We are back from a quick hiatus with amazing Zimbabwean comedian Learnmore Jonasi (Steve Harvey Award, Comedy Central). Learnmore's was raised in Chimanimani, a village in Zimbabwe, and moved to the US very recently. We talk about his happy childhood raised by his grandparents surrounded by nature, mountains and dogs, how he went from getting chairs thrown at him on stage to headlining the Apollo, what he thinks of the US, the first time he saw snow, Nigerian scammers, turning people into goats and so much more!

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This week's (slightly delayed) episode features the first GERMAN guest on the podcast, model-turned-youtuber-turned-comedian Mario Adrion (American Idol). We talk about the dark side of male modeling, why straight men need to cuddle more, Mario's porn star friends, why he loves being German, how his dad raised him with no toxic masculinity, ball tickling, chimney sweeps, carrots and SO MUCH MORE!

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This week hilarious Colombian-American #comedian,# restauranteur and proud #vegan Alex Carabaño (HBO Latino) joins Lucie on the podcast to talk getting hair plugs, dating his stepsister, coming out to his Colombian family as vegan, where courage comes from, comedy, growing up in NYC, bombing at a Pakistani dance party and SO MUCH MORE! 

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This week the amazing South African comedian Loyiso Madinga (The Daily Show, Netflix's Comedians of the World) joins Lucie on this week to talk what it's like being an immigrant dad, growing up in rural South Africa without electricity or running water, why he thinks New Yorkers are the nicest meanest people on earth, the different personalities he takes on in the languages he speaks, banning pop tarts and so much more!

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The amazing, hilarious Canadian-Somali-Djiboutian comedian Hoodo Hersi (Comedy Central, Seth Meyers) joins us this week. We talk how difficult it is to find men who can handle strong women, Mike realizes he's Somali at heart, immigrant vacations, why you need to be delusional to do comedy, Somali sayings, her progressive yet traditional mother, taking the best of both cultural worlds and so much more!

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This week's guest extroardinaire is Canadian-Austrian-Greek comedian & unhinged genius Pat Burtscher (Comedy Central). Pat tells me about growing up in Thornhill outside of Toronto with an Austrian father and a Greek mother and always feeling like a weirdo. We also talk about what it means to be brave, butt gum, rats, what he loves about stand up comedy, why he became vegetarian, the time he starred in an epic milk commercial in the UK, giant croissants AND we call my Dad Klaus to find out what a wind egg is. This episode was so much fun to record, it should be illegal. 

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We're back with another episode this time recorded in LA at Slap Studios featuring Ukrainian - American comedian, actor and former magician Greg Berman (NBC). Greg and I talk about how his family moved to the US from Ukraine to seek asylum, his immigrant parents and their bitter sweet relationship to their homeland, his former life as a magician, the time he lived with doves, why he has two business degrees, the ancient Ukrainian butthole proverb and SO SO SO much more!

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We are back with Afghan-American comedian Dauood Naimyar (Comedy Central) this week for another LA recorded episode of pure immigrant delight! Dauood talks being the first white washed member of his immigrant family, his 10 year plan to save Afghanistan, why he was a scumbag for 3 years, Afghan humor, what makes people laugh, his road to comedy, his hatred for beans, what his faborite Afghan food is and so so much more! 

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It's our 50th episode! This week we're recording from LA & our guest is the fabulous Czech comedian Bianca Cristovao (Colbert). Bianca made her late night debut recently and is about to go on a European tour with Bill Burr. We talk growing up in Prague and moving to LA at 19, being one of 5 black people in the Czech Republic, accents, how language opens up your brain, Czech sayings, crying in public, how China could help racism, Danish movies, American culture and so much more! 

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This week hilarious Colombian-Canadian comedian Santi Espinosa (La Comedy Mafia) joins us on the pod to talk moving from Colombia to NYC, from NYC to Colombia, and from Colombia to Canada all before the age of 18, idolizing America, feeling like the perpetual immigrant, his dad's gambling addicition and why he didn't cry when he died, single moms (do we even need Dads?), and some good old fashioned New York poop stories. Also we come up with the concept of being a narcissist for a day, we discuss if corndogs are gross and Santi teaches Lucie some amazing Colombian sayings! 

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