Immigrantly
Immigrantly is an award-winning podcast hosted by Saadia Khan that explores immigrant narratives, identity, race, and belonging in America. Each week, Saadia engages in unfiltered conversations with diverse voices including artists, academics, and cultural disruptors. The podcast delves into the complexities of culture, immigration, and inclusion, offering nuanced and humorous perspectives on what it means to belong. It aims to go beyond surface-level diversity to examine how identity shapes real lives.
Episodes
Feed Drop: The Nikkah Loophole, from More Muslim
Sharing a special episode this week from the More Muslim podcast. Reporter Tanita Rahmani realizes a small detail—blue ink instead of black on a marriage contract—means her marriage was never legally registered. That revelation sends her on a personal and investigative journey into the legal gray zone where many Muslim marriages exist: recognized by faith, but invisible to the law. From overlooked
The Immigrant Vote Nobody Is Using
There's a voting bloc large enough to decide 126 congressional races and most of it isn't showing up. In this episode, Saadia Khan breaks down data on naturalized citizens, immigrant voter turnout, and civic participation in America, and makes the case that the ballot is one of the most powerful tools immigrants have but aren't using. From New York's 2026 primary to the $383 billion immigrants pay
Too Foreign for Home, Too Foreign for Here (March 2025)
What does it really mean to belong, and what happens when belonging feels like betrayal?
Beatriz Nour has lived this question. Born in France, raised between Brazil and Egypt, and based in Dubai for nearly a decade, she's the creator of the podcast InBetweenish and someone who knows firsthand what it costs to reject your heritage, and what it takes to slowly find your way back to it.
In this con
The One NYC Race That Could Change How $300 Billion Gets Spent
Saadia Khan sits down with Raj Goyle, whose parents came from India with a few dollars and a medical degree. His mom was the only female OB in Wichita shut out by the establishment, so she built her own referral network with Filipino and Vietnamese immigrant doctors. Raj took a different path: civil rights lawyer, ACLU after 9/11, state legislator, tech founder. Now he's in New York challenging a
The Dude Who's Winning Men Over to the Left
His Instagram bio says it all: "Just a dude working on political stuff."
Charlie Goldensohn grew up in San Francisco's Mission District with a Marxist activist father and a Planned Parenthood director for a mother. He went on to work for Senator Dianne Feinstein, became Dr. Jill Biden's digital director, served in the White House, and worked on the Kamala Harris 2024 campaign. Then Democrats lost
The Hate America Allowed
On the eve of Eid ul-Adha, host Saadia Khan reflects on the San Diego mosque shooting that killed three men during prayer — and the Instagram comment calling Islam a "bloody demonic cult" that followed. In this raw narration episode, Saadia connects the dots between normalized anti-Muslim rhetoric, political silence, and the violence it enables. From her daughter being called "queen of Taliban" in
Who Really Owns This Art? A Smithsonian Insider Gets Honest
Your favorite museum might be built on stolen goods. Nicole Dowd works inside the Smithsonian, and she's not here to defend it. Saadia Khan sits down with Nicole to break it all down. As Head of Public Programs at the National Museum of Asian Art, she's sitting with the uncomfortable truth: Western museums have a colonial problem, and a fresh coat of "inclusivity" paint won't fix it. We get into
The Promise of Queens
What does it look like when someone walks away from a prestigious career, on principle, and comes back fighting? Chuck Park did exactly that. A son of Korean immigrants who sold T-shirts on Canal Street, he rose to become a U.S. diplomat, then resigned in 2019 after the El Paso mass shooting and published his letter in The Washington Post. Now he's running a 100% grassroots campaign for Congress i
Once You Leave, You're Never the Same
Immigrant life in New York City looks glamorous from the outside, but what happens when you arrive in January with snow up to your knees, no work permit, and no roadmap for who you're supposed to become?
In this episode, host Saadia sits down with Laura Peruchi, a Brazilian journalist, content creator, podcaster, and one of New York City's most trusted voices for immigrants navigating life in a n
Hip Hop Into Your Raw Self with Zainab Hasnain FKA ZEEMUFFIN (Dec 2022)
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When we first sat down with Zainab Hasnain — DJ, producer, and writer FKA ZEEMUFFIN — back in 2022, she was already doing something remarkable: carving out space as a Pakistani immigrant woman in one of the most male-dominated creative
Praying in Secret: What It Really Costs to Be Muslim in America
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What does it feel like to leave your faith at the door, not because you're ashamed, but because you're exhausted?
