Just want to say the nomad option in your poll didn't ring my bell as much as wanting to hear voices of people "living abroad." I moved overseas from the US after spending a few years without a fixed address, and the difference between these two ways of being is large. The "nomad lifestyle" isn't something I would enjoy hearing about unless it was highly critical of the way it's hyped in certain circles. Hearing insights from people who have established residency in another land and adapted to a different culture (or not adapted!) get much deeper at questions about belonging, social ties, communication, and stepping out of fixed beliefs. This is what always resonated for me most with the podcast.
I was disappointed to see global nomads come in first bc I’m not so interested in stories of travel, but maybe I’m missing something or many of us interpreted global nomad differently. If you mean something like the family that moved to Japan and talked about the experience of their son in public school there then I’m all for it.
Nailed it! Just love learning about the world and NOT from a US perspective. There are so many ways to live a life, to solve a problem, etc -- I love hearing about all of it.
Hi, I've listened to almost every episode of your show. I especially like the ones that show how people live in other countries, like the one on Brazil in Black and White or the one about the McDonald's employees in France. Far too often we don't really get a flavor of what's going on in other countries from the media. We only hear about France, Brazil, etc. in relation to a war going on or something outrageous, or a famine in the case of an African country, as opposed to some slice of life there that people in the U.S. could learn about or even learn from. Maybe it's because I am originally from Jamaica, but live in the U.S. and I see how often the media gets Jamaica wrong, if they even mention it. I hope one day you do a story involving Jamaica.
By global nomad I at least did not mean people with no fixed address. I meant people who have lived in multiple countries. I am very interested in c Ross cultural identities. I loved your piece about the Middle Easterner in Germany, wanting to learn to date; and the ones on lunchtime and race (blackness) in France.
I vote chatting with John Green about the effects of global tuberculosis- we could quash it, but it hasn't happened. I know a lot has been said about TB, but it is now JG's big focus, and there have been some recent changes to the access of TB drugs, and JG seems down to clown for any place to chat about TB.
I'm a translation professional in New Orleans. My favorite types of podcasts are about world affairs or stories from underrepresented people/cultures/countries. So, here I am!
I'm surprised regarding global nomads also. We are world travelers, but at 66 years old, I don't care about making a living while traveling. I love all the stories about cultures and countries. They are all excellent. Most travel podcast have turned into teaching others how to become a digital nomad during Covid. Doesn't pertain to us. I'm excited for rough transition. You have helped open my eyes.
Here for the culture collision stories. Sometimes Rough Translation reminds me of when I discovered anthropologist Edward T. Hall. I would be interested in Gregory’s and others’ opinions of his work.
Well Hmmm. I'm sad to say, I had never encountered "Rough Translation" though I am a regular NPR listener. Maybe my local affiliates didn't offer it - sorry to hear it's gone before I could get to know it. From what I'm reading here, the program would have been exactly the sort of thing I would seek out and follow. Seems I have some catching up to do - is there an archive somewhere?
Yes "transition" seems to be the thing these days, and I was actually moved to join by the Stephen Hawking quote from your July 11 post (“intelligence is the ability to adapt to change”). I like the idea of intelligence and having more of it, and all, but I actually think that a more accessible way to approach Hawkings' idea is to reframe it and say "Improvisation is a life skill." I say this because we all have been thrown so many curve-balls the past few years, and all indications are, that's not going to stop but rather accelerate.
It's been interesting to witness how many people in recent years tripped hard over the *fact of change* before they even got to the point of dealing with whatever had changed. I think we all need to get better at absorbing and working with new and changing information - faster, more intuitively, and with less fuss. Being a practiced improviser, I think, makes this process less daunting and easier to engage with some joy and curiosity, rather than dread and resistance.
From there, the idea of transition, nomads, encounters with unexpected others, being a perpetual outsider and even taking pride in that - well yeah. All of that goes together. What I would love would be to hold that lightly, find the juice in it, and be with more people who feel the same way. So here I am, looking forward to following and hearing/reading more.
And if there's a question on the table about possible topics for the future, maybe it would be fruitful to meet people from different parts of the world who are gifted improvisers. How has that practice taken root for them, and what does it look like in context for them - culturally, creatively, materially, and functionally?
I don't identify with those Americans without fixed addresses. They still have an idea of "home" I identify with the outsiders, the anthropologists, the expats. The ones who don't have roots anywhere so in essence have roots everywhere.
