Ground Effect is a podcast about the thrill of learning to fly. We discuss all things general aviation: what inspired pilots to first take up flying, the challenges of flight training, pilot stories, visual flying in Europe (and elsewhere), safety, light aircraft and life as a licensed pilot. Along the way, I'll be sharing my own progress as a student pilot in Paris, France.
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Expat Experts is an interview podcast where guests from around the world who are currently living or used to live outside of their home land share their experiences as foreigners. On top of that, we discuss and analyse a topics that the guest has experience with and if living abroad changed his expertise on it. 📲 Instagram @expatsexperts_podcast
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The art of pole dancing with Emma Varvaloucas - Reconnecting with your Greek roots
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We talk with Emma, a Greek-American who after growing up between New Jersey and New York decided to reconnect with her roots and moved to Athens. After trying to become a ballet dancer, studied journalism where in a project research discovered pole dancing, felt in love with the art of it and became a semi-professional dancer. Join us in this incre…
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How to become a photographer with Natalie Gushchina - Moving for love to Greece
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We sit down with Natalie, a Russian expat now thriving in Athens. After moving to Ireland to learn English as an au pair, Natalie has spent the last four years as a professional photographer, capturing the essence of her models' lifestyles and exploring new photography genres. Tune in to hear her fascinating journey and discover the art of storytel…
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Coaching main character energy with Tanya Rose - Move abroad to find the calm?
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Talking with Tanya Rose, a Zimbabwean who moved to London at 16 and now calls Athens home. After experiencing burnout in the UK, Tanya transformed her life and became a coach with her unique methodology, Main Character Energy, blending productivity, self-knowledge, and lifestyle design. Tune in to hear her inspiring story and learn how to reclaim y…
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Helping women 30+ move abroad with Cepee Tabibian - An American living in Spain
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In this episode of Expat Experts, we chat with Cepee Tabibian, a Texan now thriving in Málaga, Spain. Cepee's inspiring project, She Hit Refresh, helps women over 30 embrace new beginnings and move abroad. Tune in to hear her journey, tips for making the leap, and how she's empowering women to reinvent their lives and find adventure beyond their bo…
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The future of automotive design with Gabriel Perino - Living as expat in Greece
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Buckle up for an exhilarating ride as we chat with Gabriel Perino, an Italo-Brazilian who's revving up life in Athens! From the hills of Piamonte to the bustling streets of Athens, Gabriel shares his expat journey and his expertise in automotive design. Tune in for a turbocharged episode packed with cultural fusion, design insights, and the thrill …
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Creating languages content with Alina Churikova - Expat in love with Greece
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Join us as we talk to Alina Churikova, aka @lingua.alina, an expat in Athens for 8 years. Alina shares her language teaching experiences, her current journey learning German, and how she creates engaging language content on social media. Tune in for language tips, cultural insights, and expat stories from the vibrant city of Athens!*Follow Alina on…
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How to do comedy in Europe with Abigail Paul - A comedian expat in Germany
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Join us as we chat with Abigail Paul, a stand-up comedian who spent over 20 years in Frankfurt, Germany. From improv theatre to touring Europe with her comedy show, Abigail shares hilarious expat and comedy stories and insights. Get ready for laughs and life lessons in this comedic exploration of expat life in Europe! Special thanks to Banca Cafe (…
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Exploring Berlin's Cuisine with Parimal Satyal - Being an expat in Germany
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Join us as we explore Berlin's culinary scene with Parimal Satyal, an expat with a passion for cooking. From street food to high gastronomy, Parimal shares his experiences, favourite dishes, and builds expectations about what will be his first cuisine repertoire open to everyone. Tune in for a delicious journey through Berlin's life and discover th…
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Die Ausländer 2x21: Kristin Lüdecke (DEU-NZL-PER-IRL-ARG-CHN-NDL)
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Die Ausländer with Kristin Lüdecke and Marc Alcobé Talló. Moving to a new country every time there was an opportunity to do so until living in an impressive number of seven countries until now. How growing up traveling with your parents make you become curious about new places and want to go there, improving your language skills and other ones whil…
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Die Ausländer 2x20: Fernanda da Silva Augel (BRA-DEU)
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Die Ausländer with Fernanda da Silva Augel and Marc Alcobé Talló. How moving as a kid influence your life and the experience of growing up in a country having roots in another. Dealing with not knowing a language as a kid, institutional racism that you don't understand when you are young, how to deal with feeling from two places while people don't …
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Die Ausländer 2x19: Lea Misan (ISR-CAN-FRA-CHE-GRB)
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Die Ausländer with Lea Misan and Marc Alcobé Talló. A psychologist and expat coach who lived in a lot of countries form a very early age. This episode takes a deeper analysis on the mental and personal effects and questions that moving to a new country generates from the perspective of an expert on the topic who talks and helps expats in her daily …
