Episodes
On Late Blooming & Inflection Points with Eleaneor
Feb. 2, 2023
Season 7, Episode 18. Eleanor is a late bloomer. She moved abroad on more or less a whim in the late 1990s, when she was in her late 20s. Eleanor was working in tech at the time, and although her initial move abroad was rat…
First Impressions of Germany with Kendall Long
Jan. 26, 2023
Season 7, Episode 17. Kendall Long is now a resident of Germany! You may know her from her appearances on The Bachelor or Bachelor in Paradise. Now, this LA local is calling Stuttgart, Germany home, along with her fiance and…
Welcome to America, For Better or For Worse with Austyn
Jan. 19, 2023
Season 7, Episode 16. We're catching up with Austyn from Expat Hour. Austyn started her podcast while living in the Netherlands with her four kids and her husband. About two years ago, Austyn ended her podcast to focus on a …
Travel Germany: The Black Forest with Trash Jenny
Jan. 12, 2023
In the Travel Germany series, different places across Germany are featured in interviews with expats who relocated there. Today, we learn about the Black Forest!
Expat Repat Re-Expat with Lindsey
Jan. 5, 2023
Season 7, Episode 14. Lindsey absolutely loved her life in Zurich, Switzerland. But still, she moved back to her home country, USA. After years and years of living the best life she and her family could in the US - we're tal…
Viva la Deutschland, Baby! with Marlene
Dec. 29, 2022
Shortly after moving to Berlin, Marlene faced a series of serious challenges: housing insecurity, job insecurity, visa insecurity, health and mental issues, relationship difficulties, and financial problems.
I'm Moving! Collab Episode with The Germany Experience
Dec. 22, 2022
Shaun from The Germany Experience and Nicole from The Expat Cast are coming together for a special episode: a call to donate to their charity of choice this holiday season, and a big announcement from Nicole.
Making Friends Abroad with Hannah Teslin
Dec. 15, 2022
Season 7, Episode 11. Hannah Teslin moved to Germany years ago for a relationship. When it ended, she found herself in a situation where she had to rebuild her life in Germany, but this time, for herself. Her path to indepen…
The Only Belonging You Need Is In Yourself with Aditi
Dec. 8, 2022
Season 7, Episode 10. Aditi's career has taken her from her small hometown in India to various bigger Indian cities, and even abroad to Italy, Austria, the US, and Germany. Although the moves have provided many amazing oppor…
How To Build a Healthy Intercultural Relationship
Dec. 1, 2022
Season 7, Episode 9. This one's for the love expats! The people - mostly women - who moved abroad to close the distance on a long-distance relationship, or to keep their relationship unit together after a geographical change…
An American in Austria with Jo
Nov. 24, 2022
Season 7, Episode 8. Jo and her husband moved from the western US to Vienna, Austria about a year and a half ago. They've really made the most of their time in Europe by traveling several weekends per month, and Jo creates b…
Preparing to Move Away from Germany with Jaedyn
Nov. 17, 2022
Season 7, Episode 7. We caught Jaedyn in a weird time: between deciding to move and actually doing the moving. Jaedyn is from Canada and has been living in Stuttgart, Germany for 4.5 years. Just when she found peace with the…
Finding and Defining ”Home” with Keltie
Nov. 10, 2022
Season 7, Episode 6. Where do you call home? For many expats, the question isn't an easy one to answer. Many places? No place at all? Keltie Maguire is a Clarity Coach who moved from Canada to Germany several years ago. She …
Q&A with Your Host, Nicole
Nov. 3, 2022
Season 7, Episode 5. "You asked, I answer!" Listeners submitted questions on Instagram for Nicole to answer, which she does with the help of her best friend and previous guest, Zoe. Questions include: What's one thing you k…
Pivoting to Tech and Digitalisation in Germany with Laurel
Oct. 27, 2022
Season 7, Episode 4. Laurel fell in love with Berlin on a solo trip and decided to make the big move. But it wasn't her first big move. Laurel is from Indiana but moved to LA for several years. She shares how the culture sho…
Voicing Your Desires & When Everything Align with Esther
Oct. 20, 2022
Esther speaks about her time teaching criminal law in Tübingen, her Freiburg era, and her decision to move back to the US - and how voicing her desires and staying flexible has led to a series of moments where everything ali…
Remote Work & Digital Nomadship with Chase
Oct. 13, 2022
Chase works fully remote, or "remote first." In fact, he's SUCH a remote work nerd that he has a podcast about it and works for a company that specializes in it. He talks to Nicole - a digital nomad skeptic - about his exper…
Identity Burps & Being Vulnerable to the Whims of Life with Ditte
Oct. 6, 2022
Ditte is an artist from Denmark. Though drawing is like breathing to her, a main passion was dancing tango. Then she moved to Berlin, a hub for tango, and... no longer felt like dancing tango. What's going on?? Easy answer: …
Mid-Break Life Update, July 4th Event
June 30, 2022
Nicole is popping by about halfway through a longer podcast break to update you on some news! First, some life updates about travel, visits from home, and thoughts from abroad about the recent loss of the constitutional ri…
Deciding to Have Kids or Not When Living Abroad
March 24, 2022
Do you want to have kids or not? How has your geography impacted this? We asked these questions to the listener community, and their answers range from YES to NO to MAYBE.
Ask the Expat with Idan from Unmatch Me Now
March 17, 2022
Nicole and fellow podcaster Idan from Israel answer listener questions and quandaries in Ask the Expat. We give our best go at answering questions sent to us from expats all over.
Libraries & Librarians Abroad with Katherine
March 10, 2022
What's it like to be a foreigner working as a librarian in Germany? We've got two international librarians here to tell you!
Moving Abroad at Age 15 with Nyla
March 3, 2022
When she was 15, Nyla moved from the US to Germany. She had to learn the language from scratch and adjust to a new culture, all while those delightful teenage hormones are there messing with your emotions.
Life as a Single Mom in Germany with Tanya
Feb. 24, 2022
Tanya moved from California to Germany when her son was 2. She had been single parenting until that point, and when she moved abroad, her then-husband was able to provide support. After she and he divorced, Tanya found herse…