Immigrant Jam

Hello beautiful people of the Immigrant Jam Podcast Universe!  We're back after a little break with a new episode featuring comedian KC Shornima who write for Saturday Night Live! KC grew up in Nepal and moved to Atlanta with her family as a child. We talk what it was like growing up amidst a civil war, not seeing her parents for 4 years, the meaning of life, death and the healing power of comedy, reincarnation, the communist boogeyman, becoming a creepy guy, how to shoot your shot, and SO MUCH MORE! Check out the Patreon for early access to episodes and more www.patreon.com/luciepohl Follow the pod on IG @immigrantjampodcast Follow KC @kcshornima & follow Lucie @ulovelucie  Thank you for listening! Please leave us a rating & review!  

This week Pakistani-American comedian & former Pro Halo player Danish Maqbool joins Lucie on the pod. Danish has toured the country opening for comedians like Hasan Minaj, Ramy Youssef and Mo Amer. On this episode Danish tells us about his old school dad who won the green card lottery, was scammed by his best friend and managed to hide the fact he speaks Russian from his family for decades, about his parent's picture book arranged marriage, how being bullied helped him become funny, his thoughts on becoming a father soon and how to "build" a kid,  why he game-a-fies everything, the importance of building strong communities, his pumpkin gender reveal party, and SO much more! This episode is a real gem!  ⭐️Please leave us a rating & review! ⭐️Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/luciepohl ⭐️Follow the pod on IG @immigrantjampodcast & follow Danish @dmaq1  

This week the incredible Buenos Aires born illustrator & visual artists Pepita Sandwich (The New Yorker, Washington Post, Vogue) joins Lucie on the podcast to talk about her new book "The Art of Crying" which comes out on April 30th. Pepita's first two books were published by PRH in Spain and Argentina; Diario de Supervivencia (Survival Diaries 2016) and Las Mujeres Mueven Montanas (Women Move Mountains 2019).  We talk why we cry, the history of tears, why everyone should cry more, why men cry less, Japanese tear teachers, brain tingles, her Italian dad’s immigrant brain, the time she was the only Argentinian in Vermont, why she loves Messi, Americans vs North Americans, the US’s soft power, the pain of watching the current political situation in Argentina, how to make yourself cry and SO MUCH MORE!  ⭐️Check out the Patreon for early access, bonus content & more www.patreon.com/luciepohl ⭐️Follow the podcast & Lucie on IG @immigrantjampodcast & @ulovelucie ⭐️Follow Pepita @pepitasandwich  ⭐️Please take a few seconds to leave us a rating & review!  

This week Liberian-American-NYC-raised comedian Meka Mo joins Lucie on the podcast to talk growing up the only African person in Astoria, Queens, why she thinks she doesn't make sense anywhere but in NYC, Liberian history, how capitalism has made people in the US lonely, why she thinks burgers are stupid and so much more! SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/luciepohl FOLLOW US! https://www.instagram.com/immigrantjampodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/ulovelucie/ https://www.instagram.com/mekasocial/?hl=en Subscribe to the YouTube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_x3ahP4LGnb77KC515RdBQ  

This week Japanese-born-Ohio-raised comedian & podcaster Fumi Abe (Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Cash Cuties podcast) joins Lucie to talk about moving from Japan to Ohio at age 7, how his personality is different in Japanese, his plan to ban ranch dressing, why hentai is hack, translating inappopriate medical records for his mom when he was a kid, giving Americans pokeman names, old movies, jaywalking in Japan, Dave Chappelle and so much more!  SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/luciepohl FOLLOW US! https://www.instagram.com/immigrantjampodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/ulovelucie/ https://www.instagram.com/thefumiabe/ Subscribe to the YouTube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_x3ahP4LGnb77KC515RdBQ  

Colombian-American comedian & podcaster Isa Medina joins me this week to talk being a white Latina, is there a chance one of us could date Bad Bunny? Having no boundaries, moving from Bogota to Virginia, first kisses, why we need others to see our identities, and so much more!  Send us your questions & comments to immigrantjam@gmail.com  Follow the podcast onb IG @immigrantjampodcast  Follow Isa @isaamedinaa & please leave us a little rating & review!  If you would like to support check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/luciepohl  

Happy Holidays! This week the very funny German-American comedian & former non Olympic swimmer Laura Sogar joins us on the pod to talk growing up with a German mom, the German Christmas obsession, where aliens come from, how her parents fell in love in the sky, why everyone should travel if they can, bumping into K Pop stars, and the word for thinking a squirrel is so cute you want to strangle it.  Send us your answers to the Pohl Questionnaire at immigrantjam@gmail.com Follow the pod on IG @immigrantjampod and follow Laura @laurasogar  Check out the the Patreon for extras and early access www.patreon.com/luciepohl Wishing you the happiest holidays and all the best for 2024!

