Nomad + Spice
77 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsA podcast for location independent women. Long-term digital nomads Kit Whelan + Viv Egan cover everything from sexism, money, and privilege to hobbies, accessorizing, and pop culture. No bromads allowed.
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Going on Hiatus
March 06, 2023 22:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBWe are going on hiatus for an exciting reason! Flashback to our 2021 end of year episode We might well be back, so keep us in your podcast feed! Managing creative and physical energy with long covid Our Patreon will remain open to keep the N+S website and episodes up We’re still hoping to do our retreat Thank you for listening and supporting in so many ways. We love you! Support us on Patreon! Email us! [email protected]. Join our FB Group! Nomad + Spice. Catch us on Instagra...
Feminism & Capitalism
January 30, 2023 22:50 - 1 hour - 75.3 MBUS police solve only 2% of all major crimes Defunding the police will actually make us safer Aboriginal deaths in custody in Australia Ursula K Le Guin's speech at National Book Awards Feminist writer, coach and business woman Kelly Diels Sophie Lewis’ “Abolish the Family” book The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many For a lovely vision of what anti-capitalist living could look like, read A ...
See Ya, 2022!
December 16, 2022 16:28 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBWe discuss end-of-year rituals and bid farewell to the year: We talk about Wintering: The power of Rest & Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May What the heck is the Gregorian Calendar anyway? The Celtic Calendar sounds much more our style Kit recommends Spirited, the movie musical, for some holiday fun Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Viv is planning to do the Year Compass as an end-of-2022 ritual
5 Year Anniversary
October 26, 2022 06:00 - 20 minutes - 19.4 MBIt’s our fifth anniversary! The episode Kit regrets…. Viv is proud of our queer episode, although we’d do it differently now Kit shouts out our blockbuster two part episode on neurodivergence (part 2 here) Check out our Reading Retreat… coming back (hopefully) in 2023! You can also join the Long Reads club if you wanna hang with us and Rage Retreat. Camp Catharsis. What do you think? Let us know. Send us your voice memo on feminism and capitalism! Support this podcast o...
Summer Books 2022
August 15, 2022 20:56 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBJoin us at the 7in7 digital nomad conference in Montréal Read with us in our long-reads club Connect with Viv and Kit on Good Reads Powell’s City of Books in Portland A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Untamed by Glennon Doyle Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan Ha...
What Nomading Prevents You From Doing
August 01, 2022 20:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBKit mentions our [very old] hobby episode Viv mentions our [also very old] vacation episode Jenny of Digital Nomad Girls shares her home base thoughts. Choir buddies! Have you joined Bumble BFF? One more old episode: How to Stay Politically and Socially Active! Carbon offsetting app Wren Marbree shares her vegetable and mushroom farming adventures Get your own Sleigh the Patriarchy jumper here Support this podcast on Patreon! Email us! [email protected]. Join o...
Feminist Weddings
June 20, 2022 21:50 - 1 hour - 106 MBJewels talks about the conflicting objectives of modern weddings and how she made her wedding an event that still has her guests asking for a reunion 10 years on Jon’s proposal to Viv Viv’s favourite ever proposal (still makes me cry ten years after I first saw it) Wedding magazine editor Sally tells us why she loves weddings despite being a feminist Janice stresses the importance of considering your intentions for wanting to get married Watch the first dance Kit and Claire chor...
Neurodivergent Nomads Part 2
April 25, 2022 21:50 - 1 hour - 152 MBPlease fill out Kit’s survey on neurodivergence in nomads Angie shares why she decided to take medication and learned to forgive herself for years of feeling incapable ADHD expert Dr Ned Hallowell on TikTok The worldwide prevalence of ADHD: is it an American condition? The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness Make cleaning fun with the Sweepy app Daisy tells us what it’s like to have been diagnosed with both ADHD a...
Neurodivergent Nomads Part 1
March 01, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBThis is the first of our two-part series on ADHD, autism and the whole spectrum of neurodivergence. Jon’s bird content Please do Kit’s survey on neurodivergence in nomads! Dani Donovan’s ADHD comics The “Faces of ADHD” and the “3 Types of ADHD” (more great cartoons here and here) Angie shares how she balances nomading and neurodivergence Jenny of Digital Nomad Girls shares her diagnosis journey Daisy’s Irish Independent article [paywall] “Vivienne” tastes like purple icing...
