Nomad + Spice

• Viv's cute birthday fairytale cabin
• Don't put jade eggs in your vagina
• Join our Nomad Feminist Book Club!
• It's not just nomads: millennials and queers also love astrology
• Washington Post article about astrology instead of therapy
• We hear from Kayla
• Thanks to Christine for contributing your voice memo!
• The Wing - cool feminist co-working space in the States!
• Listen to Secret Feminist Agenda
• Women of colour get worse health care than white women
• Thanks to listener Abby for her thoughts!
• John Oliver's church tax stunt
• The Guardian's Why We Fell for Clean Eating
• Belle Gibson and Pete Evans, the Australian diet scammers
• Thanks Kyrie for weighing in!
• John Oliver's climate science stunt
• Check out Heather Thorkelson's podcast
• Carl Sagan's pale blue dot quote
• Thanks Nicole for sharing your thoughts with us!
• Placebo effect study! Surgery placebo effect. Kids in a cancer ward, destroying the cancer cells - those kids did better with their treatment regimens

Viv's critical thinking toolkit

• Is there scientific evidence? Look for peer-reviewed studies
• Is it expensive? You could probably buy a book and get the same info?
• Who is selling it? Is it a white guru?
• Is it dogmatic? Do they have strict all-or-nothing rules?

Special thanks to Kyrie, Christine, Nicole, Abby, and Kayla for sharing their thoughts with us and to Heather for letting us use a clip from her podcast. Thanks to our personal protective crystal Madame Gandhi for our amazing backing music, Yellow Sea.

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• We're taking a brief break from recording podcasts, but we'll be back in a few weeks!
• Please talk to us about our upcoming topics – the 'epidemic of woo', experiences of harassment on the road and any questions you have on about the podcast and how we produce it
• If you missed it, we were interviewed for an article about digital bromads – check it out here!
• While we're away, maybe listen to the back catalogue? Try: Digital Bromads and Privilege, our two-part series on love and dating as a nomad and our episode on Cryptocurrency

We'll still be active in our Facebook group while on holiday, so don't forget to join us there. Binge on Madame Gandhi's music here. And we'd love, love, love it if you'd leave us a review on iTunes or supported us on Patreon from as little as $1 per month.

• It's time for Part 2 of our location independent kids episode! If you haven't listened to Part 1, you can do that here
• Want to talk about taboos more? Check out our money episode!
• Voice memo from Mirje about how nomad life has changed since the arrival of her baby
• Kit's fabled dislike of Bali
• FYI: The Green School is a fave nomad and nomad-adjacent spot and has some pretty amazing bamboo buildings
• We hear from Maire with some more controversial viewpoints about being nomadic with kids
• Our crypto expert Mariza pointed out that: digital nomad men call themselves 'entrepreneurs' while women call themselves freelancers
• Libryia Jones, founder of Wanderist Life and the Wandering Moms FB group

Do you have kids? Want them? Would never travel with them? Let us know your thoughts. Get in touch on [email protected], or say hi on Twitter and Facebook, where you can also be part of our Nomad + Spice group! Don't forget to send us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts and support our Patreon page to help support feminist critique of the nomad community!

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• Can you be a nomad with a kid? We dig in
• Kyrie shares her plans for a location independent life with a family
• Check out Almost Fearless, the magazine for travelling families
• Nomadic kids education: world schooling, unschooling, homeschooling
• Read The Diabolical Genius of the Baby Advice Industry so you don't have to worry about all the advice out there
• We interview Danielle Greason from VA Lifestyle Design
• Stay tuned for Part 2 of our location independent kids special next week! We're chatting to Libryia Jones of Wanderist Life!

Kids + Travel = ??? Let us know your thoughts. Get in touch on [email protected], or say hi on Twitter and Facebook, where you can also be part of our Nomad + Spice group! Don't forget to send us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts and support our Patreon page to help support feminist critique of the nomad community!

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• Girls do worse in maths tests when told that boys are better (and other studies)
• Reply All's dropshipping episode and our Bromad episode
• Beck Power on confidence
• Janice The Career Introvert takes down the mantra of fake it till you make it
• Read Ellen Bard's blog post on the negative effects of affirmations
• We chat about 7in7 feedback
• Read Tiffany Dufu's book like we did in our Nomad Feminist Book Club!
• Ira Glass on the creativity gap
• QOTD: "Comparison is the death of joy"
• Man puts 'Mr' in front of his gender-neutral name and suddenly gets a job
• Men apply for jobs when they only have 60% of qualifications required; women only apply with 100%
• Natasha gives us some wise words about where confidence comes from

What does confidence mean to you? Get in touch on [email protected], or say hi on Twitter and Facebook, where you can also be part of our Nomad + Spice group! Don't forget to send us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts and support our Patreon page to help us create feminist critique of nomad life!!

