Big and White: Life as a Foreigner in Nepal

You don't need to sell all your stuff and jump on an airplane to find out what it's like to live or travel as a foreigner in Asia! Join the oddly and aptly named Big and White, two expat ladies who have already taken the plunge, as they chat about the joys and sorrows of moving to a new culture and sticking out like a sore thumb. Whether it's discussing the finer points of driving in Kathmandu traffic, chatting about stomach parasites, or reminiscing about the time they accidentally asked for placenta instead of salt, you're guaranteed to learn something.

The Last One! 08/06/2021

The Last One! It’s the end of an era, and the beginning of a new one! In this episode, your hosts Big and White have a chat about some of their favorite memories of Nepal, what they learned from doing this podcast, and say a big fat THANK YOU to all the listeners and supporters who have shown them so much love! /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/20051978

The Penultimate Ep: How living overseas prepares you for, well everything 07/08/2021

The Penultimate Ep: How living overseas prepares you for, well everything In this (penultimate!) episode, your hosts Big and White discuss how living overseas builds skills like extreme patience, being used to being uncomfortable, and knowing how to live without things! They’ve both benefited from living cross-culturally, and they hope that you’ll benefit from listening to this episode! /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/19751843

Crazy Places We've Slept 05/07/2021

Crazy Places We've Slept Have you ever worried about a yak interrupting your sleep? In this episode, your hosts Big and White reminisce about some of the wild and wacky places they’ve slept. Listen now to hear about balancing on planks, strange decor, mouse attacks, and more! /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/19024712

How to Deal: Re-Entry (part 2) 04/07/2021

How to Deal: Re-Entry (part 2) How do I adjust back to my home culture smoothly? (Hint: you don’t, and that’s okay!) In this second of a two-part episode, your hosts Big and White give some tips from their own experience and the sage advice of others in ways to deal with re-entry into your home culture. While the transition period may be frustrating and somewhat bumpy, we promise that you can survive it and even get back to a point of thriving! (We’ll let you know when we get there too!) /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/18632057

Not Normal is Normal: Re-Entry (part 1) 02/19/2021

Not Normal is Normal: Re-Entry (part 1) What do you do when not normal has become, well, normal? In this first of a two-part episode, your hosts Big and White talk about some of their experiences transitioning back to their passport countries. “Re-entry” can have many side-effects, such as incompetence, impatience, and overstimulation. But it can also have its good sides, such as highlighting the great things to appreciate about your “home”! /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/18017939

Transitions - Looking back and looking ahead 01/20/2021

Transitions - Looking back and looking ahead Every once in a while, it’s good to step away and debrief your life. In this episode, your hosts Big and White, during their transition to living in the States for a while, talk about their time in Nepal, their plans moving forward, and their success and/or failure with New Year's resolutions! /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/17575793

Story Time (with Moon!) 01/08/2021

Story Time (with Moon!) Have you ever tried carrying a yoga ball on your bicycle? In this episode, your hosts Big and White, with returning guest Moon, tell some of their funniest and craziest experiences of being an expat in Nepal! Much silliness ensues, of course. /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/17468705

If you did that in America 12/08/2020

If you did that in America In this UNEDITED episode, your hosts Big and White talk about some things that are one hundred percent normal in Nepal that would be one hundred percent strange/unacceptable/confusing in a Western context. They also talk about how the smile with a single tear is the emoji you never realized you needed until it came. /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/17112458

Language & Identity + Big Announcement 11/25/2020

Language & Identity + Big Announcement Why do we talk the way we do?!? In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about sociolinguistics, which is the study of the choices that people make while using language. They also have an announcement about the future of the podcast. /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/16951085

Misconceptions About Living Overseas 10/08/2020

Misconceptions About Living Overseas “You live overseas? Your life must be sooo exotic!” In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about how living overseas feels surprisingly… normal. They debunk about all the things they’ve heard (or thought) about living overseas. Spoiler alert: They aren’t fluent in Nepali, they don’t (really) travel all the time, and they aren’t inspiring. /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/16321115

How COVID life is like Culture Shock 09/10/2020

How COVID life is like Culture Shock Have you been wondering why you feel so tired and cranky all the time? In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about all the similarities between culture shock and the constantly changing situation created by COVID. /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/15956300

Building Community Overseas 08/26/2020

Building Community Overseas This may come as a surprise, but humans need other people! In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about the importance of building community when you move overseas (or to any new place), and try to give some tips on how to make friends in a new environment and culture. /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/15760532

Biting off more than I can chew, with Ujjwal Rai! 08/05/2020

Biting off more than I can chew, with Ujjwal Rai! In this episode, your hosts Big and White welcome Ujjwal Rai, a trekking guide and all around adventurous man! Ujjwal tells his story and inspires us with how much he loves his job, and teaches us some amazing, highly applicable, Nepali proverbs! /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/15490205

Unexpected Book Club 07/09/2020

Unexpected Book Club Looking for some good reads? In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about some unexpected books that have helped them in their lives overseas. As Chris Hadfield says, “It’s mostly a matter of changing your perspective.” /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/15146537

Online Shopping in Nepal (and Ethical Shopping!) 06/26/2020

Online Shopping in Nepal (and Ethical Shopping!) Have you ever had a package delivered on a scooter? In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about the joys and woes of online shopping in Nepal. They discuss the online shopping options, how to give directions when you don’t have an address, and more! /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/14974625

