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About Abroad
by Chase Warrington
Long-form discussions with thought leaders and expats around the world about building a life without borders. The opportunity to choose where you call home is more accessible than ever, so About Abroad delivers inspiration, adventure, and practical how-to-advice, for those who want to explore life in various corners of the globe. Whether you want to follow in our guests’ footsteps, live vicariously through them, or simply take a peek inside life abroad - you’re in the right place.
Episodes
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Traveling with pets & life abroad in Lyon, France, with the Founder of Avvinue
Nicole Caba joins About Abroad today to discuss her move to Lyon, France, and how her personal experience traveling the world with her dog, changed the trajectory of her life. She’s now the founder of Avvinue, a company hoping to reshape how we travel with our pets, which can unlock a life abroad...
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Island hopping through the Caribbean
Today my friend Claire joins me from the Bahamas, where she and her husband are currently calling “home”, after they traded their regular lives in the US for a new life aboard their catamaran. They now spend their winters island hopping, spearfishing and exploring the different cultures across…
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Growing up as a 3rd culture kid and exploring Nigeria
Tayo Rockson is a well known podcast host, author, professor, and consultant on subjects related to diversity and cultural differences. Today he joins the show to chat about his experiences as a 3rd culture kid and spending his formative years growing up as a Nigerian born foreigner in various...
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How to get an Italian passport and a quick tour through Italy
Anthony Calvanese is an American who joins the show today from Umbria, Italy, to share how he is calling this place home and working towards obtaining his Italian passport. Italy is one of the few countries in the world that has a formal and fairly straightforward process in place for foreigners…
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Teaching 35k+ people to live location independent with the CEO of Digital Nomad Kit
Hannah Dixon, the visionary founder of Digital Nomad Kit and creator of the Virtual Excellence Academy, on a journey through the dynamic world of freelancing, remote work, and social impact. She has empowered over 35,000 freelancers worldwide to follow in her footsteps and build location...
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Perpetually escaping winter via the Mauritius digital nomad visa
Esther and her husband have built a life that allows them to enjoy the summers in their home in Amsterdam, and escape to tropical hot spots during the winter - in this episode she shares with us how they got to this point, and takes us inside their life in sunny Mauritius off the east coast of...
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Audience Q&A and summer break announcement
In this episode we answer questions from the audience about moving abroad, travel, digital nomad families, visas, and much more! We also announce plans for a quick summer break from producing new episodes - tune in for full details. Contact Lexidy Law with the code AboutAbroad23 for 10% off your...
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Portugal visa and tax updates for expats + NHR, D7, the Digital Nomad Visa
Diana Andrade is the Head of Portuguese Immigration at Lexidy Law in Lisbon and today she stops by the show to share several updates on Portugal’s rapidly changing visa and immigration process for aspiring digital nomads and expats. It’s no secret that Portugal is one of the world’s top...
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Life in the Canary Islands & Co-living w/ the founder of RePeople
Today, Chase catches up with Nacho Rodriguez, the founder of RePeople. RePeople is dedicated to building a community around the world and specifically in the beautiful Canary Islands for remote workers, digital nomads, and others wanting to relocate to this part of the globe. They dive deep into...
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The great American road trip, CEO-style from an Airstream
This week Chase crosses paths with the Founder & CEO of wrkfrce, Jesse Chambers. Jesse and his wife left their comfortable lives in San Francisco to hit the road in a vintage Airstream, while founding a company and managing a global remote team. As an evangelist for the remote work movement, he…
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International taxes made cool by the Founder of Wanderers Wealth
Today we’re talking about everyone’s favorite subject - international taxes! Wait, don’t leave - I promise taxes can be cool. Chase sits down with the world traveling founder of Wanderer’s Wealth, Kathy Di Paolo, from her current “home” in Bali, to discuss her digital nomad lifestyle and answer...
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Up and coming digital nomad visas with the Co-founder of Citizen Remote
Tim Marting is the Co-Founder at Citizen Remote, a company that makes the moving abroad experience seamless by bringing all elements of your move into one space and fast tracking the process via their partners and tech. As an expat and longtime world traveler, Tim knows a thing or two about the...
