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The eXpat Files Ep. 11 - Our Final Dispatch from America (For Now) (Patreon)

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2025-10-26 09:00:10
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The eXpat Files is a new series of podcast episodes that chronicle David and @joyofnapping's conversations as they consider whether/how to move to another country.

In this episode, David and @joy discuss:

How we're feeling in our final days in America (for now)

The loaded nature of the term Expat

What we're packing and what other people wish they had/hadn't packed

Porting over phone service to an MVNO

Lessons learned from the exPat Files so far

The Thousand Year Journey: Oregon to Patagonia

PATRONS: You can get this audio in your podcast app by going to patreon.com/davechen, going to the "My Membership" section, and copying and pasting the RSS link to your podcast app.

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Patrick Neon

You can leave your ruler home, we’ve got room here for you on the sensible, the metric side. ✌️

Carole M

Safe travels to you and your stuffed animals!

Nizar B

Here's hoping everything's going smoothly with the shift. Can't wait for the post-arrival dispatch.

Jordan Cohen

Safe travels, Dave and Joy!! Can confirm that my wife and I have saved thousands of dollars over the last few years by moving from T-Mobile to Mint. This was before T-Mobile bought Mint, but the service hasn't degraded (yet) since that purchase. T-Mobile: We had two lines of "enough" data (maybe unlimited?) for $100/month Mint: I have their "unlimited" plan for $30/month. Unlimited in quotes because they throttle you after 30GB+ or something like that. My wife has the 15GB/mo plan for $20/month. So both of us together with more than enough data for around half of what we paid at T-Mobile. The main problem with MVNOs is that there is no fall-back to another carrier's network if you have a bad signal. If you subscribe to T-Mobile directly, but you go out of range of T-Mobile's towers, then it'll automatically fall-back to Verison or AT&T or something. But Mint is on T-Mobile and **only** T-Mobile, so there's no falling back if out of range. Despite that caveat, I wholeheartedly recommend exploring MNVOs. It was super easy for us to set up, no technical problems or otherwise, and the service is plenty good enough that I never have serious issues.

Iain Clarke

Here's hoping for a smooth journey to my side of the puddle. (Though I don't think you can get further away from me and still be in Europe). I grew up in an expat family, and am now and immigrant in a different part of the world. I'd say you're about to be an expat - at least until you decide you're staying permanently. And nothing wrong with it!

Iain Clarke

Oh, and like Joy I have been chuckling at the hints dropped like bricks on the filmcast, as an in-the-know person.

Chris

Safe travels! Each day as you look out the window, a new adventure will await. Can't wait to hear all about it. Thanks for taking us along on your journey.

Mads Olsen

Saw that you touched down in Portugal on IG - welcome to Europe!

Sarah Gharbi

I also grew up in an expat family and have been an expat in several countries as an adult. But I do find the term problematic as there are clear connotations not only to race (white people tend to identify and be identified much more often as expats) and to class (people with lower income/jobs in the informal sector tend to be be labelled as migrants/immigrants). I find that these factors tend to determine if you’re an expat or an immigrant much more than the permanence of your situation in the country. And to David and Joy, welcome to this side of the pond!