Growth and Fixed Mindset Overseas 05/29/2020

Growth and Fixed Mindset Overseas What does it mean to have a growth mindset? In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about growth and fixed mindset, with a special focus on how it affects people who move to a new culture. Spoiler: growth mindset is the one you want! What did Big fail at over and over to learn a growth mindset? How did one terrible track meet affect White’s life for years after? Listen to find out! /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/14614466

Relearning Your Own Language (with Macaw) 05/09/2020

Relearning Your Own Language (with Macaw) In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk with their guest Macaw about his experience immigrating to the US and then repatriating to his home country of Honduras. He explains what it’s like being bilingual, and we learn about anafres, a delicious Honduran fondue! /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/14348921

COVID and Shortages in Nepal (Part 2) 04/18/2020

COVID and Shortages in Nepal (Part 2) In this 2-part episode, your hosts Big and White remember the border closures in 2015 and talk about the shortages experienced in Nepal at that time, as compared with the lockdowns now. They also discuss that one time a Turkish airplane crashed and blocked the only international landing strip in the whole country, what a wild time. /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/14040128

COVID and Shortages in Nepal (Part 1) 04/08/2020

COVID and Shortages in Nepal (Part 1) In this 2-part episode, your hosts Big and White talk about how COVID-19/Corona virus is affecting Nepal, along with the wider issues of shortages and how to live without toilet paper. /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/13901510

Kura Gareko: Anything but (you know what) 03/27/2020

Kura Gareko: Anything but (you know what) Are you as tired of talking about COVID-19 as we are?!? In this BONUS episode, your hosts Big and White enjoy a whiskey together while they have a casual chat about random topics that you asked for! /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/13725104

Even More Gooder 03/11/2020

Even More Gooder What could we have done better? In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about some ways that they feel they could have improved their transition to living in a new culture and context. Of course language and culture learning comes up, along with relationships, investing, and… buying a couch? Really to be honest this is an episode chock full of advice for people about to move overseas. /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/13469915

AMA: Bonus Thank You Episode! 03/06/2020

AMA: Bonus Thank You Episode! In this episode, your hosts Big and White say a huge THANK YOU to their patrons and listeners by doing a bonus episode. The topic? ASK US ANYTHING. And you really asked us... all the things?!? /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/13436795

Arrival in Nepal 03/04/2020

Arrival in Nepal Not sure how to navigate arriving in Nepal for the first time? In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about how to not only survive, but thrive as you fly into Nepal! They explain how to navigate the airport, get a tourist visa (pro tip: it’s easy), get to your hotel, get around the city, and more! /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/13323431

Banana Bread with Provolone (with Seagull) 02/12/2020

Banana Bread with Provolone (with Seagull) Living overseas always guarantees new experiences (and new ways to eat cheese?). In this episode, your hosts Big and White welcome guest Seagull to the pod! She talks about her time doing research in Costa Rica, her current job in a research lab studying language learning genes (with cute birds!), and her dreams of moving to Germany. /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/13121660

International Travel: Tips and Tricks 01/30/2020

International Travel: Tips and Tricks Afraid to take your first flight across an ocean? Never fear, in this episode, your hosts Big and White talk more about traveling from continent to continent via the magic of aeroplanes! They tell you how to stay hydrated, stay entertained, and most importantly, stay sane. You need no longer fear the unknown - Big and While give you all the deets you need to know. /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/12946361

A Day in the (Expat) Life 01/17/2020

A Day in the (Expat) Life What does a normal day look like for an expat in Kathmandu? In this episode, your hosts Big and White discuss what a typical day looks like for them, including an 8 minute commute, potentially leaving work to wash their hair, and of course all of the bad habits that they plan to change. Eventually. /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/12776870

Relearning Things as a Foreigner 01/01/2020

Relearning Things as a Foreigner Happy 2020! In this episode, in the spirit of New Years Resolutions, your hosts Big and White talk about some of the things that they had to relearn when they moved to Nepal. Moving to a new country often means relearning how to be an adult, and sometimes in surprising ways! /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/12587174

Am Millenial, Will Travel 12/20/2019

Am Millenial, Will Travel Have you ever tried… bleisure?!?!? In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about the fact that more millenials are traveling and living abroad than the generations before them. Why would they do that? Is it even a good idea? Why the heck did Big and White decide to live overseas? They also answer a listener question about getting mail in Nepal, which is surprisingly complicated? This description is all questions??? /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/12474455

Web's most searched: Nepal 11/28/2019

Web's most searched: Nepal Happy Thanksgiving, y’all! After a brief hiatus, your hosts Big and White are back with an exciting and silly new episode. Have you watched those videos where they have celebrities answer the autofill questions on Google? Well, in this episode Big and White attempt to do the same thing. Get ready for a wild ride. /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/12209732

You might be an expat in Nepal if... 10/18/2019

You might be an expat in Nepal if... Do you honk at dogs but not cows? Do you pay rent with stacks and stacks of cash? Have your shoe needs changed drastically? In this episode, your hosts Big and White discuss just a few of the things that have changed for them since moving to Nepal. /episode/index/show/bigwhitepodcast/id/11697965

Big and White: Life as a Foreigner in Nepal

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