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Official National Podcast Post MonthAnd So It Begins 1/30In the first episode for the Official 2024 National Podcast Post Month podcast, we set the stage for what to expect this month. This episode also features insights from podcast pros and industry experts: Stephanie Fuccio, Todd Cochrane, and Sam Sethi. Get ready for your podcasting adventure!
Featured Guests:
“Keep it very simple. Know that week three is going to kick your butt…and know that week four will be the opposite of week three…the breakthroughs that you can have during the month are phenomenal.” – Stephanie Fuccio, Podcast Marketer & Manager, Coffeelike Media
“Don’t be plastic...
2024-11-0105 min
Official National Podcast Post Month 2024 PodcastAnd So It Begins 1/30
In the first episode for the Official 2024 National Podcast Post Month podcast, we set the stage for what to expect this month. This episode also features insights from podcast pros and industry experts: Stephanie Fuccio, Todd Cochrane, and Sam Sethi. Get ready for your podcasting adventure!
Featured Guests:
“Keep it very simple. Know that week three is going to kick your butt…and know that week four will be the opposite of week three…the breakthroughs that you can have during the month are phenomenal.” – Stephanie Fuccio, Podcast Marketer & Manager, Coffeelike Media
“Don’t be plastic...
2024-11-0105 min
Podcasting PeopleBehind The Show: Stephanie FuccioBehind The Show is a part of Podcasting People - you're in the right place!Stephanie Fuccio, a podcast marketing and strategy consultant, joins producer Gareth to share her insights on the tools and techniques that help podcasters sound more authentic in their content. With a focus on embracing technology and experimenting with new platforms like YouTube and OpusClip, Steph emphasises the importance of being personable rather than overly professional in podcasting. They discuss the evolution of her business from podcast editing to providing marketing strategies tailored for creators, highlighting how adaptability is key in the ever-changing...
2024-10-2333 min
Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhDWhen Time Comes to Leave Your PhD With Stephanie FuccioAre you deciding whether or stay in your PhD program or to leave? In this episode of Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD, Stephanie Fuccio shares her experience of leaving her PhD program and the important lessons the experience taught her.Hear how she navigated the difficult decision of leaving, the impact on her mental health, and how she was able to write the next chapters of her professional life after leaving.Whether you are considering leaving your PhD or not, this episode offers insight and advice that is valuable to every graduate student.What we covered during our conversation: S...
2023-06-1551 min
A'sf -Pod- RadioStephanie Fuccio（Podcast Editing Services & Community） さんに招かれて日本と他の国々のポッドキャスト事情を対比しながらビジネス情報と考え方をビデオチャットで交換した、そのレポート（１）Stephanie Fuccio さんの事業 Podcast Editing Services & Community https://www.stephfuccio.com Powered by Firstory Hosting
2022-12-0325 min
The Podcaster's Guide to a Visible VoiceHoning Your Podcast Voice Though Second Language Learning with Stephanie FuccioNo matter your background or the experience level you have to start a podcast, you have a wealth of knowledge to bring to the table. Think of the many past experiences you've had up until this point - all of which can be beneficial for your show. That experience isn't only what's on your resume, but also what you're taught by your community - classmates, teachers, and even your parents. My guest today is Stephanie Fuccio, an American podcast editor and podcaster, currently living in Europe. Before podcasting, Stephanie taught English language skills to adults while living...
2022-11-2135 min
AudienceThe Editor's View with Stephanie FuccioOn this episode of the Audience podcast, Matt chats with Stephanie Fuccio, a multi-passionate creative who produces podcasts for herself and other creatives. She also writes about podcasts, and podcasting, and runs the Global Podcast Editors community.
Today, Stephanie and Matt talk about their editing process, why Stephanie leans into newsletters, how to gain confidence on a big platform like podcasting, and the best way to talk with (and not at) your audience. Listen in to get some insight into Stephanie’s process and what she’s learned through her journey into podcasting.
If you have...
2022-10-0632 min
Geopats AbroadFitting in, standing out and striving with Stephanie Fuccio: S11E4Send us a textQuestions about family can be triggering if the experience was not ideal. This is one of the reasons that Steph's talked about her family in tiny drips here and there but not in depth. But it felt disingenuous to ask other expats to open up about their early family life growing up with immigrant parents without diving into these experiences herself. So to help with this tabled turned interview, Melissa was kind enough to hop in and guide the conversation. Melissa's podcast: Tired In My Twenties: https://tiredtwenties.substack.com/
2022-04-2142 minGeopats AbroadFitting in, standing out and striving with Stephanie Fuccio: S11E4Send us a textQuestions about family can be triggering if the experience was not ideal. This is one of the reasons that Steph's talked about her family in tiny drips here and there but not in depth. But it felt disingenuous to ask other expats to open up about their early family life growing up with immigrant parents without diving into these experiences herself. So to help with this tabled turned interview, Melissa was kind enough to hop in and guide the conversation. Melissa's podcast: Tired In My Twenties: https://tiredtwenties.substack.com/
2022-04-2142 minGeopats AbroadBecoming American together: immigrant parent stories: S11E3Send us a textHave you ever wondered why your immigrant parent(s) didn't prepare you for being a global citizen? Chelsea thought this when she was struggling in her first expat place. Over time she began to understand the distinct difference between her mother's immigrant experience and her expat one. In this conversation, we unpack the lasting impression that Chelsea's mom had on her expat life and which influences she kept and discarded. Original publication date: August 27, 2022Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate li...
2022-04-0737 minGeopats AbroadDid growing up with two home cultures prepare Alison Maciejewski expat life? S11E2Send us a textHow much do our immigrant parents impact our adult expat experiences? This is what we're exploring in this conversation with return guest Alison. Alison and I dig into growing up with two unequal cultures in one household, the racial struggles she's seen in many countries during her years living outside of her passport country of the U.S. and her coming to terms with the differences between her mother's immigrant experience and her own expat life. Original publication date: August 26, 2022Top 3 ser...
2022-03-2442 minGeopats AbroadExpats can go home with Georges: S11E1Send us a textHave your immigrant parents ever visited you in any of your expat places? Georges' parents have and it shifted how he understood their struggles moving from Greece to Canada. We cover a lot more ground on his parents' immigrant story and how it has both positively and negatively influenced his own expat experience. Original publication date: July 28, 2022Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for...
