocurrency investing journey—From learning about it in 2017, to investing in numerous ICOs, to the way he earns yield on his crypto holdings, to the most costly crypto-investing mistake he made, and how to avoid it. Finally, Santiago reflects on why he continues to travel full time after visiting 70 countries, and what travel means to him today. FULL SHOW NOTES AND DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IS AVAILABLE HERE.____________________________________See my Top 10 Apps For Digital NomadsSee my Top 10 Books For Digital NomadsSee my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual)Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and RecommendSee How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use)____________________________________ENJOYING THE SHOW?Please Leave a Rating and Review. It really helps the show and I read each one personally. You Can Buy Me a Coffee. Espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)

In this episode, Martine conducts a whisky tasting for Matt in her apartment in Queens, NY, over a wide ranging discussion about books, art, immigrant identity, world travel, food, whisky, gender, race, and genocide. ____________________________________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.).Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram ____________________________________Martine takes us on her journey growing up in Queens, NY in a Haitian immigrant family, being exposed to the cultures of the world in her home borough, and then becoming a remote entrepreneur and traveling to over 40 countries. She shares stories from her travels to Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Kenya, Ireland, Paris, Italy and more. Matt and Martine share their experiences in Phnom Penh and reflect on their encounters with the history and lessons of the Cambodian genocide. Martine also conducts a whisky tasting for Matt live on the podcast, and shares specific techniques for “finding your whisky door” even if you think you don’t like whisky. She talks about her experiences attending “Whisky Live” in Paris and traveling to other top Whisky destinations around the world. Matt and Martine also share their experiences wine tasting in the Burgundy region of France. Finally, Matt and Martine discuss James Baldwin and Martine reflects on American racial dynamics from the vantage point of a world traveler when outside the U.S. FULL SHOW NOTES AND DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IS AVAILABLE HERE.____________________________________See my Top 10 Apps For Digital NomadsSee my Top 10 Books For Digital NomadsSee my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual)Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and RecommendSee How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use)____________________________________ENJOYING THE SHOW?Please Leave a Rating and Review. It really helps the show and I read each one personally. You Can Buy Me a Coffee. Espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)

Becky Gillespie and Matt talk about their previous travels in Argentina, as well as their recent experience together in the Mendoza wine region where the interview takes place. ____________________________________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.).Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram ____________________________________Becky then shares her experiences trekking La Cuidad Perdita in Colombia, Volcano-boarding in Nicaragua, and visiting Omatepe Island. Matt and Becky also share their experiences traveling through India, and Becky tells the story of when she participated in the “Rickshaw Challenge”. Next, she reflects on her trip to the mountain kingdom of Bhutan. Becky then plays the Ukalayle live on The Maverick Show and sings the song “I Drink Wine” by Adele. She then breaks down the steps to get started with Cryptocurrency, and why she believes it is important for everyone. Becky shares some crypto investment strategies for beginners, explains the basics of buying NFTs, and also explains how to use Cryptocurrency to by tangible items in the real world. She then moves on to talk about getting a second passport. Becky first discusses the benefits and what motivated her to pursue it, and she then breaks down the process and timeline for getting a second passport from Portugal. FULL SHOW NOTES AND DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IS AVAILABLE HERE.____________________________________See my Top 10 Apps For Digital NomadsSee my Top 10 Books For Digital NomadsSee my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual)Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and RecommendSee How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use)____________________________________ENJOYING THE SHOW?Please Leave a Rating and Review. It really helps the show and I read each one personally. You Can Buy Me a Coffee. Espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)

Kaela Atleework takes us on her journey growing up in California, becoming an international model for Chanel, and then leaving it all to pursue the nomad life.____________________________________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.).Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram ____________________________________After 10 years of traveling, she shares her critical reflections on “voluntourism”. Kaela then takes us through some considerations for being more socially conscious travelers, including the importance of learning the historical and political context of the places we travel. Next, she shares a story about the time she hitchhiked across South America alone, and reflects on how becoming a digital nomad helped her create a more socially connected life. Kaela then dives into her area of expertise on human connection, talks about her concept of “Instantaneous Intimacy”, and shares techniques for making deep friendships quickly. She then explains the importance of being more than just environmentally conscious travelers and shares some specific tactics for how we can be “ecologically regenerative” travelers. Kaela then talks about founding Montaia Basecamp as a model for ecologically regenerative and socially connected co-living and co-working in connection with the land. She then explains her “migrational” nomad lifestyle and the unique benefits of this particular travel style. And, finally, Kaela offers her observations and analysis of the way a segment of the pseudo-spiritual wellness community has coalesced with the far right-wing around narratives around COVID disinformation and anti-vaccine conspiracies, and what she feels is a potential path out. FULL SHOW NOTES AND DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IS AVAILABLE HERE.____________________________________See my Top 10 Apps For Digital NomadsSee my Top 10 Books For Digital NomadsSee my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual)Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and RecommendSee How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use)____________________________________ENJOYING THE SHOW?Please Leave a Rating and Review. It really helps the show and I read each one personally. You Can Buy Me a Coffee. Espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)

Aline Sara takes us on her journey growing up in a Lebanese immigrant family in New York and reflects on how her family’s experience in Beirut during the civil war shaped her passion for international human rights and conflict resolution. ____________________________________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.).Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram ____________________________________She shares her extensive world travel experiences through Lebanon, Syria and Turkey, as well as Sub-Saharan Africa and South America. Matt and Aline talk about the international solidarity dynamics among oppressed people around the world, in countries ranging from South Africa to Chile to Ireland. Aline then talks about her experience working as a journalist in the Middle East during the Arab Spring. She explains how the Syrian refugee crisis was the main inspiration for founding NaTakallam as a language-learning social enterprise. She explains the mission is to empower displaced persons and refugees to work as online language teachers, regardless of their location and status, and to virtually pair them with students who are also interested in hearing their stories. Aline talks about how she scaled NaTakallam, how she finds and hires the teachers, and shares some examples of their lives prior to being displaced. She also talks about the customer experience, and the expansion of NaTakallam’s service offerings, and explains how it provides an opportunity for refugees and displaced people to tell their stories across the world, and to build bridges across cultures. FULL SHOW NOTES AND DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IS AVAILABLE HERE.____________________________________See my Top 10 Apps For Digital NomadsSee my Top 10 Books For Digital NomadsSee my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual)Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and RecommendSee How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use)____________________________________ENJOYING THE SHOW?Please Leave a Rating and Review. It really helps the show and I read each one personally. You Can Buy Me a Coffee. Espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)