Stories from Americans far from home.
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A quick update after a summer of Covid, travel, moving, job changes, and all other sorts of chaos. We’ll be back soon with more interviews with Americans on the Outside, but this is what we’ve been up to during the hiatus.
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We grew up with this as a nightmare, and thought these days were over.
Russia has invaded Ukraine, and we are stuck reliving the kind of Cold War panics we went through as children. We’re mostly just taken aback, so we don’t have any of the social media integration we’re supposed to this week, except to urge that you assist the International Red Cross.
Dona nobis pacem
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Weldon, back from a trip home to the US, and Chesney, having just sent her in-laws back home, talk about the rentrée season in Europe, and what moving to a post-COVID world means.
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In this week’s episode, Weldon and Chesney discuss the sacred European vacation, vaccinations, and international travel in The Time of Corona.
Curious about what we’re talking about?
The State Department’s Covid travel adivsories.
The European Commission’s page on leave.
Vacation rentals in France and Denmark.
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What does Independence Day mean when you’re overseas? How do you celebrate it?
Chesney and Weldon talk about their holiday plans, how they have celebrated July 4th abroad in the past, and how it compares to celebrations they remember from the States.
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Here it is! The first episode of American on the Outside! Join Weldon and Chesney as they talk about the difficulties of speaking, listening, and trying to learn a second language while wearing masks, what the pandemic has meant for personal space, and what Europe is like without American tourists.
Curious about some of the things we’re talking about?
Check out how to really say “rødgrød med fløde” ([ˈʁœðˀˌɡ̊ʁœðˀ mɛ ˈfløːð̩] for all you International Phonetic Alphabet nerds) and let us know how Chesney did on her pronunciation. Her daughter still thinks it’s rubbish.
Make some rødgrød med fløde to try yourself. It’s the perfect summer dessert!
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What does “American” mean? What is “home”? How is our understanding and experience of a place distorted or clarified by being physically distant from it? Join hosts Chesney McKinley Severance and Weldon Goree as they explore these questions and share the stories of Americans living far from home. New episodes drop every other week starting Wednesday, June 16. Our very first for real episode drops next Wednesday, June 16.
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