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Hosted by Anton and Ben · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 31 episodes
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We all carry a suitcase packed with stories from where we’ve come from and dreams of where we’re headed.A Stranger, A Suitcase, and A Story is a podcast about people who’ve lefthome to build a new life in a new land. Hosted by two immigrants, Anton van der Walt and Ben Liebenberg, this series explores the emotional, professional, and entrepreneurial journeys of immigrants who’ve rebuilt, reinvented, and reimagined their lives. Inspired by Bruno Catalano’s sculpture I Viaggiatori, this podcast dives into the themes of identity, belonging, resilience, and the spaces we fill along the way.
Anton and Ben hosts A Stranger, a Suitcase and a Story, a society show with 31 episodes published.
He shipped 200 bottles of single malt to Australia — and paid more in duty than they were worth. Then opened his home every month and shared every single one. Within a year he had a network. Within a decade he had built
He arrived in Australia in 1982 - one of the first wave of South Africans to leave. He brought Mango Groove on tour. Helped raise the first $1 billion philanthropy campaign in Australian history. And is now rebuilding a
She filled out a university application form for fun. Got accepted. Moved to Australia. Got rejected by every law firm she applied to. Went home. Came back. Got rejected again. Today she's a partner at one of Australia's
He spent two and a half years waking up at midnight to work Australian hours from South Africa. He got divorced three weeks before he boarded the plane. He landed in Melbourne — alone — with a golf bag that cost him R19,
80 enquiries a day. From people dreaming of leaving South Africa. Less than 10% actually make it happen. What separates the ones who do... from the ones who don't? Anton and Ben sat down with someone who's seen it all, n
Tim did not just build mines in some of the most remote parts of the world…he built something far more lasting. Tim Netscher’s story stretches across continents, industries and decades, but what emerges from this convers
You don’t realise who you are…until you arrive somewhere you have to learn how to belong In Episode 25 of A Stranger, A Suitcase, and A Story, Anton and Ben are joined by Paul Hanley - a story that moves well beyond fina
What does it feel like to arrive just in time to witness an extinction? In Episode 24 of A Stranger, A Suitcase, and A Story, Anton and Ben are joined by Dr Jenny Gray AM, Chief Executive Officer of Zoos Victoria, whose
What if the advantage isn’t being the smartest person in the room… but being willing to break things until they work? Anton speak to Dawid Naudé, whose story moves back and forth between Australia and South Africa with f
What happens when a career built on facts, figures, and investigations collides with the very human question of where, and how you want to raise a family? Anton and Ben sit down with Paul Fontanot, whose journey spans fo
What happens when your big adventure finally arrives… fourteen years late and just weeks before the world shuts down? Anton and Ben sit down with Kevin and Romaine Mackenzie, a Johannesburg-born couple whose migration st
What if success is not measured by what you accumulate, but by what lets you sleep at night? Anton and Ben sit down with Dr Manny Pohl in Episode 20 of A Stranger, A Suitcase, and A Story. Our first episode of 2026, and
What if the thing you thought made you different… is the very thing that connects you to everyone else? Anton and Ben did not set out to make a podcast. They started with a conversation. Two migrants comparing notes over
She didn’t wait for permission, she built a table, pulled up chairs, and told women, “Your voice belongs here.” Anton and Ben sit down with MD (Margaret Dreyer), whose default setting is “How can I help?” and whose north
When everything familiar fell away, did he double down on bitterness or choose a frame that let him move forward? He thought getting knocked down was the headline. It wasn’t. The story is how he keeps standing. Anton and
Anton and Ben sit down with Andrew Reitzer, and this onestays with you. Born in Johannesburg to Holocaust survivor parents. Raisedin Cape Town. A life that arcs from a small family glove factory to the CEO seat of Metcas
“We landed with two suitcases, a toddler, and no idea wherewe were going after the airport.” In this powerful new episode of A Stranger, A Suitcase,and A Story, Anton and Ben sit down with Kaveer Soni, a Durban-born lawy
The gun clicked against his temple—and didn’t fire. Ten years later, Munro packed a suitcase for Sydney. In Episode 14 of A Stranger, A Suitcase, and A Story, Anton and Ben sit down with Munro Donen. He grew up in Hought
What if the journey that changed your life wasn’t just about a new country, but about finding the courage to finally tell the truth? You can’t outrun your past. It always finds a way into your suitcase.” – Tania Wilson I
“In my first month here, I told myself: just Look, Listen, and Learn.” But what if the very skills that helped you survive back home… became the very edges you needed to soften to belong somewhere new? In Episode 12 of A
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A Stranger, a Suitcase and a Story is hosted by Anton and Ben. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 31 episodes.
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