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It's the final episode of the Immigration series! Thank you for listening. We were so proud to be able to put this series out there. Odd and Rags talk to Winna, from Liberia, who's background and experience with coming to America shed light that not all immigrants are treated the same, that the US is still a place for opportunity, and that you can love your new home through the flaws of it.  Follow the continuation of this series every week with Frau Pow, and reach out with love notes @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook. And email Frau Pow at fraupowpodacast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In one fo the final installments of the Immigration Series, Odd and Rags speak with Fransisco from El Salvador. Unlike some of the other interviews, Fransisco came to the US later in life, which created different obstacles for his story. Follow the continuation of this series every week with Frau Pow, and reach out with love notes @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook. And email Frau Pow at fraupowpodacast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this episode, Odd and Rags interview Jerlyn, born in Dominica, who travelled to the US Virgin Islands and eventually New York. Jerlyn shares how it is to adjust to a different culture while still understanding an identity in between the two. She describes how sometimes the immigrant experience, especially as a black person is unique in the US when faced with prejudices and judgements that aren't present in other cultures. Follow the continuation of this series every week with Frau Pow, and reach out with love notes @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook. And email Frau Pow at fraupowpodacast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode if the month long immigration series, Odd and Rags speak with Mike from Ghana. He tells the story of his family's move to the US, his experience with school in the states, and the test to become a naturalized citizen. Follow the continuation of this series every week with Frau Pow, and reach out with love notes @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook. And email Frau Pow at fraupowpodacast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this episode in the Immigration Series, Odd and Rags speak with Toto, from Bulgaria. Follow the continuation of this series every week with Frau Pow, and reach out with love notes @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook. And email Frau Pow at fraupowpodacast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first interview from the Immigration Series, Odd and Rags talk with Luiz, from Costa Rica. Follow the continuation of this series every week with Frau Pow, and reach out with love notes @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook. And email Frau Pow at fraupowpodacast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To kick off the immigration series, a series of interviews that focuses on the experience of immigration in the US and the realities of its process, the very first interview is with Madiba Dennie, a lawyer and podcast host for Barred and Boujee. Odd, Rags, and Madiba discuss the immigration system in the US, including the visa process, how it's enforced, what are the quotas, and what is the legislation. Through personal stories, know-how, and actual professional qualifications the three try to break through bits of misinformation and contradictions in the immigration system. Follow the continuation of this series every week with Frau Pow, and reach out with love notes @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook. And email Frau Pow at fraupowpodacast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the wall and the bans, everyone is talking about immigration as a "problem" without understanding what immigration in the US actually looks like. For the next 4 weeks, Frau is releasing a special series, starting with this episode about immigration in the US. For the last few months, Odd and Rags have been interviewing immigrants from all over the country, who came to the US from all over the world, about their experience with the US Immigration system and their stories of becoming a part of America. The next month will feature conversations with people with incredibly different stories, even though they all ended up doing the same thing. Coming to the US to make a home, work, and become American in one way or another. In this "Preface" episode, Odd and Rag explain why they started this series and all the listeners should take away from it. It's a completely different look at normal immigrants and how they've experienced the US, instead of focusing on economic implications, or opinions on politicians,

