Geopats Abroad : Chats with expats, immigrants, and locals

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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 conversation but he's also breaking down the biggest challenges for Mexican podcasters right now, and how bigger players might help elevate the space as a whole. and how the community is growing quickly. His perspective on these rapid changes with experience as both an independent podcaster AND business owner is invaluable. 

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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.

I’ve been listening to Today in Digital Marketing for at least a couple of years now. When my husband and I left China to “move” to Europe, I was hoping to transition over into Marketing. This podcast of Tod Maffin’s was one of the tools that helped me get up to speed and get a few interviews, I’m convinced. Although I didn’t end up in Marketing, I still listen to, often apply and share the things I learn in this podcast because it’s short, practical, honest, and oddly funny. Which I never thought a marketing podcast could be.

He’s on Geopat because he’s mentioned the podcast changes here and there over time in TDM so I had a feeling he’d be an interested person to chat about the ins and outs of it all. And YES, he sure was!

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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. 

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🤸🏽Music from Key Frame Audio:
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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 into podcasting with a hunger for innovation and exploration. Mae embraces, no, demands, that the unique characteristics of podcasting be exploited to their fullest for the listener’s benefit. And this is where most of our conversation pitches its tent.

Music: Funk Me Up by Carrozza Gregory Joseph through Melodie

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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 all of the Geopats Podcast Network shows. We talk about the longevity of the Damon Castillo Band, his geopatness, my favorite song on the Mess of Me Album (Saint Cecilia), his recording studio in San Luis Obispo, what music he listens to and some creative struggles. In short, we cover the elements that make up the language of music, lovely, lovely music. 

Original publication date: December 24, 2020

Damon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/

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Ken Hirano was born in Japan but his family moved to the U.S. before he started school. He returned to Japan to live a few times in his life, and now is one of them. He moved back to Tokyo about a year ago and recently (wrote a post on LinkedIn) on this geographic anniversary about his cultural and language identity. And that is what we are digging into today. 

This identity path took us through how he feels in different languages, why he feels more simple and defenseless in Japanese than English, how Japanese locals versus expats in Japan treat his Japanese & Americanness and where he is the most comfortable. Spoiler: none of these issues have a clearly defined answer and that is what made this nuanced discussion with Ken so interesting to have.  

Original publication date: September 28, 2020

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Alison Maciejewski made me think long and hard about food photos in our shifting expat lives. How does our wanderlust come through online?  But the conversation is not all serious, we have some fun comparing emoji options on Line (in Thailand) and WeChat (in China), what and where “ugly delicious food” is, and how using teen dramas are a good way to learn the Thai language.

original publication date: December 13, 2018

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Has a song ever carried you through a rough time in your life? That's exactly what happened to British international Karl when he moved to Denmark. 

original publication date: November 12, 2018

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Can you imagine taking 35,000 photos in one year? Photographer Thomas Sandfield did this his first year in Hong Kong. Join us on this Expat Rewind show for a flashback to this first year as an expat for Thomas and all the flicker fun he had.

Original publication date: September 4, 2018

Thomas Sandfield: https://www.instagram.com/thomassandfield

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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 time. And yet they found each other and created a podcast about the scene in Spain some years ago. In this conversation with Craig and Pilar we dig into what they learned about podcasting in these two countries, how the space has changed since their podcast was live and how indy podcasting differs from business podcasting. These two folks are knowledgeable and are tapped into the space in a passion led way so there's a lot to learn from them. Let's get to it!

Pilar's podcast: Adventures in Podcasting

Craig's podcast: Inglespodcast

Their podcast on the Spanish podcasting space: https://enclavedepodcast.wordpress.com/

Original publication date: July 22, 2022

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