After the Headlines - A Long-View Podcast
After the Headlines — A Long-View Podcast is an audio-first show about stepping back from the noise to understand what’s really going on beneath the surface.
The podcast explores expat life, living abroad, identity, systems, incentives, and the gap between how things are presented and how they’re actually experienced. Sometimes Thailand and life overseas are the lens — because that’s the world I live in — but the bigger patterns are global and universal.
This is not a breaking news podcast.
It’s long-form, opinion-led commentary focused on context, trade-offs, and sense-making — for people who want to think clearly rather than react quickly.
New episodes are published twice a week (Tuesday & Friday).
This isn’t breaking news.
It’s sense-making.
After the Headlines - A Long-View Podcast
The Gap Between Expat Expectations and Reality
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Moving abroad is often sold as a reset. A fresh start. A better life.
But many people arrive with expectations that were never realistic to begin with — shaped by social media, travel content, expat forums, and half-told success stories.
In this episode, I look at the gap between what people think life abroad will be like and what actually happens once the novelty wears off. Using real, everyday examples - including visas, banking, and cost of living in Thailand — the episode explores why frustration is often baked in from the start, and how mismatched expectations quietly shape expat experiences everywhere.
Thailand is sometimes the lens, because that’s the world I live in — but the patterns are universal.
This isn’t about discouraging people from moving abroad.
It’s about understanding the reality before it surprises you.