Today's guest is the incredible, hilarious, Japanese-Jewish, queer, comedy-music genius Dylan Adler. Dylan grew up in the Bay Area, performs all over New York and LA, is a cast member on the new TikTok show "Stapleview", and is releasing a comedy album in September. We talk about what it was like growing up with a Japanese mother and a Jewish father, living between both cultures, wanting a Bar Mitzvah, the time he and his identical twin brother came out to their Japanese grandparents, being bullied in high school, why he loves taking risks, how he found his way from music into comedy, laughing at painful experiences and so much more! Also, in this episode: Dylan teaches Lucie a new word and we find out why he wants to deport Mark Wahlberg. 

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This week Lucie talks to the hilarious Palestinian-American comedian and amateur boxer, Nina Kharoufeh. Nina appears in comedy clubs all over the country, has written a children's book called I'm A Princess Too, was part of the first ever all female comedy tour of the Middle East and is getting ready for her first amateur boxing fight. Nina grew up in New Jersey with Palestinian parents. We talk about being what makes her American, why she chose to start wearing the Hijab in middle school despite not growing up religiously, how her bully became her neighbor, the judgement she faces for the choices she's made, her time working at Fox News, her path to boxing, why she wants to deport Michael Rappaport and so much more. 

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This week Lucie talks to legendary Korean-British pianist, composer, conductor and comedian Hyung-Ki Joo who is also half of the world famous classical-music-comedy duo Igudesman & Joo. Hyung-Ki has arranged music for Billy Joel, performed with John Malkovitch, written works for the New York Philharmonic, and has had several viral YouTube videos of him in concert. We talk about what it was like growing up as the only Korean family in Norwich, England, dealing with racism, going to music boarding school when he was 8, imposter syndrome, how he decided Classical music should be funny, and why he loves music more than anyone else in the world. 

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This week's episode is one of a kind, featuring the hilarious and amazing, half Persian / half African-American comedian, actor and host, Tehran. Tehran speaks Farsi, Hebrew, Arabic, French and English and we talk a lot about language in this episode. We also talk about Shakespeare, being a Persian-Arabic-Jew, the influence his grandparents had on him, what makes a good person, immigrant guilt, comedy, what he means when he says he wants to be the medicine that makes the sugar go down, the feeling of never fitting in and SO much more. This episode is (immigrant) jam-packed with so many interesting stories and perspectives on the cross cultural, polyglot, first gen experience. 

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This week Lucie is joined by the hilarious, amazing and one of a kind, Taiwanese-Japanese comedian Atsuko Okatsuka. Atsuko has done stand up on the James Corden Show, invented the TikTok drop challenge, and is on tour this year. We talk about being tricked into moving to the US as a 10 year old and dealing with the shock of that, why her uncle gave birth to her, growing up undocumented in a basement, being stuck in cultural purgatory, not having a language to communicate to her grandmother in, her mom’s mental illness and so much more. This episode is incredible and was recorded at Melrose Podcast Studios in LA. 

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This week Lucie talks to Filipino-Canadian voice actor Eric Bauza, who voices Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian and many. many more. Eric also voiced Stimpy on the Ren & Stimpy show and is a total voice acting legend. We talk about what it was like growing up the son of Filipino immigrants in Toronto, how he went from animating fart sounds in cartoons to voicing the most iconic character of all time, his obsession with Looney Tunes and so much more. This episode was recorded at Melrose Studios in LA. 

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Tom Delgado is a comedian and the man behind the very popular YouTube channel @tomdnyc, where he makes funny and information packed videos on NYC history and beyond. Tom is the son of Nicaraguan immigrants who came to the US with nothing and achieved the American dream, and we talk about how that is something a lot of first generation kids find hard to live up to. We also talk about the time when a casting director didn't believe he was Latino becauser he passes as white and what it feels like having to deal with people's preconceptions on what a Latino man is supposed to look like, ditching his career as a lawyer to become a comedian, how he embraced his cross cultural background later in life and the time his immigrant family got booed out of bingo night on a cruise. 

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Kaneez Surka is an Indian born-South Africa- raised comedian, host and improviser and is part of Netflix's Ladies Up. We talk about moving from India to South Africa during Apartheid, being a Muslim Gujarati, not having a real national identity, how comedy found her, being bullied in India for not speaking Hindu, Sneezewood trees, and so much more. Kaneez is so funny and her story is fascinating. Make sure to follow her @kaneezsurka and please rate, review and share this episode with everyone you know!

Happy Wednesday! This week Lucie talks to Chilean comedian extroardinaire Fabrizio Copano. Fabrizio was the first South American comedian to have a Netflix special (Solo Pienso En Mi) and recently moved to New York City from Santiago. Fabrizio talks about what it was like starting the stand up scene in Chile, having his own TV show at age 16, if Chileans have a better sense of humor than Americans, fatherhood, why he wants to deport Michael Rappaport and so much more. Follow Fabrizio @fabriziocopano. 

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