HeyJaredThe X Perspective Podcast
The X Perspective Podcast is an English-language podcast based in Bangkok, Thailand, that aims to understand the human condition through the personal stories of our candid guests.
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Season 3: Wrap-Up with Raj | How Do You Let Go? (opens the original)
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Letting Go | Personal Stories From Bangkok, Thailand How do you truly let go of something, whether it’s a relationship, a job, a belief, or an identity, that is no longer serving you? Or, perhaps the question isn’t what to let go of, but what is actually worth holding onto? In this wrap-up episode, host Raj shares what she has learned from her guests, including the three common threads she noticed across all nine stories this season. Joanne Narksompong had to redefine how she saw her sick dad. B
Relocating To Leave The Rut Of Comfort (opens the original)
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At 50, He Chose Uncertainty Over a Comfortable Life | Relocating to Thailand What would you do if you felt trapped at 50? Would you uproot your entire family from a life of comfort and risk relocating to a new country just to feel challenged and alive? Or would that be too selfish a decision? In 2025, when Bangladeshi-American expat Misha Ali turned 50, a wave of anxiety hit him. He realized that he had become stuck in the rut of comfort. Through Misha’s story, this episode explores how comfort
Choosing A Modest Life Abroad After Being Laid Off (opens the original)
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Laid Off at 53: Former Volvo Executive Chooses a Modest Life Abroad After spending nearly three decades climbing the corporate ladder in the auto industry, American-German expat John Jorn Stech was suddenly laid off from his executive position at Volvo. He was just 53 years old. What happens to a person’s psyche and sense of identity when their job, status, and paycheck are unexpectedly taken away after almost 30 years of building a career? In this episode, 59-year-old John shares how and why he
When She Lost Her Mom, She Lost Herself (opens the original)
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When I Lost My Mom, I Lost Myself | How Thailand Inspired Me to Start Over Imagine a structure supported by two pillars. Each pillar helps define who you are. Together, they hold up your sense of identity. For Swedish expat Elin Molander, one of those pillars was her mom. Growing up as an only child with a single parent, she shared an incredibly close bond with her, the person she loved most in the world. Then, in 2024, Elin's mom passed away. With the loss of that pillar, the other one came cra
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