In this episode of Immigrantly, host Saadia Khan sits down with Salman Khan, a journalist, composer, and Executive Produc
The Stories We Don't Tell About Motherhood
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What do you do with grief for something that never was?
Helena de Groot spent years circling one of the most quietly radical questions a person can ask: whether or not to have a child. The result was Creation Myth — an 8-part audio memoir
Giving With Strings Attached
What does it really mean to do good, and who gets to decide?
Saadia sits down with Dr. Rhea Rahman, an anthropologist at Brooklyn College, CUNY, and the author of Racializing the Umma: Muslim Humanitarians Beyond Black, Brown, and White. After more than a decade embedded with Islamic Relief, the largest Muslim NGO in the West, Dr. Rahman asks the questions most of us avoid: when Muslim organizati
Food Is Never Just Food (June 2025)
We love to romanticize food as a universal connector. But behind every plate is a story of power, privilege, and who gets to define what's "authentic."
We're bringing this one back because it hits harder than ever. Chef, food activist, and Studio ATAO founder Jenny Dorsey joins Saadia Khan to expose the uncomfortable truths about race, class, colonialism, and the politics of food. From childhood
Thoughts On Celebrating Eid When the World Is on Fire
How do you let yourself celebrate Eid when the world feels like it's falling apart? In this solo episode, host Saadia Khan reflects on the guilt and tension that came up this Eid and what it means to hold joy and grief at the same time. She unpacks two traps most of us fall into (performing grief vs. total compartmentalization), and makes the case that the two aren't opposites. This one is for any
Can Art Rewire Your Brain?
What if reading the right book or watching the right film could transform how you see the world, the same way psychedelics do?
In this episode, Saadia Khan sits down with Ramzi Fawaz, professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, queer theorist, comic book scholar, and host of 'Nerd from the Future'. Ramzi's upcoming book “How to Think Like a Multiverse” makes a bold argument: that
Jonnie Park: The Asian Kid Hip Hop Wasn't Ready For
Jonnie Park was born in Argentina to Korean parents, crossed the US-Mexico border undocumented at age three, carried by a mother with two toddlers and nothing but courage, and grew up in Koreatown, Los Angeles, caught between Korean, Latino, and Black American culture.
He became one of the only Asian battle rappers in history to gain mainstream notoriety, starred in Run DMC, appeared in Awkafina
Feed Drop: Central American Art and Resistance in 1980s LA (ReCurrent)
Today, we’re bringing you a special feed drop from ReCurrent, a podcast from the Getty that explores how art, history, and culture shape the world around us.
In this episode of ReCurrent, host Jaime Roque takes us back to 1980s Los Angeles, when civil wars in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua sent hundreds of thousands of people north and helped turn LA into “Little Central America.” With pro
Messy Is the New Perfect: Social Media, Iran, and Reinventing Yourself
Perfection is overrated.
In this episode of Immigrantly, Saadia Khan sits down with Iranian-American podcaster Sheila Kazan (Small Talk with Sheila) to talk rom-com heroines, immigrant identity, the truth about Iran beyond headlines, and why your next pivot might be your best move.
They explore:
The difference between grit and being stuck
What social media gets wrong about happiness
Th
Bad Bunny and the Politics of Saying “I’m Puerto Rican”
When Bad Bunny takes the stage in Spanish, millions celebrate.
But for many Puerto Ricans, it lands as something deeper: visibility, resistance, and a reminder of a history the United States still struggles to face.
In this episode of Immigrantly, Saadia Khan sits down with Becca Ramos, creator of Welcome to El Barrio, (new episodes release every Tuesday) to discuss colonialism, diaspora, and
On Carrying a Migrant Heart
What does migration do to the heart, not just the body?
In this deeply intimate conversation, award-winning writer Reyna Grande joins host Saadia Khan to discuss her latest book, Migrant Heart, her undocumented childhood, language loss, family trauma, and the emotional inheritance of migration. Reyna reflects on shame, resilience, motherhood, and how writing became a way to release what she onc
Borderly Reflections: About the Line
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In this reflection episode of Borderly, host and journalist Mario Carrillo returns to the U.S.–Mexico border that shaped his life to ask what the border really is and what it has asked of those who live with it.
