Found in Estonia – Details, episodes &amp; analysis

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#68 Jorge Herrera from Guatemala: border crossing for Guatemalans, and why are Estonians not inviting people over for dinner?

Season 7 · Episode 4

Monday, May 8, 2023 • Duration 01:27:48

Found in Estonia podcast episode 68 with Jorge Herrera from Guatemala

From one tiny country to another. What attracts someone from Central America to move to Estonia after already living in the local dream country - the US? Meet Jorge from Guatemala, who loves to share his culture, experience new things, and learn more and more about Estonia.

He shares how he moved to the US as a teenager without papers. How after 6 years abroad he returned and built his life up in Guatemala again. How he found his passion in the food industry? And what made him decide to move to Estonia?

We also talk about:

Living in the US without papers
Life in the capital of Guatemala vs in the rural areas?
How Estonian public transportation helps people to manage their time?
Estonian sauna and black bread
Why are Estonians not inviting people over for dinner?

Get in touch with Jorge about his cacao and tortilla evenings:

https://www.facebook.com/jorgeluis.herrera.792

#67 Lea Kreinin: Hungarian kisses, warm people, and a system of politeness

Season 7 · Episode 3

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 • Duration 51:21

Found in Estonia podcast episode 67 with Lea Kreinin

Why would an Estonian want to move to Hungary? Meet Lea Kreinin, who fell in love with the Hungarian language and moved to Budapest to become an Estonian language lecturer at the local University. Lea loves Hungary and Hungarians and shares in our chat:

System of politeness in Hungary
Hungarian school system - with high-level music lessons, skiing trips, and forest camps.
How Harry Potter helped Lea’s children to become more popular in school?
Should you kiss or hug people in Hungary?
Hungarian villages
What did she miss about Estonia, when she felt homesick?
Why does Lea think the Estonian language is easy to learn?

🌺 This episode is supported by the Ernö Koch Foundation, which aims to support cultural collaboration between Estonia and Hungary. 🌺

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#66 Orsolya Sild from Hungary: Teaching Estonian language as a foreigner

Season 7 · Episode 2

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 • Duration 01:02:44

Found in Estonia podcast episode 66 with Orsolya Sild from Hungary: Teaching Estonian language as a foreigner

Meet Orsolya Sild, who learned the Estonian language before moving to Estonia! It was even a precondition from the local university. After 3 years of living in Estonia, Orsolya is now teaching other internationals to speak Estonian. She also says Estonian summers are worse than winters, find out why in the episode!

We talk about:

How did she master the Estonian language?
Why are Estonians not introducing themselves?
How can a garbage collector support Estonian immigration?
Is garden work bringing Estonians together?
Why is Estonian summer worse than winter?

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#65 Manan from Pakistan: Moving from collective culture to individual culture

Season 7 · Episode 1

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 • Duration 01:13:11

Found in Estonia podcast episode 65 with Manan from Pakistan: Moving from collective culture to individual culture

Manan moved to Estonia from Pakistan 8 years ago. He says, he even feels that he didn’t choose Estonia, Estonia chose him. He has an engineering background and he is a content creator on Youtube.

We talk about:

* Why he was surprised to see female bus drivers in Estonia?
* How to learn the Estonian language through different senses?

* What do individual and collective cultures mean and how easy is it to switch between them?

* Nakedness in Estonia * Different flavors of silence * Why are Pakistani people friendlier than Estonians?

Mentions from the episode:

-> Pakistani food place in Tallinn: Zaiqa Restaurant & Takeaway

-> Manan’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MananAnwar

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#64 Henri Ormus: When I started working in Finland it was really a culture shock!

Season 6 · Episode 6

Sunday, October 16, 2022 • Duration 01:01:43

Found in Estonia podcast episode 64 with Henri Ormus

How can an Estonian become a nuclear engineer if it’s not taught in Estonia? Meet Henri Ormus, who is a nuclear engineer, and listen to his story of becoming one. Henri has lived and worked in the US, Sweden, Finland, and Russia and after living 14 years abroad just returned to Estonia. He is the co-founder and board member of Fermi Energia, which aims to build small modular reactors in Estonia.

We talk about:

How did he discover the nuclear field?
Differences between engineers in Finland, Russia, and Estonia?
How can scholarships change people’s lives?
Why did he have a culture shock when starting to work in Finland?
How easy was it to move back to Estonia after all this time?

This season features Estonians, who are no strangers to living abroad and today live back in Estonia. We will talk about why, when, and how did they end up living abroad, how was their experience compared to living in Estonia, and how their perspectives shift after moving back to Estonia.

This season is powered by the non-profit organization Mondo, which aims to reduce global inequality.

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#63 Maria Sakarias: "I didn't want to be the one, telling stories of other people creating change in their countries, I wanted to have a story to tell too."

Season 6 · Episode 5

Tuesday, October 4, 2022 • Duration 01:02:09

Found in Estonia podcast episode 63 with Maria Sakarias

Maria Sakarias was 16 when she first lived a year abroad in France. After that, she’s been living in the UK and Netherlands, volunteered in Nepal and India, and traveled to countless countries through her work around creating social impact.

She always thought that living abroad is somehow easier. That she can be this anonymous person, doing whatever and returning to Estonia seemed more difficult somehow.

After two Master's degrees and 10 years of building international connections around linguistics, social impact projects, and the Edtech field, she now lives in Estonia again and shares her colorful story with us!

This season is powered by the non-profit organization Mondo, which aims to reduce global inequality.

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#62 Andres Sirel: Moving to Malaysia with his wife and two kids for work

Season 6 · Episode 4

Tuesday, September 20, 2022 • Duration 01:01:54

Found in Estonia podcast episode 62 with Andres Sirel

Andres is an Estonian, who is a father, an entrepreneur, and a lifelong learner.

He worked at Microsoft for over 11 years which led him to live with his entire family in Malaysia for 2 years.

Today he is the head of the company Insplay, with the mission to raise awareness among parents through playful development and balance. After returning to Estonia, he discovered his passion for spirituality and today he is also a certified Mystic School healer who holds life activation sessions and offers coaching and consultation for those on the spiritual road.

We talk about living and working in Malaysia, what do life activation sessions mean and how was it to make a shift from an international global company to running a small family business?

This season is powered by a non-profit organization Mondo, which aims to reduce global inequality.

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#61 Liina Metsküla: I want to visit all the countries in the world

Season 6 · Episode 3

Monday, September 5, 2022 • Duration 01:02:46

Found in Estonia podcast episode 61 with Liina Metsküla

Liina Metsküla is an Estonian who has visited 84 countries, and has a dream to visit them all! She is the author of 3 traveling books and a host of an Estonian podcast “Järgmine peatus”, where she shares different people’s travel stories.

In this episodes we hear:

Her most interesting travel destinations
How did her passion for traveling start?
Stories from North Korea, Russian trans-Siberia train, and Belize.
What makes Estonians melt?
And which country does she find the best in the world?

This season is powered by a non-profit organization Mondo, which aims to reduce global inequality.

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#60 Silver Tambur - Estonia as a society is still quite conservative

Season 6 · Episode 2

Tuesday, August 23, 2022 • Duration 01:04:33

Found in Estonia podcast episode 60 with Silver Tambur

Silver arrived in London with his backpack and 50 pounds. He started as a cleaner, then went to study there, then got a job at a law office, and then launched his own global online magazine, called EstonianWorld.com. As he says: in London, one thing just leads to another.

This season is powered by a non-profit organization Mondo, which aims to reduce global inequality.

www.estonianworld.com