Best A K A Xn Podcasts (2024)

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033 A TCK in TCK Care 30:16

4+ y ago30:16

30:16

Rachel Bear, who was in episode 9 of this podcast comes back to talk about the new position that she has accepted working for MTI (Mission Training International) She talks about how her TCK experience has lead her to this position, and the way that being a TCK has both qualified her and disqualified her for this new role. Rachel is actively raisin…

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032 A Look At Korean Missions 38:05

5y ago38:05

38:05

This week, Jon talks with Joo Eon Ko about his experience as a South Korean Missionary Kid growing up in Cambodia. Then they move in to a conversation about the origins of the church in Korea and how it sends Missionaries, the way that missions works in Korea and the difference between American and Korean Missions. --- Send in a voice message: http…

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031 A Conversation with an MK 23:45

5y ago23:45

23:45

This week, Jon has an open and honest interview with Lydia Bendele about what it was like to grow up jumping between three different countries. Starting out in Australia, then moving to the US, then Argentina, then back to the US, and then back to Argentina, until finally ending up in the US. She talks through how all of these moves have changed an…

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030 When You Feel Alone 22:45

5y ago22:45

22:45

Samuel Bowen shares a deeply personal story of transition and his battles with depression. He talks about the affects that growing up as a TCK in the Middle East affected his battle with depression and is isolationism. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.sp…

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029 The Importance of Being Called as a Family 21:14

5y ago21:14

21:14

Jon talks this week with Gavin Chase and about how both his parents and Josiah Venture were very particular about making sure that not just the parents were called to mission work, but that they were called as a family. Feeling called did not minimize the struggle of changing cultures at 12 years old, but it helped with life got hard for Gavin. ---…

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028 Wisdom From Someone Who Knows Something 28:30

5y ago28:30

28:30

This week, Jon sits down with Stephen Black, the host of TCK Care. Another podcast about being a TCK hosted by a TCK from Nigeria. Stephen talks about why he went into TCK Care as a career and ministry, the importance of living in tension, and what he would tell himself and others about his TCK experience. Check out Steven's Podcast here: https://t…

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027 Introducing Missional Student 22:26

5y ago22:26

22:26

Because I didn't have enough to do, I have a second super cool podcast to tell you guys about! The Missional Student Podcast is an extension of Missional Student.com. They have weekly blogs, free e-books and tools to help you learn how to live more and more on mission every day in your everyday life, plus a fun podcast with great conversation and c…

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026 The Aftermath of Cultural Rejection 28:28

5y ago28:28

28:28

This week I sit down with the President of the International Student Fellowship, Tim Gabuna. He talks about what it was like growing up Filipino in Canada and how he reconciled the two cultures growing up, and then as he has been preparing for ministry. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport …

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025 The Realities of Being Gray 34:15

5+ y ago34:15

34:15

Jon sits down with Patrick Nelson who is a person of mixed racial decent. Jon and Patrick have an open and honest conversation about what it is like to grow up ethnically ambiguous and what the world could look like in the future. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://p…

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024 Interview with an International Student 25:29

5+ y ago25:29

25:29

Today I sit down and talk with Veronica, who though is not a traditional TCK has spent quite some time in the US. She talks about adjusting to American culture, adjusting to Moody culture, and being in an interracial, and intercultural relationship. If you want to look into the ministry that Veronica was saved though check them out here http://www.…

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023 How Not To Raise Your International Student 23:22

5+ y ago23:22

23:22

Lisa Guilbride speaks very openly and honestly about her first experience coming to the US. All the good, the bad and what helped her adjust to the culture and what made the cultural adjustment hard. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/…

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022 Life After Conversion 26:35

5+ y ago26:35

26:35

Today's story is told by someone who grew up in a Muslim country and has since become a follower of Jesus. She talks about the hardship and the loneliness that comes from changing cultures, religious, and being alienated from one's family. A profoundly honest look at life after conversion for a Muslim Background Believer. --- Send in a voice messag…

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021 Racism in Africa 16:32

5+ y ago16:32

16:32

Ayanda Khumalo comes back on to talk about the race issue that has hit Zimbabwe, South Africa, and various other countries in southern Africa. He talks about what has been done to make change and puts forth his ideas on how to make lasting change in racial reconciliation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-ta…

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020 This is America; As Seen by an African 25:20

5+ y ago25:20

25:20

Ayanda Khumalo talks very openly, honestly and intelligently about what it is like to be an African Immigrant, living traveling and working in the US. He speaks about racism and why in all the talk about immigrants in the news recently, Africans are not really brought up that much. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho…

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019 An Ever Growing Theology of Home 20:35

5+ y ago20:35

20:35

As Season 2 draws to a close, Jonathan Walthour tells his story, the inspiration for this podcast and how his concept of home has changed throughout his life and through this podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/supp…

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018 Place, Family, and Stability 12:28

5+ y ago12:28

12:28

Katya Green reflects on three specific instances where she has seen good in her cross cultural experience.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/support

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017 Serving God Without Passion 30:24

5+ y ago30:24

30:24

Grace Choi talks about her experience moving back from Africa to South Korea and the way that God showed her that anybody can do ministry wherever they are, not just in a cross cultural context.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-…

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016 Home is Not Where your Family Is 14:59

6y ago14:59

14:59

Tim Pablo, talks about what it was like moving from the Philippines, to Canada to work in a Chinese church and the major identity issues that he and his family had to overcome and are still working on overcoming.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.c…

