Immigrant Jam

Welcome to Episode 99 featuring the HILARIOUS and amazing Indian-born-US-raised #comedian Shauna Godkhindi (Don't Tell Comedy). We talk nation fluidity, flip flops at the Vatican, moving from India to Kuwait, immigrant guilt and the immigrant hustle, underestimating parents, Ray Bradbury, unlearning, why things are the way they are, short problems and SO MUCH MORE!  ⭐️Instagram @immigrantjampodcast @ulovelucie @shaunakg ⭐️Email immigrantjam@gmail.com ⭐️Please rate & review! Reviews help us grow and reach a wider audience

The great comedian Ali Sultan (Don't Tell Comedy) is on the pod this week. Ali was born in Yemen, grew up in Ethiopia and moved to Minnesota as a teenager. We talk loneliness, the importance of community, Tony Hinchcliffe, being grateful and banning Thanksgiving turkey. Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/luciepohl Come to the November 17th live taping at the NY Comedy Festival https://www.eventbrite.com/e/immigrant-jam-podcast-live-with-lucie-pohl-tickets-1004864104587

This week I talk to President & CEO of the NY Immigration Coalition and President of NYC Action Murad Awawdeh. Murad grew up in Sunset Park, Brooklyn the son of Palestinian immigrants and started his life in activism at the age of 9. We talk about the misinformation around immigrants, the US's scarcity mentality and why poverty is a policy choice, Mayor Eric Adams, why he thinks everyone should read the project 2025 document, what motivates him to keep fighting, why he believes we all have power AND SO MUCH MORE! This episode is jam packed with information and such important facts.  Get tickets to our 100th Episode Live Recording in the NY Comedy Festival on November 17th Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/luciepohl Check out the NY Immigration Coalition  Please rate, review & subscribe!

This week comedian Ria Lina (Mock the Week, Have I Got News For You) is in the immigrant jam house. Ria was born in Britain to a Filipina mother and a German father, spent a few years living in California as a child and grew up in the Netherlands. We talk how to raise sensitive boys and what is wrong with men, what the world will look like in 40 years, how Brits see the US, why nudity should be normalized, living with your ex and SO MUCH MORE! Get tickets to the 100th episode LIVE Podcast Recording at the NY Comedy Festival  Follow the pod on IG @immigrantjampod  Check out the Patreon to support us www.patreon.com/luciepohl Please remember to rate, review and subscribe! 

This week Serbian-American comedian and former Basketball legend Alex Dragicevich hops on the Immigrant Jam train and talks growing up super Serbian in Chicago, shitting on his country and how it almost got him punched in the face on the NY subway, why he loves dating Southern Bells, the best accents, his salad obsession, why he'd like to outlaw yelling in Serbia and SO MUCH MORE! Get tickets to the NYC LIVE PODCAST RECORDING on NOV 17th  Follow Alex @alexdrag Follow the pod @immigrantjampod Please subscribe, rate & review!

Well this episode is a HOT one! Marcela Onyango is a Kenyan-born comedian who moved to Temple, Texas with her family when she was 12 years old. Marcela and Lucie talk P. Diddy, Eric Adams, celebrity culture, why we need a revolution, the dock worker's strike, Marcela's time living in Nairobi, why we need more vulnerable men and oh SO much more!  ***Come to the 100th Episode LIVE TAPING as part of the New York Comedy Festival on Novemver 17th in NYC! Get tickets here:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/immigrant-jam-podcast-live-with-lucie-pohl-tickets-1004864104587 Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/luciepohl Follow us on IG @immigrantjampodcast  Follow Marcela Onyango @feelthenews Follow Lucie @ulovelucie  Please rate, review & subscribe! 

This week comedian & actress Esther Chen is on the pod to talk moving fromm Taiwan to America, being a 36 year old virgin, man problems, dictators and so much more! Check out the pod on IG @immigrantjampod Follow Esther @theestherchen & follow Lucie @ulovelucie If you're in NYC come to the LIVE show at Caveat every First Friday of the month!  Go to www.patreon.com/luciepohl to support and please don't forget to rate, review, like ans subscribe!

