Where We Land
Hosted by sisters Luciana and Claudia, Where We Land is a podcast about immigrant experiences and what it’s like to live between two cultures. Luciana and Claudia share their stories and also sit down with fellow immigrants to ask, how did you get here? From navigating unfamiliar grocery aisles to embracing new customs – and holding on to old ones – every conversation brings out heartfelt stories about what being American means when you don’t take it for granted. Here, you will find warmth, humor, and candid conversations, no matter where you are from. So join us – everyone’s welcome. Want to shar...
Summer Vacation: London and Lima
Summer is officially over! Maybe not according to the calendar or the weather, but it is to us because our summer holidays are behind us. So in this episode you can hear all about what we did on our summer vacation. Luciana went back to Peru –her home country– for the first time in two years. Claudia went back to London –the home of her alma mater– ten years after graduating. They share their vacation highs, lows and everything in between.
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Before Midnight: from 'inevitable' love to choosing to stay
In this episode we tackle Richard Linlater’s 2013 film Before Midnight. We talk about how this is the first movie in the Before Trilogy to explore a relationship beyond those magical first 24 hours, the bleaker side of marriage, and parenting challenges of different kinds.
As always, we also share our favorite multicultural moments and pieces of culture depicted in the movie, like Celine and Jesse spending a summer at a beach house in Greece!
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How a breakup fueled my career with Mariana Loebrich
Mariana Loebrich moved from Peru to the US while she was in college and never looked back. Slowly but surely she built a life for herself, and over twenty years in, she has no plans of leaving New York any time soon.
Mariana shares how hard it was for her to make friends when she first immigrated, how she stayed in relationships for too long because her family was so far away that her relationships became her family, and how she made the move from retail to corporate America without a college degree. This...
The Multi-Culture Edit: Summer ‘26
A lot has happened this summer, from international sporting events and fantastic concerts to embracing the doom scroll and being scared to eat lettuce. It’s been a summer of concerts, a summer of sports, and depending on where you live, a summer of disease? We recap it all in this Multi-Culture Edit for the summer of 2026!
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Ted Lasso: traveling with curiosity & the father figure we crave
In this episode we discuss the immigrant journey of Ted Lasso. That’s right, the American football coach that moves to England to take a job heading a men’s professional football team. We get into how the show resonated during the pandemic and might resonate again today, why Ted’s way of being abroad reminds of Dua Lipa, our highlights of S4E1, and what we hope to see the rest of the season. We BELIEVE it’s going to be a good one!
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...Five international moves & counting with Patricia Valdiviezo
When Patricia Valdiviezo was 10 she moved with her family to California knowing very little English. It was a rough transition. When she was 16 her family moved back to Peru, while Patricia and her twin sister stayed to graduate from high school later that year. At 22, burned out, and tired of being far from her family, she returned to Peru with a college degree and not much of a plan, except maybe wanting to stay put for a while. 8 years later, she was off again. This time to Berlin and then London, but she wasn’t alone. Her husband went wi...
The Odyssey: social contracts, optimism & Christopher Nolan
In this episode we take on Christopher Nolan’s latest epic: The Odyssey. We discuss how Nolan’s take feels modern, why it left us optimistic, and whether we’d talk to the dead in Hades.
Plus, we share the immigrant themes we picked up on in the movie and our favorite cultural moments.
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Travel Guide: our favorite things about Peru
If you’re curious about Peru and aren’t sure which cities to visit, what sites to see or where to eat, in this episode we share our favorite restaurants in Lima and places to go! There is obviously so much more to enjoy beyond what we mention, but these are just our own personal favorites.
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Fútbol, family and Argentina with Andrew DeLuca
Andrew DeLuca can’t remember when he was first introduced to fútbol, but it was probably before he could even form memories. Born and raised in the US by an Argentinian father and Peruvian mother, keeping up with fútbol games was a top priority and hard to do at the time. Then the pastime became a family affair, with all the members of the family now partaking in the traditions and superstitions that involve cheering on Argentina during a World Cup.
