Portugal - The Simple Life
"Olá e bem-vindo" to “Portugal The Simple Life Podcast, an insider’s perspective to Portugal!
If your plans to have a simple life abroad include delicious food, a fantastic climate, friendly people and lots of things to see and do, then Portugal is the right place to be! Dylan Herholdt, who has made his life in Portugal, shares an insider’s perspective on living in Portugal and a glimpse of the marvellous lifestyle that has captivated foreigners from all over the world.
Join his weekly podcast where along with his guests, they shine light on the various aspects of living, investing and visiting Portugal.
This podcast is sponsored by Leisure Launch Group: https://www.leisurelaunch.com/
Welcome to the simple life!
Episodes
264 episodes
Energised in Portugal
Our latest guest is Steven Dossou. Affectionately known as the "Action Man”, is a renowned TedX speaker, author and co-founder of Leadership University. Originating from humble beginnings in his homeland of Togo, West Africa, he has steadily as...
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Season 3
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Episode 37
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38:47
My Home in Portugal - Ken & Lisa
On this edition of 'My Home in Portugal’, Dylan is joined by Ken & Lisa, a British couple who met Dylan and his team at one of our ‘A Place in The Sun Shows’ and bought a villa off-plan. We recorded this interview from their beautiful new h...
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Season 3
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Episode 36
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47:37
Portugal is good for your brain
Hedi Young is that latest guest on the podcast. Hedi is born in Paris, grew up in the UK and a science writer and content producer at The Champilimaud Foundation. Hedi has lived in Portugal for more than 10 years and chats to Dylan about, among...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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40:08
Healing in Portugal
Our latest guest Anika Bieg grew up in Germany but has been living in Portugal for almost 5 years. She is an event host for Modern Mystic Arts, a community that focuses on healing people through psycho-mystic rituals and Movement Keys that spea...
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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53:01
What does Portugal think of Trump?
Gonçalo Telles is a dad, a sporting fan, a founder of a communications company, and a political analyst who regularly appears on ‘SIC Noticias’, one of Portugal’s news broadcasters. He joins Dylan to chat about the recent elections in the US, w...
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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1:19:41
Portugal food is comfort food
Catarina Rebelo Guerra is an architect, an actress, and also a foodie who is recently working in a new area: filming food! She shares with Dylan some of her professional background and why “Cozido à Portuguesa” (Portugal’s most famous comfort f...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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1:01:30
Portugal's pastry-eating Olympian
Mabilio De Albuquerque is our latest guest on the podcast. Mabilio is a former Olympic swimmer and is the current CEO of ‘Nata Pura’ a company responsible for exporting one of Portugal’s most iconic pastries. He speaks to Dylan about why he lov...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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43:01
Talking to strangers in Portugal
Vika Viktoria is our latest podcast guest. Vika is an award-winning storyteller, keynote speaker, and Brave New Story Advisory founder. She talks to Dylan about what she loves about living in Portugal, how there is always time for a conversatio...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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43:10
My home in Portugal - Loup & Gloria
On this edition of 'My Home in Portugal’, Dylan is joined by Loup and Gloria, from the USA, who after visiting Portugal decided to buy a property in Nazare, site unseen! This episode was recorded on the balcony of their beautiful apartment in a...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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45:40
Portugal is full of pearls
Noel Petinga Leopoldo is not just a unique name but Noel is a unique character. Noel is a teacher, an explorer, a poet and the latest guest on the podcast. He talks to Dylan about why he loves Portugal, what he would do to improve his village a...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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48:00
Portugal chose me
Jessica Sarkodie is a storyteller and marketing professional originally from Ghana who after living in various parts of the world now calls Portugal her home. Jessica is our latest guest and chats to Dylan about what she appreciates about slow ...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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45:44
The pen is mightier in Portugal
Our latest guest Fred Young is originally from the UK, is a retired engineer a grandfather to five. In 2015, Fred had a heart attack while on holiday and it was then that he decided to make a change. It was then that he decided to retire and mo...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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37:59
Thinking bigger in Portugal
Catarina Caria is a foreign affairs analyst and a seasoned public speaker, with a strong emphasis on European Affairs, Security & Defence, and Sustainable Development. She's the host of União De Facto, a Sábado Podcast and a regular analyst...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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45:07
Exploring Portugal
Paul Niel is an Austrian explorer who has lived and travelled all over the world and has called Portugal his home for the last 3 years. He joins Dylan on the podcast and discusses why he chose Portugal, what he appreciates about Portugal and wh...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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43:30
Life can't wait in Portugal
Rita Piçarra is former CFO of Microsoft Portugal and retired at 44 years of age, her story has been featured on websites and television shows in Portugal. She is the author of the book ‘A vida nao pode esperar’ (Life can’t wait) and is...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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48:26
Cooperation in Portugal
Ricardo Costa is a Portuguese speaker, Honorary consul of Kosova, a book author, Chairman of Grupo Bernardo Costa, with more than 180,000 followers on Linkedin and this week's guest. He speaks to Dylan about his love for his country and what he...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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52:56
My home in Portugal - Andre & Marianne
On this edition of 'My Home in Portugal’, Dylan is joined by Andre & Marianne, a German & Norwegian couple who lived in Norway and discovered and then fell in love with Portugal’s Silver Coast. At the time of recording Andre & Maria...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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48:04
Stupid questions about Portugal
Hugo and Ines are Portuguese comedians and previous guests on the podcast. This week they join Dylan for a special 20th episode and have some fun answering some stupid questions about their country. A few things that come up; bread, olive oil, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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56:01
Portugal is my spiritual kingdom
Simone Franke is originally from Germany and has been living in Portugal for 7 years. She is a community builder, an impact entrepreneur, a speaker and a traveller. Simone is the latest guest on the podcast and chats to Dylan about why she firs...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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41:07
Appreciating colours in Portugal
Did you know that more than 350 million people worldwide are colourblind, and until recently, there was little support available. Our latest guest is Miguel Neiva and he is trying to change that. Miguel is from Porto in Portugal, is an Ashoka f...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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54:00
Portugal's Eurovision star
iolanda is a singer and song writer, born and raised in Portugal and recently represented Portugal at Eurovision in Malmo, finishing 10th. She is the latest guest on Portugal The Simple Life Podcast and chats to Dylan about what inspires her mu...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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54:35
Portugal's quality of life
Nuno Fonseca is Founder/CEO at Sound Particles and the creator of "Sound Particles" software, currently in use in all major "Hollywood" studios and used in productions such as "Game of Thrones", "Frozen 2", "Starwars 9", etc. He is based in The...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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46:05
Patterns of Portugal
Christine Chitnis is a writer and photographer based in Providence, Rhode Island. As author of the widely acclaimed Patterns of India (Clarkson Potter, 2020) and a contributor to publications including the New York Times, Elle, Martha Stewart L...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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51:05
Arms wide open in Portugal
José Guedes is a retired airline pilot, a book author and aviation consultant, he was the captain of the only flight in Portuguese history to be hijacked and is still friends with the hijacker. On the latest episode of the podcast José shares...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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38:14
A Portuguese-American fusion
Mariana Sampaio and Nicole Curcio met each other online after Nicole heard an interview with Mariana on this podcast. Since then they have come besties, co-created some ceramic pieces together and Nicole has bought a house and is in the process...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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52:05
