In-depth conversations with today’s most interesting world travelers, remote entrepreneurs, and digital nomads.
Learn about growing up in Iran, being a refugee in Europe & ethical considerations when traveling to low income areas. Youshita Fathi 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. Youshita 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...
Learn how to make a life pivot in your 30s, move abroad, reinvent yourself and become the person you really want to be. Cepee Tabibian joins Matt from Malaga, Spain and starts off talking about her parents’ journey immigrating to the U.S. from Iran and Colombia respectively, and then reflects on her own experience growing...
The tables are turned and Matt Bowles is interviewed about purposeful travel, social justice & his digital nomad life. In this special episode, The Maverick Show host Matt Bowles is interviewed by Brittany Braddock in an episode that originally aired on the Manifest Travel podcast. Matt starts off explaining how he co-founded Maverick Investor Group...
Learn about the neo-colonial dynamics in the travel industry but how tourism can include both recreation & human rights. In part 2 of this interview, Hira Aftab starts off talking about the neo-colonial dynamics of the travel industry. She explains what prompted her to co-found the Hybrid Tours and how she integrates human rights and...
Learn about the importance of prioritizing the voices, stories, and experiences of refugees in the places we travel. Hira Aftab talks about growing up in a Pakistani immigrant home between the UK and Saudi Arabia. She reflects on the life changing impact of her first trip to Palestine, and how that inspired her to become a...
Learn how to leave your corporate job and transition into the digital nomad lifestyle with the skills you already have. Yuri Chu Su talks about her Chinese-Peruvian identity while growing up in Lima, Peru. She reflects on her first visit China at age 9 and then moving to Canada with her family. Yuri talks about...
Learn how to take some of the most epic train rides in the world, and hear highlights from spending time in Africa. In Part 2 of this interview with Sojourner White, Matt and Sojourner discuss the best long distance train rides in the U.S.. Sojourner then describes her experience taking the Jose Cuervo Express Tequila...
324: A Life-Changing Trip to Balochistan, Afghanistan & Pakistan, and Reflections on Working Locally in 5 Countries with Youshita Fathi
Hear stories from Balochistan, Afghanistan & Pakistan, and why Youshita wants to travel to every country in the world. In Part 2 of this interview, Youshita 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 her...