Best Geopats Podcasts (2025)

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A Norwegian’s Lens on Hong Kong 1:46:16

4d ago1:46:16

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Send us a text Can you imagine taking 35,000 photos in one year? Photographer Thomas Sandfield did this his first year in Hong Kong. Join us on this Expat Rewind show for a flashback to this first year as an expat for Thomas and all the flicker fun he had. Thomas Sandfield: https://www.instagram.com/thomassandfield/?hl=en Traveling Mailbox: https:/…

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An Italian Author in China on Food Shocks, Expat Life & Writing Abroad 1:13:18

9d ago1:13:18

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Send us a text Love, loss,new beginnings, it's what we think of when we dream of moving abroad. But what about expat circle gossip or food culture shock moments. We rarely talk about those moments. Author Antonella does though, in her touching book, Parsley & coriander: Life in China with Italian flavor, which is set in Suzhou, China. Join us for t…

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A Kenyan's Story of Belonging Through Digital Spaces in Germany 45:48

16d ago45:48

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Send us a text Can 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, Austr…

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A Brit in Sustainable Fashion Navigating Life in China 2:03:50

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Send us a text Jo, a British expat who was living in Shanghai, China. Her wisdom, insight, humour and down to earth advice to other expats about how their online and geographical selves can, should, may and might influence each other is very inspiring. Traveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🤸🏽Music from Damon Castillo: https://ww…

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A Chinese national's multilingual experience with English, Japanese & French 1:48:06

30d ago1:48:06

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Send us a text Eric (his English name) grew up partly outside of Shanghai, China and then in Shanghai. He is now a Software Engineer that maneuvers through his Shanghai life in a multitude of languages including Mandarin Chinese, Shanghaiese, English, Japanese and French. Traveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🤸🏽Music from Damon …

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A Brit in Denmark listens to music 1:02:21

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Send us a text Has 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. Traveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🤸🏽Music from Damon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , https://keyframeaudio.com/ 🤸🏽 Need help with yo…

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A Finnish in China blogs 1:07:18

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Send us a text Can moving to the U.S. help a European expat have a smoother transition to living in China? Pia and her family just recently left Shanghai, China after living here for two years. I have met some active expats in my life but Pia takes the cake on really living life the fullest. She explored China, worked and volunteered locally, all …

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A German in Shanghai learns Chinese 1:18:33

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Send us a text Do bookworms learn languages better? In 2017 Angie was the Creator of T(h)ree of Books YouTube channel. She was also a German expat living in Shanghai, China. She had a few languages under her belt before she moved to Shanghai and started to study Mandarin Chinese. Angie decided to take the time to study Mandarin Chinese in a clas…

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An American in Shanghai, China blogs 1:03:18

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Send us a text Did you blog your way through your first experiences in a new place? Shannon Martin does this. She is an American who has lived in Shanghai, China for 6 years. In this two part interview she shares her first impressions of China via a blog post she wrote in 2012 with her current life in Shanghai. Shannon brings up many nuanced aspect…

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A New Yorker in China writes 37:42

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Send us a text The first year in a new country is always the hardest. Evan did what I did, he took to writing a blog to sort out the think through what he was seeing, experiencing and feeling. In this conversation we revisit an early blog post of his from when he first arrived in China. We chat about dogs, language and so many more nuanced aspects …

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A Chinese international student in Scotland writes 29:49

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Send us a text Do you have a spiritual home? Xing Zhao does. He's a Chinese Writer, Translator and former international student in Edinburgh, Scotland. Xing shares with us a blog post, Kapa Zhou, that he wrote during his first year studying in Scotland. He goes on to reflect on how his memories of that time period and how they are not fully represe…

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An American in South Korea writes 36:42

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Send us a text Have your expectations about a place ever gotten you into trouble? American expat Evan, also known as my husband, was kind enough to be our first guest on the podcast show back in 2017. He shared a group email that he wrote to his family and friends back home with us as well as what he thinks about his culture shock now, 20 years lat…