2022-03-1044 minGeopats AbroadThe Language of Music with Damon Castillo: S10E5Send us a textThis episode is really special for me. Last month for NaPodPoMo I had the extreme pleasure of chatting with Damon Castillo for this episode. Yes, THE Damon Castillo of the Mess of Me album that we've been using for the past 2 years in all of the Geopats Podcast Network shows. We talk about the longevity of the Damon Castillo Band, his geopatness, my favorite song on the Mess of Me Album (Saint Cecilia), his recording studio in San Luis Obispo, what music he listens to and some creative struggles. In short, we cover...
2022-02-1033 minGeopats AbroadA Japanese American in Japan on Language: Ken Hirano S10E4Send us a textKen Hirano was born in Japan but his family moved to the U.S. before he started school. He returned to Japan to live a few times in his life, and now is one of them. He moved back to Tokyo about a year ago and recently (wrote a post on LinkedIn) on this geographic anniversary about his cultural and language identity. And that is what we are digging into today. This identity path took us through how he feels in different languages, why he feels more simple and defenseless in J...
2022-01-2740 minGeopats AbroadAlison Maciejewski On Food, Technology & Microfinance Explorations Online: S10E3Send us a textAlison Maciejewski made me think long and hard about food photos in our shifting expat lives. How does our wanderlust come through online? But the conversation is not all serious, we have some fun comparing emoji options on Line (in Thailand) and WeChat (in China), what and where “ugly delicious food” is, and how using teen dramas are a good way to learn the Thai language.original publication date: December 13, 2018Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affil...
2022-01-131h 16
Geopats AbroadMusic To Help Feel At Home In Denmark With British Expat Karl: S10E2Send us a textHas a song ever carried you through a rough time in your life? That's exactly what happened to British international Karl when he moved to Denmark. original publication date: November 12, 2018Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and headaches. https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥Chase Sapphire Credit Card: annual fee, NO currency conversion fee. Used th...
2021-12-301h 08
Podcast CreatorsPodcast Discovery Basics with Stephanie Fuccio creator of #podrevday and Podcast Editing PlusHello Podcast Creators, in this video I chat with Stephanie Fuccio. Steph is an indie podcaster but also an industry influencer and creator of podrevday, a Twitter hashtag community that drives reviews for podcasters on the 8th of every month. There are so many great nuggets in this interview. I hope you find it helpful. This episode is in full video on either Youtube or SpotifyYouTube - https://youtu.be/oZABKDoymvYSpotify - https://spoti.fi/3lZqjY5Indie Drop-In runs primarily on caffeine, if you found the info in this episode help you...
2021-12-1241 min
Maker Mark | Here MediaPodcast Editing Chats with Stephanie Fuccio (Podcast Editing Plus)Such great fun talking about podcast editing, a skillset that I only recently had the confidence to say I possessed, after 3+ years of being self-taught.
@stephfuccio is a wonderful host, and @epodcaster and @AgentPalmer I learned a lot from. Enjoy!
"This is our second LIVE podcast editing chat this month and I’m delighted to be joined by Mark in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Jason in Pennsylvania, U.S. and Jennifer in Texas, U.S. And, as you know I’m in Split, Croatia. We chatted live about our podcast editing challenges, lessons learn...
2021-11-2134 minGeopats AbroadEarly podcasting in Spain and the UK with Pilar Orti and Craig Wealand: S9E4Send us a textLanguage podcaster Craig is from the UK but has been podcasting in Spain for many years. Alternatively business podcaster Pilar has the opposite geographical podcasting experience being from Spain and podcasting from the UK for a long time. And yet they found each other and created a podcast about the scene in Spain some years ago. In this conversation with Craig and Pilar we dig into what they learned about podcasting in these two countries, how the space has changed since their podcast was live and how indy podcasting differs from business podcasting...
2021-11-1835 minGeopats AbroadBig and White: Two American Linguists Living & Podcasting in Nepal: S9E3Send us a textIf you've ever wondered what it's like to live, work, and podcast in Kathmandu, Nepal, this episode are for you!Big & White, their podcasting nicknames, are two American Linguists who, until very recently were living in Nepal and creating a rather hilarious audio account of their daily lives. Their episodes covered much of what expat podcasts cover like food, weather, language, and cultural differences but there is an extra kick to their podcast. Their connection and how they bounce off each other is so much fun to listen to. This is...
2021-11-041h 03Geopats AbroadMelissa and David From The Strong Sense Of Place Podcast Share Their Love Of Books, Travel & Laughter: S9E2Send us a textDavid Humphreys and Melissa Joulwan are the hosts of Strong Sense of Place, a podcast and web site dedicated to literary travel and books with vivid settings. In each episode of their show, they explore one destination and talk about what makes that place different from everywhere else on earth. Then they recommend books set in that destination and talk to a special guest.Original publication date: March 6, 2020Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.
2021-10-2149 minGeopats AbroadPodcasting Culture in Germany With American Expat Nicole of the Expat Cast: S9E1Send us a textWhat do you do as an expat when your life goal is to collect and share experiences and information? You start a podcast! And that is exactly what American expat in Germany Nicole Palazzo did just after her first year in Freiburg, Germany. We recorded this mini episode on the new Podbean Live app, which was in Beta version. There were some technical issues but we pushed through and I think there is so much useful and interesting information in Nicole's audio story. In fact, she is going to come back and in...
2021-10-0720 minGeopats AbroadThe moral dilemma of coffee foam art in Tokyo, Paris, & New York with Yuki of Book Nerds Tokyo: S8E5Send us a textYuki and I sat down to have this conversation far too long ago. Life has been crazy and, to be honest, I even stopped drinking coffee for awhile. So it felt weird publishing this episode during that time.But things feel a little more frothy these days, so here it is! And here SHE is:)Yuki has sought out, enjoyed and brewed coffee in many locations globally. She's more known for her Book Nerd Tokyo Instagram account cause she's also a bookworm (yet another reason...
2021-09-0250 minGeopats AbroadDark Coffee and Fresh Crema with Canadian Expat in China Erin Garnhum: S8E4Send us a textErin and I met in Vietnam many years ago, the place where both of our coffee obsession hit a peak, so it only made sense to have her on the podcast. In this episode we dive into her coffee explorations in Australia, many countries in Asia, Italy and Canada. Original publication date: July 24, 2020Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and...
2021-08-1941 minGeopats AbroadAustria, Costa Rica, Czech Republic and Germany Coffee Explorations with Travis Dow of Podcastnik Productions: S8E3Send us a textTravis lived in Germany and the Czech Republic for 20 years and podcasts about history on podcastnik.com. After talking about alchemy and witches as a ghost-tour guide in Prague, he teamed up with Pete Collman to figure out podcasting as a medium to tell stories from history. Travis has a long and complicatedly long adoration with coffee that started in his childhood upbringing in Germany. Now, he now lives in Oregon, where he partakes in specialty and 7-11 coffee.Original publication date: June 19, 2020Top 3 services that have help...
