{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Interviews with Immigrants","title":"From Brazil to USA: Jade Catta-Preta’s Hilarious Immigrant Journey | Interviews with Immigrants","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/99d4aa1c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2181,"description":"Welcome to the very first episode of Interviews with Immigrants 🎉 — the podcast that celebrates the real stories, humor, and humanity of U.S. Immigration.\nIn this premiere, Andrea Szew sits down with the brilliant and hilarious Jade Catta-Preta — Brazilian-born 🇧🇷 comedian, actress, and host (you may know her from E!’s The Soup and her hit show Rivals). 🌎✨ Together, they dive into Jade’s wild immigrant journey from struggling with ESL to crushing it on America’s biggest comedy stages.\nJade opens up about:\n📌 Growing up in Brazil and moving to the U.S. as a pre-teen 🇧🇷➡️🇺🇸📌 Her culture shocks — from snowstorms in Virginia to Pop-Tarts overload ❄️🍬📌 Using comedy to survive bullying and find her voice 🎤📌 Performing comedy in both English and Portuguese — and how Brazil’s comedy scene is booming today 🎭📌 The opportunities, struggles, and gratitude she carries as an immigrant chasing big dreams 🌟\n👉 If you’ve ever wondered what it’s really like to start over in a new country, Jade’s story will make you laugh, think, and maybe even see immigration in a whole new light.\n🌟 This is just the beginning! Make sure to subscribe for more incredible immigrant journeys every month.\nFollow Jade Catta-Preta on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jadecattapreta/?hl=en\nTime Stamps:\n\n00:18 Weirdest questions she got as a new immigrant — “Do you wear shoes?” “Do you swing on vines?” 🙃00:35 First Virginia snowstorm — shower caps as snow boots ❄️😂05:20 Hot cocoa vs. “coco” mix-up — thought the neighbor was offering poop ☕💩06:09 First Pop-Tart leads to projectile vomiting from sugar overload 🤢11:53 First day at school — kids surround her like “The Walking Dead” & one girl literally smells her! 14:40 Being held back in school & thrown into ESL with a Russian teacher who barely spoke English 21:52 Using comedy as armor — making fun of herself before others could 🎤24:52 Returning to Brazil to perform comedy after 20 years away — bombing, then finding her rhythm 🇧🇷32:54 Brazilian goodbyes vs....","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/wgC8jmoyod_2WV0cXzSWdXE_Zt3pfxYr8pufCIgGqIU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZjc2/MWI3MmI1OWM0YWU4/ZWNkNjExMTZiNmQw/YWI0MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}