{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcoming-to-america.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fe16-swiss-in-the-usa-GV8IA2pK","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"E16 - Swiss in the USA","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/266f43e6-ed48-4020-a7d7-1002d55eeb59/1475cb6c-dc38-49fb-8b98-5c3402d9da4c/ricardo-20aranda-20-3.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/6587e454-acdc-4b0a-b33c-e5c1e6bbf250\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"E16 - Swiss in the USA\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"In this episode of Coming to America, we sit down with Elisabeth Tschalaer, who moved from Switzerland to the U.S. at just 17 to study in California. Now, after 32 years in Portland, she’s built a life as an artist, journeyman painter, and business owner of Painting Blue Skies.\nBut this episode isn’t just about immigration—it’s a ride through dark matter, Calvinism, famine, California, colonialism, and civil rights movement. Did you know Switzerland has no official capital city and was one of the last countries in the world to grant women ...? listen to find out.\n\nBuckle up—this is one episode you don’t want to miss! 🎧\n#ComingToAmerica #Podcast #SwissInAmerica #ImmigrantStories #ArtAndCulture #WomenInBusiness #HistoryMatters"}