Cross-cultural Stories
Episodes
Episode 022 Art Without Borders: Samira's Creative Path from Tehran to Stanford
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Samira, an Iranian girl born in Tehran, was initially eager to pursue physics and maths, but after seeing historical artworks, she shifted her focus t...
Episode 021 When My Roommate Became My Wife (English)
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ilor and Medina's story began in the shared kitchen of a university apartment in Israel. From roommates to lovers, from a cross-border marriage to...
Episode 020 The Organized Life: How the Loan Closet Volunteer Ana Found Her Passion Abroad (English)
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Cross-cultural Stories! Today we are talking with Anna, a guest who embodies leadership and dedication. Ana came to Stanford as a spouse fr...
Episode 019 Trust Yourself: A Story of Love, PhDs, and Pastry in a New Land
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to rebuild your life and career in a foreign country? Juan and Carolina share their cross-cultural story: from the traffic jams of B...
Episode 018 Making His Hometown an Island of Hope: A Village Chief's Global Education (English)
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode 18, the English version of Episode 17, which was originally recorded in Chinese. In this episode, you’ll hear the story of our guest...
Episode 017 A Rock 'n' Roll Village Chief: A "Tale of Two Cities" from a Hainan Fishing Village to Silicon Valley (Chinese)
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Alan (Village Chief Tan) — Village Chief of Laoshi Village in Hainan, structural engineer, and guitarist in a Bay Area band.Alan is "Vi...
Episode 016 Global Roots: A Chinese Scientist's Search for Belonging (English)
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, the tables are turned as podcast host Ray, me, becomes the interviewee. Gently guided by Stanford volunteer Brad's insigh...
Episode 015 Cultural Close-Ups: Brad's Story of Volunteering at Stanford(English)
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, our guest Brad shares his journey as a long-term volunteer at CCIS in Stanford’s Bechtel International Center.Together, we explored...
Episode 014 From Temple Silence to Stanford Dreams(English)
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This Episode is in English and generated from Episode 013 by an AI Tool.What happens when the formative six years of adolescence are spent in a temple...
Episode 013 Growth Defines Home: Yu'En’s Definition of Foreign Land(Chinese)
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Yu'En, a scholar from Taiwan currently working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford. His life trajectory has involved multi...
Episode 012 Redefining Homeland and Humanity in the Age of AI(English)
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This Episode is in English and generated from Episode 011 by AI. I hope you find this episode interesting!In this episode of Cross-Cultural Stories, ...
Episode 011 Pleasant Melancholy, and the Open Road: Why Nostalgia is Childhood, and Wandering is Exploration
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 11, we have the very first male guest I've interviewed since starting the podcast, Brian!Brian is my fellow Hénán native. Although ...
Episode 010 Hometown is Where the Heart Finds Peace(English)
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episodes 9 (Chinese) and 10 (English)! I am deeply honored to host my friend, Niya. This also marks my first attempt at recording online. A...
Episode 009 A Year Abroad, My Life Philosophy Changed (Chinese)
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episodes 9 (Chinese) and 10 (English)! I am deeply honored to host my friend, Niya. This also marks my first attempt at recording online. A...
Episode 008 The "Me" That Bloomed in a Foreign Land(Korean, Part2)
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This Episode is in Korean.Welcome to Cross-cultural Stories, the podcast that shares tales of emotions, changes, confusion, and growth that we experie...
Episode 007 The "Me" That Bloomed in a Foreign Land(Korean, Part1)
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This Episode is in Korean.Welcome to Cross-cultural Stories.In this special two-part series, we delve into a profound conversation with my friend of n...
Episode 006 Life Tips Learned from Cross-Cultural Journeys (Korean, Part2)
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is in Korean. Soo’s story is one of crossing borders, cultures, and identities. Born in Korea, she studied abroad in the UK and now liv...
Episode 005 Life Tips Learned from Cross-Cultural Journeys (Korean, Part1)
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The language of this episode is Korean. Soo’s story is one of crossing borders, cultures, and identities. Born in Korea, she studied abroad in the U...
Episode 004 From Emergency Rooms to Classrooms: Suki’s Cross-Cultural Life (Chinese, Part 2)
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the Classroom to Everyday Life: Suki’s Cross-Cultural Life Notes (Part 2)In Part 1, we talked with Suki from Taiwan about her career transition...
Episode 003 From Emergency Rooms to Classrooms: Suki’s Cross-Cultural Life (Chinese, Part 1)
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I invited Suki, who originally from Taiwan, and is a nutritionist with years of professional experience. As the spouse of a postdocto...
Episode002 Finding Yourself Among Cultures (English)
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 002 Finding Yourself Among Cultures — A Conversation with KateDuration: ~35 minWelcome to Multi-Cultural Stories — a podcast where we expl...
Episode001 From Seoul to Silicon Valley: My Leap of Faith (Chinese)
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this very first episode of Cross-Cultural Stories, I share my personal journey of leaving behind a stable job at a major company in South Korea to ...