Tuckered Out with Ami Thakkar
186 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsA podcast interviewing South Asian trailblazers, experts, and prominent voices around the world. We discuss the messiness of growing up brown, have honest conversations about personal and professional journeys, talk about projects that currently fulfill our souls, and discuss topics we could never talk about in front of those aunties we grew up with.
Uncle jokes included.
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Zarrar Khan is Shining A Fresh Light on Pakistan
April 10, 2024 07:19 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBZarrar Khan is an award-winning Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker. Born in Karachi and currently based out of Toronto, Zahra’s works have been screened and awarded in over 100 festivals, including TIFF, Bocarno, and BFI London. In Flames, his genre-bending feature directorial debut, premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival as part of the Director's Fortnight. A story about Pakistani women, about resilience, it’s a perfect mixture of education, entertainment and thriller, and has garnered cri...
Anu Seghal and Priya Krishna Discuss Culture and Cooking
April 04, 2024 10:00 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBAnu Seghal is a children's author and the founder of The Culture Tree, a cultural literacy and language education company that celebrates South Asian culture. Priya Krishna is a food reporter and video host for the New York Times and the best-selling author of multiple cookbooks, including Indian-Ish and Cooking at Home. Her latest book is Priya's Kitchen Adventures. The Culture Tree will be hosting their first annual AAPI Children's Literary Festival in collaboration with the Asia Society...
Rochelle Pinto Is Taking Vogue India Into A New Era
March 21, 2024 10:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBRochelle Pinto is the head of editorial content for Vogue India. She has had quite a career and is exactly how you think a Vogue head would be-poised, intelligent, well-spoken, beautiful, and as a bonus, she’s totally down to earth. In case you were also wondering if she does gets to work with and receive advice from Anna Wintour, the answer is yes. Yes she does. Rochelle shares her insights into what is currently happening in Indian fashion, content, beauty, and all things Vogue. She s...
Michael Maliakel and Sonya Balsara: Breaking Barriers on Broadway
March 14, 2024 10:00 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBWe're going to Broadway! Today, I am talking with the two South Asian leads in a very beloved Broadway show: Michael Maliakel and Sonya Balsara, who play Aladdin and Jasmine in Disney's Aladdin on Broadway. Michael made his Broadway debut with Aladdin in September 2021. He has had theater experience, including being part of the national tour of the Phantom of the Opera. Sonya also made her Broadway debut as Jasmine in Aladdin and has recently worked on the pre-Broadway lab of The Karate K...
Rohit Bhargava Discusses The Non-Obvious
March 07, 2024 20:15 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBIn honor of SXSW coming up next week, I wanted to share a previous episode with one of the keynote speakers for the conference! Rohit Bhargava is the Founder and Chief Trend Curator of the Non-Obvious Company and is widely considered one of the most entertaining and original speakers on trends and marketing in the world. Rohit believes the world needs more Non-Obvious thinking. He helps leaders and professionals to be more open minded, see what others miss and learn to anticipate the futur...
Kavita Mehra Is Changing Conversations On Gender-Based Violence
February 29, 2024 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBKavita Mehta is a a non-profit leader with 20 years of service and a deep commitment to fostering cultural change, organizational transformation, and movement building. Kavita is the Executive Director for Sahki for South Asian Women, a survivor-led gender justice organization whose goal is to eradicate gender-based and domestic violence. Sakhi is the second largest organization of its kind in the US, and celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. It has really changed the conversation on ...
Akruti Babaria Is Bringing Indian Kulture To Our Kids
February 22, 2024 11:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBWhen I met my next guest for the first time after getting to know her on social media, I felt like I’d known her forever. Akruti Babaria is the founder of Kulture Khazana , a business is dedicated to sharing Indian culture with children through educational and play activities. Her story began in 2018 after the birth of her son, Ayaan. When Akruti realized that the diverse places she has lived in had no sign of her culture or community, so she decided to do something about it Now through...
Nisha Pahuja Spotlights Social Issues Through Her Lens
February 15, 2024 16:24 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBHow is it February already?? While we are working on a few other projects these past few weeks, we're going to share an episode from the end of last year that we also submitted for The Webby Awards this year. Please do go watch "To Kill A Tiger", it's one of the most powerful documentaries I've seen Nisha Pahuja is a writer, an artist, and director and now an Emmy-nominated filmmaker. Her passion for social impact is marked by a quiet courage towards exploring complex social issues tha...
