The Digital Nomad World Podcast

As Toptal’s Director of Community, Margaux is focused on connecting a fully remote network of top talent around the world through programming, events, pro bono work, and more. She is a global community-builder and comes from a background working in the technology industry and with innovative start-ups.

Daniel was born in London and has been a nomad since 2012. He spent his early 20s in music marketing and PR where he met Jack, one of the other founders of Noma.

Melania and her partner Stefano founded Worldapalooza in 2023 after realizing that “work from everywhere” can be carried out also when working for a company. They are raising awareness about the workation world, which is still a little unknown, among remote workers.

Giovi Singh is a Love Guru who helps people that are single or in a relationship to get rid of everything that stops them from being in Love.

Originally from Upstate New York, Haley Grant graduated from Providence College in 2017 and moved to Spain, where she lived and worked in marketing for 5+ years. Haley realized while working remotely just how much of a hassle it was to find laptop-friendly places she could work from, especially when visiting a new city. This inspired her and her co-founder to create their startup Sync, a free platform for finding laptop-friendly places to work from and to connect with other remote professionals in your community.

Nic Hernandez been traveling and living abroad for over 7 years now. He is originally from the US, but he is also French & Spanish. He loves the outdoors and learning about cultures and languages.

Matilde became a digital nomad 6 years ago while creating online communities and courses related to remote work. She has played a key role in promoting remote work in Portugal and founded Remote Portugal.

Taylor is the Founder & CEO of Focusmate, a virtual coworking community with a mission to help everyone do their best work. Thousands of people in 193 countries worldwide sit side-by-side, via video, to keep each other company, cheer each other on, and hold one another accountable.

Beatriz helps craft creative and nurturing home models that disrupt the systemic norm at the Traditional Dream Factory in Abela, Portugal. She served as a steward of a 5-hectare piece of land that invites both digital nomads and longer-term guests to work at a coworking space set up on a farm. Guests can also learn about land regeneration and enjoy fresh vegetables from TDF’s garden, play in the treehouse on site, and enjoy the sauna and outdoor movie theatre space. At TDF, you are never alone and the charming town of Abela is a 5-minute walk from the farm if you need a cafe, small supermarket, or a chat in the town square. TDF also invites people to invest in the project in exchange for the right to stay on the land for a certain number of days per year.

Weh’yee is the founder of Internally which is a company dedicated to helping top African talent find remote and in-person roles around the world. He is also actively investing across the African continent in industries like transportation and logistics, agriculture, and tourism.

Austin and Jonah are best friends who worked together as engineers before leaving their corporate careers behind 4.5 years ago. They’ve been full-time digital nomads since and kept experiencing the same problem around the world: existing housing solutions fail to solve for remote work, affordability, flexibility, or mid-term stays.
They decided to do something about it, starting Noad: a home exchange network for remote workers and digital nomads with a home base.

Dori Juhasz is an accomplished event organizer and public speaker, with a deep understanding of the location-independent lifestyle. As a dedicated connector of people, she creates energetic environments where fun and personal growth flourish, whether through captivating events or inspiring keynote speeches.

Rapper turned Digital Storyteller I Nomad (5+ years) I Exploring ideas and sharing the biggest insights weekly, obsessed with the intersection between psychology, art, and digital storytelling

I’m a well rounded digital nomad. Software tester/QA Tester by day, karaoke singer, aspiring podcastor at night/off duty. I’m an average 30 year old man originally from Singapore with 5 years of experience in the IT industry. I have goals that I would like to achieve and one of them is to be a digital nomad.

Alex has more than 15 years of experience in web creation working as a freelancer, web programmer and SEO.

Adi Cohen is the founder of The New Movement, an architecture studio that designs one-of-a-kind projects worldwide. She is the host of the podcast ‘Go Out and Talk to Strangers’, TEDx speaker, Forbes-featured, passionate creator and free thinker.

Peter Cook is an ex-lawyer turned YouTuber. On his channel, he posts videos about slow living and minimalism.

Curtin has been working around the world for almost two decades. He’s started his own businesses, worked for startups and Fortune 500 companies alike in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. His observations and experiences have led him to direct his efforts into education- for executives and his peers as well as for the next generation. Curtin was the Head of Logistics for a Ukrainian NGO for the last 14 months and will be returning to America to teach high school history.

