When Home is a Foreign Word

Angela Alvarez

Interviewing Colombians living abroad and foreigners living in Colombia to explore themes of identity, belonging, community, family, and what it means to be Home.

  1. 06/25/2025

    Beetles, oceans, and making beauty out of pain with Maria Contreras

    In this episode I sit down with cinematographers and anthropologist Maria Contreras to discuss the power of contained art forms: poetry, short films, micro-documentaries and how artists give us all permission to find beauty in grief.  🎧 Enjoyed this episode? Help me keep the stories flowing: 🌸 Subscribe to my free newsletter: Confessions of a Sidewalk Flower — for monthly essays, cultural reflections, and gentle journaling prompts ☕ Support the journey on Patreon: patreon.com/SidewalkFlower — and unlock behind-the-scenes content, printables, voice notes & more 📣 Share with a friend who blooms in the cracks between cultures, languages, and expectations 💫 Find Marías work here https://maria-angelica-contreras.com/

    50 min

  2. 06/11/2025

    Accents, radio, and the blessing of community with Alexandra Mariño

    In this episode, radio personality and podcast host Alexandra Mariño and I talk about growing up away from our birth country and how safety helps us feel grounded, and community helps us feel safe. 🎧 Enjoyed this episode? Help me keep the stories flowing: 🌸 Subscribe to my free newsletter: Confessions of a Sidewalk Flower — for monthly essays, cultural reflections, and gentle journaling prompts ☕ Support the journey on Patreon: patreon.com/SidewalkFlower — and unlock behind-the-scenes content, printables, voice notes & more 📣 Share with a friend who blooms in the cracks between cultures, languages, and expectations 💫 Find Alexandra Mariño's podcast SIN ATAJOS here https://open.spotify.com/show/6H0CtGzQHcfjPXx20e91Ft?si=44c85a947af24066

    58 min

  3. 06/08/2025

    Home is a four letter word

    In this solo episode I reflect on words: the good, the bad, and the cathartic. But especially the bad. 🎧 Enjoyed this episode? Help me keep the stories flowing: 🌸 Subscribe to my free newsletter: Confessions of a Sidewalk Flower — for monthly essays, cultural reflections, and gentle journaling prompts ☕ Support the journey on Patreon: patreon.com/SidewalkFlower — and unlock behind-the-scenes content, printables, voice notes & more 📣 Share with a friend who blooms in the cracks between cultures, languages, and expectations 💫

    7 min

  4. 06/04/2025

    Coffins, Punk Rock, and the beauty of broken places with Richard McColl

    Richard McColl shares many tales of a life led in pursuit of adventure, and we talk about journalism, storytelling, showing up in service of others and carving out a space for yourself in the midst of hardship while finding kindness, and beauty, in unlikely places. 🎧 Enjoyed this episode? Help me keep the stories flowing: 🌸 Subscribe to my free newsletter: Confessions of a Sidewalk Flower — for monthly essays, cultural reflections, and gentle journaling prompts ☕ Support the journey on Patreon: patreon.com/SidewalkFlower — and unlock behind-the-scenes content, printables, voice notes & more 📣 Share with a friend who blooms in the cracks between cultures, languages, and expectations 💫 Sound and editing by Talking Silkworm.   This episode is brought to you by Fluent English Pro. If you want to continue improving your English visit https://fluentenglishpro.com/   Questions? Comments? Want to be featured on the show? Reach me at WhenHomeisaForeignWord@gmail.com

    1h 4m

  5. 12/25/2024

    Pain, resilience, and feeling foreign in your own body with Pilar Alvarez Velez

    In the final episode of Season One, I interview my sister and we talk about moving around as kids, losing our mom earlier this year and dealing with whatever life throws at us by finding strength in ourselves and each other. 🎧 Enjoyed this episode? Help me keep the stories flowing: 🌸 Subscribe to my free newsletter: Confessions of a Sidewalk Flower — for monthly essays, cultural reflections, and gentle journaling prompts ☕ Support the journey on Patreon: patreon.com/SidewalkFlower — and unlock behind-the-scenes content, printables, voice notes & more 📣 Share with a friend who blooms in the cracks between cultures, languages, and expectations 💫 Stay tuned for Season Two, and Happy Holidays.   Sound and editing by Talking Silkworm.   This episode is brought to you by Fluent English Pro. If you want to continue improving your English visit https://fluentenglishpro.com/   Questions? Comments? Want to be featured on the show? Reach me at WhenHomeisaForeignWord@gmail.com

    45 min

  6. 12/11/2024

    Painting, paperwork, and embracing what makes you different with Yamile Tafur Ríos

    In this episode, artist Yamile Tafur talks about art as a means to narrating our journeys both physical and emotional, and how the passage of time shows up in every aspect of who we are and what we do. We also complain about paperwork. Enjoy! 🎧 Enjoyed this episode? Help me keep the stories flowing: 🌸 Subscribe to my free newsletter: Confessions of a Sidewalk Flower — for monthly essays, cultural reflections, and gentle journaling prompts ☕ Support the journey on Patreon: patreon.com/SidewalkFlower — and unlock behind-the-scenes content, printables, voice notes & more 📣 Share with a friend who blooms in the cracks between cultures, languages, and expectations 💫 You can find Yamile at https://www.yamiletafur.com/   Sound and editing by Talking Silkworm.   This episode is brought to you by Fluent English Pro. If you want to continue improving your English visit https://fluentenglishpro.com/   Questions? Comments? Want to be featured on the show? Reach me at WhenHomeisaForeignWord@gmail.com

    58 min

  7. 11/27/2024

    Rattling windows, big dreams, and chaotic gardens with Manuela Arboleda

    In this episode, Manuela Arboleda and I explore what it means to be Colombian and not at the same time, how porous national and cultural identity truly are, and how to make sense of a decisions you didn't make but shape your life nonetheless.   You can follow Manuela here https://www.tiktok.com/@arbluet/video/7418304316596899102  If this episode stirred something in you, please subscribe and share. You can also support my work by subscribing to my free newsletter on Substack  Or support me on Patreon  Sound and editing by Talking Silkworm.   This episode is brought to you by Fluent English Pro. If you want to continue improving your English visit https://fluentenglishpro.com/   Questions? Comments? Want to be featured on the show? Reach me at WhenHomeisaForeignWord@gmail.com

    1h 3m

  8. 10/30/2024

    Dancing, belonging, and a love letter to Bogotá with Mónica Ramírez Hartmann

    Mónica Ramírez Hartmann share her story about having to convince people to invest Colombia for a living, and how that job made her fall in love with Bogotá. We talk about our shared love for the vibrant city we call home, our concerns for the future, family, art, and weirdos banding together to make the world a more interesting place. I 🎧 Enjoyed this episode? Help me keep the stories flowing: 🌸 Subscribe to my free newsletter: Confessions of a Sidewalk Flower — for monthly essays, cultural reflections, and gentle journaling prompts ☕ Support the journey on Patreon: patreon.com/SidewalkFlower — and unlock behind-the-scenes content, printables, voice notes & more 📣 Share with a friend who blooms in the cracks between cultures, languages, and expectations 💫 Sound and editing by Talking Silkworm.   This episode is brought to you by Fluent English Pro. If you want to continue improving your English visit https://fluentenglishpro.com/   Questions? Comments? Want to be featured on the show? Reach me at WhenHomeisaForeignWord@gmail.com

    1h 4m
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Interviewing Colombians living abroad and foreigners living in Colombia to explore themes of identity, belonging, community, family, and what it means to be Home.

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  • Creator
    Angela Alvarez
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2024 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    When Home is a Foreign Word