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A podcast about Immigrants.
Episodes
14 episodes
Serbia: Irena Hadzi Dordevic
Irena is originally from Belgrade (Serbia). Irena earned her Bachelor in theatre and film scenography in Belgrade. After graduating, because of her talent and a touch of luck she was offered a full scholarship to North Wester...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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48:25

Uganda: Emma Yaaka: Part 2
In this part 2 we get to follow Emma as he finally gets his refugee status and travels to Chicago, USA . We also find out how difficult it is to navigate a new country and a completely different environment. We talk about Ugandan fo...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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35:49
Uganda: Emma Yaaka: Part 1
Emma is originally from Munamba (Uganda). He is a refugee now living and working in Chicago, USA. We talk about his traumatic child hood. His step sister who tried to poison him. And the life of a refugee and his way to getti...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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47:29
Chile: Daphne Agosin
Daphne is originally from Santiago (Chile). She studied architecture in Santiago (where she was born and raised) before attending Yale University in the USA. She currently lives in Chicago with her husband and is works as a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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36:52
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New Zealand: Ronnie Hughan
Ronnie is originally from Auckland (New Zealand). He lived in Wellington (New Zealand) before he started working for Eriksson and got a contract to work in the US. Ronnie is a cofounder of SkydiVR, is a skydive instructor and has over...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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39:22

Taiwan: Cheng Chih-Jou
Chih-Jou is originally from Tainan (Taiwan). She first came over as an exchange student to Westerville, Ohio (USA) where she studied theatre education and application. She now resides in Chicago (USA). We talk about Taiwanese cultur...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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32:34

France: Dominique Bousquet
Dominique Bousquet is originally from Toulouse, France. She worked as a professional dancer and actor in Paris. She now lives in New York City and works as a voice over artist and massage therapist. We talk about France, psyc...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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44:48

USA/Israel: David Jakubovic
David is Originally from Queens, New York (USA). He moved to Israel with his mum and dad when he was 1.5 yrs old. He spent his entire childhood and early adulthood before returning to New York in his early 20's. Now residing in Que...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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50:29

Iceland: Andi Kristins
Andi (Andrea) Kristins is originally from Reykjavik (Iceland). She is a “UN kid” and although she was born in Iceland she grew up in many different places, environments and cultures. While her “home” began in Iceland, she has made a home ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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43:32

Trinidad and Tobago: Tara Mahase
Tara Mahase is originally from Trinidad and Tobago. She left behind a full life with family and friends, but also poverty to find a better future and education in the United States. She also needed the right medical attention as she had a...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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31:28

Turkey: Alp Caglar Cilingir
Alp Caglar Cilingir is originally from Istanbul (Turkey). He has immigrated to the US twice before calling it his permanent home. He came the first time to attend school in Miami (Florida), went back to Turkey during the 2008 financ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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37:25

Russia: Konstantin Soukhovetski
Konstantin is originally from Moscow (Russia) and is an award pianist and composer. In this episode, we discover similarities between “them” and “us”, we learn about being a young man in New York City and of course about attending the pre...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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35:21