My name is Pele and I do summer language camps for kids in Switzerland, rural coliving, ski & family workations, and ski-hostel.com. I love hiking, skiing, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, surfing, chess, culture, literature, languages, meeting people, community and new ideas! I live between Switzerland, Brazil, Montenegro and Bansko where we have different Coliving spaces.

I have a curious mind, and adventurous spirit and put an emphasis on holistic health. I’ve been living a location-independent lifestyle since 2019, working mainly as a software engineer. I love connecting deeply with people, having mind-expanding conversations, and spending lots of time in nature.

Fedor Ikelaar is a Dutch nomad comedian that has been performing across the globe from Kathmandu to Cape Town. Transforming his world-travelled experience, from growing up in both the Netherlands and France to traveling the world into absurd but relatable comedy.

Camille “quit her life” to travel the world in 2013 and has since visited 50+ countries as a location-independent writer, editor, and marketing manager. In 2019, she bought a part-time home base in the mountains of Bansko, Bulgaria with her boyfriend – and has now invested in a second property there. She currently works as an Affiliate Marketing Manager for a Digitarial Agency and runs several content websites, as well as her travel Instagram account @camwonderlands.

Andrea worked in Operations and Projects in the Finance industry. She has always believed in the importance of financial literacy and is now travelling the world and exploring the freedom and options available through

I am a freelancer working in the tourism and education sectors. Right now I’m the marketing manager of a travel company in 4×4 rooftent adventures, I assess EU youth exchange fund requests and I am a travel advisor for Nepal. When I have time available, I volunteer for other projects.

Jessie Faber is a Functional Health Practitioner, Researcher, Writer, and Full-Time Nomad.After suffering from years of debilitating chronic illness and running the gamut of conventional and alternative medicine without relief, she knew she had to take matters into her own hands if she was ever going to live the life she’d always dreamed of… And that’s just what she did.

I’m a fiction editor. I help authors to get their manuscripts into shape for self-publishing or to submit to agents and publishers. I specialise in adult romance, adult fantasy and young adult fiction. My goal is not just to help writers to better their manuscripts, but also to equip them with knowledge and techniques to hone their writing craft. I have been editing books for over 17 years.

My name is Zack Young, I work with individuals and organisations as a coach, therapist & consultant. I’m also founder of A Place To Be Human a mental health practice & digital community dedicated to solving some of the universal challenges we face in the modern world.

Adela is a Spanish-born brand strategist and open innovation consultant, speaker, and author with over 15 years of international and intercultural experience. Fuelled by a strong passion for positive impact and sustainable development, she works with brands going from international retail giants to emerging designers or tech start-ups, helping them build businesses and products that both do well and do good.

Kevin operates Review Signal, the largest web-hosting review site. They have the largest database of reviews and also the most in-depth performance benchmarks for WordPress hosting. He also operates Portugal.com, an English-language travel and tourism guide to Portugal.

I make apps in the domains of science, the environment and humanitarian work. I’m passionate about the planet and the people on it, so in my free time I’m also working on projects like Campfire to help people connect and share their stories.

Third culture French girl travelling around the world after living in Paris for 5 years doing strategy in consulting firms. Shifting from a very normal life I am now a backpacker doing some soul searching, exploring new places and cultures.

My wife and I left the US in 2019 and have been on the road ever since. When I realized that nothing was keeping me in Southern California, and since it was so expensive, I decided I needed to see the world—before it was too late. For six weeks we traveled Spain and Portugal, all the while asking ourselves, “Can we do this?” Since leaving we have visited 27 countries and I wrote two books about Traveling the World Six Weeks at a Time, which is our targeted time per location.

Mary Grace Nguyen is a tech freelance copywriter. She has over 9+ years experience in content creation and copywriting for big tech giants including Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Apple. She has particular expertise with social media platforms ranging from LinkedIn, TikTok and Instagram. She began her digital nomad career in 2021 and been working remotely between London, Europe, Bulgaria, Turkey and Dubai.

