Best Geopats Podcasts (2024)

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Podcasts, live streams, and audio chat characteristics and monetization in China with Lawrence Lin 25:47

1y ago25:47

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph In this podcast episode I go back to China, virtually! I chat with Lawrence Lin, a Chinese podcast industry expert. He shares all about the exciting opportunities for podcasting AND other audio mediums in China. We discuss the current l…

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Creating and producing podcasts in Argentina with Vanina Pikholc 44:56

1y ago44:56

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Vanina was making podcasts on the radio before she knew what podcasts were. Curious what she means by this? Ohhh, that’s not the only thing that will keep your interest with this skilled storyteller. Vanina shares so much information ab…

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Early podcasting in Spain and the UK with Pilar Orti and Craig Wealand 36:53

1+ y ago36:53

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph 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 t…

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The Global Chatter's, Mediocrity is the Cousin of Privilege with JK Hobson 1:13:38

2y ago1:13:38

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph You know I love listening to other expat podcasts. Well, my client, Amanda Bates of The Black Expat, has an incredible podcast called The Global Chatter, which is: "a conversational podcast on international mobility, identity, race, car…

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Coffee: How does it sound? with Jason Sheesley 42:21

2y ago42:21

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Making our morning cup is not only a ritual and often an energy requirement but it's a sound experience. That's why I'm so glad that Audio Engineer Jason Sheesley agreed to join us for this playful coffee chat. We explore U.S. and Europ…

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Fitting in, standing out and striving with Stephanie Fuccio 41:24

2y ago41:24

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph 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 ope…

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Expats can go home with Georges 45:47

2y ago45:47

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph 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 an…

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Becoming American with our Immigrant Parents with Chelsea Chi 38:36

2y ago38:36

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph 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 between …

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Did growing up with two home cultures prepare Alison Maciejewski expat life? 43:45

2y ago43:45

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph 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 racial st…

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Podcasting: Build Trust With Your Podcast with David Roemer of Tripeando 32:06

2y ago32:06

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Do you know what the top two types of podcasts are the most popular in Mexico? David Roemer, a podcaster and Co-Founder of a podcast production house in Mexico City, does. And not only is he sharing this information with us in this conv…

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Podcasting: Focus on the Story in Your Podcast with Tod Maffin of Today in Digital Marketing 31:48

2y ago31:48

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph If you’re someone who perks up when the words STORY and COMMUNITY are mentioned in terms of podcasts, then this is a conversation for you. Oh yea, there are also some great monetization ideas also but I think you’ll stay for the stories…

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Podcasting: Is Consistency The Key to Podcasting Success with Tony Doe 30:19

2y ago30:19

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Tony Doe is a brilliant communicator in audio and writing. Today we chat with him about his radio to podcasting transition, the Nigerian podcasting space, and other global podcasting curiosities he has. 😋 Text me your feedback and leave…

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Podcasting: How many downloads should my podcast have? with Mae Thomas of Maed in India 35:00

2y ago35:00

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Mae Thomas is not your average podcaster. Her production company, Maed In India, produces their flagship show with the same name as well as many high-quality podcasts from all over India. She started in radio and transitioned skillfully…

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Language: From Teacher To Podcaster | Legendary Interviews: Legendary Language Learner YouTube Channel 31:19

2+ y ago31:19

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph 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. 😋 Text me your feedback and leave yo…

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Coffee: The moral dilema of foam art in Tokyo, Paris, & New York with Yuki of Book Nerds Tokyo 51:38

2+ y ago51:38

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph 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 little more f…

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Language: The Venn Diagram of Personality, Language & Dialect with Daniel of My Fluent Podcast 21:46

3y ago21:46

21:46

🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Daniel has been documenting his process of learning English via his podcast for while now. It's super inspiring so I feel the need to question him about what inspired him to start, what he's learned (other than language) and what his po…

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Books: A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway with Shannon Martin 57:42

3y ago57:42

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph 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 v…

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Language: Myths about learning Mandarin Chinese with Von of "brain burn" fame 42:14

3+ y ago42:14

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Back in November I participated in National Podcast Posting Month (NaPodPoMo), where crazy Podcasters like myself published an episode a day for a month. For this experiment I invited previous guests from all of the Geopats Podcast Netw…

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Online: Social Media As A Home Anchor with Tania of Swahili Secrets 54:30

3+ y ago54:30

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph 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 and…

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Podcasting: The scene in Turkey with Mete Yurtsever of Değer Yaratmanın Formülü 38:58

