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Cafecito Cultural Interview: Are You Lost in Translation? (Ep. 223)

The Immigrant Experience in America (TIEIA)

Simone was recently interview by Rosa Bell, Founder of Cafecito Cultural.

Machan Taylor - The Voice Behind the Legends

The Immigrant Experience in America (TIEIA)

Before she ever stepped onto the world stage with Pink Floyd, Sting, Foreigner, Pat Benatar, George Benson, Michael Jackson and more, was a little girl relocated from Japan to suburban America, carrying the lifelong ache of not fully belonging anywhere. That experience of being wrenched from the life and culture that was familiar to her, growing up in a deeply dysfunctional family, with an American born father who cheated on her native Japanese mother and came home from work each night drunk deeply scarred Machan for decades. She struggled to find her identity, struggled with...

MaChan Taylor (Episode 222) - Part 3

The Immigrant Experience in America (TIEIA)

The Immigrant Experience in America Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Listen to more episodes on: 💼 Apple Podcast: 💼 Spotify: 💼 Amazon: 📱Support our Patreon: 📱Connect with Simone! 💼 Website: 📱 Follow us on Social Media: 💼 LinkedIn: / simonewjohnson 💼 Instagram: / theimmigrantexperiencepodcast 💼 TikTok: / theimmigrantexperience 📱 Share your story with us: 💼 Disclaimer: The Immigrant Experience in America podcast is produced in my personal capacity. The views and opinions shared by me and...

MaChan Taylor (Episode 221) - Part 2

The Immigrant Experience in America (TIEIA)

The Immigrant Experience in America Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Listen to more episodes on: 💼 Apple Podcast: 💼 Spotify: 💼 Amazon: 📱Support our Patreon: 📱Connect with Simone! 💼 Website: 📱 Follow us on Social Media: 💼 LinkedIn: / simonewjohnson 💼 Instagram: / theimmigrantexperiencepodcast 💼 TikTok: / theimmigrantexperience 📱 Share your story with us: 💼 Disclaimer: The Immigrant Experience in America podcast is produced in my personal capacity. The views and opinions shared by me and my guests are...

MaChan Taylor (Episode 220) - Part 1

The Immigrant Experience in America (TIEIA)

The Immigrant Experience in America Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Listen to more episodes on: 💼 Apple Podcast: 💼 Spotify: 💼 Amazon: 📱Support our Patreon: 📱Connect with Simone! 💼 Website: 📱 Follow us on Social Media: 💼 LinkedIn: / simonewjohnson 💼 Instagram: / theimmigrantexperiencepodcast 💼 TikTok: / theimmigrantexperience 📱 Share your story with us: 💼 Disclaimer: The Immigrant Experience in America podcast is produced in my personal capacity. The views and opinions shared by me and my...

Ukranian Migrant Using AI to Build a Business - Dima Negodiuk (Episode 219)

The Immigrant Experience in America (TIEIA)

In this powerful episode of The Immigrant Experience in America, Simone speaks with Ukrainian immigrant Dima Negojuk about his family's extraordinary journey from war-torn Ukraine to rebuilding their lives in New York. Just days before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Dima's young son was diagnosed with a brain tumor. When war broke out and hospitals shut down, the family faced two battles at once: a devastating war and a life-threatening medical crisis. Forced to leave everything behind—including their business, home, and financial security—they arrived in the United States with only two...

Mental Health of Immigrants | Neither Here Nor There (Episode 218) - Part 3

The Immigrant Experience in America (TIEIA)

In this powerful episode of The Immigrant Experience in America, Simone W. Johnson sits down with Dr. Leide Porcu, psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, and author of Neither Here Nor There: A Guide for Immigrants and the Therapists Who Walk With Them. Drawing from her own lived experience as an immigrant and decades of clinical practice, Dr. Porcu unpacks the emotional and psychological realities many immigrants carry but rarely name, identity fragmentation, suppressed distress, and multilayered grief. This conversation explores why immigrants often feel unseen in their mourning, how cultural...

Mental Health of Immigrants | Neither Here Nor There (Episode 217) - Part 2

The Immigrant Experience in America (TIEIA)

In this powerful episode of The Immigrant Experience in America, Simone W. Johnson sits down with Dr. Leide Porcu, psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, and author of Neither Here Nor There: A Guide for Immigrants and the Therapists Who Walk With Them. Drawing from her own lived experience as an immigrant and decades of clinical practice, Dr. Porcu unpacks the emotional and psychological realities many immigrants carry but rarely name, identity fragmentation, suppressed distress, and multilayered grief. This conversation explores why immigrants often feel unseen in their mourning, how cultural...

Mental Health of Immigrants | Neither Here Nor There (Episode 216) - Part 1

The Immigrant Experience in America (TIEIA)

In this powerful episode of The Immigrant Experience in America, Simone W. Johnson sits down with Dr. Leide Porcu, psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, and author of Neither Here Nor There: A Guide for Immigrants and the Therapists Who Walk With Them. Drawing from her own lived experience as an immigrant and decades of clinical practice, Dr. Porcu unpacks the emotional and psychological realities many immigrants carry but rarely name, identity fragmentation, suppressed distress, and multilayered grief. This conversation explores why immigrants often feel unseen in their mourning, how cultural...

Leaving Everything Behind | A Child's Perspective on Cuban-American Journey (Episode 215) - Part 3

The Immigrant Experience in America (TIEIA)

In this conversation, Dr. Sam Rodriguez Morheim, respected periodontist and author, reflects on his family’s Cuban American journey through the eyes of a child. In 1962, following the rise of the Castro regime, his family was forced to leave Cuba, abandoning their professions, possessions, and sense of certainty for an unknown future. Growing up in Brooklyn, Dr. Morheim shares how displacement, resilience, and memory shaped his identity and worldview. This episode explores migration not as a political talking point, but as a deeply human experience marked by loss, adaptation, and quiet...

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