Immigration Stories: We The Aliens Podcast
We The Aliens podcast hosts conversations with IMMIGRANTS from all over the world who came to the US and found their path to the American Dream. No matter what their status is - undocumented, DACA recipient, permanent resident (green card holder), naturalized citizen - all are welcome here. We talk about the challenges of leaving the home country, finding the legal path, finding a way to belong in the new world, building a career, finding love, and sustaining the family traditions. We talk about IMMIGRATION as a process of growth and self-discovery, adaptation, overcoming cultural shocks, and fighting racial and ethnic stereotypes. We talk about the great contributions that immigrants make to the American economy, culture, science, and society. We also feature stories of the first-gens, FIRST GENERATION American-born, the third culture kids, who have their own set of struggles growing in between the cultures of their parents' home country and America. We talk about their battle to find their identity and carve their path while redefining what American is. We talk about philosophy, psychology, culture, language, and history. We also talk about the news of the day, things that we all worry about. If you love NPR, This American Life, The Daily, and Pod Save America, if you read Forbes, LA Times, The Atlantic, and New York Times, if you watch John Oliver, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert, and/or Trevor Noah, if you are a Twitter and Clubhouse addict because you want to be closer to people, if you, your spouse, your parent, or your grandma is an immigrant-alien and you know that you and they came to this country to build, and you can't stand discrimination and belittling of their lives and contributions, - this podcast is for you.
Episodes
My guest this week is Hicham Oudghiri, a Morrocan-American entrepreneur. The founder of Enigma, a startup that creates a data infrastructure that will help businesses make informed decisions mostly about other businesses. One of their focus points is specifically small business lending, which is notoriously difficult. And Enigma is aiming to change that and has made some progress there - among their ...
My guest this week is Hicham Oudghiri, a Morrocan-American entrepreneur. The founder of Enigma, a startup that creates a data infrastructure that will help businesses make informed decisions mostly about other businesses. One of their focus points is specifically small business lending, which is notoriously difficult. And Enigma is aiming to change that and has made some progress there - among their ...
My guest this week is Camila Russo, a Chilean-American financial journalist. She cut her teeth at Bloomberg News. And in 2020 she founded The Defiant, a crypto news platform. She has also written a book, the first history of Ethereum, called The Infinite Machine.
In this Part 2 of the conversation, Camila and I talk about how she made the transition from writin...
My guest this week is Camila Russo, a Chilean-American financial journalist. She cut her teeth at Bloomberg News. And in 2020 she founded The Defiant, a crypto news platform. She has also written a book, the first history of Ethereum, called The Infinite Machine.
In this Part 2 of the conversation, Camila and I talk about how she made the transition from writin...
Camila Russo is a Chilean-American financial journalist. In 2020 she founded The Defiant, a media platform that has quickly become one of the most trusted and respected news sources in the world of decentralized finance, more known as crypto.
You've heard of crypto. You've heard of Bitcoin. You've heard of Doge. If you're into sports you've probably heard of th...
Rohit Bhargava, Indian-American Wall Street Journal bestselling author, speaker, and self-described near-futurist.
Rohit is a branding expert. He spent 15 years in leadership roles at two world-renowned ad a...
Rohit Bhargava, Indian-American Wall Street Journal bestselling author, speaker, and self-described near-futurist.
Rohit is a branding expert. He spent 15 years in leadership roles at two world-renowned ad a...
My guest this week is Grace Ramirez, Chef Grace. And this is part two of our conversation.
If you have not listened to part one - check it out wherever you're listening right now. Grace shares her immigration journey from Venezuela to the US and from being a TV producer to being in front of the camera and then further into the kitchen.
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48. From Master Chef to World Central Kitchen (w/Grace Ramirez. Part 1)
This week on the podcast - Grace Ramirez, Chef Grace, the first Venezuelan-American on the show.
She has written books and hosted TV shows, all around the world. She started her career on season one of Master Chef and for the last few years, sh...
My guest this week is Erwin Valencia. Erwin is the Director of Training and Conditioning with the NEW YORK KNICKS.
Erwin is a Philippino-American physical therapist, strength coach, sports scientist, mindfulness coach, social entrepreneur, international speaker, and mentor. He is a true Citizen of the World.
My guest this week is Erwin Valencia. Erwin is the Director of Training and Conditioning with the NEW YORK KNICKS!! NBA, in da house, my friends!
Erwin is a Philippino-American physical therapist, strength coach, sports scientist, mindfulness coach, social entrepreneur, international speaker, and mentor. He is a true Citiz...
Michael Ronen is a futurist, experience designer, and digital event producer. He is the founder of Wonderland - an Immersive Design Agency. Michael's background is in theater and throughout his life he has been creating projects and environments that allow for empathy and intimacy. He is on a mission to help people realize their human potential in full. And of c...
Michael Ronen is a futurist, experience designer, and digital event producer. He is the founder of Wonderland - an Immersive Design Agency. Michael's background is in theater and throughout his life he has been creating projects and environments that allow for empathy and intimacy. He is on a mission to help people realize their human potential in full. And of...
Nurit Katz is UCLA's first Chief Sustainability Officer. She also teaches at UCLA Extension's Sustainability Certificate Program. And she is a first-generation American, a proud daughter of a Serbian-Croatian Israeli immigrant.
In this episode, we talk about how to get people and most important organizations and companies to think and care more about sustainabil...
Nurit is UCLA's first Chief Sustainability Officer. She also teaches at UCLA Extension's Sustainability Certificate Program. And she is a first-generation American, a proud daughter of a Serbian/Croatian Israeli immigrant.
We talk about what sustainability is and is not. And how immigrant perspective can be of value here.
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Dean Zulich is a fashion and commercial photographer originally from Bosnia. Among his clients are NIKE, UN, Playboy, and ESPN. His work has appeared all over the media - Marie Claire, Vogue, The New York Times, Boston Globe.
Make sure to check out part one of the interview where Dean shares his war experience and his thoughts on capitalism vs. socialism.
Dean Zulich is a rockstar photographer. Among his clients are NIKE, UN, Playboy, and ESPN.
His work has appeared in Vogue, New York Times, Boston Globe, and many other publications.
He has traveled the world taking pictures and teaching photography.
Dean is Bosnian. He was born and ...
This is part two of my interview with Ehsan Zaffar and if you're tuning in here I highly recommend that after listening to this episode you go to the previous one and listen to the fascinating story of Ehsan's family's escape from war-torn Kuwait. Some crazy stuff there.
In today's episode we talk about Ehsan's passion - inequality, well, fight against inequalit...
Ehsan Zaffar is a civil rights lawyer, a professor, and an author.
As a Senior Advisor on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the Department of Homeland Security, he advises on matters of freedom of religion, fighting violence against women, and LGBTQ rights.
Ehsan teaches at Georgetown University, George Mason Universi...
This is part two of My conversation with Zara Barrie. She is a first-generation British-American. She is the former Senior Sex & Dating writer for Elite Daily. And last year her first book came out, GIRL STOP PASSING OUT IN YOUR MAKEUP. And we're not talking about makeup at all. We talk about elitism, diversity, and how to ...
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