55 Books: Nicole from Expat Cast Podcast: Germanfreude & A Pinch Of Bookish Herzschmerz

What do you get when you have two American Expats and one German Expat talk about a book by a former American Expat living in 1990’s Former East Germany? This culturally windy episode dripping with heaps of blasted stereotypes, linguistic gems and lots of laughter. We are delighted to have Nicole Palazzo, Host of the (https://theexpatcast.podbean.com/e/book-worms-international-with-stephanie-fuccio/) in February this year on the Expat Cast is a big reason why Bookish Expats exists so danke Nicole! More on the book that we talked about below, but first, let's pay some pod bills.

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Voiceover work:  If you or anyone you know needs a voiceover talent, please contact me at https://www.voices.com/actors/stephfuccio (https://www.voices.com/actors/stephfuccio#bio) .  

NOTE: I do NOT charge for promo spots in the three interview podcasts: Virtual, Scripts and Bookish but am offering them for FREE (inspiration: (http://odddadoutpodcast.com/) , thanks Adam) to Content Creators that I like AND that fit into a particular episode’s content.

(https://bookishexpats.podbean.com/e/ep-15-tatjana-a-german-expat-s-learning-of-india-through-chetan-bhagat-s-books/) , a German expat currently living in India, was kind enough to co-interview Nicole with me. Nicole read this book years ago, before she moved to Germany and reread it just before Tatjana and I interviewed her. Is it presumptuous to say that this reread was a bit cathartic for her? Have a listen and let me know what you think.

If you like this episode, feel free to ! (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/L6v4tNWHm)

Note: I am combining all 3 of my solo podcasts onto one feed/website, (https://virtualexpats.podbean.com/) . Bookish Expats Podcast episodes will come out the last Friday of every month but now you will see this podcast as well as Virtual Expats and Changing Scripts the other three weeks of the month in the same feed. They will be labeled clearly so you can easily know which podcast you are ear committing to before listening. Thanks for your patience while this consolidation and other podorganization is in progress.  

Nicole’s Info:

Podcast: (https://theexpatcast.podbean.com/)

IG: (https://www.instagram.com/theexpatcast/?hl=en)

Twitter: (https://twitter.com/TheExpatCast)

Other lovely voices in this podcast: (promo spots) 

-Paul and Donna from the (https://www.blazingcariboustudios.com/shows/varmints/)

And

-Adela from Podcast Brunch Club (ln person and remote meetings available):

Listening Lists: (https://podcastbrunchclub.com/listening-lists/)

Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/groups/podcastbrunchclub/)

Links:

-Looking for Alaska by John Greene: (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99561.Looking_for_Alaska)

-Library binding is like the image on the right hand side a bit down on this site:

(https://www.houchenbindery.com/services/library-binding/)   

-Or here under Other Library Bindings:

(http://www.ioba.org/pages/resources/library-bindings/)   

-Good ol' Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_binding)

- (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24233708-an-absolutely-remarkable-thing) by Hank Green

-Movie about life in East Berlin: Sonnenallee, (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnenallee)

Trailer: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js9DphJ8JXU)

-PhD Comics, hilarious Academia comic strip, (http://phdcomics.com/)

-The Professor Is In, more on Academia, (http://theprofessorisin.com/)

-Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children by (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34930861-achtung-baby)...

What do you get when you have two American Expats and one German Expat talk about a book by a former American Expat living in 1990’s Former East Germany? This culturally windy episode dripping with heaps of blasted stereotypes, linguistic gems and lots of laughter. We are delighted to have Nicole Palazzo, Host of the Expat Cast Podcast on the show today. Her interview with me in February this year on the Expat Cast is a big reason why Bookish Expats exists so danke Nicole! More on the book that we talked about below, but first, let's pay some pod bills.

----more----

 Support Bookish Expats Podcast:

Free month of podcast hosting at Podbean.https://www.podbean.com/virtualexpats . 
A beginning expat Podcasters online two hour workshop is starting this Fall. Email me to get more information
Voiceover work:  If you or anyone you know needs a voiceover talent, please contact me at https://www.voices.com/actors/stephfuccio.  

NOTE: I do NOT charge for promo spots in the three interview podcasts: Virtual, Scripts and Bookish but am offering them for FREE (inspiration: Odd Dad Out Podcast, thanks Adam) to Content Creators that I like AND that fit into a particular episode’s content.

 Schadenfreude, A Love Story: Me, the Germans, and 20 Years of Attempted Transformations, Unfortunate Miscommunications, and Humiliating Situations That Only They Have by Rebecca Shuman is book that Nicole selected. Former Guest of Bookish Expats, Tatjana, a German expat currently living in India, was kind enough to co-interview Nicole with me. Nicole read this book years ago, before she moved to Germany and reread it just before Tatjana and I interviewed her. Is it presumptuous to say that this reread was a bit cathartic for her? Have a listen and let me know what you think.

If you like this episode, feel free to buy me a coffee!

Note: I am combining all 3 of my solo podcasts onto one feed/website,https://virtualexpats.podbean.com/. Bookish Expats Podcast episodes will come out the last Friday of every month but now you will see this podcast as well as Virtual Expats and Changing Scripts the other three weeks of the month in the same feed. They will be labeled clearly so you can easily know which podcast you are ear committing to before listening. Thanks for your patience while this consolidation and other podorganization is in progress.  

 Nicole’s Info:

Podcast:The Expat Cast, https://theexpatcast.podbean.com/

IG:https://www.instagram.com/theexpatcast/?hl=en

Twitter:https://twitter.com/TheExpatCast

 Other lovely voices in this podcast: (promo spots) 

-Paul and Donna from the Varmints Podcast, https://www.blazingcariboustudios.com/shows/varmints/

And

-Adela from Podcast Brunch Club (ln person and remote meetings available):

Listening Lists: https://podcastbrunchclub.com/listening-lists/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/podcastbrunchclub/

Links:

-Looking for Alaska by John Greene: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99561.Looking_for_Alaska

-Library binding is like the image on the right hand side a bit down on this site:

https://www.houchenbindery.com/services/library-binding/  

-Or here under Other Library Bindings:

http://www.ioba.org/pages/resources/library-bindings/  

-Good ol' Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_binding

-An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

-Movie about life in East Berlin: Sonnenallee, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnenallee

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js9DphJ8JXU

 -PhD Comics, hilarious Academia comic strip, http://phdcomics.com/

-The Professor Is In, more on Academia, http://theprofessorisin.com/

-Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children by Sara Zaske, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34930861-achtung-baby

-Tatjana’s episode of the Expat Cast Podcast, https://theexpatcast.podbean.com/?s=Tatjana

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AND 

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Music courtesy of Damon Castillo, Song "Body Blues" on the "Mess of Me" album

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This episode was created with: (in workflow order)

My microphone, Samson Q2U
Remote video software, Zoom
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