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• Thanks to our Patreon supporters!
• We hear from Christine whose knowledge of Bitcoin is thanks to Grey's Anatomy
• Cryptocurrency is generally considered the domain of the dark web, GamerGate and bromads… which makes you want to stay the hell away from it.
• Marbree shares her critique of cryptocurrency
• Energy consumption is a serious downside to the crypto boom
• Are women more fiscally conservative than men?
• New York Times Bitcoin bros article
• Plus another Times article about women in cryptocurrency that come out after we recorded
• Mariza Monteiro is our resident nomadic Cryptocurrency expert
• Ellen's Bitcoin bit
• Check out She Knows Crypto and join the Facebook group to learn more from Mariza
• Jewels weighs in with a social justice perspective on Bitcoin
• Summer shares her optimistic viewpoint on cryptocurrency

Have you got any cryptocurrencies? Give us a shout and let us know your thoughts at [email protected], and say hello on Twitter, Facebook, or in our Facebook Group. Please take a moment to subscribe and give us 5 stars Apple Podcasts!

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• This Part 2 of our nomad love series! If you haven't already, make sure you listen to Part 1!
• This week, we're interviewing Nicole Abramowski of Queer Women* Digital Nomads on her experience as a queer woman in the nomad space
• We also chatted to absolute powerhouse Heather Thorkelson of Republic of Freedom and Twin Tracks Expeditions about meeting her husband in Antarctica (!!) and how her location independent lifestyle allowed their relationship to happen.
• We also share our experiences (which, granted, have limited applicability to those finding love on the road - sorry)
• The New York Times article on co-living

What's your experience of finding love - or not! - on the road? Get in touch on [email protected], or say hi on Twitter and Facebook, where you can also be part of our Nomad + Spice group! Don't forget to send us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts and support our Patreon page to help support feminist critique of the nomad community!!

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• We're tackling nomad relationships because it's Valentine's Day, and we're hashtag topical.
• We ran a poll in our Facebook Group and it's been our most talked-about topic in the whole history of the group!
• Alas, we're no good when it comes to the topic of finding love on the road because we were already in long-term relationships when we started nomading, so we turned to four of our nomadic sisters to hear about their stories.
• First up is Anna SE Lundberg, a speaker, coach and writer, whose partner is decidedly a muggle.
• Next we have Amy Scott of Nomadtopia, whose partner became nomadic after they met.
• Tune in for Part 2 of this episode, which will be hitting your podcatcher later this week!

What's your experience of finding love - or not! - on the road? Get in touch on [email protected], or say hi on Twitter and Facebook, where you can also be part of our Nomad + Spice group! Don't forget to send us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts and support our Patreon page to help support feminist critique of the nomad lifestyle!!

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• We're riding high after our first Nomad Feminist Bookclub meeting, guest starring Tiffany Dufu, the author of our first book, Drop the Ball. Book 2 is The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See.
• Like the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Viv's advice is "don't panic"
• Did you know Kit maintained a travel blog back in the day?
• Trust us, your idols don't have their shit together!
• Are you in London on Monday February 5 at 6.30pm? We're having a baby Nomad + Spice meet-up. Email [email protected] to get the details!
• Hannah talks about ignoring nomad peer pressure
• Kayla's advice is to slow down and relax
• Christine's advice is super specific.
• Shout-out to Shae from Bucketlist Bombshells for recommending Kit's super trendy tote
• Amelia's advice is to believe in yourself and stay positive. Perfect!
• Amna suggests building the skills you need to reach your goals.
• Stay tuned for our next episode: how nomads find love!

Questions, comments, complaints? Get in touch on [email protected], or say hi on Twitter and Facebook, where you can also be part of our Nomad + Spice group! Don't forget to send us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts and support our Patreon page to help us make this podcast!!

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• Happy New Year!
• Hot Netflix tip: The Good Place (it's amazing, just watch it)
• We were blown away by the generosity of our Patreon supporters!
• Send us a voice memo at nomadandspice.com/speak!
• There are two places left in the Nomad Feminist Book Club - get on it ASAP to chat to Tiffany Dufu about her book Drop The Ball
• We hear from Christine and Dorene
• We chat briefly about the parlous state of the US healthcare system under the current government
• Getting a physical in South East Asia
• Dr Mariana Calleja schools us in taking care of ourselves as nomads
• We talk birth control, including Mirena
• Learn to do a breast self-examination!

Tell us about how you manage your health on the road at [email protected], and say hello on Twitter, Facebook, or in our Facebook Group. And take a moment to subscribe and give us 5 stars Apple Podcasts!

If you want to lend your financial support to Nomad + Spice, you can get in our Patreon perks as one of our treasured patrons.

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