Dear Expats

Dear Expats

Polina Milushkova, Julia Kuzmina

Episodes 10
Avg. Duration 28m
Activity Dormant
Since Apr 2025
Latest Episode Aug 2025

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Hosting
anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

Living abroad is an epic ride – until you’re dragging heavy boxes up a creaky staircase, crying over your favorite hometown song, or become baffled by foreign medicine instructions. We’re Polina and Julia, two Russian expats in the Netherlands, here to chat about the wins (and epic fails) of expat life. Every episode, we read your letters, share our own mishaps, and dish out honest advice. Raw stories. Real laughs. Let’s swap experiences and help each other survive – and thrive – no matter where we land.

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Recent Episodes

S1E10 Episode 10: Immigration Before & Afters – Rating Career, Self-Esteem and Daily Lives

Aug 13, 2025 35m

This time we continue experimenting with the new format and challenge the notion of immigration being a way of improving one’s live quality by giving a score to different aspects of our life. Tune in…

S1E9 Episode 9: Money in Immigration – How We Save, Spend and Stress

Aug 06, 2025 34m

This time we try a new format, and instead of your letters we read the ones from our bank — aka go through our account statements to see, how our relationship with money changed in immigration. Tune…

S1E8 Episode 8: Nails, Countryhouse & Other Abandoned Essentials

Jul 22, 2025 31m

This turned out to be a rather slavic episode. But don’t worry if you are from other culture – as usual we cover the topics well recognisable by any immigrant, such as:- Having to spend more on…

S1E7 Episode 7: New Countries, Old Cravings & Holidays That Don’t Feel Like Yours

Jul 15, 2025 29m

Jumping from country to country sounds exciting – until you realize you’re always starting over. In this episode, we talk about what it’s like to constantly move, miss the taste of your favorite…

S1E6 Episode 6: Downshifting, Foreign Words & Falling for Barcelona

Jul 08, 2025 26m

What if the “better life” you built abroad starts to feel like hard mode? Today’s topics:- moving to Barcelona without speaking the language (and crying in the rain about it)- rediscovering lightness…

Episode 5: Hating Hotel Rooms, Cultural Nostalgia and Choosing Not to Be First

May 13, 2025 27m

What is my tax id, where to buy a mop, how do I pay for my insurance? These are only the tip of the iceberg of questions immigration poses to us. So this time we go deeper and ask ourselves:- How…

Episode 4: Serial Movers, First‑Love Homeland & ‘I Don’t Want to Be an Expat’

May 06, 2025 27m

Packing boxes, still being in love with the place you left and refusing the “expat” label? Same. In this episode, we try to stop moving, silence the nostalgia and escape that expat feeling. Grab your…

Episode 3: Language barrier, avoiding responsibilities and newfound love for your own bed

Apr 29, 2025 24m

Welcome back to the new episode of Dear Expats podcast!In this episode you’ll find:- Polina’s practical tips for learning foreign languages;- Reasons for Julia’s obsession with getting a cat;-…

Episode 2: Complaints, New Friends and Long-Distance Love

Apr 22, 2025 28m

Missing homemade food, complaints about everything – even the weather – and the chaos of long‑distance love: say hello to the second episode of Dear Expats! Today we chat about:- How to find new…

Episode 1: Mice, Reinventing Yourself, and the Future

Apr 14, 2025 23m

Episode 1 tackles the ugly truth of mice invasions, the art of reinventing yourself in a new place, and the fear of missing out on future opportunities.Send us your letters to…

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How many episodes does Dear Expats have?

Dear Expats has published 10 episodes since April 2025, covering topics in Society & Culture.

Is Dear Expats still active?

Dear Expats is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 28m.

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