2021-08-0541 minGeopats AbroadMarielle From Agnep Heritage Farms Shares Her Love Of Coffee In Melboune, Berlin & more: S8E2Send us a textMarielle is a Data Scientist in Berlin. She is also a long-distance coffee farmer because her family started a coffee farm in our ancestral home in the Philippines (in Mankayan, Benguet). They practice organic and sustainable Agroforestry and they hope to one day export their coffee through a transparent supply chain.Original publication date: February 29, 2020Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me tim...
2021-07-2233 minGeopats AbroadPeak European Coffee Experiences with Ana of Las Saboritas, the Prague Culinary Twitter Account: S8E1Send us a textAna Blackstad has experienced coffee culture in so many different places that I ran out of ink during our chat yesterday. Okay, I might be exaggerating a bit but seriously, Ana moved to Prague, Czech Republic only 3 years ago but she has made the caffeinated most out of her time there by exploring both local Prague cafes (many of which are listed down below) and those in neighboring countries like Italy, Greece, the UK, Norway, Finland and Turkey. Her love of this beany goodness comes through loud and clear. Ohhhhh, just wait until...
2021-07-0839 minGeopats AbroadAlbanian language quirks and cultural nuances: S7E7Send us a textLanguage, love, identity, everything shifting at once. Two Americans who barely traveled before the Peace Corps ended up mastering Albanian, building lives in tiny towns, and falling for a place that completely changed how they see themselves. Their stories about learning Albanian in real Albanian villages, picking up slang and dialects, switching between Albanian and Greek, and figuring out daily expat life through immersion and community are wild, and honestly it reminded me how much language is tied to belonging. If you want to hear what fluency looks like when it g...
2021-06-1053 minGeopats AbroadAlbanian, Serbian & Turkish Languages with Educator, Author & Advocate Elizabeth Gowing: S7E6Send us a textLanguage can be a lens into culture, a way to share our experiences and a tool to help others. These are some of the aspects of language that we discuss with guest Elizabeth Gowing. She worked in primary education in inner London before moving to the Balkans in 2006. From then until very recently she split her time between Kosovo, Albania and the UK. During her time in the Balkans she immersed herself in many of the languages used there and shares the cultural insights that she learned. One of these experiences while she w...
2021-05-2745 minGeopats AbroadLanguage Research in Nepal with the Folks from the Big & White Podcast: S7E5Send us a textIf you've ever wondered what it's like to live and do linguistic research in Kathmandu, Nepal, this episode is for you! Big & White, their podcasting nicknames, are two American Linguists who, until very recently were living in Nepal and creating a rather hilarious audio account of their daily lives on their podcast (the https://bigwhitepodcast.libsyn.com/website (Big & White podcast). Their connection and how they bounce off each other is so much fun to listen to. This is the main reason I became a fan of The Big & White Podcast in the...
2021-05-1325 minGeopats AbroadLanguage Learning Panel: International Podcast Day LIVE session Sept 2020: S7E4Send us a textOn September 30, 2020 I was thrilled to lead a language learning Podcasters panel for International Podcast Day. You can watch the video of this panel on YouTube, https://youtu.be/hR8fr0Hapo0, OR you can listen to this on this episode. Thank you to Dave and Steve, the geniuses behind IPD, for holding yet another amazing year's sessions of Podcasters from around the world. And for allowing us to use the audio versions of our panel on our podcasts. Since you are language lovers, you may want to check out the other IPD...
2021-04-2953 minGeopats AbroadLanguage Learning Panel: International Podcast Day LIVE session Sept 2020: S7E4Send us a textOn September 30, 2020 I was thrilled to lead a language learning Podcasters panel for International Podcast Day. You can watch the video of this panel on YouTube, https://youtu.be/hR8fr0Hapo0, OR you can listen to this on this episode. Thank you to Dave and Steve, the geniuses behind IPD, for holding yet another amazing year's sessions of Podcasters from around the world. And for allowing us to use the audio versions of our panel on our podcasts. Since you are language lovers, you may want to check out the other IPD...
2021-04-2953 minGeopats AbroadGerman Language Ponderings with Steph from Transcontinental Overload: S7E3Send us a textIn this episode, Steph Cook of Transcontinental Overload is kind enough to ponder 3 aspects of German that strike me (Geopats Steph) as strange. Her insights and humo(u)r about these differences is a sheer delight. You will never hear the German language in the same way again. Original publication date: July 17, 2020Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and head...
2021-04-1542 min
podcast – Walk Talk ChallengeStephanie Fuccio – Geopats Podcaster & Freelance Podcast EditorOn the Walk Talk Challenge day 2 Stephanie Fuccio of the Geopats Podcast Network shares her podcast journey from listener in 2005 to freelance podcaster, podcast editor, writer of all things podcast editing in 2021. • The history of #PodRevDay 2:37 • LIVE Global Women Podcast Editor Panels: April 2021 8:13 • Words of Wisdom 8:46 Discover more Continue Reading
2021-04-0210 minGeopats AbroadIdentity & Translation with Writer, Translator, Global Linguistic Soul Jeremy Tiang: S7E2Send us a textAs a writer and playright, words are what Jeremy Tiang uses to share his ideas about the world and all of its ambiguity. In his prose he addresses issues of identity, culture, and the boundaries of what we think these things mean. His upbringing in Singapore was multicultural and yet it was not. So much so that when asked what his first language is he replies, “It is complicated” and it is easy to see why.Singapore, very much like Jeremy and very much like most curious, discerning people such as yourself (y...
2021-04-011h 52Geopats AbroadHow relevant is A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway with two long term expat: S6E11Send us a textIn December 2019 my dear friend Shannon Martin and I sat down and recorded an episode about The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. We were so intrigued with the book that we wanted to repeat the process with the more autobiographical version of the book, A Moveable Feast.And then we both left China and you know what happened.We did record this follow up episode in mid-2020 but life was still hectic. So here it is, nearly a year later. Thank you to Shannon for being so patient...
2021-01-2856 min
Podcast Junkies - Storytelling Interviews & Conversations with Podcasters Podcasting Passionately247 Stephanie Fuccio - Ex-Pat & Pro-Pod06:00 – Stephanie Fuccio joins the podcast to share her podcasting origin story and her experience travelling and living in other countries 15:55 – Stephanie speaks to what inspired her to start multiple other podcasts 18:47 – Harry and Stephanie share how they have grown as podcast hosts and interviewers 31:26 – Stephanie lists the incredible number of podcasts she’s working on 35:17 – Stephanie shares the origin story behind Podcast Review Day (PodRevDay) and biggest lessons she’s learned from working on this project 51:20 – What is something that Stephanie has changed her mind about recently and the most misunderstood th...
