The Expat Chat

By Tony Argyle

What's The Expat Chat about?

The Expat Chat is a weekday podcast where we interview inspiring expats who have thrown off the constraints of western congestion to enjoy their dream lifestyle in other parts of the world. If you want to combine the travels of Rick Steves and Samantha Brown with the lifestyle freedom of Tim Ferriss then this is for you.Subscribe today.

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The Expat Chat episodes:

06.10.2023
Episode 138: Trading Silicon Valley for a Mooring in Montenegro
In this episode of the podcast, I explore the exciting experience of living and travelling on a boat. I talk to Tim Bull, who is exploring the Mediteranean from his mooring base in Montenegro. We discuss the typical day...
05.28.2023
Episode 137: Live in Turkey or Live in Malaysia? Ryand Runge of Snail Travels
In this episode, we explore full-time travel and settling down with Ryan Runge of Snail Travelers. Ryan and his wife Emily decided to leave the traditional American 9-5 lifestyle to pursue their dream of traveling the world. We follow their...
05.21.2023
Episode 136: How to Cruise For Six Months Every Year; Richard and Angelyn Burk
In this episode, we chat with Richard and Angelyn Burk who have been traveling the world for over two years. Inspired by their forever home, they decided to pursue traveling upon their retirement and took advantage of deals for cruises...
05.18.2023
Episode 135 (From the Archives): How We Started With Fulltime Travel; Michael and Yvonne Bauche
Can you really sustain a lifestyle caring for other people’s houses and never have to go home again? Today’s guests are living proof of the fact. Michael and Yvonne Bauche gave up a comfortable but stress-inducing lifestyle in Vancouver Canada...
05.14.2023
Episode 134: The Growth of Housesitting... and Living in France
In this episode, we explore the concept of long-term travel after Brexit with Ian Usher and Vanessa Anderson from Housesitting Magazine who provided us with the perspective of two people who relocated to France at the time of Brexit. We...
05.07.2023
Episode 133: How to Pivot Your Travel Plans on a Dime
Ever woken up not knowing where you will sleep tonight? For some travelers this level of unplanning isn't scary - in fact it gives them the freedom to turn on a dime as new opportunities arrive On this episode, we...
04.30.2023
Episode 132: Traveling in a Post Covid World; Jane Dempster-Smith
In this episode, I explore sustainable travel post-COVID with Jane Dempster Smith of Two Travel. We discuss the impact of COVID on travel, the theme of the TBX conference, and the changes in their own travel style. Jane also mentions...
04.24.2023
Episode 131: Traveling the Camino Alone; Leita Joy
In this episode I explored what it takes to prepare for a spiritual journey along the Camino pilgrimage in Spain. My guest Lisa Joy shared her own experience of traveling the Camino, including the year of preparation she did, which...
04.16.2023
Episode 130: How to Save $30000pa and Travel the World; Michael and Yvonne Bauche
In this episode, we discussed the ins and outs of house-sitting and how to find the right sit for yourself. We spoke with Michael andYvonne Bauche, who have done over 85 house-sitting sessions. They suggested that newbies should start with...
04.10.2023
Episode 129: Traveling the World on Two Wheels; Brent Ruru
In this podcast episode, I explored the concept of adventurous travel on two wheels with Brent Ruru from Christchurch, New Zealand. He and his family have cycled the length of New Zealand, Cambodia, Spain, and Canada. During their journey in...
04.02.2023
Episode 128: The Benefits of Medical Tourism
In this episode, Chris Englert and Steve Goodfriend discuss their nomadic lifestyle, and explore the financial and medical benefits of travelling the world. They share their own strategies for saving money, such as investing in stocks at a young age...
03.27.2023
Episode 127: Extended Vacations: Brian and Penny Davidson
Brian and Penny Davidson have perfected the art of extended vacations, thanks to a combination of slow travel and housesitting. They have no desire to hit the road permanently but want to avoid rushing around sites and being restricted by...
03.19.2023
Episode 126: Finding the Fountain of Youth: Alan and Ros Cuthbertson
Perpetual travelers Alan and Ros Cuthbertson of Frequent Traveller join us to discuss their life of constant travel. Since hitting the road in 2015 from their base of Bundaberg, Australia they've mastered the art of living on the road for...
05.08.2020
Financially Independent and Retired Early
FIRE exponents (Financial Independence Retire Early) Tim and Amy Rutherford of GowithLess.com have found the secret of early retirement and with the kids off their hands have now hit the road full time. The covid world we now live in has...
05.02.2020
Travelling Without Flight
