Expat Immigrant

Bienvenue à notre podcast.  Voici notre première expérience d'enregistrement pour la plupart, en français.  Pouvons-nous aider le monde francophone avec leurs dilemmes? Yes, Kat and Nat are coming to the aid of French speakers from the internet with problems to solve.  Hear our first outing speaking mostly in French.  We are by no means experts in French, which you may notice lol!  But as French r...

Hi everyone! This week we're back on the terrace having a lovely, albeit random chat whilst the sun goes down.  You know what to expect from us by now! Lol! We talk about Kat's new car, a silver KA with go faster stripes! Whether it helps her actually go faster remains to be seen!

This week we are chatting all things Eurovision (plus the usual tangents we go on)!  Join us as Kat quizzes Nat on her Eurovision knowledge and Nat also shares her passion for the contest as well as her opinions on how the UK could do better in the future! Recorded before the Semi Final 2 and Live Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, Nat shares her predictions on who will qualify as well as...

Join us this week as we summarise what we've been watching on the telly.  We talk about two shows with dystopian realities; "Snowpiercer" and "Shadow and Bones".  From the onset we were a little confused about the plot and the new worlds we were launched into.  But during our conversation, everything came flooding back, made total sense and we think we've done a good job at our TV Show Reviews.  B...

Hi everyone!! We are back again this week giving our "5 centime" to the problems of the internet! But not just that! We've actually had some of you, our dear listeners, write in to us! We have one juicy celeb story and one with a dilemma that came straight to our inbox and we couldn't be happier!! Don't forget, if you have a story to share with us or you would like our help on a dilemma, you can w...

The end of April marks the 1st year anniversary of the loss of our beloved father, John Anderson.  Join us for a special memorial episode as we remember his early life, parenting style and effervescent character.  We illustrate our reflections with stories which induce laughter for the most part.  Dad was hilarious, unique and one of a kind.  He was so many things and we cannot remember him justly...

Join us this week as we soak up the sun on the terrasse.  We're having a chilled one and discuss getting sunburnt, customer service and moving out of London.  We also regale about the wonderful day we had playing pétanque.  Kat was amazing, winning 2 out of 2 games! Was this beginners luck or is Kat the new Pétanque champ?  Who knows? But what we do know is that this has got to be our new favourit...

Hi everyone! Join us this week as we go ooot and abooot for a walk.  Our conversation takes many twists and turns as we go from discussing an amazing britpop song to cycling in London and appearing in the audience of TV shows!  Nat also recounts the story of appearing in a Coca Cola advert. Did you see her? We'll try to dig out the footage and will post it on our instagram, so make sure you're fol...

...Work Work Work *Rihanna Voice*. Yes that's right friends! This week we're 'Oooot and 'Abooot as we discuss our work lives.  From updating our Linkedin profiles to our good and bad experiences at work.  We're open to opportunities and we're looking forward with optimism to what lies ahead for our next work chapter. Let us know some of your work stories.  Did you ever have a horrible boss?  What'...

Hi guys! Join us once again as we scour the internet for her problems and dilemmas!  We're lending our voice to the conversation to see if we can help solve any issues! Let us know what you think of our advice! Do you agree with us?  Use the hashtag #ExpatImmigrant on Twitter if you decide to join the conversation! Dont’ forget if you have your own problems, dilemmas or thoughts you can share them...

Hi everyone! In this episode we reflect on our own language learning experiences from French to Spanish to Portuguese and even backslang gets a mention! We really want to encourage you all to persevere with your language learning and to know that it is never too late to start learning! We also share the usual anecdotes and stories to amuse and entertain you.  Why not get in touch and let us know w...

This week we hear about some of the French TV that Kat has been watching, we reminisce about our younger dating years and having the confidence to chat up guys.  You'll hear what happened between Nat and Manchester United star player, Rio Ferdinand and how it shaped her philosophy on life!  We also ask where are the French boybands? Inspired by a not so super group, we attempt to create our own bo...

