The Resident Podcast

Portugal Resident News Review – Episode 32 🇵🇹 In today’s roundup Natasha & Carl look at: Bonnie Tyler dies, after long illness, in Faro Hospital - https://www.portugalresident.com/bonnie-tyler-dies-after-long-illness-in-faro-hospital Seismic experts urge PM, President to act ahead of “inevitable catastrophe” - https://www.portugalresident.com/seismic-experts-urge-pm-president-to-act-ahead-of-i...

Stay alert and informed about the fires in Portugal here: *** www.fogos.pt *** *** www.fogosagora.pt *** Portugal Resident News Review – Episode 31 🇵🇹 In today’s roundup Natasha & Carl look at: He’s out! Portuguese rescue team extracts man trapped over week under rubble in Venezuela - https://www.portugalresident.com/hes-out-portuguese-rescue-team-extracts-man-trapped-over-week-under-rubble-in...

Why We Fell in Love With Portugal... In this Resident Interview episode, some of our previous interviewees share how visits to Portugal, summer holidays, a wedding in Lisbon, and travels to Porto, Cascais, the Algarve, and the Alentejo, turned into a decision to stay.  00:00 Falling in Love with Portugal after Covid - Tova Leigh, F*cked at 40 00:41 I found my Best Man in the Algarve - Gerry Fagan,...

Portugal Resident News Review – Episode 30 🇵🇹 In today’s roundup Natasha, Carl & monthly special guest Paul Rees look at: Portugal dispatches rescue team to Venezuela  – https://www.portugalresident.com/portugal-dispatches-rescue-team-to-venezuela/ Hotel run by Portuguese in Venezuela ‘collapses with countless people inside it’ – https://www.portugalresident.com/hotel-run-by-portuguese-in-vene...

Portugal Resident News Review – Episode 29 🇵🇹 In today’s roundup Natasha and Carl look at:  Revealed: government’s ‘Green Map’ for fast-tracking renewable energy projects – https://www.portugalresident.com/revealed-governments-green-map-for-fast-tracking-renewable-energy-projects/  Municipalities reject government’s renewable energy ‘Green Map’ – https://www.portugalresident.com/municipalities-rej...

Portugal Resident News Review – Episode 28 🇵🇹 In today’s roundup Natasha and Carl look at: A&E closures threatened at Portugal’s state hospitals through summer - www.portugalresident.com/ae-closures-threatened-at-portugals-state-hospitals-through-summer Portugal retains spot as world’s 7th safest country - www.portugalresident.com/portugal-retains-spot-as-worlds-7th-safest-country Portugal fac...

Portugal Resident News Review – Episode 27 🇵🇹 In today’s roundup Carl, Natasha and special guest Chris Graeme of Essential Business look at: “Vast majority of Portuguese are working” – Government downplays impact of general strike - https://www.portugalresident.com/vast-majority-of-portuguese-are-working-government-downplays-impact-of-general-strike/ “Something isn’t right” in way Portugal’s AD go...

Portugal Resident News Review – Episode 26 🇵🇹 In today’s roundup Carl, Natasha and special guest Paul Rees of Rural Properties look at: • Expanding Algarve landfills will not solve waste crisis – Almargem - https://www.portugalresident.com/expanding-algarve-landfills-will-not-solve-waste-crisis-almargem • Woman in childbirth “refused entry to Faro Hospital” - https://www.portugalresident.com/woman...

In this fascinating episode we welcome Ben Austin – UK-born real estate advisor and passionate advocate for life in Portugal, having grown up here. Ben has called Portugal home since he landed here at the age of four with his travelling parents, sharing today deep local knowledge of the Silver Coast and Central Portugal regions. In this warm and insightful conversation, he shares his personal jour...

Portugal Resident News Review – Episode 25 🇵🇹 In today’s roundup Carl, Natasha and special guest Aveiro-based film-maker Andy Cline look at: • Portugal clarifies Nationality Law shake-up - www.portugalresident.com/portugal-clarifies-nationality-law-shake-up/  • “Abandoned children” were blindfolded by parents, and left in forest - www.portugalresident.com/abandoned-children-were-blindfolded-by-par...

In this fascinating episode we welcome Richard Walker – celebrated British artist, photographer, author and passionate champion of Faro’s modernist architecture. A London-based artist who studied at Camberwell and Chelsea, Richard first discovered Faro around 20 years ago on a winter trip. What began as a relaxing getaway quickly turned into a deep obsession with the city’s remarkable 20th-century...

Portugal Resident News Review – Episode 24 🇵🇹 In today’s roundup Carl, Natasha and special guest Chris Graeme of Essential Business, cover the big stories making headlines in Portugal: • EU border controls continue to frustrate travellers to Portugal - www.portugalresident.com/eu-border-controls-continue-to-frustrate-travellers-to-portugal • Brother-in-law of key government minister target of PJ p...