Through deeply personal stories, Mario reflects on proposing to his wife while
Borderly Part Four: Carrying the Line
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In the final episode of Borderly, host Mario Carrillo turns to the people who carry the border’s weight long after headlines fade. From immigration law to community care, this conversation centers on what it means to show up with dignity when systems fail, and lives hang in the balance.
Ma
Borderly Part Three: Living the Line
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In the first two episodes of Borderly, we explored the history, journalism, and lived realities of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. In Episode 3, we turn to art as memory, resistance, and belonging.
Host Mario Carrillo sits down with Patrick Gabaldon, an El Paso–born artist and public defender
Borderly Part Two: After the Line
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This episode is about how a place learns to remember itself.
Journalist Bob Moore has spent nearly four decades reporting from El Paso, witnessing the border's evolution through policy shifts, political cycles, tragedy, and resilience. In conversation with host Mario Carrillo, he reflects
Borderly Part One: Before the Line
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This is Part One of Borderly, a limited series by Immigrantly exploring life on the U.S.–Mexico border through history, memory, and lived experience.
Before walls, patrols, or policy debates, there was a river. In this opening episode, host Mario Carrillo returns to El Paso to examine ho
Belonging Without Imitation: A Year-End Reflection
As the year comes to a close, Immigrantly host Saadia Khan reflects on belonging, faith, and identity without assimilation.
In this solo year-end episode, Saadia shares why she doesn’t celebrate Christmas, having grown up in Pakistan surrounded by nearly three million Christians who do, and how witnessing joy across difference has shaped her understanding of respect, pluralism, and belonging. She
Listening to Kashmir Through a Kashmiri Filmmaker
In this episode of Immigrantly, host Saadia Khan speaks with Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh, Director of Saffron Kingdom, about growing up in Kashmir, intergenerational trauma, and the cost of telling stories that are often silenced.
Moving beyond the India–Pakistan framing, the conversation centers Kashmiri lived experience, touching on exile, disappearance, diaspora, and why Kashmiri storytell
Immigrantly Podcast Trailer
Immigrantly is hosted by Saadia Khan—founder of Immigrantly Media, social commentator, entrepreneur, and a proud chronic overthinker on a lifelong mission to bring nuance back to immigrant identity.
For over five years, Saadia has led deep, funny, and occasionally chaotic conversations about identity, belonging, culture, and the beautifully complicated ways we make sense of the world. With more t
A Daughter 's Search for Truth
In this powerful conversation, journalist and author Karin Jensen takes
us inside the real-life story behind her memoir The Strength of Water. Her mother’s life stretched from a Chinese laundry in 1920s Detroit to a village in wartime China, to navigating racism, domestic work, and reinvention in mid-century America. Karin shares how she pieced together silences, uncovered buried memories, and lea
Jokes That Go There: Lana Salah on Comedy Without Apology
In this deeply human and sharply funny conversation, Palestinian American comedian Lana Salah joins Saadia in the studio for an unfiltered exploration of comedy, identity, loss, and truth-telling in a world that often prefers silence.
Lana, an engineer-turned-comedian whose life spans the Bay Area, the Middle East, and now Los Angeles, breaks down how humor becomes cultural critique, emotional su
Flipping the Thanksgiving Script — Immigrant Style
Thanksgiving is marketed as a serene celebration of gratitude, family, and food, but Saadia’s immigrant household tells a different story. In this extended solo episode, she unpacks the chaos that unfolds when her husband and daughters take over the kitchen, the tradition-defying choice to cook lamb instead of turkey, and the reality of observing the holiday completely sober (which, spoiler: makes
Who Needs a Time Machine? I Changed Countries
What does it mean to belong in America without proving your worth? Why are immigrants still expected to be extraordinary just to be seen as enough? And what happens when we stop performing successfully and simply allow ourselves to be human?
In this deeply resonant conversation, host Saadia Khan is joined by Bilal Lakhani, Pakistani-American journalist, writer, and host of the podcast pehchaan, t
Reproductive Care, Eugenics and the Myth of Too Many People
What if the story you’ve been told about “overpopulation” is a lie?
Historian Dr. Lina-Maria Murillo, author of Fighting for Control: Power, Reproductive Care, and Race in the U.S.–Mexico Borderlands, joins Saadia Khan to unravel a century of reproductive politics that have shaped how we talk about abortion, contraception, and “desirability.” The episode exposes how eugenics quietly evolved into
The Quiet After Snowfall
Award-winning novelist Shobha Rao joins Saadia Khan to talk about the stories that define and defy us. In this wide-ranging conversation, Shobha reflects on immigrating to the U.S. at age seven, learning English through Little House on the Prairie, and how the quiet of her first snowfall changed her forever.