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World Cup, Knicks in 5, and the sports we fell in love with in the US
We’ve really been hit in the face with a lot of sports lately, so we had to talk about it! Sports fandoms are such a fun thing to be a part of and they really connect you to where you’re from or where you’re currently living. As immigrants, following local sports has helped us feel like we belong. So here’s an episode full of sports takes from two really casual and oftentimes bandwagon fans. Go team go!
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Marriage by your own rules with author Viviana Galvez
In this episode, Peruvian author Viviana Galvez talks to us about becoming a published author, moving abroad for the first time, and the idea of making up your own rules for marriage in her debut novel “Married, Apparently”. The book is available on Amazon.
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How two immigrants celebrate Independence Day
This month we have the 4th of July and 28 de Julio (Peru’s Independence Day)! These are the most patriotic holidays in their respective countries. So, what happens when you were born in Peru and live in the US?
Being far from home sometimes makes you feel more patriotic about your home country, but it can be hard to celebrate being abroad (you can’t always get all the Peruvian things you’d normally enjoy). And celebrating the 4th when you weren’t born in the US can have a learning curve because each country...
Our favorite immigrant dads
In honor of it being Father’s Day, in this episode we discuss our favorite dads (both fictional or real) that immigrated to the United States. From Camila Cabello’s dad to the dad in Never Have I Ever, and Vito Corleone to our father (or course!), we share what resonates with us about these paternal figures. Who’s your fave? Let us know in the comments!
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Pausing the career you immigrated for with Luciana Valdiviezo
Ever since she took a summer film class in New York, Peruvian marketing major Luciana Valdiviezo promised herself she’d live and work in the city some day. 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.
Luciana talks about motherhood, what it takes to build a career abroad, and how seeing other women take breaks in their careers helpe...
Globetrotting for a place of your own with Luiza Nunes
From a very young age Luiza Nunes felt the need to travel the world in search of a place all of her own. Brazil would always be where she returned to be with friends and family, but she was looking for something else, something entirely for herself. Luiza tells us all about living in different countries, the Brazilian food she stockpiles whenever she can, and why her next move might be her last.
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Before Sunset: past choices and second chances
In this episode we tackle Richard Linlater’s 2004 film Before Sunset. We talk about how worldly the characters have become, Celine’s immigrant experience in the US, and how this movie questions the meant-to-be ideals of its predecessor.
As always, we also share our favorite multicultural moments and pieces of culture depicted in the movie. Celine’s courtyard apartment, anyone?
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Unexpected entrepreneurship with Laura Giromini
Laura Giromini is an Italian dancer, actress, and content creator. After years of being a working actress in Milan, Laura moved to New York with her husband to try to make it as an indie film actress in the States. What she didn’t expect was that after years of hustle, her hobby (@viverenewyork) would be what turned into quite a profitable enterprise.
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Before Sunrise: romantic cynicism and falling in love abroad
In this episode we tackle Richard Linlater’s 1995 film Before Sunrise. We talk about how Luciana tried to reenact as many scenes as possible in her own life, Claudia has a gripe with Celine carrying a backpack all day, and why the listening booth and the failure to brush away Celine’s hair are the best moments in the movie. And as always, we share our favorite multicultural moments and pieces of culture depicted in the movie.
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A Saigon refugee bridges the gaps in a new memoir with Hoangmai Pham
Hoangmai (Mai) Pham is a Vietnamese American refugee and physician, founder of the Institute for Exceptional Care. In our conversation she shares how her family escaped from Saigon before the fall, what it was like adapting to an American life, the challenges of understanding her identity when no one would talk to her about the past, and how she ended up moving back to Vietnam for a year to get answers.
Mai shares all this and more in her debut memoir, Bridge from Saigon, available on Amazon.
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Long-distance grief
One of the downsides to living abroad is being far away from friends and family. So when people you love suffer an accident, go through a prolonged illness or pass away, you don’t always get to be there for them in all the ways you wish you could. In this episode we discuss our experiences with long-distance grief and how it's shaped us.