3+ y ago38:58

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph How do you balance the millions of decisions that need to be made during that first year of podcasting? In this conversation we discuss these decisions with Mete Yurtsever of the Değer Yaratmanın Formülü podcast. Mete is from and in Tur…

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Language: The languages in Albania with Diane and Kyle, former Peace Corps volunteers 1:07:30

3+ y ago1:07:30

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph 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 this q…

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Language: Albanian, Serbian & Turkish Languages with Educator, Author & Advocate Elizabeth Gowing 46:31

3+ y ago46:31

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph 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…

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Podcasting: How to be a lifelong learner via podcasting with Kavein, a podcast super listener 49:44

3+ y ago49:44

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Kavein is a blind man with a passion for learning and podcasts. During this conversation, we talk about accessibility as a blind podcast listener, his podcast listening habits, listening groups, apps, Big History, and his favorite podca…

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Language Learning Accessibility Challenges for the Blind with Kavein 48:53

3+ y ago48:53

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph How can a blind person learn and engage with language? Kavein, who has been blind since birth, is here to help us understand more about language learning and usage while being blind. We als touch on accessibility issues with technology,…

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Podcasting: Hobby Podcasting Advocate Stephen Jondrew of Better Podcasting & the Gonna Geek Network 53:25

3+ y ago53:25

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Stephen is a massive advocate for hobby podcasters and focuses on the joy of the experience in everything he does in his podosphere. In this conversation, we chat about: the podcasting scene in Canada his background in audio and video t…

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Podcasting: Creative Walls and the Authentic Self With Dakota M. Shyft 42:25

3+ y ago42:25

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph About 6 months into podcasting many Podcasters hit a wall. What am I doing? Why am I doing this? And other large, podcastery questions start haunting them. The inevitable episode of doubt happens and then there is either podfade or a sh…

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Language: Language Research in Nepal with the Folks from the Big & White Podcast 26:02

3+ y ago26:02

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph 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 an…

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Podcasting: Big and White: Two American Linguists Living & Podcasting in Nepal 1:04:18

3+ y ago1:04:18

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph 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 creat…

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Language: Mandarin Chinese Language Learning 'Brain Burn' Revisisted with Von 14:49

3+ y ago14:49

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph It makes my heart soar when someone I am interviewing quotes a previous guest. This is what happened with then Mandarin Chinese language learner Von and his "brain burn" description on Geopats Language podcast back in 2018. So even thou…

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The Language of Music with Damon Castillo 34:09

3+ y ago34:09

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph 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 a…

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Online: Patience and Balance Online: Geopats Online Return Guest,Jo of Life in Breaths 2:05:49

3+ y ago2:05:49

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph 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 t…

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Books: Italy and China: the geographic tug of war for Writer Antonella Moretti of Parsley and Coriander 1:22:21

3+ y ago1:22:21

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph When I first chatted with Antonella Moretti in Spring 2019, we both lived in China and had creative projects as long as could we. But 2020 being what it is and Antonella being as thoughtful and eloquent as she is, the intensity of this …

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Podcasting: Talking To The Past To Influence The Future With Aseloka Smith Of The Colored Girl Beautiful Podcast 48:59

4y ago48:59

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Although Aseloka Smith of the Colored Girl Beautiful podcast was touched by the places in Latin America that she lived earlier in her life, it's her time travel (via a very specific book) that's had more of an impact. During this conver…

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Language: International Podcast Day Language Learning Panel 55:23

4y ago55:23

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph On September 30, 2020 I was thrilled to lead a language learning Podcasters panel for International Podcast Day. You can watch the video of this panel on YouTube, https://youtu.be/hR8fr0Hapo0, OR you can listen to this on this episode. …

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Podcasting: Podcasting Scene in Bengaluru (Bangalore), India with Vishnu from the Writer and Geek Podcast 55:22

4y ago55:22

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph We hope to shake up your podcast creation process by hearing how others use the medium around the world. Today, we are headed to India, to talk to Vishnu Padmanabhan from the Writer and Geek podcast. Vishnu is a Podcaster by night (lite…

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On Being Language Seen: A Japanese American in Japan: Ken Hirano 41:39

4y ago41:39

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph In this episode we are talking to Ken Hirano, who was born in Japan but his family moved to the U.S. before he started school. He has returned to Japan to live a few times in his life, and now is one of them. He moved back to Tokyo abou…

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Language: Falling In Love With Languages With Kerstin Cable of The Fluent Show Podcast 1:03:43

4y ago1:03:43

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Welcome to a language learning conversation in 3 acts with Kerstin Cable of The Fluent Show Podcast. Act 1 is where Kerstin and I share our empathy for the language learner during the sometimes arduous process. But then we hit heads in …

