Outcast

Lily Rodrigues is a senior at Gordon College double majoring in Political Science and History with a pre-law minor. As a woman of dual nationality, Lily grew up immersed in Brazilian culture despite being born in the US and never living in Brazil. In true TCK fashion, Lily loves to travel and experience other cultures firsthand. For fun Lily likes to bake, sing hymns, read, and hang out with her friends. Marco Nachtigall is a TCK and MK who was born and raised in Hong Kong before moving to Germany. Currently, his family resides in Italy. He’s here at Gordon college as a junior history major with minors in business administration and classical studies. He loves history, corgis and video games.  

Quentin Cole (or Q) is a senior at Gordon College, majoring in Communication Arts. Q was adopted from Almaty, Kazakhstan when he was 9 months old. From growing up as an Asian in the U.S. to living in Rome, Italy with an American understanding of culture, Q is grateful to have had numerous intercultural experiences both in the US and abroad. Please enjoy this conversation with Q about the challenges and complexities of growing up multicultural in the United States.

Faith Ettlich is a junior at Gordon College and is majoring in music and piano. As a military kid, Faith has moved all over the country and has experienced much of the diverse subcultures of the United States. She loves traveling and adventures and enjoys meeting people with different stories and cultures. She has used her experience in music and piano abroad in missions (in Japan and Spain) and looks forward to pursuing music after college. Faith enjoys reading, photography, the beach, and city walks. She currently resides in Hawai’i and greatly appreciates the culture, food, and weather! Please enjoy this conversation with Faith about living as a military kid in the United States!

Seraphina Chong is a sophomore at Gordon College majoring in marine biology with a passion for discovering God through His creation. Born and raised Singaporean Chinese, she moved to Johor Bahru, Malaysia, when she was 12, where her family currently resides. She is the second out of five siblings. Besides cooking Asian food on Saturdays, she enjoys playing guitar, studying, and watching anime or Korean drama with her friends at Gordon. Because of her passion for teaching, her goal for the future is to open an affordable Christian marine biology school where children and teenagers can learn about God's amazing design for every aspect of His creation. Please enjoy this conversation about God's creation with Seraphina!

Christian is a missionary kid who grew up in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Budapest, Hungary. He studied History here at Gordon with the goal of moving onto grad school and, eventually, back to the mission field. In the meantime, he serves as the International Admissions Counselor for Gordon. He loves conversation — especially about TCKs, cooking, and recently took up surfing. In this episode, Christian Shepherd discusses his experience as a missionary kid, his journey to Gordon College, and the ups and downs along the way.

Please enjoy this conversation with Christian!

As season one of Outcast closes, this final episode features two new guests who will be taking on the roles of co-hosts for season 2. In this episode, they interview the founders and current hosts of Outcast, Hannah and Peter, and ask them to reflect on the production and creativity of the Outcast podcast. In this episode, Hannah and Peter discuss the initial creation of the platform and their future vision for the podcast as season 2 begins in Fall 2023.

They also reminisce on their favorite moments together as hosts and offer final pieces of advice and farewell to their listeners.

Please enjoy this last episode with Hannah and Peter :)

Welcome to our 14th episode featuring Jason Lopez.
Jason Lopez is a senior at Gordon College, majoring in Computer Science. He is Salvadorian-Honduran and is actively and deeply involved in some organizations at Gordon, such as La Raza, the Hispanic-Latino Student Union, student government, and both God's Chosen Gospel Choir and the chapel band Kavanah. In this episode, he discusses being born American while simultaneously participating in both El Salvador and Honduras cultures and his family's immigration journey.

Please enjoy this conversation with Jason!

Dr. Bobb is a Professor of Psychology at Gordon College. She joined the Gordon College faculty in the fall of 2015, coming from Northwestern University where she had been a Research Associate working on the neural correlates of bilingual language use and cognitive control.

Susan's work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the German Research Foundation, and the Graduate Women in Science. She grew up in a missionary family and lived in Germany and Austria till she was 12 years old.

In this episode, Dr. Bobb discusses her research of the psychology of bilingualism, her history living in Germany and Austria and then her move to the States.

Please enjoy this conversation with Dr. Bobb!

Join us for another episode with Baraka Kamau, this time discussing topics around home, being a pastor's kid and an African woman in the United States of America. 

Baraka Kamau was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya before moving to The United States for higher education. She is a graduating senior studying Economics with a minor in Innovation and Social Enterprise. In this episode, you'll hear her recount her experience growing up in Kenya, and how her story has transformed her perspective on what it is to be truly home. 

Please enjoy this conversation with Baraka!

Welcome to the third special guest episode, featuring Kika Ghobrial. 

Kika was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt. When he was nine years old, his family moved to Boston MA to serve at the Arabic Evangelical Baptist church. After studying at Gordon College, Kika now serves with his dad at the Arabic church as the youth and English ministries pastor.

In this episode, Kika discusses the culture between Christians and Muslims in Egypt, his transition to the States, and the joys and concerns of working in an immigrant church in Boston.

Please enjoy this conversation with Kika!