12 Episodes

  1. Ep. 12: "Cultivating Our Humanity" - with communications leader John Onoda

    Published: 7/29/2025

  2. Ep. 11: "Leading Step by Step" - with nonprofit leader Kazuyo Kato

    Published: 7/1/2025

  3. Ep. 10: "Towards Perfect Effort" - with interpreter & analyst Lefteris Kafatos

    Published: 5/26/2025

  4. Ep. 9: "Beauty Not Loudly Told" - with artist & poet Mari Yobp

    Published: 5/1/2025

  5. Ep. 8: "Building Empathy Through Nuance" - with storyteller Natalia Quintana-Feliciano

    Published: 4/1/2025

  6. Ep. 7: "The Bottom Line is Respect" - with multimedia journalist David Caprara

    Published: 2/28/2025

  7. Ep. 6: "Hometowns Everywhere" - with women's advocate Yuri Akahira

    Published: 1/31/2025

  8. Ep. 5: "Finding Joy in the Struggle" - with strategy & operations consultant Yuko Watanabe

    Published: 12/31/2024

  9. Ep. 4: "Culture as a Foothold" - with interpreter & community builder Robert Holloway

    Published: 11/30/2024

  10. Ep. 3: "A Privilege and a Power" - with social entrepreneur Mari Kuraishi

    Published: 10/26/2024

  11. Ep. 2: "Embracing Our Own Differences" - with event planner Grace Kim

    Published: 9/28/2024

  12. Ep. 1: "Always Adaptable" - with international relations expert Sayuri Romei

    Published: 9/1/2024

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CrossWorld Puzzles is a podcast that interviews people who grew up in or are currently in multicultural environments. It focuses on how they consider life’s big questions, like where to be based, how to build their careers, and who to spend their lives with. It is hosted and managed by Shiori Okazaki, who grew up going back and forth between the United States and Japan. She is an interpreter based in Washington, DC. Website: https://crossworld-puzzles.com/