Podcasts by TCK VOF

Bonus Episode 3: A Voice in God's Silence from 2021-10-22T19:00

*** Please note that this episode contains depictions of violence that some people may find disturbing

In this episode, we discuss with Mokoto Fujimura his book Beauty and Silence, a part...

3.12 TCKs from Families who Fled Wars from 2021-10-19T19:00

*** Please note that this episode contains depictions of violence that some people may find disturbing

As we wrap up Season Three, we are moving to harder topics in the walk as a Christ-f...

3.11 TCK and Spirituality from 2021-10-15T19:00

In this episode, we invited three TCKs of three spiritual believes (Hindu, Muslim, and Christ follower) on the impact of global mobility in their own personal lives. How do they feel like being ...

3.10 TCKs as missionaries: Overseas from 2021-10-12T19:00

Our TCKs and Careers series ends with this episode talking to three TCKs who chose to become missionaries overseas. What led them to become missionaries? What effect does growing up cross-cultur...

3.9 TCKs as missionaries: in Passport Country from 2021-10-08T19:00

We continue our TCKs and Careers series by talking to three people who chose to become missionaries in their passport countries. What led them to become a missionary out of college? What effect ...

3.8 Alternative Career Path Other Than College After High School from 2021-10-05T19:00

After talking to three TCKs on their careers after 30, we invited another group of TCKs in their 30s. They have taken a road less traveled and chosen an alternative career path other than colleg...

3.7 TCK Careers After 30 from 2021-10-01T19:00

We continue to explore TCK's and work as we interview a panel of TCK's who have been working in their careers for longer than Jonathan, the host. Our panel guests talk about their journey in def...

3.6 TCKs as Working Millennials from 2021-09-28T19:00

As we continue our min-series on TCKs and Work, we talk to a panel of guests who are in the beginnings of their careers. They talk about the various twists and turns that their career took them ...

3.5 TCK and Work from 2021-09-24T19:00

Megan Norton is an Adult TCK (who has lived in 10 countries and 5 U.S. states), writer, podcast host, and speaker who designs and delivers socio-emotional programming tailored to globally mobile...

3.4 Finding Belonging as a Celibate Christian from 2021-09-21T19:00

Our interview with Greg Coles discussing his second book No Longer Strangers: Finding Belonging in a World of Alienation where he shares about finding belonging as a celibate Christian.

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3.3 Family in Transition from 2021-09-17T19:00

Come and join Anna as she interviews the Walthours, both Jonathan and his parents, on their transition stories! How was their transition in their family life repatriating back to the States? Wha...

3.2 Multigenerational Minorities' "In Between" from 2021-09-14T19:00

Today Elizabeth talks to three multigenerational minorities whose families have called the US home for at least three generations now. How have they felt they were culturally not ethnic enough a...

3.1 Third Culture Adults as International Students from 2021-09-10T19:00

Third Culture Adult (TCA) is an adult who has lived outside his passport country but only as an adult. In this episode, Elizabeth interviews three TCAs who specifically went overseas as int...

Bonus Episode 2: Discussing the TCK/CCK Concept with Ruth Van Reken from 2021-07-09T13:00

For our podcast, we have been using the Third Culture Kids term for all Cross-Cultural Kids. Is that okay for the experts in the TCK world? What would someone like Ruth Van Reken, the author of ...

Bonus Episode 1: Looking Back at Season Two from 2021-06-11T20:42:24

BONUS episode: Elizabeth, Jonathan, and Anna sat down together sharing what they thought about doing TCK VOF Season Two. P.S. Be prepared for a style change!

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2.12 TCK as Parents from 2021-04-02T19:00

What are some differences in culture that you navigated with your spouse in parenting and how did you approach them? How did you strive to maintain a close relationship with your kids when you k...

2.11 TCK and Marriage from 2021-03-26T19:00

What is a cultural misunderstanding you had with your spouse and how did you walk through it? What has helped you understand each other's cultural worlds? Based on your own experience what is so...

2.10 Effects on Future Families from 2021-03-19T19:00

Jonathan sits down and talks with Steven Black, the host of TCK Care. Steven is getting his master's in clinical psychology and has worked as both a missionary and TCK Care person. Being a TCK h...

2.9 Understanding Identity as International and Transracial Adoptees (Part 2) from 2021-03-12T20:00

What was it like growing up as an International or Transracial Adoptee? Was any element of your ethnic culture emphasized growing up? If so, what did they do? If not, what do you hope they would...

2.8 Understanding Identity as International and Transracial Adoptees (Part 1) from 2021-03-05T20:00

What was it like growing up as an International or Transracial Adoptee? How much influence did your blood culture have on your upbringing? How much influence does your adaptive culture have on y...

2.7 Ambiguous Loss: Loss Without a Funeral (Part 2) from 2021-02-26T20:00

Life hit Pat and Tammy McLeod hard when their son Zach collapsed on a high school football field; he had sustained a severe brain injury. This accident led the family into the world of ambiguous...

2.6 Ambiguous Loss: Loss Without a Funeral (Part 1) from 2021-02-19T20:00

Life hit Pat and Tammy McLeod hard when their son Zach collapsed on a high school football field; he had sustained a severe brain injury. This accident led the family into the world of ambiguous...

2.5 Growing Up as Hidden Immigrants Overseas from 2021-02-12T20:00

Today our Panel is all "Hidden Immigrants." Hidden Immigrants look alike but think differently. Most TCK's are hidden immigrants when they go back to their "passport" culture but some are also h...

2.4 Growing Up as First and Second Generations from 2021-02-05T20:00

You don't just have to live overseas to be a TCK. Our panel today had a TCK experience because their parents lived in other countries and they understand what it is like living in between worlds...

2.3 TCK and Sexuality from 2021-01-29T20:00

Greg Coles spent fifteen childhood years as a TCK in Indonesia, on the island of Java. He moved back to the United States for college, where he studied communication, literature, and music, and ...

2.2 Understanding Identity as Multi-ethnic (Part 2) from 2021-01-22T20:00

We continue our conversation about what it is like growing up in Multi-Ethnic Families with a new set of panelists. Come and join our panelists in understanding their ethnicities during the turb...

2.1 Understanding Identity as Multi-ethnic (Part 1) from 2021-01-15T20:00

What is your favorite and least favorite thing about being multi-ethnic? Do you feel like you have to pick an ethnicity and how has family played into your understanding of that? Come and join o...

1.4 Missionary Kids and Identity from 2020-08-28T20:00

How do you determine your identity? For the cultures you identify with which one do you identify with the most? What does your passport country mean to you? What does your host country (where yo...

1.3 Family Relationships from 2020-08-14T20:00

How have you felt like you don't fit in with your family especially related to culture? If you had a TCK experience with your siblings, how has your experience differed from theirs? Have you eve...

1.2 Transitions and Losses from 2020-06-26T20:05:18

How much did your expectations of what transition was going to look like match what actually happened? What did you feel you were gaining and losing in transition? What kinds of emotions did you...

1.1 "Where Are You From?" from 2020-06-12T19:00

When did you feel the most challenged to describe what country you are from? Is there a difference between how you identify yourself and how others identify you? How do you determine where home ...

TCK VOF (Trailer) from 2020-06-03T16:33:59

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