Foreign Radio

How do you build a life — friends, family connection, community, career — when you’ve moved somewhere you didn’t plan to be? That’s the real question this conversation is built around. Writer and foreigner abroad, Rosamaria Mancini has lived it twice over: Italy taught her to slow down and find peace; Germany forced a full reset: new language, new norms, new social playbook. She’s navigated isolat...

Beyond vocabulary, syntax, and grammar, language is a way to reopen the world. In this episode, business coach, language expert, polyglot, author, and host of the Fluent Show, Kerstin Cable, makes a practical case for learning at any age, and on any budget. We get honest about app culture (why Duolingo streaks don’t equal fluency), the myth of “immersion or bust,” and how a simple habit system can...

This is what happens when the retirement wheel goes flat. After 27 years of teaching in Atlanta, QUEEN D MICHELE realized her pension wouldn’t fund the life she actually wanted. Instead of grinding into her 70s, she moved to Mexico’s Lake Chapala, trading headlines and hesitation for routine, community, and room to think. In this episode of Foreign Radio, we talk practicals—visas, safety, and rese...

What if living abroad isn’t an escape but a way to see home clearly? Evan Jaqua has lived in Japan, China, and across South America, speaks four languages, and now channels those lessons into the Solutions Party , a reform project looking to break politicians’ addiction to power. In Episode 9 of Foreign Radio, we talk about how people worldwide all share something in common: the desire for freedom...

For decades, the story was simple: work hard, save up, retire at sixty-five. But that story isn’t true anymore. Brian Clark —writer, entrepreneur, and founder of the legendary Copyblogger—knows what happens when the system we’ve been sold stops making sense. After building multiple 7-figure digital businesses, he didn’t retire; he adapted. Now, through his project Further , he helps Generation X n...

Before a place becomes a home, it’s often a headline. Alan J Roberts—musician, entertainer, and creative strategist—heard “don’t go,” went anyway, and found something different: a welcoming community and a career that finally fit. In this episode, we discuss embracing curiosity over fear, turning risk into opportunity when life at home doesn’t feel right, and how living abroad can challenge long-h...

If the past few years have taught us anything, it’s that certainty is fragile. The one thing we can control is our actions, be it stepping forward into the unknown or staying put and wondering “what if.” Twenty years ago, Adrian Landin chose to flip the American script and step into a life of travel. Since then, he has visited nearly 80 countries, built a network of friendships that spans borders...

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In Episode 3 of Foreign Radio, I speak with William A. Finnegan—former intelligence insider and author of The Long Memo and Borderless Living —about the growing disillusionment within the U.S. and what it means for those seeking a life abroad. We unpack the early signs of state failure, the rise of authoritarianism, and why more Americans are quietly preparing to leave. William shares practical in...

In Episode 2 of Foreign Radio , host Simo D sits down with linguist, educator, and writer Gregory Garretson to explore what it means to live a life abroad. With over 20 years in Europe and a Substack that tackles culture shock, communication, and expat identity, Gregory brings both profound wisdom and good humor to the table. We discuss the stark contrasts between North America and Europe, the emo...

In the premiere episode of the Foreign Radio podcast, Host Simo D sits down with Cory Vinny from the Substack newsletter, Radical Paths , to learn all about Cory's momentous undertaking: a worldwide sailing odyssey—on a sailboat he and his partner refurbished themselves! The two discuss his reasons for leaving and why it is important to take back your life from the grips of "the ordinary." The two...