Travelling the world has its challenges at the best of times - but attempting to do it without flight is a whole new experience! Today we interview Dave and Di Taunton who, in 2016, decided to sell up and hit...
04.25.2020
The Future of Travel in a Post Covid World - Part 2
Many of you will have enjoyed our previous podcast The Future of Travel in a Post Covid World where we discussed what will happen when the current lockdown situation comes to an end. This live event was an excellent chance...
04.17.2020
The Future of Travel in a Post Covid World -Part 1
Todays podcast is a recording of our recent live panel discussion on the Future of Travel in a Post Covid World. Joinng me are world renown travel blogger Barbara Weibel of Hole in the Donut .com Intrepid Aussie traveller Duncan...
04.10.2020
6 Years Travel and Counting
Todays guests are Canadian travellers Peter and Karen Pecksen. We first met Peter and Karen while housesitting in Singapore. We noticed from their comments on a Facebook group that they were in town - we reached out to them and...
03.26.2020
Update on The Expat Chat
05.14.2018
Polar Bears and Icebergs; Living Beyond the Arctic Circle
It seems in this day and age most of the world has been explored. Trying to find a destination which isn’t crowded with tourists and cameras is an increasingly difficult job. Today’s interviewee however has found the perfect place to...
05.06.2018
Polar Bears and Icebergs; Living Beyond the Arctic Circle
It seems in this day and age most of the world has been explored. Trying to find a destination which isn’t crowded with tourists and cameras is an increasingly difficult job. Today’s interviewee however has found the perfect place to...
05.06.2018
How to Downsize for the big Trip Ahead
Heading: How to Downsize for the Big Trip Ahead One of the biggest and most emotional stages of preparing for an expat life is downsizing and leaving your current home. It’s a process fraught with emotion and the job of...
04.22.2018
300 Days of Travel...and Counting...
Many of our interviewees have an ah-ha moment when the decision to travel becomes a reality. For Carmen Tseng it came while chopping mushrooms! Her partner and her were discussing options for a holiday to Bali when the realization occurred...
04.15.2018
Eradicating Leprosy, Raising Kids and Selling Coffee
For most people just moving to a foreign country would be a big enough challenge. Starting a new business from scratch while raising 7 children (5 adopted locally with special needs) and supporting a wife who has moved mountains in...
11.27.2016
Raising Our Kids without School - Our Mexican Life
In today’s interview we speak with Martin and Lorena Cagnotti – two expat Argentinians who made the decision 13 years ago to move from their home town of Buenos Aires to the hubbub of Mexico City. After 7 years there...
11.20.2016
Living the Good Life in Bangkok
Not all expats move to cut costs and living the expat life doesn’t have to mean living on the smell of an oily rag. Today’s interviewees have transformed their lives from management consultants slogging the 9 to 5 and longer,...
11.13.2016
Why Tragedy was our Travel Catalyst
Many people we interview have life changing moments that serve as the catalyst to their new life abroad. For Dalene and Pete Heck it was a series of tragedies including the death of Pete’s mother and Dalene’s sister passing in...
11.06.2016
7 Tips for Living Healthy on the Road
Trying to stay healthy on the road can sometimes be a bit of a nightmare – you’re pushed for time, you’re in a strange environment with no common reference points or places to eat and you’re at your most vulnerable...
10.30.2016
Traveling the World Without Flight
Heading: Traveling the World Without Flying; Di and Dave Taunton Today’s guests haven’t gone anywhere yet…but they are about to! Di and Dave Taunton are only a few days away from their expat adventure. The catalyst for their nomadic lifestyle...
10.23.2016
An Uncluttered Life
Show Notes – An Uncluttered Life; Warren and Betsy Talbot One of the first steps in any journey to become an expat is getting rid of the clutter – be it physical or mental – that is part and parcel...
10.16.2016
The Power of Mentors: How Positive Thinking Made Me a Digital Nomad
Shawna Sharee was first inspired to live a wandering lifestyle when she read the book Eat, Pray, Love. Like many she dreamed of travel but thought she needed a lot of money to do it. It wasn’t until she joined...
10.09.2016
The Homeless Digital Nomad
Katya Sarmiento’s time in college certainly gave her a well-rounded education. She embarked on a number of options including air traffic control before realizing a life of travel and entrepreneurship was her true passion. She dropped out of college, quit...
04.10.2016
RV'ing our Way Across the U.S and Europe
You might like the idea of an RV holiday for a couple of weeks – but how about living permanently in a van? For Drew and Brittany Neumann the decision to quit their L.A. apartment for a new life on...
