Welcome back to Season 3 – Episode 15 of Two Fat Expats, where we believe everyone should live a fat expat life. This week we have a special episode that may require you to have some tissues on hand before you start. Kirsty spoke to Jane Weekes about her family’s unimaginable loss, experienced in May 2012 while she and her husband Martin were living in Doha with their triplets, Lillie, Jackson and Willsher. It’s not a usual type of episode but we did (by absolutely hopeless, non-existent segue) finish it up with our regular recommendations on the web and beyond. They are below as always.

Here’s the links to the social media discussed in this episode:

Kirsty’s social media

Podcasts – The D and Em

Watching – Transparent

Link to video on daily eating times French vs US 

The Numb with Grief blog post that Kirsty and Nikki spoke about in the podcast about the incident that was discussed this week in the podcast

Nikki’s social media

Podcasts – The Messenger, The Daily podcast from the New York Times

Watching – Santa Clarita Diet

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Welcome back to Season 3 – Episode 14 of Two Fat Expats, where we believe everyone should live a fat expat life. This week we discussed The Happy Repat, how to make your repatriation a positive experience. We spoke to Helen Watt a repatriation coach and Nicky a happy repat. We also shared loads of tips on making the most of your repat experience by readers of 4 Kids 20 Suitcases and a Beagle and our own listeners.

Here’s the links to the social media discussed in this episode:

Kirsty’s social media

Podcasts – The New Yorker Radio Hour, the David Letterman and Jason Isbell episode. Conversations the Tim Ferguson epsiode.

Watching – All kinds of bad tv. I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, Married At First Sight.

Nikki’s social media

Podcasts – Pod Save America, Amanpour, Christiane Amanpour’s daily show on CNN is also a podcast and Story Club.

Thanks for listening to this episode. As mentioned if you have feedback for this episode or ideas for new episodes you can email us at [email protected]. For iTunes, a rating / review or to hit subscribe, please do so ASAP. Sharing is caring, share the podcast with a friend. You can also come and say hi on our Facebook page or send us a voice message from the button on the web page. We also are on Instagram @TwoFatExpats,Twitter @TwoFatExpats and of course Snapchat TwoFatExpats. We love to hear from our listeners!

Welcome back to Season 3 – Episode 13 of Two Fat Expats, where we believe everyone should live a fat expat life. This week we were so thrilled to speak to Annika Milisic-Stanley, author of The Disobedient Wife. We spoke to Annika about her expat life, why she set the book in Tajikistan and her thoughts on expat wives. We discussed how the book and our own experiences may or may not correspond to those of Harriet, the main expat character in the book. Don’t worry, if you haven’t read it we don’t give it all away. You can listen in and still read the book later. You should, it’s great!

Here’s the links to the social media discussed in this episode:

Kirsty’s social media

Podcasts – Homecoming

Watching – The Big Short

Social Media – The Lamb ad, the Change the Date to May 8 video

Nikki’s social media

Watching – Casual on Hulu

Podcasts – Mortified

Thanks for listening to this episode. As mentioned if you have feedback for this episode or ideas for new episodes you can email us at [email protected]. For iTunes, a rating / review or to hit subscribe, please do so ASAP. Sharing is caring, share the podcast with a friend. You can also come and say hi on our Facebook page or send us a voice message from the button on the web page. We also are on Instagram @TwoFatExpats,Twitter @TwoFatExpats and of course Snapchat TwoFatExpats. We love to hear from our listeners!

Welcome back to Season 3 – Episode 12 of Two Fat Expats, where we believe everyone should live a fat expat life. This week we examine the process of toting teens globally. Lots of tips and feedback from our question on Facebook and Two Fat Expat listener Amanda shares her experience of moving her four teenage girls from Australia to Sri Lanka and back again. We also speak to Dr Sarah Whyte who has a doctorate in Emotional Intelligence in Third Culture Kids. Sarah has developed a series of cards with questions designed to assist in moving children globally. Both interviews are insightful and full of tips for expats on the move with teens.

