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American Dreamers

Aurra Studios | Claire Clottey

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Claire Clottey facilitates informative, entertaining, inspiring and thought provoking conversations about lifestyle, culture, ethnicity, racial identity and social mobility. ‘American Dreamers’ explores the experiences of black people and minorities from all walks of life, who made the decision to immigrate to the US from the UK, or to the UK from the US. Each episode and interview highlights individual journeys, reasons for relocation, opportunities and cultural identity in the English spea ...
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Philip Ball has two brains… In 1818 Mary Shelley wrote the seminal work ‘Frankenstein’, an exploration of the consequences of rivalling God by building a human being using parts stolen from dead bodies. 101 years later, Philip Ball explored in his book ‘How to Grow A Human’ how science is moving us closer to a different possibility, unguessed in Shelley’s novel: not of building but of growing a human artificially. The book arose from Philip’s experience of having a "second brain" grown from ...
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On this episode of American Dreamers Claire Clottey reflects on the season, sharing personal lightbulb moments, reflections and thoughts which are shaping her evaluation of whether life in the US is better for her as an ambitious, family orientated and cultured black woman. After all things are considered, can Claire confirm whether life is better …
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On this episode of American Dreamers the allure of America and Britain for Black people is put into perspective by esteemed journalist Dotun Adebayo MBE. Sharing his social observations, Dotun shares his perspectives on the influences of Black culture and the opportunities this presents black people with creative career aspirations, and why he view…
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On this episode of American Dreamers we hear about relocation from a lovers perspective. Despite being well travelled, Jody Thorson had never even had the desire to visit the US until she met her husband, an American whilst on holiday in Barbados in 2017. Now living in the sunshine state of Florida, in Miami, Jody shares how both her, her daughter …
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On this episode of American Dreamers we hear about relocation from a parenting perspective. Mac and Blair Billing, the parents of four children, relocated from Washington DC to the UK during the pandemic in 2020 with their young family widely known on YouTube as The 9BFM Family. Careful consideration of the individual needs of each family member, M…
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On this episode of American Dreamers, model, professional basket-baller and successful content creator Jesse Chuku shares how he managed to fit yet stand out in America. Reflecting on the similarities and differences, Jesse shares why he began to capture his experiences of America as a Black British man, successfully turning the US vs UK cultural n…
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On this episode of American Dreamers, we get an intimate lesson on interracial and cross-cultural relationships. Design manufacturers and business partners Anna Finch, a White Brit and Brien Teasley and Black American are an interracial couple living in Louisiana, considering what life would look like should they move to the UK. They share many of …
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On this episode of American Dreamers interracial identity is in focus. Jamar King, a retired US serviceman, actor and author shares his perspective on identity as a mixed-race man in both the UK and USA. Born in Liverpool to a white British mother and an African American father from Compton, Jamar attended an American school on an Air Force base an…
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On this episode of American Dreamers pharmaceutical project manager, Diversity and Inclusion advocate, mother, wife and expat lifestyle blogger Sherane Walker compares small island living whilst pursuing big dreams in JA, (Jamaica) the US and now the UK. Born in Jamaica, Sherane grew into an adult in New Jersey, US and is now raising her family in …
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On this episode of American Dreamers international broadcast journalist, digital strategist and self-confessed audiophile Joanne Griffith proves that giving up the ‘good’ in pursuit of ‘better’, is well worth the risk. With her career established, the accomplishment of home ownership, a loved and respected high profile member of the community, Joan…
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On this episode of American Dreamers, Orlando Parker Jr a multi-talented creative; singer, fashion model, actor, entrepreneur and activist shares how he #keptItmoving making a home in the UK when the US and most parts of the world came to a standstill…#Covid19 Born in Detroit, Michigan, Orlando cut his teeth in North Carolina before moving to Londo…
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Brainstorming, dreaming and visualising your life in another country is a natural part of most people’s journeys to preparing for a big change like moving countries. It can be argued that the dream or visualisation that you hold in your mind and heart about your new life is what actually propels you to take action to live your life abroad. But what…
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Jane Somuah was raised in the suburbs of Miami, Florida as part of a multi-cultural immigrant community and first-generation Americans. A first-generation herself, Jane was born American, to Ghanaian immigrant parents, yet spent her early childhood living in London and frequently visiting family during holiday breaks later in life. With her 10-year…
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Stories about successful black women in the world seem to be emerging more steadily in what appears to be a broader public acknowledgment of the ongoing positive socioeconomic contributions of Black women. On this episode of American Dreamers Claire Clottey speaks to Maryse Gordon, a New York based Business Development Manager representing the Lond…
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Welcome to a brand-new podcast telling the stories of successful black people who are moving from Britain to the USA and vice versa, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience. Is the grass greener on the other side? Expect inspirational tales set amidst a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. Gripping and powerful, subscribe now to enjo…
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Part Six. The final episode in this series looks forward into the future. If we are able to reach the point where we can create advanced AI ‘beings’, will we be able to live alongside them – especially if they are in some ways more intelligent than us, or hold our lives in their hands? Phil puts this question to Iyad Rahwan, a social psychologist f…
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Part Five. IBM is one of the world’s biggest makers of “thinking machines” – computers. So what better place to find out about the prospects for machine alternatives to the human brain? Would a cyborg be more successful, for example, than a being made entirely from human parts? Can a machine be considered to truly ‘think’? Phil speaks to David Cox …
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Part Four. Phil goes to Harvard University to speak to eminent psychologist Tomer Ullman about how humans think and to ask if (and how) we could teach an artificial mind to learn what it needs to become ‘sentient’ and behave like a human. Thanks to Philip Ball for original music and www.Freesound.org for supplying sound effects under creative commo…
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Part Three. The essence of humanity is often considered to lie in the human mind. If we could grow a brain to put into an artificial being, would that make it human? Will it have a mind at all? Phil talks to Alan Jasanoff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) about the difficulties of understanding what the brain – and the mind – actua…
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Part Two. Stealing organs, as Victor Frankenstein did, is one way of going about things, but perhaps it’s safer and more legal to grow them instead… Phil’s quest takes him to speak to Robert Langer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) about the advances in human organ growth and asks him about the generation and regeneration of our bo…
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Part One. So how to start building an artificial human? Maybe by thinking about what some regard as the instructions: the human genome. Phil goes to Harvard Medical School to track down George Church, an expert in genome editing, and finds out about how this technology could be opening up ways of creating not only humans but superhumans. Thanks to …
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