In-depth conversations with today’s most interesting world travelers, remote entrepreneurs, and digital nomads.
On this episode, Matt passes the mic and, instead of interviewing the guest himself, he publishes an episode of the “Badass Digital Nomads” podcast, where Kristin Wilson interviews Erick Prince. Erick starts off talking about his chosen base of Bangkok Thailand, describes his lifestyle there, and explains why it is his favorite city in the...
Travis Sherry takes us on his journey growing up in Philadelphia, studying abroad in Switzerland, getting married, and traveling the world with his wife. He talks about their experience teaching English in Japan for two years before founding “Extra Pack of Peanuts” and becoming location independent entrepreneurs. He shares his ups and downs on the...
In this special mixtape episode, I compile some of the most fun stories and unexpected interview moments. Since 2018 I have been interviewing location independent entrepreneurs and world travelers who are smart, interesting and well-traveled, but who are also super fun people that often make me laugh. We will frequently record these interviews over a...
Vangile Makwakwa takes us on her journey growing up under South African Apartheid, watching it fall, and then navigating institutionalized white supremacy in the post-Apartheid era. She opens up about the extent of racial trauma she experienced when working at Stellenbosch University and how it drove her leave South Africa and travel the world. Vangile...
In this special mixtape episode, I ask today’s most interesting world travelers why they travel and what travel means to them. For the past 5 years I have been interviewing digital nomads who, on average, have been to over 50 countries (some have been to over 150 countries), and I have been asking them to...
Stef Solferini starts off describing his recent experience spending New Year’s Eve in Rio and then participating in the Carnival parade in front of 80,000 people in the Sambadromo. Next, he describes his background and his deep connection with the continent of Africa. Stef shares his reflections on the key to unlocking joy and happiness...
In this special compilation episode, you’ll hear Maverick Show guests describing their first-hand accounts of accidentally winding up in a sex hotel in Japan during a typhoon, narrowly avoiding a kidnapping in the Sinai, hitching a ride on a private jet in South Africa, walking into the world’s largest food fight in Spain, being imprisoned...
On this special episode the tables are turned and Chase Warrington interviews Matt Bowles on the About Abroad podcast. Matt starts off talking about spending his birthday in the Portuguese wine country and then about delivering the opening keynote at the Bansko Nomad Fest in Bulgaria. He then shares his backstory of losing his job,...
Flora Mendoza joins Matt over a bottle of wine in Dakar, Senegal. She reflects on what she loves most about Senegal after spending a month in Dakar, and also shares her experiences traveling through Tunisia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Next, Flora talks about being half Mexican and half Basque, shares her experience growing up in...
230: Bungee Jumping in Macao, Building Female-Centric Travel Brands, and Empowering Women to See the World with Kelly Lewis
Kelly Lewis reflects on growing up in Hawaii, moving to New Zealand after college, and then traveling to 85 countries on all 7 continents. She shares some of her top highlights, like taking the world’s highest bungee jump in Macao. Kelly then takes us on her entrepreneurial journey of bootstrapping numerous female-centric travel brands from...