Global Travel Stories & Life Beyond Borders
Hear stories about Guatemala, Morocco, Arctic Snow Hotels in Lapland, Finland and music festivals in Cali, Colombia. Nicole Phillip joins Matt from Orlando, Florida and talks about growing up in a Caribbean immigrant home, moving to New York City for college, and encountering racism on a study abroad trip to Italy. Matt and Nicole reflect...
Learn how to experience the best of Tanzanian nightlife, food, music, beaches, mountains, safaris, history and culture. Justa Lujwangana joins Matt from Mt. Vernon, New York and talks about her experience growing up in Tanzania and Uganda before immigrating to New York at age 12. She reflects on the cultural acclimation process, navigating the contours...
Learn the tactics to start a remote business from scratch and scale it to $40 million/year while traveling the world. In Part 2 of my interview with Dan Demsky, we pull back the curtain and do a deep dive into exactly how he built Unbound Merino from a Kickstarer to an 8-figure global brand. He breaks...
Learn why stillness and connection to nature are so important for a high-performance 8-figure remote business owner. Dan Demsky joins Matt from Buenos Aires for a virtual wine night. He starts off talking about growing up in Toronto, reflects on his early entrepreneurial tendencies, and then tells stories from a life changing trip to Japan....
Learn about the “Women. Life. Freedom” protests against the Iranian regime and discovering solidarity in remote places. In Part 3 of this interview, Yooshita talks about traveling back to Iran after leaving as a refugee. She explains why she creates her travel content in Farsi and reflects on her last trip back to Iran (including...
Hear stories from Balochistan, Afghanistan & Pakistan, and why Yooshita wants to travel to every country in the world. In Part 2 of this interview, Yooshita talks about her first experience living abroad on her own in London and later moving to Dubai to work as cabin crew for Emirates Airlines. She then talks about...
Learn about growing up in Iran, being a refugee in Europe & ethical considerations when traveling to low income areas. Yooshitai joins Matt and they start off talking about how they met at the Extraordinary Travel Festival in Bangkok and connected around their shared human rights activism. Yooshita then talks about her recent trip to...
Hear stories from traveling 2,500 miles across India by Rickshaw and driving a “Shoe-Baru” from the UK to Cape Town. In Part 2 of this interview, Scott Brills tells the story of driving from the UK to Cape Town in cars decorated as Chuck Taylor sneakers. He describes his experience getting stuck in Aswan in...
Learn how to plan your Tanzanian Safari, hire an ethical company, tip correctly, and have an amazing experience. Scott Brills starts off talking about the wine sommelier training he is currently doing and how he often structures his travel experiences around wine and other beverages. He then talks about growing up in Michigan, traveling to...
330: How to Pick Your Travel Niche, Find Your Voice, Get Your First 250K Followers, and Land Brand Deals with Nicole Phillip
Learn how to build your personal brand, be unique and authentic, grow your followers, and monetize your travel content. In Part 2 of this interview Nicole Phillip takes us on her professional journey through the world of journalism, including her experiences working at the New York Times on the 1619 Project and as the Social...