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015 The Wall Between Us 21:22

6y ago21:22

21:22

James Hasdak talks about what it was like growing up in Bangladesh as a Bangladesh native in a missions compound. The child of national missionaries. He speaks of the separation that he felt from people who looked like him but lived a very different life then he did. He also discusses the importance of not assuming someone's cultural background bef…

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014 Similar but Different 23:33

6y ago23:33

23:33

Caleb Hartwig talks about what it was like growing up as an American in Canada where his parents were missionaries to the First Nations people in British Columbia. He talks about how different, but similar his experience was to many of the TCK's he has met at Moody.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/mes…

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013 The Identity Crisis of History 23:57

6y ago23:57

23:57

Tirzah Walker talks about what it is like to be Jewish walking through, not just America but also in the world in general. She speaks of some of the similarities between growing up Jewish and growing up in a different culture or country.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: htt…

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012: My Identity is...? 20:21

6y ago20:21

20:21

John C Hughes talks about the realities of living out what "This is Us" tries to portray. Being an African American man adopted into a Euro-American family. How he struggled, and still does struggle, with his identity but ultimately finding that identity in Christ.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/mess…

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011 Am I an MK? 28:05

6y ago28:05

28:05

Katie Walthour shares a Creative Nonfiction piece that she wrote in processing her answer to the question Am I an MK? Katie talks about her doubt in her identity and feeling like a MK poser. Katie and Jon then discuss how the parts of their story have played into the development of their identity.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spot…

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010 For the Sake of the Gospel 24:09

6y ago24:09

24:09

Abigail Newport tells of all the many losses that she experienced as a result of her parents calling to cross-cultural ministry. How she dealt with them and what happened when she was finally able to talk about them to her peers.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://pod…

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009 The Fence Protects Me 20:28

6y ago20:28

20:28

Rachel Bear talks about the toll that internalizing a message that boundaries do not matter has taken on her life and relationships, the importance of setting binderies and what that looks like in her life.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod…

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008 Where is God in Silence 24:03

6y ago24:03

24:03

Lizzy Sullivan shares a fiction short story that she wrote about how to deal with times of silence from God.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/support

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007 Facing Your Demons 30:34

6y ago30:34

30:34

Joabe Sena Anrade tells his story and what helped him face his demons and become fully whole.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/support

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006 I Don't Miss You 19:50

6y ago19:50

19:50

Dawn and David Sagar talk about the idea of detachment and the effects that multiple transitions have on personal and family relationships.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/support…

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005 Where Do We Belong? 17:02

6y ago17:02

17:02

Jonathan (Jonyo) Hall goes tells his life story, chronicling the search for belonging he is still on. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/support

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004 Processing Grief 9:25

6y ago9:25

9:25

Esther Bendele shares a story of how not being given the space to process grief felt from her families major moves has affected her and her siblings as they have grown up.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/support…

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003 I Love Home, I love Home Not 10:55

6y ago10:55

10:55

Josh Schumacher tells two stories of two different transitions back to the US and how differently he responded to them. He talks about the dangers of both transition attitude extremes.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/supp…

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002 Knowing the Family Buisness 11:09

6y ago11:09

11:09

Listen to Annessa Voss share a story about her involvement with her parents ministry and the importance for TCK's to know why they are in the country that they are living in and what their parents are doing--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod…

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001 God's Provision on the Border 10:55

6+ y ago10:55

10:55

Intro to TCK Tales, term definition and Cameron McManus tells an incredible story of God looking out for him and his family on one of their many drives across the Mexican American border. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t-c-k-tales/…

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The Mooncat & Dave Jergens (TBI-036) 50:17

16y ago50:17

50:17

By Christian Matyi a/k/a XN

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Woman's Football & Allison Cahill (TBI-035)

16y ago

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By Christian Matyi a/k/a XN

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Oedipal Male Cheerleaders with Ethan Matyi (TBI-034)

16y ago

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By Christian Matyi a/k/a XN

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Salmonella, flat tires and American Gladiator Jenny Barry (TBI-033)

16y ago

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By Christian Matyi, a/k/a XN

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No one's in shape except John Gilson from CrossFit (TBI-032)

16y ago

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By The Big Inside

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FCC regulations and nutritionist Sarah Stockwell (TBI-031)

16y ago

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By The Big Inside

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On-time infotainment with Dr. Mike Nicolosi (TBI-030)

16y ago

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By The Big Inside

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The Trashy Regatta with wheelchair bodybuilder Nick Scott (TBI-029)

16y ago

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By The Big Inside

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Soapy discharge with Navy SEAL Dave Rutherford (TBI-028)

16y ago

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By The Big Inside

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The Bitchy Mini-Fridge vs. Scott Bottorff and Mike D'Angelo (TBI-027)

16y ago

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By The Big Inside

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In a broadcast sauna with steroids and Evan Centopani (TBI-026)

16+ y ago

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By The Big Inside

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The 25th episode Extravaganza (TBI-025)

16+ y ago

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By The Big Inside

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Golden Justice with punk bodybuilder Troy Schoeller (TBI-021) 51:10

16+ y ago51:10

51:10

Heavy tattooed punker Troy Schoeller may be the last person you'd imagine to be nutritionally pristine and a competitive bodybuilder. Shows how much you know.By Christian Matyi, aka "XN", & The Big Inside

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