Modern Minorities

By Sharon Thony & Raman Sehgal

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MODERN MINORITIES is about minority voices for ALL OUR majority ears. That's right, solving racism with a podcast. Since 2019, we've been uncovering the stories, perspectives, and often unspoken truths about how all of us uniquely experience the world. It doesn’t matter where you’re from, the color of your skin, or who you love - this is a show about all of you, for all of us. Created by Raman Sehgal and Sharon Lee Thony, with lots of love and support from our many FrieMMds of the Pod - himom@modmypod.com

Episode Date
The Philippines (is) the people
Oct 05, 2025
We love (you) 300
Sep 23, 2025
Priti Ohri’s (own) playbook
Sep 07, 2025
Solving (for Social) w/ Maggie & Loren
Sep 02, 2025
Clobberin’ Time (for Apathy): Superman & Fantastic Four, with Stefan & Karl
Aug 03, 2025
Maurice Cherry’s (Revision) Path
Jul 18, 2025
Ayan Sanyal’s (brewing) Kolkata Chai
Jun 29, 2025
Kay Sohini’s (This) Beautiful, Ridiculous City
Jun 15, 2025
Bob Gilbreath (trusts) the workaround
May 31, 2025
Brian Velasquez Reid’s (family) business
May 18, 2025
Star Wars: the Fourth with you (maybe?)
May 03, 2025
Jonathan Hill’s (Second) Most Perfect Episode Ever
Apr 27, 2025
Keith Pedro’s (Trillipino) journey
Apr 20, 2025
Suresh’s (journey) home
Apr 13, 2025
Nicole Ponseca’s (igniting) hospitality
Apr 06, 2025
Filipino Food (faves all) Month
Mar 31, 2025
Vaib’s (American) dream
Mar 23, 2025
Susie Quesada’s (whole) self
Mar 15, 2025
David Yin’s (evolved) identity
Mar 03, 2025
Michael Wong’s (Asian) Verified
Feb 23, 2025
Varuna Srinivasan’s (Fluid) Health
Feb 09, 2025
Vidyut Latay’s (ALIEN) American Dream, Denied
Feb 02, 2025
2024: A(nother) year with our FrieMMds
Dec 27, 2024
Pedro Martin’s (unpacking) Mexikid
Nov 25, 2024
Vanessa Huynh’s (self) acceptance
Nov 11, 2024
Kamala's message
Nov 07, 2024
Reflecting (a slide): Berlin
Nov 06, 2024
Chris Schmicker’s (Hapa) Hawaiian Story
Oct 28, 2024
Lisa Angulo Reid’s (trusting) Dear Flor
Oct 21, 2024
Kathy MacLeod’s (still a) Continental Drifter 
Oct 14, 2024
Nir Eyal (is) Indistractable
Oct 07, 2024
Wendy Nguyen’s (driving) registration
Sep 28, 2024
Ida Abdalkhani’s (new) experience
Sep 21, 2024
Building (Bridges) Across Generations
Sep 16, 2024
Sudha's (emotionally) intelligent learnings
Sep 09, 2024
Burma Chronicles and (Drew's) Panama Tales
Sep 02, 2024
ROAMING (Tamaki) ...feeling old and young again
Aug 12, 2024
Mariko Tamaki's many (Surely) Books
Jul 29, 2024
Perspolis’ (perplexing) Persian protagonist
Jul 15, 2024
Veera Hiranandani’s (writing) identity
Jul 01, 2024
USA Travel (Learnings) from Nebraska to Wyoming
Jun 17, 2024
USA Travel (Learnings) from Alabama to Montana
Jun 15, 2024
Our kids (rewired) with Claire & Seif
Jun 08, 2024
Manreet Sodhi Someshwar’s (written) Partition
May 27, 2024
Bernice Ang’s (Coaching) Ikigai
May 13, 2024
Bonnie Wan’s (Life) Brief
Mar 24, 2024
Linda Clement-Holme’s (lightening) backpack
Feb 26, 2024
John Pepper & Ursula Burns’ (Learnings from) Leaders
Feb 19, 2024
Najoh Tita-Reid’s (balance) across worlds
Feb 12, 2024
Ed Rigaud’s (underground) freedoms
Feb 03, 2024
Kris Stith’s (forward) designs
Jan 22, 2024
Edel Rodriguez’s (Cuban) American Odyssey
Jan 15, 2024
Isaac Saul’s (TanGent) Tangle
Jan 07, 2024
2023 Year in Review
Dec 31, 2023
India revisited, Rajiv Satyal & Sharad Lal
Dec 25, 2023