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REVISITING Geopats: Season 5 Begins 2:23

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Send us a text So much country to country movement is speeding up in 2025 so it feels like a good time to bring back the podcast. First, we're going to replay episodes and listen to your reaction. What should be next for Geopats? What do you need to hear? And then, we'll see what happens. Enjoy! 🤸🏽Music from Damon Castillo: https://www.damoncastill…

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Ep 20C: Recommendations & Season 4 Starts August 9th 13:06

6y ago13:06

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Support Me on Ko-fi This is a recommendation episode, where I tell you more about episodes from my other podcasts that came out this week AND some flashbacks to other episodes from the other three podcasts in my four podcast world. This episode is the exact same on all of the podcasts it is on this week, so if you are crazy enough to listen to more…

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Ep 20B: Recommendation: Hiatus listening 11:22

6y ago11:22

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Support Me on Ko-fi THE NEXT Changing Scripts podcast episode will be published at 12pm Friday, August 9th China time. (Which is 4pm Fri in Auckland, 9am Fri in Delhi, 6am Fri Cairo, 1am Fri in Rio de Janeiro, and 11pm Thur in San Francisco. For more locations, use this handy website: https://www.timeanddate.com/) Thom of ThomReads Instagram accoun…

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Ep 20A: Announcement: 2 podcast episodes out today & Changing Scripts Brief Break 8:08

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THE NEXT Changing Scripts podcast episode will be published at 12pm Friday, August 9th China time. (Which is 4pm Fri in Auckland, 9am Fri in Delhi, 6am Fri Cairo, 1am Fri in Rio de Janeiro, and 11pm Thur in San Francisco. For more locations, use this handy website: https://www.timeanddate.com/) Thom of ThomReads Instagram account will be our guest …

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Ep 20: Angela:A Self Proclaimed Muddler of Many Languages 1:01:08

6y ago1:01:08

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Support Me on Ko-fi In 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. Ang…

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Ep 19: Josh: Living Comfortably in a Third Culture Language Space 1:59:46

6y ago1:59:46

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Support Me on Ko-fi Nine 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 f…

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Ep 18: Lotta: Cultural Flexibility with Mandarin Chinese and Finnish 1:07:24

6y ago1:07:24

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Support Me on Ko-fi In this Changing Scripts podcast 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…

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Ep 17: Taylor: Languages as Family Members 1:29:59

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Support Me on Ko-fi In the Changing Scripts podcast episode, we talk to Taylor, an American Marketing Professional who grew up with a strong language learning curiosity. Mandarin Chinese was one of her first language loves and one that she has kept in contact with. I am using people analogies because Taylor used them in the interview and it is simp…

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Ep 16: Tanya Crossman: Learning Mandarin Chinese on 3 Continents 1:36:24

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Support Me on Ko-fi In 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. It als…

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Ep 15: Eric Olander of the China in Africa Podcast, Part 2 52:24

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Support Me on Ko-fi In this episode we continue our conversation from episode 8 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 Co…

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Ep 14: Von: Mandarin Chinese Language & Brain Burn 47:58

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Support Me on Ko-fi This 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 d…

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Ep 13: Liz aka 沃维薇 (Wò wéi wēi): Simultaneous Interpreter & natural storyteller 1:33:51

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Support Me on Ko-fi In 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 th…

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Ep 12: Matthew Boyle, Mandarin Chinese Card Game Master Extraordinaire 1:13:44

6+ y ago1:13:44

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Support Me on Ko-fi In 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. Matthew has progressed from learning M…

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Language: From Mandarin Chinese to English in China and the U.S. with PhD Candidate Ziwei 1:03:03

6+ y ago1:03:03

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Send us a text Ziwei 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…

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Ep 11: Ziwei: A talented, determined and focused language learner & researcher 1:00:02

6+ y ago1:00:02

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Support Me on Ko-fi In this episode we talk to Ziwei, who is originally from China’s Hunan Province. He is 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, episode 63 ) in Iowa State University’s PhD in A…

