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Hi there! We're Tino and Tash; two 23-year-old twins currently seniors in college. Having been born in Zimbabwe, a country in the south of Africa, and then moving to the Middle East and living there for 10 years before moving to the U.S. in 2015, We have experienced quite a lot of things! In this podcast series, we share our most interesting, sad, happy and fun experiences in life so far. From what it was like growing up in the middle east, our experiences with boys and dating, our faith all ...
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I don't know where I'm from. | Being a TCK
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This is our last episode of the podcast! We talk about what our next steps in life are as we wrap up the podcast and look forward to the future. After that we dive into what a third culture kid is and what It was like for us growing up. We look into the identity crisis we have experienced as individuals who grew up in a country and culture outside …
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So Can I Be Depressed? | Discussing Mental Health in the African Community
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In this episode we dive into what mental health issues look like in the African community. We discuss how things with mental health are always framed as western (or white people) problems. We both share our struggles with mental health and some of the things that have happened in our lives to cause them. Lastly, we offer some steps for the African …
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Faith, Race, White Saviors... (ft. Morgan Z.)
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In this episode we have our first ever guest! Our friend Morgan joins us to fill in for Tash and we get to talk about faith and racism. We explore these topics from both sides of the fence (because Morgan is white and Tino is black). The conversation leads us to explore what a white savior is, the role of christian missionaries in driving the "Poor…
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Disclaimer: Our mum is an awesome, kind human being! The discipline we talk about in this episode was not dramatic as we make it sound. It was actually really helpful and effective ;) In this episode we talk about some of the funny and and not so fun things about growing up with African parents. Things like when you're just getting comfortable in y…
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In this episode we discuss what it was like for us when we first moved to the United States! We talk about the time we didn't go into a Chipotle because there were so many white people we felt like we wouldn't be allowed in (which wasn't true, but how funny is that?!) We also talk about places we have been in the United States and our impressions o…
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In this episode we talk about our experience growing up in the Middle East, specifically in the United Arab Emirates. We cover our first impressions of the country, bullying that we went through in middle school. We also talk about some quirky aspects of the U.A.E; like the corner shops that will deliver whatever you want to buy to your doorstep fo…
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