Diaspora Redefined

Maria, a 25-year-old Ukrainian Muslim woman, was forced to leave her home country and seek safety in Germany following the 2022 Russian-Ukraine war. In this interview, she shares her lived experiences over the course of seven months, from her initial departure to finally settling into her own apartment with her cat, Muslima. Amid significant adversity, Maria faced many of the questions common to y...

No one prepares you for what to do when a war breaks out in your country. Today Salem and Tanya tell me what happened the day the Russian aggression started in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. One morning, everything changed for them in ways never imagined. Join me in such a profound conversation that truly changed the way I understood Ukrainians and their experience as they flee home. If you're...

Primer episodio en Español [First episode in Spanish]! Listen in to hear the story of my friend Andy Capote as he shares his experiences living in Cuba and his story resettling in Ecuador. In this conversation Andy shares all about what it means and what it is like to live in a socialist country where food is rationed, and the concept of private property is non-existent. Despite all challenges liv...

Latasian! Korean, Chinese and Puerto Rican cultures and experiences collide in one interesting conversation. Today I have the pleasure to share a very deep conversation with two of my close friends, Hayoung Oh and Terence Lo. Both of them have insightful thoughts and opinions on what it means to be second generation migrant from Korea and China, and how that shapes mentality and life perspective....

This is the first episode of Diaspora Redefined! During this episode Olga Bronetska, from Ukraine, shares how she won the VISA lottery. A friend told her that the reason she had never won anything in her life previous to that day was because she "saved all her luck for that one moment". During the conversation, Olga shared details about her life in Ukraine after the collapse of the Sovie...

This is Diaspora Redefined! A podcast focused on redefining what it means to be diaspora through stories of refugees, immigrants or anyone else impacted by migration.