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Die Ausländer 2x18: Oral Sarisoy (TUR-KAZ-USA-CHE-GRE)
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Die Ausländer with Oral Sarisoy and Marc Alcobé Talló. A Turkish tour guide, influencer and content moderator who start traveling at the age of 8. He lived in five different countries with complete different backgrounds, learn their cultures, languages and people. He came back home a couple of times and always had the capacity to adapt where he was…
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Die Ausländer 2x17: Gerard Valdivia (CAT-NDL-DEU-CZE)
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Die Ausländer with Gerard Valdivia and Marc Alcobé Talló. A Catalan architect and designer by studies who created his professional life around the theatre world. Having a "stuck" moment in his life he decides to leave Barcelona and try Amsterdam for a few months, but this months become 7 years and 3 countries including Germany and Czech Republic. H…
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Die Ausländer 2x16: Mariel Guinea (ESP-GRB-SVN-GRC)
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Die Ausländer with Mariel Guinea and Marc Alcobé Talló. An artist from la Rioja who has explored a lot on stages and singed on a lot of different countries. The life as as working and student volunteer, how Great Britain didn't treat her the way she expected, coming back home multiple times while having lovely times in Poland and Slovenia and the l…
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Die Ausländer 2x15: Laura Llonch (ESP-GRB-DEU)
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Die Ausländer with Laura Llonch and Marc Alcobé Talló. A fashion designer from Barcelona who went to London for studies and internships came back to Catalunya with a passion for beekeeping and finally moved to Berlin in order to pursue her ideal of how sustainability and fashion should work together. The turns that studies, work and life can take i…
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Die Ausländer 2x14: Kathrin Thull (DEU-ESP-GRC)
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Die Ausländer with Kathrin Thull and Marc Alcobé Talló. From living in a temporary style between Germany and Catalunya for some months to do a big international move between Frankfurt and Athens. The unknown neighbourhoods of Barcelona, scuba diving in Costa Brava in a german dive base, the couple life and moving to the chaotic and grey capital of …
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Die Ausländer #13 - Anastasios Karantakos (GRC-MEX-USA)
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Die Ausländer with Anastasios Karantakos and Marc Alcobé Talló. The amazing stories and experiences from a young greek filmmaker that started doing documentaries in South America, backpacked through Mexico, van lived in United States and came back to Greece for some time even if he has clear this is not the country where he wants to settle down. Sh…
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Die Ausländer #12 - Charlotte Girardeau (MEX-ITA-GRC)
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Die Ausländer with Charlotte Girardeau and Marc Alcobé Talló. Moving from France to Mexico for finding a job in hospitality and ends in Greece as a designer passing through Italy. The hospitality sector in multiple ways and covid affecting a complete sector. The language and how to make Spanish mistakes in each country of South America, how to keep…
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Die Ausländer #11 - Juanca Cardell (ESP-DEU)
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Die Ausländer with Juanca Cardell and Marc Alcobé Talló. A mallorquian guy moving from Barcelona to Frankfurt and ending in Berlin. The differences between the two german cities and how to live and enjoy both of them. The brutalism and beauty of Berlin vs the business and hidden spots of Frankfurt.By Marc Alcobé Talló
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Die Ausländer #10 - Parimal Satyal (NPL-USA-FRA)
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Die Ausländer with Parimal Satyal and Marc Alcobé Talló. The first part of 2 episodes with the first countries where Parimal lived. Growing up in Nepal in an English education system, going to USA to a hippy University and after learning french spend 9 years in Paris. How to adapt to France, how to become a citizen and stigmas.…
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Die Ausländer #9 - Aleksandar Ninevski (MKD-AUT-ESP-DEU)
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Die Ausländer episode nine with Aleksandar Ninevski and Marc Alcobé Talló. Moving to Catalunya and Austria for studies and staying as a foreigner for more than 10 years between Wien, Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona and Frankfurt. How another city can become your home, learning languages, student exchanges and visas.…
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Die Ausländer #8 - Stefan Schmieden (DNK-FRA)
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Die Ausländer again with the great Stefan Schmieden and Marc Alcobé Talló. In this second episode of Stefan's life we will focus on the two weeks of summer in Copenhagen, Christiania parties and jam sessions, going back to the good bread and food in Paris and how the french city is one of the most multicultural cities in Europe.…
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Die Ausländer #7 - Marc Granado (CAT-GBR)
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Die Ausländer remote episode with Marc Granado and Marc Alcobé Talló. Going to England for a PhD just before Covid and Brexit. Couchsurfing friends, art, the canals of Birmingham, crazy rugby 3rd times drinking stories and using Tinder in the UK for the first time.By Marc Alcobé Talló
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Die Ausländer #6 - Anna Mir (CAT-BRA-CHE)
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Die Ausländer first remote episode with Anna Mir and Marc Alcobé Talló. Studying in the south of Brasil for one year and the current living situation in Switzerland. Security, drinks and not that much sun in Brasil versus how to survive the winter or float in the river to go to work in Zürich.By Marc Alcobé Talló
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Die Ausländer #5 - Reverse Ausländer (CAT-DEU-...)
