The Forrin Podcast

It’s the Forrin Podcast Christmas special! Pat and Mike talk about, yes, you guessed it, Christmas! Christmas in Denmark, Christmas in France and Christmas when they were kids. They simply can’t get enough of it. Merry Christmas from all of us here, at The Forrin Podcast! This episode was edited by Mike Bowden. Music composed by Mike Bowden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

This week, Pat and Mike talk about that in Denmark, over 80% of non-Western immigrants feel that they have experienced racism. The story comes from a survey done by The Danish Institute of Human Rights. The link can be found below.  The pair then go on to discuss studying while being a foreigner, and Pat talks about that the majority of his studies are in French, and how that automatical...

In this episode Pat and Mike talk about two of the biggest current stories related to foreignness in the world: the left-right polarisation of the Israel-Gaza conflict - exemplified by the march against antisemitism in France in November, which attracted over 180,000 protestors including far-right politician Marine Le Pen - and the return of David Cameron to champion Britain's efforts to send cert...

Welcome to the fourth episode of the Forrin Podcast. In this episode Pat and Mike talk about their experiences in the Danish and French education systems. They each give their accounts of their initial impressions of taking an education both at secondary school and university. Also, they touch on what it was like to be a foreign student at their respective institutions and how their grammatical sh...

Welcome to the third episode of the Forrin Podcast. Mike and Pat continue to talk about language for non-native speakers in this recording, this time with a focus on how it’s viewed when foreigners make grammatical errors in the language of their adoptive country. They drift onto the social status of being foreigners in social circles, and how they enjoy being different from others despite the irr...

In this, the second episode of The Forrin Podcast, Pat and Mike discuss the politics behind language.  Pat talks about France’s political stance on the subject and how the learning of French is the glue that binds the French identity, its culture and its values together.   Mike compares this to Denmark and how the Danes view language politically. The pair go on to discuss the academ...

Welcome to to the first episode of Forrin , the podcast for foreigners of every flavour. Hosted by Mike Bowden and Patrick Garratt, two Britons who’ve lived respectively in Denmark and France for many years, Forrin talks about all aspects of foreignness, nationality and migration. We look at the etymology and connotations of the word “expat” in this first episode, as well as giving our reasons for...