Meet Natasha, She left Russia with her family to move to Boston, despite the US not being her dream country. After finding a contract there, and trying to fit in to the culture, she moved on her own to New York, where she discovered a vibrant and buzzing city. 4 years in, it was time for a change and to live her dream: move to London. In this episode we discuss The differences when moving with your family versus moving alone and by choice: the empowerment this brings as well as the pressure and ...
May 28, 2025•29 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Meet Angela, New Yorker now living in Brussels, Belgium. After a layoff as a teacher in the US, Angela decided to make her first move abroad to South Korea. As South Korea did not "feel like real life", as in she did not see herself settling there for good, The Netherlands seemed like a good option for her. She moved there, and set up her business discovered the local culture for a few years before moving next door to Brussels with her partner, but this time pregnant. In this episode she shares ...
Apr 02, 2025•35 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Meet Tu-Oahn, Half French half American, she grew up between France and Tahiti where she had family, before moving off to Los Angeles living the American teenage and college dream. She is now back in France, where she joined Ayoub as co-founder of Carom , a unique social networking app designed to connect you with like-minded individuals who share your interests and activities. As an expat and as an adult, meeting new people or just connecting with your friends to go out to restaurants or events...
Mar 05, 2025•24 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Meet Fiorenza, Expat in London for 14 years now, she shares her love for languages and how she is juggling her Italian and french roots while living in London bringing up two kids who are embracing all the cultures and languages they are surrounded with and making them their own. We dive into education differences in France, Italy and the UK. how Fiorenza has become so attached to vibrant London and of course she shares her recommendations for the city. Sky garden for food with amazing views Loc...
Jan 15, 2025•35 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Meet Taha Siddiqui, Pakistani award-winning journalist, he has been living in exile in Paris since 2018, following a kidnapping attempt. Listen to his journey from fleeing Pakistan, to finding exile in France with his family, and building a new life by founding the Dissident Club , a Parisian cultural bar open to all. His recommendations: 🥩 Eat at a Bouillon in Paris (Bouillon Chartier, Bouillon Julien, Bouillon Pigalle) for traditional food in a lively art deco hall Have a stroll and picnic al...
Sep 25, 2024•34 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Meet Marc, Fellow Expat podcaster he has moved his life twice now, in two very different situations. In this episode he shares how he left is native Spain, to settle in Frankfurt, Germany, with only 2 weeks notice 😱, as a job opportunity came up, and then a few years later, this time in a remote job he followed his partner who had an opportunity in Athens. Now settled in Athens he shares his insights on Greek life: the slow way of life of the city, and the small-town vibes each neighborhood has...
Aug 21, 2024•35 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Meet Mariam, Pakistani, TCK and eternal expat, Mariam has lived in over 10 countries: moving alone, moving with her husband, and later moving as a multicultural family with their three children. Together, with her German-Italian husband, they have found different ways to bring their own cultures into their children's lives, creating traditions and some stability, all while embracing what each country has to bring. Each creating their own Mola as she likes to describe a TCKs identity. As her expa...
Jun 19, 2024•37 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Meet Sibylle Eschapasse, After living the island life during part of her studies, she moved to New York to start a new life and settle. In this episode she shares her arrival to the city by sea, on a cargoship just like immigrants would how she made her dream of working at UN a reality the changes New York has been through Expat song: Empire State of Mind by Alicia Keys Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information....
May 29, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Meet Daniella, Half American, half Swedish, and part Malawi, she is the definition of multi-cultural. In this episode she shares her struggle to understand her identity and the multiple moves she made as a young woman eager to discover the world and what it has to offer. After a couple of years in the US running after bills, she made the move to Sweeden for a new start in life, enrolled in University, and moved to a few other European countries before settling in France to join her partner in li...
May 08, 2024•31 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Meet Josh and Kalie, In their 20s they decided to go live abroad together, and then expat life just never stopped. They traveled from country to country, leveling up as English teachers, until it was time to move on to a new project and go back to Europe. They are now living in Portugal, and have launched Expats Everywhere, helping aspiring expats make the move. Recommendations: ☕ SO coffee roasters ☕ Negra Café O Buraco restaurant Brasau restaurant FC porto stadium Covello park Check out their ...