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Cooking up Native Policy with Chef Nathan Davis
Nathan Davis is a chef and policy advocate who grew up in North Dakota on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation. Through his work Nathan has had to navigate his Native culture in non-Native spaces within the US. As immigrants, Luciana and Claudia found a surprising amount of similarities with Nathan as they also find themselves constantly living between cultures.
Nathan will be one of the chefs at the event New York EATSS, where you can experience Indigenous food, music, dance, and art. The event is this Thursday, April 30th from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm at...
Lost in Translation: loneliness, Tokyo, and life crises
In this episode we discuss Sofia Coppola’s 2003 film Lost in Translation, for which she won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. We share what we love about this movie, delve into its themes of loneliness and alienation in a foreign country that are so familiar to the immigrant experience, and go through all our favorite bits of culture depicted in the film. Anyone else want to go to Japan after watching it?
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Nutrition and culture with Neha Shah
Neha Shah is a nutrition practitioner from India, and Founder of Diaspora Nutrition. When her husband told her he had a job opportunity that would move them to Seattle, Neha was excited to leave India and have the space to raise her children on her own terms. But it was being away from India that made her see Indian cuisine, ingredients, and nutrition in a new way, leading her to build a business around this knowledge.
On her Diaspora Nutrition website you can find a food directory of verified farm-to-table Indian groceries, non-toxic cookware, n...
Moving abroad for a guy
In this episode we talk through different scenarios for moving abroad for a guy. From falling in love with a foreigner to your partner getting a job abroad, navigating these situations can be overwhelming, stressful and difficult to sort through your own feelings about it. Plus, there’s so much more to consider beyond wanting to move or not, like your career and job opportunities, visa and immigration status, distance from family and friends, among others. How do you decide?
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Immigrating as a dependent and figuring yourself out with Laura Peruchi
When Laura Peruchi suggested her then boyfriend get a job in New York she was excited about the possibility of living abroad. What she didn’t count on was that immigrating as a dependent wouldn’t allow her to work for several years. Originally a journalist from Brazil, Laura became a content creator to “keep busy” during the years she couldn’t work.
When she finally obtained her Green Card, Laura was confronted with an even more overwhelming thought: what do you want to do now? After years of just keeping busy, answering that question p...
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 some truth to each of them or not at all. From guys asking us if we can teach them to dance, to people calling us spicy (whatever that means?) we get into all the truthful, funny and simply bizarre stereotypes we’ve heard about being Hispanic.
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Actor, producer, beauty queen with Karla Bacigalupo
Whether it’s writing scripts, producing short films, waitressing or being crowned a beauty queen, our reigning Miss Peru Karla Bacigalupo, is doing what it takes to get her acting and producing careers off the ground. Originally from Lima, Karla moved to the US to study acting and producing at UCLA.
In this episode Karla shares how she went from the corporate world to acting, how her relationship navigated an international move and two ambitious personalities, what the contestants in beauty pageants are really like, and what she found most challenging about immigrating.
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Our favorite famous immigrant women l Just Us
In honor of International Women’s Day, in this episode we discuss our favorite famous ladies that immigrated to the United States. From Sofia Vergara and Dua Lipa, to Shakira and Lupita Nyong'o, we share what we admire about these women. Who are your faves? Let us know in the comments!
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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. Set in the backdrop of a government-waged war on immigration and the revolutionaries fighting to stop it, the movie is ripe with themes of multiculturality, immigration policy, and resistance.
We also talk about the movie’s surprisingly comedic moments, its stellar cast, and everything we loved about Leo!
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High achiever, low profile with Camila Vidal
Camila Vidal is a Peruvian filmmaker based in LA. In this episode Camila shares how she got her love of filmmaking from her mom, moving to Buenos Aires for film school, making it as a successful director-for-hire of commercial projects, what an MFA at Cal Arts really gave her, hustling to get a visa and pay off her student loans, and all the projects she’s working on now, including the script for her feature film debut. As fellow Peruvians, we couldn’t be prouder! You can check out her work here.
