Foreign Feelings: Conversations on Not Belonging

Foreigner

Hello fellow foreigners. Welcome Home. Today we are talking about our foreign feelings in Arabic, Russian, Spanish & English. This is hands down my favorite episode. The introduction is long, but stick with it, it's funny at the end. It is hard to feel foreign. It doesn’t matter where you live or what you do: If you do not feel you do not belong in the body, country, or job that you are in, suffering happens. In this episode, we  share that suffering with each other. It turns out the series Friends in German is horrible...and this may very well be the cause of most of our suffering (among other things). So bring your awkward feelings and join the conversation. I promise there are a lot of weird moments...especially when I try to correctly pronounce the name of my guests. Foreign Feelings: Our Differences Make Us The Same Information about our contributors, further readings, information about myself and everything else you want to know about us can be found in⁠⁠ ⁠our show notes here. ⁠⁠⁠ [https://medium.com/foreignfeelings/episode-8-foreigner-6273f19ae427] Music written by myself, performed and improvised by the beautiful ⁠⁠⁠Ellen Atwood Music.⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.ellenatwoodmusic.com/] Follow us ⁠⁠⁠on Instagram!⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/foreignfeelingspodcast/]

I Stopped

Hello fellow foreigners. Welcome Home. Today we are talking about our foreign feelings in Finnish, Spanish & English. ''...there are many ways to silence a woman: strangling, smothering, choking, put words into her mouth, make her eat her words, stonewalling...'' Down Girl the Logic of Misongyny, 2018 by Kate Manne. Today's episode is inspired in part by the above book, the poem I Stopped by Linnea George, the story of the Elephant and the Rope, Colonialism and the subsequent dilution of languages, the Male Gaze and GOD. (yes god herself inspired this podcast). So bring your awkward feelings and join the conversation. I promise there are a lot of weird moments...especially the one where I talk about my father walking in on me peeing. Foreign Feelings: Our Differences Make Us The Same Information about our contributors, further readings, information about myself and everything else you want to know about us can be found in⁠⁠ our show notes here. ⁠⁠ [https://medium.com/foreignfeelings/episode-7-i-stopped-0ac81814639d] Music written by myself, performed and improvised by the beautiful ⁠⁠Ellen Atwood Music.⁠⁠ [https://www.ellenatwoodmusic.com/] Follow us ⁠⁠on Instagram!⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/foreignfeelingspodcast/]

Psalm for a 1 Night Stand

Hello fellow foreigners. Welcome Home. Today we are talking about our foreign feelings in German, Arabic & English... and today, I welcome MEN on the show. ohlala! Here are some great first date conversations starters: Gender Roles, Sex, Consent (did I say yes? or did I say no?) US cultural and political domination, German Porn, WWII, Patriotism and what it means to be a REAL MAN. All of these wonderful potential first date convos packed inside my poem, Psalm for a 1 Night Stand. If this doesn't make you want to get down on your knees and pray... I don't know what will. Foreign Feelings: Our Differences Make Us The Same Information about our contributors, further readings, information about myself and everything else you want to know about us can be found in⁠ our show notes here. ⁠ [https://medium.com/@ForeignFeelings/episode-5-dear-daughter-2d268dbf6465] Music written by myself, performed and improvised by the beautiful ⁠Ellen Atwood Music.⁠ [https://www.ellenatwoodmusic.com/] Follow us ⁠on Instagram!⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/foreignfeelingspodcast/]

Dear Daugher

Hello fellow foreigners. Welcome Home. This conversation takes a surprising turn (for me) when a poem I wrote for my daughter turns into a discussion of capitalism vs. collectivism, white privilege, socio-economic privilege, and cultural imperialism wow. I have an amazing time hearing the opinion of my contributors and I think you will too. Today we are talking about our foreign feelings in Amharic, Russian and English. Foreign Feelings: Our Differences Make Us The Same Information about our contributors, further readings, information about myself and everything else you want to know about us can be found in our show notes here. [https://medium.com/@ForeignFeelings/episode-5-dear-daughter-2d268dbf6465] Music written by myself, performed and improvised by the beautiful Ellen Atwood Music. [https://www.ellenatwoodmusic.com/] Follow us on Instagram! [https://www.instagram.com/foreignfeelingspodcast/]

Lonely Phone World

Hello fellow foreigners. Welcome home. Today the conversation is in Arabic, Farsi, English, and Finnish. Complete show notes here. [https://medium.com/@ForeignFeelings/foreign-feelings-episode-4-lonely-phone-world-54a83a27b12b] Today, we talk about all the ways we feel foreign while being single and trying to navigate dating app bullshit. Let’s talk about what culture is (family + community + landscape), how we want to be wooed, and what it is like to live in this mobile phone world. lonely. It’s a lonely lonely world out there so we invite you to bring that awkward lump at the base of your throat as we open our mouths and talk about all the ways our differences make us the same. Mentioned on the podcast: Sounds Like a Cult Podcast https://www.soundslikeacult.com/ [https://www.soundslikeacult.com/⁠] The Movie, The Social Dilemma https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/ [https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/] Music improvised and sung by ⁠Ellen Atwood Music⁠ [https://www.ellenatwoodmusic.com/] Complete show notes, translations of the poem, information about the translators and about Linnea, producer and poet of the podcast can be found at ⁠medium.com/foreignfeelings⁠ [https://medium.com/foreignfeelings/foreign-feelings-episode-4-lonely-phone-world-54a83a27b12b] ⁠instagram.com/foreignfeelingspodcast/⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/foreignfeelingspodcast/] Foreign Feelings: Our Differences make us The Same