Is This Seat Taken?!

By Amy Meadows

Personal Journals Society & Culture Philosophy Places & Travel

What's Is This Seat Taken?! about?

The podcast celebrating people who have many places to call home. We discuss what home means to different people and how it impacts culture, identity and finding your community wherever you are in the world.

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Is This Seat Taken?! episodes:

08.13.2021
12. On taking root, crossing thresholds, and following the call home.
In this episode I speak to Rev Gail Love-Schock, Prosperity teacher, Interfaith Minister, Wise Woman and dear friend. We reflect on finding home, and unpacking the boxes in the mansion of ourselves. We discuss the call to Scotland, and the...
08.03.2021
11. On rebuilding yourself, finding space to breathe, and instagrammable sunsets.
In this episode I speak to Ashleigh Li, designer, colour fanatic and all round breath of fresh air. Ashleigh’s life changed completely when she had the opportunity to live under the palm trees in Los Angeles for a year, and...
07.14.2021
10. On home comforts, winters in Goa and cheese and pickle sandwiches.
In this episode I speak to Maddy Shine, SEO & Visibility Queen, some-time digital nomad and all-around glitterball of a human. Maddy Shine is a coach who helps ambitious female entrepreneurs get more sales by increasing visibility. Work, and the pursuit...
08.07.2020
09. On life on the hill, cross-generational friendships and the joy of a Whatsapp voice note.
Series 2, episode 3 is with queen of the ‘gram and queen of The Hill, Lucy Sheridan. If you haven’t come across Lucy before, you are in for a TREAT.
08.07.2020
08. On embracing change, learning Arabic and life as a digital nomad.
Skye has spent time working all over the world living the ‘digi-nomad’ dream, and explains how it has impacted her feelings around where ‘home’ is.
08.07.2020
07. On becoming bolder, NYC and joy activism.
We’re baaaaaaaack! The first episode of season 2 of Is This Seat Taken?! is with the incredible Somalia Seaton.
05.22.2020
06. On interpretation, bi-lingual dreams and the 'where are you from?' question.
Vasiliki Prestidge is a linguist, translator, and interpreter. She is originally from Cyprus, growing up in Cyprus and Greece, and now living in London and running a hugely successful business, Greek to Me Translations. Her clients vary from embassies to...
05.15.2020
05. On creative chaos, intimacy direction and renaissance flirting.
Amanda Cutting is a global theatre and intimacy director. She is based in Calgary, Alberta, but spends more time on planes than anyone I have ever met before. We met in a chance encounter when she came to visit a...
05.08.2020
04. On big career moves, global relocation and being vulnerable online.
Meghan is the queen of making Big Moves, both geographically and in terms of her career. As a designer. researcher and strategist her talents have taken her all over the world. Her ability to create community both online and in...
04.30.2020
03. On relationships, resilience and the legacy of a career in motorsport.
Ella Barrington is a tour-de-force of enthusiasm mixed with frightening competence. In this episode, we talk about her journey from a little girl in dungarees at the side of the track, to an extraordinary woman (still in dungarees) running a...
04.30.2020
02. On routine, gratitude, and how covid-19 brought "home" into focus.
Alya is an incredible advocate of people who have multiple cultures and identities. By writing her book, The Greater Freedom, she has opened up a platform to facilitate conversations with people of middle eastern heritage to share their stories. We...
04.30.2020
01. On being multi-local, multi-lingual and multi-faceted.
I sit down with Adeola, Editor in Chief of Distinguished Diva. We discuss how her adventures around Greece, the UK, the US and Europe has made her 'multi-local'. She has lived a huge life for someone so young, with careers...

What's Is This Seat Taken?! about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Is This Seat Taken?! episodes:

12. On taking root, crossing thresholds, and following the call home.

11. On rebuilding yourself, finding space to breathe, and instagrammable sunsets.

10. On home comforts, winters in Goa and cheese and pickle sandwiches.

09. On life on the hill, cross-generational friendships and the joy of a Whatsapp voice note.

08. On embracing change, learning Arabic and life as a digital nomad.

07. On becoming bolder, NYC and joy activism.

06. On interpretation, bi-lingual dreams and the 'where are you from?' question.

05. On creative chaos, intimacy direction and renaissance flirting.

04. On big career moves, global relocation and being vulnerable online.

03. On relationships, resilience and the legacy of a career in motorsport.

02. On routine, gratitude, and how covid-19 brought "home" into focus.

01. On being multi-local, multi-lingual and multi-faceted.