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Podcasting: The Two Waves of Podcasting in Germany with Doris Hammerschmidt of Medienproduktion München 46:25

4y ago46:25

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Why is calling podcasting an "industry" frowned upon in Germany? We dive into this cultural difference in podcasting and so much more during this conversation with Doris Hammerschmidt of Medienproduktion München. We also chat about the …

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Language: Six Month Mandarin Chinese Language Learning Follow Up Conversation with Cameron Ogle 54:00

4y ago54:00

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph This is our first before and after language follow up episode. Cameron and I chatted about his Mandarin Chinese language learning process and progress in September 2019, in episode 21 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/21 (htt…

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Podcasting: Podcasting in Kenya & the African Continent with Kevin Mwachiro of Nipe Story 49:46

4y ago49:46

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Kevin Mwachiro of Nipe Story Podcast is a powerful storyteller. Listening to his audio stories is akin to listening to a captivating audio dance. His 18+ years of broadcasting experience have undoubtedly fine tuned his technical abiliti…

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Podcasting: Exploring The German & European Podcasting Scene With Mateusz Sojka of Podigee 58:36

4y ago58:36

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph What do you do when you love podcasts, work in technology, and have a desire to make podcasting easier for more people to participate in? Mateusz Sójka instinct was to co-found the German Podcast Host and & Analytics Company, Podigee. T…

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Books: One Year Later, "Schadenfreude, A Love Story..." With The Author, Rebecca Schuman 41:53

4y ago41:53

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph One year ago today Nicole from the Expat Cast, former guest and guest Host Tatjana and I discussed the book Schadenfreude, a Love Story: Me, the Germans and 20 Years of Attempted Transformations, Unfortunate Miscommunications, and Humil…

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Coffee: Dark Coffee and Fresh Crema with Canadian Expat in China Erin Garnhum 42:07

4y ago42:07

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Erin and I met in Vietnam many years ago, the place where both of our coffee obsession hit a peak, so it only made sense to have her on the podcast. In this episode we dive into her coffee explorations in Australia, many countries in As…

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Online: Expat Isolation & Music with James Errington, Centuries of Sound Podcast 24:15

4y ago24:15

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Has music ever soothed your soul and made you feel connected again? Yes, me too. And it sounds like the same happened to James when he was an expat for well over a decade. He is back in his home country now so his perspective on his ti…

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Language: Beyond the Words: German Language Ponderings with Steph from Transcontinental Overload 43:40

4y ago43:40

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph In this episode, Steph Cook of Transcontinental Overload is kind enough to ponder 3 aspects of German that strike me (Geopats Steph) as strange. Her insights and humo(u)r about these differences is a sheer delight. You will never hear t…

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Podcasting: What dream tool do you want for your podcast? 27:58

4y ago27:58

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph This is our first Podcasters roundup episode. The question was: " What dream podcasting tool that does NOT exist do you want to exist?" 😋 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). …

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Podcasting: Powerlifting Podcasts in Germany with Eric of Planet Powerlifting 48:54

4y ago48:54

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Eric started lifting weights 15 years ago and it is now an essential part of his life and the main topic of his and his girlfriend's podcast “Planet Powerlifting”. In their podcast, they hope to make powerlifting more accessible to outs…

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Coffee: Austria, Costa Rica, Czech Republic and Germany Coffee Explorations with Travis Dow of Podcastnik Productions 41:58

4y ago41:58

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Travis lived in Germany and the Czech Republic for 20 years and podcasts about history on podcastnik.com. After talking about alchemy and witches as a ghost-tour guide in Prague, he teamed up with Pete Collman to figure out podcasting a…

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Books: Talking Banana Yoshimoto's "Kitchen" with Book Nerd Tokyo Yuki Tejima and Guest Host Tatjana 1:02:09

4y ago1:02:09

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Welcome to the bookish world of Japan. Guest Host Tatjana from Craving Expat Life chats with Yuki fromBook Nerd Tokyo about Japanese books, specifically Banana Yoshimoto’s “Kitchen” in this conversation. They explore Yuki’s life between…

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Podcasting: Are you sick of American podcasts? Discover the Asian Podcasting Scene with Norm Chella of PodLovers Asia Podcast 47:23

4y ago47:23

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🚀 Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, Steph Norm's podcast, Podlovers Asia, is in English and thus gives us a view of the Asian podcasting scene and all of the many cultures that it includes, with zero linguistic effort. In this episode we start with the Asian podcasting scene an…

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