This week we are flipping the script and travel through cyberspace to speak to Australian born internet super star illustrator Eddie White. Eddie went on a trip to Colombia right as the pandemic hit and never left. After falling in love in and with Colombia he started to collect and illustrate the many hilarious, fun, curious and poetic sayings that are part of Colombian culture and every day life. The internet loved his fun, colorful illustrations and he became a local celebrity. We talk what it means to be Gringo Washed, life in Bogota, first kisses, putting people in boxes, the funniest Colombian sayings and so much more! Check Eddie out and follow him on IG @eddiewhitejr  Follow the pod @immigrantjampod Check out the Patreon for extras and joy www.patreon.com/luciepohl Please subscribe, rate & review! Thank you for listening 

Canadian comedian Nathan Macintosh (The Tonight Show) joins Lucie to explain why he hates summer, what it's like living as a transparent man, whether or not Germans should be allowed to cheer for themselves, why no one is more disgusting than plumbers, working at Starbucks, the beauty of walking out of a job, amending he 2nd amendment AND SO MUCH MORE! Please don't forget to rate and review!  Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/luciepohl Follow the pod on IG @immigrantjampodcast  Follow Nathan on IG @nathanmacintosh & watch his new special DOWN WITH TECH on YouTube!  

Lucie is joined by comedian Che Guerrero (TikTok). Che was born in the Dominican Republic, raised in NYC and has been vocal about his struggle as an undocumented immigrant on social media and beyond. We talk what is was like living undocumented, how he decided to turn his anger into energy to educate people, why he decided to work as a nurse during the pandemic, his dreams of running for office and so much more.  Follow the podcast on IG @immigrantjampodcast Follow Lucie on IG @ulovelucie Follow Che @myundocumentedass Check out the Patreon for extras www.patreon.com/luciepohl And PLEASE take a minute to rate & review the pod!  

The hilarious South African born Texas raised comedian Sarah Tollemache (The Late Show w/ James Corden) joins Lucie on the pod this week. Lucie and Sarah talk growing up with a South African Dad and an English mother in suburban Texas, being obsessed with Zulu wars, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the American mentality and so much more!  Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/luciepohl Follow the pod on IG @imigrantjampod Follow Sarah on IG @sarahtollemache & check out her new special on YouTube! Follow Lucie @ulovelucie   

We are back from a little break and so excited to start the new round of Immigrant Jam with the amazing Venezuelan, comedy sensation Angelo Colina. Angelo is breaking ground doing Spanish comedy in the US and taking the internet by storm. Born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Angelo moved to Bogota, Salt Lake City and finally to NYC! We talk being grateful for what you have, why he loves grammar, becoming Latino and so much more! For tickets to Lucie's live show this Saturday in NYC go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lucie-pohl-the-german-problem-tickets-923921503087 Follow the pod on IG @immigrantjampodcast Follow Angelo @angelocolina across all platforms And check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/luciepohl    

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 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     

It's a brand new episode featuring comedian Zahid Dewji (The Tonight Show w/ Jimmy Fallon). Zahid joins Lucie to talk his Tanzanian-Indian parents, murdering house plants, stoners vs. drunks, his list of food grievances, why arguing is fun and so so SO much more! This is a hot episode filled with laughs and immigrant philosophies! Check out the Patreon for extras & to support: www.patreon.com/luciepohl Follow Zahid on IG @zahiddewji & follow the pod @immigrantjampodcast  Thank you for listening, we love you! 

This is episode is a WILD one. This week the HILARIOUS Indian-American-Queens-NYC-raised comedian Kunal C. Arora joins me on the podcast. Strap in because this conversation goes a mile a minute. From being sent to Muslim "fat camp" as a skinny Hindu boy, to whether or not humanity needs religion, to Kunal's dreams of starting a cult where everyone masturbates in pods, to what it was like growing up in the REAL NYC, to Kunal making up proverbs, to banning chicken wings; this episode is like going on a rollercoaster ride of immigrant-NYC-comedy-madness!  Follow Kunal on IG @alldaykca & follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast Please leave us a rating & review it helps so much! And if you love us and want to support PLEASE consider joining the Patreon for extras, early access and a beautiful community www.patreon.com/luciepohl :-)

This week the hilarious half Chinese, half Puerto Rican comedian James Camacho is on the podcast to talk his Chinese mother and Puerto Rican father, apologies - how much they mean and why they matter, happiness and if it's a myth, not being allowed to do what you love, how parents screw their kids up, why America is gaslighting everyone, James' crazy work ethic & so much more!  Check out the Patreon for early access to episodes & more www.patreon.com/luciepohl Check out James on IG @camachbro & follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast  Please consider leaving us a rating & review:-) 

The amazing Ming Chen (AMC's Comic Book Men) joins Lucie on the pod this week and talks his love for comic cons, how he fell into a TV career, his Chinese parents and why he never learned to speak Chinese, how Kevin Smith's movie CLERKS changed his life, finding a way to do what you love, why Asians are less angry, Alaskan strip clubs and SO MUCH MORE! Ming's positivity is inspiring! Listen and rejoice!  Check out Ming on IG @mingchen37 & check out the podcast @immigrantjampodcast  Would you consider joining our Patreon? It's a fun community, there are extras and your support would mean the world to us www.patreon.com/luciepohl Please leave us a rating & review:-)   

