The Resident Podcast

Our guest today is Paul Rees, who as well as being a Resident columnist, heads Rural Properties in Central Portugal, after many years visiting, living and working in the Algarve. As "an innovative investment business operating in Portugal's rural property market, we buy, renovate and sell properties in some of Central Portugal's most beautiful towns, village and countryside areas," says Paul who m...

In this episode, our fourth, Natasha discusses her three news picks of the week including her considered response to Portugal's very recent 'top economy' award, praise for the nation's PJ police who have 'dismantled' a major Chinese money laundering operation, and her surprise at American citizenship concerns. Natasha and Carl welcome your views each week too, and suggestions of topics and tangent...

Our guest today is Fred Phillips, who came to pre-Revolution Portugal in the 1970s as a holiday-maker, and ultimately stayed to become a husband, father and founder of a notable company in the Algarve. Creator of the phrase - 'The Golden Triangle' - Fred's story as a new arrival in, and lover of Portuguese culture, is remarkable, heart-warming and highly impressive. It's a far cry from, but semina...

In this episode, our third, Natasha discusses her three news picks of the week including a heartfelt tribute to the outgoing President, acknowledging the good he has brought to his two-term tenure that might be easily overlooked in the political heat of the present day. The conversation turns also to next week's general strike, assessing its likely impact and outcome, concluding with some analysis...

Our guest today is Resident Columnist Alastair Leithead who describes himself as a "Portugal trainee, freelance journalist & co-luxe entrepreneur". After many years as a BBC foreign correspondent, Alastair Leithead is now permanently based in Portugal where he and his wife Ana have built an off-grid tourism lodge called Vale das Estrelas. They hold events, host retreats and run a small boutiqu...

Published Fridays 3pm Contact Natasha - natasha.donn@portugalresident.com Contact Carl - carl@carlmunson.com More at - www.portugalresident.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-resident-podcast--6801411/support . www.portugalresident.com

The guest today for our inaugural interview is Bruce Hawker, founder and CEO of Open Media, the company that publishes The Resident alongside Essential Algarve magazine, Portuguese language online news source Barlavento, and other niche media projects.  Bruce talks about his early life in Portugal, his impressive adventure in international publishing emanting from Portugal, and how he and the team...

Published Fridays 6pm Contact Natasha - natasha.donn@portugalresident.com  Contact Carl - carl@carlmunson.com More at - www.portugalresident.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-resident-podcast--6801411/support . www.portugalresident.com