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Published by Jef Taylor
Expat life in Mexico City: interviews and solo dispatches about language, culture, and what it really feels like to leave your life behind and move to CDMX.
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Today is my six-month Mexico City-iversary, which I celebrated by locking myself out of my apartment twice in as many days. I also finally rode the Metro, heard the loudest clap of thunder I've ever heard while lying in shavasana, and fed an avocado to a squirrel named Pepe, who buried half of it and then shit all over my terrace. My ex-landlord also called to tell me he's suing me for a hate crime. Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, and then share it with your former landlord. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
I met Jonathan Wiest in a dysfunctional Spanish class in Mexico city, soon after he hitchhiked from the Texas border to Vancouver with $500 and a sign reading "north and west." We talk about what he found — conspiracy theories, roadside prayers, a truck named "Murdered," and a lot of friendly people stuck in an unfriendly country. Follow Jonathan on Instagram @jonathqn.w Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, but in a Nazi costume. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
The joys of Oaxaca and the horrors of dental anxiety, with some foot fingers, excessive girth and a Rumi poem about teeth along the way. Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, but while drooling blood. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
I hire a Mexican lawyer to get my deposit back, visit a dentist I found on an expat forum, and spend an entire day trapped at home waiting for Amazon. Plus: I investigate the mysterious strings on Mexico City's garbage bags, contemplate the economics of the camote man, and have the strange realization that I'm happy here. Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, but brush your teeth first. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
I met Gary in a Spanish class in Mexico City. I didn’t learn much Spanish, but I did make a friend who was riding a bicycle from Alaska to Patagonia. We talk about that, his old life on oil rigs, and eating guinea pig for breakfast. Follow Gary Clarke on Instagram @gary_clarke (This episode was originally released on 11/05/2025.) Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, but while eating guinea pig. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
Chris Ryan is the author of Sex at Dawn and host of Tangentially Speaking . We talk about living and traveling abroad, what happens when you get outside the American bubble, and how seeing other places can change the way you see your own country. We also get into my film Coverage , sex and death, 9/11, politics, Mexico, unemployment, podcasting, hitchhiking, and the unexpected connections that come from talking to people you might never otherwise meet. (This episode was originally released on 12/11/2025.) Subscribe to Tangentally Speaking here: https://chrisryan.substack.com/podcast and buy his book Sex at Dawn at fine bookstores everywhere. Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, but on 9/11. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
Anastasija grew up in post-Soviet Lithuania, got a green card at 18, and spent years bouncing between Columbus, London, Edinburgh, and Norway before eventually landing back in Ohio and becoming a somatic therapist and yoga teacher. We talk about growing up post-Soviet, the green card bureaucracy, and how a business trip to Columbus turned permanent once the pandemic hit. (This episode was originally released on 9/23/2025.) Learn more about Anastasia's practice and sign up for one of her classes at: www.sijasomatics.com and follow her on Instagram @anastasija_katcyna. Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, but in post-Soviet Lithuania. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
Jason Wachtelhausen has lived one of the most unconventional lives of anyone I've interviewed. As I've been living in Mexico this year, I found myself thinking about his years in Guatemala and hearing this conversation a little differently. We talk heroin addiction, punk rock, butchery, religion, travel, and a life that refuses to fit into a box. (This episode was originally released on 6/17/2025.) Follow Jason on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dogmuseum_ Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, and then re-listen. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
I settle into my new apartment (and terrace) in Mexico City while Jonathan's voice memos chronicle the final stretch of his hitchhiking journey across the United States. We end up landing on many of the same questions from very different places: comfort, fear, travel, and what it means to really live. Plus: altitude flatulence, joy, and an announcement about the podcast. Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, for the next month. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
The odd reality of building a life somewhere new is that eventually you end up homesick no matter where you are. I'll be back to normal episodes next week, whatever normal means. Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, but with crickets. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