Farewell 2021!
December 21, 2021 00:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBWhat happened when Kit got Covid We mull over what next year might look like The Art of Gathering People making plans for 7in7 Shoutout to our excellent VA, Charlotte! Join the Long Reads club on our Patreon We announce our career change to screenwriters The most Australian thing ever (you are welcome) Support this podcast on Patreon! Email us! [email protected]. Join our FB Group! Nomad + Spice. Catch us on Instagram! @nomadandspice. Tweet us! @nomadandspice. Theme m...
Intuitive Eating
December 07, 2021 03:00 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MBContent note: In this episode, we cover diet culture and fatphobia, so if that’s not good for you maybe give this one a miss! If you wanna get a sneak peek at Viv’s wedding here’s a 45 second trailer And here was the honeymoon resort in case you’re looking for the best all-inclusive holiday you’ve ever had Contribute to our episode on neurodivergence that we’re planning for next year Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elise Resch Give @foodpeacedietitian, Ragen Chastain and Kir...
Re-Emergence
October 05, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 45 MBNeed more Nomad + Spice in your life? Join our Long Reads club on Patreon With restrictions being lifted in the UK, are we seeing the light at the end of the tunnel? Dealing with uncertainty in a pandemic How Delta exposed Australia's pandemic weaknesses Sally wonders how the pandemic has changed our norms and behaviour and what anxieties we will we be taking into the future with us The pandemic made clear that Consent Is About More Than Sex Colour coded consent wristbands i...
Summer books episode!
August 10, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBWant to read with us? Join the Long Reads club on Patreon Be our friends on Goodreads! Kit and Viv Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino Convenience Store Woman by Sakaya Murata How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Know your Baldwin: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin If Beale Street Could Talk - Netflix documentary Kindred by Octavia Butler The...
Women Sacrificing in the Pandemic
July 13, 2021 09:05 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBWomen of colour lost the majority of the jobs in the economic downturn Report that found women booked vaccination appointments for their male partners and their parents Women skipped medical appointments more than men during the pandemic People are reporting weird periods after getting vaccinated 1% pay rise for healthcare workers in the UK is a big UGHH The phenomenon of feminised job roles A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking Why Women Had Better Sex Under Socialism ...
Lifelong Learning as a Feminist Practice
June 11, 2021 08:02 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBOur new Patreon tier!! Black lives still matter Ambar shares about how learning about herself has been an important project for her this year Read more about the Dunning-Kruger Effect Women You Should Know Activists to follow: @blairimani @amandangocnguyen @iamrachelricketts @rachel.cargle @michellekimkim @keah_maria @melaninmvskoke @ajabarber @beyonkz @joshuaobawole @teresabaker11 @pattiegonia Stop Asian Hate Greta’s got it Audrey shares her conflic...
What Home Means for Digital Nomads
February 23, 2021 19:01 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBKit’s current “home” Salem, Massachusetts, US Viv’s current “home”: Westward Ho!, Devon, UK Sarah shares her homes with us Indigenous Women Hike on Instagram (+ their story on what makes someone a local) A short summary of Australia Day protests “The past is a foreign country” Martina shares the push/pull relationship she has with her family home Angie describe what home means to her Support this podcast on Patreon! Email us! [email protected]. Join our FB Gr...
Goodbye 2020!
December 16, 2020 17:04 - 27 minutes - 25.8 MBWe talk about the (few) unexpected upsides of this year, the goals we’ve surprisingly reached as a result of the pandemic and what that tells us, and set vibes (NOT goals) for the coming year/s. With, you know, laughs. Happy end of 2020! Help Lines: US, Canada, UK, Ireland - Crisis Text Line (also available on Facebook Messenger so you can ) Australia - Lifeline Anywhere in the EU/EEA: call 116 123 US: call 800-273-8255 Everywhere: IASP Support this podcast on Patreon! Email us...
Our Worst Nomad Stories
December 09, 2020 17:33 - 45 minutes - 38 MBBack when we knew nothing about the pandemic, we recorded this episode! Benedict Cumberbatch can’t pronounce “penguins” Here’s our beautiful castle … we can’t wait to go back once we’re allowed Kathryn shares her close call with the law Marie reflects on illness on the road The definition of bogan Nomads who…. scrub toilets? Angie Cole shares a cautionary tale about late night transportation
Should We Go Vegan?
