{"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":"145 - Top 7 reasons you should NEVER move to Spain","slug":"145-top-7-reasons-you-should-never-move-to-spain","published_at":"2026-06-14T14:35:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923/145-top-7-reasons-you-should-never-move-to-spain","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spain/episodes/145---Top-7-reasons-you-should-NEVER-move-to-Spain-e3kp65g","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/30a40468/podcast/play/121460336/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-14%2F363c9d47-538e-ea7d-2943-e590749a392b.mp3","summary":"Should you move to Spain in 2026? Well, it depends. A blog called Expat Money recently published a list of the "top 7 reasons you should never move to Spain" and I don't think the author was wrong about them... I just think that Spain has some intangibles that make it a great place to live, and that for most of us, moving abroad is more than a mathematical calculation. Support this podcast at https://expatmadrid.com/donate/ You can read my article here, obviously I've lived in Spain for 22 years and I'm somewhat biased: https://expatmadrid.com/reasons-never-move-spain/ If you're looking for a more athletic type of holiday, check out my friend Raul over at https://biketourinspain.com I'll be going on his tour of La Rioja and Camino del Cid in a couple of months, and I've got two episodes on here about other bike tours, look for "#76 - Route of Don Quixote" and "#94 - Extremadura Bike Tour" for more about those.","meta_description":"Should you move to Spain in 2026? Well, it depends. A blog called Expat Money recently published a list of the \"top 7 reasons you should never move t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1374,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/spain-to-go-1855923/episodes/145-top-7-reasons-you-should-never-move-to-spain/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-1855923/145-top-7-reasons-you-should-never-move-to-spain.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}