Newest Episodes

"The Reason I'm Here"

(Episodes 17-18)

10/7/2020 – Trang Tran’s family story is full of reunions and divisions that mirror the complex history of her native Vietnam and the communities of its diaspora.  Arriving in the U.S. through the Refugee Act of 1980 when she was a baby, it took her twenty years to begin piecing that story together. In episodes 17 and 18, Trang invites us into a journey that speaks to the power of stories to unify and generate empathy. (Trang pictured here with her grandma, mom, and aunt). 

Prologue

(Episodes 19-21)

10/22/2020 – Before diving into two episodes focused on Central America and asylum issues, Jacob pauses briefly to review his connection to refugee issues. He invites new listeners into his journey of learning to look for the image of God in various groups of immigrants—asylum seekers, refugees, and economic migrants.

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80 mILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED BY CHAOS.

THE REFUGEE CRISIS
FEELS OVERWHELMING.

YOU CAN RESPOND.

START WITH
A STORY.

GO
BEYOND
SOUND
BITES
WITH
US.

LISTEN NOW.

“Jacob Mau and the Refugee Highway Partnership have crafted a superb and powerful listening experience. Many refugee accounts in the media and in our advocacy efforts reinforce a narrative that limits how we see displaced people and how they see themselves. Through careful interviews with a few refugees and asylum seekers in Turkey, Beyond Soundbites issues a set of critical reminders: 

Refugee is a term, not an identity. The ‘voiceless’ have voices. And becoming listeners is part of our job as advocates. 

– Matthew Soerens 
World Relief’s US Director of Church Mobilization
Co-author of Welcoming the Stranger and Seeking Refuge

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