Hello beautiful people of the Immigrant Jam Podcast Universe!

We're back after a little break with a new episode featuring comedian KC Shornima who write for Saturday Night Live! KC grew up in Nepal and moved to Atlanta with her family as a child. We talk what it was like growing up amidst a civil war, not seeing her parents for 4 years, the meaning of life, death and the healing power of comedy, reincarnation, the communist boogeyman, becoming a creepy guy, how to shoot your shot, and SO MUCH MORE!

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This week Pakistani-American comedian & former Pro Halo player Danish Maqbool joins Lucie on the pod. Danish has toured the country opening for comedians like Hasan Minaj, Ramy Youssef and Mo Amer. On this episode Danish tells us about his old school dad who won the green card lottery, was scammed by his best friend and managed to hide the fact he speaks Russian from his family for decades, about his parent's picture book arranged marriage, how being bullied helped him become funny, his thoughts on becoming a father soon and how to "build" a kid, why he game-a-fies everything, the importance of building strong communities, his pumpkin gender reveal party, and SO much more! This episode is a real gem!

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This week the incredible Buenos Aires born illustrator & visual artists Pepita Sandwich (The New Yorker, Washington Post, Vogue) joins Lucie on the podcast to talk about her new book "The Art of Crying" which comes out on April 30th. Pepita's first two books were published by PRH in Spain and Argentina; Diario de Supervivencia (Survival Diaries 2016) and Las Mujeres Mueven Montanas (Women Move Mountains 2019). 

We talk why we cry, the history of tears, why everyone should cry more, why men cry less, Japanese tear teachers, brain tingles, her Italian dad’s immigrant brain, the time she was the only Argentinian in Vermont, why she loves Messi, Americans vs North Americans, the US’s soft power, the pain of watching the current political situation in Argentina, how to make yourself cry and SO MUCH MORE! 

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