The Big Blend

In this episode I tell you all about the genesis of the podcast and the purpose behind it. So make yourself a good cup of blended coffee, (or blended cocktail, depending on the time it is on your side of the world) and come discover the story behind the big blend!

🇱🇧🇫🇷 This episode’s guests are Cynthia Kasparian and Dior Sawaya, two Lebanese moms who have decided to transmit their mother tongue, in a foreign country.With Cynthia and Dior, we talked about:The commitment it takes to speak your mother tongue in a different country Nurturing the imagination in the language, and developing a vocabulary around feelingsPassing down traditions and celebrationsThe complexity of the Arab language and hence, it's transmissionHappy blending! ...Haref, Cynthia’s startup will be launched in a few months. If you want to be one of the first to know about their news:Haref’s website: www.haref.fr Haref’s instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/haref.fr/ The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/ The Big Blend’s instagram page: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link 

🇮🇳🇫🇷 This episode's guest is Leena Radjibaly, a French with very strong Indian origins, today living in Bangalore.With Leena, we talked about: The gap between the at-home-culture and the outside-of-home-cultureSurrounding yourself with other multicultural peopleTelling your whole story, even if it is complicatedFinding the balance between the two culturesHappy blending! The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/ The Big Blend’s instagram page: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link 

🇪🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷 This episode’s guest is Robin Molinas, he grew up in London with a Spanish dad and a French mom.With Robin, we talked about:Brothers with a similar education developing different attachments to the culturesSpeaking the language vs. having the referencesNot belonging fully to any of the culturesConnecting as human beings through ritualsHappy blending!...The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/ The Big Blend’s instagram page: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link 

🇳🇱🇮🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭This episode’s guest is Ute Limacher Riebold, a language expert, and a multilingual mom herself.With Ute, we talked about:Foreground languages and background languagesGamifying the navigation between languages while preserving monolingual situationsIncluding the kids in the discussions and decisionsSwitching from being “neither, nor” to being “not only, but also”Happy blending! ...You can find Ute’s courses and info on her website: https://utesinternationallounge.com/ The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/ The Big Blend’s instagram page: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link 

🇵🇸🇱🇧🇨🇦🇯🇴 This episode’s guest is Marwan Farraj, a Palestinian-Lebanese activist and a super dad.With Marwan, we talked about:Feeling Palestinian-Lebanese but having neither passportsTransmitting culture through activismEducating kids about the state of the world & giving them the knowledge to navigate through their multiple culturesManaging different religious beliefs in the homeHappy blending!...The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/ The Big Blend’s instagram page: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link 

🇦🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪 This episode’s guests are Anna and Tanja, one is Australian and the other one is French. They have a little boy together and they live in Berlin.  With Anna and Tanja we talked about:Building a non-conventional and multicultural familyChoosing a biological donor and defining his role in transmissionThe difficulty to transmit citizenship when you didn’t carry the childCreating a precedent and actually changing the lawThe burden of knowing that our decisions will shape our kid’s cultural identityHappy blending! 🥣...The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/ The Big Blend’s instagram page: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link 

🇸🇦🇱🇧🇨🇦 This episode’s guest is Dima Adra, the writer of Mama Ghannnouj a cookbook that is all about the transmission of recipes and culture. With Dima, we talked about:Transmitting cultural tastes to your kidsKeeping our cultures’ recipes alive and maintaining the feeling of home they procureGetting started and cooking your home recipes, including the ones that seem complex to reproduce abroadBeing so immersed in a country’s community that it feels like home without having been in the country  Happy blending!...Mama Ghannouj’s website: https://mamaghannouj.com/ Mama Ghannouj’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamaghannouj/ The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/ The Big Blend’s instagram: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link