S2 Episode 3: Robert's First Crush
Robert has now started to learn more about how different life is like in America. I starts to learn that here in this country, people who work hard regardless of social status and birthright, can be s...
3 Apr 202230min
S2 Episode 2: The Bike from the Trash
Robert starts to assimilate into America and gets his first job picking berries in the fields. Later, he gets a job as a janitor in JefCo. Since there was no transportation to and from work, he got to...
27 Mars 202224min
Welcome to Season 2
Welcome to Season 2! Here are my goals for this new chapter of the podcast. We will be discussing the following topics: What was the refugee experience like? The process of how Robert obsessed over h...
20 Mars 20222min
S2 Episode 1: Bill Hoffman
Robert arrives and lands in Portland Oregon in the middle of the night. He has absolutely no idea what his sponsor looks like, and gets lost in the airport. He ends up sleeping next to his gate until ...
20 Mars 202225min
Special Guest - Ken Swann
Ken Swann was a Field Representative for the IRC, was on the field working directly with the refugees in the main refugee camps. His job consisted of helping transport doctors and nurses to the correc...
13 Mars 20221h
Special Guest - John Burgess
John was a stringer for the Time Magazine and Washington post from 1979-1980’s, covering on the ground exactly what was happening in these Cambodian refugee camps. He has had first hand experience and...
6 Mars 20221h 7min
Unscripted: The Power of Storytelling
Unscripted: The Power of Storytelling This episode was captured as I secretly pressed the record button during a talk I had with my dad about how he felt the podcast has impacted him. Sometimes when...
20 Jan 202213min
Episode 27: Season Finale - Reborn (America Here I Come)
Robert spends his last several days at Longpenny camp in Bangkok dreaming about his future in the new land. He learned that he was sponsored by a man in Portland Oregon, and he was going to be the fir...
16 Jan 202222min
