Immigrant Jam

Welcome to Episode 99 featuring the HILARIOUS and amazing Indian-born-US-raised #comedian Shauna Godkhindi (Don't Tell Comedy). We talk nation fluidity, flip flops at the Vatican, moving from India to Kuwait, immigrant guilt and the immigrant hustle, underestimating parents, Ray Bradbury, unlearning, why things are the way they are, short problems and SO MUCH MORE!

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The great comedian Ali Sultan (Don't Tell Comedy) is on the pod this week. Ali was born in Yemen, grew up in Ethiopia and moved to Minnesota as a teenager. We talk loneliness, the importance of community, Tony Hinchcliffe, being grateful and banning Thanksgiving turkey.

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This week I talk to President & CEO of the NY Immigration Coalition and President of NYC Action Murad Awawdeh. Murad grew up in Sunset Park, Brooklyn the son of Palestinian immigrants and started his life in activism at the age of 9. We talk about the misinformation around immigrants, the US's scarcity mentality and why poverty is a policy choice, Mayor Eric Adams, why he thinks everyone should read the project 2025 document, what motivates him to keep fighting, why he believes we all have power AND SO MUCH MORE! This episode is jam packed with information and such important facts.

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This week comedian Ria Lina (Mock the Week, Have I Got News For You) is in the immigrant jam house. Ria was born in Britain to a Filipina mother and a German father, spent a few years living in California as a child and grew up in the Netherlands. We talk how to raise sensitive boys and what is wrong with men, what the world will look like in 40 years, how Brits see the US, why nudity should be normalized, living with your ex and SO MUCH MORE!

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This week Serbian-American comedian and former Basketball legend Alex Dragicevich hops on the Immigrant Jam train and talks growing up super Serbian in Chicago, shitting on his country and how it almost got him punched in the face on the NY subway, why he loves dating Southern Bells, the best accents, his salad obsession, why he'd like to outlaw yelling in Serbia and SO MUCH MORE!

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Well this episode is a HOT one! Marcela Onyango is a Kenyan-born comedian who moved to Temple, Texas with her family when she was 12 years old. Marcela and Lucie talk P. Diddy, Eric Adams, celebrity culture, why we need a revolution, the dock worker's strike, Marcela's time living in Nairobi, why we need more vulnerable men and oh SO much more! 

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This week comedian & actress Esther Chen is on the pod to talk moving fromm Taiwan to America, being a 36 year old virgin, man problems, dictators and so much more!

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This week we are flipping the script and travel through cyberspace to speak to Australian born internet super star illustrator Eddie White. Eddie went on a trip to Colombia right as the pandemic hit and never left. After falling in love in and with Colombia he started to collect and illustrate the many hilarious, fun, curious and poetic sayings that are part of Colombian culture and every day life. The internet loved his fun, colorful illustrations and he became a local celebrity. We talk what it means to be Gringo Washed, life in Bogota, first kisses, putting people in boxes, the funniest Colombian sayings and so much more!

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Canadian comedian Nathan Macintosh (The Tonight Show) joins Lucie to explain why he hates summer, what it's like living as a transparent man, whether or not Germans should be allowed to cheer for themselves, why no one is more disgusting than plumbers, working at Starbucks, the beauty of walking out of a job, amending he 2nd amendment AND SO MUCH MORE!

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Lucie is joined by comedian Che Guerrero (TikTok). Che was born in the Dominican Republic, raised in NYC. We talk how he decided to turn his anger into energy to educate people, why he decided to work as a nurse during the pandemic, his dreams of running for office and so much more.

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