When asked to describe her biggest motivators in life, it comes at no surprise that founder Joana Gloria had responded with networking and travel.Having the ability to work on her own projects and vision, as well as the freedom to work from anywhere, were what prompted Joana to start her own business. After graduating from the Universidade do Algarve with a Hotel Management degree, she started her own business at the age of 26 by opening two Guest Houses in Lagos. Each of these Guest Houses were awarded over a 9.0 rating on booking.com and set the tone for the Guest House industry in Lagos.

Jordan Carroll, aka The Remote Job Coach, creates content, courses, and coaching programs to help high performers learn a process to land legitimate remote jobs and gain more freedom and flexibility in their lives. He’s worked remotely since 2013 in different capacities: for a Fortune 50 company, multiple start-ups, and his own businesses. His unique experiences have enabled him to help thousands of remote job seekers with his methodologies to find success in their search.

Alex is a business coach helping small entrepreneurs to grow bigger by being strategic about their marketing and sales. As a digital nomad, he thought Antalya, Turkey deserves to grow into a hub for nomads and started Coworking Antalya and an active DN community around it.

I’ve been drop-shipping for over 5 years (and still doing it). I started as a customer of AutoDS, and today I also work there full-time, managing their content department (blogs, videos, courses, Social Media, and more).

Amanda and Ryan are the hosts of The World Wanderers podcast. They’ve been traveling together since 2011 and have been location independent since 2015. They’ve traveled to over 65 countries and now call Mexico home, where they live and travel with their baby girl, Louise.

Anna is a freelance travel photographer and writer. She has a master’s degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including the Washington Post, Texas Monthly, AFAR, the Wall Street Journal and Rolling Stone.

Taylor Yona is a spiritual teacher, podcast host, and content creator dedicated to helping her followers find their truth and live by it. She hosts online workshops, group programs and coaches clients 1:1 on how to build the courage to follow their intuition. Her solo podcast that where she shares deep spiritual lessons through her travels and personal experiences has reached 60,000 listens in 7 months since she launched it.

It can be very tempting to quit your job, sell everything and just go. But is this really a good idea? Perhaps for a backpacker but for a digital nomad, it is a great idea to have a job or stable clients before you hit the road. Join us for an insightful talk with Tulik and Shahar about why it’s important to find a job before becoming a digital nomad.

I started working remotely long before Covid happened and was the first person in my company back then to do that.Full-time Nomad since 2017(+40 countries), Digital Nomad Ambassador. Multilingual Keynote Speaker.I am also a self-taught Polyglot (+7) and consult on remote and cross-cultural skills.

Professionally trained life coach turned recruiter that specializes in helping women connect to their confidence, strengthen their self-love, and release the toxic beliefs developed from the fitness industry.I am passionate about helping women connect to and strengthen their core essence, instead of focusing on strengthening their core abdominals.

Digital nomad YouTuber Sergio has been making videos of how to live in different cities as a digital nomad. Join us for our podcast where we find out how to create a successful YouTube Chanel and how you can lock down funding.

Aliénor Salmon is a French-British author, speaker and consultant. After graduating from King’s College London with a master’s degree in war studies, Aliénor worked as a field researcher studying issues related to education in Mongolia and along the Thailand/Myanmar border, before eventually settling in Bangkok where she worked for UNESCO.

I’m a former location-dependent Aerospace Program Manager turned Digital Nomad that is the Director of Partnerships for a technology company. This company is called ‘Lojistic’ and we have built a shipping intelligence platform that helps companies around the world control and reduce their shipping spend.

Traveller and entrepreneur. Adventurer and vagabond. Master of the handstand pushup. Conqueror of mountains, survivor of deserts, and crusader for cheap escapades. Will has been on the road for more than a decade, travelling to far-flung lands on a shoestring budget. Nowadays, he is to be found down at Tribal – Bali’s best co-working hostel…

My name is Justyn and I’m a travel blogger and Pinterest marketer working with clients worldwide. When I first started traveling, I wanted to find work I could do from anywhere, that would allow me to keep traveling the world. I really ‘fell’ into Pinterest but it’s been the biggest blessing ever since. I now teach courses on Pinterest growth and management, as well as manage accounts for clients around the world, all while traveling full-time.

