Who are you calling an expat?

02/09/19 • 8 min

This minisode is a part of the interview with Zozan, a Kurdish/Turkish sociology student. In it, hosts Bridget and Aleks and interviewee Zozan stray from the main topic of German-Turkish bureaucratic conundrums to attempt a clarification of some recurring labels like “migrant” ”immigrant” and “expat” and differences in their German and English usage. The full article on Expats by Jacinta Nandi can be found here: https://www.thelocal.de/20140617/are-you-an-expat-or-immigrant-in-germany Transcript of this episode will be on our website shortly: https://berlinpodcast.com Please let us know what you thought of the episode by joining our community group on Facebook @BerlinPodcast or tweet at us @BerlinPodcast! You can find the music of our talented DJ-in-residence, Antti Simola, on his SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/antti-simola

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