Thesis

Expat Life is a Hell of a Drug

An immigrant dad gets clean

Sep 4, 2025 • Dan Keane

Someone Explain Kiwi to Me

The national bird. I don't get it

Apr 23, 2025 • Dan Keane

On the South Island Seen From the North

In the middle, on the edge, and looking in the mirror

Apr 17, 2025 • Dan Keane

Who's Gonna Move Back Now?

On living happily during the war

Apr 9, 2025 • Dan Keane

I'm Homesick for the Interstate

On the ache to drive faster, straighter, and farther away

Apr 3, 2025 • Dan Keane

Should You Be a Doctor in New Zealand?

The straight dope from Americans in Aotearoa's public healthcare

Mar 27, 2025 • Dan Keane

We Bowled in the Rain

On the end of a thing

Mar 19, 2025 • Dan Keane

The Yanks Aren't Coming

New Zealand at the end of the Pax Americana

Mar 5, 2025 • Dan Keane

Laughing at Americans

Willi Carlisle rattlin' the bones of US soft power

Feb 20, 2025 • Dan Keane

This Song Won't Fix the Distance

On the antipodal blues of Barry Saunders' 'Letter to America'

Feb 6, 2025 • Dan Keane

4:06

A Day Spent Here Is a Day Not There

On the cost of living abroad

Jan 29, 2025 • Dan Keane

It's Not an Airbnb. It's a Bach.

When the internet comes for a Kiwi tradition

Jan 22, 2025 • Dan Keane

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