November 25, 2020 14:46 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBDo you miss plane food? These people are missing it this much If you’re vegan-curious, try signing up for Veganuary in 2021 Chani shares how going mostly vegan has helped with her mental health Digital Nomad Girls’ Jenny Lachs shares her environmental reasons for cutting down her meat consumption Viv refers to Yoga with Adriene, another January challenge you can do Check out the Ultimate Vegan Brunch Tour by Suzette Burton The article reporting Black Americans are more likel...
Post-US Election Feelings + White Women DO BETTER
November 12, 2020 18:06 - 18 minutes - 13.3 MBWe have thoughts, we have feelings, we have reactions. They are raw and so are we. In this episode, we talk about joy, disbelief, apprehension, and what white women all over the world need to do now. ... Support this podcast on Patreon! Email us! [email protected]. Join our FB Group! Nomad + Spice. Catch us on Instagram! @nomadandspice. Tweet us! @nomadandspice. Theme music: Yellow Sea by Madame Gandhi.
Our Favorite Summer (or Fall, or Winter) Books
September 30, 2020 16:50 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBAll the books we’ve loved this year in which time has no meaning. Kit’s Goodreads list grows apace! Shoutout to the “cozy mystery” genre (and its many subgenres), introduced to us via A Deadly Inside Scoop Viv’s book recommendations: The Guest List by Lucy Foley The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams Next on the list: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo Kit’s book recommendatio...
Part 3: Nomads in the Time of Coronavirus
September 17, 2020 17:24 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBWhat does the rest of 2020 look like for location independent women? We reflect on the first five months of the pandemic Marie makes the most of her new circumstances Viv bangs on about Couch to 5k (again. We have forgotten what we said on the previous episode) Tweets on capitalism Sarah is adjusting and adapting, and holding still Check out our Black Lives Matter action list Although her day-to-day life hasn’t changed that much, Janice is being kinder to herself <3 Sonia’s...
Part 2: Nomads in the Time of Coronavirus
September 16, 2020 15:49 - 45 minutes - 42.2 MBThe second installment of our three-part documentary series tracking how nomads are handling this wild year. In our third month of lockdown (oh, sweet summer children) Viv’s doing Couch to 5k with a remote run club Kit’s playing Beat Saber on a VR Headset (neither of us is as good as the video) We read Braiding Sweetgrass in our book club Robin the Wandering Aunt checks in from Dallas about letting herself lean into her emotions Sally shows us up with really good sound qualit...
Part 1: Nomads in the Time of Coronavirus
September 15, 2020 13:42 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBWe offer a COVID-19 time capsule from a million years ago (March) Jenny Lachs shares how she was feeling in the early days of the pandemic, particularly around productivity and self-care We discuss how we’re parenting our parents regarding coronavirus safety Tiff shares what it’s like being stuck far from home and how the what-ifs are causing stress Jacqueline Jensen talks about the emotional roller coaster she’s been experiencing Audrey paints a picture of her life and the push...
Minisode: Kicking Off 2020!
January 01, 2020 17:31 - 29 minutes - 25.3 MBCheck out Dani Donovan’s cartoons! My Brother My Brother and Me year names Join Viv doing Veganuary and also Yoga with Adriene’s 30 day challenge! Join the Charge What You’re Worth Club via Patreon Jennifer Miller is part of Family Adventure Summit, which is like 7in7 for families! Nab the final spot on our Scotland reading retreat! Email us! [email protected]. Facebook us! Nomad + Spice. Tweet us! @nomadandspice. Theme music! Yellow Sea by Madame Gandhi.
How To Decide If We Want Kids
December 23, 2019 05:12 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBOur first-ever Reading Retreat is SOLD OUT! Lupita Nyong’o’s perfect holiday is the same as ours Listen to our two-part episode on how to raise kids as a nomad: Part 1 & Part 2 The best advice for deciding if you want kids: “You’re going to regret it either way some of the time, you just have to figure out which way you’ll regret less.” Why Have Kids by Jessica Valenti is a good book to read if you’re on the fence Audrey tells us how she feels very conflicted about having k...
