Global Travel Stories & Life Beyond Borders
Ivy Xu reflects on her cultural identity growing up in Canada and spending every summer in China. She shares her favorite things about China and offers her recommendations for working remotely and nomading in China. Ivy also reflects on lessons from being a competitive figure skater how they relate to her current approach to business. ...
Tarek Kholoussy returns to the Maverick Show and meets up with Matt for an in-person interview in Medellin, Colombia. Tarek talks about the significance of Colombia to him, and explains why Medellin is one of his favorite cities in the world. He then talks about his homeland, Egypt, and why everyone should spend time there. ...
Christine Job takes us on her journey growing up in Atlanta, studying abroad in Spain, becoming location independent, traveling the world, and eventually choosing a base in Valencia. She reflects on her experience studying abroad, including the racial and class dynamics, and why she chose to go back and live in Spain again afterwards. Christine...
Kristina Liu shares her journey growing up on 3 continents, working her way up in the corporate world, and then deciding to leave her job to travel the world and build a location-independent coaching business. She also shares her journey in learning to appreciate wine. Matt and Kristina reminisce about their experience traveling together in...
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. 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...
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. She shares her favorite travel destinations in her home country of Malaysia,...
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. Sean then talks about his experience buying turnkey rental...
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. She tells her story of how she went from being broke to becoming a full time investor, financial educator and digital nomad. Isis...
Bori Vigh takes us on her journey growing up in Hungary, being an entrepreneur, and eventually becoming a digital nomad with no permanent base. 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...
180: Language Alter Egos, Competing in the World Memory Championships, and Founding AmoLingua with Ekaterina Matveeva
Ekaterina Matveeva takes us on her journey growing up in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, writing poetry, and falling in love with language learning—eventually being able to speak 9 languages and understand 20. She talks about living in different countries and emphasizes the importance of fully immersing in both the language and...