That Second-Gen Life

That in-between place is your superpower.

You grew up between two worlds. You carried your family's homeland in your chest while building a life somewhere else entirely. That in-between place is your superpower.

About the show

That Second-Gen Life with Semhar Araia

A podcast for second-generation diaspora members and 1.5-generation immigrants — those who arrived as children and grew up translating between two cultures, two languages, two versions of who they were supposed to be.

Each episode explores what it means to live the hyphenated experience — the complexity, the beauty, the grief, and the power of belonging to more than one world at once. It is about what becomes possible when you build from both of your cultures at the same time.

That Second-Gen Life with Semhar Araia

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