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Some of the thoughts that host Natania Hoffman has gathered throughout the process of creating the Extra Half.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theextrahalf/message
A conversation with Alexis Nelson, social media manager at BARK and creator of Black Forager. We talk about the relationship between the origins of her family (Cape Verdean, Black American and Native American) and the history of race in the Uni
A conversation with Simen Fegran, German-Norwegian horn player and member of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. We talk about the importance of understanding the past as a nation and about how patriotism is perceived in Germany, Norway, and the U
A conversation with Rosalind Chao and Yi-Mei Templeman, mother and daughter, who were both born in the United States. Rosalind is an actress known for her roles in the Joy Luck Club, Mulan (2020), Star Trek, The Laundromat, Freaky Friday, among
A conversation with Harriet Langley, violinist. Harriet is Korean and Australian, and lived in several other countries including Belgium and the United States. We talk about the role musicians can play in the world, about learning violin in dif
a conversation with Luisa Weiss, creator of the Wednesday Chef. An Italian-American who lives in Berlin, Luisa is a writer, home cook, editor, translator, and the author of one of the most well-known food blogs today. We have a fascinating conv
A conversation with Nina de Félice, pianist. Nina is French and Mauritian and also lived in Switzerland, Germany, and the Czech Republic. In addition to her performing career, she is the co-founder of the Festival Contrepoints Croisés in France
A conversation with Dr. Shawn E. Okpebholo. A sought-after and wonderful composer, Shawn’s parents are from the United States and Nigeria. We talk about what it means to be Black and/or African-American, how his worldview has shifted in the las
A conversation with Josiah Coe, whose family is from the USA and the Philippines. We talk about his childhood on a farm in rural Georgia with seven siblings, the ways in which he grew up surrounded by Filipino culture within the United States,
A conversation with Armine Sargsyan, who is from Armenia and Lithuania. Armine talks about her upbringing in independent Lithuania and in Cyprus, the development of her own cultural identity, and the importance of raising international awarenes
A conversation with Amarins Wierdsma, Dutch and American violinist. We talk about what it means to understand how a country works, and about how directness can be valued very differently in different contexts and cultures. We also talk about di
A conversation with Edoardo Ballerini, Italian and American narrator and actor. A two-time winner of the Audiobook Publishers Association’s Best Male Narrator Audie Award, Edoardo has recorded nearly 300 titles, from classic works by Tolstoy, D
A conversation with Jakob Nierenz, cellist. Jakob’s parents are German and African-American, and he grew up in Lüneburg, Germany. We talk about his two years spent in the United States pursuing a Master’s degree at Rice University, his work wit
A conversation with Martina and Costanza Pereyra, Italian and Argentinian sisters who grew up in Germany, the Netherlands, and Portugal. Martina is studying at the Nuova Accademia delle Belle Arti in Milano, while Costanza studied at Warwick Un
A conversation with Julia Hartley, who was raised in Belgium by English and Italian parents. Currently a full-time researcher at the University of Warwick, she has a PhD in modern French and medieval Italian from the University of Oxford and an
Una conversazione con Abril Muvumbi. Abril è di Imola, dello Zambia, e della Repubblica democratica del Congo. Si è candidata per le prossime elezioni nella lista civica di Imola “Imola riparte” e abbiamo avuto una conversazione straordinaria s
A conversation with Abril Muvumbi. Abril was born in Italy and her parents are from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and from Zambia. She’s currently running for city council in her native Imola with the election in just a few weeks, and we
A conversation with Robertas Lozinskis, pianist. Robertas' family is Russian and Jewish and he was born and raised in Kaunas, Lithuania. We reflect on the toll that fascism and communism took on his country and about his belonging to ethnic min
A conversation with Natalia Kitamikado, designer. Natalia is Japanese-Polish and was raised in both countries. Active in product design, scenography, and costume design in opera, theater, dance and film, Natalia has worked extensively with dire
A conversation with Muriel Razavi, violist. Muriel is Persian-American and was born and raised in Freiburg, Germany. She obtained degrees in viola performance at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler and the Universität der Künste, Berlin, addi
A conversation with Pilar Czoske, lawyer. Pilar is Chilean and German, and grew up in Germany and Ecuador. We talk about how identity shifts and evolves over time, her degrees in law and Chinese studies at the University of Cologne, and how fac
A conversation with Brandon Garbot, violinist. Brandon's heritage is European and Japanese but he grew up in the United States in a monolingual family. We talk about the enigmatic nature of identity, curiosity about cultures whose influences ha
A conversation with Aliya Vodovozova, flutist. We talk about growing up in Turkey and Russia, understanding where home is, the side-by-side mosque and church of Kazan, and finding one’s place in international communities around the world.---
A conversation with David and Ellen Mamedov, pianist and digital marketer/strategist. We talk about growing up in Azerbaijan and the United States, what happens when the “secret” language trick goes wrong, the challenges of raising a bicultural
A conversation with Hiwote Tadesse, violist. We talk about growing up in Croatia with an Ethiopian father, thinking about identity through the lenses of language, appearance, and tradition, and her dreams of channeling her profession to create
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