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Marcello Hernández: a Latino ‘American Boy’ with killer jokes l Just Us
In this episode we discuss Marcello Hernández’s debut comedy special American Boy (on Netflix). Marcello is a comedian and actor you may know from SNL where he famously plays the character Domingo.
He was born and raised in Miami. The son of immigrant parents: his mom is from Cuba, his dad from Dominican Republic. Immigrant and multicultural themes are at the heart of his comedy special so of course we have to talk about it on the podcast.
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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, all the easter eggs we were able to pick up on, the significance of Benito’s song selection, the meaningful cameos, and our own feelings as Peruvians watching along, dancing and cheering him on.
It won’t come as a surprise to say we thoroughly enjoyed it. Watch our conversation to learn all the reasons why!
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Passion for entertainment and taking big swings with Hanna Bergström
Originally from Sweden, Hanna Bergström moved to LA to do a semester abroad in college and never left. After falling in love with the entertainment industry, she hustled to get her work visa and is now Marketing Manager at Redrock Entertainment.
In our conversation Hanna shares how LA ended up being a more seamless cultural fit than Sweden, the cultural gaps she’s experienced at work as well as when dating, and her favorite Swedish word that has no translation so she uses it even when speaking English.
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Bad Bunny: Puerto Rican roots and Latin American pride l Just Us
In honor of Bad Bunny’s upcoming Super Bowl halftime show performance we dive into his six-time Grammy nominated album Debí Tirar Más Fotos (I should’ve taken more pictures), its themes around multicultural identity, immigration, and why it’s not just meaningful to Puerto Ricans, but to Latinos across the region.
We discuss how, though the album is thoroughly Puerto Rican, multiculturalism is also on display and how the lyrics of leaving your homeland have resonated with Hispanic immigrants.
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Heated Rivalry: hot boys and multicultural dating l Just Us
In this episode we’re breaking down the hot, Canadian breakout hit: Heated Rivalry. We discuss all the different cultural aspects, like dating a guy from another country, Ilya navigating his immigration status and his complicated relationship with his home country of Russia while living abroad.
But before we get to all that, we share what we loved about the show.
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New year, old traditions l Just Us
In this episode we share the Peruvian New Year traditions we’ve participated in over the years, from burning life-size dolls to flowering baths, we get into all of it.
We also discuss our New Year’s resolutions and our shots at making them stick. Claudia shares the culture clash she experienced with the term 'cuffing season' and Luciana talks about how she's started the year in a decluttering phase.
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Mission-driven work & two kids with Claudia Helms
Claudia Helms is the Program Director for Latin America & the Caribbean at the D.C. based think tank Global Financial Integrity. Originally from Peru, Claudia has been in the US for over a decade. Claudia shares how her career led her to immigrate, how a planned move to Australia was thwarted by a trip to D.C. and how a planned move to Boston was derailed when she met her husband.
We also talked to Claudia about how she balances her passion for working all over Latin America and being a mom of two...
Where We Land in 2025 l Just Us
To close out the year, we share the origin story of the podcast: why we started it, how we put it together, and the difficulties along the way. We also talk about unexpected moments, what made us the most nervous, our favorite episodes to record and many more behind the scenes details.
Where We Land will be back with a new episode on January 11th (8 pm EST).
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Coalescing identities with Farrah Daniel
After spending her childhood in Haiti, Farrah Daniel moved with her family to the US. The next few years were marked by her struggle to quickly learn English, find her place within Black culture in America, obey her religious upbringing, keep up with her French and Creole, and do as her parents’ asked. It took several years, but Farrah has managed to navigate her way through, sort, and reckon with all the cultural identities that collided within her as an 8 year old when she first arrived in Florida.
Today, Farrah is a writer based in...
Far from home for the holidays l Just Us
As immigrants living in the US, we haven’t always been able to go home to Peru for the holidays. While it can be rough to not go home, it also opens the door to celebrate in new ways. In this episode we share our experiences spending all kinds of holidays and important occasions far from home, and even family.
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