Title: The Expat Pod: Meleknur Alevcan

Subtitle: Leaving Turkey to study abroad

Episode Number: 33

Release Date: [12/02/2024]

Duration: [00:38:56]

Welcome to The Expat Pod, the podcast where we explore the ins and outs of living abroad, embracing new cultures, and navigating life as an expat. I'm your host, James Doran, and today, we're diving into the life of Meleknur Alevcan who has spent a lot of time as a student living abroad in Russia, Sweden and the United States of America. Before settling into a professional life in Sweden.

Melek has such depth of knowledge and passion for mental health and has shared with us her views on dealing with mental health issues we may all face when living away from home.

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00:00 Intro

01:28 Getting There

10:33 Being There

30:33 Review

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Welcome to another instalment of the Quick Fire Questions derivative of the podcast. In this shorter format, I ask my quest a handful of questions to which they share a quick answer in order to hopefully inspire some future expats to follow in their footsteps or at the very least be entertained by some of the great answers! 

Quick Fire Questions: Victoria Hatton Chats About leaving Russia to live in the UK having spent 10 years here and surviving the threat of deportation she has achieved so many amazing things, with one of the best outlooks on life I've come across

Living Abroad Lightning Round:

00:00. What is your favourite place you've lived?

01:01. What is your favourite international food?

01:43. What is your favourite international tradition?

03:12. What is your favourite thing about living abroad?

04:25. What is your best homesickness remedy? 

05:32. What is the hardest thing about living abroad?

07:37. What is the best phrase you've learnt whilst living abroad?

09:18. What is the best way to make friends abroad? 

11:55. What is the best thing to do in your new city?

12:58. What is your best expat life hack?

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Title: The Expat Pod: Victoria Hutton

Subtitle: A Near Miss with Deportation

Episode Number: 32

Release Date: [05/02/2024]

Duration: [01:06:19]

Welcome to The Expat Pod, the podcast where we explore the ins and outs of living abroad, embracing new cultures, and navigating life as an expat. I'm your host, James Doran, and today, we're diving into the story of Victoria Huttons journey from Russia to the UK, where she navigates language, visas, work, the risk of deportation and so much more.

Victoria has so much experience working in software and marketing and shares a lot of her insights of UK life.

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00:00 Intro

01:07 Getting There

23:35 Being There

51:29 Review

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If you enjoyed this episode of The Expat Pod, please subscribe, rate, and leave us a review on your favourite podcast platform. Your support helps us reach more listeners like you and continue to deliver valuable content on life as an expat.

Welcome to another instalment of the Quick Fire Questions derivative of the podcast. In this shorter format, I ask my quest a handful of questions to which they share a quick answer in order to hopefully inspire some future expats to follow in their footsteps or at the very least be entertained by some of the great answers! 

QFQ: Morgan Rockwell Chats About moving to Portugal from the United States and Living Life Globally

Living Abroad Lightning Round:

00:00. What is your favourite place you've lived?

00:59. What is your favourite international food?

01:46. What is your favourite international tradition?

02:40. What is your favourite thing about living abroad?

03:25. What is your best homesickness remedy? 

04:34. What is the hardest thing about living abroad?

05:15. What is the best phrase you're learnt whilst living abroad?

06:57. What is the best way to make friends abroad? 

08:09. What is the best thing to do in your new city?

08:48. What is your best expat life hack?

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Title: The Expat Pod: Morgan Rockwell

Subtitle: Making the most of a tough start to expat life

Episode Number: 31

Release Date: [29/01/2024]

Duration: [01:01:25]

Welcome to The Expat Pod, the podcast where we explore the ins and outs of living abroad, embracing new cultures, and navigating life as an expat. I'm your host, James Doran, and today, we're diving into navigating the world of alternative medicine and how to check the recognition of qualifications abroad. Plus the topic of having children abroad, marriage and divorce all in your second language.

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00:00 Intro

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Quick Fire Questions: Aoife O'Brien Chats About her experiences of living abroad

Living Abroad Lightning Round:

00:33 What is your favourite place you've lived?

01:01 What is your favourite international food?

01:37. What is your favourite international tradition?

02:52 What is your favourite thing about living abroad?

04:47 What is your best homesickness remedy? 

06:04 What is the hardest thing about living abroad?

07:34 What is the best phrase you've learnt whilst living abroad?

08:47 What is the best way to make friends abroad? 

10:00 What is the best thing to do in your new city?

10:44 What is your best expat life hack?

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Title: The Expat Pod: Aoife O'Brien

Subtitle: An Irish Expat Exploring the world

Episode Number: 30

Release Date: [22/01/2024]

Duration: [01:12:35]

Welcome to The Expat Pod, the podcast where we explore the ins and outs of living abroad, embracing new cultures, and navigating life as an expat. I'm your host, James Doran, and today, we're diving into….

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00:00 Intro

03:46 Getting There

32:08 Being There

57:55Review

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Links to Aoife's Socials:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifemobrien

https://www.instagram.com/happieratwork.ie 

https://www.twitter.com/happieratworkHQ 

https://www.youtube.com/@happieratworkhq

Welcome to another instalment of the Quick Fire Questions derivative of the podcast. In this shorter format, I ask my quest a handful of questions to which they share a quick answer in order to hopefully inspire some future expats to follow in their footsteps or at the very least be entertained by some of the great answers! 

This week I am joined by Wiebke who is a German living in Chile. 

Come join us to hear her take on the matters at hand

Living Abroad Lightning Round:

00:00. What is your favourite place you've lived?

01:00. What is your favourite international food?

02:00. What is your favourite international tradition?

03:00. What is your favourite thing about living abroad?

04:00. What is your best homesickness remedy? 

05:00. What is the hardest thing about living abroad?

06:00. What is the best phrase you've learnt whilst living abroad?

07:00. What is the best way to make friends abroad? 

08:00. What is the best thing to do in your new city?

09:00. What is your best expat life hack?

About Wiebke :

Wiebke used to work in the German police force before taking the plunge to support her life and dream living in a jungle in Costa Rica... guess what she achieved it.

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Title: The Expat Pod: Wiebke Uhlendorf

Title: The Expat Pod: Wiebke Uhlendorf