This week the amazing, badass Chinese-Canadian-American online mom comedy sensation Alyce Chan joins Lucie on the podcast. They talk growing up in Vancouver, working in her parent's Chinese supermarket, how embarrassed Alyce was of being Chinese well into her 30's until a car accident changed her perspective on her parent's sacrifices, making comedy for moms, how a mean children's book turned her into a comedian and so much more!  Check out the Patreon for early accces & extras www.patreon.com/luciepohl Follow Alyce on IG @momcomnyc & follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast  Please leave us a rating & review if you love this podcast!   

This week Hungarian-American actor, writer, comedian, improviser & Broadway star Peter Grosz (The Menu, Veep, Seth Meyers, Colbert) joins Lucie on the podcast to talk lessons from his Hungarian/Romanian immigrant father, improv brain, the value in travel and taking risks, rooming with Seth Meyers, where persistence comes from, his big Trump-diarrhea fantasy, being on Broadway & so much more! Check out the Patreon for early access to episodes, extras and a fun community www.patreon.com/luciepohl  Follow Peter on IG @petergrosz & follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast Please take a few seconds to leave us a review & rating:-)  Thank you for listening

This week upcoming Pakistani comedian Mohtasham Yaqub joins Lucie to talk about growing up in Pakistan as a child movie star, his disastruous audition for The Voice, how he got started in stand up, moving to Minnesota, the time he got scammed by John Casablancas, and SO MUCH MORE. For early access to episodes, extras and to support the podcast please consider becoming a Patron at www.patreon.com/luciepohl Follow Mohtasham on IG @mohtashamyaqub - follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast - follow Lucie @ulovelucie  Thank you for listening:-) 

This week the incredibly accomplished, internationally renowned & supremely talented violinist, composer, writer and comedian Aleksey Igudesman and former musician & founder of the Music Traveler app Julia Rhee join us. We talk the definition of home, being nation fluid, how creativity keeps you happy, enjoying life despite hardships, music, accepting criticism, fruit loops, underwear AND Aleksey also teaches us the absolute weirdest GERMAN word ever!  Some of you may remember episode #16 where I talked to the pianist & composer Hyung-Ki Joo. Aleksey is the other half of the musical duo known as Igudesman & Joo (check them out on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/@igudesmanandjoo Check out the Patreon for extras and early access www.patreon.com/luciepohl Please rate, review & subscribe to the podcast & follow us on IG @immigrantjampodcast ⭐️

This week we cross pollinate immigrant themed podcasts by welcoming the amazing Pakistani-American host of Immigrantly Podcast and human rights activist Saadia Khan to join us. Lucie and Saadia talk being othered, raw truths, the importance of letting people tell their own stories, if it's ok to ask people where they are from, the moment Saadia found out what Abbey Road was, if passports should still determine where you are at home and the two of them wonder if serious women are afraid of being funny. Plus Saadia tells us why she hates hot dogs.  Check out Immigrantly Podcast www.immigrantlypod.com Follow @immigrantjampodcast on IG & follow Lucie @ulovelucie Check out our Patreon for bonus content at www.patreon.com/luciepohl

We are back from a quick hiatus with amazing Zimbabwean comedian Learnmore Jonasi (Steve Harvey Award, Comedy Central). Learnmore's was raised in Chimanimani, a village in Zimbabwe, and moved to the US very recently. We talk about his happy childhood raised by his grandparents surrounded by nature, mountains and dogs, how he went from getting chairs thrown at him on stage to headlining the Apollo, what he thinks of the US, the first time he saw snow, Nigerian scammers, turning people into goats and so much more! Follow Learnmore @learnmore_jonasi & follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast ! If you like what you hear please check out the Patreon for early access, bonus content and a lovely community of people @ www.patreon.com/luciepohl And if you have 5 seconds please leave a review and a rating! We love you~

This week's (slightly delayed) episode features the first GERMAN guest on the podcast, model-turned-youtuber-turned-comedian Mario Adrion (American Idol). We talk about the dark side of male modeling, why straight men need to cuddle more, Mario's porn star friends, why he loves being German, how his dad raised him with no toxic masculinity, ball tickling, chimney sweeps, carrots and SO MUCH MORE! Follow Mario on IG @marioadrion & follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast  PLEASE leave us a review & rating & check out the Patreon: www.patreon.com/luciepohl We love you!

