3 RECS ON TRAVEL, CULTURE & LIFE BEYOND BORDERS
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As we approach the 3 year anniversary of the genocide in Palestine, I’m heading to Washington DC to attend a special benefit concert (details below on how to join me). Also, if you want to visit Palestine ethically, as part of a solidarity delegation, details on how to do that are below as well. -Matt
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Meet Me at Black Travel Summit in Milwaukee on October 15-18, 2026 to celebrate Black culture in travel with speakers, workshops, films, and amazing parties! This is one of my favorite travel events of the year and a bunch of Maverick Show guests will be there too! Get 10% off your ticket with code “Maverick”. See all the details and grab your ticket.
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🇵🇸 1) A Solidarity Delegation to Join
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Visit Palestine as part of a solidarity delegation with EyeWitness Palestine to bear witness, gain a deeper understanding of the realities Palestinians are facing, and translate that into action at home. It’s an immersive journey across the West Bank and historic Palestine where you’ll meet Palestinian human rights defenders, organizers, civil servants, religious leaders, farmers, refugees, and artists to learn directly from them about their lives, histories, cultures, and the everyday violence they are living through— beyond the news headlines— as well as to stand in solidarity with them and build relationships that last a lifetime. Apply Here.
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We Are Still Here. Since the start of the genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, higher education institutions have been systematically destroyed, campuses lie in ruins, academics and students have been killed or forcibly displaced, and what was once a thriving, intellectually vibrant student population now lives under daily threat of bombardment, forced starvation, and death. Yet, many are still writing, and this is an anthology of their voices–raw, unfiltered, and courageous. It features short and long stories, poems, essays, and testimonies written by students from Gaza’s universities. These are real-time words, emerging from the depths of genocide, displacement & grief, and may be their last hopes to reach the world, a final act of resistance through expression. Buy the book.
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♥️ 3) A Benefit Concert to Attend
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Music of Hanzala: An Evening of Remembrance & Resistance (with Pulizer Prize Winner Mosab Abu Toha) is a concert built around 100 drawings by Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali, animated and projected above a 9-piece ensemble playing twelve songs of childhood, freedom, and return that span 1948 to now. Woven through the music are poetry, archival footage of iconic figures for liberation and freedom. Meet me in Washington DC for this extraordinary evening on October 10th from 6-8pm. Part of the proceeds benefit American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) which runs important humanitarian aid projects in Palestine and Lebanon. Get Your Ticket.
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Did you Listen to Last Week’s Episode of The Maverick Show?
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Chris Joondeph reflects on the lessons he’s learned from traveling to more than 170 countries and creating one of the world’s largest travel communities on social media. Through conversations about Syria, Iran, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Turkmenistan, Algeria, Malawi, and beyond, Chris explores the responsibilities of travel creators, the importance of context over sensationalism, and why genuine human connection is essential to understanding the world. He also shares how traveling with his father after the loss of his mother transformed both of their perspectives, and why curiosity, humility, and firsthand experience continue to shape the stories he chooses to tell. Listen on your favorite platform.
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Send me a DM on Instagram @maverickshowpod. I read and respond to all of them personally and woud love to hear from you! Or just reply to this email and I’ll read that too. -Matt
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