Episode Transcript
Speaker 1 00:02:31 You are listening to fresh air community radio, K F L I 90.3, FM 18, Minneapolis on the web at K F a I dat or radio without boundaries. Um, this is Aminah a K a D with Annie and B. Hello B. Hello. How are you?
Speaker 2 00:02:57 Good, good. How are everyone?
Speaker 1 00:02:59 We are doing great.
Speaker 2 00:03:02 Wonderful. Um, today we have a wonderful show. I'm guess who our guests are. Our wonderful team at K F a I F M 90 43 has been actually have been doing a lot of work on reducing the broadcast. So I want to find out and share their story of why and how and what the contents are of this podcast. Um, my producer, Annie and my cohost DECA are my guests today. But before we go to the show, let's talk about, um, COVID-19 resources at north point. This month, 13th of August, there are a lot of free food. Um, you can take home a lot of fresh produce along a lot of shots, free shots for your, to protect you from COVID-19. So please, um, go to the, uh, website for north point and register for August 15th or September, September 10th, or September 24th to go to get your COVID 19 vaccination along with free produce. Also, I want to share with you that Minnesota state is now starting to pay you to get protected from COVID-19 $400. Wow. I wish I knew this. I will wait. I'm kidding.
Speaker 2 00:04:40 Uh, and that's not for your second side. That's very your first shot. So if you haven't gotten any <inaudible> fascination yet from, to get to get protected from COVID 19, please go ahead to the website of north point and get registered to get your vaccine on August 13th or September 10th or September 24th. If you are around in south Minneapolis, and you're interested in getting your vaccination, especially in Westbank, please visit people support clinic and services website. They do that three times inside the Riverside Plaza, um, apartments in the high rises we call Cedar Riverside. Um, are you able to find the address and you can do a walk in, uh, also if you are looking for a job, please contact immerse, Riverside emerge, community development at 6 1 2 4 2 5 4 7 1 8. Um, emergency would be able to help you to get skills, uh, such as construction trainings, um, and many other traits. Also, if you are interested in getting your resume, uh, getting help to Polish your resume also image will be able to help you achieve the Riverside. And also the north side at 6 1 2 4 2 5 4 7 1 8. Hello, Annie and DECA week.
Speaker 1 00:06:18 It's been fun.
Speaker 2 00:06:20 Wonderful. So I'm not in the studio today. Thanks to my producer. And, um, also host co-producers, uh, DECA and, um, um, DECA and Annie, um, really away from the studio, but I am going to enjoy having a conversation about their work. Um, I mean, um, Annie help out of Somali link radio a lot, but I know you currently have a broadcast in the works. Could you please share with the audience? What is it about?
Speaker 3 00:06:54 Yeah, so, um, uh, man, I have had some conversations in the time that we've been working together at KFC AI. Um, both as people who like making radio and podcasts and his friends about, um, wanting to have conversations about culture shock or about like kind of more complicated experiences of cultural difference or cultural surprise. Um, I mean it has great experiencing podcasting elsewhere in the twin cities and, um, I'm, I'm, uh, often I'm often found here at cafe and, um, we both just love hearing stories from other people. Um, and we like looking at, um, conversations in a more, um, thoughtful and friend, like way. Um, we come from very different cultural backgrounds and upbringings, but also have a lot of similarities. Um, and we're interested in talking to a variety of people in kind of like a casual and friend like space. Um, and then sharing that with the community, just to kind of talk about the cultural diversity that exists here in the twin cities, um, and around the world and kind of the confusing parts and funny parts and hard parts of what it's like to live in a multicultural society. What do you want to add to that?
Speaker 1 00:08:19 I just want to say, um, we just want to, it was an idea that came up to me, um, with friends we'd been talking about for a while, like, you know, in a team dinner table, um, B you know, um, after dinner, people like friends just started talking and so one, I still really this to another, so we always talk about, oh, what happened to you when you came here? Or do you remember this and that? And, you know, so that's how we get the idea. Why not do the cultural shock? What happened to you when you come to our country and, um, share it with us and, you know, and communicate with the community as well? Yeah, that's, that's how we started it's.
