American Immigrant Podcast

From the Borderlight Fringe Festival in Cleveland Ohio, Che sits down with comedian Raj Suresh. Raj talks about being a kid in the middle east during the Arab spring, the horrors of skin bleaching, the harmful stereotype of the "good immigrant" and much much more!!

In another episode from Chicago, Che sits down with comedian Wary Nichen! Wary talks about growing up in Algeria, performing comedy around the world (in four different languages), the comedic cultural differences he encounters and so much more!

In this episode, Che sits down with Philly comic Usman Habib. Usman talks about immigrating to America from Pakistan, what being Muslim means to him, how the police were called in to question him after he told a 9/11 joke in the 7th grade, and much much more!

Live from the Philadelphia Improv Theater, Che is joined on stage by comedians Setoiyo Ekpo and Katonya Mosley, candidate for City-Council At Large Adrian Rivera-Reyes, and candidate for Judge For The Court Of Common Pleas Nicola Serianni! They discuss voters dismissing female presidential candidates too quickly, ancestry.com trying to romanticize slavery, Billy Porter's tuxedo gown and so much more!

Remember Philly to vote on May 21st!

Adrian Rivera-Reyes

Nicola Serianni

After a quick intro, Che sits down with Philly comic Jordan Kapil. Jordan talks about being adopt from an orphanage in Indian by a white family, feeling the hostility toward him after 9/11, Che gives a brief history lesson on the Ottoman Empire and more!

Check out the next live episode at Philadelphia Improv theater April 27th 6 pm

https://phillyimprovtheater.com/show/american-immigrant-live/

After a quick intro, Che sits down with Philadelphia city council at-large candidate Adrian Rivera Reyes. Adrian talks about his incredible run thus far, growing up in Puerto Rico and, if elected, what changes he hopes to bring to Philly.

Check out more of where Adrian stands on the issues:

https://www.rivera2019.com

After a quick intro, Che sits down with comedian Eliot Chang. Che and Eliot talk about growing as an artist, how to talk about politics without alienating the audience, the college admissions scandal, how to network and more!

Che sits down with Philly comic Nichole Spain. Nicole gets candid about her biological mother's history as a victim of human trafficking, being raised by a black female pimp and how she's persevered through it all.

After a quick intro, Che sits down with Philadelphia judge candidate Nicola Serianni. Nicola open up about her diverse background, the long road to becoming a judge, the unique ways Philadelphia is dealing with the anxieties brought on by gentrification and more!

Facebook:

Sirianni For Judge

Twitter:

@serianni4philly

Email:

[email protected]

Che is once again joined by Philly comedian Setoiyo Ekpo. They discuss Che's Ancestry DNA results, when they first became aware of racism, mediocre white dudes and more!