American Immigrant Podcast

In a quick intro, Miguel talks about Columbus day and all the personal conflicts he has with the holiday. Miguel then sits down with comedian Ross Weisman. Ross opens up about his Jewish heritage, what the Jewish faith means to him, and breaks down the results of his ancestry DNA test.

Éste episodio comienza con Miguel hablando de los próximos shows y porque es importante para el hacer esto episodios en español. Después Miguel habla con comediante Wilfredo Díaz. Wilfredo habla de su familia viniendo del Salvador, cómo ha cambiado la comedia para incluir más latinx, y tiene un mensaje de amor para su familia.

In this episode, Miguel talks with Sky Blue, and the Canadian national team, goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan. Kaelin opens up about her journey in soccer that led to the world cup, becoming frustrated with the fact that opportunities to grow as a player aren't as available to women as it is to men and what she's doing to change the status quo.

Miguel talks with comedian Victor Tran. They talk about Victor's journey that leads him from an interest in Kinetics to improv comedy, why he felt bad trying to haggle in Mexico and a break down of the current state of hip-hop and politics.

In a quick intro, Miguel talks about some changes coming to the show. Miguel then sits down with comedian J-L Cauvin. JL opens up about his Haitian father and Irish mother, Growing up being perceived by others as white and his anxieties about becoming a father.

In this episode, Miguel sits down with Last Comic Standing winner Josh Blue. Josh opens up about growing up in Senegal, his cerebral palsy, putting himself on display at a zoo and his journey to last comic standing.

Miguel sits down with Philly comic Charles Blyzniuk. Charles opens up about his Ukrainian heritage, the difficulties he's encountered from his family with regards to getting information about the past and how he deals with his anxiety on and off stage. Miguel and Charles also talk about the firefighter sketch that caused many heated debates in the Philly comedy scene.

In this episode, Miguel sits down with Storyteller, Production Manager at First Person Arts and Associate Producer for Commonspace on WHYY Jen Cleary. Jen talks about her families journey from Cuba during the fall of the Batista regime, working in media in NYC during the 9/11 attacks, and her passion for helping artists get their message across.

In this episode, Miguel talks to comedian Oprah keys. Oprah shares her amazing story of going into foster care at the age of 5, being placed in over 40 different home and the moment she met the woman who would become her mom (Ms. Sharron).