Borderline

A (now concluded) podcast for defiant global citizens. 50+ interviews exploring lives lived across borders, immigration policy and belonging.

“writing a language in another script is like trying to drop off your skin” / Members' letter #4

“writing a language in another script is like trying to drop off your skin” / Members' letter #4

Your first members' newsletter and Zoom

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020 | Katherine Alexander-Dobrovolskaia | Why every child should spend a year abroad

020 | Katherine Alexander-Dobrovolskaia | Why every child should spend a year abroad

Exchange students aren’t just the butt of jokes in American teen comedies. They’re young people going through one of the most transformative experiences life has to offer. Expanding it to more children – dare we say, to all children? – could change not just them, but the world. Katherine Alexander-Dobrovolskaia

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Why every child should spend a year abroad

Why every child should spend a year abroad

Episode 20 with Katherine Alexander-Dobrovolskaia

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019 | Peter Gumbel | Citizens of everywhere, a legacy of WWII

019 | Peter Gumbel | Citizens of everywhere, a legacy of WWII

When they narrowly escaped the Third Reich and found refuge in Britain, Peter Gumbel’s parents and grandparents cast off their German Jewish heritage to become a perfectly British family. Two generations later, deeply unsettled by Brexit, Gumbel reaches out to Germany again in search of a new passport – and

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How to be a citizen of everywhere

How to be a citizen of everywhere

Episode 19: Peter Gumbel, a British man with German Jewish roots, searches for his identity in the wake of Brexit

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Peter Gumbel on being a citizen of everywhere | Members' letter #3

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Borderline is coming back. Be a part of it.

Borderline is coming back. Be a part of it.

An update on the podcast and a request for your help

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Isabelle Roughol
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“i didn’t really like the way we have been treated” / Members' letter #2

“i didn’t really like the way we have been treated” / Members' letter #2

Brexiteers got their wish, and then some: Immigrants are fleeing the UK in its largest population loss since WW2. And other things worth reading.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
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