As the prospect of a second season grows, this track is an addition to my first season to explore the ways in which we perceive the concept of identity. I’ve gathered audio clips from various interviews from people between the ages of 21 and 60 with different cultural backgrounds and put them together in this track. Part of this research is to emphasize that no matter how different we may seem, we all have similar collective curiosity when exploring individual identities.

In this episode, listeners will be hearing from my oldest sibling about how our Armenian culture was taught to us by our mother and grandmother, how intergenerational transmissions of trauma turn into habits, and what it means to preserve our Armenian culture while exploring the ways in which she embraces her culture now. In our discussion, my sister mentions our "Medzmama." And for those who don't speak Armenian -- that means grandmother.