The Big Blend
The Big Blend
Marielle Khayat
“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...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) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Marwan - Culture as a responsibility and a cause to pass down
🇵🇸🇱🇧🇨🇦🇯🇴 This episode’s guest is Marwan, a Palestinian-Lebanese activist and a super dad.With Marwan, we talked about:Feeling Palestinian-Lebanese but having neither passportsTransmitting culture through activismEducating kids about the state of the world & giving them the knowledge to navigate through their multiple culturesManaging different religious beliefs in the homeHappy blending!...The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/ The Big Blend’s instagram page: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Apr 28, 2022
30 min
Ute - A linguist’s approach to transmitting languages
🇳🇱🇮🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭This episode’s guest is Ute Limacher Riebold, a language expert, and a multilingual mom herself.With Ute, we talked about:Foreground languages and background languagesGamifying the navigation between languages while preserving monolingual situationsIncluding the kids in the discussions and decisionsSwitching from being “neither, nor” to being “not only, but also”Happy blending! ...You can find Ute’s courses and info on her website: https://utesinternationallounge.com/ The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/ The Big Blend’s instagram page: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Apr 13, 2022
33 min
Robin - Belonging slightly to three cultures and fully to none
🇪🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷 This episode’s guest is Robin Molinas, he grew up in London with a Spanish dad and a French mom.With Robin, we talked about:Brothers with a similar education developing different attachments to the culturesSpeaking the language vs. having the referencesNot belonging fully to any of the culturesConnecting as human beings through ritualsHappy blending!...The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/ The Big Blend’s instagram page: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Apr 13, 2022
25 min
Leena - Growing up as the only Indian in school
🇮🇳🇫🇷 This episode's guest is Leena Radjibaly, a French with very strong Indian origins, today living in Bangalore.With Leena, we talked about: The gap between the at-home-culture and the outside-of-home-cultureSurrounding yourself with other multicultural peopleTelling your whole story, even if it is complicatedFinding the balance between the two culturesHappy blending! The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/ The Big Blend’s instagram page: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mar 31, 2022
28 min
Cynthia and Dior - Transmitting the Lebanese language in France
🇱🇧🇫🇷 This episode’s guests are Cynthia Kasparian and Dior Sawaya, two Lebanese moms who have decided to transmit their mother tongue, in a foreign country.With Cynthia and Dior, we talked about:The commitment it takes to speak your mother tongue in a different country Nurturing the imagination in the language, and developing a vocabulary around feelingsPassing down traditions and celebrationsThe complexity of the Arab language and hence, it's transmissionHappy blending! ...Haref, Cynthia’s startup will be launched in a few months. If you want to be one of the first to know about their news:Haref’s website: www.haref.fr Haref’s instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/haref.fr/ The Big Blend’s website: https://www.thebigblend.co/ The Big Blend’s instagram page: https://instagram.com/thebigblend_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mar 30, 2022
38 min
The Big Blend - Prologue
In this episode I tell you all about the genesis of the podcast and the purpose behind it. So make yourself a good cup of blended coffee, (or blended cocktail, depending on the time it is on your side of the world) and come discover the story behind the big blend! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mar 3, 2022
4 min