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Expats On Air - Expats On Air – Episode 8: Japan Refuge with Black Pigeon Speaks & Marvin Motsenbocker

Expats On Air – Episode 8: Japan Refuge with Black Pigeon Speaks & Marvin Motsenbocker

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01/19/21 • 124 min

Expats On Air

We’re joined by 2 North Americans who live in Japan. Meet Black Pigeon Speaks, AKA Felix Rex, and Marvin Motsenbocker.

They both live very different lives. While Felix tends to his pigeon friends in downtown Tokyo, Marvin is living on the island of Yugeshima, where’s he’s building a self-sustaining community.

We talk a lot about the Japan expat experience, but also delve into the geopolitics of Asia, Marvin’s experience building DIY electric grids in the Congo, and how we can build a better world going forward.

Check out Black Pigeon Speaks here:

https://blackpigeonspeaks.com/

https://www.instagram.com/blackpigeonspeaks/

https://www.youtube.com/user/TokyoAtomic

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcOdNCF5e5Ev-57AWf_LpkA

https://twitter.com/navyhato

https://www.facebook.com/blackpigeonspeaks

https://linktr.ee/felixrex

Here’s more about Marvin’s projects and book:

https://yugeshima.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Take-Back-Power-Marvin-Motsenbocker/dp/B08P2C6HB4

Subscribe to Expats On Air on YouTube and follow us elsewhere:

YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCWjP-d2yt0Yicq0LXSR4SgQ

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/expatsonair/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExpatsOnAir

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExpatsOnAir

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/expatsonair

Trovo: https://trovo.live/ExpatsOnAir

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/expats-on-air/id1545076146

PodBean: https://expatsonair.podbean.com/

Get the intro music here: https://cruelbuddhist.bandcamp.com/track/commitment-to-coffee

Commitment to Coffee by Cruel Buddhist from the Yellow Mountain album.

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We’re joined by 2 North Americans who live in Japan. Meet Black Pigeon Speaks, AKA Felix Rex, and Marvin Motsenbocker.

They both live very different lives. While Felix tends to his pigeon friends in downtown Tokyo, Marvin is living on the island of Yugeshima, where’s he’s building a self-sustaining community.

We talk a lot about the Japan expat experience, but also delve into the geopolitics of Asia, Marvin’s experience building DIY electric grids in the Congo, and how we can build a better world going forward.

Check out Black Pigeon Speaks here:

https://blackpigeonspeaks.com/

https://www.instagram.com/blackpigeonspeaks/

https://www.youtube.com/user/TokyoAtomic

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcOdNCF5e5Ev-57AWf_LpkA

https://twitter.com/navyhato

https://www.facebook.com/blackpigeonspeaks

https://linktr.ee/felixrex

Here’s more about Marvin’s projects and book:

https://yugeshima.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Take-Back-Power-Marvin-Motsenbocker/dp/B08P2C6HB4

Subscribe to Expats On Air on YouTube and follow us elsewhere:

YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCWjP-d2yt0Yicq0LXSR4SgQ

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/expatsonair/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExpatsOnAir

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExpatsOnAir

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/expatsonair

Trovo: https://trovo.live/ExpatsOnAir

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/expats-on-air/id1545076146

PodBean: https://expatsonair.podbean.com/

Get the intro music here: https://cruelbuddhist.bandcamp.com/track/commitment-to-coffee

Commitment to Coffee by Cruel Buddhist from the Yellow Mountain album.

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Expats On Air – Episode 7: Shenzhen Insider & WeChat Legend, Jamie Vincent

Meet Jamie Vincent, Shenzhen expat of 20 years and rumored mastermind behind a number of infamous WeChat accounts, such as Wheels, Professor Li, Harry Chen PhD, and Eurasian Tiger.

Jamie shares inside knowledge on what’s happening in Shenzhen and where Chinese tech is headed. He also opens up about the online communities he fostered on WeChat and the various personas that bind them together. We get into a whole lot more too, so check it out.

You can check out Jamie here:

https://twitter.com/JamesAVincent1

https://twitter.com/UndergroundSilk

https://twitter.com/HarryChenPhD1

https://t.me/isChinaR

Subscribe to Expats On Air on YouTube and follow us elsewhere:

YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCWjP-d2yt0Yicq0LXSR4SgQ

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/expatsonair/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExpatsOnAir

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExpatsOnAir

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/expatsonair

DLive: https://dlive.tv/ExpatsOnAir

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/expats-on-air/id1545076146

PodBean: https://expatsonair.podbean.com/

Get the intro music here: https://cruelbuddhist.bandcamp.com/track/commitment-to-coffee

Commitment to Coffee by Cruel Buddhist from the Yellow Mountain album.

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Expats On Air – Episode 9: International School Circuit with Nickolas Harris

You ever think about working at an international school? In this episode, international school teacher Nickolas Harris shares the ins-and-outs of the international school circuit.

Nickolas and I both went to the American School In Japan (ASIJ) growing up. After finishing college, Nickolas took a short stint at PricewaterhouseCoopers before going on to teach at international schools in Bahrain, Honduras, and on Jeju Island, South Korea.

This episode was a lot of fun to record and I hope it’s helpful for anyone looking to work or send their children to international schools.

Check out Nick’s show, the Tokyo Alumni Podcast:

http://www.tokyoalumnipodcast.com/

https://anchor.fm/nick-harris46/episodes/Tokyo-Alumni-Podcast-Episode-1-Jeff-OHarrow-eeqghu

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV6X5hwgraIKRhvaCwhrGYQ

https://www.facebook.com/Tokyo-Alumni-Podcast-104203227984792/

Subscribe to Expats On Air on YouTube and follow us elsewhere:

YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCWjP-d2yt0Yicq0LXSR4SgQ

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/expatsonair/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExpatsOnAir

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExpatsOnAir

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/expatsonair

Trovo: https://trovo.live/ExpatsOnAir

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/expats-on-air/id1545076146

PodBean: https://expatsonair.podbean.com/

Get the intro music here: https://cruelbuddhist.bandcamp.com/track/commitment-to-coffee

Commitment to Coffee by Cruel Buddhist from the Yellow Mountain album.

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