Speaker 2 00:09:01 Yeah, it's really very interesting because there are so many great stories in this community that have not been given the opportunity to tell their stories. Um, what inspired you both to do this show or podcast specifically? What do you think it's adding that other broadcasters may not have?
Speaker 1 00:09:23 Well, for me as an M D a love stories ever since I was young. So I always listen, um, when people are talking about their experience, um, whether it's culture shock or anything else, but, um, this topic, um, came back a few times and, you know, it was kind of fun. Like, you know, um, sorry to say this part, like first time when someone saw snow and fell and broke their arm, I mean, it's not fun, but it's a story on what they've been through. Whereas another person, you know, be here, like, you know, they never seen it like revolving door, so, yeah. So I just got like those stories and I was like, why not share with the rest of the wall and, you know, the rest of the Minnesota twins and you guys can share with us too. Yeah. And email K F a I, or, you know, or Facebook and just tell us whatever he gets off.
Speaker 3 00:10:21 Yeah, absolutely. Um, I was really excited when Dee shared with me the idea of kind of making a multicultural storytelling podcast and really diving into different experiences. People have had coming to Minnesota and, um, or traveling elsewhere. Uh, we plan to interview people who live in lots of different countries and cities, but of course have our home base here. Um, because I just find it so interesting as a concept in my time being friends with Amina, I've like she has so many fascinating stories about her childhood and about, um, what it's like to be in different places. And she's so observant and adaptable. Um, and it just makes me really excited to collaborate with her on something. Um, so what inspired me to work on this podcast was basically both this friendship, um, with someone who is clearly very capable and has been having this conversation for a long time and wants to bring it to a new location and a new level. And, um, having like my own curiosity, I have a very, I have a lot more, um, of what you'd kind of expect from like watching Fargo or something as my experience as a Minnesotan. Um, but like, I am excited to like expand the narrative of what it is to be Minnesota and or what it is to be, um, have any kind of regional or cultural identity and what complicates that or what we can learn from. Um, and I'm really excited to have this conversation with someone who is really earnest and curious and genuine.
Speaker 2 00:12:02 That's really beautiful. That's a very interesting, um, uh, no, a lot of people have frogs around the Walnut stories to tell. Um, I wish we could get one of these seminal men that I met a while back, um, is Somali. And, uh, he traveled probably 28 Kansas through 28 countries to get to the United States. I mean, uh, he promised me one day when he, he posts I'll be his ESL, um, in this language. Um, he would be able to tell his story right here at K F a I, and, uh, that's really very interesting, uh, stories because, um, that is a platform for him to come to you on, uh, tell his heroine story, uh, that end up in, you know, have the ending right here, join his family and, uh, work in five minutes. See my track across the conference. Now, Nico, on the leading with his family makes a lot of money on facing his kids. So I'm not insuring the license, his wife. Um, my third question for you both is what kind of conversations guests and say loot can people expect on the show on what will it feel like to listen to?
Speaker 1 00:13:33 Um, we, we can have any Aryans, um, any listeners, um, any age, um, any gender, as long as you have a story to tell. Um, so it doesn't matter, but if you have a story that you want to share with us, we love to hear it and share it the rest of the Minnesota and the rest of the wall.
Speaker 3 00:13:59 Yeah. We are very open in terms of who we're excited to interview. Like Amina knows some folks who she wants to loop in, who are from Minnesota or from around the world. Um, we are about to publish our first episode, which is just a conversation between us, but we do plan to, um, do most of our fr episodes as interviews with other people. And we want to have really in-depth conversations with people about their experiences, moving through different spaces in their life and kind of go beyond like shorter superficial answers to really have conversations about what it means to like, feel belonging in a place or feel confusion in a place in funny ways or in sad or scary ways. So just like trying to have those conversations and like a fun friend feeling space, um, where it feels pretty, it feels pretty social, but we're also having very real conversations and like a welcoming environment.
Speaker 2 00:15:00 Oh, that's, that's very good. What are your goals stall for the show?
Speaker 1 00:15:06 Um, we just want people to have fun on, um, all Minnesotans to get to know each other and, you know, um, you know, I grew up in Riverside. Um, I grew up with a lot of Somalis and other races as well. So I had the chance to have friends, like every community where some people don't have that. So it's another idea, um, to bring the community together and, you know, talk about anything and everything and just make it a fun podcast where you can talk about anything, whether it's fun said. Um, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 3 00:15:43 Yeah. Um, we got to take a short break here, just a quick station break with a message. Um, we'll be right back. Thank you. Welcome back.