Here’s the links to the social media discussed in this episode:

Kirsty’s social media

Podcasts – Homecoming

Watching – IMomSoHard , The Americans on Netflix

Nikki’s social media

Watching – The OA on Netflix

Podcasts – The Documentary. Favourite episodes The President and the Press and Sex Mountain and Slow German

Reading – Hillbilly Elegy, JD Vance

Thanks for listening to this episode. As mentioned if you have feedback for this episode or ideas for new episodes you can email us at [email protected]. For iTunes, a rating / review or to hit subscribe, please do so ASAP. Sharing is caring is the bottom line. You can also come and say hi on our Facebook page or send us a voice message from the button on the web page. We also are on Instagram @TwoFatExpats,Twitter @TwoFatExpats and of course Snapchat TwoFatExpats. We love to hear from our listeners!

 

It’s 2017! Welcome back to Season 3 – Episode 11 of Two Fat Expats, where we believe everyone should live a fat expat life. This week we have a look back at 2016, our lives and our favourite Two Fat Expat episodes and talk about 2017.

It was so hard to narrow it down but Kirsty’s favourite episodes for 2016 were Season 2 Episode 6 – Expat Adoption and Season 2 – Episode 17 – Expat Money. Nikki’s faves were Season 2-  Episode 18 – Expat Passions and Season 3 – Episode 6 – The Big Fat Expat Meet Up.

Here’s the links to the social media discussed in this episode:

Kirsty’s social media

Podcasts –The Documentary, a BBC production. Favourite episodes Treating the Sex Offender, Jobs for the Girls, Gaddafi and the man with the Golden Gun.

Reading – Family jigsaw and word search thingy – Targetmaster

Watching – West Wing on Netflix, No Activity on Stan, Catastrophe on iTunes / Amazon Prime, Bridget Jones Movie and Sully.

Nikki’s social media

Watching – Suits on Netflix

Podcast – My Dad Wrote a Porno, West Wing Weekly

Reading – Born a Crime, Trevor Noah

Thanks for listening to this episode, we’re excited about 2017 and what’s coming up. As always we’d beg and plead for you to please head on over to iTunes and give us a rating, we’d love you forever. You can also come and say hi on our Facebook page or send us a voice message from the button on the web page. We also are on Instagram @TwoFatExpats,Twitter @TwoFatExpats and of course Snapchat TwoFatExpats. We love to hear from our listeners!

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 10 of Two Fat Expats where our topic for the week is The Insecure Expat. This week the company Nikki’s family moved to Germany with (just four months ago) has been sold, leaving plenty of questions on the table.

Two others who have dealt with ongoing expat uncertainty and insecurity, the lovely Claire and Smita spoke with us about their experiences.

Kirsty WILL be speaking to the author of  The Disobedient Wife, Annika Milisic-Stanley next Sunday. So if you haven’t yet, finish the book, and send us any questions you would like to ask her.

Here’s the links to the social media discussed in this episode:

Kirsty’s social media

Podcasts – Not By Accident

Reading – The Disobedient Wife

Watching – Cold Feet Series 6 

Nikki’s social media

Watching – West Wing on Netflix and Drawings for my Grandchildren

Podcast – Still Off Shore (10 part series) The Berlin Patient and Start Up – Season 4

Reading – The Disobedient Wife!

Thanks for listening to this episode. As always we’d beg and plead for you to please head on over to iTunes and give us a rating, we’d love you forever. We got a new rating this week and it put us straight into the Top 10 in iTunes for Travel and Leisure. You can also come and say hi on our Facebook page or send us a voice message from the button on the web page. We love to hear from our listeners!

Welcome back to Season 3 Episode 9 of Two Fat Expats where we are discussing When Holidays Fall Into the Too Hard Basket. With Kirsty about to head off to Australia for Christmas and so many expats globally about to start the Holiday season, here, there or everywhere we wanted to find out what expats do over this time of year when it can be all a bit tricky.

Kirsty will be speaking to the author of  The Disobedient Wife, Annika Milisic-Stanley early next week. So if you haven’t yet, finish the book, and send us any questions you would like to ask her.

