Hey all! We’re both off on an adventure here soon… To Rome! Gia has already flown off and Anu will join shortly. So, our minds are pretty much Rome-ing about Italy! Join us in a fun discussion on Italy, food culture, gelato, and travel in gener

The Anatomy Of Restlessness

Apr 11th, 2018 51m 11s

Hey everyone! Wanderlust has set in and it's got us talking about travel and tourism. Come listen to us chat about our favorite travel moments and about the history and cultural significance of travel all around the world. And dive into what it

We're Dying to Tell You

Mar 6th, 2018 51m 11s

Hey y’all, we are back with another fun filled episode and this time we share our perspectives on death. Saving this for Halloween would’ve been a little on the nose so we are doing as a smell you later to winter as we approach a new start and

Partition Part II: Trauma and Healing

Feb 13th, 2018 40m 11s

Hey everyone! This is a follow-up discussion to our last episode on the partition of India. Here we talk about the science of trauma and how to move on and heal, biologically and socially. We discuss how education and art can be vehicles to rec

Partition of India

Jan 23rd, 2018 32m 9s

We are back with our first episode of 2018 and we are not messing around. We are jumping in with a discussion of the 1947 partition of India that led to the dislocation of 15 million people and the slaughter of over a million through communal v

Boozy Babes

Dec 28th, 2017 38m 10s

Grab a glass and some bubbly and celebrate with us as we wrap up the year in style. We borrowed some whiskey and a notepad and discussed the history of women and booze and our personal reflections on the year. We want to thank you all for follo

Of Monsters And Men

Dec 21st, 2017 36m 36s

Hey guys! Here’s our brief reflection on the sexual harassment scandals that have been dominating air waves and print and our culture. A difficult but important topic like this just begged for a timely response so we tried to do some investigat

Caste System Part III

Dec 5th, 2017 39m 56s

Hey everyone! Here is the final installment in our trilogy on the caste system - the saga continues! Here we discuss legal and social measures taken to combat caste related discrimination across India, the impact of those measures and how they

Caste System Part II

Nov 15th, 2017 35m 23s

Hey everyone! Here is the second part of our ongoing exploration of the caste system in India. This episode is a more casual conversation that we had about our personal experiences with this apartheid like system. We will have a more structured

Caste System Part I

Nov 1st, 2017 18m 5s

Hey everyone! We're back from our hiatus with an introductory episode on India's caste system. We will be doing a more in depth exploration in episodes to come. We hope you enjoy learning about this complex social and economic system of organiz

Female Friendships

Jul 6th, 2017 47m 33s

Hey friends! We are excited to present our final episode for the summer - we had our friends Adanna and Chesea join us for a conversation about the impact of female friendships on our lives. We talk personal stories and the science & sociology

Age Ain't Nothin' But a Number

Jun 2nd, 2017 49m 49s

"Most people do not grow up... We carry accumulation of years in our bodies and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are still innocent and shy as magnolias." - Maya Angelou And most of us are still trying to get

Meow Means Woof

May 2nd, 2017 38m 20s

Hey everybody, welcome to our sesh on slang and social dynamics of language use. Part of the immigrant story is navigating socio-economic structures in a brand new culture and it turns out language influences so much of that - from accessing ed

Rom-Coms and Chick Flicks

Apr 13th, 2017 42m 59s

Hey listeners! Come join us for podcast five where we dive into RomComs and "Chick Flicks". We talk history, Shakespeare, marketing, and feminism. There's more to these films than we ever imagined and we hope you will enjoy learning the complex

The Anatomy of a Hate Crime

Mar 28th, 2017 34m 52s

Hey everyone! Welcome back! (I know, we can’t believe we’re still doing this either.) Episode 4 will be exploring the Sikh community in America and recent hate crimes targeting them. In the aftermath of the shooting of a 39 year old Sikh man in

Sikh(ing) The Truth

Mar 14th, 2017 43m 1s

Sikh [sēk]: a learner; a student of the world Sikh Americans have been victims of many hate crimes throughout their history in America. Yet, 60% of Americans do not know what ‘Sikh’ is. Today we are countering hate and violence with knowledge

Knock On Wood

Feb 28th, 2017 41m 29s

Hey everyone! We have a new episode for ya’ll to wrap up this snowy February. I guess the groundhog saw its shadow and cursed us all to heck, or you know, climate change, if you believe in nonsense like that. In this episode we chatted about su

Teach Me How To Date

Feb 14th, 2017 37m 34s

Hey all! In our very first episode we explore the concept of dating, love, and marriage trying to make sense of it all as we navigate our traditional Indian households against growing up in modern America. We discuss the tracings of social and

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