Our No-Bullshit Guide to Becoming A Digital Nomad
November 19, 2019 09:59 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBCheck out our glam Albanian wedding photos in the Facebook Group Kit wrote about why 7in7 is exclusively for experienced nomads - because the truth is most don’t make it past the one-year mark Buffer’s annual State of Remote Work Report Digital Nomad Girls has a great resource where 50 women share their nomad jobs Hannah Dixon’s 5 Day VA Challenge and the Bucketlist Bombshells’ courses are two programs that we know actually work to help total newbies get started Audrey from Th...
How To Stay Politically & Socially Active as a Digital Nomad
October 22, 2019 03:46 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBWe recorded this in summer, but it got pushed back by some of our other episodes, and we’re thrilled to finally get it out! Jenny Lachs from Digital Nomad Girls thinks nomads have a responsibility to be politically and socially active Activist burnout is a real thing and we need to have strategies for coping with it We discuss integrating activism into your work like the Australian play Kill Climate Deniers Audrey from The F School wants you to give money to causes you’re passion...
Personality Tests
September 25, 2019 07:53 - 51 minutes - 41.6 MBCheck out our Reading Retreat in a Scottish Castle! Just ONE spot left! A mother-daughter team created the Myers-Briggs test in the 1940s, based on a discredited idea from Carl Jung It’s now a $20 million per year industry Viv’s article on the Myers-Briggs Vox’s mini-documentary on the Myers-Briggs Janice from the Career Introvert thinks the personality tests can sway how we act Viv’s concern with these tests is that they don’t adapt, grow, and change with you Gretchen Rub...
How Do Digital Nomads Keep Fit?
August 21, 2019 21:03 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBViv’s going to bootcamp run by a 60-year-old Dolly Parton lookalike 🙌 There’s a coworking space with a climbing wall in London, and we want more Shout out to Very Nomad Problems’ Nomad Olympics Friend of the show Jenny Lachs likes the “evil” Carrot Fit app Kit likes trying new things with ClassPass Kayla tells us how being a nomad makes keeping fit more fun Kit’s steps were abysmal in 2018 because she was mostly in hot places We chat clothes, gear, and why we live in leggin...
Our Favorite Summer Books 2019
August 12, 2019 21:32 - 39 minutes - 36.9 MBViv wouldn’t have read anything if it weren’t for our Book Club Kit’s thankful for our Charge What You’re Worth Club to help fund her insane Goodreads habit Viv recommends Circe by Madeline Miller and we talk about the current popularity of ancient myths Kit recommends the Shades of Magic trilogy by V.E. Schwab for all your magical adventure needs We’re plotting our own adventure: a reading retreat in a Scottish castle! Details coming soon, spots will be very limited. Email us if...
Ask Us Anything!
July 24, 2019 22:36 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBWe’ve nicked our format from Reddit’s (very interesting) AMA The villa in Bali where we had daily massages Remote nomading in Trømso Hermione’s undetectable extension charm Moana, the DN princess His Dark Materials inspired Kit’s love of nomading Kit references our Charge What You’re Worth Club Beck Power knows about putting yourself out there Check out St Brendan’s Isle for mail forwarding services Check out more of Natasha’s questions here Support this podcast...
Asking For Help
June 12, 2019 16:22 - 49 minutes - 45.9 MBWanna come meet us IRL? We’ll be in New Zealand for Kit’s conference for experienced nomads, 7in7, in October If you haven’t already, check out Michelle Obama’s book Becoming Kyrie relates how being a nomad can make it harder to ask for help Ways you can connect with other nomads regularly: Charge What You’re Worth Club, 7in7 Society, Nomad Feminist Book Club Need to quit something? The Upside of Quitting is your friend Martina shares her strategy for getting better at asking f...
Being a Queer Digital Nomad
April 29, 2019 22:40 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBTWIST! Our guest hosts are Hannah Dixon and Nicole Abramowski!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOO! Lynn & Alba have our first voice memo focusing on having to come out to everyone you meet while travelling Sam talks about language and coming out to clients Kyrie offers her perspective on labels and dating on the road and introduces the classic U-Haul joke Chrys deep dives into the intricacies of dating as a queer nomad Esther reveals more of the difficulties of dating Apps: Grindr is available ...
