Best Cuenca Podcasts (2024)

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Gran Vía — Madrid’s most iconic street 1:10:50

5M ago1:10:50

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Join me for a rainy day stroll along what is probably Madrid’s most iconic street. We start off at the bottom end of Gran Vía where it joins Calle Alcalá and follow its 1.3 kilometres all the way to Plaza de España. Forget chain stores, hotels, and touristy restaurants! Along the way we’ll take in the street’s most famous buildings and landmarks an…

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Episode 57: The World's Best Places to Retire in 2024 36:33

7M ago36:33

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Send us a Text Message. When it comes to your overseas retirement, you don’t want to go in blind. That’s why, every January, International Living publishes the world’s most in-depth, detailed resource on the subject. Put simply, it ranks the top destinations on the planet to retire to, based on the factors that matter most. How much does it cost to…

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Episode 56: On the Ground in Costa Rica’s Top Expat Destinations 39:27

7M ago39:27

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Send us a Text Message. In our last podcast of the year, Jim speaks to Lifestyle Editor Seán Keenan about his recent exploratory trip to Costa Rica. He visited some of the most popular areas in the country— and talked to expats in each of them—to share what makes it one of the best places in the world to retire. If you’re enjoying the podcast, we w…

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Episode 55: The Many Faces of Sophisticated Argentina 34:41

8M ago34:41

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Send us a Text Message. While the rest of us shiver in the gloom of our northern winter, expats around the world languish in the sunshine of beach resorts, highland retreats, and buzzing cities. International Living Panama Editor, Jessica Ramesch is one of them. Most of the year, she lives by the beach in the year-round sunshine of Coronado, Panama…

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Episode 54: The Best Places in the World to Buy Real Estate in 2024 41:57

8M ago41:57

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Send us a Text Message. “The world keeps turning and it keeps creating opportunity,” says International Real Estate investor, Ronan McMahon. Since 2008, Ronan and his team have been scouring the globe for the best real estate deals on the planet. When they find them, they share them in Real Estate Trend Alert—Ronan’s investment advisory service. To…

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Episode 53: Is Nicaragua Still a Viable Retirement Destination? 39:04

8M ago39:04

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Send us a Text Message. Lifestyle Editor Seán Keenan joins the podcast from Central America, on location as he researches his next feature story for International Living magazine. His first stop is Nicaragua, once a high-profile expat destination, now slightly under the radar. Times change, fashions change, but Seán’s travels in this fascinating co…

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Episode 52: Dance Yourself Healthy in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico 38:07

8M ago38:07

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Send us a Text Message. A study found that there’s one physical exercise that protects from both dementia and Alzheimer’s… and it’ll give your social life a boost, too. The New England Journal of Medicine published the results of a 21-year study of senior citizens, aged 75 to 85. The researchers discovered that the only physical exercise that provi…

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Episode 51: $500 Sea-View Rentals in Secret Europe 38:45

8M ago38:45

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Send us a Text Message. Jim Santos meets Norm and Kathleen Bour, nomadic seniors who spend their time adventuring around the globe on just their social security payments. With a host of tips and tricks for making a roving retirement exciting and affordable, Norm and Kathleen have much to share, particularly when it comes to the country where they s…

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Episode 50: Affordable Real Estate and Hot Spring Baths in Rural Japan 36:24

9M ago36:24

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Send us a Text Message. This week, podcast host Jim Santos meets Greg Goodmacher, an expat who began his live-overseas adventure over 30 years ago. Originally from New York and later, San Francisco, Greg caught the expat bug straight out of college, when teaching English, and a stint in the Peace Corps, brought him into contact with the many exotic…

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Episode 49: A Sporting Life on a Greek Island for $800 a Month 36:36

9M ago36:36

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Send us a Text Message. This week, podcast host Jim Santos meets Francisco Huerta, an international athlete who chased his dream of playing soccer at the highest level to Europe. Soccer provided Francisco with a central theme to his expat life, but in between, discovering the heavenly beaches, the ancient ruins, and twisting medieval streets of the…