Zoe Bean is the official Roller Derby Tattooer extraordinaire! An incredible artist and badass woman, Zoe Bean is an experienced tattooer with a special studio in Brooklyn, the New Moon Studio. Founded along with Drew Linden, New Moon provides a space for LGBTQA+ friendly tattoo clients to get work done without the fear of judgement or discomfort. Zoe talks about the philosophy of her tattoo space, being a mom in the suburbs, and ignoring people who try to explain how to run a business. Check out New Moon here! Follow @fraupowpodcast on Facebook and Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Don't Get Me Started for this week has a special guest, Zoe Bean! As a woman business owner and heavily tattooed person, Zoe shares how often she gets manplained how to do things that she's essentially an expert at. Rags shares her own experiences with being mansplained when she could truly kick a person's ass, and Odd gets started over when they get mansplained at work in a way that is so annoying! Follow Zoe Bean @zoebeantattoo Follow @fraupowpodcast on Facebook and Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Odd and Rags talk to Black Eyed Betty, a long time Roller Derby player. Betty has Sensory Processing Disorder, a condition symptomatic of desiring or adverting from sensory experiences. Betty also recently went through treatment for an eating disorder. By being honest and thoughtful, Betty helps break down the stigmas surrounding people with sensory processing issues and eating disorders. It's a delightful interview about heavy subjects, that might make you feel better your own relationship with textures, sounds, and feelings. Helpful links from Black Eyed Betty! https://www.etsy.com/shop/AutisticRabbithttps://www.sensory-processing-disorder.com/adult-SPD-checklist.html Follow Frau pow @fraupowpodcast and email them at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Rags and Odd have a guest for the Don't Get Me Started segment. It's Black Eyed Betty! They all cover "diet talk" and how putting calories on everything can be a trigger for people with eating disorders, not to mention the frequency to which people comment on how many calories something is or being good on their diet. It's exhausting! Food is energy, people. Just love what you eat and stop shaming people for their bodies! Anyway, there's plenty to learn about being better about how we think about food. Everyone rants for min, then gives ideas on how to be better food thinkers. Follow Frau Pow at @fraupowpodcast on Instagram or email love notes to fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! Odd and Rags get to talk to Nox, host of Nox Talks, roller derby player, and all around a funny, incredible woman! They get into the importance of the roller derby community and how Nox got started making Nox Talks. Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast and email them at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! This week, Rags and Odd discuss people who use FaceTime in public, while walking, even in the car! Maybe there's a good reason for it, or maybe it's an obnoxious habit. Or maybe we're just weird. Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast or contact them at fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! Odd and Rags talk with Kilt Trip with week, Derby Official based in South Florida with the Gold Coast Derby Grrls about race and inclusion in Roller Derby, and specifically about an event at ECDX (East Coast Derby Extravaganza), which Kilt Trip made a reaction video about on Facebook here. They touch upon micro aggressions, encouraging inclusion, and requiring apologies for mistakes or offenses based in racism and bias. Here's some more info and pieces from fellow Derby players WFTDA AMA about racism and inclusion in Roller Derby Executive Statement and Action Items from WFTDA on Confronting Racism and Marginalization Systemic Racism in Roller Derby — Queen Loseyateefa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this week's Don't Get Me Started, Odd and Rags get wrathful! With Pride Month now over, Odd prompts the question from this Washington post article that there should be a follow up month all about wrath and ultimately, activism. They discuss the need for celebration for LGBTQ+ people, but also the need to continue standing up for rights that are still being challenged. Rags also proposes that the whole year should be dedicated to the seven deadly sins and supporting the cause all year round. Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! This week on Frau Pow, hosts Odd and Rags talk to Roller Derby Player and powerful woman, Mount Tushmore! She talks about her experience with her own mental health, specifically with finding the diagnosis for Bi-Polar Disorder and navigating elements of it, including hypomania. Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! Rags and Odd get into pay inequality, using the US Women's Soccer Team as an example of how ridiculous the pay gap can be. Send your own Don't Get Me Starteds to @fraupowpodcast and fraupowpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! Odd and Rags are going international! This week, their guest F'nick, calls in all the way from across the pond to talk about being a comic book artist, a derby player, and managing depressions and mental health. They touch on the fear of being turned down for a job based on mental health needs, and some advice on helping friends that might need immediate attention for their mental health, even though society may not consider these needs as medical. F'nick is also writing a comic about depression and mental health, along with drawing roller derby player as powerful and cute animals! Check out Sloth Comics for more of F'nick's work as well as other artists that he helps publish. Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! This week, Odd and Rags dish about "self care." They discuss the differences between really making time for self love and just plain capitalism. Follow Frau Pow @fraupowpodcast on Instagram and Facebook Also check out 808 Roller Skate & Sloth Comics! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices