IAMERICANIZED

UMass Amherst History Professor Jennifer Fronc (@jenfronc/Author of Monitoring the Movies: The Fight Over Film Censorship in Early Twentieth-Century Urban America) joins the pod as we explore Censorship in America (movies, standup, music) and its influences.

UMass Amherst History Professor Andrew Donson (Author of Youth in the Fatherless Land: War Pedagogy, Nationalism, and Authority in Germany, 1914-1918) joins the pod as we explore America's occupation of post second world war Germany, Fordism and assembly line, and we also look at how German immigrants influenced the United States.

University of Massachusetts Amherst History Professor Richard Chu (Author of The Chinese and Chinese Mestizos of Manila/Upcoming Book: More Tomboy More Bakla Than We Admit) joins the pod as we explore the Philippine-American War, America's occupation of Philippines, and how the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 in America impacted the Philippines.

Marcus Monroe (@marcusjmonroe/Late Show/Andy Kaufman Award) joins the pod as we explore circus in America and its influences. We discuss circus history in America, circus animals, feminism and circus, and how it has evolved over the years.

Caitlin Peluffo (@caitlinpeluffo/Colbert/Good Time Gal) joins the pod as we explore the 1920s prohibition in America and the creation of Mafia, why the drinking age is dumb, and Caitlin shares her fav drink recommendations.

How is Greece influenced by the United States? Comedian and Greek superstar Gus Constantellis (@constantlygus) joins the podcast to share his anecdotes about growing up Greek in NYC - we discuss the Truman Doctrine, and some great Greek food recommendations.

Comedian Steven Rogers (@notsteverogers/Colbert/Panic Attacking Podcast) joins the pod as we explore our relationships to anxiety, a timeline of Anxiety research in America, and we explore America's relationship with Anxiety.

How is Canada influenced by America? Canadian born and now New York City comedian Nathan Macintosh (@nathanmacintosh/ Positive Anger/ Fallon) joins the pod as we explore US-Canada relationship, and how most Canadians view the United States.

Comedian and writer Mohanad Elshieky (@mohanadelshieky/ Conan/ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee) shares his journey from Libya to moving to USA and becoming a late night TV writer. We also explore Gaddafi's rise and fall, and the Benghazi saga.

Comedian and writer Nimesh Patel (@findingnimesh/SNL/Zooidiots) shares his insights into how Hollywood shapes media representation, and how growing up in New Jersey has shaped his comedy.

Comedian Fabrizio Copano (@fabriziocopano/Netflix) joins the pod as he shares how watching American stand up led to him "invent" laughter in Chile. We also discuss the 1973 coup, and how Chile is Americanized!

Comedian and actor Lucie Pohl (@ulovelucie/ Immigrant Jam/ Voice of Mercy - Overwatch) joins the podcast as we explore American self-help culture, a brief history of the industry, and Lucie shares the differences between German and American enthusiasm.

Comedian Monroe Martin (Tonight Show/ Comedy Central/NNFA Podcast) joins the podcast as we explore America's influence on the birth of Liberia and how free slaves were shipped to start a sovereign nation. Monroe shares his personal anecdotes about growing up in a foster care and how that shaped his view on race relations in America.

South Africa is a story of hope for natives all around the globe. This episode, we explore America's influence on South Africa, how apartheid came to an end and more - with South African born and current New York comedian Sarah Tollemache (@stollemache/At Home Film Festival/Comedy Central/Corden).

Nick Griffin (@thenickgriffin/Letterman/Scary Monsters Podcast) shares his love of horror films, writing horror film scripts, and what he loves about the genre. This episode, we explore horror films influence on race, culture and more.

Comedian and fellow Bangladeshi Usama Siddiquee (@usamastandsup/ Mango Bae/AGT) joins IAMericanized to discuss fast fashion, the Rana Plaza disaster, and a crazy court case related to the American Denim.

Brooks Wheelan (@brookswheelan/SNL/Entry Level) shares his stories about rigging a Halloween costume party in college and the time he wrote a SNL Halloween sketch. This episode, we explore a brief history of Halloween, and how Halloween became Americanized.

Comedian and a student of Applied Mathematics, Matthew Broussard (@mondaypunday/The Tonight Show/Comedy Central) joins IAMericanized and shares how he uses Math in his comedy. This episode, we explore a brief timeline of Math in America, and how the second world war was pivotal for increased funding in Math education, the genius of Abraham Wald, and much more!

Joe List (I Hate Myself/ Tuesdays with Stories!/Mindful Metal Jacket) shares his personal anecdotes around the September 11 attacks, and then we explore a brief timeline to 9/11 attacks, it's influences, and much more.

Pedro Gonzalez (Colbert) shares what he was like growing up in Colombia. We explore a timeline of America and Colombia's relationship, discuss the war on drugs, impact of war on drugs on Colombia initiated by Plan Colombia, Pablo Escobar, and much more.

With the Juilliard trained-viola prodigy and comedian Isabel Hagen (The Tonight Show/Good Timing), we explore a timeline of American music, the first copyright song ever in the united states, origins of hip hop, discuss our relationship to the most influential song 'Happy Birthday' and much more.

Alingon Mitra (Conan/Colbert/The Daily Show) shares his personal immigration story - then we discuss the history of immigration in America, how the policies implemented created the myth of 'model minority', and Alingon tries his luck with the U.S. citizenship test.

Comedian and writer Nick Vatterott (Real Time with Bill Maher/Get Rich Nick Podcast/Comedy Central), we discuss the history of the USD, the Gold standard, Fiat currency, the Bretton Woods pact, and dollar diplomacy.

Comedian Nat Christiana and Shafi discusses the history of the atomic bomb, United States-Iran relationship, and the nuclear deal.

How did America shape the Israel-Palestine dispute? This episode, we cover a brief history of the conflict, American role in facilitating peace talks between the states, US-Israel strong relationship, and UN resolutions/vetoes.

We explore how President Richard Nixon and Pandas played a crucial role in the birth of Bangladesh in 1971. And The Beatles changed how the crisis unfolded!