Her latest book, Indian Country, connects the legacies of British colonialism and America
What We Are Called: The Language That Keeps Immigrants Out
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In this powerful solo episode of Immigrantly, host Saadia Khan shares why she is angry and why she is paying close attention to the words we use aro
Grief, Memory and the Art of Enough
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What does “enough” really mean? In this profoundly personal conversation, Saadia Khan sits down with Jaime Roque, musician, storyteller, and host
Why We Don’t Act and How to Change That
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Most of us mean well. So why don’t we act when it matters?
In this episode, Saadia Khan sits down with philosophers Alex Madva (Cal Poly Pomona)
How Priyanka Ganjoo Built Kulfi Beauty’s Inclusive Vision
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What does it take to disrupt an industry built on exclusion? In this episode of Immigrantly, host Saadia Khan sits down with Priyanka Ganjoo, foun
How Sarita Ekya Built NYC’s Most Iconic Mac & Cheese Spot
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What happens when an engineer trades equations for macaroni? Immigrantly host Saadia Khan sits down with Sarita Ekya, co-founder of S’MAC, the iconi
Tiff Soga on Fashion, Culture and Controversy
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In this thought-provoking episode of Immigrantly, host Saadia Khan sits down with Tiff Soga, Managing Editor at Who What Wear, for a raw conversat
Intuition, Fear and Finding Identity Beyond Work
In this solo episode of Immigrantly, Saadia Khan reflects on the power of intuition, the challenge of separating her identity from the company she built, and why messy, unpolished stories matter.
Drawing from her Eastern cultural roots, Saadia explores how intuition has long guided her personal life, yet often feels harder to trust in her role as an entrepreneur. She unpacks how fear can masquera
Taboos, Sex, and Feminism with Sangeeta Pillai (Nov 2023)
In this re-release from the Immigrantly vault, Saadia Khan sits down with Sangeeta Pillai, activist, writer, and creator of the award-winning Masala Podcast and Soul Sutras. From her journey growing up in Mumbai to building one of the most groundbreaking feminist podcast platforms, Sangeeta opens up about identity, feminism, and what it means to challenge cultural taboos around sex, gender, and So
Why Intuition Matters More Than You Think
In this gripping episode of Immigrantly, Saadia Khan sits down with Mory Fontanez, intuitive coach, author of “Higher Self: Reclaiming the Power of Your Intuition”, and daughter of Iranian immigrants, to dig into the messy, fascinating truth about our inner voice. Their conversation moves from the personal to the cultural to the global: what happens when fear masquerades as intuition, how immigran
I Must Belong Here with Supinder Wraich (February 2024)
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In this special re-release of Immigrantly, host Saadia Khan revisits her January 2024 conversation with acclaimed actress and writer Supinder Wraic
Faith, Film and the Power of Telling Muslim Stories Our Way
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Award-winning filmmaker Nijla Mumin joins Saadia Khan for an unfiltered conversation on art, identity, and the freedom to hold multitudes. From the
Law, Loyalty And A Billion Dollar Secret
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Launching this September from Pushkin Industries, a new investigative podcast hosted by journalist Lidia Jean Kott uncovers the true story of Tina Wo
Hot Takes & Dumpling Folds With Irene Li
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What does it mean to cook with care, lead with equity, and challenge the rules of authenticity? In this episode, chef and entrepreneur Irene Li joins
Mangoes, Chaat & Belonging: A Summer Story
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In this solo episode, Saadia Khan reflects on a summer of sensory memories, identity reckonings, and quiet realizations. From savoring mangoes and p
Why Rajeev Balasubramanyam Says Identity Will Be Our Downfall
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What happens when you stop chasing success, stop clinging to culture, and start questioning your own sense of s
Sacred & Seen: Sangeetha Kowsik on Art, Inclusion and Spiritual Pluralism
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What happens when you blend Arabic calligraphy with Hindu iconography? This week on Immigrantly, host Saadia Kha
Who Gets to Be American? A History of Birthright Citizenship on Trial
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What does it really mean to be an American? In this riveting episode of Immigrantly, host Saadia Khan takes us on a
Outward And Inward Conversations with Zohran Mamdani (July 2020)
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In this special re-release, host Saadia Khan sits down with Zohran Kwame Mamdani, recorded back in 2020, just after
Plot Twists, Politics & Love Stories
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Host Saadia Khan sits down with writer and historian Nishant Batsha to unpack how a pre-med dropout became a fictio