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Moving abroad & financial education from the Founder of Wander Onwards
Vanessa Wachtmeister is the founder of the wealth & wanderlust platform, Wander Onwards. As an American currently living in Berlin and having spent many years globetrotting around the world, she knows a thing or two about building a life abroad. She shares her journey with us and how her clients...
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Moving to Dubai, tax advantages and building a new life abroad
Aurelie joins the show today to take us on her journey from France, around the world, and eventually landing in Dubai. She explains what attracted her to the United Arab Emirates, how it’s possible to leverage some of the tax breaks here, and the steps you can take to follow in her footsteps. We...
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Ditching NYC for the Prosecco Hills + other hidden gems in Italy
Nathan Heinrich is an American who officially moved to Italy four years ago, though his love affair with Italia goes back nearly 20 years. As the host of the well known podcast, I’m Moving to Italy, he regularly chats with fellow expats and experts who have also settled in all 20 regions of…
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How to get Italy’s new digital nomad visa
Italy’s long awaited digital nomad visa has finally arrived! Today we are joined by Italian immigration lawyer, Giancarlo Ostetto, from Lexidy Law in Milan, to discuss all the details. We cover eligibility requirements, processes, taxes, accommodation, costs, and many other details, so if you’re...
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Moving abroad (again), from London to Madrid, Brexit impact + entrepreneurship
Camilla Boyer recently “founded a company on Monday and moved to Spain on Tuesday”, and so far, has no regrets! Today she stops by About Abroad to share her experience moving abroad for the third time, sharing some of her tips for planning ahead, and a bit about life in España. We also dive into...
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Trading Silicon Valley for Vienna w/ the CEO of My Expat taxes
In this inspiring episode, we explore Nathalie Goldstein's journey from the high-pressure environment of Silicon Valley to the charming streets of Vienna, a city renowned for its exceptional quality of life. Embracing the dream of living abroad without sacrificing her career ambitions, Nathalie…
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Live interviews at Running Remote in Lisbon, Portugal
In today’s episode we’re trying something new - in person interviews at Running Remote, the world’s largest conference for remote workers, in Lisbon, Portugal. I spoke with with five guests about their reflections on Running Remote, experiences in Portugal and how they’re supporting the future of...
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Caribbean expat life, Belize & Honduras
Jeanna Barrett joins the show today from Roatan, Honduras and shares why she’s fallen in love with life in the Caribbean. After leaving Silicon Valley for a life that felt more like vacation, she spent six years on the islands in Belize and eventually made her way to one of the Caribbean's best...
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How to move abroad w/ the Founder of the Move Overseas Academy
Shawna Lum moved from the US to Spain 7 years ago, and after battling a series of personal changes that could have derailed her dreams of living abroad, she’s come to learn that if there’s a will to spend significant time in a foreign country, there is absolutely a way to do so. Today, Shawna is...
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Designing a location independent life abroad w/ The Designer MBA
Bal Sieber is a world-class designer who has been featured in publications such as Forbes, Fast Company, The Washington Post, and Entrepreneur Magazine, for his work with companies like Toyota, Nokia, and Disney, to name just a few. In the past, this type of professional success would have surely...
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Building Airbnb’s Live & Work Anywhere program + moving abroad & corporate nomadism
Q Hamirani is known by many as the creator of Airbnb’s famous Live & Work Anywhere program, as well as his work as a global HR leader, startup investor, Forbes contributor, founder, and many other initiatives in his professional life. But today we dive into his personal story, exploring his...
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Highlighting three top European digital nomad destinations w/ the founder of Great Shift
Domenico Pinto is the Founder of Great Shift, and an internationally recognized keynote speaker and author, who also happens to have traveled to 40+ countries, and lived abroad nearly all of his life. With long term stops in countries such as Germany, Italy, Portugal, Dubai, and Australia…
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Nomad Cruise and global adventures w/ Traveling with Kristin
Kristin Wilson joins the show again this week for a fireside chat about her recent global adventures. Kristin is one of the original and leading travel vloggers in the world, serving a massive following of subscribers on her award winning YouTube channel, Traveling with Kristin, as well as via…
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Life in Mexico + the world’s cheapest destinations w/ the OG of travel writing
We’re joined today by one of the world’s leading travel writing authorities, Tim Leffel. Tim has won countless awards as the author of books such as: The World’s Cheapest Destinations, Travel Writing 2.0, and the living abroad book, A Better Life for Half the Price. He’s also the editor of...
