Ethnically Ambiguous

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We Are Dani Fernandez Apr 16, 2018

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In episode 38, the girls are joined by comedian Dani Fernandez to talk about her early life and how she got to LA, her experience auditioning in Los Angeles and getting hosting gigs as a woman of color, representation of minorities in media, a leak of some problematic comments from an acting teacher in Los Angeles, immigrant families lack of discussion of mental illness, her new podcast on How Stuff Works called 'Nerdificent,' and much more. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @MsDaniFernandez.

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We Are Spicy Apr 09, 2018

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In episode 37, Anna & Shereen get spicy. Anna wants to talk about yodeling boy meme but Shereen isn't having it. Oh well! They start by talking a little about the Iranian woman who injured some people at YouTube headquarters and then turned the gun on herself. Then they get into rapper Vic Mensa's essay on his trip to Palestine and Muslim artists who represent from where they came from like SZA, K A R Y Y N, & more. Anna then breaks down Iranian New Year aka Nowruz and all that comes with it. She also explains a little more why she's feeling so spicy. It's a good time! Don't forget to rate + review!

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We Are April Fools Apr 02, 2018

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In episode 36, the girls talk about that immigrant parent cleaning lifestyle - do not leave a mess! Then they get into their stories - Anna talks about the humanitarian crisis in Yemen and why the war originally started and what would possibly be keeping it going. Shereen then discusses Syrian New Year and how it happens to fall on her birthday as well as April Fool's Day. It's not a joke! The girls then shout out some folk who sent in nice emails. Please rate & review!!

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We Are Fahim Anwar Mar 26, 2018

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In episode 35, the girls are joined by comedian Fahim Anwar to discuss his immigrant parents and their reaction to him leaving his full time job as a engineer at Boeing to becoming a full time comedian, career choices he made and why, the roles he chooses to audition for, his origins in comedy with his sketch group GoatFace, how his name got the part in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, & more. It's a fun episode that we don't recommend missing! Also find Fahim on Twitter & Instagram at @fahimanwar and check out all his old videos on YouTube under his past alias 'Slezdog2000.'

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We Are Nuts Mar 19, 2018

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In episode 34, the girls get into a mysterious disappearance of some almonds at Anna's place, the Austin bombings, the runaway daughter of a Dubai ruler, the Armenian genocide, Gina Haspel & the torture of Abu Zubaydah at a CIA black site, & more.

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We Are Historical Mar 12, 2018

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In episode 33, the girls talk about their weeks; Anna went to the Gringo movie premiere, Shereen released her short film. They also talk about the Bin Laden family, the history of Syria, Middle Eastern beauty standards, & more.

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We Are Over Trash Dictators Mar 05, 2018

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It's episode 32 & the girls are back to discuss Bashar Al-Assad's attack on the Syrian city of Ghouta, the Iran-Contra affair & how it compares to the Trump-Russia scandal, then they shoutout listeners who have emailed & tweeted at them!

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We Are Alaa Khaled Feb 26, 2018

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In episode 31, the girls are joined by special guest Alaa Khaled to discuss growing up with his immigrant parents, becoming an actor & changing his name to Alec Ledd to get more auditions, being ethnically ambiguous, his brother DJ Khaled, & more!

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We Are Ahed Tamimi Feb 19, 2018

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In this weeks episode 30 the girls discuss the possible charges against Netanyahu & the case of Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi in Israel. Then they get into some personal talk about their celebrating birthdays growing up & more. #FREEAHEDTAMIMI

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We Are Into Michael Keaton Feb 12, 2018

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It's episode 29, the girls get in to the history of the Shah of Iran, African immigrants being deported out of Israel, their first white celebrity crushes, along with different American TV shows/films their parents showed them at a young age, & more.

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