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In My Country
by Cooped Up Productions
Winner of Best Interview at the 2020 Australian Podcast Awards. We hear a lot about refugees & asylum seekers, but not often do we hear from the people themselves. In My County shares the stories of people who came to Australia as refugees or asylum seekers. Stories of identity, religion, sexuality, the arts, parenting, culture, meaning, purpose, & the many places we call home. For more about the podcast, check out our website inmycountrypodcast.com or follow us on instagram @inmycountrypodcast ~~~ Created by Pia Perversi-Burchall and Adam Wood, of Cooped Up Productions. Check out their other podcast, The Common People People Project, n
Episodes
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Bonus 2: Our Panel at the REIMAGINE virtual festival
We bring you In My Country’s panel discussion at the REIMAGINE Virtual Festival held in November 2020 for our second bonus episode of the season. NOTE: You should listen to this episode after you've heard the main six episodes of this season. Join Pia in conversation with four of the guests from...
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Bonus 1: Alyas on our Aus Pod Awards win
Adam reconnects with Alyas Taqawi, our very first guest of the season. Alyas reflects on In My Country’s win at the 2020 Australian Podcast Awards (we’re still in shock) and how storytelling is in his blood. He also discusses his role on the board of the new organisation Refugee Voices and how…
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6. Liliana
In the final episode of the season, Adam talks to Liliana Maria, the daughter of Marcela Cornejo who was featured in our last episode. Liliana reflects on the journey of a refugee from the perspective of a child. She talks about being caught between countries and identities, about the journey...
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5. Marcela
We’d be impressed if you’ve ever met a woman gutsier than Marcela Cornejo, from Chile. In our fifth episode, Pia talks to Marcela about her activism against Chile’s dictatorship in the 1980s; how she fought for the rights of political prisoners in her country; and about the sadness and loss she...
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4. Tenzin
Adam talks to self-described accidental activist Tenzin Choegyal in episode 4. Accidental activist is an incredibly humble description for a man who has done so much in his life to give voice to the story of Tibetans in exile. Tenzin was born in Tibet, but only lived there for the first few years...
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3. Iago: Part Two
Adam chats with Iago in our third episode. Please note, Iago's episode has been divided into two parts. This is part two. Please make sure to listen to part one first to hear his full story. Iago was born in Iraq and spent his adolescent years in Saudi Arabia. Despite intense pressure to conform,...
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3. Iago: Part One
Adam chats with Iago in our third episode. Please note, Iago's episode has been divided into two parts. This is part one. Iago was born in Iraq and spent his adolescent years in Saudi Arabia. Despite intense pressure to conform, Iago has strived to express himself, his true self, his whole life.…
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2. Faisa
Join Pia's conversation with Faisa Adan in our second episode. Faisa is a person who wears many hats: community worker, entrepreneur, muslim, and woman of big ideas. The first half of Faisa’s childhood was lived out to the backdrop of the Somali Civil War. The second half was spent in Kakuma, one...
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1. Alyas
In our first episode, we meet Alyas Taqawi. Alyas was born in Afghanistan and arrived in Australia on a boat in 2010. In his episode, Alyas examines his experiences with identity, religion, and luck: what brought him to the decision to board a boat to Australia, how did it all unfold, and what…
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Welcome to 'In My Country'
Coming in July 2020, In My Country shares the stories of six Aussies who came to Australia as refugees or asylum seekers, in their own words. Join Faisa, Alyas, Tenzin, Marcela, Liliana & Iago over six weeks for stories of identity, religion, sexuality, the arts, parenting, culture, meaning,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Winner of Best Interview at the 2020 Australian Podcast Awards. We hear a lot about refugees & asylum seekers, but not often do we hear from the people themselves. In My County shares the stories of people who came to Australia as refugees or asylum seekers. Stories of identity, religion, sexuality, the arts, parenting, culture, meaning, purpose, & the many places we call home.
For more about the podcast, check out our website inmycountrypodcast.com or follow us on instagram @inmycountrypodcast
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Created by Pia Perversi-Burchall and Adam Wood, of Cooped Up Productions. Check out their other podcast, The Common People People Project, n
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Cooped Up Productions
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In My Country currently has 10 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Winner of Best Interview at the 2020 Australian Podcast Awards. We hear a lot about refugees & asylum seekers, but not often do we hear from the people themselves. In My County shares the stories of people who came to Australia as refugees or asylum seekers. Stories of identity, religion,...
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In My Country is created and hosted by Cooped Up Productions.
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