Be Right Back | Bai Bin Podcast

Aaaand we’re back!!! Kicking off 2025 a little late—'maar beter laat dan nooit!' What better way to start this season than with a powerhouse guest: writer  Julien Ignacio , winner of the  Amarte Prijs  for  Goudjakhals . 🏆 In this episode, we dive deep into: ✨ His creative process & the feeling of being ‘in-between’ ✨ The connection between personal & spiritual growt...

Join us for Episode 6 of Season 2 of the Be Right Back | Bai Bin Podcast as we engage in an inspiring conversation with the multi-talented dancer Devon Suriya. 👀If you often think about the dreams, hopes, aspirations - but also the baggage and maybe trauma - we inherited from our family.. 👀If you often think about being a creative ánd making that your source of income in a family with migrant ro...

👀 If you always wanted to know a bit more firsthand information about the (Caribbean rooted) Neoperreo movement and the different music styles that make it ánd influence Veinte Uñas's work.... 👀 If you are interested in the person behind Veinte Uñas... 👀 If you are just interested in another #BAIBIN conversation.... This episode is for you. 💃 Many know her as a DJ from the 🧚🏽Neoperreo🧚🏽 mo...

We know there’s a lot going on in the world & life is REALLY lifing for a lot of people out there. This time asks us to reflect and do better wherever we can. These themes alongside, ’moving back’ & the joys and sorrows that brings are all part of the conversation we had with nobody other then: E3, Edri, Edrieënna Brandao. Community Organizer, Writer and much much more! This conversation w...

We know you’ve been waiting for the third episode.. and here you have it! Many people from across the globe know her: Alydia Wever. Join Eva and Gyonne on the third episode of the second season on the Be Right Back | Bai Bin Podcast as we delve into the captivating story of Alydia Wever, a multi-disciplinary artist hailing from Aruba. Explore her fascinating journey of building an artistic career...

Season 2, episode 2! 💁🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️Most of you know these faces - that's right! It's Eva and Gyonne. The hosts of the Be Right Back | Bai Bin Podcast. Disclaimer: the first few minutes of the audio has some static we can't get out. Bare with us, it gets better further down the episode. Does this sound familiar? 😼"Oh you're going home, you're going to Aruba - That must be great having “Paradise” a...

Aaaand we're back. Season 2 is here and we are having conversations with great new guests . 🥳 Our first episode conversation is with Taisha Carrington. 👀Are you interested in hearing ideas about creating financial models as a creative from/in the Caribbean? 👀Want to hear a conversation between Caribbean creatives that speak upon expanding financial cultural institutions and infrastructure back...

In this episode, Eva and Gyonne, together with Kenny and Maxi Hill discuss the question of living in between or going back and what that means for them. What factors play a role for them in deciding to go back or live in between? Who or what is important in making these decisions? If we choose to stay away from the so called ‘back home’, living life on our terms, what responsibilities do we feel i...

Eva and Gyonne discuss what life is like after the process of what they came to do in the Netherlands is finished. For most of us it is studying.  Together with the founders of the SayLessSis Platform and mister Artwell Cain, they discuss the need and motivation to build our own organizational structures, living the 'bai bin' life and the feeling of wanting and needing to invest in the (is)la...

Gyonne and Eva discuss mental health with musicologist and researcher Charissa Granger and Jorge Garrido. What kind of daily rituals do they have to keep themselves going? And what about the constant friction choosing between the life you have created and the life you left behind? They explore the critical thinking you develop when you look at your home from abroad and the rights you lose when you...

Together with researcher and human right activist Lisenne Delgado and artist Quinsy Gario Gyonne and Eva explore the student and working life in the Netherlands. They talk about life as a newcomer in Europe and the Education system in The Netherlands versus the Education System on the islands. How do you deal with the constant need of confirmation of european/eurocentric aesthetics and the feeling...

Gyonne and Eva talk with politician Lysanne Charles and former director of Bijlmer Park Theater Ernestine Comvalius about arriving in the Netherlands, coming from the Caribbean. What does it mean to be rooted elsewhere? They talk about missing home, language differences, cultural differences and the importance of a community. Some of us have passport privileges, others don’t. How do we deal with t...

Eva and Gyonne talk with singer and activist Caitlin Schaap and artist Jorge Coffie on the long awaited migration from the Caribbean to the Netherlands. How did they experience this? They speak about prepping for the move, different motives of moving and financial risks that come with this. But also about the classist and value creative element of the educational system, and the semi-indoctrinatio...