Romanistan
The authors of Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling present: Romanistan! Do you love rebels? Do you want to live in a place where outcasts shine their brightest? Welcome to Romanistan! We're your friendly neighborhood Gypsies, celebrating Romani identity and outcast culture, and practicing good diplomatic relations with other marginalized communities.
We love the rebels who are living their truth, even if it clashes with tradition. We also love tradition and honoring our roots. This podcast is for everyone who loves and supports Roma & related groups, and anyone who feels like a misfit and wants to uplift others to create a beautiful community.
We feature pioneers in culture, fashion, art, literature, music, activism, cuisine, and everything good. We adore the intersections of gender, sexuality, spirituality, ability, and identity. We cover all topics, from the difficult to the glorious. Let's sit crooked and talk straight.
Hosted by Paulina Stevens and Jezmina Von Thiele. We reclaim the slur Gypsy, but if you aren’t Romani, we prefer you don't use it. xoxo.
P.S. The Romani people are a diasporic ethnic group originally from northwest India, circa the 10th century. Now, Roma live all over the globe, and due to centuries of oppression, slavery, genocide, and other atrocities, Roma are still fighting for basic human rights. We seek to raise awareness of who Roma are, and highlight Romani resilience, creativity, & culture.
Romanistan
7: Interview with L.L. Junior, Hungarian Romani Rapper
Hey, it's Paulina and Jess bringing you an exciting interview with the renowned and talented rapper and R&B singer, L.L. Junior. We got to speak to him over Zoom from Budapest about his career, Romani music, how he identifies as a rebel, his musical influences and icons, and more.
You can find L.L. Junior on Instagram at @l.l.junior, on YouTube at lljuniorofficial, and on Spotify. We are delighted that we had permission to use some of his music, including "Fekete Vonat" - Mindent A Szerelemért (Cigányul ) as our intro music, as well as "Korkorro" (Egyedül) and Sostar Dukhal (Miért Fáj)
You can find us on Instagram @romanistanpodcast, and on Facebook @romanistanpodcast, and on Twitter @romanistanpod
We started a Ko-fi fundraiser to help us expand. Our goal is to release 2 episodes a month, create video content, like an advice column and other treats, and we would also like to register as a nonprofit so we can produce content by other Romani & Sinti creators. We are hoping to cover production costs, like paying for our hosting site, website, editing and producing, and all the rest. We would love it if you could contribute and spread the word. The link, Ko-fi.com/romanistan, is in our bio on Instagram, and will be in the show notes
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If you would like to advertise with us, email us at romanistanpodcast@gmail.com.
You can find Jessica Reidy on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele
You can find Paulina Verminski on Instagram @_paulina_v_ and at www.romaniholistic.com
Romanistan is hosted by Jessica Reidy and Paulina Verminski
Conceived of by Paulina Verminski
Edited by Melissa Moriarty
With Music by Viktor Pachas and LL Junior
And Artwork by Elijah Vardo