Nomad + Spice

• Viv wouldn't have read anything if it weren't for our Book Club
• Kit's thankful for our Charge What You're Worth Club to help fund her insane Goodreads habit
• Viv recommends Circe by Madeline Miller and we talk about the current popularity of ancient myths
• Kit recommends the Shades of Magic trilogy by V.E. Schwab for all your magical adventure needs
• We're plotting our own adventure: a reading retreat in a Scottish castle! Details coming soon, spots will be very limited. Email us if you're interested in joining!
• Viv recommends Pachinko by Min Jin Lee and we learn about Japan's history with Korea
• Shoutout to Kim's Convenience on Netflix!
• Kit finally got around to reading Viv's recommendation from last year's summer book episode, The Power by Naomi Alderman and we're obsessed
• Ms. Alderman also wrote the fitness app Zombies, Run!
• The Nomad + Spice Book Club is reading Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich in August
• The Crazy Rich Asians trilogy is good, clean fun for all
• After years of other fantasy fans asking her about it, Kit finally read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and it's as good as everyone says
• Taking a break from male authors for over a year is a WONDERFUL thing for noticing bias and the male gaze
• We can't stop talking about The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
• We did NOT enjoy the award-winning "Book of the Year" Normal People by Sally Rooney
• "Just because a book is written by a woman doesn't make it a feminist book."
• UP NEXT:
• • This month Kit is reading The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg, and Am I Ugly? by Michelle Elman
  • We're excited about the Hunger Games prequel
  • Viv is listening to Educated by Tara Westover and The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
  • When we lock ourselves in a castle, Viv's goal is to read SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

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• We've nicked our format from Reddit's (very interesting) AMA
• The villa in Bali where we had daily massages
• Remote nomading in Trømso
• Hermione's undetectable extension charm
• Moana, the DN princess
• His Dark Materials inspired Kit's love of nomading
• Kit references our Charge What You're Worth Club
• Beck Power knows about putting yourself out there
• Check out St Brendan's Isle for mail forwarding services
• Check out more of Natasha's questions here

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• Wanna come meet us IRL? We'll be in New Zealand for Kit's conference for experienced nomads, 7in7, in October
• If you haven't already, check out Michelle Obama's book Becoming
• Kyrie relates how being a nomad can make it harder to ask for help
• Ways you can connect with other nomads regularly: Charge What You're Worth Club, 7in7 Society, Nomad Feminist Book Club
• Need to quit something? The Upside of Quitting is your friend
• Martina shares her strategy for getting better at asking for help
• If you're in South America, check out Rappi – a magic delivery app
• Create your personal taskforce!!! Friends, contractors, therapists, family, partners, cleaners!
• Janice identifies the struggle of asking for help in a hustle culture
• Our listener Emily shares her philosophy on exchanging help in a cyclical way

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• TWIST! Our guest hosts are Hannah Dixon and Nicole Abramowski!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOO!
• Lynn & Alba have our first voice memo focusing on having to come out to everyone you meet while travelling
• Sam talks about language and coming out to clients
• Kyrie offers her perspective on labels and dating on the road and introduces the classic U-Haul joke
• Chrys deep dives into the intricacies of dating as a queer nomad
• Esther reveals more of the difficulties of dating
• Apps: Grindr is available for queer men, but Her is one of the few lesbian-focused apps
• Tristan mentions 7in7 for meeting other queer nomads but how few gay men are in the community
• Nicole talks about her community, Queer Women* Digital Nomads
• Janice points out the gap between talk and action when it comes to diversity and inclusion
• Need amazing stock images for diversity? Head to representationmatters.me!
• Nat shares a unique experience from the road
• Hannah and Nicole end on an actionable list of ways for straights to be good allies and for queer people to find their community! (Including joining

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• We discuss the ethics of tax paying… or not
• Hiring someone to help is very important!
• Under the UK system earning £150,000 is the same as earning over £1 million
• This topic makes us want to bury our heads in the sand - but let's fight that instinct together!
• We got just ONE voice memo for this scary episode, from the amazing Jenny Lachs of Digital Nomad Girls
• US taxes are definitely legal - see the 16th amendment
• Some American nomads stay away from home to avoid tax
• Scandinavians are happy to pay taxes
• Get answers to your most burning tax questions by watching Grace Taylor's Expert Session in the 7in7 Society
• You actually might owe tax in Thailand, Indonesia, and Colombia
• This complicated mess is why we started our Charge What You're Worth Club - JOIN US!

