Not From Here
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Not From Here
A podcast that’s all about the experience of being from somewhere else, but calling Australia home. Join me as I explore the stories of immigrants who’ve grown up here, recent migrants, expats, or anyone who lives in Australia but feels an affinity with another culture or country.
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The beautiful blend of Lebanese, Druze, and Aussie
Not only did I get to talk to Sarah about being Australian-Lebanese, but I also got to speak to her about the Druze religion, an off-shoot of Islam th...
Does being good at sport make it easier to be an immigrant?
Sport as a gateway to belonging in Australia is just one of the topics I discuss with Bruce Djite, a former Australian association football (soccer) p...
Saudi and proud-i: one woman's journey to MasterChef & beyond
Before I spoke to Huda Al Sultan, I had never had an indepth conversation with anyone from Saudi Arabia before. What made this chat even more memorabl...
Dying and culture: how death customs and rituals affect how we think about life
The way you feel about death often depends on your dominant culture. In this episode, I chat to Holly Rankin Smith, who works at the Groundswell Proje...
When my baby smiles at me I go to Rio (except I don't know much about it)
Aside from stereotypes, Brazil and Brazilians don't feature much in the Australian media. In this episode, Lyssandro and Clovis enlighten me about Bra...
The (really outdated) Asian male stereotype
I chat to Christian who talks about the emasculating Asian male stereotypes that popular western media propagates - and how hard it is to date in Aust...
An American entrepreneur in Sydney
Eran moved from New York to Sydney, and built several businesses here - but it hasn't been easy. We talk about the Australian tall-poppy syndrome, the...
Where TF is Sao Tome & Principe?
I’d never heard of the 'chocolate islands', Sao Tome & Principe, before I met Manu. But today, you can find out a lot more about this former Portugues...
Brits love the 'bants' and Aussies just don't have them
I talk to Natalie Smith and Isla Cameron, two Brits who moved from the UK to Sydney and, after several years of dating, realised that the Australian d...
Aren't Kiwis pretty much the same as Aussies?
Today I talk to Jessica Ellerm and Alex Brownlee, two Kiwi women who moved to Sydney from quiet Christchurch in New Zealand in their early 20s. They s...