The Global Chatter with Amanda Bates

With over 20 years of living abroad , expat coach Mundey Young’s had to learn how to create an adaptable version of herself to have successful experiences.   In this episode, she talks about that process -- how she found career opportunities, community and relationships, to build a life that works for her. Mundey discusses how answering a job ad from a well known astrologer led her into entrepreneurship as well as the key advice she gives all her expat coaching clients. To learn more visit, theblackexpat.com.

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Patrice Lawrence serves as Co-Director of the UnDocuBlack Network, an advocacy nonprofit that serves the Black undocumented population in the U.S. In this episode, she discusses the stigma and stress of being undocumented in the United States. Patrice also explains the complexities of the different types of immigration statuses, the impact of the day to day when you’re unauthorized, and how antiblackness can further exacerbate an already tenuous situation.

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Media entrepreneur and former CNNi producer, Jim Stenman shares his experiences growing up mixed race in Sweden, his young adult years living in the United States and the United Kingdom and the benefits of not fitting prescribed societal boxes. Jim also deconstructs the challenges of trying to tell stories that are often overlooked and the struggle in changing a resistant system. He also discusses what living in Dubai has taught him about different perspectives.

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Previously aired episode. Chef, educator & highly nomad Karen Ricks explains how she founded a school abroad, made the decision to give it up and travel the world minimally full-time. She breaks down the nuances of homeschooling, world-schooling and unschooling your child.

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Previously aired episode. In late 2020, former educator Keelah Rose Calloway joins Amanda Bates to share how she went from telling jokes in Poland to launching her own comedy organization in Vietnam. Keelah Rose shares how she caters to an international audience, microaggressions and why she battles survivor’s guilt as a Black American abroad.  Warning: Language & Content.

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We're on hiatus until May 25, but here are some great black expat podcasts to listen to in the interm.

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In this episode, Dr. Carmen Brown will recount the very real burnout and the decision making process that led her and her husband to move to a small-town in New Zealand. She’ll also discuss why she thinks her parenting style has adjusted abroad, especially as the mother of an autistic son as well as how she supports underserved communities, particularly Indigenous populations in her adopted home of Melbourne. To learn more, visit theglobalchatter.com.

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Sudanese graffiti street artist, Assil Diab, aka Sudalove, discusses how her life changed when her family moved to Doha, her early experiences living in the United States and why she felt she had to return to Sudan to document the lives of the young people who were killed during the 2019 coup. To learn more, visit theglobalchatter.com

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In this episode, Fijian blogger and expat, Isabella Naiduki unpacks what it means to be Indigenous and how it has impacted her perspective abroad. She also highlights how she keeps her children tethered to Fijian culture, the delicate balance between being racialized as Black and identifying as Black, and why she’s very quick to say she’s Melanesian, when talking about the Pacific Islands. To learn more, visit theglobalchatter.com

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In this episode, photographer and writer, Lola Akinmade Åkerström shares how her cross cultural experiences in Nigeria, the United States and Sweden have shaped the work she has done over the years. She also highlights her new project, The Local Purse, as well as her new book, In Every Mirror She’s Black. To learn more, visit theglobalchatter.com.

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