India revisited, with Barun Singh & Sonali Kulkarni
Dec 18, 2023
Meeting the Moment (with AG & David)
Dec 11, 2023
A whole new world with (the cast of) Aladdin
Dec 04, 2023
Deb JJ Lee’s (creating) closure
Nov 27, 2023
Food, Thanks(giving) & Friends
Nov 20, 2023
Justin Rueff’s (Less Desolate) work
Nov 13, 2023
Diwali (FrieMMds’) Stories
Nov 05, 2023
Jocelyn Chia’s (objectively) funny
Oct 30, 2023
Qaisar Shareef’s (travel) learnings
Oct 23, 2023
Palestine's required (comics) reading
Oct 16, 2023
How To Understand Israel (in 60 Days or Less)
Oct 15, 2023
Christina Lee’s (ATL) music journalism
Oct 09, 2023
Jenny Nguyen's (Sound On) at the Sports Bra - REBOUND REVOLUTION
Oct 02, 2023
Mita Mallick’s (Re)imagining Inclusion (RE-AIR)
Sep 25, 2023
Sung Kang’s (slow) drive
Sep 17, 2023
Fahad Khawaja’s (Hue) is amplifying voices
Sep 11, 2023
In Limbo’s (quarantined) teen trauma
Sep 04, 2023
Victor Luckerson’s (Built) from the Fire
Aug 28, 2023
Shin Yu Pai’s (got) Ten Thousand Things
Aug 21, 2023
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist
Aug 14, 2023
Adrian Tomine’s (drawn) Shortcomings
Aug 07, 2023
Nidhi Chanani’s (turned) many pages
Jul 31, 2023
KARI’s melancholy & the infinite (Indian) sadness
Jul 24, 2023
Bruce Lee’s (martial) art
Jul 17, 2023
Justin Richmond (Started) from the Bottom
Jul 10, 2023
Rajiv & Brian Tome's (curious) Crossroads
Jul 03, 2023
Johnathan Gibbs’ (QPOC) perspective
Jun 26, 2023
Lilly Singh (& Rajiv) bring it to the table
Jun 19, 2023
Steven Wakabayashi’s (community) co-hosting
Jun 12, 2023
Mita Mallick’s (Re)imagining Inclusion
Jun 05, 2023
First of All: Anna Akana
May 29, 2023
They Call Us (Bruce) K-Pop Dreaming
May 25, 2023
Jonathan Hill’s (tales of) belonging
May 22, 2023
Reading (into) American Born Chinese
May 18, 2023
Gene Luen Yang’s (comic book) American dream
May 15, 2023
Good Talk hits (too) close to home
May 11, 2023
Mira Jacob (shares a) Good Talk
May 08, 2023
Thi Bui’s (memoir) The Best We Could Do
May 01, 2023
Talking (on) Southern Fried Asian
Apr 24, 2023
Drew Tarvin’s (Humor) at Work
Apr 17, 2023
Sarah Salem challenges (your) perceptions
Apr 10, 2023
Azhar Usman believes in (the) Truth
Apr 03, 2023
Misha Euceph (is) Podcast
Mar 27, 2023
Jhanay Williams’ Passion for (Protecting) Art & Culture
Mar 19, 2023
200 episodes (later): milestone or bookend?
Mar 13, 2023
Dr. Bhavik Kumar’s (advocacy) for access
Mar 06, 2023
Paris Hatcher’s (Black) Feminist Future
Feb 27, 2023
Kenyatte Nelson is a (sharply-dressed) family man
Feb 20, 2023
Maartje & Peggy (go beyond) The Plantation of our Ancestors
Feb 13, 2023
Svante Myrick wants (police) change
Feb 06, 2023
James Veraldi's Loop (for) social health
Jan 29, 2023
Rajiv Satyal’s vaccinated (and) entertaining
Jan 22, 2023
Naaz Khan's (Room) for Everyone
Jan 16, 2023
How To Understand Israel (in 60 Days or Less)
Jan 09, 2023
2022 Year in Review
Dec 30, 2022
John Pepper & Ursula Burns’ (Learnings from) Leaders
Dec 25, 2022
Tanzina Vega’s (graceful) takeaway
Dec 19, 2022
Getting Vacc’ed (for the) Season
Dec 10, 2022
Dr. Urvashi Bhatnagar’s (unexpected) solutions
Dec 05, 2022
Sharon & Raman (on) Rock the Boat
Nov 28, 2022
Kevin Turpin’s (leading) National Journal
Nov 21, 2022
Nidhi Hebbar’s information (literacy) journey
Nov 14, 2022
Rotimi Adeoye’s running (with) it
Nov 07, 2022
Palestine's required (comics) reading
Oct 31, 2022
Dr. Mandi takes (her) shots - so should you.
