Other People's Pockets

Maya Lau

Have you ever wondered how your friend bought that vacation home or why that colleague of yours makes everyone meticulously split the tab down to the last Diet Coke? Other People’s Pockets is a show about other people’s money. We ask people from all walks of life to get radically transparent about their personal finances in order to learn more about who we are and what makes us tick. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Other People's Pockets

Episodes (46)

Jan 22nd Amelie Tsoungui, Writer Who Self-Deported to Cameroon
Dec 16, 2025 Carmen González: In Memoriam
Dec 3, 2025 Quay Crowner, Federal Gov't Employee Whose Job Was Cut by Trump

Other People's Pockets

Jan 22, 2026
41¼ minutes
38 MB

Amelie Tsoungui is a Cameroonian immigrant who moved to the U.S. at age six. After two decades growing up in Chicago and spending part of her 20s in L.A., she decided to self-deport to Cameroon in 2025 after the Trump administration said it would revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Cameroonian nationals. The cancellation of TPS meant she would no longer be able to live in the U.S. legally. This experience of moving back to West Africa, a home she only knew as a child, sparked her passion for digital storytelling, leading to multiple viral...

Other People's Pockets

Amelie Tsoungui, Writer Who Self-Deported to Cameroon

Maya Lau

00:00 -41:20