04.03.2016
Living at the Crossroads of East and West; My Life in Turkey
For many people living in a place that is 99% Muslim, in a city of over 15 million people with Syria on your border and 2 million refugees pouring into your country – this would be well outside your comfort...
03.27.2016
How Our Online Store Funds Our RV Adventure
Living an Expat lifestyle and leaving the 9 to 5 routine doesn’t necessarily meaning not exploring your own country as part of the journey. For Alabama native Kyle Brady and his partner Olivia Gould their old lives left them feeling...
03.20.2016
Traveling on the Kindness of Strangers-the Amazing Adventures of a Nobody
Leon Logothetis was a London stockbroker working in the city. On the outside he had it all but on the inside he felt miserable and depressed. His future looked set in stone until one day he watched an inspirational movie...
03.13.2016
From Greek Islands to the Emerald Isles; Our Family Sabbatical in Greece and Ireland
From Greeks Islands to the Emerald Isles; Our Family Sabbatical in Greece and Ireland Tina Lavelle had traveled Europe when she was younger, and the urge to return had never left. Her husband Ralph had grown up in Ireland and both...
03.06.2016
Travel Helped Me Become Myself
Tommy Walker grew up in the north of England with stories of travel and adventure as a part of his life. With many relatives living overseas and an Uncle who had shared his stories of traveling in South East Asia...
02.28.2016
Off the Beaten Track - My Life in Botswana and Pakistan
To many parents the idea of raising children in an underdeveloped African nation would seem scary. For Sara Sullivan it’s just another adventure in a life that has seen her explore new boundaries both personally and professionally. The mother of two...
02.24.2016
Travel Perks Are Worth the Effort
Kay Dougherty was a successful well paid but stressed high heeled member of the Boston financial establishment when the financial crisis hit in 2008 and her company chose to downsize. In her mid 50’s Kay found getting a new job...
02.21.2016
How I Moved Countries and Started Two Online Businesses
Well they say love can make you do things you don’t expect. For Andrea Gomez the prospect of moving from her home in Colombia to the Netherlands was not something she had expected growing up in Bogota! Andrea moved to be...
02.17.2016
Village Life in Cambodia - How Volunteering has Changed My Life
Cambodia offers its visitors a land of contrasts. Larger cities like Phnom Penh are fast developing a western style with many of the fast food chains setting up shop. But head to rural Cambodia and you take a step back...
02.10.2016
Living and Traveling in Costa Rica
Not everyone plans a move overseas. For Samantha Wei it was meeting her partner Yeison, a Costa Rican native,that was the catalyst for her move there from the United States 3 years ago. After an initial period of settling in...
02.07.2016
The Foodies Guide to Traveling the World
Part of the enjoyment of another countries culture is exploring the food options. You can discover so much about a country and really discover the rich flavors that are available in each region that are unique to the area. Two travelers...
02.03.2016
Escape The Cubicle - How To Leave the 9 to 5 For a Life of Travel
If you’re a stressed out business owner working 60-80 hour weeks and dreaming of a life of travel take heart – so was Nicole Connolly. The former Brisbanite ran a successful business but like many we interview, she felt something...
01.31.2016
How To Buy a French Winery When You Don’t Know What You’re Doing
Would you buy a winery if you knew nothing about wine? What about if there was no one there who could show you and the winery had been in liquidation? Add to it the fact that you were moving to...
01.27.2016
How To Live an Uncluttered Life
One of the first steps in any journey to become an expat is getting rid of the clutter – be it physical or mental – that is part and parcel of any home and any life. The first step on this...
01.24.2016
Siestas in Seville and My Random Travel Experiments
For Karen McCann and her husband the prospect of early retirement left them feeling a little bored. They had always been avid travelers and a visit to Seville in Spain convinced them that it would be the perfect place to...
01.20.2016
Why Eastern Europe Will Be the Next Travel Hotspot
In the search for the next travel destination many names and places are thrown around. From Asia to South America various publications try and pick the next place that people should start visiting. In today’s interview we talk with well-known travel...
01.18.2016
Managing Your Money on the Road
Many of our interviewees have become accidental permanent nomads, starting off on a gap year with no plans then deciding to become a fulltime traveler. The next issue is always then income – how to fund the new lifestyle in...