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Expat life in the Middle East & leveraging remote work for the greater good
Lorraine Charles joins us this week to talk about her life as an expat in Abu Dhabi, and various experiences across the Middle East. As a British citizen who has lived and worked on multiple continents, she shares some excellent advice on building a life abroad as an educator. We also discuss her...
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Co-living adventure trips & world travels w/ the Co-Founder of Remote-9
Giulia Verdinelli is the Co-Founder of Remote-9 and she joins the show today from Japan where she’s hosting a group of digital nomads on one of their wildly popular 20-day adventurous co-living trips. But this conversation takes us around the world, ranging from hiking volcanoes in Iceland, to...
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Audience Q&A Episode!
We’re back for another mailbag edition for the podcast. In today’s episode we crowdsource questions from the audience and answer them live on the show. We’ll discuss digital nomad visas, return to office mandates, horror stories from abroad, and a variety of other travel-related topics on…
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Celebrating 10 years on the road and LGBTQ+ travel w/ Foodie Flashpacker
Nathan Aguilera is known by many as the creator of the highly successful food blog Foodie Flashpacker, but he’s also an avid traveler originally from the US, currently celebrating 10 years of permanent globetrotting! He joins the show today from South Africa to share some of his learnings over…
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Moving to Portugal with the Co-Founder of Work From Anywhere
John Lee is the Co-Founder of Work From Anywhere and a close friend of About Abroad. In today's show, we invited John back to chat about his recent move to Portugal with his wife and three children. We dive into the reasons for the move, why they choose Portugal, and some tips and tricks he has…
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Rags to riches + location independent COO moves to France & parenting abroad
Ebony Belhumeur started from humble beginnings but today she’s a location independent COO at a thriving tech company and living abroad in an idyllic town outside of Paris with her four children and partner. Today she joins the show to share her personal story and explain how she was able to build…
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Remote to the rescue w/ the Founder of RoRemote
This week Chase meets with Rowena Hennigan, founder of RoRemote, one of the top remote-work advocates in the world, and an internationally acclaimed author and speaker, as well as a veteran of the digital nomad world, currently living abroad in Spain. She walks us through converting from a…
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Fireside chat with the Founder of Remote Workers Worldwide
In this episode the tables are turned as Mandy Fransz interviews Chase about his experiences living abroad, remote work, and some of the ups and downs with a nomadic lifestyle. Mandy is the Founder of Remote Workers Worldwide, the largest online community of remote workers in the world, with more...
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Spain vs France & remote work, w/ the Co-Founder of Jobgether
Alex Hernandez is a well-known future of work leader, as well as the Co-Founder of Jobgether, a flexible-work website designed to help job seekers find (truly) remote work, in whatever country they desire to work in. He’s also a French expat that has moved around the world, and after stops in...
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Italian citizenship by descent and European travels
Italy is one of the few countries in the world to offer a citizenship by descent program, which essentially allows you to obtain a passport and citizenship, if you can prove you have ancestors from that particular country. Today, Anthony Calvanese joins the show to share his experience completing...
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Navigating a new life in France w/ the Visitor Visa & Freelancer Visa
France is one of the most visited countries in the world, but the French doors are not only open to tourists - they also provide a super simple pathway to long term residency. Today we dive into the details of the French Visitors Visa and the French Freelance Visa, both of which offer the...
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“Remotifying” your resume & life in Mexico City
Join me on the latest episode replay of Andrea Valeria from Season 1. She’s a remote-work expert and founder of “It’s a Travel O.D.”. Originally from Panama, but currently living in Mexico City, Andrea shares her knowledge about and moving to various countries around the world and expat life in...