Akina is a founder of Nomad University where you can find many international digital nomad’s stories. Her vision is to spread the concept of “Diversities through Stories” by sharing unique stories of the lifestyles of digital nomads around the world.

Juliana Rabbi is a recruiter-turned-career coach. After working for more than 15 years as a recruiter and on the human resources teams in multinational corporations all over the world, she has been working remotely for the past 9+ years and now helps professionals to create a career that works for them.

Martin spent nearly a decade as a Respiratory and Sleep scientist, helping people with issues related to breathing and sleep. Over this period, he recognised that stress was the primary cause of performance and health concerns such as fatigue, brain fog and the inability to focus.

Eloise Stark, Journalist Eloise Stark is a freelance journalist and writer specialising in travel and feminism. In her free time, she can be found roaming the mountains or chatting around a bonfire.

I help brands stand-out from the crowd with captivating and beautiful product commercials, UGC, AGC content or give your brand an image with fun spokesperson videos.

Gonçalo is the CEO at NomadX, one of the biggest nomad communities in the world with physical communities in Madeira, Caoi Verde and Lisbon. Also he launched projects like the Remote Work Movement, Future of Work Conferences, Remote Portugal and Remote Europe in order to help the movement grow and spread.

In 2013, Tarek left the corporate world behind in an effort to explore the actual world. After traveling to over 100 countries, running 25 marathons and supporting social causes, Tarek launched Nomads Giving Back! with the vision to inspire you to give back to the communities you call home away from home.

The road to social media success is strewn with the burning debris of digital content that targeted the wrong buyer persona, failed to identify hashtags with intent, or tried to build a following using black hat shortcuts. To succeed you need a Social Media Manager who can navigate these roads… Learn what it takes to be a social media manager and how to get started.

Filmmaker / Photographer with a taste for the absurd: like traveling by food-tuk from India to Germany. He is publishing a cookbook of adventures this year along with plenty of videos to prove it all happened.

Matthias is a location independent entrepreneur with a passion for community and ecosystem development. He is growing Bansko, a mountain resort in Bulgaria, into one of the premier destinations for digital nomads. At Coworking Bansko he is turning nomads into residents since 2016. At the moment he is constructing Coliving Bansko, a 42 unit purpose built coliving space, together with investors from the community.

Reporting from War in Ukraine! Hi. I’m Orest Zub – traveller, blogger and online entrepreneur from Lviv.I’ve visited over 120 countries including many conflict regions and could not imagine the war will come to my own country. Currently, my job in resistance to Russian invasion is to inform the global society on what is really happening here.

People work with me because I quickly identify what obstacles Entrepreneurs face in their businesses and together we bring clarity, and eliminate the unnecessary. More than anything, clients value the support, appreciate the insight and perspective, and enjoy a fresh perspective and clear sounding board that is useful.

Josh and Kalie left the US for a life abroad in 2009 and haven’t looked back. They have lived in Spain, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and are currently in Portugal. Yes, they realize they only moved to countries starting with the letter “S” until they spoiled that streak with their move to Portugal.

Kika has been a digital nomad for the last 6 years. Currently she works as the Project Manager at I Love Veterinary, a project dedicated to veterinary professionals, which was founded by her partner and herself. Other than that, she is a self-taught SEO specialist and has built a few other successful niche websites.

From a young age, Surya Sanchez dreamed of traveling for a year to New Zealand on a working holiday visa. At the time, Surya left without a job, but through trial and error he was able to make a career for himself that allowed him to continue traveling as a digital nomad. He now works as a digital consultant helping others to automate their lives.

Naman is the Head of Product for SafetyWing API, focused on building and scaling benefits to freelancer and HR platforms globally. Before venturing into the startup world, he worked at McKinsey and Google in a variety of roles, including product, consulting, and hardware.

Carlos, has been in the office business center and coworking industry in Lisbon, Portugal for 18 years and is the CEO and founder of Avila Spaces, the most award-winning business space in Portugal.

Graham Coath is a creator of opportunities! He has worked successfully across the field of ergonomics, workplace adjustments, assistive technology and media marketing for the past 30 years.

