The Bittersweet Life

We explore what makes yoga appealing to some? And what youthful notions of travel are unrealistic?

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Expat Tiffany Parks returns to her hometown of Seattle after years away (in Rome). This episode is a continuation of last week's episode with special guest, author and old-time friend, Suzanne Morrison.

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Host Tiffany Parks arrives in Seattle from Rome, reuniting with co-host Katy and long-time best friend, Suzanne Morrison. The conversation turns into a bit of a praise-fest. Maybe that's what happens when an expat is gone from home for so many years.

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Tiffany is heading to the U.S.A after 4 years without visiting her home country. Is her Italian-born toddler ready with enough English to meet his American family?

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Hala Alyan is a Palestinian American a poet, novelist (Salt Houses) and clinical psychologist. After her family fled Kuwait when Saddam invaded, they moved a lot! Together we explore storytelling, straddling cultures, loneliness, therapy and what value belongings have when you move constantly. Well, that - and so much more.

• Hala Alyan Homepage
• Hala Alyan Poem about Place

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Katy cries over a sudden, devastating loss in her life, and the conversation turns to how to decide what you want out of life.

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Fan favorite Clare Brown joins us from Split, Croatia to talk about Tinder dating in a foreign country, making it as a freelancer, and the hazards of being happy anywhere.

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Have you ever received a sign to do something? Do signs even really exist? Katy and Tiffany share their experiences and yours.

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Loneliness. Can it be cured by hitting the road? Katy and Tiffany discuss.

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Part two of a rebroadcast of our walking tour through Rome tracing the steps of the painter Caravaggio.

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