Awkwardly Portuguese

About this episode

Dylan interviews comedian Jomi Cruz about his experiences as a Portuguese living in the UK and his return to Portugal.

This week Dylan is joined by the hilarious & talented Jomi Cruz. Jomi is born and raised in Portugal but has been living in the UK where he brings laughter and joy to thousands as a stand up comedian and founder of Comedy Freaks in London. Jomi is not his real name & he chats to Dylan about why and, amongst other things, what he enjoys about coming back home, how Portugal has become the place of interest for so many people in the UK & how being Portuguese is sometimes like having ...

People in this episode

Host: Dylan Herholdt

Guest: Jomi Cruz

Topics covered

• comedy
• cultural identity
• travel
• Portugal
• UK

Keywords

• Portugal
• UK
• comedy
• Jomi Cruz
• Cultural identity
• travel
• stand up

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Comedy Freaks

Places: Portugal, UK

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