Speaker 2 00:15:53 Welcome back. Welcome back. This is <inaudible> from Somali link radio at K F a I 90.3 S if you are listening to this show, just want to let you know that K S a I radio has hundreds of different shows. I would say a hundred is probably because it's 24 7 and every hour, you have the opportunity to listen to different music, different language, a different program is so diverse as it is the world, but if you are not around Minneapolis or the twin cities, and you want to listen to the show, no matter what your patient is in the world, um, you can always tap K F a i.org. Uh, today my guests are my colleagues, people who make somebody leave the radio at K F I have been every Tuesday from six to seven o'clock life. And that is Annie. I will producer I'd go host DECA or Amira. We call her DECA or whatever we like. And that she is my cohost. I'd also a producer now. And, uh, we are talking about a broadcast that they had, uh, they had in the, in the background while we were working together. So I want to find out more and also share that what they're doing with you as a listener, my fourth or fifth question for you, Annie and DECA. If you two come from very different backgrounds, could you both explain what culture or cultures phrase you?
Speaker 1 00:17:46 That's the question? Yeah. Oh, that's a good question. Um, oh God, we are totally opposite. We've been racing opposite religion. Um, I think the only thing we had in common was the language. Yeah. Um, that's it. And, um, and we pranks, we best friends and that's, um, what we want to do, we to bring Minnesotans closer together and, um, and it doesn't matter what religion, what language you have as well as, you know, you live in Minnesota, you Minnesota, and there's all emeritus. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 2 00:18:23 But Becca, let me interject. You are Somali American, you have a background of immigration. You immigrated to this country while you were younger. Um, you also grew up in west bank, see the giver side for the east African community. Um, um, so completely, I know I worked with you every Tuesday and, uh, you look like twins, but
Speaker 3 00:18:52 Right. For those listening, radio is not a visual medium. I am very white. I am very, very white. Yeah. I'm from, I'm from, this is Annie I'm from Duluth, Minnesota. Um, so obviously, uh, white people, we're not the first people in Minnesota that was Lakota and Ojibwe people, um, another indigenous Americans, but I'm kind of, I think who someone would think of when they think of a stereotypical Minnesotan. Like I'm a, I'm a white lady. I grew up here. Um, my mom's from Oklahoma, but my parents both spent most of their childhoods in Minnesota, outside the twin cities. Um, I went to a pretty culturally homogenous, pretty white high school in Duluth, which I liked and I had good friends and such, but, um, it was kind of later in life in college and after college, when I started to, um, meet people who had very different origin stories than me, um, and see ways that they were actually quite similar to me.
Speaker 3 00:19:55 Um, even though kind of, I was raised in a very, uh, culturally white and Christian kind of homogenous, um, way. And I think that also interesting is, um, uh, dimensioned like differences in faith traditions. Um, I was raised Christian and a very Christian town, um, uh, aminos from a Muslim background. And, um, it is interesting to see how much overlap there is. I feel like it's not discussed as often. How many like shared stories there are like last time it was Eve I like Googled what the story was. And I was like, oh, that's a story that was in the children's Bible that I had. Um, so like while I'm hanging out with Amina, she'll tell stories about like coming to the U S and not, uh, not really knowing how to address her teacher or not knowing how to read the letters on stuff or things like that. And that's just like extremely not relatable content for me. Um, cause I was raised in an English speaking house, but, um, it's also funny to see how much we do have in common and how much like personal disposition and, um, things like that really, uh, contribute to who one is in the world or who one is in friendships or in social environments.
Speaker 2 00:21:18 You know? Um, it's a very interesting story because a lot of people look at the glass half empty. They've only looked the differences and they're focused on differences, not all on people, on race, culture and religion, but they also look at the differences of everything else I believe. Uh, but a lot of people don't see the similarities that people or cultures of religiousness or the world shares. For example, in my household, uh, here, right here in the Riverside, uh, I have my wife, I have two daughters and, uh, we have, if we try to look at our differences, probably you will find tons of it. For example, when they were, when they're mad, um, on my daughters where, uh, my younger one was younger, like 10 years old, she would, she get mad and she, they would whisper to each other and say, there's a cool word that the teenagers are using like finessing and we don't get it. They go like, ah, fuck. You know, they call us pop, which is a fresh off the boat.