Digital Nomad Taxes
April 03, 2019 08:07 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBWe discuss the ethics of tax paying… or not Hiring someone to help is very important! Under the UK system earning £150,000 is the same as earning over £1 million This topic makes us want to bury our heads in the sand - but let’s fight that instinct together! We got just ONE voice memo for this scary episode, from the amazing Jenny Lachs of Digital Nomad Girls US taxes are definitely legal - see the 16th amendment Some American nomads stay away from home to avoid tax Scand...
Minimalism
March 13, 2019 11:54 - 32 minutes - 30 MBThe eternal carry-on versus checked baggage! Cassie from Bucketlist Bombshells has big bags – here’s what she has to say If you want to see the opposite end of the minimalism spectrum, check out Consumed on Netflix Marie Kondo’s gratitude practice – so nice! Come and join our Facebook page where our Liz Scully: she loves a pencil Viv used to carry a stuffed Totoro with her. The idea was to do something exactly like this person has (Viv is unreasonably mad to have found someone...
The Man Episode
March 01, 2019 03:31 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBBehind every woke man… Our friend Simon talks about dicks Steve points out how the typical nomad dude might feel uncomfortable inclusive spaces Zach blows our minds If you can’t picture it, here’s Leslie Knope’s rage face Note to our emailer: #byefelipe We hear from our boyfriends who credit us with their feminist awakenings, you’re WELCOME, and Lewis shouts out How To Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Thanks to Amirul for mentioning the great educational tool that is Tumblr ...
Cultural Appropriation + Digital Nomads
February 07, 2019 01:48 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBWiki definition of cultural appropriation. Actually quite good! Viv’s friend’s article about white male chefs Generational differences on cultural appropriation in Indian families Tips for practicing yoga minus the cultural appropriation The British Museum and its many abuses of other cultures’ stuff Check out Bond Women’s Festival Don’t buy the Buddha! Bodei sent in a voice memo and mentions the grey area of sharing cultures Beyoncé wears Indian clothing at an Ind...
Planning for Our Financial Future as Digital Nomads
January 21, 2019 08:13 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBViv is in Sydney, and Kit is in Chiang Mai! Look us up! We’re talking about financial planning!!!!!!! The ‘By the time you’re 30’ meme Deanna Marie serves us some financial realness. You can’t be in startup mode forever! Join our Charge What You’re Worth Club! Mark Manson’s turning 30 post (not the one Viv was thinking of!) Amber Monaco owns her debt! Watch Crazy Rich Asians to find out what you can spend all your loads of money Martina reminds us that freelancers and small...
Year End Recap 2018!
December 31, 2018 15:21 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBWe look back on 2018 and weigh up how we did on the goals we set at the end of 2017 Holiday season mental health check-in! Viv is getting a VA via our friend Hannah Dixon The Bromad episode: a perennial fave with our listeners. Our Digital Nomad with Kids episodes, How Women Build Confidence, and Advice to our Pre-Nomad Selves Highlights: the media coverage we got, our live episode and our Patreon ANNOUNCEMENT KLAXON! We’ve got a new tier in our Patreon: the Charge What You...
Nomading While Fat
December 27, 2018 10:14 - 40 minutes - 37 MBWe’re talking about being fat! Read this article! Everything you know about obesity is wrong Coffee with butter in it Jewels tell us what her badass curvy body can do On Eating by Susie Orbach Martina shares the bravery required to move through the world as a fat person If you don’t follow Roxane Gay, get on that right now!! And read her book, Hunger Rachel discusses the challenges of packing The body neutrality movement Rayven leaves us on a positive note Email us!...
What it Means To Be a Nomad (LIVE!)
December 21, 2018 10:37 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBWe had a live recording at 7in7! It was so much fun! We were talking about what it means to be a nomad Check out Amy Scott’s Nomadtopia if you don’t already know it Marbree calls in from out of town Want to come along to 7in7 next year? We’ll be in Wellington, NZ Nicole from Queer Women Digital Nomads is running Nomad Misfits in June next year Sarah goes head to head with Kit on the brand new quiz, ‘Cult Leader or Bromad’ We shout out Queer Women* Digital Nomads and Digital N...
