In this episode, Paulina and Jess discuss their families' fortune telling trades, their own fortune telling careers, a brief history of Roma and fortune telling, the Gypsy fortune teller trope, cultural appropriation and tarot, controversies within the Romani community, fortune telling ethics, how to lift up other Romani fortune tellers, and getting paid.

Some of our mentions in this episode are as follows:

Romatopia Podcast
Kendji Girac, French Romani Singer
L.L. Junior, Hungarian Romani rapper
Selma Selman, Get the Heck to School charity
Saira Ziga https://www.instagram.com/romanitarot/
Katelan Foisy https://www.instagram.com/katelanfoisy/

You can book a reading with Jess at https://www.instagram.com/jezmina.vonthiele/ or www.jezminavonthiele.com, and with Paulina at https://www.origamisoul.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/_paulina_v_/

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Romanistan is hosted by Jessica Reidy and Paulina Verminski
Conceived of by Paulina Verminski
Edited by Carlo Patrão
with music by Viktor Pachas
and artwork by Elijah Vardo

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