In Between

Veronika ZV
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Where foreigners meet foreigners in a foreign country and share lifestyles, curiosities, ideas, beliefs, stigmas, taboos, cultural traits and anything worth the chat! The world is our home and it is up to us to explore it as we wish to, even though it meaning we will be away from family and friends for some time, and more often, extended periods of time. Loneliness can creep in like a close friend, and we find ourselves lost in the middle of the unfamiliar. This is a safe space to build community and bring people from different places together with a common goal, connection and belonging.

  1. 2D AGO

    The Cultural Shock No One Talks About

    What’s up guys! Are you used to having a “coffee to go” any time you want? Would you be open to try duck blood? How long you spend sitting on the toilet? From weird eating habits, clothing styles, public transportation and local rules on chewing gums, there is a lot to expand on how countries go about life. Even something as mundane as turning on the lights in your apartment can become a challenge if you are not familiar with the local switches on the wall! I go through the different stages we all experience by being exposed to another culture, without us even knowing it and that are worth discussing: 1) The loneliness after the excitement fades 2) Personality shift 3) The grief of your old life 4) Going back home feels strange 5) You feel In Between Please share your insights and views on this topic and all the topics to come! I love having feedback and to know if you are enjoying the content I’m putting out there. Also, please share this episode with a friend, and if you haven't done yet, please subscribe to the podcast on ⁠Spotify⁠  or ⁠Apple Podcast       Follow me:  Instagram: ⁠⁠@inbetweenwithvzv⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠Veronika Z.V.⁠⁠

    40 min
  2. Francis Du - Intercultural Relationships

    FEB 20

    Francis Du - Intercultural Relationships

    Intercultural dating can go both ways, it can be amazing and life changing as well as scary and tricky to navigate if you don’t have the right mindset. I sit with Francis another time to chat all things related to having a partner from the other side of the world! We chat cultural habits, language, holiday traditions, food and even love languages! It doesn’t matter where you come from in the world, we are all human beings relating to each other in some way. Sometimes you will have yourself eating chicken salad while your partner eats noodle soup! At the end of the day, we all want to find love and connection, no matter where we come from. And if it happens to be with someone on the other side of the planet, let it be it! In the words of Francis, “One world, one earth”. Please share your insights and views on this topic and all the topics to come! I love having feedback and to know if you are enjoying the content I’m putting out there. Also, please share this episode with a friend, and if you haven't done yet, please subscribe to the podcast on ⁠Spotify⁠ or ⁠Apple Podcast       Follow me:  Instagram: ⁠⁠@inbetweenwithvzv⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠Veronika Z.V.⁠⁠  Guest medias: Instagram: @francis_duu LinkedIn: Francis Du

    48 min

  3. FEB 13

    SOLO - East x West

    What’s up guys! Today’s solo episode is all about what makes the East and West countries so unique and distinct from each other. There are way too many differences to mention that would not all fit in one single episode, so I just chat about a few of the ones that stood out to me throughout the years and which I believe to be the most obvious ones and a lot of people can relate to. In this episode you will hear me share my perspectives and points of view on many matters that may be biased to me as being born in Latin America and having more of a Western influence. From food and exercise habits to the singular way people greet and become friends throughout the world, if you are a person who previously had contact with other cultures, you will most definitely relate to some of these topics. Please share your insights and views on this topic and all the topics to come! I love having feedback and to know if you are enjoying the content I’m putting out there. Also, please share this episode with a friend, and if you haven't done yet, please subscribe to the podcast on ⁠Spotify⁠ or ⁠Apple Podcast     Follow me:  Instagram: ⁠⁠@inbetweenwithvzv⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠Veronika Z.V.⁠⁠

