Two Fat Expats Kirsty Rice and Nikki Moffitt
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Kirsty Rice and Nikki Moffit have over twenty years of expat life experience having lived in ten countries (and given birth in six of those). Libya, Jakarta, Hong Kong, the US, Kuala Lumpur...the list goes on. They answer the curly questions on expat life and throw in the ocassional expat interview to get an insight into expat life.
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Expats – The Series
This week we discuss Expats the television series based in Hong Kong. The series is adapted from the novel The Expatriates written by Janice Y.K. Lee.
Nikki is 6 months in with her repatriation and has a very honest chat about being friendless and miserable.
Our favourite things:
Tiny Beautiful Things
American Fiction
Past Lives
Taylor Swift The Eras Tour
One Day
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How much money will I need?
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 have a new question. What’s been the biggest cost you didn’t foresee when you moved? What did you forget to factor in?
We also talk about the grieving expat. Going through grief when no-one understands the enormity of your loss. How do we cope with losing expat friends when we’ve moved on to a new location?
Favourite things:
Kirsty:
We talk Robbie Williams, Last Stop Larrimah, and Glen Maxwell’s iconic cricket innings.
Nikki:
Bosch Legacy – Season 2, Hard Fork (podcast), and a little story about lost in translation
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The Trailing Spouse is Dead
The Trailing Spouse is dead – this week on the podcast we talk about why the “Accompanying Spouse” has arrived. I mean the Accompanying Spouse was always a better term wasn’t it? We all walk side by side don’t we? Sidenote – the term Trailing Spouse will no longer be used in the Two Fat Expats Facebook Group with Accompanying Spouse being the preferred term.
We’re also talking Posh and Becks and how no matter how much money you have or how many football teams you own you’re still going to lay awake at night thinking of schools, finding a hairdresser, finding new friends and feeling like a fish out of water.
We also discuss dealing with strong opinions on your host country from people who’ve never lived there. Has social media made it worse?
Kirsty’s three favourite things:
Somewhere in Queens (Movie)
Blackberry (Movie – Amazon Prime)
The Morning Wars/The Morning Show – Season 3
Nikki’s three favourite things:
Nikki also loved Beckham
Silo (television – apple tv)
Getting a giggle from the silent walking trend aka walking -
Should I go home?
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 yourself with old friends after repatriation.
Kirsty’s three favourite things:
Exposed (podcast)
Deadloch (television)
Travis and Taylor and everything EVERYTHING about them
Ange Postecoglou and The Tottenham Spurs
Nikki’s three favourite things:
Sex Education Season Four (television)
The Newsreader Season Two (television)
Wilderness (television)
What are you watching and listening to? Are Travis and Taylor the content you didn’t know you needed? What do you think of the social media trend “Taylor put Travis on the map”. How’s life where you are? Link in the comments. -
Repatriation – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Cry
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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 new favourite drink (a gin mule).
This week on the podcast we’re talking repatriation, the good, the bad and the ugly cry.
Kirsty’s three favourite things:
The Girlfriends (Podcast)
What’s love got to do with it (film)
Matidlas (Disney + Doco)
And I know I said three favourite things but I had to mention Wham! (Doco)
Nikki’s favourite three things:
Scamanda (Podcast)
You (television)
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When do you spill the beans that you’re moving? Long term postings or always on the move which one are you?
This was Nikki’s very last podcast before she repatriated.
Customer Reviews
My favourite podcast
It is so good to have Kirsty and Nikki back regularly. These two awesome women have created a podcast that is interesting, funny, witty, uncomplicated and super relevant to expats all over the world. Having listened to the podcasts for many years now I look forward to the next one every time. I love the honesty and the frank discussions about the topics that I can relate to as a fellow expat. In my head Kirsty and Nikki are friends of mine 😆…because we are sharing the experience of expat life together.
Ulli x
A great range of ex-pat topics discussed with empathy, curiosity and humour
As a somewhat reluctant ex-pat living in San Jose CA, this podcast has reminded me that it’s not about where you live, but how you live. After the current corona virus craziness has passed you have inspired me to get back out there and try meeting some new ex-pat friends. I discovered Two Fat Expats only recently so had a bit of catching up to do and having set myself a target of walking 10k per day during lockdown, so far the dulcet tones of Kirsty, Nikki and Sarah have got me through about 200km! Thank you ladies! I have loved joining you on your chats each day. Keep up the great work 😃
A must for expats
Entertaining and relevant. Talking about exactly the issues affecting expats, both positive and negative.