Nick Rathod Is Bridging Hollywood and DC
February 01, 2024 16:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBNick Rathod has been thinking a lot about the power of culture and using it as a platform for change. And he has some experience with that. Over the span of his 20-year career, Nick Rathod has built successful campaigns, businesses, governmental and non-governmental institutions and been a key advisor to the nation's leaders. Nick has served as special assistant to the President and Deputy Director for Intergovernmental Affairs in the White House, and was also the Director of Intergovernme...
Dr. Aditi Nerurkar: Resetting for 2024.
January 25, 2024 11:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBDr. Aditi Nerurkar is a Harvard physician, stress expert, speaker, national television correspondent, and host of the podcast, Time Out with Eve Rodsky. She is also a lecturer at Harvard Medical School in the Division of Global Health and Social Medicine, and serves as the co-director of the Clinical Clerkship in Community Engagement. She has spoken at the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit, the HBS Women's Conference, and many other events. Most importantly, her new book, The 5 Resets: Rewire Your ...
Megha Tolia Talks Shondaland
January 11, 2024 11:00 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBWe're back! It's the new year and we hope everyone had a safe and peaceful holiday....and we also hope you're ready to get Tuckered Out this year! And what a way to start off 2024... Megha Tolia is the President and COO of Shondaland as well as a beacon of ingenuity and leadership. Her professional journey began at Neutrogena and spanned over 20 years, where she honed her expertise in building mission-driven, consumer-centric brands. Her trajectory took a thrilling turn when she leaped int...
Curtain Call: Gratitude and A Reflection on the Year that Was
December 20, 2023 11:00 - 4 minutes - 3.81 MBToday, in the last episode of 2023, I just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who makes this podcast possible: my hubby and our girls, our amazing production team Ginni Media, and of course, to you. Thank you for your company, support, and for pretending to laugh at my jokes. Before you go, I need to ask you a favor. Tuckered Out has been recognized by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences as a finalist for the Anthem Awards! What do I need from you? A simple vote to help ...
Falguni Lakhani Adams Shares Her Vices
December 13, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBFalguni Lakhani Adams is an Emmy Award-winning producer and executive with Vice TV and another one of my long-lost soul sisters. She is the epitome of a multi-hyphenate, a mom, a director, a writer, a mindfulness coach, and an entrepreneur, and she has more than 20 years of experience producing creative nonfiction stories for broadcast TV, digital media, and long-form audio documentaries. She has worked on projects such as Unknown Amazon with Pedro Andrade, The Search For Q, Too Soon: Come...
Raja Kumari Is Building The Bridge
November 30, 2023 11:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBToday's guest is none other than Raja Kumari, a Grammy-nominated songwriter, and India’s top female rapper. Known as Svetha Rao to loved ones, she brings an otherworldly fusion of Eastern and Western music that's completely reshaping the industry. In our chat, Raja Kumari takes us on a journey through her album 'The Bridge’. Released worldwide in April 2023, this album is a work that not only showcases her unique blend of cultures but also marks her debut under her own label that launched ...
Manu Raju Is Discussing Inside Politics
November 09, 2023 11:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBManu Raju is a Chief Congressional Correspondent for CNN and an anchor of Inside Politics Sunday. He has covered Capitol Hill for over seven years with Politico before taking on his current role at CNN. With a career spanning from Congressional Quarterly to inside Washington publishers, he's a familiar face to anyone following political news. Award-winning and always at the heart of the action, Manu's work is driven by a passion for uncovering the stories that matter. His on-the-ground repo...
Swati Swarma Is Making Headlines At Vox Media
November 02, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBSwati Sharma is the powerhouse Editor-in-Chief of Vox, a leading platform for explanatory journalism. I recently had the pleasure of sharing a panel with her earlier this year and felt an instant connection. As the Editor-in-Chief of Vox, she’s on a mission to demystify the complexities of the world by helping her audience move out of ignorance into knowledge, no matter their background. Throughout her storied career, she's been a force at renowned news institutions like The Atlantic, Was...
