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Romanistan

By: Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina Stevens
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  • 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 Verminski and Jessica Reidy. We reclaim the slur Gypsy, but if you aren’t Romani, we prefer you don't use it. xoxo.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.
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Episodes
  • Ceija Stojka Exhibition

    Ceija Stojka Exhibition
    Jun 30 2024

    We interviewed allies Lorely French and Carina Kurta who are experts on artist, writer, activist, and Holocaust survivor, Ceija Stojka. In an effort to preserve and share her work, there will be an exhibit of Ceija Stojka's artworks in conjunction with the events that are going on for the Culture Capital of Europe 2024 in the Salzkammergut. The exhibition, “Hope that was what strengthened us” opens July 5, 2024 in the Ebensee Museum. The show runs until September. Listen to our conversation about Ceija Stijka’s work, influence, and amazing family.

    Exhibit details: https://www.salzkammergut-2024.at/en/veranstaltungen/hope-that-was-what-strengthened-us/

    Learn more about Ceija Stojka and efforts to share and preserve her work: https://www.ceijastojka.org/

    Thank you for listening to Romanistan podcast.

    You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @romanistanpodcast, and on Twitter @romanistanpod. To support us, Join our Patreon for extra content or donate to Ko-fi.com/romanistan, and please rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us so much.

    Follow Jez on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele & Paulina @romaniholistic.

    Preorder our book, Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling, available from Weiser Books in October 2024.

    Email us at romanistanpodcast@gmail.com for inquiries.

    Romanistan is hosted by Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina Stevens

    Conceived of by Paulina Stevens

    Edited by Cherub

    With Music by Viktor Pachas

    And Artwork by Elijah Vardo
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    48 mins
  • Ruth Sullivan and Traveller Pride

    Ruth Sullivan and Traveller Pride
    Jun 16 2024

    Welcome to our second pride month interview!

    Ruth Sullivan is a director of Traveller Pride, a UK based organisation that brings together Traveller people from the various UK communities to celebrate every aspect of our identities. Ruth is Queer and from a mixed Romany and Gorger family. She discovered her Romany ethnicity in her teens when her Grandad finally opened up about his life to his family. She has been working ever since to discover more about her ethnicity and culture, and to connect to people from her community.

    “[Traveller Pride is a] group made up of Travellers (used as inclusively as possible) who are LGBT+ (likewise) who want to provide a platform for our intersectional community. We act as a network that can provide guidance, support and information to make life easier for LGBT+ Travellers as well as providing essential services, meetup spaces and collaborating with​ other organisations to make them more welcoming to us.” https://www.lgbttravellerpride.com/

    Romani crushes are Dee Cooper, Jo Clement, Delaine Le Bas, & Fairuza Balk.

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    Thank you for listening to Romanistan podcast.

    You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @romanistanpodcast, and on Twitter @romanistanpod. To support us, Join our Patreon for extra content or donate to Ko-fi.com/romanistan, and please rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us so much.

    Follow Jez on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele & Paulina @romaniholistic.

    Preorder our book, Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling, available from Weiser Books in October 2024.

    Email us at romanistanpodcast@gmail.com for inquiries.

    Romanistan is hosted by Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina Stevens

    Conceived of by Paulina Stevens

    Edited by Cherub

    With Music by Viktor Pachas

    And Artwork by Elijah Vardo
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    47 mins
  • Pride, adoption, & an interest in criminal psychology with Nico

    Pride, adoption, & an interest in criminal psychology with Nico
    Jun 9 2024
    Happy Pride! Happy Gypsy, Roma, Traveller History Month! We were delighted to start off the season by chatting to Nico!

    Nico is a queer, disabled Romani from the UK who has lived across multiple continents and is currently based on the southeast coast of England. They’re passionate about human rights and equality, and have a lifelong interest in criminal and forensic psychology. They collect taxidermy and gothic art, and are hoping to move to Scotland and become a dog parent in the near future. Follow them at @snafflepuss on Instagram.

    Thank you for listening to Romanistan podcast.

    You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @romanistanpodcast, and on Twitter @romanistanpod. To support us, Join our Patreon for extra content or donate to Ko-fi.com/romanistan, and please rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us so much.

    Follow Jez on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele & Paulina @romaniholistic.

    Preorder our book, Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling, available from Weiser Books in October 2024.

    Email us at romanistanpodcast@gmail.com for inquiries.

    Romanistan is hosted by Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina Stevens

    Conceived of by Paulina Stevens

    Edited by Cherub

    With Music by Viktor Pachas

    And Artwork by Elijah Vardo
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    28 mins
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a very chalenging podcast

I like the comparison with land ownership and Romani poeple and how much of access of land ownership it is incentive to own land. The similar happend with Romani people with end of 19th century with abolition of slavory in Romania who were forced to live with their landlords till the beginning of the socialism era.

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