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Merging Travel with Human Rights and Founding The Hybrid Tours with Sibu Szymanowska (Ep 309)

Learn how to travel more responsibly, engage with the experiences of refugees, and merge human rights with tourism. Sibu Szymanowska joins...

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Matt Bowles Interviewed About His Digital Nomad Journey by Ric Gazarian (Ep 308)

The tables are turned so you can hear Matt Bowles interviewed about his own digital nomad journey by Ric Gazarian. In...

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Watching Buzkashi in Afghanistan, Visiting Micronations, and How Not to Take the Iron Ore Train in Mauritania with Ric Gazarian (Ep 307)

Hear Ric’s stories from Afghanistan, Burundi, Chad, Eritrea, Mauritania, Papua New Guinea, Abkhazia and Transnistria. In Part 2 of this interview,...

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306: Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Racing Tuk-Tuks Across Asia with Ric Gazarian

Hear how his Armenian heritage shaped decades of return visits and why unconventional journeys create deeper encounters. Ric Gazarian starts off...

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The Racial Integration of Duke Men’s Basketball and Lessons from C.B. Claiborne’s Campus Activism with Javier Wallace (Ep 305)

Hear how C.B. Claiborne combined basketball with activism and what today’s student organizers can learn from his legacy. In Part 3...

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Becoming a Master Storyteller, Founding “Black Austin Tours”, and Combating Transnational Basketball Trafficking with Javier Wallace (Ep 304)

Learn about Black history in Austin, human trafficking in high school sports, and how to become a better storyteller. In Part...

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Navigating Anti-Blackness in Panama, Centering Marginalized Stories, and Co-Founding “AfroLatinx Travel” with Javier Wallace (Ep 303)

Hear Javier’s stories of navigating his intersectional Afro-Panamanian-American experience in both the U.S. and Panama. Dr. Javier Wallace starts off talking about...

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Organizing 500 Trips to Africa, Becoming a Citizen of Sierra Leone, and Building Jelani Travel with Ashley Company (Ep 302)

Learn about traveling to Togo, Benin, The Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and building a successful travel company. Ashley Company starts off...

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Visiting Every Country in Central & South America and How Not to Cross the Venezuelan Border with Ashley Company (Ep 301)

Learn how immersive trips to the Dominican Republic, Kenya and backpacking through South America can be life-changing. Ashley Company starts off...

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Three Hundred Maverick Show Episode Special with Matt Bowles (Ep 300)

Matt Bowles celebrates 300 episodes by offering 30 free video calls as well as discounts to meet up with him in...

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