Oscar started his journey as a digital nomad In the middle of the pandemic with no job, £3000 and 3 months to make something work. He knew he needed to come up with something that would allow him to be location independent and after some careful consideration, he settled on freelance web design.

Sam has been an entrepreneur for the last ten years, most notably creating 8billionminds, a free live-learning platform. Sam taught sciences and maths while travelling the world, holds a physics degree and space studies masters, and has worked at NASA and Airbus.

Claire and James Davis are the husband and wife team behind multi-award winning coaching and fitness company 38 Degrees North (thirtyeightdegreesnorth.com), which was founded 11 years ago in Ibiza, and are highly regarded as leading experts in midlife health and happiness.

Zsófia of Myprocesses helps busy entrepreneurs and remote teams to improve their processes, automate and outsource their time-consuming tasks without sacrificing their profit.

Laurel started Monkeys and Mountains Adventure Travel and has helped millions of travellers experience the life-changing impact of hiking and outdoor adventures. She has over 120,000 followers on social media and has been featured in large media outlets like BBC Travel, BBC Earth, National Geographic, The Guardian and Forbes.

Christin is a professional Media Producer and marketer from Germany. She has been working in the poker industry since 2008 and recently left full-time employment to start her own location-independent media production business, still serving the gaming industry.

Hey, I am Rocco and I am originally from Italy. I currently work in the music industry, specifically in the digital distribution sector. I help independent artists grow their business by providing marketing advise and ad hoc support.

Luka Knezic is an entrepreneur based in Malta, who finds passion in creating scalable solutions, with a focus on exceptional customer experience.

My name is Anthony, I’m currently working remotely and I have been passionate about travel all my life. New places and new people have inspired me throughout this journey. I was fortunate to be engaged in a lot of projects that are creative

Aline is the co-founder of Nomad Soulmates, a community for single remote workers who are looking for a nomadic partner and friends!
Since 2015 they are successfully bringing nomads together for love, relationships and friendships. Some of their couples are married and even have little families, traveling the world. They’ve also just recently published their very own dating & community app helping single like-minded nomads to connect.

Shelly, a digital nomad architect and entrepreneur, owner of AgamDNA. Creator of Revit Pros- an online business offering products & services for architectural software. Originally from Israel and has been travelling the world since 2016. A Caribbean addict that loves the ocean, passionate about exploring new places and cultures.

Cate, Formally Head of Ambassador for Co-Liv, The global non profit association, is now Co-Liv UK ambassador and also supports the Italian team. Heavily involved in the Co-Liv tech community as well, Cate’s passion is building communities and connecting people who are part of the coliving ecosystems, from colivers to operators and service provider.

Anja Schuetz Coaching & Consulting (called Yellow Umbrella until 2014) started out by offering corporate coaching to managers and employees to create strong, positive relationships with each other.

Sofia is recognised as a Top Coach 2021. Originally from Greece she has previously lived in London and is now the world impacting lives remotely. She holds a Masters degree in Executive Coaching and with her business she helps high performers change the way they think and create habits that leads them to success.

I’m a proofreader, podcast host, and cryptocurrency enthusiast originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. After university, I lived in Tokyo, Japan for 12 years as an expat and became a digital nomad in 2017. I moved to Lisbon, Portugal in 2020 and continue to nomad around the world for six months a year.

Hi I’m Jose and I am Colombian-born Dutch entrepreneur, I founded WASOE, BanskoLab, ShareOle & tickets.tk. Why? Because I have a shitload of energy and a lot of time. I am not a nomad, but I do the things nomads do, after the pandemic hit the Netherlands, I was forced to close the office and send everyone home.

This week we will be chatting to Leah Ziliak from The Coliving Consultant about everything on the topic of coliving and how she turned a career in hospitality into becoming a coliving consultant.

Hey kickass creators and nomads! My name is Alice (aka the Creator Confidence Unleasher) and I’m super excited to be going live on Monday to tell you more about… How you can build and unleash a wildly successful business without procrastination, self doubt and overwhelm… even if you don’t have an audience, niche or offer yet!

Right after experiencing the corporate world, Miguel quit to become a Digital Nomad and work on his projects while traveling the world. Miguel is a co-founder of TravelB4Settle and Remote Portugal, both projects in the Remote Work field.