What's The Expat Chat about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Expat Chat episodes:

Episode 138: Trading Silicon Valley for a Mooring in Montenegro

Episode 137: Live in Turkey or Live in Malaysia? Ryand Runge of Snail Travels

Episode 136: How to Cruise For Six Months Every Year; Richard and Angelyn Burk

Episode 135 (From the Archives): How We Started With Fulltime Travel; Michael and Yvonne Bauche

Episode 134: The Growth of Housesitting... and Living in France

Episode 133: How to Pivot Your Travel Plans on a Dime

Episode 132: Traveling in a Post Covid World; Jane Dempster-Smith

Episode 131: Traveling the Camino Alone; Leita Joy

Episode 130: How to Save $30000pa and Travel the World; Michael and Yvonne Bauche

Episode 129: Traveling the World on Two Wheels; Brent Ruru

Episode 128: The Benefits of Medical Tourism

Episode 127: Extended Vacations: Brian and Penny Davidson

Episode 126: Finding the Fountain of Youth: Alan and Ros Cuthbertson

Financially Independent and Retired Early

Travelling Without Flight

The Future of Travel in a Post Covid World - Part 2

The Future of Travel in a Post Covid World -Part 1

6 Years Travel and Counting

Update on The Expat Chat

Polar Bears and Icebergs; Living Beyond the Arctic Circle

Polar Bears and Icebergs; Living Beyond the Arctic Circle

How to Downsize for the big Trip Ahead

300 Days of Travel...and Counting...

Eradicating Leprosy, Raising Kids and Selling Coffee

Raising Our Kids without School - Our Mexican Life

Living the Good Life in Bangkok

Why Tragedy was our Travel Catalyst

7 Tips for Living Healthy on the Road

Traveling the World Without Flight

An Uncluttered Life

The Power of Mentors: How Positive Thinking Made Me a Digital Nomad

The Homeless Digital Nomad

RV'ing our Way Across the U.S and Europe

Living at the Crossroads of East and West; My Life in Turkey

How Our Online Store Funds Our RV Adventure

Traveling on the Kindness of Strangers-the Amazing Adventures of a Nobody

From Greek Islands to the Emerald Isles; Our Family Sabbatical in Greece and Ireland

Travel Helped Me Become Myself

Off the Beaten Track - My Life in Botswana and Pakistan

Travel Perks Are Worth the Effort

How I Moved Countries and Started Two Online Businesses

Village Life in Cambodia - How Volunteering has Changed My Life

Living and Traveling in Costa Rica

The Foodies Guide to Traveling the World

Escape The Cubicle - How To Leave the 9 to 5 For a Life of Travel

How To Buy a French Winery When You Don’t Know What You’re Doing

How To Live an Uncluttered Life

Siestas in Seville and My Random Travel Experiments

Why Eastern Europe Will Be the Next Travel Hotspot

Managing Your Money on the Road