Mar 27, 2024•38 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Meet Elena, In her late teens she left Russia for a few months exchange in the US and hated it! But having met the love of her life there, she took it upon herself to go back and go to college there. Fast forward 18 years later she has settled there, overcome all the challenges and now moved to France with her family. This new move came with it's own challenges such as language, culture and of course a new way of life. On her 5th language now Elena shares her foolproof method to learn and a litt...
Mar 06, 2024•32 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Meet Terry, Who initially moved abroad to understand her ancestors past, she fell in love with travelling and followed her husband throughout his postings in Africa in the midst of the AIDS pandemic. In this episode, she shares: What life in Africa was like in the 90s How she adapted to the different cultures and made friends Life with young children abroad The many adventures and lessons life abroad has taught her You can find more of her stories in her latest book: Circling Home, What I learne...
Jan 17, 2024•31 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Meet Jessica, Life and career coach, Jessica is an expat living in Dubaï. After several years spent in Spain, in the hospitality industry, she met her now husband and moved to Dubaï together. In this episode she shares - the decision process to move to Dubaï with her partner, how this was a joint and timely decision that served both of them - how to maintain and nurture long distance relationships with loved ones - how to network in Dubaï Her recommendations include : Attiko , restaurant for bea...
Dec 13, 2023•30 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Meet Carlos Baker, Artist, and author, he shares his atypical life starting with a life changing childhood. We then move on to his struggle with depression and how moving to Germany with his wife and children was the change he needed. With this move came a new lifestyle, as he became a stay at home dad looking after his 4 four children. In the small town of Minden and surroundings, he recommends: - Paradiso italian restaurant 🍝 - Schafers brot bakery for bread rolls 🍞 And surprisingly his expa...
Nov 22, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Meet Lucy Jeon, Korean young woman, expat podcaster and founder of HeyGlobally. Early on, she knew deep down she wanted to live in North America, Korea was just too small and traditional for her. In this episode learn how she worked her way over to Canada, where she now feels "comfortable" as she says. Listen as we explore: - Culture shock even though you move to a nearby country - How strangely you can feel less lonely alone abroad then in your home country - How her expectations prior to movin...
Nov 01, 2023•35 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Meet Robert Norris, A conscientious Vietnam war objector and author of The Good Lord Willing and the Creek Don't Rise: Pentimento Memories of Mom and Me. In this episode he shares the stories of his travels around Europe and the world, roadtripping from France to Iran, until he decides to settle in Japan where he moves his way up from a simple teaching job on a student Visa to full-time dean and eventually retired with a pension in a small city close to Fukuoka. His recommendations for Japan: 🐟...
Oct 11, 2023•37 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Meet Ann Marie, American expat living in San Miguel de Allende, Ann Marie left on a sabbatical to test living there with her husband, years later they are still there living their dream among the artistic community. Very she quickly she got involved in the local community helping build houses with Casita Linda and then launching Mano Amiga to empower women through microloans for their small businesses. Recently she wrote a novel The broken hummingbird the story of an american woman moving abroad...
Sep 20, 2023•32 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Meet the lovers, In this special episode, we talk about love ❤️ and dating abroad. I interviewed 3 expats Laurie, David and Sangra at a Pitch Dating event in Paris, and they shared their dating stories; 1. Laurie, founder of 💕 Pitch Dating tells us about this fun concept of meeting new people and what it was like dating Swedes in London 2. David tells us about the 👻 scary dating world in Paris with mixed lines and the importance the friend circle plays when it comes to dating a REAL Parisian 3...
Aug 30, 2023•26 min
Meet Philippe & Anne-Mathilde, In this episode the french couple shares their surprises, challenges, discoveries and adventures along their first expat adventure in Miami. We explore what each other's expectations with this trip was as well as their own motivations to take the leap. Both also share their discovery of the latin culture and recommendations: - 🍸 bar: Botanico gin in Coconut grove - 🐟 restaurant Aromas del Peru for ceviche and https://bullagastrobar.com/ Bulla gastrobar for sp...
Jul 26, 2023•35 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Meet Nicole, An american young woman living in Malaga, Spain for the past few years. In this episode, she shares her love for latin culture and how she improved her spanish and adjusted to the slow-paced life, but also the story behind the local traditional music Verdiales: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1mOsB1AXwo&list=RDQMAFekszLRTH4&start_radio=1 Her recommendations: La Tranca : bar with old records El Pimpi : one of the oldest wine bars, now co-owned by Antonio Banderas Botanical J...