Speaker 2 00:22:25 And that's the one household. That's the one family, you know, because we grew up, um, in Africa, we were born in Africa. We came here young, but, uh, these kids were born in Minnesota and that he has never seen Africa. Only one time they traveled, I saw him in a vacation, but, uh, it's, that's how, so if you are looking for differences, you can find anywhere you want given among your family. But, um, a lot of people also look at the similarities in religion, in culture. Um, my sixth question, I'm loving this conversation. I should interview almost every week. Um, what do you think is the value of having a buff cost that's specifically? Um, you know, that's different.
Speaker 1 00:23:22 Yeah. Um, well these days, um,
Speaker 2 00:23:26 Yeah, what I'm saying different, I mean multi cultural.
Speaker 1 00:23:29 Yeah. Um, well these days everything is, um, online. Um, you can, like, you can find any topic, anything like that. You want to listen in podcast. And, um, so it was another idea that we had and um, and I think it's something different that people never done it before, or maybe they did. Um, adding here it is something, um, unique.
Speaker 3 00:24:01 If you've already made this podcast, please email us. Andy Harvey, gmail.com. No, sorry. Just kidding. Go on. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:24:10 I mean, even if you see our cover for, or, I mean, you can see how opposite we are at the same. Yeah. We, how close we are. And, um, that's, that's actually, that's what we want to show. Um, it doesn't matter like where you from or what language you speak or anything. Um, you can be friends with any barrier. Um, and I used to, um, turn that, like I grew up in east African family, you know, be dead, but no family, same with another family, even within, you know, Somali community. Like my friend's family are different than my family. So you can have like co I used to have a cultural shock within my community, like to see some things. So yeah, we just want to make it fun and do something different people can enjoy it. And, um, something that's, you know, authentic from Minnesota.
Speaker 3 00:25:05 Yeah. I really am excited to make this and think it will be different in that nowadays, especially with like, um, so much information being transmitted through podcasts and through YouTube and from other stuff that's like, so when my parents grew up, my parents grew up in the United States and when they'd watch TV, there were like three channels. And when they listened to it and like, they'd go to school the next day and everyone have watched like the same one or two things, or everyone had watched the same news and everyone would watch the news every day, like after dinner or whatever, but that's just not how it works anymore. There's so many like places to get news online. There are so many different podcasts and YouTube channels and stuff like that. And on one hand that's really valuable because you can get stuff that's very tailored to your specific demographic or things that might not have been represented before.
Speaker 3 00:25:49 Um, like I know there I've at least personally in the last decade or so encountered a lot more media by women and by people who aren't white than I ever did during my childhood. So on one hand, that's really nice that it's kind of democratizing, but it's also segmenting in that. Like, I don't know if someone who would be listening to a podcast about Somali, immigration stories, like, for example, like if you have me and Amina on the same podcast, it's like Amina, I could tell you about living in Somalia and Kenya and the United States and growing up in a Muslim household, whereas I'd probably have what in the American pod, scaping lamp pods, camping, gosh, podcasting landscape would probably be a little more normal where I'm like, uh, um, upper middle class, white woman, well, upper middle-class upbringing, white woman who now has had various floated through various jobs in the arts and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 00:26:40 And it's just like a very it's it's. Um, I think that it's really exciting to bring these two together, especially because I feel like the segmenting of things makes it a little harder to ask what could be considered hard questions where like, based on who you're with and who you're used to spending time around, it can sometimes be hard to ask a question because you don't know if it's a mean question or you don't know if it's an offensive question or you feel like you're a centralizing someone or something like that. And I think that, um, by creating an environment that's, especially for asking more complicated questions, we can kind of have those sorts of dialogues, um, about things that are harder to talk about or discuss, or understand or things that you wouldn't find like in an Instagram post or anything that's really short and simple. Um, and kind of get more in depth because we have kind of a friendlier environment for, at a friendlier space.
