Foreign, Or Foreign, Or

You just can’t keep up with a Hero.
Olivier Dressen, aka Hero, is a multidisciplinary artist that just can’t stop working. “To be an artist is to be cursed,” he muses, and it’s clear that the curse of creativity will not let this Belgium-born Bangkok resident rest.
From gypsy roots to indie film fame, Olivier has creative-directed multinational teams from Paris to Shanghai to LA and beyond. We talk financing your freedom to create what you want, directing actors solely based on raw emotion, and developing creative community wherever you go.
There’s not enough time to cover all this man’s artistic accolades so PLEASE, peep these:
LINKS
https://www.herodirector.tv/ 
https://designhero.tv/
https://www.olivierdressen.com/
https://www.studiosupremefilms.com/
designhero.shop
https://www.instagram.com/herodirector/
 
MUSIC
Les Yeux Noirs (Dark Eyes) | Django Reinhardt | Pomplamoose ft. The Vignes Rooftop Revival
Summer in Portofino
SPRITE x GUYGEEGEE - ทน
 

My host sister from China, Shan Shan Nie, is a lot to live up to. With a masters’ from Harvard, a corporate job leading leaders, and a newly published novel this Sichuan-born beauty embodies the American dream.
In our chat we go from rebelling to excelling, hacking the ACT/SAT exams, using higher education to serve a purpose, and self-financing your dreams.
We also nerd out on crafting characters, choosing what to reveal to your audience, influencing young adults in the fantasy adventure genre, how to better connect with readers, and other lessons learned from countless manuscript revisions.
Check out this sister-sister convo on leadership, resilience, and an ode to those old school pocket translators!
LINKS
Website
The Belt of Chaos on Amazon
MUSIC
Chinese Middle School Calisthenics Jam 
Ondara - "American Dream" 
The Dragon Boy / The Bottomless Pitt (From 'Spirited Away')

Urmi Hossain is the perfect brown girl. At least that’s what her Bengali parents want her to be— and like many Southeast Asian women she still struggles against those rigid cultural norms. We talk to this third culture kid about growing up in Italy, Muslims in Montreal, and the family expectations that led her to fight for women’s empowerment.

In part one we introduced some of your juiciest scammer stories.
But in part two we had to ask ourselves: were these ForeignOrs really scammed? Or did they just learn some tough lessons about life abroad?
Judge for yourself as Dill gets arrested, Renzo gets off scot-free, and Bob continues to twist trust in a fairytale place called Nomadland.

Living a somewhat disjointed life filled with translations and transient people ForeignOrs can make a perfect target— or unknowing accomplice— in a scam. 
In part one we dive into pyramid schemes, a cariñoso con artist who cheats friends out of their money, and 'Bob-types'— enigmatic serial entrepreneurs who prey on digital nomads.
 

Say hello to Tavey, our Blues Brother who used to 'sunlight' as an ESL teacher. A Taiwanese-American turned Beijinger, this bar boss always comes correct in business casual... but he might botch his exit and end up sleeping on your couch.

 
Now, a surprise move back to the U.S. has this pandemic repat reinventing himself once again. Listen to Tavey cogitate on TCM fire massages, the Fukienese pirate perspective, and how Tiny Robot Love Doctors can heal you.
Check the 8Ways Games website and get your Tiny Robot Love Doctors now
Watch Tavey Lean and the Solid Gold Dream Machine and listen to the EP
See 4Corners memories including the epic Bar Breaking parties
Read Tavey's piece The Last Flight on leaving Beijing during the pandemic