The Big Blend

By: Marielle Khayat
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  • “The Big Blend” is a podcast about merging cultures, identity and transmission.


    Here, you’ll listen to heart-to-heart testimonies and useful tips from parents, kids and experts that explore neo-cultures, the sense of home and the feeling of belonging. All with the purpose of raising wonderful multicultural people. And more importantly: open-minded, curious and tolerant people.


    It takes courage to pass down more than one culture, so it’s important to know that we are not alone.

    We talk about growing up at the intersection of cultures, teaching several languages to your kids, selecting the traditions and norms to pass down and shaping new blended cultures.


    The parents' stories are the ones with the blue thumbnail, the expert's stories are the ones with the pink thumbnail, and the life stories are the ones with a purple thumbnail.

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    The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/

    The Big Blend’s instagram page: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link

    Brand design by Emilien Lubienski (@cheesychoc)


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Episodes
  • Momin - Cultural resilience and determined adaptation

    Momin - Cultural resilience and determined adaptation
    May 10 2023

    🇵🇸🇫🇷 This episode’s guest is Momin, he is Palestinian and found asylum in France, 4 years ago.


    With Momin, we talked about:

    • The role of the country’s locals when integrating a new culture
    • The commitment it takes to become native speaker of a completely new language
    • Seeing culture as an evolving mosaic, and continuously adopting new elements along the way
    • Building a home where you are with what you have


    Happy blending!🥣

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    The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/

    The Big Blend’s instagram: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link


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    19 mins
  • Yoshito - The value of literacy in heritage languages

    Yoshito - The value of literacy in heritage languages
    Apr 20 2023

    🇯🇵🇫🇷🇰🇷🇬🇧 This month’s guest on The Big Blend is Yoshito, a French and Japanese dad, who works a lot on transmitting literacy.


    With Yoshito, we talked about:

    • Lack of literacy creating a gap between a person and their culture
    • Being at peace with all our cultures and understanding what we want from them
    • The importance of relevance and play in transmission
    • The parental posture when teaching a heritage culture
    • A few home-made game ideas to transmit literacy


    Happy blending!🥣

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    Yoshito's Kickstarter campaign link: https://rb.gy/bm7v4


    Yoshito's website (The Library 4 multilinguals) : https://www.library4multilinguals.com/


    The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/

    The Big Blend’s instagram: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link


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    27 mins
  • Diane - An immigrant’s never-ending culture negotiation

    Diane - An immigrant’s never-ending culture negotiation
    Mar 20 2023

    🇺🇸🇫🇷🇱🇧 This episode’s guest is Diane, an expert in the subjects of intercultural language and identity.


    With Diane, we talked about:

    • The works of Pierre Bourdieu, Carl Gustav Jung and many others
    • The intimate link between language, culture and identity
    • Culture negotiation and “translanguaging”
    • The importance of surrounding ourselves with our cultural references to feel complete
    • The invisible grief that comes with losing your culture
    • Creating an imaginary homeland through language
    • Country policies setting the stage for multiculturalism


    Happy blending!🥣

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    The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/

    The Big Blend’s instagram: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link


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    27 mins

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