My Foreign Service Life
I've spent most of my career—that's 35 years—living and working overseas for the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service. My coworkers and myself were responsible for carrying out U.S. foreign policy and helping U.S. citizens abroad. With this podcast, I'm starting at the beginning - or really slightly before the beginning—to walk through what it was like being 27, with a small child, moving overseas to Africa for the first time. Join my son and I as in each episode, I read my story and we talk through the challenges overcome and the joys discovered in My Foreign Service Life.
Podcasting since 2024 • 35 episodes
My Foreign Service Life
Latest Episodes
S3E9 Cameroon - Evaluations, Promotions, Suspensions
In this episode, Christine talks about getting suspended, having a friend in the home office who knows your plight, and promotion strategies.
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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25:04
S3E8 Cameroon: Setting Into Yaoundé
Christine talks about her first days in Cameroon, including short hand, serving coffee, security violations, a platoon of misbehaving Marines, and friends in the right places.
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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25:17
S3E7 Cameroon
In this episode Christine talks about life in Cameroon, traveling with toddlers, secret societies of Ambassador's secretaries, and saying grace as white man.
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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34:55