2021-01-1455 minGeopats AbroadOne Year Later, "Schadenfreude, A Love Story..." With The Author, Rebecca Schuman: S6E9Send us a textOne year ago today Nicole from the Expat Cast, former guest and guest Host Tatjana and I discussed the book Schadenfreude, a Love Story: Me, the Germans and 20 Years of Attempted Transformations, Unfortunate Miscommunications, and Humiliating Situations That Only They Have Words for in an episode. After I moved to Berlin, Germany I posted a photo of my neighborhood and Tatjana reminded me that this street was mentioned in the book. I decided tor reread the book and also reached out to the Author to see if we could ask her some questions...
2021-01-0741 minGeopats AbroadTalking Banana Yoshimoto's "Kitchen" with Book Nerd Tokyo Yuki Tejima and Guest Host Tatjana: S6E8Send us a textWelcome to the bookish world of Japan. Guest Host Tatjana from Craving Expat Life chats with Yuki fromBook Nerd Tokyo about Japanese books, specifically Banana Yoshimoto’s “Kitchen” in this conversation. They explore Yuki’s life between Japan and the USA as well as Tatjana’s discovery of Japanese literature, translations, and stereotypes. Original publication date: May 29, 2020Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time...
2020-12-241h 01Geopats AbroadPatience and Balance Online: Geopats Online Return Guest,Jo of Life in BreathsSend us a textOur first guest on Geopats Online (then called Virtual Expats) in September 2018 was Joanna Czutkowna, Founder of Life in Breaths & I went shopping today. When we first met back then she was very passionate about sustainability within the fashion industry and also about redefining how we view age, beauty and the ability in how we design. Even though we have both moved from China to other places, it's been a joy to watch her projects grow and inspire people online. In today's episode you get to hear from Jo again but recently. She...
2020-12-212h 06Geopats AbroadCzechia book culture with Strong Sense of Place: S6E7Send us a textDo you read about a place before traveling there? Yup, so do we. By we I mean Mel and Dave, two American expats living in Prague, Czech Republic and Creators of the Sense of Place Podcast. Oh, and myself. In a few podcast episodes Mel and Dave have already perfected the art of diving deep into a place via books and the people who love them. Original publication date: February 21, 2020Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small c...
2020-12-1016 minGeopats AbroadThe Sun Also Rises With Two Expats in Shanghai, China: Shannon Martin & Stephanie Fuccio: S6E6Send us a textYears ago an expat friend of mine made a comparison with the Lost Generation in Paris in the 1920’s and Western expats in Asia in the early 2000’s and I have never forgotten it. Shannon Martin returns to the Geopats Podcast for a dive into Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” book about his slice of the Lost Generation so that we can dig into this expat generation comparison with about 100 years time difference between them. We will be following up with a conversation about Hemingway’s more autobiographical version of “The Sun Also Rises”...
2020-11-261h 14Geopats AbroadThe Sun Also Rises With Two Expats in Shanghai, China: Shannon Martin & Stephanie Fuccio: S6E6Send us a textYears ago an expat friend of mine made a comparison with the Lost Generation in Paris in the 1920’s and Western expats in Asia in the early 2000’s and I have never forgotten it. Shannon Martin returns to the Geopats Podcast for a dive into Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” book about his slice of the Lost Generation so that we can dig into this expat generation comparison with about 100 years time difference between them. We will be following up with a conversation about Hemingway’s more autobiographical version of “The Sun Also Rises”...
2020-11-261h 14Geopats AbroadWhat was rural China like in the early 20th century? S6E5Send us a textIn this podcast episode, I am honored to talk with Tina Kanagaratnam about the book The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck. Tina is a Bookish Expat with both strong literary and historical knowledge of China. I have been to a number of bookish events in Shanghai where Tina has joined in to provide some historic context to the texts that we were discussing. Every time I have blown away by how knowledgeable, insightful and personable she is. Tina is one of those people that balances intelligence, perspective and humor perfectly. O...
2020-11-121h 18Geopats AbroadHow was Germany different in the 1990's? S6E4Send us a textWhat do you get when you have two American Expats and one German Expat talk about a book by a former American Expat living in 1990’s Former East Germany? This culturally windy episode dripping with heaps of blasted stereotypes, linguistic gems and lots of laughter. We are delighted to have Nicole Palazzo, Host of the Expat Cast Podcast on the show today. Her interview with me in February this year on the Expat Cast is a big reason why Bookish Expats exists so danke Nicole! More on the book that we talked about be...
2020-10-291h 16Geopats Abroad“The Global Soul” by Pico Iyer With Two Podcasting Expats: S6E3Send us a textThe Global Soul by Pico Iyer is a seminal geopat book. Stephanie and Summer (Steph’s Co-Host on the new podcast Creatively Complicated) dig into this book in a very big way. This is not a regular episode because Steph is not interviewing Summer about her reading story but instead they are discussing both of their reactions to this book. Summer read this book for the first time recently thanks (or no thanks, lol) to Steph’s persistent recommendation and Steph tried to reread it for the first time since she fell in love...
2020-10-151h 36Geopats Abroad“The Global Soul” by Pico Iyer With Two Podcasting Expats: S6E3Send us a textThe Global Soul by Pico Iyer is a seminal geopat book. Stephanie and Summer (Steph’s Co-Host on the new podcast Creatively Complicated) dig into this book in a very big way. This is not a regular episode because Steph is not interviewing Summer about her reading story but instead they are discussing both of their reactions to this book. Summer read this book for the first time recently thanks (or no thanks, lol) to Steph’s persistent recommendation and Steph tried to reread it for the first time since she fell in love...
2020-10-151h 36Geopats AbroadWhat's it like for this German expat living in India? S6E2Send us a textIn the podcast episode we chat with Tatjana, in her words “a German married to an Indian-Chinese - or Chinese-Indian depending on the mood of the day”. Tatjana grew up wanting to live in different countries, so she went into Hospitality in order to do so. Of course, at the same time she read voraciously. In fact, while living in Dubai, one of the six cities she has called home thus far, she met her husband. Just before she moved to India to be with him she started reading the works of Indian Auth...