This week Palestinian-American comedian Atheer Yacoub (Denied Entry) is our guest to talk what it feels like to be Palestinian, why she doesn't want to die in Alabama, having no time for PTSD, what the Arabic language means to her, hitting squirrels, forming bonds with pebbles, why millionaires are psychopaths and so much more. Send us your answers to the Pohl Questionnaire at immigrantjam@gmail.com and we will include them in future episodes! Follow the podcast on IG @immigrantjampodcast & come check out the next live show in New York City on January 5th at Caveat NYC.  Listen to Atheer's album Denied Entry & check her out on IG @atheeryacoub  

Hello Cuties! This week the hilarious Saaniya Abbas joins Lucie on the pod while she was in town taking the NYC comedy scene by storm & it's a hot one! Saaniya is Indian, lives in Dubai and her IG exploded during the pandemic with her honest, hilarious & badass videos. After getting divorced Saaniya had the guts to get up on stage & turn her pain into comedy. We talk what it's like being a woman in a male dominated industry, cancel culture, the Louis CK controversy, her Harry Potter obsession, JK Rowling, if you can separate art from artist, Saaniya tries to learn to do the NYC accent and Lucie tells her the story of the time she got to be in a Harry Potter movie.  Check out the podcast on IG @immigrantjampodcast & follow Saaniya @saaniyax If you love us please consider checking out the Patreon for early access to episodes, extras & more www.patreon.com/luciepohl 1Please leave us a rating & review :-) 

This week Lucie is joined by comedian & "Card Ninja" Javier Jarquin, currently on Broadway with his comedy-card throwing show 'Card Ninja'. Javier was born in Costa Rica to Nicaraguan-Chinese parents, moved to Miami briefly at age 4 before his family settled in Christchurch, New Zealand where he grew up. We talk what it was like being the first foreigner to ever go to his school in Christchurch, being the black sheep of the family because he's never been shot at, the difference between being racist and being curious, the creepiest cafe in the world, why Germany needs a better food campaign, taking risks, his road from New Zealand to Broadway, why he loves Fritz's weiner and SO MUCH MORE! Check out the Patreon for early access to episodes, a great community & extras www.patreon.com/luciepohl Please leave a rating & review for us, it helps so much! Check out & follow Javier on IG @javierjarquincomedian @realcardninja,  podcast @immigrantjampodcast & Lucie @ulovelucie ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Our guest on this week's episode is actor & TikTok superstar James Tang (@jamesthetang) James war born in Thailand to a Chinese mother who was born in Korea, and a Chinese father who was born in Thailand. His parents met in Taiwan and James grew up going to an International School, before moving to Canada, Australia and finally the US. He is an immigrant x 300. We talk growing up in an anti-stereotypical Asian family, the time he grounded himself, comparing oneself to a future idealized version of yourself, life coaching, Matthew Perry’s colostomy bag, celebrating the steps we’ve taken, why gratefulness matters, creating your own definition of success, Luther burgers and so much more.  Follow James on IG @jamesthetang & follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast  Check out the Patreon for early access to episodes & to support www.patreon.com/luciepohl And PLEASE take 20 seconds to leave us a rating & review:-) 

This week the hilarious & amazing Jordanian-Canadian comedian Nour Hadidi (FX's What We Do In The Shadows) joins Lucie on the podcast. This episode is jam packed with funnyness, wisdom nuggets and all the important stuff: we talk Jordanian frowns, finding a home within yourself, millenial mental health, getting ripped off by airlines, meatloaf, why Nour hates Cleveland, the dating meritocracy, and SO MUCH MORE! Follow Nour on IG @nourhadidi & follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast Check out Lucie's New York Comedy Festival Show on November 3rd in NYC! And consider joining the Patreon for early access, extras and a beautiful Jam-ily www.patreon.com/luciepohl