Nisha Ganatra Is Directing Cultural Change
October 26, 2023 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBNisha Ganatra, is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actress of Indian descent. We met this year at Sundance where I was lucky enough to see her screening of Rise, a short film focusing on the struggles of women enterpreneurs today. I first got to know her after watching Chutney Popcorn back in '99, now a cult classic, which she wrote, directed, and produced herself. Ganatra has directed numerous television shows including Transparent, You Me Her, Better Things...
Tuckered Out LIVE! From The SALUTE (South Asian Ladies Unite To Empower) Summit
October 19, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBWe're coming at you LIVE! from the inaugural summit of SALUTE in my favorite city, NYC baby. The SALUTE (South Asian Ladies Unite To Empower) mission is to build an impactful community of South Asian women focused on innovation, unity, and progress. Members of this community are rising leaders in their fields, who are making decisions to shape the present and influence the future. Guys, I can't tell you how much I love this community. The founders have built something very special an...
Rooshy Roy Is Reconnecting With Her Roots
October 05, 2023 10:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBRooshy Roy is the founder and CEO of Aavrani, a holistic skincare line that uses clean, effective cosmetics rooted in Indian agent beauty rituals, which she saw her grandmother using as a young girl in India. As an adult searching for an easier way to access non-toxic formulas, Rooshy reconnected with her roots by creating the beauty products she wished she had as a young Indian girl growing up in the Midwest. I deeply resonate with this because growing up in Texas, I only saw brands like...
Gotham Chopra Discusses The Religion Of Sports
September 28, 2023 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBGotham Chopra is an American sports documentarian, media entrepreneur, producer, podcast host, director, journalist, and author. He is the co-founder of Religion of Sports, Liquid Comics, Chopra Media, and the Chopra Well. Gotham is known for his sports-centric films, having worked with athletes such as, Tom Brady, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Simone Biles, and in today’s episode, he talks with me about his latest project with Serena Williams. We discuss his current role as co-founder of...
Neelu Kaur Is Her Own Cheerleader
September 21, 2023 09:00 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBNeelu Kaur is an author, facilitator, NLP and executive coach, and a wellness and burnout management expert. She combines leadership development, neurolinguistic programming, and burnout management to offer her clients a healing hybrid of research-based professional development skills intricately intertwined with the wisdom of Yoga and Ayurveda. Neely’s book, Be Your Own Cheerleader, is an Asian and South Asian woman’s cultural, psychological, and spiritual guide to self-promoting at work to...
SJ Sindu On Finding Her Voice Through Fiction
September 14, 2023 10:00 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBMy fourth guest for my South Asian author series is Sj Sindu. As a genderqueer Sri Lankan American novelist and riveting short story writer, SJ Sindu is one of the most exciting young voices out there today. Her first novel, Marriage of a Thousand Lies, won the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for debut fiction and was named an American Library Association, Stonewall Honor Book. SJ’s upcoming book, The Goth House, is a collection of stories that focus on queer joy, as well as shocking...
Suneel Gupta Talks About Everyday Dharma
August 31, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBOnce labeled as the ‘Face of Failure’ by The New York Times, Suneel Gupta is a best-selling author, renowned speaker, Harvard Medical School visiting scholar, and host of a global documentary series (presented by American Express Business Class). Suneel has studied leaders around the world to discover and share simple, actionable habits that lift our performance and deepen our state of well-being. He is also the founding CEO of Rise, a breakthrough wellness company, and has recently releas...
We're Speaking with Hitha Palepu
August 03, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBMy next interview for our South Asian author series is with the indomitable Hitha Palepu. Hitha Palepu is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, CEO of Roshan Pharmaceuticals, and a lover of all things Mr. T and Taco Bell. From a young age, Hitha’s parents encouraged the belief that she didn't have to be just any one thing but her dreams would require hard work and diligence no matter what. Today we discuss how she wrote her book, We’re Speaking: The Life Lessons of Kamala Harris, in two months,...
Priti Tanna Marries A Coconut
July 26, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBPriti Tanna is the author of I Married A Coconut, a coming-of-age story turned memoir that explores Priti’s journey through navigating the dichotomy of being a first-generation Indian American. It is an incredibly insightful book about growing up South Asian and having to walk the tightrope between two seemingly opposing cultures. Today, we talk more about her book and how Priti found her path as a writer, what her childhood was like, the pearls of wisdom that came out of her healing journey...
