HeyJaredSomewhere Unfamiliar
A podcast about what it means to build a life far from where you began. Somewhere Unfamiliar shares honest stories of identity, perseverance, belonging, and starting over.
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After 20 Years Away, Coming Home Felt Foreign (opens the original)
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What if you feel more at home somewhere unfamiliar? After nearly 20 years living overseas, Jon Jensen, a senior executive producer and longtime international journalist, moved back to the United States and found himself feeling like a stranger in his own country. Jon has spent much of his life moving between places and starting over. He says he’s more comfortable “off autopilot”. We discuss: • Why “Where are you from?” is the question Jon dreads • What it feels like to return to your own country
Every Place Brings Out a Different Version of Me (opens the original)
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What if growing up between cultures means never having one simple answer to who you are? For years, “Where are you from?” felt like Tala Worrell’s nightmare question. Over time, she became more comfortable with the fact that different places and different people can bring out different parts of who she is — and that she can’t control how other people perceive her. We discuss: • Growing up between cultures • Why “Where are you from?” can feel so loaded • Fitting in and adjusting to different peop
Would I Be the Same Person If I Never Left Home? | Moving Abroad & Starting Over (opens the original)
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What if leaving home is what finally gives you permission to become yourself? Bianca grew up in a small town in Brazil, where an experience in childhood left her feeling like one day, she needed to get out. At 25, she moved to the United States, eventually building a life in Los Angeles that gave her something she hadn’t expected: the freedom to reinvent herself. But years later, going back to São Lourenço changed the way she saw the place she came from, and the version of herself she had left b
5 Conversations That Changed How I Think About Belonging | Identity, Home & Starting Over (opens the original)
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What happens when the conversations you’ve been having start changing you? I started Somewhere Unfamiliar to understand identity, belonging, and what it means to build a life somewhere new. I never expected those conversations to change me. In this reflection episode, I share the biggest lessons I’ve learned from guests who’ve moved across countries, rebuilt their lives, and redefined what home means. In this episode: • Why home can become people instead of a place• What loneliness taught me abo
I Left Home And Became A Different Woman | Identity, Belonging & Motherhood (opens the original)
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What if moving countries didn’t just change where you live, but who you become? Shruti never imagined she would leave India. But after building a life in Ireland, Finland and the United States, she realised something far bigger had changed than her address. Each country challenged what she believed about success, body image, womanhood, motherhood and belonging until she no longer recognised the person who had left home.In this conversation, we explore: • How moving abroad can completely reshape
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