Oct 24, 2022
Danny Hajjar (asks) the People
Oct 17, 2022
Saniya Soni’s (a) Loudmouth Ladkhi
Oct 10, 2022
Aftab Pureval's (Cincinnati) mayoral empathy
Oct 03, 2022
Sharon & Raman (on) What’s Your Story
Sep 26, 2022
Alice Hsu's (embracing) identity
Sep 19, 2022
Kabir Sehgal’s (infinite) creations
Sep 12, 2022
MMovies: (Relating to) The Namesake
Sep 05, 2022
Korey Watari’s (Able To) Shine
Aug 29, 2022
Gender Queer: a must-read (banned) book
Aug 22, 2022
Holly Hatam’s (drawing) beautiful empathy
Aug 15, 2022
aMMd now a word from our sponsor...
Aug 12, 2022
Lou Diamond Phillips’ (in) Easter Sunday
Aug 08, 2022
Nichelle Nichols (1932-2022)
Aug 02, 2022
Sharon Yang’s (Building) Back Better
Aug 01, 2022
MMovies: (Feeling) The Joy Luck Club
Jul 25, 2022
Jonathan Tran’s (dismantling) theology
Jul 20, 2022
Kamala Khan (is) MS.MARVEL
Jul 20, 2022
Mike Curato’s (compassionate) truth
Jul 04, 2022
Ariane & Mercedes (are) Caribbean Queens
Jun 27, 2022
philaMMthropy: Ukrainian Artists
Jun 23, 2022
Ian Haddock's (creating the) Normal Anomaly
Jun 20, 2022
Holy (Bi)Robin! Tim Drake Comes Out
Jun 13, 2022
Let's talk about (getting) vaccines
Jun 06, 2022
talking (to Rajiv) about boiling water
Jun 03, 2022
Gabrielle Berbey's (revealing) The Experiment
May 30, 2022
Larry Hama’s our (real) American Hero
May 23, 2022
MMom Memories: Sophie Park
May 19, 2022
Dan & Charlene (wanna) know Where Y'all Really From
May 16, 2022
MMom Memories: Paresh Jha
May 12, 2022
Maz Jobrani’s (immigrant) curiosity
May 09, 2022
Talking about our Asian American (family) heritage
May 05, 2022
Dian Alyan’s (journey to) GiveLight.org
May 01, 2022
MMusic: Haseeb “Play Love”
Apr 28, 2022
Sara Alfageeh’s (storied) Squire
Apr 25, 2022
MMusic: Abir - ‘Yallah’
Apr 21, 2022
Tehran Von Ghasri’s (mischievous) Truth
Apr 18, 2022
MMusic: Omar Offendum - ‘Pacific Syriano’
Apr 14, 2022
Aaliyah Habeeb’s Black (and) Muslim experience
Apr 11, 2022
MMusic: Dania - ‘Slow’
Apr 07, 2022
Ramadan Mubarak (for us all)
Apr 04, 2022
Ramadan Preview (رمضان مبارك)
Apr 01, 2022
Satjeet Kaur's (fight) for your rights
Mar 28, 2022
Madeleine Albright (1937-2022)
Mar 24, 2022
Mariko Tamaki's many (Surely) Books
Mar 21, 2022
Shalini Govil-Pai’s (breaking) stereotypes
Mar 14, 2022
We are (all) Ukrainians
Mar 04, 2022
Sheetal Sheth’s (always) writing Anjali
Feb 28, 2022
Black History’s (current) meaning considered
Feb 21, 2022
KJ Dhaliwal’s (Dil Mil) where hearts meet
Feb 14, 2022
Dr. Edjah Nduom’s residency of reform
Feb 07, 2022
MMusic: Scroll Through (Soof)
Feb 03, 2022
Chinese (Lunar) New Years’ meaning & memories
Jan 31, 2022
Abdul-Rehman Malik (understands) This Being Human
Jan 24, 2022
Beyond MLK’s legend: (reading) KING
Jan 17, 2022
Gene Luen Yang’s (comic book) American dream
Jan 10, 2022
Michelle Li got a (racist) voicemail
Jan 04, 2022
Climate Activists (on Animalia)
Jan 03, 2022
2021 year in review
Dec 31, 2021
Jen Wang’s (comics) Stargazing
Dec 27, 2021
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz’s (passing) Asian-American Curriculum
Dec 20, 2021
Dr. Ali Mattu (psychs) social anxiety
Dec 13, 2021
Molly Kawahata’s (unapologetic) climate optimism
Dec 06, 2021
Danis Goulet’s (directing) Night Raiders
Nov 29, 2021
a (little) help from our FrieMMds...
