Season 3 Bonus Episode 1: Chicago - Finland - Chicago with Junae Benne

Caribbean-background Chicago native Junae Benne returns to her hometown with frustrated dreams of building a business in Finland. Listen to this bonus episode as Junae reflects on her time in Finland, draws on the lessons she has learned and how the experience has moulded her, and squares her shoulders to tackle life in the US under a second Trump administration. Follow the discussion on Instagram and Facebook.

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“Finland: Through the looking glass” offers a frank and unfiltered look at Finland through the lens of its diverse foreign-background community, through one-on-one conversations with host, Denise Wall. It’s an opportunity for the community to share its own unique stories and experiences and to fearlessly weigh in on the social and political discourses shaping its reality in the adopted homeland. The show covers a range of themes such as entrepreneurship, ageing, belonging, study, unemployment and the job search and family reunification, to name a few.