The Maverick Show: Global Travel Stories & Life Beyond Borders

Learn how mastering languages can reshape identity, deepen cultural immersion, and help global remote teams work better.

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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 the culture. Ekaterina also explains the concept of the “language alter ego” and why it is so important.  She then talks about her journey becoming a memory athlete and competing in the World Memory Championships in China.  Ekaterina shares her top memorization techniques, as well as her tips on how to learn languages more quickly and efficiently.  She also talks about her travel experiences in China, India, West Africa and mentoring entrepreneurs in Iran.  Ekaterina then talks about her own entrepreneurial journey founding and scaling Amolingua.  She then gives her tips for building location independent companies and managing fully distributed teams from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Finally Ekaterina reflects on what travel means to her.

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Learn how business wins and failures shaped her approach to location independence, marriage, and fulfilling nomad life.

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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.  She shares her path to becoming a location independent entrepreneur, and explains how she founded and scaled her business “Beta Camp”.  Ivy reflects on her business successes and failures and offers her top tips to aspiring location independent entrepreneurs.  She then talks about the keys to structuring a fulfilling life as a digital nomad and offers tips for nomading with your spouse.  Next, Ivy talks about founding the “Asian Wander Women” Facebook community.  She then proceeds to explain Web3, Decentralized Finance, NFTs, DAOs, and shares her own journey with cryptocurrency and NFT investing.  Ivy talks about founding the Wander Women DAO as a Venture Studio DAO, and describes her forthcoming NFT project.  And, finally, she reflects on what travel means to her.

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Learn how nine years as a nomad shaped his approach to giving back responsibly, sustainability, and meaningful travel.

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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.  Tarek then shares the story of how he met Matt’s sister at a Tibetan monastery in Nepal.  He also reflects on his time in Goa, India as well as his multiple trips to Ethiopia.  Tarek then takes us on his journey over the last 4 years building Nomads Giving Back, and reflects on navigating the complex power dynamics of international volunteer work.  He then shares his experience in Bali, including during the pandemic, and how that led to the launching of Nomads Skillshare.  Tarek then reflects on the key sustainability pillars for living a fulfilling nomadic life over the long term.  And, finally, he explains why he continues to travel and what travel means to him today.

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Learn how life across Spain shaped her approach to moving abroad with purpose, dating, entrepreneurship, and belonging.

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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 shares her experience walking the Camino de Santiago, living in the Rioja wine region, living in Barcelona, and eventually choosing to be based in Valencia.  She also talks about her path to location independence, her professional and entrepreneurial journey, and the importance of moving abroad with intention.  Christine emphasizes the importance of reflecting on your “why”, your “number”, your “zone of genius”, and explains how entrepreneurship can be a form of self-actualization. She also talks about founding her award winning podcast “Flourish in the Foreign” and reflects on the impact the podcast has had on her and what she has learned from her guests.  Christine also shares her experiences and tips for dating abroad, and reflects on what travel means to her.

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Hear how a life-altering experience in the Peruvian Amazon inspired her to rethink success and build a life from within.

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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 Morocco, having an epic fine dining experience in Basque Country, and going on an 18-hour wine-tasting romp through Spain’s legendary Rioja wine region.  Kristina then shares her life altering experience in the Peruvian Amazon which led to her buying property in Peru and founding the Selva Vida Lodge and Retreat Center.  She also talks about her coaching program and framework, and gives some tips listeners can immediately apply in their lives.  Kristina then discusses her new book “The Inside Out Journey” and reflects on the impact of the writing process.  And, finally, she shares what travel means to her today.

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Learn what scaling a global insurance startup taught him about leadership, distributed teams, stress, and bold vision.