This week hilarious Colombian-American #comedian,# restauranteur and proud #vegan Alex Carabaño (HBO Latino) joins Lucie on the podcast to talk getting hair plugs, dating his stepsister, coming out to his Colombian family as vegan, where courage comes from, comedy, growing up in NYC, bombing at a Pakistani dance party and SO MUCH MORE!  Follow Alex @alexcarabaño and follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast  Please check out our Patreon to support www.patreon.com/luciepohl

This week the amazing South African comedian Loyiso Madinga (The Daily Show, Netflix's Comedians of the World) joins Lucie on this week to talk what it's like being an immigrant dad, growing up in rural South Africa without electricity or running water, why he thinks New Yorkers are the nicest meanest people on earth, the different personalities he takes on in the languages he speaks, banning pop tarts and so much more! Follow Loyiso @Loyisomadinga on IG & follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon www.patreon.com/luciepohl for bonus content, unedited episodes and a beautiful community.  

The amazing, hilarious Canadian-Somali-Djiboutian comedian Hoodo Hersi (Comedy Central, Seth Meyers) joins us this week. We talk how difficult it is to find men who can handle strong women, Mike realizes he's Somali at heart, immigrant vacations, why you need to be delusional to do comedy, Somali sayings, her progressive yet traditional mother, taking the best of both cultural worlds and so much more! Follow Hoodo on IG @hoodocomedy & follow the podcats @immigrantjampodcast If you love the podcast please give us a little 5 star rating & a review they help so much! And check out the Patreon to support www.patreon.com/luciepohl

This week's guest extroardinaire is Canadian-Austrian-Greek comedian & unhinged genius Pat Burtscher (Comedy Central). Pat tells me about growing up in Thornhill outside of Toronto with an Austrian father and a Greek mother and always feeling like a weirdo. We also talk about what it means to be brave, butt gum, rats, what he loves about stand up comedy, why he became vegetarian, the time he starred in an epic milk commercial in the UK, giant croissants AND we call my Dad Klaus to find out what a wind egg is. This episode was so much fun to record, it should be illegal.  You can watch Pat's commercial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4Xt_XS9BJA Follow Pat on IG @patburtscher and follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast  To support and get access to unedited episodes and bonus content please check out our Patreon www.patreon.com/luciepohl  Thank you so much for listening! 

We're back with another episode this time recorded in LA at Slap Studios featuring Ukrainian - American comedian, actor and former magician Greg Berman (NBC). Greg and I talk about how his family moved to the US from Ukraine to seek asylum, his immigrant parents and their bitter sweet relationship to their homeland, his former life as a magician, the time he lived with doves, why he has two business degrees, the ancient Ukrainian butthole proverb and SO SO SO much more! Follow Greg @bermancomedy & follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast If you love us and want to support please consider joiming the Patreon www.patreon.com/luciepohl Thank you for listening! We love you!

We are back with Afghan-American comedian Dauood Naimyar (Comedy Central) this week for another LA recorded episode of pure immigrant delight! Dauood talks being the first white washed member of his immigrant family, his 10 year plan to save Afghanistan, why he was a scumbag for 3 years, Afghan humor, what makes people laugh, his road to comedy, his hatred for beans, what his faborite Afghan food is and so so much more!  Follow Dauood on IG @dauoodn & follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast  Check out the Patreon if you want to support and help us make more of these:-) www.patreon.com/luciepohl And please give us a rating & review if you love this podcast! 

It's our 50th episode! This week we're recording from LA & our guest is the fabulous Czech comedian Bianca Cristovao (Colbert). Bianca made her late night debut recently and is about to go on a European tour with Bill Burr. We talk growing up in Prague and moving to LA at 19, being one of 5 black people in the Czech Republic, accents, how language opens up your brain, Czech sayings, crying in public, how China could help racism, Danish movies, American culture and so much more!  Follow Bianca @biancacristovao & follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast   

This week hilarious Colombian-Canadian comedian Santi Espinosa (La Comedy Mafia) joins us on the pod to talk moving from Colombia to NYC, from NYC to Colombia, and from Colombia to Canada all before the age of 18, idolizing America, feeling like the perpetual immigrant, his dad's gambling addicition and why he didn't cry when he died, single moms (do we even need Dads?), and some good old fashioned New York poop stories. Also we come up with the concept of being a narcissist for a day, we discuss if corndogs are gross and Santi teaches Lucie some amazing Colombian sayings!  Follow Santi on IG @santiagocomedy & follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast Please check out the Patreon if you'd like to support www.patreon.com/luciepohl And if you love this podcast or this episode please leave us a rating & review! It helps so much:-)