15 episodes
The Big Blend Marielle Khayat
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- Kids & Family
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“The Big Blend” is a podcast about merging cultures, identity and transmission.
Here, you’ll listen to heart-to-heart testimonies and useful tips from parents, kids and experts that explore neo-cultures, the sense of home and the feeling of belonging. All with the purpose of raising wonderful multicultural people. And more importantly: open-minded, curious and tolerant people.
It takes courage to pass down more than one culture, so it’s important to know that we are not alone.
We talk about growing up at the intersection of cultures, teaching several languages to your kids, selecting the traditions and norms to pass down and shaping new blended cultures.
The parents' stories are the ones with the blue thumbnail, the expert's stories are the ones with the pink thumbnail, and the life stories are the ones with a purple thumbnail.
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The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/
The Big Blend’s instagram page: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link
Brand design by Emilien Lubienski (@cheesychoc)
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Momin - Cultural resilience and determined adaptation
🇵🇸🇫🇷 This episode’s guest is Momin, he is Palestinian and found asylum in France, 4 years ago.
With Momin, we talked about:
The role of the country’s locals when integrating a new cultureThe commitment it takes to become native speaker of a completely new languageSeeing culture as an evolving mosaic, and continuously adopting new elements along the wayBuilding a home where you are with what you have
Happy blending!🥣
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The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/
The Big Blend’s instagram: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link
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Yoshito - The value of literacy in heritage languages
🇯🇵🇫🇷🇰🇷🇬🇧 This month’s guest on The Big Blend is Yoshito, a French and Japanese dad, who works a lot on transmitting literacy.
With Yoshito, we talked about:
Lack of literacy creating a gap between a person and their cultureBeing at peace with all our cultures and understanding what we want from themThe importance of relevance and play in transmissionThe parental posture when teaching a heritage cultureA few home-made game ideas to transmit literacy
Happy blending!🥣
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Yoshito's Kickstarter campaign link: https://rb.gy/bm7v4
Yoshito's website (The Library 4 multilinguals) : https://www.library4multilinguals.com/
The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/
The Big Blend’s instagram: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link
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Diane - An immigrant’s never-ending culture negotiation
🇺🇸🇫🇷🇱🇧 This episode’s guest is Diane, an expert in the subjects of intercultural language and identity.
With Diane, we talked about:
The works of Pierre Bourdieu, Carl Gustav Jung and many othersThe intimate link between language, culture and identityCulture negotiation and “translanguaging”The importance of surrounding ourselves with our cultural references to feel completeThe invisible grief that comes with losing your culture Creating an imaginary homeland through languageCountry policies setting the stage for multiculturalism
Happy blending!🥣
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The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/
The Big Blend’s instagram: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link
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Emily & Aude - A restless childhood and a solid sister bond
🇯🇵🇹🇷🇰🇷🇫🇷... This episode’s guests are Emily and Aude, two sisters who grew up as expats, relocating every 2 to 3 years with their family.
With them, we talked about:
The impact multiple moves can have on individuals in a familyThe meaning of friendship when you move around a lotThe importance of involving the kids in the decision-making process of movingThe balance between solid anchors and rich multiculturalityThe importance of a sister bond as a reassuring stability
Happy blending!🥣
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The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/
The Big Blend’s instagram: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link
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Sindy - Triple the languages, triple the dedication
🇮🇪🇩🇪🇮🇳 This episode’s guest is Sindy Brücher Sharma, a mom whose kids are now fluent in three languages: German, Hindi and English.
With Sindy, we talked about:
The importance of a childhood home and what happens when it’s soldThe OPOL strategy - one parent one language - and the dedication it takesThe energy it requires to give three cultures equal importance in the homeThe challenge of continuously searching for content to enrich the vocabulary of your childGrandparents’ views on the parents’ cultural education decisionsLittle victories
Happy blending!
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The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/
The Big Blend’s instagram: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link
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Ruth - Managing emotions when moving around
🇳🇬🇺🇸🇱🇷 This episode’s guest is Ruth E. Van Reken, a pioneer in the subjects of moving around and navigating cultures.
With Ruth, we talked about:
Taking the time to grieve when transitioning and accompanying a child through lossDeveloping portable traditions to create a solid family culture and reinforce attachmentNormalizing multiculturality and shifting the paradigmFocusing on where we are alike to celebrate the differences
Happy blending!
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Ruth's website: http://www.crossculturalkid.org/
The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/
The Big Blend’s instagram: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link
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