Ginger Gerald - you lucky barstard!
"Ginger Gerald - you Lucky Barstard!" is a podcast about the reality of moving and living overseas. Why would you decide to live abroad in the first place? How does the weather and local language impact you? Do you really need a swimming pool? And what is all of the bureaucracy and admin like just to live there? Is it all worth it? Do you think Ginger Gerald really is a lucky Barstard? Well, you will need to listen in to make your mind up on that one! This podcast is a combination of experiences and hilarious anecdotes to entertain and to provide real and detailed insights about life outside of your own country. Enjoy!
Episodes
30 episodes
That's a wrap folks!
A bit of a sad episode this one as your host has some news to share with you all...... But an insightful look, nonetheless, into why old Ginger decided to launch a podcast in the first place. What went well and what went badly? What were the hi...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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23:43
Accident Prone?
If you are categorized as being "accident prone" does that mean you are just unlucky - or are you really just clumsy or, worse, a bit dim! Well, however you look at it, Ginger Gerald has definitely had his fair share of accidents stretching bac...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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24:57
Animal Magic
Pets, critters and animals are such a fundamental part of Overseas life. Listen to Ginger Gerald´s tales - some warm and lovely; others rather scary and involving scorpions, crocs and tarantulas. Before you make yourself comfy for your weekly l...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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24:55
"Go on ..... Giz a lift will yer?"
From the ultra modern Urban Planning Concept of the Fifteen Minute City to hitching lifts from Spaghetti Junction and picking up hitchers who turn out to be Wild Cat keepers in Mexico! There´s something for everyone this week on Ginger Gerald -...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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22:48
AmazON or AmazOFF?
Online shopping - what a miraculous technological advancement that it! Or is it? Life has become so much easier; and we have become so much lazier! Where do you stand on the whole debate - and do you show any signs of addiction? GG breaks...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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22:46
The football episode
GG has been rabbiting on about food & drink recently and so this week, keeping alive the approach of "talk about the things you love", is focusing on football. Playing, watching, reading, talking and FEELING football - wherever you ar...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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23:14
Penfriends, Exchanges & School Trips
Ginger Gerald delves deep into the past and looks at the fun and games of having penfriends, doing exchange visits and going on school trips overseas. For many of us these were our very first ever overseas experiences. And, in the dim & dar...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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22:50
Bon Appetit!
Let´s talk about food! About time too. When you live or travel overseas food and meals are just so important - at least they are to Ginger Gerald and his family. GG goes on a bit of a trip back to his childhood and discusses how his Mum produce...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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25:03
How do you take your January? Dry or Wet?
Drinking. That´s the theme for this week. People´s approach to alcohol consumption and alcohol induced behaviour varies hugely from one country to another. Ginmger Gerald looks at these differences and asks the question - what´s the best approa...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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23:37
How much?
Ginger Gerald takes a bit of a trip down memory lane remembering how cheap things were "in the olden days". And remembers what it felt like to get paid in foreign currency before the arrival of the Euro into most of Europe. But, to avoid being ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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24:23
2022 is dead. Long live 2023!
After a seasonal break, GG is back with a review of 2022 and a look into what 2023 has in store for the pod. A slight change of focus to make the show a little more relevant - but retaining the same mixture of humour, anecdotes, nonsense and in...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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21:08
Thoughts From The Next Generation
To finish the year with a bang, Ginger Gerald invites his eldest daughter to give her views on International living. She´ll be sharing her own experiences and anecdotes and her views and thoughts on the many topics and themes which we have been...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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24:58
It´s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Well, it´s almost Christmas time folks so time to talk about what Christmas is like overseas. Plenty of real and funny anecdotes await you in today´s episode and did you know that Ginger Gerald has "TOD"! Want to know what that is - then listen...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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19:32
Is Home Where The Heart is?
Today´s episode delves into the "privileged" world of an International Family. But is it really always glamorous? Ginger Gerald suggests not! And how do you really maintain relationships with your, supposedly, nearest and dearest? If s...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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17:13
Mexico Revisited
When you go back to a place where you used to live, do you get a nice, warm feeling of familiarity and real connection when you are there? Ginger Gerald has just been back to México on holiday and, in his inimitably chatty and anecdotal style, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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23:44
Journeys of a Lifetime!
Was International Travel really glamorous in the olden days? Or am I making that up? This episode looks a little at how travel was and picks up a few anecdotes from Ginger Gerald´s earlier travelling days. And then the big story - the emotional...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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20:50
Breaking In!
When you decide to move or you have already moved to a brand new place for your brand new life, how do you go about "Breaking In" to the local communities and groups? For Ginger Gerald it´s all been about sport. So listen to and enjoy an anecdo...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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21:36
You Drive Me Cwazee!
When you drive abroad there are just so many things that drive you crazy about the way other people behave bind the steering wheel. What is it about all the gesticulations and if I put the V´s up at someone will they get the message? And ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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23:49
Goodbye Series 1, Roll on Series 2.......
A short and fond farewell to the first ever series of GGYLB & a quick teaser for what we´ve got lined up for you in Series 2 - kicking off on Thursday 3rd November
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Season 2
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3:49
Spilling the T!
Today is a very special edition to celebrate the 10th edition of "Ginger Gerald - you lucky barstard!" And what better way to celebrate than to invite GG´s wife, the infamous "T" onto the pod and hear from her all about life overseas and for he...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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25:39
Nice Melons!
There´s something about gardening that´s really addictive - and Ginger Gerald fell for it hook, line & sinker. A light take on a Novice Gardener´s experiences, successes and failures and all of the hopes and dreams that come along with the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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23:02
Back to School
Ginger Gerald explores the whole world of Education for your children when you are overseas. Quite a serious topic - and some big and important decisions to take - but also a few funny, moving and outrageous tales to tell. Covering a plethra of...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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24:44
Blummin´ Bureaucracy
There is so much admin and bureaucracy around moving and living overseas. And it is virtually always excruciatingly painful and frustrating. So listen into Ginger Gerald´s experience, stories and words of wisdom to enlighten and entertain you.....
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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23:52
It´s all Double-Dutch to me!
When you move or live abroad, just how important is it for you to be fluent in the local language in order to live life to the full? Or can you just shout, speak very slowly and use hand signals? Should you do an intensive language course or ju...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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22:54