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Episode 48: A Night at the Opera—High Culture in Vienna for €15 Each 21:21

9M ago21:21

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Send us a Text Message. This week, podcast host Jim Santos, and his wife, Rita, are in Vienna, Austria checking out the city’s historical and cultural highlights, as they make their way through Europe in their own version of the Grand Tour. Once again, in this episode, Jim himself takes to the mic. Soaking up the sights and sounds of a European cit…

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Episode 47: What We Learned From One Week in Istanbul, Turkey 15:52

9M ago15:52

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Send us a Text Message. Jim Santos, and his wife, Rita, continue their long-delayed roving retirement plan. As Jim records this episode, he and Rita are in Istanbul, Turkey checking out the city before they head to Vienna and Prague to continue their nine-week romp through Europe. In a change to the usual format, in this episode, Jim himself takes …

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Episode 46: An Untourist’s Stroll Through Pisa and Florence 40:56

10M ago40:56

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Send us a Text Message. This week, the International Living Podcast swoops down to the rolling hills of Tuscany, Italy. Host, Jim Santos, talks to International Living Lifestyle Editor, Seán Keenan. Seán joins the podcast fresh from a trip to the heart of the Italian region best known for its olive groves, vineyard-covered hills, centuries-old farm…

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Episode 45: On the Road with Host, Jim Santos, in Greece 30:07

10M ago30:07

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Send us a Text Message. This week, podcast host Jim Santos, and his wife, Rita, set off on their long-delayed roving retirement plan. As Jim records this episode, he and Rita are in Thessaloniki, Greece, after a great week in Athens, and are about to head to Istanbul to continue their nine-week romp through Europe. Since more and more people are op…

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Episode 44: I Want to Move Abroad, But What Do I Do With My Stuff? 30:31

10M ago30:31

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Send us a Text Message. This week we chat to Suzan Haskins about a subject that comes up often in our mailbag, and at conferences. Understandably so. It’s one thing to pack a bag for a vacation—any fool knows how to do that—but it’s an altogether different prospect when you’re planning on moving abroad for months, years, or decades. Read Suzan's fu…

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Episode 43: Living in "The Paris of South America” for $1,000 a Month 37:48

10M ago37:48

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Send us a Text Message. This week, we're talking to International Living contributor, Greyson Ferguson, about his decision to expand his options and life experience with a move to Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina. Like many others, the COVID pandemic and travel lockdown prompted Greyson to evaluate his life, take a look around, and make …

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A guide to churros y chocolate: sheep, a play & Tina Turner 43:34

10M ago43:34

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The cool autumn evenings have arrived in Madrid and on a wander down Madrid’s Calle de Arenal, I had a sudden craving for Spain’s favourite warm, sweet treat — churros y chocolate! This a quintessentially Spanish snack that can be enjoyed at any time of year, but I think during autumn and winter churros y chocolate are a perfect comforting warmer. …

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A postcard from El Puerto de Santa María 1:06:16

10M ago1:06:16

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Walk with me through the charming city of El Puerto de Santa María. We’ll take in the famous sherry bodegas, explore Christopher Columbus’s link to the city, take a look at the Castillo de San Marco, where Juan de la Cosa famously drew the first map of the world to include The Americas. Along the way, a few observations on the crumbling charm of Ca…

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Episode 42: How We Built a Successful Beach Club Business in Belize 38:02

11M ago38:02

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Send us a Text Message. This week, we’re talking to IL Belize Correspondent, Shane Kenny, and his wife, Heather, about their decision to up sticks from their home in Atlanta and move to the Caribbean nation of Belize. With two sons at high school, and established careers in the States, there were plenty of reasons why Shane and Heather shouldn’t ha…

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Episode 41: A Cycling Adventure from London to Berlin 33:24

