The Maverick Show: Global Travel Stories &amp; Life Beyond Borders

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Moving Abroad with Intention and Empowering Black Women to Flourish in the Foreign with Christine Job (Ep 177) Mar 23, 2022

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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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Fine Dining in the Basque Country, Wine Tasting in Rioja, and Founding Selva Vida Lodge & Retreat Center in the Amazon with Dr. Kristina Liu (Ep 176) Mar 15, 2022

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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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Health Insurance for Digital Nomads, Building a Global Social Safety Net, and Scaling Safety Wing to 100,000 Customers with Sondre Rasch (Ep 175) Mar 09, 2022

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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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Traveling to the World's Most Remote Destinations and Capturing their Natural Beauty with Nora Yusuf (Ep 174) Mar 02, 2022

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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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Buying Turnkey Rental Properties Through Maverick Investor Group and Empowering Knowledge Workers to Make the World a Better Place with Sean Tierney (Ep 173) Feb 23, 2022

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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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How to Get Started Investing in NFTs, the Metaverse, and Cryptocurrency with Isis Love (Ep 172) Feb 15, 2022

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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.

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Living Life Based on your Bucket List, Hosting the Nomad Cruise, and Organizing Events Remotely with Bori Vigh (Ep 171) Feb 08, 2022

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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.

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Building a Remote Marketing Agency with Your Spouse, Traveling to 70 Countries Together and Diversifying Your Investments with Santiago Sosa (Ep 170) Feb 02, 2022

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Learn what travel in Asia & investment mistakes taught him about minimalism, Stoicism, risk, and building real freedom.

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Santiago Sosa takes us on his journey growing up in Colombia, immigrating to the U.S., getting married, and traveling the world full time with his spouse. He shares tips on nomading as a married couple with no base, and recounts some of his top travel stories. Santiago also discusses the impact his Asian travels had on leading him towards the philosophy of Stoicism and becoming a minimalist. He then shares his entrepreneurial journey, and how he built a location independent marketing agency with his wife as his business partner. Santiago shares tips on being business partners with your spouse and explains how they run the company together. He also unveils the most effective marketing tactics that are working for his business clients today. Santiago then opens up about his personal investing strategies across many asset classes, ranging from real estate to online businesses to crypto currency. He shares his wins and losses, and emphasizes the importance of diversification. Santiago takes us on his cryptocurrency investing journey—From learning about it in 2017, to investing in numerous ICOs, to the way he earns yield on his crypto holdings, to the most costly crypto-investing mistake he made, and how to avoid it. Finally, Santiago reflects on why he continues to travel full time after visiting 70 countries, and what travel means to him today.

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Traveling the World for Whisky, Growing up in Queens, and Reflecting on Genocide with Martine Volmar (Ep 169) Jan 27, 2022

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Hear how her Haitian immigrant upbringing and years abroad shaped her views on race, identity, and America from afar.

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In this episode, Martine conducts a whisky tasting for Matt in her apartment in Queens, NY, over a wide ranging discussion about books, art, immigrant identity, world travel, food, whisky, gender, race, and genocide. Martine takes us on her journey growing up in Queens, NY in a Haitian immigrant family, being exposed to the cultures of the world in her home borough, and then becoming a remote entrepreneur and traveling to over 40 countries. She shares stories from her travels to Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Kenya, Ireland, Paris, Italy and more. Matt and Martine share their experiences in Phnom Penh and reflect on their encounters with the history and lessons of the Cambodian genocide. Martine also conducts a whisky tasting for Matt live on the podcast, and shares specific techniques for “finding your whisky door” even if you think you don’t like whisky. She talks about her experiences attending “Whisky Live” in Paris and traveling to other top Whisky destinations around the world. Matt and Martine also share their experiences wine tasting in the Burgundy region of France. Finally, Matt and Martine discuss James Baldwin and Martine reflects on American racial dynamics from the vantage point of a world traveler when outside the U.S.

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