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Ep 10: Ian: Reading as a gateway into Mandarin Chinese 1:41:30

6+ y ago1:41:30

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Support Me on Ko-fi The 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…

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Ep 9: Jeremy Tiang: Writer, Translator and Global Linguistic Soul 2:05:22

6+ y ago2:05:22

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Support Me on Ko-fi As a Writer, Translator 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 …

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Ep 8: Eric Olander: from English to Mandarin Chinese 51:24

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Support Me on Ko-fi Eric Olander, co-host of the China in Africa Podcast: https://chinaafrica-podcast.com/, has been studying and using the Mandarin Chinese language for over 30 years. With this linguistic longevity comes language wisdom, a realistic perspective and sensible tools to give those of us studying the language a boost. His viewpoint on …

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Ep 7: Lucy, from Mandarin Chinese to English & Japanese 1:10:35

7y ago1:10:35

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Support Me on Ko-fi Lucy grew up in Shanghai, China speaking both Standard Mandarin Chinese and a local Songjiang dialect. She later learned other languages both as a child and an adult. Her descriptions of both the Chinese and foreign language classrooms in China are fascinating. She is now working in an English language workplace in Shanghai in t…

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Ep 6: Liv Lin in the shoe, from Cantonese to Spanish, English and Mandarin Chinese 1:31:13

7y ago1:31:13

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Support Me on Ko-fi Liv is in an interesting language experience right now. She grew in New York City using Cantonese with her Southern Chinese mother and some Mandarin Chinese with her Taiwanese father. She then picked up Spanish and English in her diverse NYC environment. She has traveled extensively and has learned a few more languages along the…

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Ep 5: Eric: from Chinese to English, Japanese and French 1:50:22

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Support Me on Ko-fi Eric (his English name) grew up partly outside of Shanghai, China and then in Shanghai. He is now a Software Engineer that maneuvers through his Shanghai life in a multitude of languages including Mandarin Chinese, Shanghaiese, English, Japanese and French. In this conversation we talk about: -how he learned his 1st language-bot…

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Ep 4: Yifei (from Chinese) & Phil (to Chinese) 1:34:45

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Support Me on Ko-fi This is our first group chat about Simplified Mandarin Chinese. In this episode we have Yifei, a Chinese college student in Shanghai and Phil from episode 2 fame (he's British), who is a Master's student and also works in Shanghai. Some of the things covered during this conversation are: -how they learned their 1st and 2nd langu…

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Ep 3:Angie, From German to Chinese in Shanghai, China 1:18:10

7y ago1:18:10

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Support Me on Ko-fi In this episode we chat with Angie, Creator of the T(h)ree of Books YouTube channel. Angie is from Germany and had a few languages under her belt before moving to Shanghai, China and studying Mandarin Chinese. She decided to take the time to study Mandarin Chinese in a classroom setting the first few months she was in the city a…

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Ep 2: Phil, From English to Chinese (including reading Chinese sci-fi) 1:43:33

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Support Me on Ko-fi This is the conversation that started the Changing Scripts Podcast. Phil and I initially did this interview for the Changing Scripts YouTube channel but it felt like too long of an experience for a video. It felt like a podcast. So here we are. Phil's journey learning Mandarin Chinese is nothing less than impressive. But he is h…

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Ep 1: Welcome to the Changing Scripts Podcast 3:46

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Support Me on Ko-fi You can follow all of our projects here: https://stephfuccio.weebly.com/ Would love to know what you think about this episode! Twitter, Instagram,LinkedIn,YouTube & Speakpipe (leave a voice message) Subscribe to Changing Scripts Podcast on : iOS , Android devices, Changing Scripts YouTube Channel, RSS, or join our email list: fo…

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Global souls, let's get grounded! 2:31

7y ago2:31

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Send us a text If you're thinking of living outside of your passport country OR like to learn more about different cultures around the world, welcome. These are conversations that I had with other long term expats about what grounded them in their other places in the world. 🤸🏽Music from Damon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame A…

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