11M ago33:24

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Send us a Text Message. This week, the Bigger, Better World podcast takes a trip to Europe, talking to International Living contributor Sharyn Nilsen about her recent adventure traversing the continent, from London to Berlin, by bicycle. Sharyn and her husband, Tim, are no beginners when it comes to bike touring. With long-distance trips across Afr…

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Episode 40: Cruising the Canal du Midi in France 39:00

11M ago39:00

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Send us a Text Message. This week, we chat with International Living contributor Kevin McGoff about his passion for France and, more specifically, his love of traversing the country via its extensive network of navigable waterways. Whether it’s a slow-paced getaway for just Kevin and his wife, Patty, or a more extensive trip with a group of friends…

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April Cuenca 50:10

11M ago50:10

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April Cuenca is from the Philippines. She moved two Erbil about two years ago and is a grants manager in Shareteah Humanitarian Organisation (SHO). She is also a certified yoga teacher, certified in trauma informed yoga, sound healing and therapy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By KurdistanIN

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Episode 39: Temple-Hopping in Lampang, Thailand 36:19

11M ago36:19

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Send us a Text Message. This week we’re talking to Rachel Devlin about her recent exploration way off the tourist trail…to the north of Thailand and the city of Lampang—the provincial capital. Though Thailand was never formally colonized by the West, its northern provinces—particularly Lampang—were heavily influenced by British and American immigra…

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Episode 38: Madrid's Three Historic Culinary Gems 36:33

12M ago36:33

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Send us a Text Message. This week, the Bigger, Better World podcast takes a trip to Spain, talking to International Living Spain Editor Sally Pederson about her recent scouting trip to the center of the country and the city of Madrid—Spain’s political…and gastronomic capital. Hailing originally from Canada, Sally’s been an expat for years, having s…

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Episode 37: An Expat’s Love Letter to Lyon 34:36

12M ago34:36

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Send us a Text Message. International Living France Editor Tuula Rampont discusses her recent scouting trip to the southeast of the country and the city of Lyon—France’s gastronomic capital. And while Lyon is certainly “all about the food,” there’s a lot more to this captivatingly beautiful town that’s proud without being snobby, cultured without b…

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Episode 36: Panama's Wild West—Expat Living from the Mountains to the Sea 33:34

12M ago33:34

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Send us a Text Message. This week, the Bigger, Better World podcast takes a trip to Panama, talking to International Living Overseas Editor Jessica Ramesch about her recent scouting trip to the westernmost edge of Panama—the province of Chiriquí. Although it’s a small country, Panama is a big destination in the world of overseas retirement and relo…

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Director Sahim Omar Kalifa 37:07

12M ago37:07

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We met the Kurdish-Belgian director Sahim Omar Kalifa in Zakho and we talked about his movies Baghdad Messi and Land of heroes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By KurdistanIN

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Episode 35: Living the Dream on Gozo 36:15

1y ago36:15

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Send us a Text Message. This week, Jim’s talking to writer Mary Charlebois about her experience living in the tiny southern European nation of Malta. Malta may be small, but it’s worthy of your attention. This sun-soaked country, just to the south of Sicily, sits in the deep blue waters of the Mediterranean and enjoys warm, dry summers and mild win…

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Episode 34: An Expat’s Experience Buying Property in Spain 36:46

1y ago36:46

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Send us a Text Message. This week, the Bigger, Better World podcast takes a trip to Spain, talking to writer Maria DiCicco about her experience buying a property in Zaragoza. House-buying can be stressful, even in your home country. Transferring large sums of your hard-earned money, dealing with real estate agents, lawyers, vendors, and all the com…

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Episode 33: How to Move Overseas With Confidence 37:16

1y ago37:16

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Send us a Text Message. This week, Jim Santos talks to International Living Go Overseas Mentor about her article in the July 2023 issue of International Living magazine ‘Use my Expertise to Move Overseas with Confidence’. In her article, and in her discussion with podcast host, Jim Santos, Kristin explans how she developed her unique expertise... a…

