The Maverick Show: Global Travel Stories & Life Beyond Borders

Matt Bowles

Booking Overview

A global travel interview show focused on long-term travel, expat life, digital nomadism, cross-cultural identity, and the human impact of crossing borders, with intimate conversations featuring travelers, diaspora voices, tour operators, and extraordinary adventurers. Strong pitch candidates include accomplished travel authors and explorers, expat and relocation experts, cultural-tourism founders, diaspora storytellers, and human-rights or migration advocates with compelling firsthand experience; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 404

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 537 subscribers

Instagram: 2.7k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

podcast@maverickinvestorgroup.com

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Host

Matt Bowles - Full-time world traveler since 2013 who hosts in-depth conversations about global travel, expat life, cross-cultural experiences, and living beyond borders.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Extensive firsthand international travel or cross-cultural experience, such as global exploration, expatriate life, diaspora identity, cultural-tourism leadership, worldschooling, migration advocacy, or building a life and career across borders.

Required Achievements:

Visited an exceptional number of countries, Completed an unusual or record-setting travel journey, Founded a travel or cultural-tourism business, Built expertise through sustained cross-border professional or personal experience, Published or spoken publicly about travel, migration, culture, or global identity

Recent Guest Discussions

Jason Wang - Travel Transformation, Reconnecting With China, Chinese Diaspora Communities, West Africa, And Culinary Travel.

Adenike Daramola Joondeph - Visa Barriers, Traveling On A Nigerian Passport, Nigerian Culture And Hospitality, Cultural Tourism, And Changing Perceptions Of Nigeria.

Adenike Daramola Joondeph - Border Crossings, Resilience, Identity, Cultural Exchange, And The Perspective Gained Through Extensive International Travel.

Thor Pedersen - Extreme Long-term Travel, Border Crossings, Human Connection, Global Inequality, And Completing An Unbroken Journey Across Every Country.

Thor Pedersen - Traveling Without Flying, Cargo-ship Journeys, Strangers And Human Connection, Migration, And Global Inequality.

Recent Topics

Travel, Expatriates, Digital Nomads, Cultural Exchange, Diaspora

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Maverick Show: Global Travel Stories & Life Beyond Borders

Summiting Mount Everest: Jason Wang on the Death Zone, Finding Clarity & Completing the Seven Summits (Ep 403)

August 24, 2026

Hear how facing fear, embracing discomfort and sharing the journey with Grace reshaped Jason's perspective on life. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Jason Wang takes you behind the scenes of his journey to complete the Seven Summits, from the moment a climb up Mount Kilimanjaro inspired an impossible dream...

Cyberpunk Cities in China, Music Festivals in Timbuktu & Chasing the World’s Best Food with Jason Wang (Ep 402)

August 17, 2026

Hear how selling his startup, falling in love with travel, and reconnecting with China transformed Jason's life. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Jason Wang shares his experience growing up in a Chinese immigrant family in the San Francisco Bay Area, building and selling a Silicon Valley startup, and tells...

Showing the World the Real Nigeria: Adenike Joondeph on Hospitality, Culture & Changing the Narrative (Ep 401)

August 10, 2026

Learn why visitors leave Nigeria with transformed perceptions, lifelong friendships, and a changed view of the country. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE What makes Nigeria one of the world's most misunderstood travel destinations? In this episode, Adenike Joondeph (Dara) shares why she is passionate about ...

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