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Travel Writing & Content Creation

Explore podcast episodes about travel writing, storytelling, and building a career in travel content creation. Hear from writers, journalists, and creators sharing insights on documenting travel and creating content across cultures.

Travel writing and content creation are powerful ways to document the world and build a life around storytelling. In this collection from The Maverick Show, guests share their journeys of becoming travel writers, journalists, authors, and creators while living abroad and traveling long-term. These episodes explore how people build careers in travel writing, from publishing in outlets like National Geographic and Lonely Planet to creating independent platforms through blogging, podcasting, and social media. You’ll hear insights on pitching stories, writing memoir and narrative travel essays, building an audience, and creating sustainable creative work while living abroad. Together, these conversations highlight how storytelling, cross-cultural travel, and creative expression can become a pathway to both a travel lifestyle and a meaningful body of work.

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365: Inside Black Rio, Brazilian Favelas & Quilombos — and How Nicole Phillip Built 350K Followers in 2 Years

Hear award-winning travel creator Nicole Phillip share stories of immersing in Afro-Brazilian history, music and culture. Nicole Phillip returns to The Maverick Show and records this episode in person with Matt in Rio…

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336: How to Become a Full-Time Travel Content Creator, Build Your Personal Brand, Market Yourself and Find Community with Jordan Campbell

Learn how to transition from a 9-to-5 office job to a full-time travel content creator so you can travel the world. Jordan Campbell tells the story of her transition from an office job…

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How to Tell Great Travel Stories and Turn Your Lived Experiences into Poetry or Prose with Zein El-Amine (Ep 203)

Hear how travel and creative writing revealed the power of story to confront prejudice, politics & how we see the world. In the third and final installment of this interview, Zein El-Amine discusses…

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Writing “Digital Nomads for Dummies”, Reflecting on Burnout, and Becoming a Nomadic DJ with Kristin Wilson (Ep 219)

Learn how repeated burnout changed the way a 15-year nomad balances stability, new experiences, work, and world travel. Digital nomad influencer Kristin Wilson returns to the Maverick Show for the fourth time. Kristin…

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Joshua Stephens on Being a Nomadic Writer: Reflections on Dislocation, World Travel, and James Baldwin (Ep 158)

Learn why he weaves politics into unexpected stories and the techniques he uses to write tighter, more powerful prose. Joshua Stephens discusses his writing techniques and shares his rationale for interweaving politics into…

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The Art & Business of Travel Writing and How to Pursue What You Desire with Rosie Bell (Ep 264)

Learn how travel writing can become a career and how downsizing, nomad life, and intentional choices can reshape life. Rosie Bell joins Matt in Tenerife in the Canary Islands to discuss her books…

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Chasing the World’s Most Interesting Stories as a Travel Journalist with Joel Balsam (Ep 266)

Hear the surprising stories that drew him worldwide and what reporting from overlooked places taught him about travel. Travel journalist and full-time digital nomad Joel Balsam joins Matt over a bottle of wine….

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The Ethics of Travel Writing, Platforming Marginalized Voices, and Supporting Collective Liberation with Joel Balsam (Ep 267)

Learn how travel media can reproduce unequal power and how writers can use their platforms with greater responsibility. In Part 2 of this interview, travel journalist Joel Balsam explains how to effectively pitch…

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How to Live Free in a Dangerous World and Write a Decolonial Memoir with Shayla Lawson (Ep 280)

Learn about black community building across geography & language, challenging the gender binary & decolonizing ourselves. Shayla Lawson joins Matt for a wine night and starts off talking about growing up in Kentucky,…

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The “Travel Industry for Palestine” Petition, Unpacking Orientalism, and Writing Great Travel Stories with Yulia Denisyuk (Ep 283)

Learn how to help stop the genocide in Palestine, unpack Orientalism, and improve your travel writing and photography. In part 2 of my interview with Yulia Denisyuk, she starts off talking about her…

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