2020-10-011h 33Geopats Abroad'Working With The Thais' with Podcasting Futurist Evo Terra: S6E1Send us a textIn the podcast episode we chat with Evo Terra . Some of you might remember him from season 2 of the Bangkok Podcast with Co-Host Greg Jorgensen, However, Evo’s podcast history goes back much farther than this. In fact, one of his podcasts was the 40th podcast of all time (there are rumored to be about 700,000ish podcasts listed in Apple Podcasts right now) and he wrote the first Podcasting for Dummies books. We recorded this interview about the time of his one year reverse culture shock anniversary (exexpatsary?) returning to the U.S. af...
2020-09-1755 minGeopats AbroadSocial Media As A Home Anchor with Tania of Swahili Secrets: S5E11Send us a textCan social media ground us and make us feel more at peace in this crazy world? This conversation with Tania from Swahili Secrets will present an answer to this question that is not common but very refreshing. Tania was born in Kenya and moved around a lot. Her geographical footprint includes 4 other African countries, Thailand, Austria and Germany. Although she calls Germany home, her heart and her projects revolve around Kenya. In this conversation we follow her online journey from her first chat room all the way through to her current d...
2020-08-2053 min
The Bittersweet LifeExpat Move Time Warp (with Stephanie Fuccio)The uncertainty of the expat life is magnified by life during a devastating global pandemic. But how often to you get to hear from the same person, just before and then during a major catastrophe that touches virtually every person in the world? Today we're joined by Stephanie Fuccio, Italian-American long-term expat (mostly in Asia), and host and creator of the Geopats podcast network. Through the magic of radio we hear from Stephanie, first back in January, days before she moved from Shanghai to Berlin, then a month later after she had settled in the German capital...
2020-08-1736 minGeopats AbroadExpat Isolation & Music with James Errington, Centuries of Sound Podcast: S5E10Send us a textHas music ever soothed your soul and made you feel connected again? Yes, me too. And it sounds like the same happened to James when he was an expat for well over a decade. He is back in his home country now so his perspective on his time in the Czech Republic and China are especially poignant. As is the origin story for his intensely researched and impressively sounding podcast, the Centuries of Sound. Original publication date: July 18, 2020Top 3 services that have help me while living in different cou...
2020-07-2323 minGeopats AbroadWhat's it like for this South African to live in Germany long term? S5E9Send us a text “...they say that it gives them a perspective of Germany from outsiders eyes. That was a surprise for me.” Shaun, Host of Expat Life GermanyThe Germany Experience (formerly Expat Life Germany) is one of those podcasts that you listen to as you are doing something else (for me I was cleaning the apartment) and then find yourself stopping, grabbing a drink and sitting down to listen. Why? Because the authentic, thinky conversations that Host Shaun has with his guests are so calm and intriguing that you want to give them your...
2020-07-0928 minGeopats AbroadRwanda, China & the U.S. Internet With Former American Expat Keturah Kendrick, Author of "No Thanks": S5E8Send us a text"I actually believe that China is about 15 times more advanced in the usefulness (with social media) than the United States." Keturah Kendrick. Keturah’s online activities changes a lot when she moved to China, but not in ways that you think. Keturah is an intelligent, articulate and delightful person to talk to. I met her at a Podcast Creators meeting in Shanghai, China a few months ago and knew instantly that she needed to be on this podcast for y'all to meet. Her honesty on her online activities pre and post mov...
2020-06-2558 minGeopats AbroadInternet Habits with Yunus Emre Karasakal: Brazilian Jiujitsu Instructor and Douyin Content Creator: S5E7Send us a textIn this episode I am pleased to welcome Yunus Emre Karasakal, a Turkish expat in Shanghai, China. Yunus is a Brazilian JiuJitsu (BJJ) Instructor here in Shanghai as well as an Abu Dhabi World Pro Masters Champion (Brown Belt) and an IBJJF Asian Open Champion (Brown and Black Belt). Yes, for the language geeks, he gives BJJ instruction in English and Chinese and yes, we chatted about him coming on the Changing Scripts show soon, don’t worry. Yunus is the first expat I’ve talked to that spends more time on his host...
2020-06-111h 59Geopats Abroad"My Experience Is Where I am From" Ting, Third Culture Kid Onlineness: S5E6Send us a textIn this podcast episode, I chat with Ting, a Third Culture Adult who is currently interviewing fellow TCKs and TCAs about their experiences. I first heard about her project when I went to a TCK event in Shanghai earlier this year. During this event Ting shared her experiences living in China, Singapore, the U.S. and Hong Kong- all before she graduated from college. She had, as many geopats do, a complex mix of conflicting emotions and experiences connected to this multicultural identity. More on her story in a moment.Original...
2020-05-281h 34Geopats AbroadA Colocated American Expat Film & TV Writer, Producer, Director and Podcaster: Brendan Davis: S5E5Send us a textIn this podcast episode we chat with Brendan Davis, an American expat who has lived in China for many years. Brendan is a Film and TV Writer, Producer, Director and fellow Podcaster. His podcasts are: If I Knew You Better, Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom and How China Works. Brendan somehow has kept grounded as has been involved with some pretty spectacular creative projects globally. Okay, to be honest, he is a bit crazy, good crazy, as his website, https://www.crazyinagoodway.com admits to. The kind of crazy that you want...
2020-05-141h 37Geopats AbroadKelly Merks Of The Bullet Trains & Bike Lane Blog On Desiring Mundanity Online: S4E4Send us a textIn this podcast episode we chat with Kelly Merks, a Texas expat who has lived abroad since 2011, in Japan and in the Netherlands. Her Twitter bio tells is: “A Texan full of fernweh (NOTE: “fernweh is a German word that means “ A Farsickness or Longing for Unseen Places.). Noob knitter and clay thrower. Fairy godmother of @WeAreXpats, a project of @xpatarchive: http://wearexpats.org “@WeAreXpats is how Kelly and I first met online and connected over discussions of place, social medianess and expat life. For those of you not familiar with rocur accoun...
2020-04-301h 32Geopats AbroadHao Wu, Director of People's Republic Of Desire On His Own Virtual Habits Binationally: S5E3Send us a textIn this podcast episode we chat with China-United States Binational Documentarian Hao Wu about how his movement between these two countries has affected what he has done online, both in personal and professional capacities. Hao grew up in China and has had healthy movement from China to the U.S. and back in his adult life. Although he is currently based in New York City, he admits that he is most interested in stories about China.One of these China focused projects, People’s Republic of Desire, is about the Chinese live...
2020-04-1644 minGeopats AbroadExpat in China? Here’s How Life Abroad Can Reshape Your Online World: S5E2Send us a textIn this podcast episode we chat with long term China Expat Andy Curtain about his geographical movement from Melbourne, Australia to Shanghai, China and what effect it had on his online activities/presence. Even though he was online quite early in Australia with IRC and ICQ, he admits that most of his current online activities have been utility based, focusing on his stand up comedy promotions and community building. As a fellow Content Creator (and Influencer, lol), I find it very interesting that the making of his podcast, Stuck in the Mid...