Reverse Immigration, Siestas & Sound Design
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Inheriting Narratives (July 2024)
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Food Is Never Just Food
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So Many Stars, So Many Ways to Be Free
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What does it mean to belong when your identity defies borders, binaries, and expectations? In this powerful episode, Urug
Two Passports and A Punchline
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This week on Immigrantly, Saadia KhanI sits down with the brilliant and hilarious Derek Mitchell. He is a comedian, actor,
Autopsies, Fame, and Scandal: Inside the Life of Thomas Noguchi
What happens when a Japanese immigrant becomes Hollywood’s most powerful and controversial coroner? In this gripping conversation, Saadia sits down with historian and author Anne Soon Choi to unpack the life of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, LA’s former Chief Medical Examiner and the man behind some of the most infamous autopsies in American history—Marilyn Monroe, Robert F. Kennedy, and Natalie Wood, to nam
Redefining Home: The Journey Back to Mexico (August 2024)
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While host Saadia Khan recovers from laryngitis, Immigrantly brings back a standout episode from August 2024 featuring journalists Antonia Cerejido and Lorena Ríos.
Originally recorded in the lead-up to the 2024 elections, this conversation explores politics,
The Stories We Whisper, The Sounds We Miss
What does it mean to lean into your culture while living in a place that flattens it? In this richly textured episode, Saadia Khan sits down with Sudanese-American journalist and host of The Stoop, Hana Baba, for a wide-ranging conversation on identity, diaspora, and the soundscapes of belonging. From the cacophony of Sudanese weddings to the quiet codes of immigrant survival in the U.S., Hana exp
Speaking Imperfectly, Belonging Fully
Do you speak more than one language—but feel truly fluent in none? You’re not alone. In this deeply personal and thought-provoking episode, Saadia Khan is joined by Angela Lin, founder of Real You Mandarin, to explore how language shapes our identities, relationships, and sense of belonging. Angela, a Taiwanese American polyglot, believes language learning should center on cultural connection—not
From Spinning Beats to Saving Earth (May 2024)
April is Earth Month — a time to reflect on the state of our planet, address urgent environmental issues, strategize action, and hold ourselves and others accountable. In that spirit, we’re bringing back an essential conversation from the Immigrantly vault.
This episode with futurist and climate optimist Amer Jandali originally aired on May 28, 2024. Some references may sound a bit dated, but the
Designed to Exclude: How Policy Shaped the Fate of Mexican Immigrants in Texas
What if the barriers to success weren’t personal but structural, intentional, and decades in the making?
In this episode of Immigrantly, host Saadia Khan sits down with demographers Jennifer Hook and James Bachmeier, authors of a groundbreaking new book, Texas-Style Exclusion: Mexican Americans and the Legacy of Limited Opportunity, that traces how Mexican immigrant families in Texas were systemat
Too Foreign for Home, Too Foreign for Here
Identity isn’t always a box you check; it’s a journey. In this episode of Immigrantly, host Saadia Khan sits down with Beatriz Nour, the creator of Inbetweenish, a podcast that unpacks the complexities of belonging across cultures, languages, and traditions. Beatriz shares her personal story of navigating three cultures, four languages, and two religions, reflecting on the struggles and privileges
Writing Like Nobody’s Watching
What happens when we step outside our own understanding of identity and embrace the messy, beautiful, and sometimes contradictory stories that shape us? In this episode of Immigrantly, host Saadia Khan sits down with writer and television executive Nayantara Roy to explore the intersections of storytelling, belonging, and cultural memory.
From navigating multiple worlds as an immigrant to uncover
Hearing 'No' Like An Immigrant
How do you go from fleeing your home country to building a Luxury Fashion Empire? Dr. Neri Karra did just that—without the fluff, the nonsense, or selling out. In this episode of Immigrantly, I sit down with Neri to talk about how she built a global brand, teaches at Oxford, and still finds time to write about immigrant entrepreneurship experiences in her book "Pioneers: Eight Principles of Busine
Riding Along with Kareem Rahma: Creating 'Keep The Meter Running' and More (April 2023)
I am excited to re-drop one of my favorite episodes featuring the incredible Kareem Rahma! When we first recorded this chat, Kareem was all about "Keep the Meter Running." Now, he's taken his journey to new heights with "Subway Takes." It's a series of short videos created by Kareem Rahma that offer his opinions on brands and pop culture, and he is gearing up to launch his very own podcast. This c
Helicopters, Justice & Magic Tricks??
