In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about what it’s like to celebrate holidays as an expat. Being away from family can be difficult, but it’s also an exciting chance to make your own traditions such as eating meals on rooftops, making orange rolls from scratch (sorry Pillsbury, these are better), and forcing your friends to open Christmas stockings.

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Title: 10 Twisted Tales vol:1

Author: Zahid Zaman

Narrator: Nikki Delgado

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 2018-11-27

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Erotica, Modern

Publisher's Summary:

10 stories of thrilling terror from the deepest depths of the psyche. So light the bedside lamp, draw the bed-covers close and prepare for a rare treat of a book that will have you reading into the early hours of the morning.

In this episode, your hosts Big and White reunite with an old friend who lived in Nepal four years ago. They talk about her experience coming back now that so much has changed, and all the things that she missed about Nepal (including amazing Indian food!) Her husband also joins the conversation and describes his traumatic experiences brushing his teeth with Perrier, sleeping on a hard bed, and trying to embrace ambiguity (not easy for a software developer).

In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about going to the movies in Nepal! It’s surprisingly different than the experience in Western countries, with exciting features like early morning showtimes, enhanced security, delicious food, and weird commercials. There is only one English movie out at a time, and no subtitles to be found anywhere. But they love it! They also discuss Bohemian Rhapsody (because, obviously) and the linguistics guy Eric Singer. Plus their favorite festival, Tihar!

In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about what makes shopping in Nepal different from anywhere else they’ve lived. They discuss how many times a week one should grocery shop (hint: it’s more than one), how one might find random items such as kale and good cheese, the large variation in prices, and how long it took them to figure out these things. They lament that shopping for a big and white body in Asia is difficult, but that other amazing things such as fair trade goods are abundant.

In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about Dashain, the biggest Hindu holiday of them all! They talk about the fun and not-so-fun parts of the festival, from flying kites and giant swings to goats being sacrificed to a goddess who defeated evil demons. They talk about their outsider perspective of such an important (auspicious!?) time, and conclude that the best part of any holiday is getting to spend time with family and friends.

Also, Happy Halloween! Enjoy some cocktails and spooky cheese?

In this episode, I hope you’re feeling hungry, because your hosts Big and White talk all about Nepali food! They discuss such mysteries as the food-snack continuum, weird eating customs, and what category dried yak cheese belongs in. They also talk about momos, chowmein, thukpa, Newari food, all the parts of the national dish (dal bhat, literally: lentil rice), and snacks forever. All the snacks. They also talk about how Big is doing actual linguistics and White has actual friends!

In this episode, your hosts Big and White explain a little of the work they actually do. It’s mostly boring office work, but sometimes they travel to the village, which is great fodder for glamorous instagram posts! They share stories of crossing rivers, adorable animals, interviewing old ladies, and the struggles of being an introvert in a communal setting. This week Big’s listener mail question for you is: what unnecessary (but amazing) things should the ladies add to their packing list?

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Title: Holdouts

Author: James Tucker

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 2018-10-16

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Power, corruption, and murder are coming for Buddy Lock and his family in a breathtaking thriller from author James Tucker.

A Long Island fishing crew makes a horrific catch: the bodies of an Asian couple dragged up with the trawl from the Atlantic. Homicide cop Buddy Lock knows there isn’t a chance in hell that this is some tragic accident. But as soon as his investigation begins, so do the warnings to back off. They’re not only coming from within the NYPD; they’re hitting close to Buddy’s heart: his new family has become the killer’s target.

When people start disappearing from Chinatown, Buddy finds himself on the trail of a killer whose motives are more twisting and far-reaching than the detective imagined. A killer who knows just how to get to him—by pursuing everyone he loves. Now Buddy can trust only himself—even as his relentless pursuit of justice plunges him into the most brutal waters of his career.

In this episode, your hosts Big and White continue their discussion of how to stay healthy when moving overseas. While sometimes life is all unicorn farts and Mel Brooks movies, it is often also full of being vulnerable, becoming jaded, and humbling yourself to ask for help (gasp!). Join Big and White as they give advice from their own experience on how to deal with the difficulties of life in both healthy and unhealthy ways.