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Stella Martany 34:50

1y ago34:50

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Stella Martany is a fixer and journalist based out of Erbil. Like many fixers in KRI, she got her start covering the war against ISIS in Mosul, but she joins me today to talk about how she's developed since then, explaining the differences between reporting during and after the war and the challenges with both. See omnystudio.com/listener for priva…

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Episode 32: Escape to Bacalar - Mexico’s Lakeside Oasis 34:03

1y ago34:03

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Send us a Text Message. This week, Jim Santos talks to International Living Mexico Correspondent Bel Woodhouse about her article in the March 2023 issue of International Living magazine ‘Escape to Bacalar—Mexico's Lakeside Oasis’. Mexico’s Riviera Maya—the stretch of coastline and tropical forest from Cancún in the north to the border with Belize t…

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Episode 31: Sweet on Sweden - An Inside Look at Scandinavian Life 36:27

1y ago36:27

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Send us a Text Message. This week, Jim Santos talks to expat Tricia Pimental about her article in the June 2023 issue of International Living magazine ‘Sweet on Sweden, an Inside Look at Scandinavian Life’. Tricia was the Portugal correspondent for IL for several years, having lived in the country for eight years, before she and her husband, Keith,…

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"The Post-War Political Economy" (with Isadora Gotts) 40:26

1y ago40:26

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Isadora Gotts is a Ph. D. student whose background is primarily focused around Mosul's shifting economy after the 2017 liberation. She has now expanded her research towards focusing on the city's economic and cultural outlook as whole, with a particular emphasis towards its municipal planning and layout as well as how its economy affects and intera…

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LGBTQ+ History in Kurdistan, Iraq, Syria and the Middle East (with Lilith) 47:26

1y ago47:26

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It's an Inside Kurdistan Pride extravaganza! Today we're joined by Lilith, an advocate and KRI transplant to come give us some of the best stories fun facts of past civilizations' queer icons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By KurdistanIN

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Episode 30: On Location in Green Spain—Europe’s Next Great Expat Eden 36:35

1y ago36:35

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Send us a Text Message. Lifestyle Editor Sean Keenan joins the podcast from Bilbao, Spain, on-location as he researches his next feature story for International Living magazine about an off-the-beaten-path area of Europe that’s ripe for the picking. Green Spain... Just 100 miles north of Portugal, the stretch of coast between the Basque city of Bil…

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Episode 29: Where to Live the California Life at Half the Price 36:31

1y ago36:31

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Send us a Text Message. Suzan Haskins recently spent time in an area of Mexico that, she affirms, has been misrepresented by mainstream media for decades. Baja California, which includes cities such as Ensenada, Rosarito, and Tijuana, is, as far as she’s concerned, a place where you can live a California lifestyle at half the price. The region is u…

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Nasir SK 36:28

1y ago36:28

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In the second episode of our fixer series, Nasir talks about his background growing up in and leaving Iran, his work in Syria during the war from 2014-2018 and his continued work in KRI, specifically with his work as a translator and remote fixer during the past year's uprising in his home country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio…

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Episode 28: Murder and High Tea in the Cotswolds of Asia 35:21

1y ago35:21

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Send us a Text Message. Keith Hockton brings us a tale of mystery (and maybe foul play?) in the lush hills of upland Malaysia. But the real story isn’t about who may or may not have had a hand in the disappearance of a silk magnate back in the 1950s. The real story is the unspoiled rainforests, the exotic flora and fauna, and the unexpected gentle …

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Halan Akoiy 33:40

1y ago33:40

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Halan Akoiy is a fixer and producer in KRI and Iraq. He began his career covering the ISIS conflict in Mosul and has since branched out into delving into the cultural relations and history that defines contemporary Iraq and Kurdistan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By KurdistanIN

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Episode 27: Why Costa Rica's Most Famous Beach Town Isn't Just For Surfers 36:42

