'When are you coming home?' is a podcast featuring chats with Irish expats from across the globe, discussing the highs, the lows and the craic to be had abroad. Stories of living further afield are captured against the backdrop of a country that some feel doesn’t offer much to return to, all before asking the final question repeated by Mammies and Grannies up and down the country, ‘When are you coming home?’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - In this episode we have Ciara Munnelly from Mayo, who has spent the last 5 years in Australia, now based in Brisbane, and works in construction. I chat to Ciara about her experience moving to Australia in her early thirties in the shadow of covid and the end of a long term relationship, feeling like she's constantly split between Ireland and Australia, what it's like working FIFO, and how life never works out how you expect it to including marrying an Aussie!You can follow and message the podcast on socials @Whenareyoucominghomepod, and don't forget to rate and share the podcast with your expat friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HELSINKI, FINLAND - In this episode we have William O'Gorman from Tipperary, who has spent the last two decades living in abroad in Japan and now Finland working in education. I chat to William about moving to Finland for love, the complexities around how your identity changes and what you view as ‘home' when you've lived outside of Ireland for so long, and the pinnacle of Finnish culture, the naked sauna. You can follow and message the podcast on socials @Whenareyoucominghomepod, and don't forget to rate and share the podcast with your expat friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
LISBON - In this episode we have Leah Driscoll from Cork, who's now living in Lisbon working in fintech. I chat to Leah about how Lisbon chose her, surviving two Portuguese earthquakes, and missing a cosy Irish pub, despite the going rate for a glass of wine being €1. You can follow and message the podcast on socials @Whenareyoucominghomepod, and don't forget to rate and share the podcast with your expat friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MELBOURNE - It's the first episode of Season 3! To kick us off with brand new set of episodes from around the world, I chat to Rían Power. Now living in Melbourne, he is originally from Cork, but has also previously lived for two years in Vancouver.We chat about taking a leap of faith by deciding to move across the world with his boyfriend after just 3 months together, the differences between living in Vancouver vs Melbourne, and cooking a full Christmas dinner in 33 degree heat with no air conditioning. You can follow and message the podcast on socials @Whenareyoucominghomepod, and don't forget to rate and share the podcast with your expat friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this final episode of series 2, I had the pleasure of speaking to the superstar journalist, TV producer and podcast queen Brenda Dennehy. You may know her from her popular podcast ‘Brenda and Julie's Confession Box' with bestie Julie Haynes.I chatted to Brenda about how seeing out her dream of moving to London in her late 30s was the perfect time, wondering whether Londoners would ‘get' her vocab, her journey with addiction, and going on a short lived date with an Eastenders star.You can follow Brenda @brendasbits and @brendaandjuliesconfessionbox.Follow and message the podcast @whenareyoucominghomepod on Tiktok and Instagram, and don't forget to share with your expat friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode we have Vivienne Sayers O'Callaghan, a content creator and advocate for the Irish language in New York City. I chat to Vivienne about the revolution of Gaeilge both at home and abroad and why it's important to keep it alive, her involvement with the arts and theatre community in New York, and her hustle to become the best version of herself in the Big Apple.You can follow Vivienne @vivienne_in_nyc on both Tiktok and Instagram.Follow and message the podcast @whenareyoucominghomepod on Tiktok and Instagram, and don't forget to share with your expat friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode we have Laura Brennan, originally from Dublin and now living in London working in film and tv production, after a few years in both Vancouver and Glasgow. I chat to Laura about leaving home to move abroad at just 18 years old, teaching her English boyfriend Irish-isms and the time she ended up as an extra, front and centre in a Bollywood movie.You can follow and message the podcast on Tiktok and Instagram @Whenareyoucominghomepod, and don't forget to rate and share the podcast with your expat friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Here is part 2 of my chat with primary school teacher Eoin O' Connor in Melbourne, where he tells tales of mental asylums in the outback, nearly loosing his finger doing his regional farm work, and his take on why so many young people are choosing to leave Ireland. You can follow and message the podcast on Tiktok and Instagram @Whenareyoucominghomepod, and don't forget to rate and share the podcast with your expat friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode we have Eoin O Connor, a primary school teacher living in Melbourne. I chat to Eoin about The GAA out in Oz, a stressful visa situation, and a mad dash to escape extreme flooding on the way to Airlie beach.Eoin has so many brilliant stories from living out in Melbourne that this is just part one. Tune in next week for part two to hear us chat about him convincing a pub of Aussies in the outback that he'd escaped from a mental asylum, nearly losing his finger doing farm work and lots more!You can follow and message the podcast on Tiktok and Instagram @Whenareyoucominghomepod, and don't forget to rate and share the podcast with your expat friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's season 2, and we're back with a bang! In this episode we have Amie Wiley, successful fitness and lifestyle influencer, who hails from the Banner county of Clare but is living in New York. I chat to Amie about missing the slow life in Clare compared to the intensity of New York City, the opportunities living in the big apple have given her to scale her business Active with Amie, her commitment to the GAA, and the super power of being Irish abroad.You can follow and message the podcast on Tiktok and Instagram @Whenareyoucominghomepod.Amie can be found on Instagram and Tiktok @amie_wiley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode we have Susan Mullane, a structural engineer living in London. We chatted about the experience of living abroad during lockdown, the new perspectives being immersed in a multi cultural city can give you, and the mad cultural differences when it comes to funerals in the UK versus Ireland.You can follow and message the podcast on socials @Whenareyoucominghomepod, and don't forget to rate and share the podcast with your expat friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode we have a Wexford x Derry mashup in the form of Niamh and Nicola, both working for the NHS here in London.We chat about getting robbed in Clapham, accent difficulties and missing Dunnes Stores more than your family. You can follow and message the podcast on socials@Whenareyoucominghomepod, and don't forget to rate and share the podcast with your expat friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode we have Niamh Cogan, a fellow Cork woman, who now lives in Vancouver.I talk to Niamh about leaving a small town mindset for a big cosmopolitan city, building resilience, and an apartment mishap involving some faulty plumbing. You can follow and message the podcast on socials @Whenareyoucominghomepod, and don't forget to rate and share the podcast with your expat friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode we have Jenny Hourihan, a teacher living in New York, having first moved to London where she first lived for six years. I chatted to Jenny about how her sister accidentally found out she was moving to New York, a scary incident on the subway, and speaking the cupla focail with Conor McGregor.You can follow and message the podcast on socials @Whenareyoucominghomepod, and don't forget to rate and share the podcast with your expat friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode we have Jason Kiely, who's working in the disability sector in Melbourne after a stint in living the digital nomad life in Bali, where he set up his own business as a life coach.I talk to Jason about the fever dream of working on a solar farm in rural Australia, why the goalposts keep moving for young people in Ireland trying to reach certain milestones, and missing Irish slang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode I chat to Peter Stack, a primary school teacher who's living in Vancouver. He talks about teaching in the Canadian education system, how to spot an Irish person abroad, and the illusive Irish 4 in 1 from the Chinese. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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