Nov 26, 2021
Sam Yo’s (balanced) geek fitness
Nov 22, 2021
Tonya Evans' Crypto (Wealth) Advantage
Nov 15, 2021
Anjali Enjeti’s (Southbound) activism
Nov 07, 2021
Diwali (memories) then & now
Nov 04, 2021
Andrew Aydin’s (enduring) March
Nov 01, 2021
Evan Jackson Leong’s (directing) Snakehead
Oct 25, 2021
Phil Yu (isn’t always) the Angry Asian Man
Oct 18, 2021
Holy (Bi)Robin! Tim Drake Comes Out
Oct 14, 2021
Remi Adekoya’s (unpacking) Biracial Britain
Oct 11, 2021
Geraldine Moriba gets the story (right)
Oct 04, 2021
3 MMen & 3 Babies (with Drew & Rajiv)
Sep 27, 2021
Suzy Shin (rocks by) letting go
Sep 20, 2021
Navin Gupta (always) takes the first step
Sep 13, 2021
Sara Baiyu Porritt (can) Hear Us Roar
Sep 06, 2021
Brian Yang doesn’t (want to) know martial arts
Aug 30, 2021
100 (or so) episodes later...
Aug 23, 2021
Gina Brillon’s (Mess) in Progress
Aug 16, 2021
Lindsay Kaplan expands the (Chief) table
Aug 09, 2021
Kamala Khan (is) MS.MARVEL
Aug 02, 2021
Prince imagined (our own game)
Jul 30, 2021
Monique Truong ain’t takin (flavor) bullies
Jul 26, 2021
Sidd Masand’s Rock & Roll (True) Stories
Jul 19, 2021
Jonathan Tolentino wants (us to get) better
Jul 12, 2021
What’s Your Story? (Seeking) Answers Through Allyship
Jul 04, 2021
Yellow Glitter (Pride): Rainbow Washing & Performative Allyship
Jul 01, 2021
Radhika Vekaria's (devotion to) music
Jun 28, 2021
Father’s (Day) Fathers...
Jun 20, 2021
Beth Nguyen wants (you to learn) her name
Jun 14, 2021
Svante Myrick wants (police) change
Jun 07, 2021
Minjae Ormes has grown (up) Visible
May 31, 2021
Hear our (AAPI) Red Envelope Stories
May 24, 2021
Let’s Talk WARRIOR (+Grounded Geeks)
May 20, 2021
Steven Wakabayashi’s (Yellow) Glitter
May 16, 2021
Margaret Cho’s (Mortal) Minority
May 10, 2021
Mothers (day) secrets...
May 07, 2021
Lets talk (about) India
May 04, 2021
Jason’s discovery (+faith) of Islam
May 02, 2021
Modern MINARI
Apr 29, 2021
Lena Shareef wants (to tell) a good story
Apr 24, 2021
Alice Lee’s (extraordinary) journey
Apr 19, 2021
Azhar Usman believes in (the) Truth
Apr 16, 2021
Sarah Salem challenges (your) perceptions
Apr 12, 2021
Muslim voices (preview) for Ramadan
Apr 07, 2021
Mira Jacob (shares a) Good Talk
Apr 03, 2021
Soof - Bikya!
Mar 31, 2021
Maartje & Peggy (go beyond) The Plantation of our Ancestors
Mar 28, 2021
Tyanne Benallie’s (Indigenous) lens
Mar 22, 2021
Let’s talk (about) Asian violence
Mar 19, 2021
Grace Foster finds (home in) herself
Mar 15, 2021
Pave the Way (for more): International Women’s Day
Mar 08, 2021
Black History, (to be) continued
Feb 27, 2021
Jennifer Ekeleme makes her (own) American dream
Feb 22, 2021
Chris Finn speaks the (kids’) language
Feb 15, 2021
Bringing In the (Chinese) New Years
Feb 08, 2021
Tess Thomas gets (outside) her comfort zone
Feb 01, 2021
Andres Barragan’s (restless) reinvention
Jan 25, 2021
Maria Yuan wants (YOU) to be an Issue Voter
Jan 18, 2021
Cathy Erway’s uncovering (Self Evident) conversations
Jan 10, 2021
2021: Looking forward, by looking back
Jan 03, 2021
2020: Learning from our (Guests’) Lived Experiences
Dec 28, 2020
Mira Jacob's (Good Talk) hits too close to home.