Hi everyone! We're back again with another dilemma episode where we scour the internet in search of problems that we hope we can help to solve!  Let us know what you think of our advice! Do you agree with us?  Use the hashtag #ExpatImmigrant on Twitter if you decide to join the conversation! Dont' forget if you have your own problems, dilemmas or thoughts you can share them with us! Email us at ex...

This week we've decided to discuss the limited Netflix TV series that everyone is talking about, 'Behind Her Eyes'! Feel free to skip this episode if you haven't yet watched the show and you don't want any spoilers.  You can always come back to hear our thoughts.  However if you HAVE seen it (or if you have no intention of watching and don't mind the spoilers), join us as we take a deep dive into...

Hi everyone! Welcome to Episode 14 of Expat Immigrant! In this episode we randomly and unexpectedly get onto the subject of being a creative, creating and creativity in general!  We encourage our listeners to keep creating as well as sharing stories of some of our personal successes and failures and what we're working on at the moment. There's a few things that we mention in this episode that we'd...

In this episode we take a look back at our school days and share some stories of what we were like.  We also put forward an argument in favour of girl schools. Kat also shares her experiences of being a teacher in England and how it compares to teaching in France, and the differences between French students and British students with amusing anecdotes. We'd love to know what you were like in school...

Join us as we go out and about ("ooot and abooot") for a lovely walk around a beautiful nearby lake.  This episode wasn't planned and given that we're "on location", the audio quality is not the best - however we enjoyed our rambling chat so much we thought we'd share it with you! This episode was first inspired by the debut album of Floetry (give it a listen if you haven't done so!!).  Our rambli...

Join us as we take a look at French entertainment - mainly TV and music.  We discuss what we love, what could be better and what we don't like at all and compare them with shows / music we are familiar with back home.  We share our personal tastes - do you agree with anything we've said? Or could you recommend a show / music for us to get into?  Remember we're still on the lookout for a series to...

In this episode, we've taken it upon ourselves to solve the internet's problems, one dilemma at a time! That's right, as we mentioned back at the beginning of this podcast, we want to lend our voices to help others with their dilemmas, problems, questions etc.  However in lieu of receiving them directly to our inbox, we decided to scour the internet for problems - and as you can imagine, it did no...

In this episode, we've taken it upon ourselves to solve the internet's problems, one dilemma at a time! That's right, as we mentioned back at the beginning of this podcast, we want to lend our voices to help others with their dilemmas, problems, questions etc.  However in lieu of receiving them directly to our inbox, we decided to scour the internet for problems - and as you can imagine, it did no...

In this episode, we've taken it upon ourselves to solve the internet's problems, one dilemma at a time! That's right, as we mentioned back at the beginning of this podcast, we want to lend our voices to help others with their dilemmas, problems, questions etc.  However in lieu of receiving them directly to our inbox, we decided to scour the internet for problems - and as you can imagine, it did no...

In this episode we talk about our shopping experiences in France!  Natalia recounts an amusing story of finding herself arguing over a washing machine! Who do you think won?  Kat shares her boulangerie experiences and learning that you must be a bit more specific when asking for a baguette!! We also share our love for French supermarkets, fresh produce, the small clothing boutiques, but we also fi...

Hi everyone! Join us as we discuss how we're approaching the New Year.   We have goals - few but meaningful, but the main points for us are not to stress this year and to enjoy life! We also ask your help in selecting a new TV series for us to watch and review!  Kat is a little fussy so hit us with loads of options to choose from! In the episode I mention the incredibly talented @RukiStylist and h...

Hi everyone! Happy New Year to you all!! In this episode Nat shares her story about giving birth as an #ExpatImmigrant in France.  It was a wholly positive experience so for those wanting to escape the horror stories of childbirth, you are very safe here! We compare the English system with the French system through Nat's experience in the hope that it might help someone on a similar journey, or ev...

Welcome to what is technically Episode 6 (though we said it was episode 5!!) of the Expat Immigrant podcast!  We finish off the year taking a look at the second instalment of the telenovela, 'Reina de Corazones' and boy, were we disappointed!! It appears the show runners took all the promise of the first episode and then snatched it away from us, crumpled it like a piece of paper and tossed it int...