I return to the United States for the first time since moving away and quickly remember what America does—and doesn’t—feel like. Jonathan continues hitchhiking toward Canada, collecting stories that range from deeply moving to completely bizarre: strangers who pray for him, unexpected generosity, Native ceremonies, truck stops, and conversations that reveal just how differently people experience the same country. Two very different journeys through America, happening at the same time. Follow Jonathan Wiest's journey hitchhiking across the United States on Instagram @jonathqn.w Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, and then blow it up. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
I end up in a World Cup celebration unlike anything I've ever experienced, get spectacularly lost wandering Mexico City after my phone dies, and share audio dispatches from a 20-year-old German hitchhiking across the US with almost no money. Plus: the Mexican national anthem is secretly a death threat, every guy Jonathan meets in Texas has done time, a thunderclap broke a seismograph, and a little discomfort goes a long way. Follow Jonathan Wiest's journey hitchhiking across the United States on Instagram @jonathqn.w Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, but walk in a straight line. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
I'm in my last week of six-hour Spanish days, packing up the apartment I can't wait to leave, and negotiating my deposit back over WhatsApp with a landlord who's taking my early exit personally. Also: the Fungi Festival, psychedelic cumbia, nooks & crannies, and weed honey. Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, but get your shirt out of your mouth. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
I got sick, got antibiotics from a tip-jar doctor, and came back to life right as the World Cup kicked off here in Mexico City. The city went dead quiet, then erupted. I Watched Mexico win from a cantina with free tequila and a torrential downpour. Oh, and I'm moving. Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, and then take antibiotics. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
Celebrating one year of the podcast from Mexico City, where strangers wish you a good meal and toilets overflow without warning. Illness, isolation, ten M&M's in a bag, the kindness of a movie theater employee, and why I couldn't sell hair loss products for a living. Thank you so much to everyone who has listened to this podcast over the past year. I truly appreciate you, and your ears. You can see my film and video work here, if you're into that sort of thing: onefjef.com Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, and then take a short break. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
The inevitable loneliness of starting a new life. Also I got strapped into a bungee harness with four women and zero Spanish comprehension, learned that The Simpsons is apparently funnier in Spanish, named my kefir Bicho, and rode through the insane streets of CDMX at night with a friend for the first time. Also I have thoughts about masculine and feminine nouns and they are not entirely diplomatic. Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, pero en la noche. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
SEASON TWO PREMIERE! Chris Casey is back. I find out he actually was an expat — Abu Dhabi, year and a half, government-financed apartment, walked around like he owned the place. We talk about when I learned Arabic at a mosque in South Korea, the call to prayer being piped through an entire city from one voice, me hanging out with Chris' parents in Mexico City without him, his girlfriend's menstrual cycle app, and the million dollars. Still waiting on the million dollars. Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, but while womenstruating. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
This is the final episode of season one of onefjef : a compilation of clips, conversations, connection, confessions, and moments that somehow led me from Columbus, Ohio to Mexico City. I still can’t believe I made 49 of these. Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, 49 times. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
An earthquake alarm went off, Mexico City is slowly disappearing into the earth, and I'm still impressed I haven't fallen on the sidewalk yet. Episode 48 — the penultimate episode of onefjef season one — short, a little chaotic, what you'd expect, hopefully what you'll like. Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, but not during an earthquake. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
It’s a new era. The podcast has a focus now — expat life in Mexico City — and there’s a new contest to go with it. I talk about CDMX’s no-driving-test license system, why Beetle taxis used to rule the city, the many ways Spanish says “I love you” (and the one way English does), and a tortilla situation I probably should’ve kept to myself. Ponte el cinturón, mis amigos. Please show some support for the podcast and get access to some extra content by subscribing to the Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/onefjef Instagram: @onefjefpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onefjefpod TikTok: @onefjefpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onefjef Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com You can also call the podcast and leave a voicemail at 1-669-241-5882 and I will probably play it on the air. Thank you for listening, please do it again, but put make sure your seatbelt is on. Onefjef is produced, edited & hosted by Jef Taylor.
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