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My Foreign Service Life
My Foreign Service Life episodes
- S4E3 - Kenya - Home Leave, Nairobi Bound
In this episode Christine and family get to Nairobi, Kenya and find a new past time, but not before Gabe pulls a bone-headed teenager move--possible because he's a teenager.
22 min - S4E2 - Onward Assignment Blues
In which Christine and family are in limbo because of congressional inaction. Christine gets a new boss and a new assignment.
22 min - S4E1 - Cameroon: Farewell to Cameroon
In which Christine talks about being usurped at work, warehouse sales, Juju, and working with local staff.
21 min - 1 min
- S3E12 Cameroon: Crazy last Year
Christine talks about leaving Cameroon, boarding school woes, corrupt elections, and a possible apocryphal story of bare-chested grandmas.
17 min - S3E11 Cameroon: Greeks in Africa
Christine talks about her experience as a Greek-American in Africa and the lovely community she found in Cameroon.
18 min - S3E10 Cameroon: Camping at Kribi
In this episode Christine and Matt remember the good times in coastal Africa. They discuss tandem couples, spousal hires, interning at the Embassy, and the Sea Turtle Incident.
29 min - We're Not Done Yet! An Update.
We're not done yet, we just have run into the Not-Enough-Time problem! We'll be back later this year with more episodes!
In the meantime, check out my new kids podcast, History Snacks.
1 min - S3E9 Cameroon: Evaluations, Promotions, Suspensions
In this episode, Christine talks about getting suspended, having a friend in the home office who knows your plight, and promotion strategies.
26 min - S3E8 Cameroon: Settling Into Yaoundé
Christine talks about her first days in Cameroon, including short hand, serving coffee, security violations, a platoon of misbehaving Marines, and friends in the right places.
26 min
About My Foreign Service Life
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I've spent most of my career—that's 35 years—living and working overseas for the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service. My coworkers and myself were responsible for carrying out U.S.…
foreign policy and helping U.S. citizens abroad. With this podcast, I'm starting at the beginning - or really slightly before the beginning—to walk through what it was like being 27, with a small child, moving overseas to Africa for the first time. Join my son and I as in each episode, I read my story and we talk through the challenges overcome and the joys discovered in My Foreign Service Life.