Hello dear listeners, and welcome to Show 315 of Absolutely Intercultural!
Have you ever wondered how much of who you are is shaped by where you are?
Today we’re diving into a fascinating question:
“Do we change our identity when we cross borders?”In a world that’s constantly on the move through study exchanges, remote work, or migration our sense of belonging can shift in surprising ways. Does home remain in one place, or can we collect new “homes” as we go?
As always, here on Absolutely Intercultural, everyone is free to think and say absolutely anything. And because identity can be a personal topic, you might notice yourself agreeing strongly with one guest… and feeling challenged by another. If that happens, it’s okay to pause, reflect, and come back.
My name is Lorena, and this episode comes to you from Germany.
So sit back, get curious, and maybe ask yourself: How would you define “home” today?In this show, we’ll hear from three guests who share how living in Germany transformed not only how others see them, but how they see themselves.
In our first story, Absolutely Rooted, we meet Asma someone who grew up in Germany in a Pakistani Muslim family and learned early what it means to live between cultures, without losing herself.
In our second story, Absolutely Transformed, we hear from Fouad, a 24-year-old student who arrived in Germany with strong stereotypes and then had to update them, one everyday situation at a time.
And in our last story, Absolutely In-Between, we listen to Ahmed who discovered that the longer you live abroad, the more complicated “home” becomes… because you start changing in both directions.
So here’s a question for you, dear listeners:
If someone asked you today, “Where are you from?”
Would your answer be a country… or would it be a journey?
Our next show will be coming to you on 6th of March 2026 from Anne Fox in Denmark. Until then – Bleiben Sie absolut interkulturell!
The host of this show is: Lorena Peposhi (Albanian)
Chief Editor: Oleksii Tsapenko (Ukrainian)
Assistant Editor: Lorena Peposhi (Albanian), Eltun Khudiev (Azerbaijani)
Hello and welcome to show 274 of our podcast “Absolutely Intercultural”. Our topic for today is “Culture change”. Cultures and people who live in them are interconnected and influence each other. For some people, it is easy to adapt to a new environment and accept the challenges of culture change. They see new experiences as an opportunity to learn and grow personally. Some people, however, are rather careful about exposing themselves to new cultures and as a result are less likely to be influenced or changed.