Borderline

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

A love letter to Thanksgiving

A love letter to Thanksgiving

I'm grateful for those who open their borders and their holidays to newcomers

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
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What has shame stopped you trying?

What has shame stopped you trying?

A deeply personal interview on the shame immigrants carry, how xenophobes weaponize it – and how still, we rise (Borderlives: Marcela Kunova 🇸🇰 🇯🇵 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇬🇧)

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
015 | Marcela Kunova | "Shame stops you from trying"

015 | Marcela Kunova | "Shame stops you from trying"

"The hostility that you feel, one of the purposes is to make you feel ashamed and to hinder you, to make sure you don't act, or you don't aspire, or you don't fight back." Marcela Kunova [https://twitter.com/MarcelaKunova] is the

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A place worth fleeing

A place worth fleeing

Compassion isn't just for new immigrants coming in; citizens leaving deserve it too.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
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014 | Americans abroad after Trump

014 | Americans abroad after Trump

What was it like being an American abroad during the Trump years? How do they feel about the election and the years ahead? Is it time to go back and give back? This week, I brought together three American expats to talk about politics, home, what was broken and what

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Exhale

Exhale

We can worry about everything else now because we don’t need to worry about him.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
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We can barely cross borders anymore. Is it working?

We can barely cross borders anymore. Is it working?

Exploring the effectiveness of travel bans against Covid-19. Plus, an election night Borderline party, why crossing the Channel isn't illegal, and confronting Q madness.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
013 | Are travel restrictions effective against Covid-19?

013 | Are travel restrictions effective against Covid-19?

In May, I found myself in tears when the British government decided to impose quarantines on anyone returning from France. That was the last straw. How dare they close *my* border? Did it even serve a purpose? When in doubt, go to the library. I turned to science to find

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