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Making Expat Life Large
A catch up podcast for the New Year. Both Kirsty and Nikki’s youngest expat/repat children have now graduated from school and are on t...
Kirsty and NIkki discuss how differently there lives may had been had they done what they’d originally planned. Kirsty’s favouri...
Starting a chat with someone new can be a little scarier when you’ve lost that expat hook. You know the chat – so how long have...
This week we discuss Expats the television series based in Hong Kong. The series is adapted from the novel The Expatriates written by Janice...
What is a good salary in Doha? London? Jakarta? We’ve all seen the questions based on how much money you need to make to survive, today we h...
The Trailing Spouse is dead – this week on the podcast we talk about why the “Accompanying Spouse” has arrived. I mean the...
This week on the podcast we answer a question from the Fatterati’s “Should I go home?” We also discuss the complications of re-acquainting y...
🎧 Nikki has repatriated and she’s yet to make a new friend BUT it’s not all bad because she’s living in paradise AND she’s discovered her n...
This was Nikki’s very last podcast before she repatriated. The post When do you spill the beans that you’re moving? Long term postings...
It’s been seven hours and sixteen years…yes I know the song doesn’t go like that but it fits with the intro. It’s be...
What are some of the unique challenges long term expats face? Savings and superannuation, self care and medical issues? Heart breaking frien...
Also, the ageist expat are you a victim or a perpetrator? Kirsty’s three things: Shrinking, The Big Swing and while we’re on the...
Welcome to our first live audience podcast recorded in Singapore – yes yes Kirsty was in Singapore in 2016 but it was a 4 kids, 20 sui...
Nikki is dealing with the realities of the impact her expat life has had on her family relationships and describes how it feels like a bit o...
How will you settle? Expats traditionally have itchy feet so how do you settle when you’re heading home? How will you plan your expat...
How will you cope with no-one giving a flying fig about your expat life when you’re home for the holidays or repatriating? Kirsty and Nikki...
Will you be with family or without for the festive season? What do you do to make your holiday season special or is the holiday season non e...
In our would you/could you we discuss what Covid restrictions look like in China right now. Would you/could you move there? We talk to the C...
This week on the podcast we discuss travelling between countries with medications and how to navigate when you’ve been prescribed something...
This week’s episode is all about the World Cup both in Qatar and South Africa. I’ve written a piece about living in Qatar and th...
A quick chat about having the World Cup on your door step. Who has the longest work hours and is it just a part of Expat Life? Should you pu...
Are you ‘randomly selected’ for an extra pat down every time you make your way throught the airport? We think we may know the re...
Nikki walks us through her covid on holidays experience. Would you/could you send packages to a transit hotel? What are the rules? Do all ho...
In would you/could you this week we discuss expat insurance. What do you need? Are you paying too much? Or have you forgotten to pay at all?...
We begin with a couple of would you/could you questions. Would you / could you leave an apple air tag in your shipment (either air or sea) t...
We begin with a couple of would you/could you questions. Would you / could you leave your child in your home country and return to live in y...
Would you / could you agree to remote parenting roles while in separate countries? Nikki asks Why am I organising sleepovers from 10,000 mil...
Would you / could you (and where) would you swim in your current location? Would you / could you listen to a podcast at more than 1.0 speed?...
What happens when expat love turns sour. Two stories of betrayal, young love and then twenty years on, how do you protect yourself from gett...
This week in would you/could you? Would you/Could you go out without a mask where you live? Would you/Could you call Lunar New Year Chinese...
We put a call out to the Fatterati and today we have an absolute gift for you. Sit back and enjoy some beautiful expat love stories. How did...
What did we talk about in 2021, quite a bit! Here’s a recap of the best bit. February Kirsty – It’s a Sin Nikki – Bri...
Is there such a thing as your best Christmas ever? If so, where was it? We run through some of our favourite locations and moments as well a...
Omicron has broken the hearts of many expats this week. With some of us being days away from getting on a plane before flights were cancelle...
This week we discuss Austria’s decision to make covid vaccinations compulsory. Who’s next? Can you keep your job while being a vacine hesita...
This week we discuss the pros and cons of returning to your “home” country for the festive season. We’re also talking Chri...
How much sh*t do you ship? And what effect is it having on the planet? In the week of COP 26 we look at shipping containers and personal bel...
This week we talk about the death of the expat blog. Did Bloggers become influencers? Did Instagram kill the art of storytelling? Do we even...
This week we talk about the things you didn’t know you needed until you got there. Nikki is all over her new phone cover for her bike...
This week we talk about the best vaccination for international travel. What’s the most widely accepted? And will there be restrictions...
Business Travel. Are you ready for it? Are you busting to do it or are you a little bit wary? Personal travel is different (there’s a lot mo...
Our two fat questions are vastly different this week. We cover how will menopause affect my expat life? And then what shall I buy as a hoste...
If you had a chance to have a job in your home country (that you could do from anywhere) or a job locally, what would you choose? What makes...
Nikki gives us an insight into life in Denmark without covid restrictions. Spoiler alert…there was a buffet table! We discuss what air...
Okay I’m just going to put this out there. I talked about my clivia not flowering – and if that sounds really really naughty and rude...
Are you trying to get into Australia? This week we spoke to Sarah from Mindful Migration. Sarah explained the options for getting back into...
Kirsty has lost her tree, what was once a flourishing jungle appears to now be a burnt stump. Nikki on the other hand is trying to work out...
With Europe and the US opening up, but Australia shutting down who are the expats who will make it home for Christmas? Also we talk Internat...
How do you keep your medical records up to date when you travel? Have you registered your Covid vaccine in your home country. Nikki’s...
Okay, let’s get the down low on digital vaccine passports. When and how will they work? What’s your small world story? For Nikki...