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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 then talks about founding Safety Wing with a mission to build a global social safety net and to solve the fundamental problems that exist with traditional health insurance companies.  He gives an overview of Safety Wing’s “Nomad Insurance” (global travel medical insurance for nomads) as well as Safety Wing’s “Remote Health” insurance product for remote workers and nomads.  He then takes us behind the scenes and talks about how he selected his business partners, how they raised $13 million, and how they scaled Safety Wing to 100,000 customers in under 4 years.  Sondre shares Safety Wing’s strategy on marketing and branding, and also shares his leadership style, productivity tactics, and stress management techniques.  He reflects on what makes a great CEO and shares executive leadership tips for managing a fully distributed team.  Sondre then talks about his future vision for creating a borderless country on the internet, and the steps he is taking towards making it a reality.  And, finally, he reflects on what travel means to him.

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Hear how remote adventures shaped her mission to break stereotypes, inspire women to travel, and broaden perspectives.

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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, and then talks about what she loves about the natural beauty of super-remote destinations.  Nora shares her travel experiences sleeping in the snow in Antarctica, seeing the Aurora Borealis in Greenland, traveling the Silk Road in Central Asia, and visiting Lake Baikal in Siberia during the winter.  She then recounts her experience spending time with Eagle Huntresses in Mongolia and talks about her 4x4 expeditions in East Africa and South America.  Nora shares her adventure in the Amazon and her experience in the Pantanal Wetlands catching piranhas to barbecue with Malaysian spices and eat.  She then shares some tactical tips on how to take better photos and timelapse videos.  And, finally, Nora reflects on the impact all of her world travel has had, what travel means to her today, and why it’s important for her to break down stereotypes and inspire other women to travel.

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Hear reflections from Mexico on deeper ideas about investing, global community, social impact & building a life abroad.

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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 properties through Matt’s company, Maverick Investor Group.  Matt and Sean discuss the advantages of residential investment property as an asset class, and the advantages of buying “turnkey” properties with tenants and local property management already in place.  Sean then talks about building the “Problemattic” App and empowering knowledge workers to contribute their skills to affecting positive change in the world from anywhere.  He also talks about his love for the City of Lisbon, including how and why he is getting a second passport from Portugal.  Sean shares his experience being an entrepreneur in residence at “Startup Lisboa” and being an organizer of the Lisbon Digital Nomads meetup group—the largest nomad meetup group in the world with over 13,000 members.  He then shares one of his favorite books of all time, drops a number of travel hacks, reflects on his social media fast, and rounds out his Top 20 Hip Hop MCs of all time.

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Hear how financial struggle led to a new money mindset, investing career, and freedom to build a nomadic life abroad.

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Isis Love takes us on her journey growing up in the U.S., joining the military, living abroad, 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 shares how and why she was able to cultivate a money mindset, and talks about the different asset classes into which she is now diversified.  She explains how to get started in cryptocurrency, how to generate yield with your crypto, how to navigate the market’s volatility, and which coins she is most bullish on.  Matt and Isis discuss their NFT investments and the variety of evolving use cases for NFTs.   Isis also explains the metaverse and strategies for investing in it.   She also shares her travel journey in Europe, Asia, South Africa, Central America, and reflects on what travel means to her and why she chooses the nomad lifestyle.

→ Full show notes with direct links to everything discussed are available here.

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Learn how she creates deep connections while balancing local immersion with the growing global nomad community.

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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 remotely and her “Belong Camp” Retreat for digital nomads that she organizes.  She also takes us on her travel journey, starting with family trips as a kid, then studying abroad in Spain, and then solo traveling the world while building one of the largest backpacker blogs in Hungary.  Bori then shares the transformative impact of her first solo trip to Buenos Aires, how that inspired her to hand-write her first bucket list, and how that has guided her life ever since.  She shares some of her travel highlights, and also reflects on the evolving nomad eco-system and how she balances local travel experiences with nomad-community-building.  Bori also talks about her business mentorship program and shares some of the techniques she personally uses for business success including the current mastermind group she is in.  She offers Maverick Show listeners a 10% discount on both her Belong Camp retreat and her business mentorship services.

→ Full show notes with direct links to everything discussed are available here.

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