Speaker 2 00:27:37 Hmm. This is very interesting. You guys sound like so west bank, west bank bank collects a lot of cultures and a lot of people on a lot, a lot of ideas and, um, and also arts too. Um, my other question is regardless of politics, a lot of people are uncomfortable talking about differences. Tell me how you plan to have this complicated. Uh, one might say conversations on what kind of tone or mood you want to have.
Speaker 3 00:28:12 I want to start conversations with people, um, by really giving them the chance to frame up their own story. Like I could make things up about someone, I don't know, but I don't think that's essentially giving them the benefit of the doubt or giving them the best way to, uh, express themselves or explore themselves. I'm really excited to kind of ask people things very generally to learn about their experiences. And then from there, um, ask questions about, um, how they became, who they are, ask questions about what makes them feel seen, ask them about what parts of, um, what parts of, where they live or how they live, um, feel positive or negative to them. And then really, um, just give them the opportunity to show themselves. And then we can approach that with interest and non-judgment and gratitude and excitement.
Speaker 1 00:29:07 Yeah. I just want to add, yeah. Um, not, not only in Minnesota, but the whole U S I think people became more sensitive and, um, when people start asking questions and we want to move away from that, like, we want to create an environment that, um, you can talk about an experience you had, um, whether it was a hard, whether it was a negative, whether it was a positive, as long as you know, um, we don't have the intention of hurting anyone, but we just want to, um, everybody to be here without, um, judging any battery. Yeah. Yeah. So we just want to create the environment that, you know, the community can talk and see. And, um, and the other thing is I have two different cultures. I have American culture and Somali culture and be, you know, they are opposite. So yeah. Yeah. And I want to share like both sides. Yeah,
Speaker 2 00:30:08 Yeah. You know, exactly. That's what happens when you are leading into the country or the culture, by the way, what you and I have been here quite a long time. And, uh, we are left completely Somali or completely American. We are what they call a Somali American, um, you know, one day you're eating that goat's meat and the next day you're grateful for a burger king, which is not healthy. Um, so yes, you're absolutely right. It's, it's, it's a mixture. And I think that is an example of this nation of immigrants. Um, I think, and I believe I started to believe that it has been since its inception when then indeed indigenous communities who were here first, when everybody came and ever since that day, everybody's still coming as we did. So I think it's a American story is that medical history is a part of leaving the American history.
Speaker 2 00:31:13 And I want to add that, um, Minnesota, uh, history, uh, society, um, museum, uh, help, uh, I think it was couple of years ago, there were real right here at the studio for, um, telling the story, uh, inviting people for nine months, exception of Somalis in America. And it started like back in 1800 and Somali or 1600 Somalia. And it ends up in Maine Cato, uh, Duluth and Minneapolis, or the twin cities, Somalis have their achievements. Um, so that was the most interesting thing I've seen have been in the community ever since, uh, because it really gives everyone an opportunity to know, uh, what the Somali community, including the Somali American generations that were born here or grew up here that have no, that had no idea of Somalia. Um, also the mainstream, um, Minnesotans who wanted to know more about the background on the history of their neighbors. So I think he, your boss costs, it looks like something like that, you know, in audio, um, uh, that will last longer, um, as long as technology's evolving. Um, and I think you guys are doing an amazing job. My other question for you, both who are doing a wonderful job is do you plan to focus on serious stories, humor, or a mix of the two you guys gotta be started with the very serious story, or, you know, would it be read a little with sorta disappeared humor, um, from,
Speaker 1 00:33:03 Um, well, it can be anything as long as it's story, as long as it's a true story experience. Um, as I said earlier, it can be negative or positive. Like we're not here. Like our intention is not to hurt anyone or to offend anyone. We just want to, um, get every story, um, whether it's fun or sell. And even if it's sad, you know, make it more fun. Um, I mean, so it is sad when someone fell on his snow and broke their, um, hen, but the way she was selling was more fun, like to her, it was fun. So, um, yeah. Yeah. Be we just want to bring everyone, whatever you got, bring it on and yeah, go ahead.