Jul 05, 2023•34 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Meet Mike, Former expat, he has lived across the globe, and now back in Michigan is CEO of Greenback Expat Tax Services. In this special episode, he shares his experience abroad and the results of the recent 2023 Expat Trends Survey built by Greenback. The survey, conducted among over 3,200 US expats across 122 countries, provides invaluable insights into the lives and sentiments of the growing expat community. From revealing that 1 in 5 US expats are seriously considering or planning to renounc...
Jun 14, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Meet Laurel, Childrens author now based in Germany for over 10 years, she shares her arrival in the small city of Bonn and how she made her place in this little town by taking part in the things she loves: books and gardening. Indeed she joined the library as a volunteer and very quickly became a part of the community, same by joining the shared gardens and growing her vegetables she has been able to share with experiences with both the locals and migrants of the town. Her recommendations Bar: 5...
May 31, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Meet Fred, TCK and former expat, after traveling the world for work, staying in hotels and short term rentals, he settles back in Paris and enters the real estate industry: this is the premises of Coco. In this episode he shares how he founded Coco Living with the wish of reinventing life in the city of Paris. Coco offers furnished apartment rentals, access to co-working spaces and events to create meaningful connections between internationals. Socialize with like-minded entrepreneurs and creati...
May 17, 2023•24 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Meet Dian, Dian was a senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where she contributed to the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize–winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 🌱 After her early retirement, she decided to live the adventure abroad with her husband as english teachers. Little did they know they would end up in Thailand teaching kindergarten children! 🐥 In this episode, she shares how she approached life abroad at 60, adjusted to an entirely new work environ...
Apr 19, 2023•31 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Meet Susan, Irish expat in France for decades, Susan tells us how a love story turned her vacation in Paris into a lifetime in France ❤️ Having spent the different stages of her life abroad, she shares how she went from party Susan to motherhood and how that impacted her social life but also how drinking became a form of self-care. She gives us practical tips to be aware of our drinking habits, especially when abroad in cultures that put drinking at the center of social interactions and how to f...
Apr 05, 2023•31 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Meet Giulia, Italian young woman, who after a first experience in India and in Colombia, decided Italy would not be for the rest of her life. So with her husband, they planned their escape together, and landed on the US early this year. In this episode, Giulia shares how for once in her life she has no plan and is letting herself live and adapt, her culture shocks and how she is growing in this new culture. Follow her adventures on her Youtube Channel The Unplaned Project and try her recommendat...
Mar 08, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Meet Gal and Mayan 🍉 Two sisters who grew up in constant change back and forth between Israel and France and embraced this change early on, making it a part of their lifestyle and live by the motto: see everything as an opportunity, make things happen! 💪 After multiple moves throughout their adult life, they are now both settled in Paris, and running Smoozitive together, helping women live their best life abroad. Recommendations 🍺 Pub Saint Germain 🍕 Pasta fresco to get a ta ste of Italy 🍃 ...
Feb 15, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Meet Andrea, From Northern Ireland, at the early age of 21, without knowing anything about the UAE, she flew off to become an air hostess at Emirates ✈️ from there, she kept on traveling and living in new countries in the UAE, but also in the US with a husband and child this time, in Australia, Japan. She is now recently back in the UK, much closer to home, but perhaps this is the most challenging move. We discover that the challenges can sometimes be things that we don't necessarily think about...
Feb 01, 2023•34 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Meet Mikkel, He has been travelling the world non stop for 20 years and an expat all over the globe. In this episode he shares how he trasnformed his passion for travel into a business, while moving from country to country how he offers an alternative schooling program both online and in brick and mortar schools, which can be a good solution for expat kids his recommendations in Panama City: Salvaje Sushi & steak with a wild show Go for a stroll on Avenida balboa Learn more about Mikkel here...
Jan 18, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Meet Pauline, Third Culture Kid and host of this podcast. This week I'm in the 🔥 hot seat and talk through my childhood as a french girl in Ireland and South Africa, how I moved on my own terms later on, surprisingly back to Ireland ☘️, and also my return to France after all those years, my reverse culture shock and of course, the genesis of this podcast 🎙️ I'll share some tips to get through RCS and my favorite spots in Paris ☕ Voie 15 a café and co-working space on the green belt with lovely...
Jan 04, 2023•49 min•Season 4Ep. 1
