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Can social media ground us and make us feel more at peace in this crazy world? This conversation with Tania from Swahili Secrets will present an answer to this question that is not common but very refreshing. Tania was born in Kenya and moved around a lot. Her geographical footprint includes 4 other African countries, Thailand, Austria and Germany. Although she calls Germany home, her heart and her projects revolve around Kenya. In this conversation we follow her online journey from her first chat room all the way through to her current day Instagram world. This IG space includes the travel services of Swahili Secrets, the African inspired merchandise of Bantu Sisters, and the community oriented The Kenyan Kind. In this conversation we chat about: her amazing geographical trajectory her first experiences online and her current onlineness private and public social media choices how her online posting habits have changed the online lessons she’s learned over time ​All of the links for that episode and everything else we mention in this conversation will be in your podcast app for this episode and at https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline) I’d love to hear from you!https://twitter.com/stephfuccio ( Twitter),https://www.instagram.com/stephfuccio ( Instagram),http://www.linkedin.com/in/dstephfuccio/ ( LinkedIn) and you can even leave a voice message onhttps://stephfuccio.weebly.com/contact.html ( Speakpipe).https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/32 ( ) April Global Women Podcast Editor Panels: ​https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatspodcasting/live-global-women-podcast-editor-panels-april-2021 (www.stephfuccio.com/geopatspodcasting/live-global-women-podcast-editor-panels-april-2021) Subscribe to my weekly podcast editing newsletter: https://archive.aweber.com/awlist5931082/88gkB (archive.aweber.com/awlist5931082/88gkB)

This episode is really special for me. Last month for NaPodPoMo I had the extreme pleasure of chatting with Damon Castillo for this episode. Yes, THE Damon Castillo of the Mess of Me album that we've been using for the past 2 years in all of the Geopats Podcast Network shows. We talk about the longevity of the Damon Castillo Band, his geopatness, my favorite song on the Mess of Me Album (Saint Cecilia), his recording studio in San Luis Obispo, what music he listens to and some creative struggles. Would love to hear from you! https://twitter.com/stephfuccio (Twitter), https://www.instagram.com/stephfuccio (Instagram), http://www.linkedin.com/in/dstephfuccio/ (LinkedIn) and you can even leave a voice message on https://stephfuccio.weebly.com/contact.html (Speakpipe). More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline/27 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline/27) Ways to Support Geopats Online: Geopats Online is hosted on Captivate FM: An insanely Creator oriented hosting service with personality, marketing know how and more. So yea, I highly recommend them. https://my.captivate.fm/signup?ref=geopats (https://my.captivate.fm/signup?ref=geopats) Feel free to buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/geopats (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/geopats) Review this podcast on Podchaser:https://my.captivate.fm/%C2%A0https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/geopats-online-1324407 ( https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/geopats-online-1324407) Spread the word about our podcast services, including but not limited to podcast editing and podcasting workshops. https://www.stephfuccio.com/podservices.html (https://www.stephfuccio.com/podservices.html)

About 2 years ago Comedian https://www.instagram.com/andycurtain/?hl=en (Andy Curtain )let us dig into his virtual past on Geopats Online (then called Virtual Expats). In that interview, we dug into how his online habits changed when he moved from Australia to Shanghai, China more than a decade before. And of course, since then he has moved again, down to Hong Kong specifically. It's so easy to drop all creative projects when relocating to a new place but Andy not only kept his creative juices flowing but he pivoted his podcast presence to reflect his new place and his more permanent role in the comedy community there. Would love to hear from you! https://twitter.com/stephfuccio (Twitter), https://www.instagram.com/stephfuccio (Instagram), http://www.linkedin.com/in/dstephfuccio/ (LinkedIn) and you can even leave a voice message on https://stephfuccio.weebly.com/contact.html (Speakpipe). More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline/25 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline/26) Ways to Support Geopats Online: Geopats Online is hosted on Captivate FM: An insanely Creator oriented hosting service with personality, marketing know how and more. So yea, I highly recommend them. https://my.captivate.fm/signup?ref=geopats (https://my.captivate.fm/signup?ref=geopats) Feel free to buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/geopats (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/geopats) Review this podcast on Podchaser:https://my.captivate.fm/%C2%A0https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/geopats-online-1324407 ( https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/geopats-online-1324407) Spread the word about our podcast services, including but not limited to podcast editing and podcasting workshops. https://www.stephfuccio.com/podservices.html (https://www.stephfuccio.com/podservices.html)