Speaker 3 00:33:49 Yeah. It's also so interesting because I really, another reason I'm interested in this project is I really want to complicate the idea of what it is to be Minnesotan or what it is to be American. Like I've heard references of people saying that I don't know, like the accents, people who live in Cedar, Riverside who have Smalley heritage have, are not like American accents or even behaved one time you were like, oh yeah, we're just, we're talking about stuff with funny accents. It's like you, I kind of think that you would qualify as having like a regional American accent because you've lived here for a long time. A lot of other people who live in the U S have that accent and also the U S is so freaking big. The U S is so big. Like I frankly feel more at home in Ontario than I do in the Southern United States, just because the cultural norms are more consistent there.
Speaker 3 00:34:35 And, uh, with what I was raised in. And I just like, I'm really interested in the idea of like complicating. What would make someone feel at home in a given place, because you don't necessarily everything where you grew up doesn't necessarily immediately gel, and there's not really one specific way or one specific narrative arc of how to be American. Like, there are great things that have happened here. There are really, really awful things that have happened here. And I think that whether someone's new to the United States or whether they've ventured off somewhere else, um, I'm just interested to hear like, kind of how the saddest funny, how the funniest sad, how the, not, how the quote unquote, not Minnesota is Minnesota or vice versa, like, um, that kind of thing. And I also think that mental health is something that I'm really excited to talk about in this context, because, um, so much of belonging in a space feeling comfortable in a space, stuff like that can rely on what conversations are comfortable to be had or not.
Speaker 3 00:35:34 Um, like I've, I've talked to many who are immigrants who were like, oh, immigrant parents don't really talk about mental health. I've also known white adults who don't really talk about mental health. And I'm sure it's very different. And I'm not saying that anything is better, worse or equivocal, but it is, um, it is, uh, interesting to see those parallels in places where it seems like there's a black and white. Um, I also think that if you've gone through something hard, it can be easier to laugh about it or other things later because you've got all this extra perspective.
Speaker 2 00:36:09 Very interesting. Um, you know, I say mission, uh, one of the shows we did together, um, I, I feel very special immigrant when I was coming to this country because the T w a L I, and I believe that what it was, I was coming over Atlantic to America, you know, they actually played a movie and that movie was called, um, coming to America were like, yes, this is for me. You know, what I learned is that the segment in there where Eddie Murphy is working in a burger king or something like that, uh, fast food sites. And, uh, someone is trying, uh, someone has tried to Rob the place and, uh, he was actually sweeping the floor. So he apprehend the suspect, um, with his broom, uh, uh, gets promoted accurate. That was not the reality when I started my first job as a cashier.
Speaker 2 00:37:10 One of the policies was if someone's robbing, never apprehend them. Yeah. So, so I've a lot of story to tell my other question, where are you a cashier? I should, I think it was one of many, my first jobs. I have two or three jobs sometimes in a while. Yeah. So it was really cashier at down carwash at, um, a supervisory position at south car rentals. I've done many other things. Um, my other question is, um, once he's working together, I'll say cohost affairs officer mug, I can, um, uh, Somali link radio. Okay. If I, uh, what does his life, you know, working beyond or behind, uh, or after the show working together to produce this multicultural broadcast?
Speaker 3 00:38:09 I appreciate so many things about Amina. Like, uh, for one thing, for one thing she's very straightforward. She's very honest. She, um, assumes the best in me. If I like, forget to message about something or forget to send something or something like that. Or if I come in and I'm cranky, you never think it's about me, about you or anything like that. And additionally, you're absolutely someone who works so, um, hard and fills in the gaps. You don't always wait for someone else to do something or take initiative. Like for example, I was having trouble finding a theme song for our show. Um, and amino went and found several options, shopped them all passed me so that we could make a decision together, edited it in, gave me some samples. And it's like, I was often the kid in the class who kind of does the group project alone. And it feels really good to have someone where like, I can have fun or we can like text about our weekends or whatever. But we also, if I, if I need something from her in a radio context, or if I am having like a bad mental health day and I need a little help, um, I can be really honest and get honesty and support back. So I'm just, yeah. I'm excited and grateful. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 2 00:39:18 Yeah. That's why we always fight me. And I'm, you know, or the account, uh, because he's to stay forward.
Speaker 1 00:39:26 I had a problem since childhood, like people don't like that part of me
Speaker 3 00:39:32 Except me, except Annie. I love to be your only fan. Oh, thank you. Yeah. And I don't assume.