Maneesh Goyal Elevates Indian Hospitality (Episode Flashback)
June 30, 2023 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBTo honor and celebrate Pride Month, you are in for a treat! This week, I am bringing back three episodes near and dear to my heart. Get ready to listen to the third episode of the mini-series, with Maneesh Goyal, where we're talking true hospitality – Indian style. I have been following my next guest for quite a while now through social media and mutual friends. He has been doing some amazing work and also.... throwing some amazing parties- I definitely was trying to get invited to one. H...
Zameer Kassam Gets Personal (Episode Flashback)
June 29, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBTo honor and celebrate Pride Month, you are in for a treat! This week, I am bringing back three episodes near and dear to my heart. Get ready to listen to the second episode of the mini-series, with Zameer Kassam, where we're talking diamonds – the kinds that tell your story. With a background as unique as the jewelry he designs, including time at McKinsey & Company, Harvard Business School, and De Beers Louis Vuitton, Zameer Kassam has emerged as one of the global jewelry industry’s most i...
Ginni Saraswati Is Made Offbeat (Episode Flashback)
June 28, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33 MBTo honor and celebrate Pride Month, you are in for a treat! This week, I am bringing back three episodes near and dear to my heart. Get ready to listen to the first episode of the mini-series, with Ginni Saraswati, where we're talking podcasting. It's always nice to interview someone who has nicer equipment than you. Today I talk to fellow podcaster, Ginni Saraswati. She is Founder and CEO of Ginni Media, a podcast production company whose motto is, “Made Offbeat”- which I can relate to. S...
Parag Mehta Discusses Politics Now & Then (Episode Flashback)
June 15, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBIn honor of the Indian American Impact Summit we attended last week and Pride Month, we're bringing back to your ears the amazing interview we had a while back with Communications Specialist and my college friend Parag V. Mehta. We start off our interview discussing our University of Texas at Austin days as dandia/raas champions (of course) to how the story of Matthew Shepard changed his life. We then get into Parag's impressive and expansive experience in the D.C. political scene. He addr...
Anita Verma-Lallian Builds Arizona’s First South Asian-owned Film Production Company
June 08, 2023 11:00 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBAnita Verma-Lallian is the CEO and founder of Arizona Land Consulting, a Phoenix-based land investment consulting company that specializes in commercial real estate. But like a true boss, Anita couldn’t stop there. She is also the founder of Arizona’s first South Asian and first female-owned film production and entertainment company, Camelback Productions. Their mission? Focusing on South Asian and minority community storytelling by uplifting the voices of those who belong to these groups....
Hasan Minhaj and Sheetal Sheth Talk To Kids About Individuality
June 01, 2023 10:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBIt's a special LIVE episode coming to you from East coast! The lovely and brilliant Sheetal Sheth hosted our team for her Always Anjali event, where she talked to kids from the tri-state area about her book and answered all their insightful, and honest, questions. Her co-host, Hasan Minhaj is an actor, comedian, writer, and political commentator who uses his prowess in the art of storytelling to uplift and advocate for the stories of the unique. However, before Hasan is anything else, he ...
Tuckered Out with Ami Thakkar Trailer Part 2
May 25, 2023 10:00 - 3 minutes - 2.93 MBNew trailer, new headshots, same uncle jokes. To all the new listeners, welcome to the Tuckered Out with Ami Thakkar—where we interview trailblazers, experts, and prominent voices from the South Asian diaspora to discuss the messiness of growing up Brown, find inspiration, admiration, and most importantly, tons of laughter. To all those who have stuck with me this long, thank you from the bottom of my heart. It has been a fun ride, and we're only getting started. A special ‘thank you’ to ...
She's Unlikeable with Aparna Shewakramani
May 18, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBAparna Shewakramani had a career in law before going on a little show called Indian Matchmaking. Overnight, she became an ambassador for women and a voice contributing to the ongoing conversations concerning sexism. She is the best-selling author of the non-fiction memoir called, “She’s Unlikeable: And Other Lies That Bring Women Down,” which discusses her experience on the show, the tired and negative tropes surrounding women, and how they must be dismantled systematically. Aparna is curr...