Our first guest on Geopats Online (then called Virtual Expats) in September 2018 was Joanna Czutkowna, Founder of Life in Breaths and I went shopping today. When we first met back then she was very passionate about sustainability within the fashion industry and also about redefining how we view age, beauty and the ability in how we design. Even though we have both moved from China to other places, it's been a joy to watch her projects grow and inspire people online. In today's episode you get to hear from Jo again but recently. She took the time to relisten to our 2 hour and 4 minute episode from 2018 and reflect back on it. What transpires is, yet again, more wisdom and calm that we can all use right about.....now. Would love to hear from you! https://twitter.com/stephfuccio (Twitter), https://www.instagram.com/stephfuccio (Instagram), http://www.linkedin.com/in/dstephfuccio/ (LinkedIn) and you can even leave a voice message on https://stephfuccio.weebly.com/contact.html (Speakpipe). More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline/25 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline/2)https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsreflections/15 (5) Ways to Support Geopats Online: Geopats Online is hosted on Captivate FM: An insanely Creator oriented hosting service with personality, marketing know how and more. So yea, I highly recommend them. https://my.captivate.fm/signup?ref=geopats (https://my.captivate.fm/signup?ref=geopats) Feel free to buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/geopats (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/geopats) Review this podcast on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/geopats-online-1324407 Spread the word about our podcast services, including but not limited to podcast editing and podcasting workshops. https://www.stephfuccio.com/podservices.html (https://www.stephfuccio.com/podservices.html)

​Has music ever soothed your soul and made you feel connected again? Yes, me too. And it sounds like the same happened to James when he was an expat for well over a decade. He is back in his home country now so his perspective on his time in the Czech Republic and China are especially poignant. As is the origin story for his intensely researched and impressively sounding podcast, the https://120226949-447684682532113263.preview.editmysite.com/geopats/episode/update/id/%20https:/centuriesofsound.com/ (Centuries of Sound). More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline/109-expat-isolation-music-with-james-errington-centuries-of-sound-podcast (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline/24/)

http://www.stephfuccio.com/ (Stephanie) is a serial expat, coffee addict and former language instructor turned marketing experimenter and yea, podcaster. Yes, she is usually the host of the multitude of Geopats Podcast shows but in this episode she is the guest. Yup, we are turning the mic around (kinda) and fellow Podcaster and all around wonderful human being, Chris Osborne from https://playcomics.com (Play Comics Podcast) is the guest host. His hard line millennial approach to this social media goddesses online existence is shocking at times but I think we can agree that it is worth it. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline/23)

"I actually believe that China is about 15 times more advanced in the usefulness (with social media) than the United States." Keturah Kendrick. Keturah’s online activities changes a lot when she moved to China, but not in ways that you think. Keturah is an intelligent, articulate and delightful person to talk to. I met her at a Podcast Creators meeting in Shanghai, China a few months ago and knew instantly that she needed to be on this podcast for y'all to meet. Her honesty on her online activities pre and post moving to China is really interesting. Keturah is now back in New York City in the U.S. doing her book tour for "No Thanks" and suffering through the adjustments of not using WeChat and the other mobile conveniences in China that she aptly describes in this conversation. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline/keturahkendrick (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline/keturahkendrick)

In this episode I am pleased to welcome https://www.instagram.com/yunusemrebjj/?hl=en (Yunus Emre Karasakal), a Turkish expat in Shanghai, China. Yunus is ahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_jiu-jitsu ( Brazilian JiuJitsu (BJJ)) Instructor here in Shanghai as well as an Abu Dhabi World Pro Masters Champion (Brown Belt) and an IBJJF Asian Open Champion (Brown and Black Belt). Yes, for the language geeks, he gives BJJ instruction in English and Chinese and yes, we chatted about him coming on the Changing Scripts show soon, don’t worry. Yunus is the first expat I’ve talked to that spends more time on his host country’s social media platforms than the ones he used before moving abroad. The platform he uses the most is the very popular Chinese video app, https://www.douyin.com/ (Douyin,) which has an outside of China app spin off called https://www.tiktok.com/en/ (Tiktok). He brings BJJ to a funny level on this current platform. If you don’t have Douyin, don’t worry, you can still see some of his videos on https://www.instagram.com/yunusemrebjj/?hl=en (Instagram). More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline/21)

Many of you have heard ofhttps://podcastbrunchclub.com/about/ ( Podcast Brunch Club) but may not know much about the Founder and Co-Host of the PBC Podcast, Adela. Adela is from Chicago and is back living there now but there was a time period when she traveled extensively for work. In fact, she even lived overseas for part of this time period. As we do, we chatted with Adela about her online activities before, during and after this time abroad. There are some pretty interesting trends in how she kept in touch with her home country and traveling/expat friends and in how all of these virtual behaviors shaped what she does with the huge Podcast Brunch Club community of 65+ chapters globally. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline/AdelaMizrachi (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatsonline/AdelaMizrachi)