Les moved to Atlanta and his family now sees it as permanent. His mother likes the green environment, which reminds her of Russia. His 82-year-old grandmother worked at a factory for over 50 years and expected him to get a stable job, but she watches his podcast anyway even though she doesn't fully understand it.
What did your family say about you moving to Atlanta?
Atlanta?
Yeah.
Oh no, they were with it. My mom came here. My mom loved it here too.
For real?
Yeah, because it's very— it's the nature is very similar to Russia.
Oh.
And it's just, it's so green and—
Did they look at it like you just— like she just exploring herself or some shit?
No.
Oh.
They know they can say nothing to me. Oh. I'mma do whatever I wanna do.
Okay.
They just— I think it hit my parents my grandparents and my mom that I actually left, left for real, for real. Yeah, just like a couple years ago. And now they're like, why don't you— why are you— they think I'm a rebel, like I don't want to do things normal way.
That's what I was thinking too.
She—
my grandma is like, she's proving a point.
Why do you— why don't you just want to have a corporate job and just like sit down? I thought you did that already. Yeah, I did that. But in her mind, that's the only way to like live life, to work, because she worked for a factory for like 60-something, whatever, 50-something years. Yeah, she worked at a factory, the same factory, same job for 50-something years.
Retired. Doing that.
Oh, but, but, but in her mind, that's like the normal thing, right? So she's like, why do you want to have a podcast? Why, why are you doing all of this? Like, it's always— but she watches every episode.
That's dope.
She doesn't understand shit, but she watches it.
Your grandma, she's still around?
Yeah, she's 82.
Shout out to you. 81, actually. Okay.
I was born when she was 50.
Damn.
I was born— yeah, I was, I was her gift. Okay, so she ain't going nowhere until I see her next time.
That's what's up.
Yeah, she watches everything. She's like— she's trying to learn English still. She does not understand a damn thing.
