The International Podcast

Born to a Cuban father and a Puerto Rican mother, Tito is an illustrator, street artist, and stand-up comedian who moved to Vienna nine years ago from Texas. Check out his art on IG @deadbeathero & @titoperezofficial and his podcast @artcadepodcast.

Born and Raised in Amsterdam, Jóia moved to Vienna two years ago after her studies in Maastricht. She's a feminist, a vegetarian since 7, and doing documentaries mainly focused on sustainable and inclusive education. www.joiaboode.com

Sonya Matejko is a writer and founder of Nurtured Narratives - a storytelling company that provides feel-good copy and experiences. She's also a yoga teacher. Sign up for her upcoming yoga and journaling workshop here .

Born and raised in Italy, Eva Sangiorgi moved to Vienna in 2018 to take over Austria's largest film festival - the Viennale, after living in Mexico for 16 years. The festival's 61st edition will run until October 31st. More info at https://www.viennale.at/en

Currently lecturing at the Institute for African Studies at the University of Vienna as a Linguist, Nathi Dlamini is also a musician. His new album, Kingdom of Love, is coming up this fall. Follow him on Instagram and Spotify .

Keith Gray is an award-winning writer, annually publishing young adult novels. His latest book, The Den, is out now and can be purchased online or in this Viennese bookstore. He's also the co-founder of the Sunday Writers' Club. sundaywritersclub.com

Shane is moving to Vienna after living and working for two years as an English teacher in Bratislava. He's now entirely focused on stand-up comedy. Register for his next show on October 7 here and follow him on Instagram .

Gus Horn was born in Brazil and partially raised in the USA, where he studied nuclear engineering. He performs weekly stand-up comedies in Vienna and worldwide, where he opened for internationally famous comedians.

She's the head of marketing and communications at FDI Center and a writer and editor in chief of 'the lead' business magazine from the female factor https://www.femalefactor.global/the-lead-magazine

Audrey Masi is a scientist passionate about biotech, bioprocesses, innovation, and entrepreneurship. She's a member of FemChem - a group of female scientists at the Technical University in Vienna. https://femchem.chemie.tuwien.ac.at/index.php/parent-panel-discussion/

Kaven studied interior architecture in Italy and moved to Vienna during the lockdown, where she founded VIǍ (www.viaconnected.com) — an international crowd-logistics platform.

Besides directing the marketing department of Impact Hub Vienna, Itai is a former Israeli Army soldier, a black belt in martial arts, a chess player, and a passionate hiker. In this conversation, he says farewell to Vienna after seven years of living here and shares insights from his army years and long-term goals.

Kevin Çobaj, Brendon Ahmeti, and Agron Bajraktari founded www.synaps.at - a meeting tool where you can draw plans, attach references, and make decisions.

After eight years in the Netherlands, where she met her current husband, she moved to Vienna without a "concrete plan." She shares her experiences as a black woman, a mother of three, and a self-employed copywriter. Check out https://thewerks.nl/ services.

An experienced software developer, Nadia ended up in Vienna after renouncing her Australia and New Zealand options and is now exploring entrepreneurship.

Born in Switzerland to a Japanese mother and a German father, Leon Neubeck moved to Vienna to study Physics after completing high school in Taiwan.

Michael Goldrei is an English photographer from London, featured by The Guardian and BBC. www.michaelgoldrei.com

The conversation with Fabricio was pure gold... literally! He's a certified master craftsman from São Paulo, Brazil, producing fantastic handmade jewels. www.do-carmo.com

Born and raised in Romania, after her studies in Prague, Mădălina Boț moved to Vienna to study International Relations and Affairs at the CEU. She's a Communication Officer currently working for https://ifound.global/home/

After moving to Vienna from the Philippines during the pandemic, Justin Espejo (justinespejo.com) started creating YouTube content. The Award Winning content creator recently focused on his Instagram account (@justin_joseph_espejo), where he organically went from 3k to 350k followers in one month.

Born and raised in Russia, Alexandra Timofeeva moved to Vienna four years ago to study Economy but later switched to Art History. She's the co-founder of the cultural youth magazine bohema-wien.com.

Bosnian-born Austrian Sara Velić is one of the three chairpersons of the Austrian Student Union (oeh.ac.at) and chairperson of the Union of the Socialist Students in Austria (vsstoe.at), apart from being a Political Science student and singer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLUr7GfEt5U).

While composing his first opera, Abuzar shares his professional and personal life between Vienna, Azerbaijan, and Turkey. www.abuzarmanafzade.com

Estefanía left her home country Mexico to first move to Argentina, then Spain, Germany, and finally to Vienna, where she is working as a migration and labor policy advocate and also co-founding/leading the Network of International Women in Austria (niwa-at.org), a non-profit organization.

While finishing her architecture studies six years ago, Nina Jakic started working at the Vienna Business Agency and slowly moved to their Expat Center where she's still creating and managing expat-related events. Stay informed about the next events by visiting https://viennabusinessagency.at/international-business/expat-center/