A Kenyan-American in the US

A Kenyan-American in the US

By Grace KisirkoiSociety & CulturePersonal Journals
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A Kenyan-American in the US episodes

  • S3 E8 - Eritrean American recounts experiences in a war-torn country / Journey to a self-made engineer in US
    You Can Watch the Episode Here

    In this episode, we meet Tek and his daughter, Shewit. Tek recounts his precarious experiences of living through and escaping a war torn country and becoming a self-made engineer in the US. His daughter, Shewit also adds a refreshingly new perspective as she is an American born to her Eritrean dad who has had quite different upbringings and life experiences that shaped their paths.

    1 hr 9 min
  • S3 E7 - Surviving an African coup? Was it like the capitol building protest?
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtGn-1qc0g8&t=955s

    In this episode, we reflect on recent events and throwback to similarities of a ‘coup’ and post poll unrest back in Kenya.


    *Intercultural Couple Reacts to Capitol Building Protest*

    In this video, we expose our intercultural views on the capitol building protest that ensued following the 2020 US elections. We draw similarities to certain post election or "post poll" violence events that occurred in Kenya back in December 2007 and early 2008.


    President elect Joe Biden (being inaugurated today 1/20/2021) won the majority and electoral vote in 2020 and this was not well received by supporters of the outgoing President Trump. This led to the recent capitol building storming that occurred in Washington. It felt like deja vu for me, a person who experienced post poll chaos back in late 2007, early 2008 after elections in Kenya. We discuss similarities and include a storytime retelling of living through these experiences as a young person focused on launching my career.

    35 min
  • S3 E5 - CULTURE SHOCK in USA 🇺🇸- Foreigner Perspectives
    In this episode, I give my experiences of shocking cultural experiences I experiences and adjusted to since coming to the US 8 years ago. I’d love to hear from listeners about their culture shock experiences. You can also watch this episode as a YouTube video at this link https://youtu.be/dqvIRXT6b5Y I’d love to hear your cultural shock experiences in the comment section of this video! Let me know you’re a podcast listener when you comment :)
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    13 min
  • S3 E4 - Halloween Edition - What Kenyan Tribe Are You? Part 2
    Part 2 of series on American cultural analogs to various Kenyan tribes. We make a Halloween spin on the episode with conspiracy theories and some superstitions in both cultures.
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    27 min
  • S3 E2 - Q&A: What was your PhD Research Topic

    In today’s episode (and YouTube Video), I answer a popular question about what my PhD topic was centered around. I had so much fun revisiting this!

    YouTube - https://youtu.be/QnGyfJF4JYw

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    22 min
  • S3 E1 - 8th 🇰🇪 🇺🇸 Kenyan - American Anniversary Journal: The Crazy 😜 World of Cat🐱 🐈
    Today is roughly my 8th year in the usa and I reflect on recent experiences that have turned me down the rabbit 🐇 hole of catology 🐱, pets, and generally now realizing how much there are big parallel worlds around us. Cue the #fomo...what else is out there that I’m missing out on?!
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    15 min
  • S2 E10 - Grant funding tips for small businesses
    I had fun recapping my top tips for successfully applying for free money for your business, aka grants! This episode was inspired by the work I’ve been doing while MIA (missed posting an episode last week 🤭).
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    21 min
  • S2 E9 - Questions we never thought we would have to answer
    In today’s episode, Steve does the hosting and takes a fun look on questions each of us never thought we would have to answer.
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    27 min

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- Our show is a fun platform to explore the cultural gaps in knowledge of 'aliens' in a new country. Within all that, we keep it real, we talk about personal finances, family formation, our careers…