Two young American women, living abroad and traveling the world together, offer a window into their lives. Take off with us for tales of humorous adventures, stressful mishaps, unusual encounters, and the ups and downs of life in another culture.
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After a 7-month long “holiday break” as we’re calling it, tune in for an update about what Temi & Liz have been doing. We talk about world travels, transitions, and Temi shares a big update!
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4 Jun 2024
Episode 14: What’s your opinion on steak tartar?
Tune in for a long overdue episode as Temi and Liz chat about updates in their life and start to dive into what it looks like to make friends and network as expats.
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14 Feb 2024
Episode 13: Tinder tales, a dating memoir
Temi and Liz get into some of the nitty gritty dating stories. We get specific about men we met, strange date stories and dynamics of going out with men in and from another culture. You won’t want to miss this episode as we get personal reminiscing about past romantic endeavors. We hope you get a good chuckle.
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2 Feb 2024
Episode 12: Reminiscing about romance
In this episode, we get personal and talk about our dating lives, what it’s like to date cross-culturally and how to communicate past language barriers. You won’t want to miss all the intimate details in this episode. And stay tuned for our next episode where we’ll present anecdotes and humorous accounts of some dates we’ve been on.
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7 Dec 2023
Episode 11: From head to toe and all the beauty in between
Temi & Liz discuss beauty standards. They reflect on observations they’ve made about how standards of beauty differ across culture and speculate about some of the reasons these different beauty standards exist.
If you enjoyed today’s episode – and last week’s episode on sexism and unwanted male attention – make sure and tune in to our next episode where we’ll be compiling personal stories from friends around the world as they recount their personal experiences regarding these topics!
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8 Nov 2023
Episode 10: Fervent admirers and confessions of love
In today’s episode, Temi & Liz discuss experiences with sexism and unwanted male attention in Abidjan. We talk about how women are treated culturally and dive into how racial and socioeconomic differences play a role in interactions with Ivorian men. Tune in for stories about some of our creepy admirers.
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26 Oct 2023
Episode 9: Carryons, jetlag and travel insurance
Temi & Liz pick up where they left off a couple weeks ago, chatting travel hacks that include how we pack our carryon luggage, beating jetlag, and travel insurance. Get down into the nitty gritty of travel with us and catch up on some of our life updates!
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14 Sept 2023
Episode 8: Cheap plane tickets and fraudulent passports
Temi and Liz catch up for the first time since Temi moved back to the States. We chat life updates, Ivorian passport scandal, visas to Europe and – most importantly – how to save money when buying plane tickets.
Suggestions we offer:
• Use a VPN and incognito internet window when you browse for tickets
• Buying tickets on a Tuesday can sometimes be cheaper
• Become airline loyal to accumulate miles and save money for your loyalty
• Use airline credit cards to access additional travel benefits
• Typically, it's best to book through the airline's website rather than a 3rd party booking agent (except for certain exceptions)
• Use Google Flights to browse flights – the algorithm will find the best prices, but will send you to the airline's website to book
• For long trips with multiple layovers, spend some time researching and booking each leg individually – this can also cut down on travel time
• Use sites like Skiplagged.com to book tickets where you skip your last connecting flight (this only works if you don't check luggage and be careful to avoid airline penalties)
• When traveling to Europe, find a ticket to the cheapest city/country, then take a budget airline to your destination city
• Read fine print for budget airlines to make sure you won't get hit with unexpected fees for things like carry-ons
• Use flexible dates when shopping for plane tickets – select the cheapest departure and return dates
• Use going.com to get newsletters about destinations during inexpensive time windows
• Use Google Flights to set up price alerts to know when ticket prices go down during the travel dates you're wanting
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13 Jul 2023
Episode 7: Safaris and the 4th of July
Temi and Liz take remote podcasting for a test drive while Liz spends a few weeks in Kansas. We catch up on our respective travels and what the future entails as Temi prepares to move back to the US.
This first remote episode doesn’t have great sound quality. We learned from it and we’ll do better next time. Thanks for sticking with us!
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26 Jun 2023
Episode 6: Temi gets malaria and we talk about race (Misconceptions about Africa pt. 3/3)
In our 3rd and final episode in this small series on misconceptions, we dive into a few more common misconceptions we’ve heard about Africa and our lives in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, including:
• Infrastructure: clean running water, electricity, roads, etc.
• Do you feel safe there?
• Malaria is scary!
• Can you get good healthcare?
Note: Liz mentioned some fuzzy statistics about twins in Africa during this episode. Here is the real information:
• 41% of the world's twins come from Africa while only 13% of the world's entire population is in Africa
• 20 of every 1,000 births are twins (compared to 12 of 1,000 in Europe and 7 of 1,000 in of Asia).
Source: Gilles Pison. Nearly half of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Population et sociétés, 2000, 360, pp.1-4. hal-02527479, https://hal.science/hal-02527479/document#:~:text=The%20proportion%20of%20identical%20twins,of%20the%20world's%20babies.
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16 Jun 2023
Episode 5: Liz's car gets towed and $30 cocktails (Misconceptions about Africa pt. 2/3)
The 2nd of 3 episodes in this little series, we dive into a few more common misconceptions we’ve heard about Africa and our lives in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, including:
• Do all Africans look the same?
• Is it difficult to get access to amenities?
• The cost of living must be super low!
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16 May 2023
Episode 4: We’ve never seen a giraffe (Misconceptions about Africa pt. 1/3)
Today, we dive into a few common misconceptions we often hear about Africa and our lives in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, including:
• Do we live in huts in a village?
• Is there a lot of poverty?
• Are African cultures the same everywhere on the continent?
• Do we live near giraffes, lions and elephants?
• Are there many white people?
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1 May 2023
Episode 3: WhatsApp, WhatsApp, WhatsApp (Friendships pt. 2/2)
Last week was our 1st of 2 episodes on friendships abroad. If you haven't listened to the first part, here's the link to listen to part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0gtdzQ9x3YekChEdzRIlkN?si=vpPN9sMlQ2qtwxYiAdycwA.
This week, we go a bit deeper and talk about ways we've maintained friendships – abroad, with friends who move away and with loved ones back home.
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19 Apr 2023
Episode 2: Friendships, sea urchins and running out of gas (Friendships pt. 1/2)
Today, we dive into friendships and the various ways we’ve met new friends while living abroad. This is the first of two episodes on friendship. In our next episode, we'll discuss how we keep in touch and maintain those friendships.
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11 Apr 2023
Welcome to Airplane Mode! Episode 1: From traffic stop to men’s locker room
Get to know a bit about us, learn why we’re in West Africa and enjoy the first of many bizarre stories.
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