Just want to say the nomad option in your poll didn't ring my bell as much as wanting to hear voices of people "living abroad." I moved overseas from the US after spending a few years without a fixed address, and the difference between these two ways of being is large. The "nomad lifestyle" isn't something I would enjoy hearing about unless it was highly critical of the way it's hyped in certain circles. Hearing insights from people who have established residency in another land and adapted to a different culture (or not adapted!) get much deeper at questions about belonging, social ties, communication, and stepping out of fixed beliefs. This is what always resonated for me most with the podcast.
I was disappointed to see global nomads come in first bc I’m not so interested in stories of travel, but maybe I’m missing something or many of us interpreted global nomad differently. If you mean something like the family that moved to Japan and talked about the experience of their son in public school there then I’m all for it.
Nailed it! Just love learning about the world and NOT from a US perspective. There are so many ways to live a life, to solve a problem, etc -- I love hearing about all of it.
Hi, I've listened to almost every episode of your show. I especially like the ones that show how people live in other countries, like the one on Brazil in Black and White or the one about the McDonald's employees in France. Far too often we don't really get a flavor of what's going on in other countries from the media. We only hear about France, Brazil, etc. in relation to a war going on or something outrageous, or a famine in the case of an African country, as opposed to some slice of life there that people in the U.S. could learn about or even learn from. Maybe it's because I am originally from Jamaica, but live in the U.S. and I see how often the media gets Jamaica wrong, if they even mention it. I hope one day you do a story involving Jamaica.
By global nomad I at least did not mean people with no fixed address. I meant people who have lived in multiple countries. I am very interested in c Ross cultural identities. I loved your piece about the Middle Easterner in Germany, wanting to learn to date; and the ones on lunchtime and race (blackness) in France.
I vote chatting with John Green about the effects of global tuberculosis- we could quash it, but it hasn't happened. I know a lot has been said about TB, but it is now JG's big focus, and there have been some recent changes to the access of TB drugs, and JG seems down to clown for any place to chat about TB.
and share my support for you :)
I'm a translation professional in New Orleans. My favorite types of podcasts are about world affairs or stories from underrepresented people/cultures/countries. So, here I am!
I'm surprised regarding global nomads also. We are world travelers, but at 66 years old, I don't care about making a living while traveling. I love all the stories about cultures and countries. They are all excellent. Most travel podcast have turned into teaching others how to become a digital nomad during Covid. Doesn't pertain to us. I'm excited for rough transition. You have helped open my eyes.
Hear more stories, express support, learn about the world and transition resonates
Here for the culture collision stories. Sometimes Rough Translation reminds me of when I discovered anthropologist Edward T. Hall. I would be interested in Gregory’s and others’ opinions of his work.
This is roughly me!
Well Hmmm. I'm sad to say, I had never encountered "Rough Translation" though I am a regular NPR listener. Maybe my local affiliates didn't offer it - sorry to hear it's gone before I could get to know it. From what I'm reading here, the program would have been exactly the sort of thing I would seek out and follow. Seems I have some catching up to do - is there an archive somewhere?
Yes "transition" seems to be the thing these days, and I was actually moved to join by the Stephen Hawking quote from your July 11 post (“intelligence is the ability to adapt to change”). I like the idea of intelligence and having more of it, and all, but I actually think that a more accessible way to approach Hawkings' idea is to reframe it and say "Improvisation is a life skill." I say this because we all have been thrown so many curve-balls the past few years, and all indications are, that's not going to stop but rather accelerate.
It's been interesting to witness how many people in recent years tripped hard over the *fact of change* before they even got to the point of dealing with whatever had changed. I think we all need to get better at absorbing and working with new and changing information - faster, more intuitively, and with less fuss. Being a practiced improviser, I think, makes this process less daunting and easier to engage with some joy and curiosity, rather than dread and resistance.
From there, the idea of transition, nomads, encounters with unexpected others, being a perpetual outsider and even taking pride in that - well yeah. All of that goes together. What I would love would be to hold that lightly, find the juice in it, and be with more people who feel the same way. So here I am, looking forward to following and hearing/reading more.
And if there's a question on the table about possible topics for the future, maybe it would be fruitful to meet people from different parts of the world who are gifted improvisers. How has that practice taken root for them, and what does it look like in context for them - culturally, creatively, materially, and functionally?
I don't identify with those Americans without fixed addresses. They still have an idea of "home" I identify with the outsiders, the anthropologists, the expats. The ones who don't have roots anywhere so in essence have roots everywhere.