Foreign Feelings: Conversations on Not Belonging

Linnea George
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Hello fellow foreigners. Welcome home. I am Linnea George, actress and poet. On this podcast we use the translation process of poems that I have written to discuss gender roles, sexuality and the experience of feeling foreign. We invite you to bring your experiences and your language to join us in this weird and illuminating translation process... Our Differences make us The Same!

Episodes

  1. 09/01/2024

    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. ⁠⁠⁠ Music written by myself, performed and improvised by the beautiful ⁠⁠⁠Ellen Atwood Music.⁠⁠⁠ Follow us ⁠⁠⁠on Instagram!⁠

    Foreigner

  2. 03/17/2024

    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. ⁠⁠ Music written by myself, performed and improvised by the beautiful ⁠⁠Ellen Atwood Music.⁠⁠ Follow us ⁠⁠on Instagram!⁠

    I Stopped

  3. 02/14/2024

    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. ⁠ Music written by myself, performed and improvised by the beautiful ⁠Ellen Atwood Music.⁠ Follow us ⁠on Instagram!⁠

    Psalm for a 1 Night Stand

  4. 01/21/2024

    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. Music written by myself, performed and improvised by the beautiful Ellen Atwood Music. Follow us on Instagram!

    Dear Daugher

  5. 01/07/2024

    Lonely Phone World

    Hello fellow foreigners. Welcome home. Today the conversation is in Arabic, Farsi, English, and Finnish. Complete show notes here. Today, we talk about all the ways we feel foreign while being single and trying to navigate dating app b******t. 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/ The Movie, The Social Dilemma https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/ Music improvised and sung by ⁠Ellen Atwood Music⁠ 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 ⁠instagram.com/foreignfeelingspodcast/⁠ Foreign Feelings: Our Differences make us The Same

    Lonely Phone World

  6. 01/01/2024

    Dear Body*

    Hello fellow foreigners. Welcome home. Today we are talking about this earthy fleshy home we live in: our bodies. The conversation is in German, English, and Finnish. *trigger warning! This episode talks about miscarriage, abortion, dieting, body dysmorphia, suicide. This conversation is heteronormative and my fellow lgbtqia+ foreigners are welcome to provide feedback and/or criticism. Complete show notes here. In the US, there have been a beautiful honest conversation at this level of vulnerability for the last 7 years and it has become normal to share these kind of intimacies publicly. Not in Germany. So let's get uncomfortable together, Friends! Integrate those foreign feelings you are having as we bravely open our mouths to talk about feeling uncomfortable in our physical bodies. Music improvised and sung by Ellen Atwood Music This episode mentions conversations I've had with Jamie Lee Finch 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 instagram.com/foreignfeelingspodcast/ Foreign Feelings: Our Differences make us The Same.

    Dear Body*

  7. 12/26/2023

    What If?

    Is god a man? …with a penis? Lose those foreign feelings for about 36 minutes as we invite you with open arms to talk about all the times we have felt uncomfortable with our childhood image of god. Today's languages: English, Amharic, Russian Using the translation process of the poem, ''What If,'' we talk about the influence our childhood image of god has on our lives. Complete show notes, information about our guests, Linnea George, producer and poet of the podcast, plus translations of the poem can be found at medium.com/foreignfeelings. Music improvised and sung by ⁠Ellen Atwood Music This episodes mentions conversations I've had with Jamie Lee Finch Foreign Feelings: Our Differences make us the Same

    What If?

  8. 12/24/2023

    Amen

    Hello fellow foreigners. Welcome home. Shake off those foreign feelings as we invite you with open arms to talk about all the times we have felt uncomfortable with religion, the church and money. Today's languages: English, German, Amharic, Spanish Using the translation process of the poem, ''Amen,'' we talk about the influence the church has on our lives.  We touch on our relationship with death, money and the gendered role of being a wife. We bravely approach broad themes like individualism, community, and how we can take responsibility for our own actions (even if the devil made us do it).  Complete show notes, information on our guests, and translations of the poem can be found here. Chat with Linnea, the host and producer of the podcast here Music improvised and sung by Ellen Atwood Music Foreign Feelings: Our Differences make us the Same

    Amen

  9. Season 1 Trailer

    Foreign Feelings Introduction

    Hi! I am Linnea George. Actress and Poet. In this podcast we use the translation process of the poems I have written to discuss gender roles, sexuality, and the experience of feeling foreign... Our first full length episode drops December 24th. Come join the weird and illuminating translation process! follow the podcast here: instagram.com/foreignfeelingspodcast/ read more of my writings here: https://medium.com/foreignfeelings

    Foreign Feelings Introduction
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Hello fellow foreigners. Welcome home. I am Linnea George, actress and poet. On this podcast we use the translation process of poems that I have written to discuss gender roles, sexuality and the experience of feeling foreign. We invite you to bring your experiences and your language to join us in this weird and illuminating translation process... Our Differences make us The Same!

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