This is not the episode we wanted to come back from our hiatus but we felt obliged to bring some attention to the current conflict. My guest is Vladyslav Fedoryshyn, a Ukrainian immigrant to the U.S. who shares his story and talks about the currently ongoing Russian invasion of his home country.  Vladyslav's Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/vladfedoryshyn/ Venmo for donations - https://venmo.com/u/vladfed email - vladfed0801@gmail.com With any questions, comments, and other inquiries: podcast's email - tsalikov.davud@gmail.com

As we promised in today's episode we are talking about the importance of mental health, the impact that the lockdown has had, and continues to have, on general population. 

In today's episode Davud and Patrick take a retrospective look at the Pandemic, the rates of vaccinations that are taking place globally and some of the benefits of living in the "first" world countries. Also, in other good news, Patrick is now single!  Our email for the communication: tsalikov.davud@gmail.com The article mentioned in the episode on the research from 2015 "A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence."  https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985

Rabit shares his knowledge and experience, as a successful business co-owner, with our audience. He talks about the struggles that one has to be prepared for, personal preferences in how to run a business, and what helped him remain focused and achieve a dream that many immigrants are hoping for.

For the first time the guest on FirstGeneration is an American. Dakota Rey, who is a white American male from Midwest, speaks about his volunteering experience as a part of a local medic collective. He and his fellow activists decided to join after they witnessed & experienced mass brutality and excessive use of force on a peaceful protest after the killing of George Floyd. Dakota also talks about the excessive police intimidation at protests for Breonna Taylor and others. Dakota shares some of his own experience that he went through as well. Dakota speaks about what motivated him joining BLM movement and gives tips for those who are still on the fence.

Henry shares his experience as a Second (or first?) generation Korean in the United States. We discuss the recent events that include attacks in public on Asian Americans, how the communities are addressing the issue, and what sparked the hateful events in general.

In today's episode Eldar shares the history behind the Ahiska Turks that have been living in persecution for decades. Eldar also shares his experience of growing up in Russia while facing racism and institutional discrimination and how eventually he and many others got an opportunity to find a new home in the United States.

In today’s episode our guest Jorge Sosa talks about his upbringing in Peru and immigration to the United States. Jorge shares his experience and we talk about the recent political events in the US, discuss vaccines and different conspiracies, such as Qanon, deep state, and sanatism among the elite. Jorge also shared with us some of resources that he thinks people interested more would find helpful: The Truth About Vaccines: The Complete 7 Volume DVD Set with Complete Transcripts  https://www.amazon.com/Truth-About-Vaccines-Complete-Transcripts/dp/B073XTQW1F?fbclid=IwAR0GIWLaktM9RkJuASQHo1fAfJmrgfwZwgKdzRAA6K6BMH1kFgPeGd32JpQ https://go2.thetruthaboutvaccines.com/docuseries/order/?fbclid=IwAR10FtAsdJXZoOlmHaUYnQ3aw-eXO-OaUa5mLGo3KemTiduQfc7Z9jIFKaw A wiki article about Georgia Guidestones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones?fbclid=IwAR0AuawMAbQEkxEjAgvFu0pX2n78kqU2HT8PwNoa4pcW9KKfvjaQTC7GEXw

Our today's guest Ricardo, who comes from Netherlands, shares his experience of being an athlete at a US college. Ricardo has played on Wright State University's tennis team for a few years and talks all about the benefits of coming to the US as a student athlete as well as some of the challenges people may face.

In today's episode we have our previous guest Parvin back to talk all about food! What kind of diets does each of us follow if any? Are vegetarians wrong?!

In Today's episode my guest Thomas talks in detail about the format of the US presidential elections. Thomas also explains how third parties work in America and why they are only 2 major parties involved.

In this episode we discuss how in general countries from different continents have dealt with the Coronavirus pandemic. Has any country done the right thing? What was effective and what failed? Is there a winner? Who are the Social Distance Ambassadors? We try to answers all these questions. We look back to the beginning and compare it to where we are now. Northern America, Europe, and Asia.

In today's episode it is 3 of us for the first time. Our guest, Parvin, talks about her experience living in the USA and later in Canada. She compares some key benefits of each country and generally speaks about her life in the US versus in Canada.

In today's episode Davud and Patrick discuss the differences between the laws in the United States and the rest of the world in regards to driving, drinking, and ownership and possession of guns.

In today's special episode my guest, Patrick Walsh, who holds PhD in Political Science from Queens University, discusses the history and dynamics of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.  Dr. Walsh touches on subjects such as what other countries are involved, what interest each side has in the conflict, and the possible answer to finding peace between the neighbouring countries.

Today's guest, A.J. Gomez talks about him travelling to the States with his family at a very young age. He shares his experience of adapting to a different culture and the similarities and differences he ran into while living here.

In today's episode my guest is a fellow Azerbaijani, who has travelled to the US to study mechanical engineering and currently works for SOCAR in Baku, Azerbaijan. He shares his experience of coming to the US, seeking scholarship opportunities, and applying his degree and experience after returning to him home country with an American degree.

In our first episode we introduce my co-host Patrick, who has been to the US in a role of a exchange student from Germany. We talk about culture differences, programs available for students, VISA process, traveling, culture shock, as well as basic daily living things in the US.

Welcome to First Generation! In this episode I share a little bit of my backstory as well as discuss the format and the content that this podcast will have.