The Bittersweet Life

Tiffany is heading to the U.S.A after 4 years without visiting her home country. Is her Italian-born toddler ready with enough English to meet his American family? 

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Hala Alyan is a Palestinian American a poet, novelist (Salt Houses) and clinical psychologist. After her family fled Kuwait when Saddam invaded, they moved a lot! Together we explore storytelling, st…

Katy cries over a sudden, devastating loss in her life, and the conversation turns to how to decide what you want out of life.

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Fan favorite Clare Brown joins us from Split, Croatia to talk about Tinder dating in a foreign country, making it as a freelancer, and the hazards of being happy anywhere. 

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Have you ever received a sign to do something? Do signs even really exist? Katy and Tiffany share their experiences and yours. 

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Loneliness. Can it be cured by hitting the road? Katy and Tiffany discuss. 

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Part two of a rebroadcast of our walking tour through Rome tracing the steps of the painter Caravaggio. 

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A rebroadcast of our walking tour through Rome tracing the steps of the painter Caravaggio. 

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The cooking discussion continues. Katy and Tiffany discuss their own cooking habits in response to last week's episode with Francesca Montillo of Lazy Italian Culinary Adventures. What happens when I…

Italian expat and cooking expert, Francesca Montillo, inspires us to cook and eat with others daily. She also explains what it is like to grow up in small-town Italy, and move permanently to the Unit…

Do expats and American citizens have a responsibility to resist and take action against President Trump? Ezra Levin, co-executive director of the Indivisible guide, drops by.

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Starbucks is opening its first Italian location in Milan in 2018. Are you okay with that? Tiffany and Katy discuss the good and bad of homogenized corporate culture spreading throughout the world. 

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Why does time fly sometimes? Why does it slow when you travel? We explore time with the New Yorker's Alan Burdick, author of Why Time Flies.  Alan Burdick in The New Yorker New to the show? 

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Is part of exploring the world exploring sex? Host Katy Sewall talks with journalist (and former expat) Emily Witt about her book Future Sex. Warning: Sexual content.

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How does your perspective change of your hometown when you live abroad or travel? Katy and Tiffany explore that idea. 

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Katy and Tiffany read your letters and encourage you to email stories of the signs you've received in life before changing course or embarking on a new adventure. 

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Using voice memos, Katy and Tiffany watch the Presidental inauguration of Donald J. Trump from their respective parts of the world - Rome, Italy and Seattle, United States. 

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Actress and conservationist Jane Alexander (Kramer vs. Kramer) joins host Katy Sewall on stage to explore the world and the amazing creatures in it. Thanks to Town Hall Seattle for hosting this event…

We celebrate the dumbest thing we ever traveled with. 

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Does it take humility to live in a foreign country? Tiffany and Katy discuss. 

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