Trinidadian - American comedian & writer Ayanna Dookie (TruTV, Wild n Out) joins Lucie on the podcast this week. Ayanna's parents are both from Trinidad, her mother is Black and her father Indian, and Ayanna talks about the struggle to be "allowed" to identify with one or the other, the culture shock of moving from NYC to Maryland at a young age, giant flying cockroaches, her favorite "Trinny" food, racism, dating, her obsession with German boys and so much more! Oh and this episode also features a rare appearance by our producer Mike Albanese! This is a hot one! 

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This week Lucie is joined by hilarious Canadian comedian Graham Kay (The Tonight Show w/ Jimmy Fallon, Colbert). Graham tells Lucie the incredible tale of his Czech grandfather who hid jews, fled to France to escape fascism, traded Picassos for a boat ride to Canada and then trained his dog to exclusively poop on Russian soil. Graham talks growing up in Ottawa with his French born mother, his brother Peter who has autism and his autism podcast "Autastic", why he felt upside down in LA but feels at home in NYC, his new special "Live In A Bowling Alley" and so much more! 

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Lebanese-Canadian comedian and actor Dave Merheje (Hulu's Ramy, Netflix's Comedian of the World) joins Lucie on the podcast this week to talk growing up in Windsor, going to Lebanon for the first time at 42 to discover his roots, the first time in his life he felt no anxiety, partying half naked in Beirut, his love for acting, his upcoming film opposite Star Wars' Daisey Ridley, why he thinks his Dad is an alien AND SO MUCH MORE! 

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This week Lucie is joined by amazing Guyanese-American rapper, actor and TikTok sensation Tenn Buick. Tenn talks growing up Guyanese in Queens, the beauty of the immigrant community, karate kicking his way out of being bullied, how he started rapping at 5 years old, why herniated testicles haunt the Guyanese people, Bollywood movies and SO much more. 

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This week episode is a special one! It's our first remote episode as Lucie is joined by Ecuadorian-American writer Rafael Agustin (CW's Jane the Virgin). Rafael just published his hilarious and poignant memoir "Illegally Yours" about growing up (unknowingly) undocumented in the United States. This is the first time a guest on the podcast talks about what it is like to live as an undocumented immigrant in the US and it's an important, eye opening discussion. Rafael talks about the culture shock of moving from relative privilge in Ecuador to a garage in California, the guilt felt by children of immigrants, the night he raided Oliver Stone's mansion, how his immigration problems led him to art, why vulnerability is his superpower, his obsession with Zach Morris, the time he wanted to deport his penis and SO much more. 

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This week Lucie is joined by hilarious Colombian comedian Pedro Gonzalez (first Colombian comedian on The Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert). Lucie and Pedro talk about his life growing up on a milk farm in Colombia, depression, comedy, being undocumented, his fear of being invisible, the time he became a semi professional Salsa dance just to meet women, why he thinks New York is disgusting and so much more. 

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This week Lucie is joined by Indian stay-at-home-Mom turned one-in-a-billion comedian & TikTok superstar Zarna Garg. Zarna just filmed her one hour special which will be released on a major streamer in 2023, was featured on Hilary & Chelsea Clinton's "Gutsy", and is the winner of Kevin Hart's Lyft Comics Competition. 

Zarna talks about getting kicked out of the house at age 15 because she wanted to learn instead of getting married, finding her way to the US, living under a rock for 16 years, why she doesn't have time for haters and reads the Indian newspaper every morning, her sneaky mother in law, why she wants to eat Kelly Ripa and so much more. 

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This week the incredible French-Australian-British actress, writer and voice of Overwatch & Overwatch 2's Widowmaker, Chloé Hollings joins Lucie on the podcast to talk moving from Paris to Melbourne and back again by age 7, the European way of life, always feeling like a foreigner, how many croissants she's really eaten, the French mustard supremacy, what it really means when French people say they have a pussy in their throat and SO much more! 

Chloé is the author of a French bestselling book called Fuck Les Regimes (Fuck Diets!) about struggling with weight, body image, and learning to love herself the way she is. If you speak French make sure to check it out and if you don't then stay tuned for the English translation coming very soon. 

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This week Lucie talks to Chinese comedian & TikTok star Jiaoying Summers. With over 1.2 million TikTok followers Jiaoying is a comedy star on the rise & a true enigma. We talk about her road from "dumpster baby" to comedy queen, the first time she felt beautiful, what she loves about China, post partum depression, American women, getting texts from John Singleton, why she wants to eat Brad Pitt and SO much more. 

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Indonesian comedy superstar Pandji Pragiwaksono is in the Immigrant Jam house this week. With over 1.5 million YouTube subscribers and stadium tours back home, Pandji is pretty much the King of Indonesian Comedy, and now he goes to open mics, rides the bus and is basically starting from scratch. 

We talk about living the dream in NYC, why Indonesians are obsessed with breaking records, his squirrel fascination, what's Indonesian, why the US isn't spicy enough for him, conservatism back home and so much more. 

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