They Tried To Bury Us with Tamer Kattan

Tamer and Kity sit down with the amazing Mary Basmadjian, a comedian, actor, writer, producer and Caregiver who’s well known by the moniker #FunnyArmenianGirl. We learn about the Armenian genocide, how it displaced the Armenian people and how important it is to never forget. You can see so much inspiration in her comedy from her life experiences. She’s a strong Armenian woman who fights some traditions, while simultaneously embracing and loving others. In the middle of her hilarious standup and sketch characters you can genuinely see a deep love for her family, her culture and her people.

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Tamer Kattan himself filled in this week and Kity hosted an unexpectedly intimate conversation about the child abuse Tamer suffered at his father's hands, how and why it happened and what its like for Kity to hear Tamer talk about it on stage. You may know him as an internationally touring comedian, from his album “brown sheep” or as the co-host of this very podcast, but you’ve never known him like you will after this episode.

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Kity and Tamer sit down with Zahra Noorbakhsh for an incredibly personal and shocking conversation about what life was like after 9/11 for her hijab wearing mother and Iranian family. Zahra is a feminist Muslim and Iranian-American comedian. Her one woman show, “All Atheists are Muslim” was directed by W. Kamau Bell, dubbed a highlight of the NYC Fringe festival by New Yorker magazine. She is a contributor to The NY Times featured anthology, “Love Inshallah: The secret lives of American Muslim Women” and we think you’re going to fall in love with her.

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Each week, an immigrant of the United States shares their American origin story. Kity and Tamer sat down with the super talented Fabrizio Copano, one of the most well known comedians in Latin America and the first South American comedian to shoot an original comedy special for Netflix. They talk about why Fabrizio left a successful career in Latin America to move to the U.S. - what it’s like to be in new in the L.A. comedy scene while simultaneously having to learn English and how much better life gets after being a little bit of a jerk.

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Each week, an immigrant of the United States shares their American origin story. Kity and Tamer sat down with Yahel and Andy Sharabi owners of Soul Pump Fitness, a movement studio in West LA that embodies the very thing that brought this beautiful American woman and beautiful Israeli man together - love. We’ve had new immigrants on before, but on this episode we get a brand spanking new American with Yahel having just become a U.S. citizen. Their love for life, each other and the United States shines through.

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Each week, an immigrant of the United States shares their American origin story. Kity missed this week vacationing in Pasadena, so Tamer sat down with comedian and friend John Hastings. A hilarious globe trotting comedian who has appeared at every major comedy festival in the world. We here why John left Canada for the UK, why he left the UK for the USA and how he became a viral sensation after Dennis Rodman heckled him at his first show in Los Angeles.

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Each week, an immigrant of the United States shares their American origin story. Tamer and Kity sit down with Latina comedian-friend, Michelle Alejandra Stevenson Nuñez, a very funny comedian...and Nurse! Michelle’s American origin story stretches across the globe from Germany to Chile to Miami. A fascinating family history that ends in a great conversation about the responsibility we feel as sons and daughters of immigrants to stand up to racism.

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Each week, an immigrant of the United States shares their American origin story. Tamer and Kity sit down with Anna Hossnieh, an Iranian-American live comedy/video/podcast producer and cohost of the Ethnically Ambiguous podcast. A powerful and intimate episode about an artist finding her voice and herself somewhere in between Iran and Berkeley, Ca.

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Each week, an immigrant of the United States shares their American origin story. Tamer and Kity sit down with Servet Fidan, a talented singer-songwriter born in Chicago to a mother and father that immigrated from Istanbul, Turkey.

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Each week, an immigrant of the United States shares their American origin story. Tamer and Kity sit down with poet, filmmaker and co-host of the “Ethnically Ambiguous” podcast, Shereen Lani Younes to hear how her family got from Syria to San Diego.

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