2020-04-021h 23Geopats AbroadHow did this expat not expat coexist in Australia and China? S5E1Send us a textIn the Podcast episode, we talked to Tanya Crossman, author of Misunderstood The Impact of Growing Up Overseas in the 21st Century about her experiences learning and using Mandarin Chinese since she was a teenager. Tanya has a deep connection both to Chinese culture and language but her language story does not stop there.Original publication date: April 1, 2019Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's...
2020-03-191h 37Geopats AbroadVirtual Habits In Ecuador, the U.S, UK and China with Eva Yoo, Founder of Seekroad.com: S4E12Send us a textIn this podcast episode we chat with Eva Yoo, a Korean Tech Journalist who has lived in the U.S., the UK, Ecuador, Israel and China. Last year she completed an 8 month cycling trip from Shanghai, China to the UK, along the ancient Silk Road.During this trip she did many interviews with people working in startups. But Eva is so much more than the sum of these actions: she is a kind, thoughtful and curious person who makes the balancing of IRL and VRL (offline and online lives) look easy...
2020-02-201h 20Geopats AbroadAlexandra Talty, An American Travel Journalist Based In Beirut, Lebanon: S4E11Send us a textIn this episode we chat with Alexandra Talty, an American who has lived on and offline in Italy, the Dominican Republic and Beirut, Lebanon, where she has been based for 4 years now. Over the years Alexandra has taken full advantage of online opportunities available via blogs/blogging, social media platforms, and YouTube.She maintains a healthy IRL-VRL (online-offline) balance with regular social media fasts and by participating in and hosting online groups that meet in person. She is very honest and candid about her experiences being a foreign, American, female Journalist...
2020-02-061h 22Geopats AbroadFrom Canada to Thailand Online with Greg from The Bangkok Podcast: S4E10Send us a textTHIS WEEK we chat with Greg from the Bangkok Podcast . Greg moved from his passport country of Canada to Thailand 17 years ago. His IRC chatroom habits at home changed quite a bit since this move and we try to sort out (Canadian vowel here folks!) if it was the changing digital landscape or his move to another country (and all of the cultural and social changes that go with the expat experience) that brought on these changes, including writing his blog, Greg to Differ and creating the Bangkok Podcast.Original publication...
2020-01-231h 18Geopats AbroadDoes going viral on social media make you rich? S4E9Send us a textTHIS WEEK we chat with Creatrix Tiara. Tiara started interacting with others online in chat rooms at 10 years old while IRL living in Malaysia. Over the years Tiara’s geographical path has included locations in Malaysia, Australia and the U.S. While Tiara’s geographic life shifted, Tiara’s online life seems to have had an upward trajectory in notariety and impact due to the candid and eloquent vocalization of immigrant and queer issues.Like many Online Content Creators, Tiara’s work going viral has not balanced notoriety with financial freedom. Judging fr...
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The More Sibyl Podcast자유를 위해| The One with Stephanie Fuccio – Hysterectomy Saved My Life?: Episode 42 (2019)THE MORE SIBYL PODCAST PRESENTS: The One with Stephanie Fuccio– Hysterectomy Saved My Life?
Hello Mosiblings! Merry Christmas!!!
Here’s reintroducing Stephanie Fuccio! Steph, as I call her, is an amazing ball of energy! She’s one of my podmentors who has blazed the trails for people like me. Steph was born in New York City and has intentionally taught English in a few countries in places in Asia like Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan, and China. She currently lives in Shanghai. She is also the host of the Geopats Podcast.
Today, I am sha...
2019-12-261h 11The More Sibyl Podcast자유를 위해| The One with Stephanie Fuccio – Hysterectomy Saved My Life?: Episode 42 (2019)THE MORE SIBYL PODCAST PRESENTS: The One with Stephanie Fuccio– Hysterectomy Saved My Life?
Hello Mosiblings! Merry Christmas!!!
Here’s reintroducing Stephanie Fuccio! Steph, as I call her, is an amazing ball of energy! She’s one of my podmentors who has blazed the trails for people like me. Steph was born in New York City and has intentionally taught English in a few countries in places in Asia like Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan, and China. She currently lives in Shanghai. She is also the host of the Geopats Podcast.
Today, I am sha...
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The More Sibyl Podcast자유를 위해| The One with Stephanie Fuccio – Hysterectomy Saved My Life? : Episode 42 (2019)자유를 위| The One with Stephanie Fuccio – Hysterectomy Saved My Life?: Episode 42 (2019)Hello Mosiblings! Merry Christmas!!!Here’s reintroducing Stephanie Fuccio! Steph, as I call her, is an amazing ball of energy! She’s one of my podmentors who has blazed the trails for people like me. Steph was born in New York City and has intentionally taught English in a few countries in places in Asia like Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan, and China. She currently lives in Shanghai. She is also the host of the Geopats Podcast.Today, I am sharing Steph’...
2019-12-261h 11Geopats AbroadWas it shocking to move from Florida, USA to Shanghai, China? S4E8Send us a textThis week we expat chat with first time expat, Miicher, a Florida, US native who decided it was time for a change. Miicher is a teacher, an actor, a mom and a natural storyteller, which explains why her Facebook China Chronicles , where she has been sharing her experiences in Shanghai, China, have become such a hit. original publication date: December 18, 2018Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.
2019-12-2650 minGeopats AbroadAnh Ta, A Vietnamese Artist & Online Role Model living in the U.S.: S4E7Send us a textTHIS WEEK we are proud to have Anh Ta with us for a conversation about how geographic movement from Vietnam to the U.S. has affected her online experience. Anh is an Artist with a strong online presence that she carefully curated for both professional and personal usage.She originally moved from Hanoi, Vietnam to the U.S. for her Bachelor’s Degree and has just completed her Master’s Degree in Art recently as well. Congratulations Anh! She is currently creating art and sharing it and other aspects of her life...
2019-12-121h 16Geopats AbroadSteve Shares His Virtual Decisions in Guangzhou, Hong Kong and the UK: S4E6Send us a textSteve left the UK for a trip to Spain quite a number of years ago. After that trip he ended up living in Greece for a year and just reached his 6 year anniversary in Asia this month. After living a number of years both on and offline in mainland China, he moved to Hong Kong earlier this year, where he now works as a Life Coach.Like yours truly, he has been an avid user of online technologies and social media from the beginning and has a lot of stories of wo...
