Episode 40
Homesickness + Searching For Identity
Do you consider your birthplace to be part of your identity? What happens when you move away from that place? Do you lose part of who you are? Or are you recreating your identity? What does it mean to be a settler in Canada?
In this episode, Debbie chats with Victoria Spooner, radio show host, musician and fellow Brit who moved to Canada 7.5 years ago. Victoria struggles with homesickness and trying to figure out her identity.
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Host: Debbie Roche
Guest: Victoria Spooner
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About Our Guest
Victoria Spooner is a communications professional, musician and broadcaster from South London, currently living in Vancouver on unceded, Coast Salish territory. Victoria hosts The Storytelling Show, She-Boom! and Last Orders on Vancouver Co-op Radio. She also makes radio, audio docs, podcasts, songs and the best cup of tea you’ve ever tasted.
Victoria and Debbie explore homesickness and how it is connected to ones sense of identity. As always we hope you enjoy this conversation but there is plenty of adult language, so make sure to pop your headphones on!
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Episode 40 Show Notes
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Find our more about Victoria over on her social media profiles:
Twitter @urban_sorceress
Instagram @urbansorceress
Mix Cloud: www.mixcloud.com/victoriaspooner/
Podcasts:
Red Man Laughing with Ryan McMahon
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