10 audiobooks and podcasts about surviving in exile

1. "Come in large numbers", Narine Abgaryan

• Duration: 6 hours 9 minutes.

This is a collection of humorous and sometimes tragicomic sketches from the life of a girl who moved from Armenia in Russia. You may not be able to get practical advice from the book, but it will help you mentally recharge for success if you are also an immigrant.

2. March of the Lonely. Stories, Sergey Dovlatov

• Duration: 4 hours 14 minutes.

The title story "March of the Lonely" includes selected articles by Dovlatov for the New American weekly. In them, among other things, the author tells about how people are trying to establish life abroad.

3. "Jack who built the house", Elena Katishonok

• Duration: 19 hours 16 minutes.

This is the story of a mother and son who, with two suitcases leave the Soviet Union to start life anew in another country. Elena Katishonok's book is a family saga in which the reader will travel not only across countries, but also across time.

4. immigrantcast

• Average release time: 1,5 hour.

This is a conversational podcast that discusses immigration in the broadest sense of the word. Guests from different cities of the world talk about their life, work, hobbies and peculiarities of this or that country.

5. live well there

• Average release time: 1 hour.

Two Dashas are journalists from Moscow. They went to different parts of the world: one went to Dubai, the other to Shanghai. Now the girls are trying to arrange life in new cities and discuss it in a podcast.

6. Will they take me?

• Average release time: 40 minutes.

The podcast contains stories of Russians who went abroad to study, train or volunteer. Learning about such experiences can be helpful, as they are some of the most comfortable ways to emigrate and immerse yourself in a new environment.

7. Finch

• Average release time: 1 hour.

Each issue is a kind of instruction for adaptation in a particular city. Tips are shared by people who have already passed the path of an emigrant and checked everything on themselves.

8. It goes beyond all limits

• Average release time: 1 hour.

The authors analyze aspects of emigration from the point of view of psychology and help make the process of adaptation easier.

9. Laowaicast

• Average release time: 50 minutes.

The authors have lived in China for a long time and are ready to share their advice with those who are planning to move to this country.

10. Citizens of the world

• Average release time: 45 minutes.

A podcast in which immigrants from different countries share tips and simply talk about how their lives turned out.