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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This week Liberian-American-NYC-raised comedian Meka Mo joins Lucie on the podcast to talk growing up the only African person in Astoria, Queens, why she thinks she doesn't make sense anywhere but in NYC, Liberian history, how capitalism has made people in the US lonely, why she thinks burgers are stupid and so much more!

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This week Japanese-born-Ohio-raised comedian & podcaster Fumi Abe (Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Cash Cuties podcast) joins Lucie to talk about moving from Japan to Ohio at age 7, how his personality is different in Japanese, his plan to ban ranch dressing, why hentai is hack, translating inappopriate medical records for his mom when he was a kid, giving Americans pokeman names, old movies, jaywalking in Japan, Dave Chappelle and so much more! 

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Colombian-American comedian & podcaster Isa Medina joins me this week to talk being a white Latina, is there a chance one of us could date Bad Bunny? Having no boundaries, moving from Bogota to Virginia, first kisses, why we need others to see our identities, and so much more! 

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Happy Holidays! This week the very funny German-American comedian & former non Olympic swimmer Laura Sogar joins us on the pod to talk growing up with a German mom, the German Christmas obsession, where aliens come from, how her parents fell in love in the sky, why everyone should travel if they can, bumping into K Pop stars, and the word for thinking a squirrel is so cute you want to strangle it. 

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Wishing you the happiest holidays and all the best for 2024!

This week Palestinian-American comedian Atheer Yacoub (Denied Entry) is our guest to talk what it feels like to be Palestinian, why she doesn't want to die in Alabama, having no time for PTSD, what the Arabic language means to her, hitting squirrels, forming bonds with pebbles, why millionaires are psychopaths and so much more.

Send us your answers to the Pohl Questionnaire at immigrantjam@gmail.com and we will include them in future episodes!

Follow the podcast on IG @immigrantjampodcast & come check out the next live show in New York City on January 5th at Caveat NYC. 

Listen to Atheer's album Denied Entry & check her out on IG @atheeryacoub