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Tech executive travels the world with his family
Ken Weary is a well known leader in the tech and remote work space, as the COO of the fully remote team at HotJar. When not leading 100s of employees spread across 30+ countries, he’s just living a typical life as a nomad dad and husband, traveling the world, homeschooling teenagers, and trying…
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Croatian island life & the new Digital Nomad Visa
Today’s guest is Jess Romano, an American who made the move to the Croatian island of Hvar. She was one of the first people in the world to receive Croatia’s Digital Nomad visa, which allows remote workers to come and live legally in Croatia! Jess walks us through the process to get the visa and...
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Life in Vietnam with Remote-how CEO, Iwo
Iwo is the Founder & CEO of Remote-how, a fully remote team, which teaches other remote teams and individuals, how to make remote work, work. He's a Polish citizen currently calling Vietnam home and has also lived all over Europe, the US, and Southeast Asia. Chase and Iwo dive into all aspects of...
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Exploring Italy and Budapest with the Founder of Anywhere Consulting
Peter Benei is the Founder of Anywhere Consulting, and a published author and podcast host, originally from Budapest where he helped create the Digital Nomad’s Budapest group. But these days you can find him splitting his time between his hometown and his favorite country in the world - Italy....
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Audience Q&A, 2023 travels & a life without borders
We’re back for another Q&A session, diving into the mailbag to answer questions from the audience. In this episode Chase covers a variety of topics, ranging from reviewing recent travels through Europe, to return to office mandates, foreign taxes, dealing with the downsides of full time travel…
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Global mobility w/ the CEO of Remote
Job van der Voort is the CEO at Remote, one of the leading fully remote companies in the world, on a mission to make hiring from anywhere as accessible as possible. Today Job stops by the show to chat about a variety of topics, from global mobility to return to office mandates, travel, and remote...
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Ending Portugal’s NHR tax incentive & getting the Digital Nomad Visa
A few weeks ago the Portuguese government suddenly announced the intention to end their Non-Habitual Residents (NHR) program - a tax incentive that has lured countless foreigners to Portugal since its inception 15 years ago. This proposal suggests the program will no longer be available to anyone...
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Exploring expat life in Kenya and world travels as a family
Matthew Grollnek left California nearly 20 years ago, joined the Peace Corps, and a few months later found himself in rural Zambia sitting around a fire trying to speak Bemba with the locals he now called his neighbors. Fast forward to today and he’s built an incredible life for himself in…
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Spain’s Digital Nomad Visa
Spain’s digital nomad visa is finally (actually) available! So today we sit down with Laura Lleixa, Head of European Immigration at Lexidy Law, who specializes in helping foreigners obtain one of the most anticipated digital nomad visas in the world. Laura shares everything you need to know if…
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Converting traditional roles to remote + month-to-month nomading and Peru
Grayson Harris has been traveling the world for the last few years, staying for a month at a time in various countries, and crossing off bucket list items ranging from celebrating Argentina’s world cup victory in Buenos Aires to surfing in Sri Lanka, and even introducing his dad to nomad life in...
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World travels with The Remote Work Advocate, Nadia Harris
Nadia Harris, aka The Remote Work Advocate, is best known for her work as a leader in the future of work movement. A lawyer turned remote work expert, she now consults for companies around the world, helping them build company cultures and operating systems that bypass cultural and geographical...
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Off the beaten path experiences in Italy w/ the Co-Founder of Kino Italy
Serena Chiro started her travel adventures as a 17 year-old, leaving Italy for the first time to become an au pair in Ireland. From there she became a perpetual expat and nomad, living in places ranging from London to Shanghai, getting a masters degree in Scandinavia, and eventually circling back...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Long-form discussions with thought leaders and expats around the world about building a life without borders. The opportunity to choose where you call home is more accessible than ever, so About Abroad delivers inspiration, adventure, and practical how-to-advice, for those who want to explore life in various corners of the globe. Whether you want to follow in our guests’ footsteps, live vicariously through them, or simply take a peek inside life abroad - you’re in the right place.
HOSTED BY
Chase Warrington
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