2019-11-282h 09Geopats AbroadBook & Philosophy YouTuber Mai Of the Intellect Grime Channel On Her Content Creation & Online Habits in Egypt & the UK: S4E5Send us a textMai, Creator of the Intellect Grime YouTube Channel, is an Egyptian YouTuber who produces content about Philosophy, languages and books. She learned about blogs from YouTube, has been on and off Facebook for years and uses an app to track her mobile phone usage. In short, she is an inspiring example of how we can take agency of our online selves.In this episode we talk about her virtual chronology as she grew up in Egypt and as she moved to the UK for university. Did her move IRL effect her ac...
2019-11-141h 31Geopats AbroadData Scientist and Computational Linguist Sowmya Vajjala Shares Her Online Habits in India, Germany & The U.S : S4E4Send us a textSowmya Vajjala is a Data Scientist, a Computational Linguist and one of the most intelligent and down to earth people you will ever meet. She is from India, lived in Germany for her PhD program and then taught at Iowa State University in the U.S., which is where I met her. She has since moved to Toronto, Canada, where she was during this conversation. Personally, she has impacted my life in ways I am only beginning to understand.But that is all explained in the podcast itself. Her perspective on if...
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The Creativity Roots PodcastConversation with Stephanie Fuccio - Creativity Roots - S2E22Creativity Roots - Episode 22 by Ronald Paredes
Stephanie Fuccio is a fellow podcaster, but not an ordinary one. She has made of her passion for podcasting, communication, connectivity, culture, and education an amazing mix that is already touching and influencing those who follow and listen to her with engaging, interesting and I might add, a continuous stream of online content.
Stephanie is currently producing 4 regular and very active podcasts, Virtual Expats, Changing Scripts, Geopats, and the most recent called Creatively Complicated which she co-hosts with Summer Rylander.
Although she insists...
2019-08-281h 03Geopats AbroadLanguages, Voices & Sound with Chinese PhD Researcher Phoebe: S3E6Send us a textHow sound sensitive are you? Our guest today, Phoebe, grew up with Mandarin Chinese but has learned a myriad of languages including English, Finnish, German & more. But her sound talent goes far beyond languages into sound and voice research in her current PhD life in Ireland. She is currently researching the connection between recorded voices and listeners’ emotional responses to them. This sensitivity and Phoebe’s general curiosity touch every aspect of language that we discuss in this conversation. Original publication date: December 27, 2019Top 3 services that have help me wh...
2019-08-151h 38Geopats AbroadMandarin Chinese and English Simultaneous Interpreter & Natural Storyteller, Chinese National Liz, 沃维薇 (Wò wéi wēi): S3E4Send us a textIn this episode we talk to 沃维薇 (Wò wéi wēi), also known as Liz, about her dual Mandarin Chinese-English language experiences. Liz grew up in Shanghai, China with a passion for books and languages, which explains why and how she was reading English Sci-Fi at 14 years old. She is now a Simultaneous Interpreter, which is someone that is translating one language to another during a conversation at regular conversational speed. Yes, wow is the correct response to that.original publication date: December 18, 2018Top 3 services t...
2019-07-181h 34Geopats AbroadLanguage: From Mandarin Chinese to English in China and the U.S. with PhD Candidate Ziwei: S3E3Send us a textZiwei is originally from China’s. He's hands down one of the most intelligent, motivated, and hard working people I have ever known. We met in a Natural Language Processing class (taught by Sowmya, guest on the Virtual Expat Podcast in Iowa State University’s PhD in Applied Linguistics and Technology Program. In this conversation we talk about his experiences learning Mandarin Chinese and English as a child.original publication date: November 17, 2018Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links s...
2019-07-041h 00Geopats AbroadCultural Flexibility In Mandarin Chinese & Finnish with Lotta: S2E16Send us a text In this episode we chat with Lotta, a Finnish college student who lived in Shanghai, China between High School and University. During part of that time she took intensive Chinese language courses. Lotta has continued with her Chinese language learning even after returning to Finland by using TV shows and other media until she can take more language classes at her university.Original publication date: May 7, 2019Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small c...
2019-05-091h 08Geopats AbroadFrom Teacher To Podcaster | Legendary Language Learner YouTube Channel: S2E15Send us a textThis episode is about half of a conversation that Matthew Boyle of Legendary Language Learner YouTube channel and I had about language teaching, content creation and the intersection between the two.Original publication date: March 24, 2022Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and headaches. https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥Chase Sapphire Credit Card: annual fee, N...
2019-04-2530 minGeopats AbroadLinguist, Author & Jazz Musician David Moser Chats About The Intersection Of Music And Language: S2E14Send us a textHow much overlap is there between music and language? Sinologist, Linguist, Jazz Pianist & returning Geopat Podcast Guest, David Moser, joins us again for a dive into this question. Original publication date: March 13, 2020Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and headaches. https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥Chase Sapphire Credit Card: annual fee, NO currency convers...
2019-04-1143 minGeopats AbroadHow does this Korean expat balance her social media usage?Send us a textIn this podcast episode we chat with Eva Yoo (https://www.seekroad.co/) , a Korean Tech Journalist who has lived in the U.S., the UK, Ecuador, Israel and China. Last year she completed an 8 month cycling trip (https://www.seekroad.co/) from Shanghai, China to the UK, along the ancient Silk Road.During this trip she did many interviews with people working in startups. But Eva is so much more than the sum of these actions: she is a kind, thoughtful and curious person who makes the balancing of IRL a...
2019-03-261h 21Geopats AbroadLanguage Talk with Yunus Emre Karasakal: Brazilian Jiujitsu Instructor in Shanghai, China: S2E13Send us a textThis week due to an evil head cold I have something different for you. This mini language episode includes:-a personal German language update (get ready to cringe) and-an unpublished language snippet from a previous interview with Yunus from September 2019. Original publication date: February 14, 2020Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and headaches. ...
2019-03-2115 minGeopats AbroadMandarin Chinese History with David Moser, Author of "A Billion Voices": S2E12Send us a textCan the making of a language be a riveting story? Yes, yes, and according to Sinologist, Linguist, Jazz Pianist & returning David Moser has thoughts on this idea.Original publication date: December 6, 2019Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and headaches. https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥Chase Sapphire Credit Card: annual fee, NO currency conversion fee. Used this in...
2019-03-0746 minGeopats AbroadFrom Struggling With Languages to Becoming The Lead Interpreter of the Beijing Olympics: Ryan Shuken: S2E11Send us a textHave you ever had to create your own path to succeed at something? That is exactly what Venture Capitalist did to become fluent in Mandarin Chinese. In fact, he was so successful at it that he ended up being the Lead Interpreter for the Beijing Olympics in 2008 in China. This is a 2 part interview about his amazing language learning story. Ryan Shuken: https://twitter.com/RshukenOriginal publication date: November 17, 2019Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a...
