The In-Betweeners Podcast

Ali Aldawoodi was born in Kurdistan and raised in the USA.

His story is one of self-discovery and self-identity. Ali lives at the edge of two very different nationalities where he is often challenged on his values and ways of living. For Americans, he is not American enough and for Kurds, he is not Kurdish enough. The question then is: What is Ali?

Throughout this episode, he shares his views on the questions of i...

In episode 5, we welcome Aida Osseni and discuss how she found happiness through solitude.

Aida Osseni is a Beninese who traveled to Russia to continue her studies. It was there, in a foreign country, that she learned how to love and care for herself.

She founds peace and strength in music, family, and solitude.

With Aida, we also talk about how living in a foreign country can change us and even affect ...

Nejat is a Black Muslim Woman, she is an Ethiopian-American writer and poet who loves working with children and has a passion for sharing positivity.

In this 4th episode of the podcast, we Nejat who will share with us her journey towards accepting and self-love.

Throughout the episode, we discuss the numerous struggles she had to face in order to find peace and to stay positive in this judgmental society.

How do we define mental health as members of an African community?

In this third episode of The In-Betweeners Podcast, Karine Zohoun, our guest, takes us on a journey towards mental health and awareness.

Throughout our conversation, she tells us about her first encounter with mental illnesses, in general, and suicide in particular.

We then exchange on the reality of such a discovery and how being African ...

In this second episode of the podcast, we welcome Aziz Al-Bluwe to exchange on the subject of self-identity and self-discovery.

Aziz, who is from Saudi Arabia, arrived in the United States in 2016 in order to continue his studies. Here he discovered new realities about the world, but also and mostly about himself. This episode will be focused on his journey and on how he uses silence and solitude to explore his own identit...

In this Episode 1 of The In-Betweeners Podcast, Femi Nassi interviews Venus and Stephen Jones on the subject of interracial marriage.

Throughout this episode, we:

Discover the ways through which our upbringing can affect our views on relationships in general and interracial relationships in particular

Talk about the importance of loving oneself and putting our happiness at the center of our lives, and rel...