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Die Ausländer 5th episode "reverse" with Frank Albersmann. Special episode where I get interviewed instead of interviewing. The experience leaving in Germany just before living the country, politics, stigmas and contracts. This episode is available as NFT at: @uncut.fom/dieauslanderBy Marc Alcobé Talló
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Die Ausländer with Edo Pinzuti and Marc Alcobé Talló. The experience of living in Germany for a master and stay for a doctorate. How is economic support important in a new country, improving languages with time and the recommendation of taking the decision as soon as possible if that's what you really want to do.…
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Die Ausländer #3 - Philip von Rüdiger (DEU-USA-SVN)
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Die Ausländer with Philip von Rüdiger and Marc Alcobé Talló. The high school experience in USA and the Erasmus in Slovenia, living abroad because of studies, being far away from home being a teenager and the non typical Erasmus decision.By Marc Alcobé Talló
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Die Ausländer #2 - Stefan Schmieden (DEU-THA-NDL)
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Die Ausländer with Stefan Schmieden and Marc Alcobé Talló. The first part of the 5 countries lived. A german in Thailand and Netherlands, being brave and stupid, motorbikes, monkeys and cats creating technical problems that are now called cat-cuts. This episode is available as NFT at: @uncut.fom/dieauslander…
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Die Ausländer #1 - Carlota Segú Trabal (CAT-DEU)
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Die Ausländer with Carlota Segú Trabal and Marc Alcobé Talló. Coming from Barcelona to Frankfurt because of a work opportunity, German processed cereals, queues and how the language affects on more levels than communication.By Marc Alcobé Talló
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In episode 6 of the Ground Effect podcast (recorded in May 2020), we head to North America to speak to Troy Baxter, a pilot whose international career is as diverse as it is surprising. From island-hopping in the Carribean, flying in an active warzone in Afghanistan and doing medevac in Canada (to name but a few of his adventures), Troy has done it…
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In episode 5, we go back to the European general aviation and speak with Tom, a newly-certificated private pilot in the Arcachon region around Bordeaux. This episode was recorded in late August, the same month Tom completed his checkride. We talk about: How taking to pilots at a local bar sparked his interest in aviation How he discovered piloting …
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In episode 4, we speak with Neha Puri, who recently transitioned from flying the twin-engine Jetstream 41 on domestic routes in Nepal to flying the A320 to international destinations. This is the second of two interviews recorded in the summer of 2018 in Nepal, which I took forever to edit and put out (sorry Neha and my listeners!). But here it is,…
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3. Binod Puri, Nepalese Mountain Flying Pilot
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Holiday mountain flying special! In episode 3, we speak to senior Nepalese mountain flying captain Binod Puri right after he flies me to the "world's most dangerous airport" and back on a Czech-built Let 410 Turbolet. Lukla's Tenzing-Hillary airport is an exceptional altiport: a one-way 1.729ft (527m) sloped runway at an altitude of 9.2000ft (2800m…
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2. Frédéric, Flight Instructor and Physiotherapist
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In our second episode, we speak to my flight instructor Frédéric. I've been flying with Frédéric at my aéroclub for a couple of months now and this episode was chance to get to know what made him want to change careers and become a pilot relatively late in life, what it's like to teach someone else how to fly and what his own goals are as a pilot. …
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1. Antoine, European A320 Pilot and Aviation Podcast Host
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In our first episiode, we speak to Antoine, an A320 pilot, a French-language aviation podcast host and previously an air traffic controller in Switzerland. We talk about: How his parents were glider pilots and how he started flying very young How he set his parents' field on fire by playing with rockets What it was like to be an air traffic control…
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