Rishi Rajani Builds A Home For Stories Untold
May 11, 2023 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBRishi Rajani is the CEO of Hillman Grad Productions, a full service media and production company with a mission to empower underrepresented artists and amplify the stories of diverse historically marginalized communities across all industries. In the 5 years since starting at Hillman Grad, Rishi has not only learned the ropes of what it takes to be a successful producer, he also has had a crash course on how to run an exceptional media company. When he met Lena Waithe, the award-winning ...
Satnam Singh Trades The NBA for Wrestling
May 04, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBSatnam Singh is an Indian professional wrestler and former basketball player who is currently signed to the American professional wrestling promotion, All Elite Wrestling. He became the first Indian player to be drafted into the NBA when the Dallas Mavericks selected him with the 52nd overall pick of the 2015 NBA draft. He’s also the first athlete I’ve ever interviewed on the podcast. What we talked about: Why he transitioned from basketball to wrestling (7:42) Who he would love to get i...
Maneesh Goyal Elevates Indian Hospitality
April 27, 2023 10:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBI have been following my next guest for quite awhile now through social media and mutual friends. He has been doing some amazing work and also.... throwing some amazing parties- I definitely was trying to get invited to one. Hailing from Dallas, Texas, Maneesh Goyal is a self-acclaimed "insatiable people-person," and was determined to open the next great restaurant in NYC, which had to be Indian given his roots. That idea mixed with his desire to fulfill his fathers legacy, one that start...
Tuckered Out with Ami Thakkar Trailer
April 20, 2023 10:00 - 3 minutes - 3.12 MBNew trailer. Same uncle jokes. Auntie approved. Welcome to the brand new and sparkly trailer for the pod! To all my new listeners, WELCOME to the Tuckered Out family, where we interview, trailblazers, experts, and prominent voices from the South Asian diaspora to find inspiration, admiration, and most importantly....tons of laughter. To all of you who continue to listen and support, a huge THANK YOU and a promise to keep telling the South Asian story the only way I know how to-by keeping ...
Aizzah Fatima Is Americanish
April 12, 2023 14:20 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBAizzah Fatima is an actress and writer from New York City by way of Mississippi. Aizzah has appeared on numerous television shows and films and is the lead actor/writer and producer of Americanish, which follows two sisters and their cousin as they navigate love, careers and familial pressures, a lot of which was personal to Aizzah. The film has already won 26 awards and will be released by Sony later this year We talk about Dirty Paki Lingerie, her critically acclaimed comedy one woman pl...
Live From The South Asian House At SXSW 2023
April 05, 2023 14:16 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBIt's a special LIVE episode coming at you from the very FIRST ever South Asian House at SXSW 2023! It was a fantastic weekend in Austin celebrating South Asian thought leaders in the business, tech, film, TV, theater, music, and fashion industries including seven countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The South Asian House took place at fourth + co in the heart of Austin and SXSW. From brunch fireside chats with Rishi Rajani (Hillman Grad) and Snigdh...
Kunal Merchant Builds A Space For South Asian Sounds
March 23, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBSo, you may notice we’re using some different music than our usual jam, that's because it's the first single (Anokha) from our next guest and his new platform, Indo Warehouse. Kunal Merchant is a multi-hyphenate creative marketer with deep experience building and launching products, growing brands, and ensuring that his passion for music never drifts far from his focus. He is a partner and artist at Indo Warehouse, a multi-faceted label/platform that is dedicated to authentically integratin...
Nishat Kurwa Discusses Our Podcasting World
March 16, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBNishat Kurwa is the SVP and Executive Producer of Vox Media Podcast Network, leading podcasting across Vox Media's house of editorial brands and its network of outside partners, overseeing programming strategy, new show development, and the Vox Media Studios' podcast production team. They have over 150 active shows — from daily news and policy, to tech and business, to culture and sports. Let me put it this way, Nishat knows her stuff and is truly an OG in the audio world. We talk about he...
Aravind Ravichandran Is Focused On Earth Observation
March 07, 2023 11:56 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBAravind Ravichandran is the founder of TerraWatch Space, an independent advisory and communications firm focused on Earth observation. He considers himself a Earth observation evangelist, satellite data strategist, a space consultant, and a generalist - jack of many trades and a master of none. His mission is to make earth observation mainstream by improving the awareness and adoption of satellite data and have more people interested in space. He is also the author of the TerraWatch Space...
