The Yves Project
Welcome to The Yves Project podcast! Hosted by Laura Piety and Yves Muya, and created off the back of our film script that charts Yves' life story, this podcast is an exploration of Yves' experiences as a child refugee in Africa and adult immigrant in the United States.
We also dive into associated themes of finding purpose and home, facing war and loss, immigration and politics, harnessing imagination and searching for your destiny.
We’ll be kicking off the podcast with a reading of the prose-meets-film script of his story before digging into deeper conversations with Yves himself.
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Episodes
10 episodes
On Immigration Part 1
In the run up to the US elections, we explore legal and illegal immigration, assimilation, the dissemination of information and how the electorate needs to be able to hold both sides of the immigration argument. In today's political climate doe...
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35:53
Urbanism, apartheid, education and growth - South Africa
A conversation with Yves: What happens when your new country doesn’t fulfill the hope you placed in it? How do you overcome poverty as a refugee? Education as a springboard and finding the strength to follow new opportunities. Plus, resurrectin...
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24:17
A Refugee On The Run - Mozambique to South Africa
A conversation with Yves: An inside look on what it means to cross a country on foot, go undercover with smugglers and doing whatever it takes to seek out a safe place with your family. Plus, the resilience it takes to integrate into a new coun...
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34:49
The Great Escape - The DRC to Malawi
A conversation with Yves: Yves and Laura’s first direct conversation about his experiences - starting from his escape from the DRC to Malawi and how he got out of the refugee camp in the most courageous way. We also discuss imagination and hope...
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36:53
Script Reading 5 of 5
The final chapter from our YVES Script. Little Yves and has family escape through Mozambique to South Africa. But the great possibility of this new country is soon undercut but Little Yves losing faith in his dreams. As he grows up to be colleg...
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50:03
Script Reading 4 of 5
The fourth and penultimate chapter from our YVES Script. The Muya family face immense pressure as life in the camp becomes untenable. A death changes everything for Little Yves. Meanwhile, adult Yves and Jones continue their roadtrip, now throu...
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31:08
Script Reading 3 of 5
The third chapter from our YVES Script. Francois and Jane can no longer hide their emotions from Little Yves, who has heard about a new country called America - where, supposedly, anything is possible. Full of innocent idealism, he decides that...
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33:44
Script Reading 2 of 5
The second chapter from our YVES Script. After they flee Zaire, the Muya family make their way to a refugee camp in Malawi and attempt to find their place. Little Yves’ imagination helps him escape the stress and trauma of their new home, while...
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39:20