Here’s the links to the social media discussed in this episode:

Kirsty’s social media

Podcasts – Making Oprah (3 part series)

Reading – The Husband’s Secret, Liane Moriarty and The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, Hilary Mantel, a collection of short stories

Watching – The Crown on Netflix

Nikki’s social media

Watching – West Wing on Netflix

Podcast – Making Oprah and Off Shore (10 part series)

Reading – The Disobedient Wife

Articles discussing the veracity of the stories told in The Crown can be found here, here, here and here. Enjoy!

Thanks for listening to this episode. As always we’d beg and plead for you to please head on over to iTunes and give us a rating, we’d love you forever. We got a new rating this week and it put us straight into the Top 10 in iTunes for Travel and Leisure. You can also come and say hi on our Facebook page or send us a voice message from the button on the web page. We love to hear from our listeners!

It’s still Season 3 and it’s already Episode 8 of Two Fat Expats. The 2016 US election results continue to be discussed in households around the world and expats are no different. This week we look at the election results through the eyes of a Muslim family in the US, a Muslim American in the Middle East and a American family also living in the Middle East.

Thank you so much to Nivin, Ms Hala and Matt for sharing their stories with us.

This week we WILL finish  The Disobedient Wife, by Annika Milisic-Stanley and will be discussing it very soon! If you’re reading along – finish up now.

Here’s the links to the social media discussed in this episode:

Kirsty’s social media

Podcasts – This American Life – Master of her Domain Name and This American Life – The Sun Comes Up and Straight and Curly

Reading – Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty, nearly done!

Watching – Suits, Season 1

Nikki’s social media

Watching – The Crown, The Affair Season 3

Podcast – Bowraville

Reading – The Disobedient Wife

Thanks for listening to this episode. As always we’d beg and plead for you to please head on over to iTunes and give us a rating, we’d love you forever. You can also come and say hi on our Facebook page or send us a voice message from the button on the web page. We love to hear from our listeners!

We’re back with Episode 7, Season 3 of Two Fat Expats, and this week we’re asking another question about your expat life. Have you moved to a location that you’ve loved but your kids, well, not so much!

Two lovely listeners Liz and Lyndall shared their stories with us for you.

Read our next book! Kirsty and Nikki will both be doing some catch up reading this week on The Disobedient Wife, by Annika Milisic-Stanley.  We will be discussing it in an episode in around two weeks, AND chatting with the author herself.

Here’s the links to the social media discussed in this episode:

Kirsty’s social media

Podcast –The Full Catastrophe

Reading – Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty

Watching – The Graham Norton Show, Season 20

Nikki’s social media

Watching – Masters of Sex, Season 4 and the US election

Podcast – Better off Dead, Andrew Denton and The Wheeler Centre

Reading – see watching US election for this week.

Thanks for listening to this episode. As always we’d beg and plead for you to please head on over to iTunes and give us a rating, did you hear how excited we were this week about our new rating? You can also come and say hi on our Facebook page or send us a voice message from the button on the web page. We love to hear from our listeners!

We’re back with Episode 6, Season 3 of Two Fat Expats, encouraging you to live a fat expat life.

This week has been quite a big week for Kirsty who has done six flights in the last seven days. The first one was a Qatar to Singapore, where she went to the very first Big Fat Expat Meet Up.

If you found a new friend at the ‘singles table’ in Singapore please leave us a voice message and let us know. We’d love to hear from you.

This month’s book club book, The Disobedient Wife, by Annika Milisic-Stanley. Kirsty and Nikki promise to start reading this week.

Here’s the links to the social media discussed in this episode:

Kirsty’s social media

Watching – Survivor, some catch up and the finale.

Reading – The Disobedient Wife, by Annika Milisic-Stanley, very soon!

Nikki’s social media

Watching – Weiner, the Netflix documentary. About Anthony Weiner’s failed attempt to be the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor. See the trailer here.

Podcast – Following Anne Marie Slaughter on the podcast circuit. Particularly enjoyed Ideas at the House and Adelaide Writer’s Week 2016.

Thanks for listening to the episode. As always we’d beg and plead for you to please head on over to iTunes and give us a rating. You can also come and say hi on our Facebook page or send us a voice message from the button on the web page. We love to hear from our listeners!