Welcome to The Spark
A podcast sharing stories that intersect cultures, interrupt barriers, and create connections.
Hi there! I’m Amy, and I’m Meg. We’re the co-hosts of The Spark Podcast.
Maybe you’ve been with us since the beginning, or you’ve been with us for awhile. Or, maybe you’re new here. In that case, it’s nice to meet you! However long it’s been, we’re so happy you’re here. We’re constantly in awe of this community we’ve built with the release of every new episode.
Community is what it’s always been about for us.
The idea for this podcast came to us the night we met after hours of endless conversation about dating across cultures, feminism, international relations, what each of our countries thinks about the other, and our roles in our relationships, families, and society. It was in that conversation we found community in one another and we knew it was too valuable to keep to ourselves.
We started The Spark to open up a larger conversation about identity and belonging, traversing between cultures, pursuing unconventional career paths and nontraditional lives, and the juxtapositions that come with it all.
Since then, we’ve had the honor and pleasure to talk with a journalist, a Chinese exchange student turned American attorney, a couple of artists choosing career paths that go against the grain, a filmmaker set to be a future household name, a fellow podcast host and creative, a former investment banker turned fashion designer and mom with a passion for ballroom dancing, a storytelling social scientist and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, a new mom navigating motherhood in Manhattan, our own mothers, a web engineer and adjunct professor, a German exchange student who now works for the company that made her exchange student experience possible, and a Korean American who has set out to change the face of the outdoor industry.
And this is only the beginning.
We wanted to continue sharing these conversations in a more intentional way on a platform that really puts our community at the center and allows for more conversation and connection with our listeners. So, welcome to our new home.
It’s here on Substack that we’ll be releasing every new episode and update and they’ll come straight to your inbox if you’ll have us. This platform also offers us an opportunity to start conversations with you, the listener, and the rest of The Spark community which we’re really excited about.
And don’t worry, if you’re not ready to be Substack official with us, The Spark will continue to be available anywhere you like to listen to your podcasts in addition to coming here to listen to all of our past episodes and read the full archives and other posts as they are published.
With that, we’re so excited for this new chapter in The Spark’s story. Thank you for being a part of it.
xo,
Amy & Meg