What’s a third culture kid? Join Joseph Shaules and Ishita Ray as we explore the psychological impact of growing up between cultures. We learn about the roots of the term “third culture” and how it relates to our construal of self. We also hear stories about the challenges and rewards of being a third culture kid from Robert Murphy, Vanessa Eisenberg, and Hashini Madarasinge.
What’s a good leader? How does this differ around the world? In this episode, Joseph Shaules and Ishita Ray explore the challenges of leadership across cultures. We learn about the evolutionary psychology of prestige and dominance, including how leadership among humans differs from other primates. We also hear stories about navigating cross-cultural leadership challenges from Yvonne van der Pol, Emre Seven, Yuto Aki, Albert Mhangami, Sanne Bosma and Liane Torhilde Hars Skaarnes.
Join Joseph Shaules and Ishita Ray as they explore questions that many cultural bridge people face while navigating different language worlds: Are you a native speaker? Can you ever speak a foreign language like a native? Can you have more than one native language? We learn about native speakerism, the critical period for language acquisition, and hear stories from podcast team members Emre Seven, Yuto Aki, Vanessa Eisenberg, Hashini Madarasinge, and Sanne Bosma.
We are rerunning this episode with a new intro and information about teaching materials! Is gender cultural? Oddly, gender is rarely mentioned in intercultural education, even though expectations about being a man or woman vary widely around the world. Join Joseph Shaules, Yvonne van der Pol and Ishita Ray as they explore cultural assumptions about gender. Emre Seven and Zeina Matar share their experiences navigating different gender worlds, and we also learn about research into gender attitudes.
Is it okay to kiss on a bus? Some societies are more strict about social norms—they are more tight—whereas others are more loose. In this episode, Joseph Shaules, Torhild Liane Haars Skarnes and Sanne Bosma discuss research into tightness and looseness. We compare the rankings of different countries, including some we find surprising. We argue that the key to navigating foreign norms is learning the values behind them, and we hear stories from Emre Seven, Yuto Aki, Vanessa Eisenberg, Hashini Madarasinge, Albert Mhangami and Ishita Ray.
