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 Western, Chicago. She is

Uganda: Emma Yaaka: Part 2

Mar 12th, 2023 35m 49s

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 food and Emm

Uganda: Emma Yaaka: Part 1

Feb 10th, 2023 47m 29s

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 getting asylum. This is

Chile: Daphne Agosin

Jan 6th, 2023 36m 52s

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 lighting designer

New Zealand: Ronnie Hughan

Dec 9th, 2022 39m 22s

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 5600 jum

Taiwan: Cheng Chih-Jou

Oct 29th, 2022 32m 34s

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 culture, religio

France: Dominique Bousquet

Sep 30th, 2022 44m 48s

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, psychics , wine and

USA/Israel: David Jakubovic

Aug 27th, 2022 50m 29s

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 Queens and ha

Iceland: Andi Kristins

Jun 29th, 2022 43m 32s

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 every

Trinidad and Tobago: Tara Mahase

Jan 1st, 2022 31m 28s

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 an inj

Turkey: Alp Caglar Cilingir

Oct 22nd, 2021 37m 25s

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 financial crisis

Sweden: David Axlund

Aug 31st, 2021 45m 11s

David Axlund is originally from Trosa, lived in Stockholm and called Sweden his home until he experienced love at first sight. He gave up his company, followed his heart and began a new life in Los Angeles (California) with his future wife. W

Russia: Konstantin Soukhovetski

Jul 13th, 2021 35m 21s

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 prestigi

Belgium: Fabienne Heymans

Jun 4th, 2021 33m 38s

Fabienne is originally from Brussels (Belgium) and lives in New York City. She is a model, dancer, healer and environmentalist. Listen to us discuss her modeling career, New York City in the 80s, her struggles with Hashimoto disease and much