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Geopats: expats and internationals
If you're thinking of living outside of your passport country OR like to learn more about different cultures around the world, welcome. These are conversations that I had with other long term expats about what grounded them in their other places in the world.
Episodes
104 episodes
A Chinese national's multilingual experience with English, Japanese & French
Eric (his English name) grew up partly outside of Shanghai, China and then in Shanghai. He is now a Software Engineer that maneuvers through his Shanghai life in a multitude of languages including Mandarin Chinese, Shanghaiese, English, Japanes...
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A Brit in Denmark listens to music
Has a song ever carried you through a rough time in your life? That's exactly what happened to British international Karl when he moved to Denmark.
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A Finnish in China blogs
Can moving to the U.S. help a European expat have a smoother transition to living in China? Pia and her family just recently left Shanghai, China after living here for two years. I have met some active expats in my life but Pia takes the cake ...
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A German in Shanghai learns Chinese
Do bookworms learn languages better? In 2017 Angie was the Creator of T(h)ree of Books YouTube channel. She was also a German expat living in Shanghai, China. She had a few languages under her belt before she moved to Shanghai and starte...
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An American in Shanghai, China blogs
Did you blog your way through your first experiences in a new place? Shannon Martin does this. She is an American who has lived in Shanghai, China for 6 years. In this two part interview she shares her first impressions of China via a blog post...
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1:00:47
A New Yorker in China writes
The first year in a new country is always the hardest.Evan did what I did, he took to writing a blog to sort out the think through what he was seeing, experiencing and feeling. In this conversation we revisit an early blog post of his fr...
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A Chinese international student in Scotland writes
Do you have a spiritual home? Xing Zhao does. He's a Chinese Writer, Translator and former international student in Edinburgh, Scotland. Xing shares with us a blog post, Kapa Zhou, that he wrote during his first year studying in Scotland. He go...
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An American in South Korea writes
Have your expectations about a place ever gotten you into trouble? American expat Evan, also known as my husband, was kind enough to be our first guest on the podcast show back in 2017. He shared a group email that he wrote to his f...
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Revisitng Geopats
So much country to country movement is speeding up in 2025 so it feels like a good time to bring back the podcast. First, we're going to replay episodes and listen to your reaction. What should be next for Geopats? What do you need to hear? And...
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Fitting in, standing out and striving with Stephanie Fuccio
Questions about family can be triggering if the experience was not ideal. This is one of the reasons that Steph's talked about her family in tiny drips here and there but not in depth. But it felt disingenuous to ask other expats to open up abo...
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Expats can go home with Georges
Have your immigrant parents ever visited you in any of your expat places? Georges' parents have and it shifted how he understood their struggles moving from Greece to Canada. We cover a lot more ground on his parents' immigrant story and how it...
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Becoming American together: immigrant parent stories
Have you ever wondered why your immigrant parent(s) didn't prepare you for being a global citizen? Chelsea thought this when she was struggling in her first expat place. Over time she began to understand the distinct difference bet...
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Did growing up with two home cultures prepare Alison Maciejewski expat life?
How much do our immigrant parents impact our adult expat experiences? This is what we're exploring in this conversation with return guest Alison. Alison and I dig into growing up with two unequal cultures in one household, the rac...
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Early podcasting in Spain and the UK with Pilar Orti and Craig Wealand
Language podcaster Craig is from the UK but has been podcasting in Spain for many years. Alternatively business podcaster Pilar has the opposite geographical podcasting experience being from Spain and podcasting from the UK for a long time. ...
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Language: From Teacher To Podcaster | Legendary Interviews: Legendary Language Learner YouTube Channel
This episode is about half of a conversation that Matthew Boyle of Legendary Language Learner YouTube channel and I had about language teaching, content creation and the intersection between the two.
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Coffee: The moral dilema of foam art in Tokyo, Paris, & New York with Yuki of Book Nerds Tokyo
Yuki and I sat down to have this conversation far too long ago. Life has been crazy and, to be honest, I even stopped drinking coffee for awhile. So it felt weird publishing this episode during that time.But things feel a...
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Books: A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway with Shannon Martin
In December 2019 my dear friend Shannon Martin and I sat down and recorded an episode about The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. We were so intrigued with the book that we wanted to repeat the process with the more autobiographical vers...
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Online: Social Media As A Home Anchor with Tania of Swahili Secrets
Can social media ground us and make us feel more at peace in this crazy world? This conversation with Tania from Swahili Secrets will present an answer to this question that is not common but very refreshing. Tania was born in Kenya...
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Language: The languages in Albania with Diane and Kyle, former Peace Corps volunteers
Can learning a new language unlock part of your personality? This is something I've wondered my entire language play experience. And I've been asking guests flavors of this question more and more lately. How Kyle and Diane answer t...
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Episode 40
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Language: Albanian, Serbian & Turkish Languages with Educator, Author & Advocate Elizabeth Gowing
Language can be a lens into culture, a way to share our experiences and a tool to help others. These are some of the aspects of language that we discuss with guest Elizabeth Gowing. She worked in primary education in inner London before m...
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Episode 39
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Language: Language Research in Nepal with the Folks from the Big & White Podcast
If you've ever wondered what it's like to live and do linguistic research in Kathmandu, Nepal, this episode is for you! Big & White, their podcasting nicknames, are two American Linguists who, until very recently were living in Nepal and cr...
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Episode 37
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Podcasting: Big and White: Two American Linguists Living & Podcasting in Nepal
If you've ever wondered what it's like to live, work, and podcast in Kathmandu, Nepal, this episode are for you!Big & White, their podcasting nicknames, are two American Linguists who, until very recently were living in Nepal and cre...
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The Language of Music with Damon Castillo
This episode is really special for me. Last month for NaPodPoMo I had the extreme pleasure of chatting with Damon Castillo for this episode. Yes, THE Damon Castillo of the Mess of Me album that we've been using for the past 2 years in all of th...
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Episode 35
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Online: Patience and Balance Online: Geopats Online Return Guest,Jo of Life in Breaths
Our first guest on Geopats Online (then called Virtual Expats) in September 2018 was Joanna Czutkowna, Founder of Life in Breaths & I went shopping today. When we first met back then she was very passionate about sustainability within the f...
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Books: Italy and China: the geographic tug of war for Writer Antonella Moretti of Parsley and Coriander
Love, loss,new beginnings, it's what we think of when we dream of moving abroad. But what about expat circle gossip or food culture shock moments. We rarely talk about those moments. Author Antonella does though, in her touching book, Parsley &...
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