Dec 21, 2020
Dr. Brandi wants to Impact (not impress)
Dec 14, 2020
Nicole Armstrong puts (gender) equity to work
Dec 07, 2020
Goli Kalkhoran’s Lessons (from a Quitter)
Nov 30, 2020
Sharon & Raman are Thankful (for Mom dishes)
Nov 24, 2020
Stanley Lumax builds (diaspora) community thru food
Nov 22, 2020
Mita Mallick knows (the cost of) Advocacy
Nov 16, 2020
ASHLYN GENTRY believes in (re)redefining labels
Nov 10, 2020
POST-POST ELECTION (+Rajiv): We won. Now what?
Nov 09, 2020
Post-Election (PATIENCE)
Nov 04, 2020
ELECTION EVE (with Rajiv)
Nov 01, 2020
LAN PHAN Believes in Community (of Seven)
Oct 29, 2020
KENYATTE NELSON is a (sharp-dressed) family man
Oct 26, 2020
SEIF (HAMID) and Sound as a NY Arab
Oct 22, 2020
Dr. Nzinga Harrison is (helping those) In Recovery
Oct 18, 2020
JIEUN KIRTLEY’s kids learn (Taekwondo) Korean
Oct 15, 2020
BUCK ROCKER believes in (Truth &) Justice
Oct 11, 2020
CAROL TONGE MACK won’t keep (polite) silence
Oct 08, 2020
JON POLLOCK says (Ciao) Andiamo
Oct 06, 2020
THI BUI’S The Best We Could Do (Quarantined Comics)
Oct 03, 2020
ERIK RIVERA makes it (relatable) for everybody
Oct 01, 2020
LUCIA LIU Rocks (the Boat)
Sep 28, 2020
JAMES VERALDI wants (You) to Start Saving the World
Sep 24, 2020
ABBY ALLEN will Not be (called) a Minority
Sep 22, 2020
RUTH BADER GINSBURG (Notoriously) Bent the Curve Towards Justice. 1933-2020.
Sep 20, 2020
TERRY KAWAJA knows the Power of (mistaken) Identity
Sep 18, 2020
Hear our TEACHERS’ (panel) perspective
Sep 16, 2020
Is RAMAN SEHGAL a (UK) doppelgänger?
Sep 14, 2020
IDA ABDALKHANI is Middle Eastern from (middle) America
Sep 10, 2020
MATT STORY Knows you have (Super) Powers
Sep 06, 2020
LULU GE Wants (You) to Talk to Your Parents
Sep 02, 2020
Signs & Privilege
Aug 30, 2020
FRANCISCO RAMOS Doesn’t Need an (American) Accent
Aug 24, 2020
KIM THAI Thinks You Need Some (Ganesh) Space
Aug 17, 2020
MODERN Minorities - New Name, Same Conversations
Aug 13, 2020
Elliot Lum Wants to Get More (People) in the Room
Aug 10, 2020
Melissa Haughton is a (Canadian) Storyteller Who Likes to Pod
Aug 03, 2020
Joe Medved Gets the (Economic) Value of Diverse Founders
Jul 27, 2020
Cassandra Worthy is a (Change) Enthusiast
Jul 22, 2020
John Lewis (1940-2020) wants you to get into (good, necessary) trouble. Rest in Power.
Jul 19, 2020
Castel Valere-Couturier’s got hustle AND (used to) wear a cape.
Jul 13, 2020
Reshma Shetty doesn't (want to) act Indian
Jul 06, 2020
Ryan Joe still can’t find his pickled cabbage (and soy bean)
Jun 29, 2020
Erin Heidrich & the good fight (of employment law)
Jun 22, 2020
Stefan James is 100% Jamaican (AND 100% American)
Jun 15, 2020
Karl Preissner on P&G's (insider) diversity
Jun 08, 2020
the Sunday Burrito (& Bacon)
May 31, 2020
Suzanne Sinatra (not quite) private past and future...
May 28, 2020
Jay Wong, the (original) Can-Asi-ian changemaker
May 25, 2020
Ariane Hunter’s secret? She (Project) Went for Her Dreams
May 21, 2020
Bevan Bonhomme says "Trust Me, I'm a (South African) Doctor"
May 18, 2020
Mara Lecocq knows where the (boss) ladies are at
May 12, 2020
Jesse Meza on (proper) Mexican media pro attire
May 05, 2020
Zineb El Ouazzani's (secret) life as a Moroccan tennis pro
Apr 28, 2020
Rajiv Satyal isn't (always) joking about being Indian
Apr 21, 2020
Alexis Agosto has the 4As Keepin it Real with D&I
Apr 21, 2020
Who (really) are these Model Minorities?
Apr 21, 2020