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• The eternal carry-on versus checked baggage!
• Cassie from Bucketlist Bombshells has big bags – here's what she has to say
• If you want to see the opposite end of the minimalism spectrum, check out Consumed on Netflix
• Marie Kondo's gratitude practice – so nice!
• Come and join our Facebook page where our
• Liz Scully: she loves a pencil
• Viv used to carry a stuffed Totoro with her. The idea was to do something exactly like this person has (Viv is unreasonably mad to have found someone else doing her idea and having so many followers)
• Kyrie talks about her evolving packing style
• The Digital Nomad Girls Inner Circle did a digital decluttering challenge: HARD

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• Behind every woke man…
• Our friend Simon talks about dicks
• Steve points out how the typical nomad dude might feel uncomfortable inclusive spaces
• Zach blows our minds
• If you can't picture it, here's Leslie Knope's rage face
• Note to our emailer: #byefelipe
• We hear from our boyfriends who credit us with their feminist awakenings, you're WELCOME, and Lewis shouts out How To Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
• Thanks to Amirul for mentioning the great educational tool that is Tumblr

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• Wiki definition of cultural appropriation. Actually quite good!
• Viv's friend's article about white male chefs
• Generational differences on cultural appropriation in Indian families
• Tips for practicing yoga minus the cultural appropriation
• The British Museum and its many abuses of other cultures' stuff
• Check out Bond Women's Festival
• Don't buy the Buddha!
• Bodei sent in a voice memo and mentions the grey area of sharing cultures
• Beyoncé wears Indian clothing at an Indian wedding vs Selena Gomez wears a bindi cuz she likes it
• White people at Standing Rock being rubbish
• Nat Geo owns its colonialist past
• An overly simplistic travel essay on Australia
• The musical Soft Power
• Don't climb Uluru!
• Read Dr. Adrienne Keene's blog, Native Appropriations
• Buy from Beyond Buckskin instead of H&M
• Don't buy smudging supplies from Sephora
• The violent history of the racial slur gypsy
• Reading about the phrase 'spirital animal'
• Antonia from Nomad Think Tank situates the debate in terms of privilege
• Finding out about digital blackface
• An elegant response to being called in
• Audrey recommends How Not to Travel Like a Basic Bitch and reminds us that we're privileged and to be generous with those who don't know

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• Viv is in Sydney, and Kit is in Chiang Mai! Look us up!
• We're talking about financial planning!!!!!!!
• The 'By the time you're 30' meme
• Deanna Marie serves us some financial realness. You can't be in startup mode forever!
• Join our Charge What You're Worth Club!
• Mark Manson's turning 30 post (not the one Viv was thinking of!)
• Amber Monaco owns her debt!
• Watch Crazy Rich Asians to find out what you can spend all your loads of money
• Martina reminds us that freelancers and small business owners should treat ourselves like employees
• Why women need to save for the future
• The Barefoot Investor for your Aussiest financial advice
• Ellevest for women's investment
• The book Kit talks about: Smart Women Love Money
• Aspiration Bank, Australian Ethical Super
• Mariza leaves us on a positive note

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• We look back on 2018 and weigh up how we did on the goals we set at the end of 2017
• Holiday season mental health check-in!
• Viv is getting a VA via our friend Hannah Dixon
• The Bromad episode: a perennial fave with our listeners. Our Digital Nomad with Kids episodes, How Women Build Confidence, and Advice to our Pre-Nomad Selves
• Highlights: the media coverage we got, our live episode and our Patreon
• ANNOUNCEMENT KLAXON! We've got a new tier in our Patreon: the Charge What You're Worth Club!!!!
• SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT KLAXON! We're creating MERCH next year. Watch this space!!!

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