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Our favorite immigrant dads
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 6/22/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 6/22/26

Our favorite immigrant dads

In honor of Father’s Day, in this episode we discuss our favorite dads (both fictional or real) that immigrated to the United States.

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Pausing the career you immigrated for with Luciana Valdiviezo
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 6/15/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 6/15/26

Pausing the career you immigrated for with Luciana Valdiviezo

Through hard work, chasing down visa opportunities, and a lot of luck, Luciana made her dreams of becoming a marketing executive in the US come true. But now, 12 years after moving to the US to pursue that career, she’s choosing to press pause.

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Globetrotting for a place of your own with Luiza Nunes
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 6/7/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 6/7/26

Globetrotting for a place of your own with Luiza Nunes

From a very young age Brazilian Luiza Nunes felt the need to travel the world in search of a place all of her own. Luiza tells us about falling into a manhole in Uganda, why South Africa felt most like Brazil, and how New York makes you tough.

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Before Sunset: past choices and second chances
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 6/4/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 6/4/26

Before Sunset: past choices and second chances

In this episode we tackle Richard Linlater’s 2004 film Before Sunset.

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Unexpected entrepreneurship with Laura Giromini
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 5/24/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 5/24/26

Unexpected entrepreneurship with Laura Giromini

Laura Giromini is an Italian dancer, actress, and content creator who moved to New York with her husband to try to make it in the US.

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Before Sunrise: romantic cynicism and falling in love abroad
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 5/18/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 5/18/26

Before Sunrise: romantic cynicism and falling in love abroad

In this episode we tackle Richard Linlater’s 1995 film Before Sunrise.

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A Saigon refugee bridges the gaps in a new memoir with Hoangmai Pham
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 5/10/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 5/10/26

A Saigon refugee bridges the gaps in a new memoir with Hoangmai Pham

Hoangmai Pham is a Vietnamese American refugee and physician. In our conversation she shares how her family escaped from Saigon before the fall and what it was like adapting to life in the US.

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Long-distance grief
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 5/4/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 5/4/26

Long-distance grief

In this episode we discuss our experiences with long-distance grief and how it's shaped us, because living abroad means not always being there for the loss of a loved one.

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Cooking up Native Policy with Chef Nathan Davis
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 4/28/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 4/28/26

Cooking up Native Policy with Chef Nathan Davis

Nathan Davis is a chef and policy advocate who grew up‍ on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation. Through his work Nathan has had to navigate his Native culture in non-Native spaces within the US.

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Lost in Translation: loneliness, Tokyo, and life crises
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 4/20/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 4/20/26

Lost in Translation: loneliness, Tokyo, and life crises

In this episode we discuss Sofia Coppola’s 2003 film Lost in Translation. Anyone else want to go to Japan after watching it?

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Nutrition and culture with Neha Shah
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 4/13/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 4/13/26

Nutrition and culture with Neha Shah

Neha Shah is a nutrition practitioner from India, and Founder of Diaspora Nutrition. She moved to Seattle as a stay at home mom and ended up building a nutrition business that caters to fellow Indian immigrants.

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Moving abroad for a guy
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 4/6/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 4/6/26

Moving abroad for a guy

From falling in love with a foreigner to your partner getting a job abroad, we talk through different scenarios for moving abroad for a guy. So, should you do it?

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Immigrating as a dependent and figuring yourself out with Laura Peruchi
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 3/31/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 3/31/26

Immigrating as a dependent and figuring yourself out with Laura Peruchi

WATCH our conversation with Brazilian journalist Laura Peruchi about immigrating with her husband as a dependent and figuring out what she wanted in New york.

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Latino stereotypes
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 3/23/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 3/23/26

Latino stereotypes

In this episode we share the Latino stereotypes we've heard of most, the ones that’ve been told to us personally, and whether we think there's any truth to each of them.

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Actor, producer, beauty queen with Karla Bacigalupo
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 3/15/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 3/15/26

Actor, producer, beauty queen with Karla Bacigalupo

Whether it’s writing scripts, producing short films, waitressing or being Miss Peru, Karla Bacigalupo is doing what it takes to get her acting and producing careers off the ground in LA.

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Our favorite famous immigrant women
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 3/8/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 3/8/26

Our favorite famous immigrant women

In honor of International Women’s Day, in this episode we discuss our favorite famous ladies that immigrated to a foreign country. From Sofia Vergara and Dua Lipa, to Shakira and Lupita Nyong'o, we share what we admire about these women.

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One Battle After Another: hilarious antics meet dark and timely subject matter l Just Us
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 3/2/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 3/2/26

One Battle After Another: hilarious antics meet dark and timely subject matter l Just Us

In this episode we discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar nominated film: One Battle After Another. A movie set in the backdrop of a government-waged war on immigration and the revolutionaries fighting to stop it.

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High achiever, low profile with Camila Vidal
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 2/25/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 2/25/26

High achiever, low profile with Camila Vidal

Camila Vidal is a Peruvian filmmaker based in LA. In this episode she shares how she broke into the industry and now makes a living as a writer-director-editor in Hollywood.

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Marcello Hernández: a Latino ‘American Boy’ with jokes l Just Us
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 2/15/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 2/15/26

Marcello Hernández: a Latino ‘American Boy’ with jokes l Just Us

In this episode we discuss Marcello Hernández’s debut comedy special American Boy (on Netflix). Marcello was born and raised in Miami. The son of immigrant parents: immigrant and multicultural themes are at the heart of his comedy special.

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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl l Just Us
Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 2/9/26 Culture, Conversations, Immigrant stories WhereWeLand . 2/9/26

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl l Just Us

In this episode we discuss everything we loved about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show performance: the song selection, the cameos, and our own feelings as Peruvians watching along, dancing and cheering him on.

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