Speaker 4 00:39:40 Yeah. Yeah. That'd be good.
Speaker 3 00:39:42 Yeah. People who assume neutrals chronically underrated trait. Oh,
Speaker 2 00:39:47 What is that? Oh, I
Speaker 3 00:39:49 Said people who assume neutral in others is a chronically underrated trait, especially towards mental illness. Like a lot of, a lot of folks. And a lot of us are taught to kind of people please, but that kind of fosters a culture of making other people be set up to take things very personally. Yeah. Um, yeah. And it's like, sometimes someone being straightforward can be trashed. Sometimes it can make you feel bad, but sometimes it evokes just the honest conversation that's needed and fosters the culture of them. Not, I don't know, immediately taking personally whatever you did or need or said.
Speaker 1 00:40:24 Yeah. And, um, B what makes, what makes easier? It's like we two friends that, um, got along well and, um, we both work and have other lives and, you know, we have to be bills. So, um, and this is something that we both love and enjoy doing it. So we just, we wanted to do it on our own time. Like, you know, more laid back and no rush and more enjoyment. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The flexibility. It feels to us,
Speaker 2 00:40:58 One of my view, are we going to go to break? Yeah, let's do that.
Speaker 1 00:41:03 Yes, we are. We'll be right back after this <inaudible> mess. Hello? Oh,
Speaker 2 00:41:12 Okay. Welcome back. This is <inaudible> Somali link radio as K F a I 90 43 F M. If you want to listen, K two K I radio for one people, programming music, culture, food books, all need to do is tap K F a I dot or from anywhere in the world today, I'm talking to my colleagues, people who produce Somali link radio, and, uh, who also cohost Annie, um, Amina. Sometimes we call her DECA. Uh, we were talking about a new book cost that would be called multicultural podcast that both Annie and DECA, I mean, I'm producing and we are evolving to be the unique podcast that people will be able to share their unique stories. Um, my last question, what if I'm asked the questions? What path radio or broadcast experience do you each of you have? I know the answer, but I want to share your answers. I want you to share your answers with the audience. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 3 00:42:27 Yeah. So, um, I do not come from a background of multimedia or podcasting. I come from a background of writing. I studied writing like words on a page in college and, um, I've worked as an editor. I've written book reviews for magazines. Um, I do a little bit of drawing and comic stuff on the side. Um, I joined KFA I just about two years ago, um, because I have always loved radio and podcasts, and it's kind of one of those things that I'd always wanted to do. Um, I'd like kind of put it on the back burner, cause it was like, I don't know if I'll be good at it. I might be too shy. I don't know if I have time. And then I was like, well, I'm in my mid twenties. I'm just, I'm going to give a bunch of things that drive and I did not do before.
Speaker 3 00:43:10 So, um, uh, including other things, like I am an adult who skateboards like, or I, uh, I do radio now or I draw a lot or things like that where it's kind of like, I'm just trying to allow myself to embrace things that I love. So joining KFA I, um, I have been involved with a few shows. I've been engineering for Somali link radio for, I think almost exactly a year over a year. Um, I engineered for disability and progress for about a year, um, which is a show, um, in which the hosts share experiences from, um, people in various segments of the disabled community, um, be that stuff about pop culture or activism, or even just like technology or tips that make day-to-day lives better. Um, in terms of interviewing and hosting that I do, um, I'm a co-host on right on radio, which actually is exactly after Somali link radio, but it's also on cafe.org.
Speaker 3 00:44:10 Um, and for that I interview authors about their books. Um, I do a lot of fiction, a lot of graphic novels. Um, I've talked to writers for a while through jobs that I've had in publishing. Um, I love to read and I really like that, but it'll be interesting to talk to people about other things and about kind of life general. Um, sometimes I get nervous to like write questions or have thoughts for this show, but then I remember that I love interviewing, and that's another reason I wanted to do this. Like I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't love interviewing and want to do it more. Um, so it was very excited to, um, have immunity to do this with yeah.
Speaker 1 00:44:47 How about you? Oh, um, I'm same as you. Um, my background is health failed,
Speaker 3 00:44:55 Not the same as me. So like literally the opposite of me.
