The Spark Podcast
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Ep.28: Full Circle Moment - A Conversation with Diane Schäfer-Surén
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Ep.28: Full Circle Moment - A Conversation with Diane Schäfer-Surén

In this solo episode, Meg caught up with the first foreign exchange student she knew who subsequently became one of her oldest and closest friends. Meg met Diane Schäfer-Surén in highschool on the Oregon Coast. The two take a walk down the memory lane, talking about all the instrumental moments that turned Diane’s foreign exchange experience into one of the best experiences in her life. Today, she works as a regional manager for Cultural Care Au Pair - the same company that made her foreign exchange student experience possible. For Diane, life has come full circle as she now spends her time facilitating au pair experiences for hundreds of young adults in Germany to spend a year in the United States with American families. 

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在这集中,Meg采访了她人生中遇见的的第一位外国交换生。这位交换生也成为了她之后人生路上认识时间最长的挚友——Diane Schäfer-Surén。 Meg在俄勒冈州的高中认识了Diane。在对话中,两个人不仅回顾了高中时期的逸事,Diane更是分享了一些让出国学习成为她人生中亮点的瞬间。今天,Diane是一名地区经理,主要负责文化交流互惠生项目。而经营这个项目的公司,正是多年前负责介绍Diane留学美国公司。如今,Diane 每年都会帮助上百名在德国,甚至欧洲的年轻人来美国学习生活。

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The Spark is a podcast that explores what it means to traverse cultures and share stories that intersect Chinese and American culture to interrupt barriers and create connections.
The Spark is a cultural haven - A space held by a friendship between two women from two different countries, meeting at the point where their cultures, identities and stories intersect. Their conversations are grounded in transparency as they move beyond previous perceptions and ideas of the other to form deep connections as human beings first.
这是一个由两个来自不同文化背景的女生创造的广播平台。Amy Tianyi Zhao (微博:赵枣儿Amy)虽然来自中国,但她的教育背景和生活履历让她与西方文化产生了强烈的共鸣。Megan Dowaliby 虽然来自美国,但来自中国的老公让她对中国产生了浓厚的兴趣。两个完全不同的女生在一张传统中国餐桌上相遇。语言的交流引发了思想的碰撞。在那次晚餐两年后的今天,火花电台诞生。我们相信,一个人的国籍,以及其居住地并不能代表TA的文化身份。在一个全球化的时代,我们在不同文化中看到自己的影子,每个人都可能是很多文化交流和互动的产物。我们希望通过她们的对话和讨论,加深人们对“跨文化”身份的认同,赋予人们了解世界的激情和力量,最终达到促进世界,尤其是中美两国互相理解的进程。