    48 min

  4. FEB 6

    SOLO - 6 Things I've Learned

    Happy 2026 everyone! We are not done with the podcast! I just decided to take a bit of a break while I was enjoying some much needed quality time at home with my family in Brazil! Sometimes we need to reset, change the environment and most importantly, focus on what is right in front of us, which is, the present moment. It is the start of a new year, new beginnings, new goals, new accomplishments! But nothing we plan for the future will matter as much as what we do today. And what we do today is an inevitable consequence of our choices in the past. We learn from or mistakes, we grow, and we succeed. I have a lot to be thankful in 2025, but starting this podcast taught me more about myself than I could imagine. Because of this podcast I found out other parts of myself that needed improvement, development and adaptation. Here are a few things I’ve learned with this podcast, not only about me, but about all of us: 1) Communication skills 2) Everyone craves connection 3) The magic of listening 4) The importance of community 5) Everyone has a good side 6) We are not here in spite of each other, we are here BECAUSE of each other   Please share your insights and views on this topic and all the topics to come! I love having feedback and to know if you are enjoying the content I’m putting out there. Also, please share this episode with a friend, and if you haven't done yet, please subscribe to the podcast on ⁠Spotify⁠ or ⁠Apple Podcast     Follow me:  Instagram: ⁠⁠@inbetweenwithvzv⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠Veronika ZV

    39 min
  5. Francis Du – “It lacks flavor”

    12/19/2025

    Francis Du – “It lacks flavor”

    Meet Francis, my partner in life and who introduced me to the Eastern world 7 years ago. Now I brought him to the podcast to chat about his views, perceptions and opinions about Brazil! Francis has a very international background, having lived in the United States since a young child and traveling to many countries throughout the years. It is his second time in Brazil and Latin America. We chat many different topics about Brazilian culture, stereotypes, society traits, cities infrastructure andregulations, local food drinks and much more. We go deep and beyond the topics people usually discuss about Brazil, that only if you’ve been to the south of Brazil you would know about. In this episode you will hear from an outsider perspective how it is to visit Brazil and how it can be compared to other places in the world, such as Asia, Europe and North America. This was a very fun and easy conversation that made me think further about my native country and its impact on the outside.   Please share this episode with a friend, and if you haven't doneyet, please subscribe to the podcast on ⁠Spotify⁠ or ⁠Apple Podcast   Follow me: Instagram: ⁠⁠@inbetweenwithvzv⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠Veronika Z.V.⁠⁠ Guest medias: Instagram: @francis_duu LinkedIn: Francis Du

    47 min
  6. SOLO - Meet Me!

    12/12/2025

    SOLO - Meet Me!

    What’s up guys! Today’s solo episode is about me, and all it means for me to be a foreigner in the world and in Asia. After having interviewed many guests in regard to living abroad and specifically on this side of the world, I thought it would be interesting to ask myself the same type of questions I have been asking others these past few months. If you are curious about my life, my background, my thoughts, views and ideas of being a foreigner and also my perceptions of Asia, you will enjoy this episode. You will hear about my life story and how I ended up in China. From the beginning of everything; how society and traffic moves around cities, overwhelmingtechnology advancements, my progress in mandarin, cultural aspects that I disagree and agree with, and my views on life here. Please share your insights and views on this topic and all the topics to come! I love having feedback and to know if you are enjoying the content I’m putting out there. Also, please share this episode with a friend, and if you haven't done yet, please subscribe to the podcast on ⁠Spotify⁠ or ⁠Apple Podcast       Follow me: Instagram: ⁠⁠@inbetweenwithvzv⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠Veronika Z.V.⁠⁠

    1h 16m
  7. Sandro Serratine – “I don’t need to understand everything, I have to accept”

    12/05/2025

    Sandro Serratine – “I don’t need to understand everything, I have to accept”

    Meet Sandro, another Brazilian brother that I was fortunate to have been put in contact with though another fellow Brazilian who came on the podcast a few weeks ago. This is another proof that “word of mouth” really works! Sandro is originally from Presidente Venceslau, in São Paulo state, but he moved quite a bit, not only in Brazil but also in the United States. He eventually had the opportunity of coming to China because of his international job with logistics back in Brazil. Even though this was his first experience in Asia, Sandro always wanted to live abroad, me and him share the same mindset of two things being true at the same time, we love our family/friends but we don’t need to live at the same city asthem. As the majority of people I have interviewed, the main aspect people notice the most when they just arrive in China is how safe this country is, and that is no different for Sandro. Specially coming from Brazil, the safety feeling of living in China really impressed him. I also ask him about any stereotypes hemight have had about the country before coming, and he makes a very good point saying that he had no expectations or thoughts of China before, which really helped him to get used to the country easier. We chat the struggles and frustrations it can be learning Mandarin, and what is the one sentence he relies on! We also expand on the subject of loneliness as a foreigner in the country and the challenges we all face when trying to create more deep and meaningful connections, especially with the locals. Sandronoticed some peculiarities about the Asian culture and how it is translated into the society and it is translated on how people relate to each other. Sandro tells me his struggles with Chinese food, the adventure of traveling to Beijing by train, the things he misses the most about his home country, the feeling of not belonging to this fast-pace city, and his plans of maybe moving to Thailand! I hope you enjoy this fun conversation as much as I did recording it.   Please share this episode with a friend, and if you haven't doneyet, please subscribe to the podcast on ⁠Spotify⁠ or ⁠Apple Podcast   Follow me: Instagram: ⁠⁠@inbetweenwithvzv⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠Veronika Z.V.⁠⁠ Guest medias: Instagram: @sandroserratine

    44 min
  8. Pierre Arnaud– “I feel like I witnessed history quite often”

    11/28/2025

    Pierre Arnaud– “I feel like I witnessed history quite often”

    Meet Pierre, an adventurous and risk taker mechanical engineer with a distinctly unique background. Half French, half Polish, Pierre grew up in an international environment since the age of three years old when his family moved to Japan, then Poland, then Cyprus. That was the beginning of his journey living abroad and that eventually led to him moving full time to Asia. Pierre speaks fluently three languages and is pushing on his fourth, mandarin, which he started studying at the age of 14 with the help of his father in a very unique way, but it wasn’t until he actually moved to Shenzhen that he saw exponentialimprovements on his skills. Because of his “itchy legs” for adventure and desire to move to another country after graduating university, he decided he wanted to move to Asia. Although his three top places of choices did not happen, he was enlightened by two books he read about Hong Kong, and was later fortunate enough to get a job there as a mechanical engineer for a high-end home medical device company. Some years later, he was in charge of opening a new branch of the company here in Shenzhen. We discuss pandemic times in this area, making friends as a foreigner, long term views and goals and how his mindset and “always up for a challenge” personality fueled his drive to be in Shenzhen. Pierre also makes very good comparisons between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, from which anyone thinking about coming to this side of the world should listen to. Pierre feels like Asia is his comfort zone, having experienced a lot of different cultures growing up and being exposed to Asia at such a young age kind of prepared him for what was coming. This is a conversation you will not want to miss, from every day mundane things to deep topics about life and politics, it will make you expand your horizon to other ways of living life.   Please share this episode with a friend, and if you haven't doneyet, please subscribe to the podcast on ⁠Spotify⁠ or ⁠Apple Podcast   Follow me: Instagram: ⁠⁠@inbetweenwithvzv⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠Veronika Z.V.⁠⁠ Guest medias: Instagram: @pierrearnaud_

    59 min
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Where foreigners meet foreigners in a foreign country and share lifestyles, curiosities, ideas, beliefs, stigmas, taboos, cultural traits and anything worth the chat! The world is our home and it is up to us to explore it as we wish to, even though it meaning we will be away from family and friends for some time, and more often, extended periods of time. Loneliness can creep in like a close friend, and we find ourselves lost in the middle of the unfamiliar. This is a safe space to build community and bring people from different places together with a common goal, connection and belonging.

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  • Creator
    Veronika ZV
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Veronika ZV
  • Show Website
    In Between