Speaker 1 00:44:59 So beast, media, nanny, we are one of those people. I think they like to do different things. Yeah. I'm a hobbyist gal. Oh, me too. Like I, like, I get pleasure of doing different stuff. Um, I think we both like, you know, like curious people. Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, my background is in health, but, um, I never wanted to do media, but it was something like I'm more introvert, so I'm not good at videos and, you know, on, on, in front of the camera. And, um, and I don't know how I get the idea of the radio, but it was something that I had in my mind. And I, and I love listening broadcasts like in different apps, like including music. So I was like, why not? You know, sort of one, I mean, this is the best thing for the intro for like, no one is going to see like me and nanny, we just here and we can do our own thing, you know, and, um, engage with the community that way. Like, so yeah, you can have a Medi-Cal or up, or you can be a lawyer or judge, or, you know, have a different, you know, opposite career, but you can do whatever you want as well. Like you can have hobbies,
Speaker 3 00:46:18 You're kind of transitioning out of healthcare into a more media space though, right? Yeah. And that's at story
Speaker 2 00:46:26 We're coming, we're coming to the end of our show. Uh, and guess who was saying just not the producer, but, uh, uh, my last question is where, when we people be able to listen to the show, the bus podcast. Yeah.
Speaker 3 00:46:46 So we're about to publish our first episode, which we're really excited about. Yeah. We were like uploading the image and the title and stuff. Before we started recording this or not recording this, this is a live radio before we started performing this. Um, and we will put the link to listen to that in the show notes for this episode of Somali link radio. So you're listening to this right now. It's Tuesday, if you go to cafe.org in like 24 hours or so, uh, and you go to Somalia link radio, you can click it and it'll be there. Or you can go onto whatever podcasting platform, like it'll feed out to like Spotify and yeah, right. Yeah. You can go
Speaker 1 00:47:23 To any podcast platform and just type on Mallee star. And we're going to share the links with, um, different platforms.
Speaker 3 00:47:30 Yeah. The podcast is going to be called culture shock, man. Culture shock, Minnesota. And through the, through the podcasting network, Molly star that's Molly like Somali, M a L I star. Yeah. One word. Yeah. One word mom, Molly start all one word. Yeah.
Speaker 2 00:47:46 Oh, okay. Yeah. That's perfect. So share, share with the community by posting on somebody link radio or a KFI website and also on our social media. So people will be able to really listen to those amazing stories you are going to create by listening to people. I want to thank you, Annie and Becca. I have
Speaker 1 00:48:12 One question, um, from Annie and Munis co college at a broadcast. Yeah. Yeah. Um, why don't you tell us your first experience coming here beside working on watching, coming to America, by the way, you need to see coming to America too. You're right. Yeah. We just, um, want to know, like first time you came here and I'm sure, like, you know, it wasn't like now where a lot of Somalis have more access, you know, and more help. Um, your time was different. I'm not saying you all, but it was different. All right. Yeah.
Speaker 2 00:49:00 Okay. Okay. I will share a story of coming to America, not mine today, but I will share a more interesting one. My older brother, my older brother, I was living in Alexandria, Virginia, and my older brother came from Saudi Arabia. He hated, uh, that our, you know, America, that he is seeing a lot of free immune stuff or that I, as a younger brother are helping him. He spoke English, but helping him because he wants to university in Saudi Arabia. So he didn't like that idea of me ordering food or doing things for him. So he, he goes like, well, we have to, Arabia is just more modern than America. The first thing we did was step outside and we went to this fast food called McDonald's. Um, and he said, oh, no, no, no, don't worry. We have the same thing over there. And he said, he gets to the line to the counter and the lady asked him what he wanted. And he said that he wants, I'm like Donald sandwich with extra fries. He was being hubris. She said, well, it's not for sale. I kept going at it. And it goes like, no tomato, but I want McDonald's sandwich. So that's, that's how we got to MV today. But I will be more than happy to invite myself into your bad casting. Yay. Thanks. So thanks so
Speaker 1 00:50:35 Much. Be here. Thank you for having us. And we did miss you here. Yeah. Um, see you next time. Yes. Thank you guys for listening to us. Thank you. Bye
