{"podcast":{"title":"Spain To Go","slug":"spain-to-go-1855923","podcast_index_feed_id":1855923,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/30a40468/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://expatmadrid.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/8060554/8060554-1729525389813-492bbd60a38fb.jpg","author":"Daniel Welsch","episode_count":149,"summary":"All about life in Spain, from a longtime expat and travel writer living in Barcelona. This podcast talks about Spanish culture, travel, language, history, politics, food and much more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T18:20:31.208001+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923"},"episode":{"title":"138 - Finding Happiness Abroad","slug":"138-finding-happiness-abroad","published_at":"2026-04-24T11:20:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923/138-finding-happiness-abroad","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spain/episodes/138---Finding-Happiness-Abroad-e3id9rb","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/30a40468/podcast/play/118973739/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-24%2F6d0572f4-8a42-ff51-d5a2-bee0e730df25.mp3","summary":"A lot of people move to Spain thinking they'll find happiness abroad. In reality, though, expat life is complicated, and happiness is far from guaranteed. Here are my thoughts on a "feeling of home", on getting away from it all, on Americans' love for moving, and much more. Support the podcast at https://expatmadrid.com/donate/ I appreciate it! And I'll give you a shoutout on a future episode if you send some support. Also, you can sign up for walking tours of amazing locations in Spain and Europe with Walks Tours: https://expatmadrid.com/walks/ Food tours in Spain and elsewhere with Devour Tours: https://expatmadrid.com/devour/ And cycling tours such as the Route of Don Quixote with Bike Tour in Spain: https://biketourinspain.com/ If you're interested in Spanish real estate, check out the list of Spanish real estate vocabulary over on my blog: https://expatmadrid.com/real-estate-vocab-spanish/","meta_description":"A lot of people move to Spain thinking they'll find happiness abroad. In reality, though, expat life is complicated, and happiness is far from guaranteed.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1475,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/spain-to-go-1855923/episodes/138-finding-happiness-abroad/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923/138-finding-happiness-abroad.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}