What does serving in the U.S. military while challenging its norms mean? In this episode of Immigrantly, Saadia Khan sits down with Lieutenant Julie Roland, an active-duty naval aviator and law school graduate who advocates for systemic change.
Julie takes us behind the scenes of military life, its hierarchies, recruitment strategies, and the challenges of gender equity in a male-dominated space.
Lost & Found: Search for A Soviet Guardian Angel
What happens when a family story takes you on an unexpected journey? In this episode of Immigrantly, I sit down with Jake Warren, founder of Message Heard and the creator of Finding Natasha, a profoundly personal podcast about tracking down the woman who saved his mother’s life decades ago in the Soviet Union.
Jake’s mother, a young British ballerina, had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to train
Birthright, Borders & Bullsh*t!
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What happens when a country built by immigrants starts redefining who belongs? In this episode, I sit down with Claudia Yoli Ferla, a Venezuelan-born Latina and the Executive Director of Move Texas to discuss the latest political chaos surrounding immigration, voting rights, and civic engagement.
From the new
Forgotten Stories
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Some stories demand to be told. This one, in particular, struck me deeply.
I sat down with Nancy Wang, a storyteller, artist, and author of Red Altar, to talk about her ancestors—Chinese immigrants who helped build California’s fishing industry against all odds. Their ingenuity, their fight against racist laws
What's Your Legacy?
This year, we’ve tackled deep emotions and intricate journeys of faith, and today, we’re diving into the profound yet personal concept of legacy.
Legacy—it sounds monumental, right? But does it have to be? For me, crafting a legacy sometimes feels like another overwhelming to-do list. Yet, what if the legacy isn’t about grandeur but embracing our stories and connections in the here and now?
That’s
When a Christian Minister and a Muslim Podcaster Walk Into a Studio…
Talking about religion makes me uncomfortable. Maybe it’s because I practice a faith that’s often misunderstood in this country. But in this episode, I decided to face that discomfort head-on. I sat down with Minister Lydia Sohn, a progressive Christian leader and writer, to have an honest, vulnerable, and surprisingly fun conversation about faith, identity, and shared humanity.
We talked about bi
Immigrantly 2025: Working through the Arc of the Emotions with Anita Rao
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Start the year with powerful insights! In this episode, I reflect on Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire (catchy or cop-out?) and chat with Anita Rao, host of Embodied.
We explore working through emotions instead of discharging them and building emotional intelligence; we talk about Anita embracing her mixed
Ponchos, Panther, and Purpose: Bambadjan Bamba Redefines Belonging
Can you believe it? This is the final Immigrantly episode of 2024! As I reflect on this incredible year, I’m grateful for the meaningful stories and conversations we’ve shared. Together, we’ve leaned into curiosity, allyship, and learning, and I can’t wait to bring you even more inspiring voices in 2025. Mark your calendars—our first episode of the new year drops on January 14th!
But before we ste
I Just Want A Show
Today’s guest is Julio Salgado. Through his bold and unapologetic work, Julio challenges the status quo and uplifts voices that are too often silenced. As a queer, undocumented creator, he uses his art to reimagine visibility, joy, and resistance.
In this conversation, we connected on our immigrant experiences, love for art, and his beautiful, poetic way of describing the U.S.
If you’re feeling th
Tearing Down Tribes: Aymann Ismail on Love, Religion, and Legacy
Today, I'm thrilled to reconnect with Aymann Ismail, award-winning journalist and the visionary behind the PBS documentary American Muslims: A History Revealed. Beyond the groundbreaking stories from the series, our conversation takes a deeply personal turn.
Aymann opens up about his new book, 'Becoming Baba,' which explores his journey of self-discovery, his experiences with dating, and how they'
Sobriety, Identity & Cat Chats
I’m so excited to share my conversation with Adam Macias on this episode of Immigrantly. Adam is a comedian, writer, and podcaster whose sobriety journey is just one fascinating chapter in his story. We talked about everything—from how he uses humor to connect with people to his thoughts on Joe Rogan and Andrew Tate and how young men today navigate their identities in such interesting and complex
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