My guest this week is a real-life Lara Croft, Wonder Woman, natural mermaid, and all-around total badass - Kinga Philipps! She is a writer, producer, and TV host. She works with all the major TV networks Travel Channel, Syfy, Discovery, EPIX, and National Geographic. She came to the US from Warsaw, Poland with her parents at 5 tucked under the seat on the plane. She tells the story. And landed in Oklahoma. She grew up dreaming of being an explorer, and now, unlike most of us, she does it for a living! Here’s to having a vision! #HereToStay #ImmigrantsAreEssential #WeTheAliens <a href="http://www.wethealienspod.com">www.WeTheAliensPod.com</a> Follow us on <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/wethealienspod/">Facebook</a> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/wethealienspod/">Instagram</a> and on Twitter @WeTheAliensPod Editing and mix: Damien Rowley.  Music: "My country" courtesy of Ben Bostick <a href="http://www.benbostick.com">www.benbostick.com</a>

Happy Shark Week! with Kinga Philipps

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.