The Global Chatter with Amanda Bates

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The Global Chatter is the global conversation for Black professionals who refuse to shrink, wherever they are in the world. Each season takes a deep, candid look at expat life, global mobility, identity and career abroad. Hosted by Amanda Bates, founder of The Black Expat. Season 5 is on the way.

  1. 04/27/2023

    "From Local Kitchens to Global Plates: A Culinary Story" with Kuda Makoni

    Accra-based chef, Kuda Makoni shares his adjustment to the U.S. after arriving from his native Zimbabwe as a young person on the cusp of adulthood. He shares his personal journey of trying to find the right spaces to fit and how his eventual journey into the culinary world just changed everything. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    59 min

  2. 04/13/2023

    "In Front of the Lens: Navigating a Mixed Race identity With Global Roots" with Georgia Goodman

    In this episode, actress Georgia Goodman  discusses her early years growing up mixed race in Asia & Africa and managing the situations where people did not know how to categorize her. She also shares how her internationalism has helped her career and why she thinks the UK film industry is becoming more inclusive. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    59 min

  3. 03/30/2023

    "From Brazil to Sweden and Beyond: An Adoptee's Journey of Self Discovery" with Anna Linde

    In this episode, we explore the life of therapist Anna Linde, a Brazilian adoptee who was raised in Sweden. Anna shares her experience of the struggle to understand her identity as a person of color and recounts what happened when she finally met her biological family. She also discusses her year of travel while worldschooling her children.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    56 min

  4. 03/16/2023

    "Same, same but different" with Yasmine Sadri

    In this episode, Yasmine Sadri discusses her highly mobile childhood growing up between Belgium and the U.S. She shares how her work with marginalized populations was partly inspired by her family’s own immigrant movement story. Yasmine also discusses how she's currently using her voice to speak on behalf of those who don’t have the platform or the freedom to do so. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    56 min

  5. 03/09/2023

    "Activating the Future" with Doni Aldine

    Global Marketing & Communications expert Doni Aldinevshares her memories from her vibrant, highly mobile third culture kid childhood. She also discusses why she built Culturs and why her work especially focuses on the spaces that exist even in cross-cultural contexts. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    54 min

  6. 03/02/2023

    "Centering the Culture" with Motsabi Rooper

    Researcher and programme manager Motsabi Rooper discusses growing up mixed-race in a predominantly White family in the UK. She also shares her journey of working in the foreign service and her eventual decision to leave. She also highlights why she is centering her work on supporting parents raising children of color in mixed families or those who have gone through transracial adoption. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    57 min

  7. 02/21/2023

    "The Blessing" with Marti Tesfaye

    Consultant Marti Tesfaye describes her journey from Ethiopian-American kid in the 90s NYC to Ethiopian-American adult in Ethiopia. She discusses the pivotal, societal moments  that encouraged her and her husband  to leave their successful, professional life  for the country where their immediate family had emigrated from decades prior.  She also  dissects the ways her own  move mirrors and differs from what her family experienced going West. -- Stay connected with The Global Chatter! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    57 min

  8. 02/14/2023

    "The Unity Between Us" with Jessy Bernard

    Marketer and content creator, Jessy Bernard reflects on growing up between her Black, Caribbean and American identities. We discussed the long-standing and challenging stereotypes about Haiti, and this leads to a greater conversation about the media depictions of black countries. She talks about living in a country where you don't have to think about being Black, and gives some insight as to how she's been able to maintain her career and work remotely. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    59 min
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The Global Chatter is the global conversation for Black professionals who refuse to shrink, wherever they are in the world. Each season takes a deep, candid look at expat life, global mobility, identity and career abroad. Hosted by Amanda Bates, founder of The Black Expat. Season 5 is on the way.

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