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Rooted and Routed Podcast

ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗

Rooted & Routed is a podcast built on human stories and lived experience from lives shaped by global mobility. 


Hosted by Sabiya Pathan Withoeck, the podcast explores identity, belonging, and the real human impact of living between cultures, countries, and systems. 


Through thoughtful, unfiltered conversations, Rooted & Routed brings forward voices shaped by cross-border lives, including expats, returnees, diplomats, leaders, founders, educators, parents, and third-culture individuals. 


This is not a podcast about relocation checklists or surface-level expat stories. It is a space for real conversations that help listeners make sense of what global lives demand — emotionally, structurally, and personally, and what they quietly produce in return: empathy, adaptability, judgment, and perspective. 


Across episodes, the podcast examines lived experience alongside the systems and ecosystems that surround global mobility; from work, education, and leadership to policy, culture, and family life, without losing the human lens. 


Rooted & Routed is for anyone navigating life between worlds, and for those building, leading, or supporting global mobility ecosystems who want a deeper understanding grounded in real lives, not abstractions. 


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33 minutes
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English
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57 episodes
since July 5, 2024
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The Expat Feels Home. The Local Feels Foreign. | Dieter Withoeck | #Belgium #India

The Expat Feels Home. The Local Feels Foreign. | Dieter Withoeck | #Belgium #India

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Send us Fan Mail What happens when the local feels like the outsider, and the foreigner feels at home? In this episode of Rooted and Routed, Sabiya sits down with Dieter Withoeck, her husband, a Belgian who has lived in India for nearly two decades, and a returning guest from Season 1. Together the…
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Performed Authenticity, Brave Brands & Starting Over | KETAKI TANAJI GOLATKAR, GOOD DAY PR | Pt 2

Performed Authenticity, Brave Brands & Starting Over | KETAKI TANAJI GOLATKAR, GOOD DAY PR | Pt 2

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Send us Fan Mail Visibility without values is just noise.Ketaki Tanaji Golatkar returns for Part 2 of our conversation on Rooted and Routed — and this time, the lens turns from identity and belonging to the work itself. After 21 years across global communications, diplomacy, and international sport…
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Indo-German DIPLOMACY to Pro KABADDI to ICC: KETAKI TANAJI GOLATKAR on Building Her Own GOOD DAY PR

Indo-German DIPLOMACY to Pro KABADDI to ICC: KETAKI TANAJI GOLATKAR on Building Her Own GOOD DAY PR

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Send us Fan Mail Ketaki Tanaji Golatkar is a global communications leader, a DEI advocate, and the founder of GoodDay PR and Strategic Communications. She has worked across agencies in Bombay and London, led a diplomatic project on Indo-German relations, and spent a decade in international sports —…
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From Expat to Repat — What Nobody Tells You | Marie Truchassou | Rooted and Routed S3 E2 Part 2

From Expat to Repat — What Nobody Tells You | Marie Truchassou | Rooted and Routed S3 E2 Part 2

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Send us Fan Mail Marie Truchassou is a global mobility HR consultant, founder of My Expat Compass and Forwards International HR, and one of only two people in France to hold both the GPHR and SPHRi certifications in international HR. In Part 2 of this conversation on Rooted and Routed, she goes dee…
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Inside the Human Side of Expat Assignments in India, with Marie Truchassou | Part 1

Inside the Human Side of Expat Assignments in India, with Marie Truchassou | Part 1

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Send us Fan Mail Marie Truchassou is a global mobility HR consultant who lived and worked as an expat in India — before becoming the person advising organisations on how to do it right.French, countryside-raised, she packed up her life and moved to India alone –  navigating a new country, a new cul…
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What 4 Countries Taught One Expat Spouse About Identity and Home: Rika Bouffe

What 4 Countries Taught One Expat Spouse About Identity and Home: Rika Bouffe

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Send us Fan Mail For Rika Bouffe, Indonesian by birth, married to a French husband, and an expat spouse who has built a life across Indonesia, France, the United States, and India, home was never going to be a fixed address. It had to become something else entirely. In this episode, Rika shares one…
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IT'S A WRAP | RECAP OF SEASON 2 | ROOTED AND ROUTED PODCAST

IT'S A WRAP | RECAP OF SEASON 2 | ROOTED AND ROUTED PODCAST

Send us Fan Mail Season 2 of the Rooted and Routed Podcast is officially wrapped, and this is your recap. From authentic voices to deep-dive conversations, this season has been about growth, identity, and navigating change. Thank you to every subscriber, listener, and guest who joined the journey.A…
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What Happens After the Service? Quiet Truths from a Diplomat’s Life.

What Happens After the Service? Quiet Truths from a Diplomat’s Life.

Send us Fan Mail In part 2 of our conversation, Carlos Ruano unpacks the quiet decisions and systemic gaps many never hear about — from pensions to policy reform, reinvention, and the emotional costs of service.  What We Cover in This Segment: Why some diplomats transition into real estate, coachi…
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CARLOS RUANO : Working at WORLD BANK, UN, GLOBAL AFFAIRS CANADA & UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN | S2E10P1

CARLOS RUANO : Working at WORLD BANK, UN, GLOBAL AFFAIRS CANADA & UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN | S2E10P1

Send us Fan Mail As always, Rooted and Routed isn’t here to deliver headlines. We’re here to hold space for the stories that shape people, quietly and powerfully.In this part 1 episode, Sabiya sits down with Carlos Ruano — a diplomat, academic, and cultural observer who has lived in 10 countries, w…
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What Strength Training Taught Me About Leadership – Bindi Basan’s Story

What Strength Training Taught Me About Leadership – Bindi Basan’s Story

Send us Fan Mail When you build a team across continents, how do you turn multiple worldviews into business results, not chaos? In this episode, Bindi Basan shares how she created multicultural teams that didn’t just show up, but stood out. We also dive into how she uses her fitness and dance pract…
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