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HomeGrown

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  • Summary

  • Welcome to HomeGrown, the podcast created to inform, inspire and entertain through personal stories of Black expats. Join your hosts, Louisa and The Fantastic Fo, each week as they speak to a wide range of Black guests about their experiences living, loving and working in Hong Kong and across Asia. New episodes every Sunday!
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Episodes
  • Fo & Lou | ...on Uber, how to change the world, and sad books
    Apr 16 2022

    On this final episode of the season,  Cruella Lou-ville and Double 0 Fo catch up on the end of the season and what to expect from season 5! 

    We have thoroughly enjoyed making another season of the podcast and hope you have enjoyed listening and are looking forward to more after the break. In this episode we catch up on the  books were reading and some of our top pics,  Fo rants about the news which was very entraining , and   we get a chance to answer the quickfire questions ourselves. 

    Hope you have a wonderful bank holiday (if that's a thing where you are) and see you soon! 

    Fo and Lou. 

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    We love putting the show together for you, and we hope you love it too! If you do, a great way to help us grow is to subscribe to the show and rate/review us on your podcast app so more people find us.

     If you have any questions, comments or potential guests for us, you can reach us on social media or drop us an  email:  Twitter | Instagram | Email 

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    55 mins
  • Alicia | ...on backing yourself, and being backed by others.
    Apr 10 2022

    In this week's episode, Louisa and the Fantastic Fo speak to Alicia Beale, the 38 year old owner of The Aftermath and another example of someone coming to the city for a few months and staying for many years. 

    Alicia shares her 16 year experience in Hong Kong after coming to the city at 23 from the US to visit her best friend. We get into how easy it is to get lost in the HK sauce initially, and how it takes some time to find the right balance and make it a sustainable but fulfilling home. 

    We discuss how she didn't expect such a dynamic city at first and she shares some of the challenges she met, and the growth that comes with the transition from your 20s to 30s....AS WELL AS her experience starting and running businesses in Hong Kong over the last 3 crazy years. Enjoyyyy!

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    We love putting the show together for you, and we hope you love it too! If you do, a great way to help us grow is to subscribe to the show and rate/review us on your podcast app so more people find us.

     If you have any questions, comments or potential guests for us, you can reach us on social media or drop us an  email:  Twitter | Instagram | Email 

    Notes and links from this episode:

    • Guest Instagram :  @theafterm
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    46 mins
  • Celina | ...on long distance relationships, perspectives of blackness, and Hong Kong vibrancy
    Apr 3 2022

    In this week's episode, Louisa and the Fantastic Fo speak to Celina Fairbairn, founder of CGDLondon who (eventually) moved to Hong Kong from London by way of Rotterdam.  Celina shares with us her experience moving to HK in the midst of the pandemic and Hong Kongs frequently changing travel restrictions.....the things we do for love ! 

    We discuss the entrepreneurial culture in HK vs London, they differences Celina found in lifestyle, working and networking cultures and how she has been perceived as someone who could be described as "racially ambiguous" *. We also talk about the difficulties and dynamics of long distance relationships and the various different stages they progress through. 

    A lovely chat for your Monday morning , Enjoy! 

    * God I really hope no one has any issue with me using this term but if you do, let me know. 

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    We love putting the show together for you, and we hope you love it too! If you do, a great way to help us grow is to subscribe to the show and rate/review us on your podcast app so more people find us.

     If you have any questions, comments or potential guests for us, you can reach us on social media or drop us an  email:  Twitter | Instagram | Email 

    Notes and links from this episode:

    • Guest Instagram :  celina.cgd
    • CGD London         :   cgdlondon
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    40 mins

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