Two Fat Expats Kirsty Rice and Nikki Moffitt

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 also discuss recent activity in the Two Fat Expats Group. Anger management, political commentary and killing the spirit of expats one post at a time. It’s time for us to have a chat. 🙂







Our favourite things:







Kirsty: The Split season 3, Gaslit, Everything I know about love.







Nikki: The Time Travellers Wife, Chat 10 Looks 3 Live Shows in Sydney, Top Gun Maverick (which Kirsty will probably never see).







This is episode 197, what shall we do to celebrate 200? Kirsty and Sarah began this podcast in 2015, where were you in 2015? What’s changed in your life? How many countries how many moves? We’d loved to hear from you. xx

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) to track your belongings?







Would you / could you take a trip home without your family, if you all hadn’t been ‘home’ for a long time?







Our favourite things







Kirsty – Shane (Shane Warne documentary), House of Gucci (HBO Max), I’ve always struggled with my weight, Losing it didn’t mean winning (NYT article and podcast)







Nikki – Hacks Season 2, Disney + and The Valet, Liar Liar (Podcast)

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 your expat location without them?







Would you / could you change your June / July holidays this year? Travelling in the European summer is going to be manic. We discuss some of the issues the Fatterati have encountered with flights, travel, unexpected quarantine and delays.







Our favourite things







Kirsty – Better Things (FX), Reversing Roe (Netflix), 28-ish days (BBC podcast)







Nikki – Anatomy of a Scandal (Netflix), Heartstopper (Netflix), The Lincoln Lawyer (Netflix)

Would you / could you agree to remote parenting roles while in separate countries? Nikki asks Why am I organising sleepovers from 10,000 miles away?







Would you/could you tell me what an ESTA is and if so do you feel up to date with its rules and regulations since covid?







Our favourite things







Kirsty – WeCrashed (Apple TV+), Smartless (podcast), I refused to switch seats on a plane, was I wrong? (NY Times article)







Nikki – Bridgerton Season 2 (Netflix), Pieces of Her (Netflix), Hysteria (Netflix)

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? (Are we better at 1.5?)







Would you / could you pay for the cost of your job interview if it was in another country?







Would you / could you live the same life in two countries if you are splitting your life between them?







Our favourite things







Kirsty – Starstruck Season 2, Somebody Somewhere (HBO), The Betty Broderick Story







Nikki – zookeeper guy instagram account, The Dry (Amazon), As We See It (Amazon)

What happens when expat love turns sour. Two stories of betrayal, young love and then twenty years on, how do you protect yourself from getting burnt? Why is an expat betrayal any different.







We decide on the best medical face mask to fly with. Stop overs in a time of covid, if you can’t fly direct what do you do in transit and how does it affect your choice?







We’ve also got all of our favourite things.







Ukrainecast – we’re both tuning in daily







Pivoting – Nikki loving it







Fairy Meadow (based on a story from Nikki’s home town)







The Daily – both loving it







Emma Thompson’s piece in the Gaurdian – both loved it







Kirsty wasn’t a fan of Spencer, Nikki yet to see it.