Samip Mallick Builds The South Asian American Digital Archive
February 15, 2023 15:10 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBSamip Mallick is the co-founder and executive director of SAADA, which he has guided from its inception in 2008 to its place today as a national leader in community-based storytelling. SAADA, stands for South Asian American Digital Archive. SAADA uses the power of stories to create belonging to the 5.4 million South Asian Americans by documenting, preserving, and sharing stories from the South Asian American community, so that the struggles of past and current generations for equality, in...
Live From The South Asian Lodge At Sundance 2023
February 07, 2023 12:20 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBI’ve completely lost my voice after this episode. That should help me with the whole podcasting thing…what a weekend! Sundance Institute Film Festival has been on my bucket list since I was small enough to bathe in buckets. So, a very long time. We were super excited to participate in the first-ever South Asian Lodge hosted by filmmaker and director Shruti Ganguly, author, writer, and producer Tanya Selvaratnam and the non-profit organization 1497, whose mission is to support and uplift tal...
Bharat Krishnan And The Story Of Privilege
January 31, 2023 11:05 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBBharat is the award-winning author of Privilege: A Trilogy, an #ownvoices thriller about an Indian-American set in modern-day NYC. He calls himself a professional storyteller and amateur cook. After 10 years of working in politics, Bharat tried to explain how the country went from Barack Obama to Donald Trump by writing Confessions of a Campaign Manager. Then he began writing polemical fiction, such as Oasis - a desert-fantasy novel that examined what makes a family and how refugees should ...
Live From Diwali On The Hudson
January 26, 2023 15:44 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBIn honor of our upcoming LIVE episode from Sundance, I wanted to repost our first live episode from Diwali On The Hudson back in 2021! Stayed tuned for new episodes starting next week! Editor's Note- This is a live podcast so please excuse all the extra background noise. It is our first live podcast!! We had the honor to attend Diwali On The Hudson this year, NYC's premiere Diwali event hosted by The Desai Foundation. And let me tell you, we had some good times. Diwali On The Hudson cel...
Janavi Mahimtura Folmsbee Paints The Marine World
January 12, 2023 16:33 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBIndian-born artist Janavi Mahimtura Folmsbee settled her roots in the beautifully diverse city of Houston, TX in 2012. She is strongly influenced by marine life, drawing abundant inspiration from her experiences with scuba diving expeditions and with the ocean itself. In her work, Folmsbee creates ethereal, intricate shapes, which she calls characters, that are meant to invite the public into something very private. Her painting intend to take the viewer into the work’s moment of origin. T...
A Meet Cute With Naomi Shah
January 05, 2023 12:34 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBHello 2023!! I could not think of a better guest to kick off this new year than Naomi Shah. Naomi is the Founder and CEO of Meet Cute, a modern entertainment company that produces original, scripted rom-coms that are delivered in podcast format. Meet Cute has the largest global creative network of writers, actors, and directors and has produced more than 450 rom-com stories with over 3.5 million listeners. The company is focused on diverse storytelling and characters as well as expanding ...
One Small Visit With Anisha Abraham and Jo Chim
December 15, 2022 12:03 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBIt's our special Holiday Bonus Episode! We’re so excited to bring you this bonus episode that will hopefully uplift your spirits like it did ours. Today, I interview Anisha Abraham, a pediatrician and author of Raising Global Teens- A Practical Handbook For Parenting In The 21st Century, and Jo Chim, an actress turned producer, director. They are team behind the short live action film One Small Visit which is currently in the running for the Oscar short list! It is a sweet film about m...
Rishi Malhotra's Luminary Journey
December 08, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBGuys, it’s the 100th!!! I am SO excited and honored to have the next guest close out this year and celebrate this milestone with me. Rishi Malhotra developed HBO's first Subscription Video On Demand platform HBO On Demand, co-founded and led JioSaavn, one of the largest distributors of Bollywood and other Indian entertainment in the world, and also played an integral role in JioSaavn's transaction with Reliance Industries, leading to a billion-dollar integration with JioMusic in 2018. ...