Zhannur Zholdaskhan

01/10/2024 1h 46min Episodio 9

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Episode Synopsis

I land the internet’s most famous Qazaq teacher for a tell-all interview and we end up chatting about flirty boys at the office, muscly boys at the gym, old men on the internet, and the meaning of life. Zhannur takes us from the history of her grandparents fleeing to China during the famines, to being born in a village in Eastern Qazaqstan, moving to Almaty as a child, growing up with four sisters, crying for a week to get out of russian class, having her dance career thwarted, studying as a kindergarten teacher and psychologist, performing the dombra, working at a casino, keeping a Brasilian from showering, picking up a stranger on the bus, looking for fame, finding a secret financial backer, grinding out 16-hour work days, not advertising some of her services, being nagged by an older sister, waking like a chicken, following the rules, and succeeding from reading self-help books and actually doing what they say; all without ever speaking “standard” Qazaq.
Zhannur's TV feature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW0Dvw_kWIU
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