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 @immigrantjampodca...

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.event...

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 re...

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 no...

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 t...

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 d...

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...

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!  Chec...

Lucie is joined by comedian Che Guerrero (TikTok). Che was born in the Dominican Republic, raised in NYC. We talk 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 ou...

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...

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...

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, abou...

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 L as Mujeres Mueven Montanas (Women Move...

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:/...

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, jaywa...

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...

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....

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...

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 i...

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, b...

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-stereo...

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, a...

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 int...

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...

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...