In this inspiring episode we welcome **Tova Leigh** – polymath, Renaissance woman, author, performer and founder of powerful women’s communities in Portugal. Born in Israel with an Irish mother, Tova lived in London for 18 years before falling in love with Portugal on a summer holiday. Post-COVID she made the move and now calls the Algarve home. Tova shares: • Her hugely popular women’s retreats i...

Portugal Resident News Review – Episode 23 🇵🇹 In today’s roundup Carl, Natasha and special guest Lonny McLaughlin, American in Porto, cover the big stories making headlines in Portugal: • The government’s ambitious **grand transformation plan** for the country - www.portugalresident.com/transformation-masterplan-unveiled • Latest updates on police brutality concerns - www.portugalresident.com/lisb...

Our guest today is Gerry Fagan, Irish entrepreneur in Portugal, with over fifty years of international investment experience and one of the Algarve’s most respected developers. Gerry shares his remarkable story: • First fell in love with Portugal in 1973 • Over 25 years successfully developing residential and mixed-use projects in the Algarve • Delivered more than **2,500 homes** plus multiple lei...

In this episode, Natasha & Carl welcome Paul Rees in a new, remixed format for the news review, where we'll be joined every Friday by a guest news reviewer. Paul takes a look at - Governor of Bank of Portugal “also bought shares in Navigator and Nestlé” Natasha considers - United States’ use of Lajes “minimal”, insists minister of foreign affairs  And Carl invites comment on - Portugal “well p...

Our guest today is Jason Miles, American jazz keyboardist, composer, and record producer, now resident in Portugal. He notably worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, bassist Marcus Miller, and singer Luther Vandross, as well as maintaining a successful solo career. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, he found himself centre-stage when jazz fusion was becoming popular in the 1970s, creating innovative tec...

In this episode, Natasha & Carl take a look at dissent about desalination as construction looks set to begin in Albufeira, concerns that the global fuel crisis might affect Portuguese tourism, and Portugal's doubts around the reach of renewables. www.portugalresident.com/works-on-albufeiras-desalination-plant-to-start-next-week www.portugalresident.com/jet-fuel-crisis-stoking-fears-for-summer-...

Our guest today is the Reverend Em McGowan of Creative Rootz in central Portugal – 'death doula', multi-faith minister, author and passionate permaculture practitioner. Rev Em shares how she arrived in Portugal “by accident,” fell in love with the quality of life here, and went on to create Creative Rootz – a 4,000 m² off-grid rural project near Castelo Branco, surrounded by olive trees. What bega...

In this episode, Natasha & Carl take a look at anonymity of political funding, national news agency concerns, governmental social media scrutiny, house construction on Coimbra's flood plain & continued airport chaos. www.portugalresident.com/political-financiers-campaign-backers-no-longer-need-to-be-identified www.portugalresident.com/state-news-agency-hears-brussels-will-step-in-if-indepe...

Our guest today is Johnny Cocktail of the 'My Cocktail Mind' project, which is giving purpose to John and Kim's retirement in Portugal's Algarve, and inspiration to booze fans globally! Johnny & Kim have been exploring their new home of Portugal to find bars that have earned the 'craft' label, which means they will have signature, original cocktails, utilize fresh and seasonal ingredients, and...

In this episode, Natasha Donn & Carl Munson take a look at the new President's 'open' approach, the Easter carnage on Portugal's roads, and a brilliant repurposing of already spoiled environments for environmental investments. Also discussed briefly, the wonders of biogas and Natasha's 'randy' neighbour! https://www.portugalresident.com/presidents-quiet-central-walkabout-pushes-government-to-w...

Our guest today is Bobby O'Reilly, the straight-talking Irish investor-developer behind projects in Lisbon and the 'Margem Sul', who saw Ireland's Celtic Tiger boom and bust first-hand and is now sounding the alarm - and offering a practical solution - for Portugal's growing housing crisis. Bobby brings his hard-earned, Irish experience to Portugal, where he says the successful Golden Visa program...

In this episode, Natasha Donn & Carl Munson take a look at (more) deeply unpleasant and 'imported' serious crime happening in Portugal, US gratitude offered to Portugal amid Trump's continued conflict with Iran, and disturbing new medical waiting times. Also discussed briefly, a huge Easter 'folar', and reactions to this year's Ressie 'April Fool', which seems to have both touched nerves, and...

Our guest today is Paolo Funassi, the larger-than-life Italian creator of Albufeira Paradise and Algarve Paradise, the social media phenomenon with 152,000 members and more than 15 million monthly views across Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat. A former president of a public company and political aide to senators and parliament in Italy, Paolo walked away from the rat race at just...