2019-02-2146 minGeopats Abroad“Language is the center of everything I do.” Linguist David Moser: S2E10Send us a textDavid’s Twitter bio says that he is a Sinologist, Linguist, Jazz Pianist and Author of "A Billion Voices: China's Search for a Common Language" but what it does not say (most likely due to understandable platform space constraints) is the thread of curiosity that permeates everything he does. That curiosity is infectious and one of the reasons why we are pleased to say that he has agreed to become a repeat guest on the Changing Scripts part of the Geopats Podcast. We need time and space to dig into the linguistic, psychological an...
2019-02-0742 minGeopats AbroadHow did Thom of Thomreads on Instagram learn Chinese? S2E9Send us a text In this podcast episode, Steph talks with Thom Clairmont, Thomreads on Instagram, a French university student who is studying Sinology in graduate school. Sinology is the study of Chinese language, history, customs and politics. He has studied French, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Russian but it is Chinese that he is the most fascinated with. In fact, he admits to not even liking learning languages until he started learning Chinese the last two years of high school.What is it about the language that pulled Thom in and kept his att...
2019-01-241h 03Geopats AbroadA Self Proclaimed Muddler of Mandarin Chinese, Angela: S2E8Send us a textIn this episode, we chat with Angela, a Canadian who went to China for the first time in 2006, which is where she met her husband. She left China and returned, as so many expats do. Lucky for me, she came back to China in 2010 and worked at the same school teaching Academic English to students who were about to study abroad. Angela’s relationship to languages and language learning is the complete opposite to mine: before learning Mandarin Chinese she fluently learned French, Spanish and Finnish, with a strong emphasis on spe...
2019-01-101h 01Geopats AbroadHow did this American expat (and puppeteer) learn Chinese slang? S2E7Send us a textNine Years Ago Joshua Ogden-Davis left graduate school in Texas, moved to China and taught himself Chinese. He is now a Mandarin Chinese Translator, does audio and video production in multiple languages, and is a Puppeteer. In this Changing Scripts podcast episode we dig into Josh’s fuller language story, including this switch from English to Mandarin Chinese as well as his experiences with Spanish, German and English from his beforetime.Original publication: May 22, 2019Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll...
2018-12-272h 00Geopats AbroadHow did this serial American expat learn Chinese as a Journalist? S2E6Send us a textIn this episode we continue our conversation with Eric Olander about his 33 year Mandarin Chinese language learning experience. Eric is a Journalist, Blogger, Media Executive, and Co-Founder and Managing Editor of the China Africa Project which includes the China in Africa Podcast, which he co-hosts weekly with Cobus Van Staden.Original publication date: march 12, 2019Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, mon...
2018-12-1353 minGeopats AbroadLoving The Brain Burn of Learning Mandarin Chinese with American Von: S2E5Send us a textThis week we talk to Von, an American who grew up around Mandarin Chinese via martial arts and later intentionally slid into learning to read the language as well. Von thought the first 4 of the 5 years he studied Chinese were easy because he viewed it similar to the frequent practice of any new skill. But then the grammatical difficulty, script changes, and genre differences kicked in and the “brain burn” began.But that has not stopped his progress at all. He studies usually in intensive two week increments of about 6 hours a day and th...
2018-11-2948 minGeopats AbroadCreating Mandarin Chinese Card Games After Becoming Fluent in Chinese with Matthew Boyle: S2E4Send us a textIn this episode we talk to Matthew Boyle, who started learning Mandarin Chinese thanks to an administrative error in his Arabic class registration at university. In 2011, he moved from the East Coast of the United States to Southern China and started to “play with the language” immediately.Original publication date: December 6, 2018Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and hea...
2018-11-151h 17Geopats AbroadUsing Reading As A Gateway Into Mandarin Chinese with British Expat in China, Ian: S2E3Send us a textThe first time I met Ian we were walking around Shanghai for a work event, talking about the challenges of learning Mandarin Chinese. When he casually described the Mandarin Chinese script (cursive) book he had to special order, my mouth dropped and I made a mental note to ask him to be on the podcast later. Thankfully he agreed to do this.Original publication date: October 21, 2018Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Tra...
2018-10-211h 42Geopats AbroadDid writing about moving to China impact this expat's daily life? S1E10Send us a textAntonella Moretti is the Author of Parsley and Coriander, a fictional book about an Italian expat community in Suzhou, China. Antonella has lived in Suzhou for many years herself and draws upon her personal expat experience for this narrative. In this episode we asked Antonella about her two bookish hats: expat reader AND expat Writer. We discuss her love of reading books about China, what led her to write this book on an expat experience in China and about the publication and translation process. Original publication date: June 28, 2019
2018-09-061h 20Geopats AbroadWriting about Swedish Cheese as an American Expat in Germany: S1E9Send us a textIn this episode we chat with Summer Rylander, an American expat who has been living in Nuremberg, Germany since 2015. Summer is a freelance food and travel writer with a fondness for cooking, reading, daydreaming, procrastinating, and taking long walks with podcasts. Her latest droolworthy publication in Culture Magazine is about Swedish cheese (yes, it’s a thing!). When Summer gets writing hungry, she also posts about food and cooking on her blog, Eat Something Go Somewhere.Summer's website: https://www.summerrylander.com/Original publication date: June 4, 2019To...
2018-08-231h 17Geopats AbroadA Nigerian's First Year in The United States: S1E8Send us a textIn this episode we chat with Expat Mo from the More Sibyl Podcast. She describes this show as “a podcast about culture and cultural nomads designed for Blacks and Asians and those who love them.” Mo is a Nigerian-born, US-educated, Korean-speaking, Struggling Intellectual.I enjoyed chatting with Mo so much about her Facebook posts from her first year in the U.S. Her reflections on her own posts and the discussion that ensued really got me thinking about what we take for granted when we grow up in a culture AND what we...
2018-08-091h 31Geopats AbroadSeeing Hangzhou, China Through the Eyes of a Young Writer: S1E7Send us a textThis week we expat chat with Hannah Lund, who is magnetic, funny and thinky. Her geographic trajectory includes her home state of Minnesota and a quiet town in Iowa in the U.S., Paris, France and Hangzhou, China. In 2012 it was a mystical story involving a character called Madame White Snake, set in Hangzhou, which was the inspiration for this move to China but Hannah soon found out there were so many more unexpected surprises that would come from this experience. Original publication date: November 26, 2018Top 3 services that h...
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