How Immigrant Parents Shaped Our Travel Experiences

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4.4 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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For our guests this week, childhood vacations meant a cousin's house in Alexandria or New Delhi. Thanks to Huffington Post reporter Rowaida Abdelaziz for joining us in the studio, and to Priya Krishna, author of the upcoming cookbook Indian-ish, for calling in while on the move in Queens (forgive us for the varying sound quality this week).

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, the two of us are away travelling this week, so we decided to share one of our favourite episodes from last year.
0:06.2	Joined by Huff Post reporter Rueida Abdel-Aziz and Priya Kish, author of The Fabulous Cookbook, Indianish.
0:12.7	This episode is about celebrating all those immigrant parents out there and all the ways that they shape our travel experiences.
0:19.4	With July 4th, just around the corner, it felt
0:21.7	like the perfect time to give it another listen and honor the wonderful melting pot that
0:25.8	is the USA.
0:30.7	Hi, this is Women Who Travel, a podcast from Condé Nast Traveler. I'm Lale Arikoglu, and with me, as
0:37.0	always, is Meredith Carey.
0:38.8	Hi. And today we're joined by one podcast alum, I was going to say regular, but alum, the lovely Rueida
0:48.2	Abdel Aziz, a reporter at Huffington Post. Hello. And Priya Krishna, a regular contributor to the New York Times and Bon
0:55.8	Appetit and the author of the upcoming cookbook, Indianish. Hi. And she's wandering around New
1:02.1	York, I would imagine, based on a video we've got. Yes, I'm in Long Island City. Perfect.
1:08.1	I was trying to figure out like where that arch that I can see you on is.
1:11.6	It's a parking lot.
1:13.6	Exactly where you should be recording a podcast.
1:17.6	Amazing. Well, I guess I'm the spectator here because this week we are talking about something that actually came up when Rowena was on the podcast
1:29.1	all those many months ago, which has to do with traveling for your family when you are a first
1:35.8	generation immigrant to the place where you live. You guys all fit in that category. I am just from Texas.
1:43.7	So I would love to just start off.
1:48.0	You know, we talk about our mom, Salai, and I do all the time on this podcast,
1:51.0	but I would love to hear, I guess, starting with your Oedha about your parents,
1:55.0	but where they're from and why they moved to Jersey.
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