This week I interviewed the amazing photo-journalist and educator Colin Boyd Shafer, whose new book FINDING AMERICAN comes out on October 31st. The book is absolutely incredible and beautiful. It features stories of immigrants from all 50 states and is an epic journey through America, and in turn, the world. Colin spent over a year covering over 50,000 miles in a Prius, sleeping on couches and interviewing and photographing immigrants. So much attention, thought, time and love went into this book. In a world where 30 second clips rule and we are rewarded for our ability to be quick and concise, this book is a reminder of how much art can encompass when we make the time and take the time. From the publisher: A captivating photographic portrait of the diverse experiences of immigrants in the United States, depicting the resilience and realities of building a home in a new place. Disturbed by the increasingly hostile views of immigrants that arose in the United States during the 2016 presidential election, photographer Colin Boyd Shafer set out on a road trip to meet hundreds of families and individuals with roots abroad who now live in America. The result, after a year of travel covering fifty thousand miles, is this collection of striking photos and moving stories that form a portrait of the nation’s complex and shifting relationship to immigration. Some of the participants chose to make America home; others were displaced by crises. Some were warmly welcomed and granted citizenship; others battled the immigration system for years and still live with fear and uncertainty. Their circumstances and origins vary, but all are united by a willingness to share their stories—of harrowing journeys, intense love, separated families, passionate activism—in hopes of adding nuance and depth to a vital issue that continues to polarize Americans. Colin and I discuss how the book came to be, his own history of immigration, the beauty of planning, his connection to the people in the book, the importance of storytelling and asking questions, why he hates grits and so much more! Follow Colin @colinboydshafer & follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast  Preorder the book here https://www.figure1publishing.com/book/finding-american/#:~:text=“In%20Finding%20American%2C%20Colin%20Boyd,seen%2C%20heard%2C%20and%20respected. Check out the Patreon for extras, early access to episodes and more www.patreon.com/luciepohl And lastly, if you have a 30 seconds please leave us a rating & review! Thank you we love you! 

We're back! Please excuse the interruption in our programming. Uzbekistan-born-NYC-raised comedian Natan Badalov joins Lucie on the podcast to talk being the darkest kid in Yeshiva, if Jews are white, small d**k energy, women, superstitions and why he thinks vegans are full of ... Check out Natan on IG @natanbadalov Check out the podcast @immigrantjampodcast Please consider joining the Patreon for early access, exclusive content and more www.patreon.com/luciepohl

PLEASE excuse the silence! Immigrant Jam is on the road! We are back and this time with an episode recorded in beautiful Paris while I am on tour with my new stand up hour. This episode features Terrence Wong, comedian from America who moved to Paris and does stand up comedy there. Terrence's parents are also immigrants, so he is basically an immigrant cubed. We talk about what it was like moving to Europe, what he hates and loves about Paris, we make up a new food called the Pho-sant and dive into my recent experience trolling Elon Musk on twitter.   

Our guest this week is comedian Soo Ra, who was born in Korea and adopted by a white family in Michigan as a baby. We talk about what looking Korean but not speaking the language or having grown up with any Korean culture feels like, why she thinks she is related to King Kong, what she would say to her birthmother if she ever met her, watching K dramas, opening for Jeff Ross and so much more. Soo Ra's perspective and story are so interesting and inspiring AND she is hilarious! Check out Soo Ra on IG @hoora4soora & check out the pod @immigrantjampodcast  If you love us please consider joining the Patreon www.patreon.com/luciepohl Thank you for listening:-) 

This week's slightly delayed episode features comedian Naomi Karavani (Redacted Tonight). Naomi grew up with Yemeni-Israeli Jewish parents in New Jersey, lived a life as an archeologist and is now a comedian living in NYC. We talk ancient civilizations, the mystery of the Yemeni-Jewish conehead wedding tradiiton, how she lost her job because of the war in Ukraine, her podcast Cargo Cult, why fake meat is bad for you and so much more. Follow Naomi on IG @naomikaravani & follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast Please consider joining the Patreon www.patreon.com/luciepohl Thank you for listening! 

We're back with another delicious episode this week featuring Israeli-American rapper & comedian Kosha Dillz (MTV's Wild n Out) aka Ramy Matan Even-Esh. From getting sober in jail and turning his life around to becoming a rapper, Ramy's story is touching and hilarious. We talk the power of writing, his Jewish identity, the importance of failure, bathroom ettiquette, why he wants to ban broccoli and so much more.  Follow Ramy @koshadillzworld on IG & follow the pod @immigrantjampodcast  Check out the Patreon for early access, bonus episodes and more www.patreon.com/luciepohl   

This week the hilarious half Colombian, half Puerto Rican, Queens native, comedian Lissa Lenis joins me on the podcast. Lissa talks candidly about her weight loss journey and her plans to get a Brazilian Butt Lift and Tummy Tuck, we get into what it means to be a New Yorker, the telenovela that is her family, cheating Dads, how to live on an Indian Reservation without being Native American, and if Barbie is responsible for women's warped sense of body image. Also, Lissa admits to deciding to be a bully before anyone could bully her and so much more! Follow the podcast on IG @immigrantjampodcast and check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/luciepohl for bonus episodes, early access and a wonder community!  

The time has come for Carolina Ravassa, Colombian-born actress, producer & voice of Sombra on Overwatch/2 & Raze on Valorant, and so much more to make her Immigrant Jam debut! Carolina and I have been friends and Overwatch family for over 6 years and had an absolute blast talking growing up in Cali, Vagina Monologues, what fame feels like, banning side salads and so much more. This is the short verion of a ONE HOUR conversation we had. To listen/watch the FULL HOUR go to patreon.com/luciepohl.  Follow Carolina @ravassa on all socials & follow the podcats @immigrantjampodcast