1y ago36:42

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Send us a Text Message. Bekah Bottone brings us a much-appreciated update on how her adopted hometown—Tamarindo in Costa Rica—has evolved in recent years. The Pacific coast surf town first came to prominence in Bruce Brown’s 1994 surf movie, The Endless Summer II. At the time, Tamarindo was little more than a village, some great waves, and an airst…

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Episode 26: Reconnecting With My Idyllic Childhood on Syros, Greece 34:57

1y ago34:57

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Send us a Text Message. Karen Lefebvre followed her childhood dream and moved to the idyllic island of Syros, Greece. A chance discovery way back in the 1980s led her parents to an unexpected family stay on the island. Now, prompted by a pandemic, a breakup, wanderlust, and an urge to return to the simple Mediterranean life she experienced as a tee…

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Episode 25: Trapped in the Corporate Bathroom — My Portugal Escape 33:18

1y ago33:18

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Send us a Text Message. Podcast host, Jim Santos, meets expat Glenda Cole, who quit the stress of a high-powered career in corporate America for a new home, new country, and new life in International Living’s top-rated retirement destination—Portugal. Glenda describes herself as a typical type-A personality, but her drive to succeed almost killed h…

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Dr. Nesreen Barwari 45:07

1y ago45:07

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Dr. Barwari is a former KRG and Iraqi Federal Government Minister whose work in public planning after the fall of the Ba'athist regime in the country helped to define both Iraq and KRI in the following decades. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By KurdistanIN

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Episode 24: Exploring Mexico City's Neighborhoods with Jason Holland 35:58

1y ago35:58

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Send us a Text Message. Podcast host, Jim Santos, learns all about the surprising sophistication and liveability of Mexico City’s residential districts, as he talks to IL’s Latin America Correspondent Jason Holland in this week’s episode of Bigger Better World. Jason is not a typical expat, in that he and his wife moved out of the U.S. while they w…

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Genvalues (with Carwan Rasoal) 25:21

1y ago25:21

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With job recruiting becoming more decentralized and the influence of Artificial Intelligence growing, it's important to examine how the cultural values of a region may affect a vital aspect like employment. Carwan Rasoal is the founder and CEO of Genvalues, a job recruitment site that puts an emphasis on the ethical values of an employee- specifica…

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Episode 23: "We Swapped Wine Making in Oregon for a Caribbean B&B" 34:41

1y ago34:41

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Send us a Text Message. If you’ve ever seriously contemplated a move overseas—really considered it, not just daydreaming—then you’ll know all about negative thinking. For every picture in your mind of palm-fringed beaches and waking up to the sound of birdsong…there’s another slew of ‘rational’ reasons why it could never happen. Responsibilities, o…

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Meditation for Trauma and Conflict Survivors (with Brenda Hershey) 38:34

1y ago38:34

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Brenda Hershey is the president and founder of TRY Global- be sure to check out their information below. https://www.tryglobal.org/ Upcoming training in Erbil (May 26-27): https://www.tryglobal.org/iraq Donate to Syria project: https://gogetfunding.com/help-folks-in-northeast-syria-bring-trauma-recovery-yoga-to-their-communities/ Our research study…

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Episode 22: Four-Season Living on a Greek Island 37:22

1+ y ago37:22

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Send us a Text Message. It's pretty quiet on the islands of Greece in March, making it a good time to rent a scooter, get out on the quiet roads, and see what there is to see. That’s exactly what International Living Lifestyle Editor Seán Keenan did in March of this year. March is a lovely time to be in the southern Mediterranean. Winter is retreat…

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PLAY 97.1 (89.1 in Erbil) and Electronic Music in KRI (with Rasan Nawzad/Kurdoz) 27:53

1+ y ago27:53

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Below are some of PLAY 97.1's programs, check them out here: "The Morning Show" is live three times a week at 8 AM and brings both local and global updates on entertainment and the media world alongside new music releases and artist updates, presented in local, easy-to relate-to Kurdish. Every week the show is joined by an interesting guest and the…

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