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Round Trip Stories

Tracy Vilanova and Melissa Ens

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/12d. Total Eps: 61

Through weekly guest interviews, hosts Melissa Ens and Tracy Vilanova offer gifts of understanding for those who have recently returned from living abroad, reflection for those who have been back for years, and insight for those who have never left their home country. These stories help us all understand the world and ourselves just a little better. www.roundtripstories.com

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🇫🇷 France - placesAndTravel
17/06/2025
#100
🇫🇷 France - placesAndTravel
16/06/2025
#79
🇫🇷 France - placesAndTravel
15/06/2025
#56
🇫🇷 France - placesAndTravel
14/06/2025
#40
🇩🇪 Germany - placesAndTravel
22/02/2025
#60
🇩🇪 Germany - placesAndTravel
20/02/2025
#79
🇫🇷 France - placesAndTravel
09/02/2025
#74
🇫🇷 France - placesAndTravel
08/02/2025
#38
🇨🇦 Canada - placesAndTravel
15/10/2024
#92

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Change is Constant: Sam's TCK Return Stories to the U.S. - Episode 39

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 • Duration 29:53

Welcome back to Part 2 of our interview with Sam Fisher, adult TCK who grew up in Indonesia and Malaysia as a missionary kid to a local Indonesian mom and an American dad. Returning to the U.S. for college was another huge transition, but his network of relationships from boarding school and all the new university friends helped him feel at home. In this episode, listen to Sam discuss his journey defining his identity, embracing his superpower of fitting in, and processing his childhood even more as he and his wife raise their own children. He realizes that it is never too late for TCKs to have conversations about their growing up years.

Find Sam on Instagram at instagram.com/losfisher.

See photos of our guests and sign up for our email list at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠roundtripstories.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow @roundtripstoriespodcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

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Grounded in Faith Through Transitions: Sam's Stories of Growing up in Indonesia and Malaysia - Episode 38

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 • Duration 28:24

This is part 1 of our interview with Sam Fisher, an adult Third Culture Kid who grew up in Indonesia and Malaysia as a missionary kid to a local Indonesian mom and American dad. Returning to the U.S. for college, Sam is now a book seller and dad of four in his forties living near Boston. Sam’s family spent some periods of his childhood in the US, but they primarily lived in Indonesia in a small, tight knit community, until Sam went to boarding school in Malaysia for middle and high school. Though this meant that he only saw his parents twice a year during long vacations, his school community, and faith, provided him with an extended family.

Find Sam at instagram.com/losfisher

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Weather Is Another Adjustment: Customs Chat - Episode 29

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 • Duration 28:52

This customs episode is about WEATHER, and we have several guests share their stories! Along with the myriad of cultural changes when moving globally, weather is one more adjustment. How did moving to a new climate (or hemisphere!) affect us? We can settle into the cycles of a rainy season or dry season, and still be caught off guard by the almost suffocating humidity. Life is like the weather: sometimes we have dry seasons where not much seems to be happening. Other times we have a rainy season with occasional clouds and powerful storms with sometimes inconvenient consequences. But after the rains, the sun's rays come through, green is everywhere, and we realize we would never want to live without those rainy seasons.

See Edd's stunning sky photos from around the world here.

See photos of our guests and sign up for our email list at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠roundtripstories.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow @roundtripstoriespodcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to hear about upcoming customs episodes and share your stories with us!

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A World Turned Upside Down: Stacy's Return Stories from Kenya to California - Episode 28

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 • Duration 29:47

This is Part 2 of our interview with Stacy Hipwood, International teacher, mother and wife, who is passionate about Kenya and holding up her family. Stacy fell in love with Nairobi and stayed for eleven years teaching, marrying, and raising her two children. She never wanted to leave. But her husband’s brain aneurysm and recovery period sent her whirling. With a two and four year old to care for and now the sole provider, she and her husband made the decision to move to the U.S. Resource mentioned in episode: Link Care Foundation See photos of our guests and sign up for our email list at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠roundtripstories.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow @roundtripstoriespodcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to hear about upcoming customs episodes and share your stories with us!