Shine Theory
October 30, 2018 22:55 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBWatch out for our live recording from 7in7! Shine Theory: Why Powerful Women Make the Best Friends More on Shine Theory + CYG Episodes on Shine Theory + Shine Theory in practice Watch Anita Sarkeesian on the Smurfette Principle (and while you’re there, check out all her Feminist Frequency and Tropes vs Women pop culture analysis because they’re great) The politics photo Viv mentions Women in Congress having bipartisan meetings to get shit done The women of the Obama White...
Visiting Home & Family
September 27, 2018 20:06 - 36 minutes - 50.3 MBWe’re back from our summer break! VIV GOT ENGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGED, you can weep at the video here This is how it could have gone, imagine! Check out Kit’s #NASASocial posts The tweet from Amy @ Wherever Writer that starts the whole discussion Hannah at the Nomad VA shares her home-visiting philosophy Kit’s childhood friendship nursery rhyme Check out our friendship episode for an in-depth discussion Sonia shares her wisdom about seeing her family more We hear from Michell...
Share Your Voice + a Replay: Privilege + Nomading
September 11, 2018 23:55 - 23 minutes - 19.9 MBGo to our voice memo page to share your thoughts about visiting home and family as a digital nomad! And now, let's replay one of our favorite episodes, in which we talk about privilege in the nomad world! “Anyone can be a digital nomad if they try hard enough” - can they though? We hear from Chrys, Pauline and LaToya, who wade into the waters of digital nomad privilege Privilege 101: we all have some kind of privilege over someone else We quote from White privilege: Unpacking the I...
A GIFT FOR YOU + a Replay: The Value of In-Person Events
August 21, 2018 17:15 - 48 minutes - 39.9 MBGet $100 OFF your ticket to this year's 7in7 with the code SPICE And now, let's replay one of our favorite discussions with the coolest nomad women we know... We talk to Natasha Stanley (This Is For You), Beck Power (Nomad Fly, Nomad Work and Nomad Me) and Jennifer Lachs (Digital Nomad Girls) We’re all fresh out of 7in7 and absolutely buzzing This was going on outside the apartment while we were talking How do you relate authentically? Be honest! Try to avoid talking about work for...
Our Favorite Summer Books
July 31, 2018 21:26 - 28 minutes - 32.3 MBKit’s chilling on a beach this August before 7in7 stress kicks in Viv is ramping up for Edinburgh Fringe It’s our 30th episode AND our one-year anniversary! Catch up on old episodes here How we read: paperback vs Kindle vs audiobooks The Nomad + Spice Book Club was born because of our Hobbies episode It’s helped us get in the habit of reading with other amazing women (and get rid of book guilt!) Kit’s GoodReads list is super long now Powell’s is a super cool bookstore in ...
Our Biggest Mistakes as Digital Nomads
July 23, 2018 04:27 - 42 minutes - 48.1 MBFind a fuck-up night near you LinkedIn: actually quite valuable for careers Nomading: not necessarily about travel Money: the bit you need to get right Metaphors: plentiful in this episode We rip on Tim Ferriss for a while Michelle Dale from Virtual Miss Friday shares her fuckup story Chani from the Unlikely Vegan shares an aromatic mess she made while traveling to Main Street Academy Liz Scully and her friend suffered from travel hubris and she’s here to warn you against ...
Behind the Scenes: How We Make This Digital Nomad Podcast!
June 26, 2018 21:50 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBBLOOPER LOL Call Your Girlfriend’s business episode Say no to yourself! We hire Podcasting Press to edit our podcast episodes We record via Zencastr Kit uses this tiny microphone We use Libsyn to distribute (check out their helpful videos and their Twitter feed) Our website is on Squarespace The story of how Kit met Madame Gandhi at Lesbians Who Tech We collect voice memos via SpeakPipe Podcast rec: Call Your Girlfriend Podcast rec: Another Round Podcast rec: Sec...
How to Say No
June 15, 2018 16:00 - 37 minutes - 43 MBViv has turned 30! Kit is in Austin! It’s harder to say no in business when you’re operating from a scarcity mindset Western culture is full of advice to say yes (i.e. Shonda Rhimes’ book and TED Talk) We heard from Audrey Louisa about how she taught herself to stop people-pleasing Look after your spoons Join the Nomad Feminist Bookclub via Patreon! Re-listen to our Confidence and Money episodes! Check out Tiffany Dufu’s Drop the Ball If you’re a newbie freelance wri...