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Relationships Were the Priority: Stacy's Stories from California to Kenya - Episode 27

Tuesday, April 9, 2024 • Duration 29:43

This is Part 1 of our interview with Stacy Hipwood, international teacher, mother and wife, who is passionate about Kenya and holding up her family. Stacy fell in love with Nairobi and stayed for eleven years teaching, marrying, and raising her two children. Her transition to living in Kenya was supported by her connection to friends who became like family. Even though long utility outages just about drove her out of the country, the culture of focusing on relationships and caring for others kept her firmly rooted, hoping to never leave.

See photos of our guests and sign up for our email list at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠roundtripstories.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow @roundtripstoriespodcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to hear about upcoming customs episodes and share your stories with us!

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Leaving Wuhan Just in Time: Dr. Stanley's Return to Ghana - Episode 26

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 • Duration 28:58

This is Part 2 of our interview with Stanley Anenyemele Asasu, doctor and writer from Ghana, Africa. In 2015 Dr. Stanley left to pursue his dream of becoming a medical doctor through a Wuhan, China university program to educate foreign physicians. He was set to return to complete his medical clerkship in Ghana for February 2020, and he made it out of Wuhan less than 24 hours before the city closed for seven months. Back in Ghana after his five year sojourn, he received a warm welcome from his family, but there was some suspicion of him from his local community. Listen to how Dr. Stanley used his medical education for such a time as this.

See photos of our guests and sign up for our email list at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠roundtripstories.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow @roundtripstoriespodcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to hear about upcoming customs episodes and share your stories with us!

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A Global Medical Education: Dr. Stanley's Stories from Ghana to Wuhan, China - Episode 25

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 • Duration 29:49

This is Part 1 of our interview with Dr. Stanley Anenyemele Asasu, doctor and writer from Ghana, Africa. In 2015 Dr. Stanley moved away from his country for the first time to pursue his dream of becoming a medical doctor through a Wuhan, China university program to educate foreign doctors. After an emotional arrival, he found his support system through his international classmates and friends from church. He filled his five years with studying medicine and Chinese, tutoring others in English, and even wrote a book on the side!

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Music Feeds Our Souls: Customs Chat - Episode 24

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 • Duration 27:16

Let's listen to stories about how music around the world has brought joy and beauty to our souls. Music is a universal language and can build bridges across cultures, and at the same time music carries culture and meaning specific to place and people. It can teach us culture, language, and even how to find friends. Music marks celebrations and gathering of people, whether in Karaoke rooms or out in a school play yard. Music’s beauty feeds our thirsty souls - let’s not go without it.

See photos of our guests and sign up for our email list at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠roundtripstories.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow @roundtripstoriespodcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to hear about upcoming customs episodes and share your stories with us!

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Putting the Pieces Back Together: Monica's Return from California to Ecuador - Episode 23

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 • Duration 29:24

This is Part 2 of our interview with Monica Baez, an international baccalaureate psychology teacher and foodie from Ecuador who spent six years in the U.S. before returning to Ecuador. Monica’s six years in California not only gave her degrees and professional training in psychology and marriage and family counseling, but they also gave her a blueprint for what a Christian family and grace filled faith community could look like. Things didn't work out exactly as planned when she returned to Ecuador: she missed her U.S. friends, her identity had changed, and her dream of being a therapist was not working. But there were other opportunities on the horizon.

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Joy in Community and Diversity: Mónica's Stories from Ecuador to California - Episode 22

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 • Duration 27:53

Our guest today is Mónica Baez, an international baccalaureate psychology teacher and foodie from Ecuador who spent six years in the U.S. She describes the time at her small California Christian university as a magical experience where she enjoyed rich diversity, close community, and added grace in her faith practice. Mónica found that being outside her country helped her to define her own cultural viewpoint and gave her a foundation for who she is today.

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