Difficult-ish
By Mohuya Khan and Mashnun Munir
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difficult-ish is a project hosted by mohuya and mashnun, two bangladeshi-american artists, about deconstructing the narrative of what it means to grow up in a south asian/desi home, and building the idea back together using blocks from two different journeys. video podcasts on youtube. new episodes every friday!
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surprise, we're engaged!
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May 23, 2025 |
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how to escape the south asian competitive mindset
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May 09, 2025 |
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toxic south asian traditions that we won't be teaching our kids
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May 02, 2025 |
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how to deal with friend breakups | loneliness, self-blame, hope
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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why do south asians compete with one another?: a breakdown
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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reacting to your unfiltered south asian pet peeves
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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success mindset shifts that the average person doesn't want you to know
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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interracial relationships, how to stop bed rotting, post-grad jobs: an advice session
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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6 red flags we had to unlearn to save our relationships
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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toxic productivity + the hidden ways it manifests in your life
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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these are our south asian hot takes...
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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how to protect your peace in a toxic environment
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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here are some things we hid from our south asian parents...
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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escaping child marriage at 12 to graduating from harvard w/ aria mustary
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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ending the cycle of self sabotaging + unlearning it as child of immigrants
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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breaking down self-sabotaging for children of immigrants
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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budgeting for beginners: tips to save more money
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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a lot is happening in the pop culture world and here are our thoughts...
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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how you can overcome seasonal depression + 7 tips to survive it
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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job hunting for 16 months + tips to finally get one
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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gaining respect as an adult - in the workplace, families, + friendships
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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the parentified child of immigrants, explained
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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getting real about our holiday season anxiety...
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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how to stop fearing change and actually welcome it (for people in a rut)
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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chemical engineer by day, world-touring bangladeshi comedian by night w/ shafi hossain
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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how to control your anger and channel it into good
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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why life is better when you're busy
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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reacting to your controversial south asian pet peeves
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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feeling unfulfilled in life, ungrateful siblings, + #1 tip for seniors: an advice session
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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125 concerts in a year, the bangla edm wave, + manifesting your dream life w/ ARINI
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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when brown traditions become toxic
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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building a south asian bubble tea empire w/ shaheer khan, owner of pyo chai
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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how quitting drinking has changed my life (and how you can do it too)
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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maybe im the problem. (this is your sign to self reflect)
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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exposing some gatekept confidence tips
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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an honest conversation on poor eating habits as a south asian
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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coachella's 1st bangladeshi artist + climbing the music industry w/ jai wolf
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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reacting to your spicy relationship stories + friends who embarrass you in public
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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scandinavian aesthetic, monet and jalen controversy, and why's everyone a dj??
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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from nano engineer to bengali restaurateur w/ munzzy
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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are you whitewashed for not speaking your native language perfectly?
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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storytime of getting followed by a random man in nyc + safety tips
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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have magnetic energy in 10 easy steps
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May 28, 2024 |
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how expectations hinder you from growing as a south asian
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May 21, 2024 |
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how to maintain friends, from someone that sucks at maintaining friends
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May 18, 2024 |
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8 signs that you're settling in your relationship
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May 14, 2024 |
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risks we took in our 20s that saved our lives
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May 07, 2024 |
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really bad life advice you should never follow
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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is it possible to balance everything in life?
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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overthinking in relationships, challenging norms, + standing up to parents: an advice session
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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productivity tips for neurodivergent people
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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hot takes on the brown influencer world w/ shawtysin
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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hostel realities, foreign tsa scares, and more solo travel stories
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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hustle culture is more toxic than you think
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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things we hated about our culture before we grew up
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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is our generation too soft for the world?
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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we traveled to bangladesh after 20 years! here's what shocked us 🇧🇩
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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haggling and gifting culture for south asians
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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how to stop taking criticism so personally
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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simplifying the process of making female friends as an adult
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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embarrassing high school stories that altered our brain chemistries
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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taking that risk + fighting complacency in your 20s
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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what we learned about money in our 20s
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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relationship red flags that you're probably overlooking
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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ins and outs for 2024: we are not going to feel guilty about rest this year!
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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what's the american dream for POC's?
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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why do brown people strive for white approval?
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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the art of detachment + learning to love the journey
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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routines that we can't live without in our 20s
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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is discipline the thief of joy for south asians?
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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south asians' problem with money + our toxic spending habits
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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tryna figure out the rest of your life in your 20s
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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mental health is still taboo + how we got help
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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opening up bout our adhd + ocd
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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what's it like being muslim post 9/11?
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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where we've been + our first video episode!
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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our 1st live event announcement + mashnun's moving to nyc!
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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our hot takes on the barbie movie
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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q+a! why we started the pod, pursuing the arts as a south asian, and special announcements!
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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how south asians celebrate their bdays + our traumatizin bday stories lol
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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scarcity mindset in children of immigrants
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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south asian culture shocks living in the west
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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types of parenting styles and how they affect south asian kids
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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how POCs celebrate wins vs. non POCs
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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how south asian culture affects body image
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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celebrating south asian beauty at sephora w/ priyanka ganjoo, founder of kulfi beauty
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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advice for the confused post grads
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May 29, 2023 |
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let's talk about health in the south asian community
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May 19, 2023 |
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all about aapi month and how it could be much better
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May 12, 2023 |
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budgeting tips + good/bad money habits
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May 05, 2023 |
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mashnun's nyc poetry reading recap, finding your space, how to mingle, + more
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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becoming financially literate-ish + money tips for south asians
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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how ramadan has been treating us
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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what south asian men can do better 2/2
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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what south asian men can do better 1/2
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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q+a! being rebellious, artists block, having too much ambition, + more
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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entrepreneurship, navigating failure, and building kolkata chai co w/ ani sanyal
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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people pleasing is the bane of our existence
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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solo dates
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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colorism in the south asian community
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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healthy habits in a toxic environment
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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building safe spaces, intersectionality, and being a queer bengali illustrator w/ radhia rahman
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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how social anxiety manifests in south asians
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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our fav book recs for brown people
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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south asian relationship red flags lol
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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"use your identity as a weapon" w/ nuhash humayun, director of bangladeshi film ‘moshari’
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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new year q+a! relationship red flags, south asian book recs, doing things solo, + more
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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the difficult-ish 2022 recap! successes, failures, top moments, and what's next
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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things we wish we could tell our january 2022 selves
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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generational trauma in south asian families
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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cultural appropriation is annoying
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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brown representation in media, the good and bad and everything in between
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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our relationship with cooking in a south asian home
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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reacting to your south asian confessions
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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healing our sticky sibling relationships
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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the post grad blues
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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advice sesh #4! side hustling, workplace diversity, makin friends, + more
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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we're both solo traveling in foreign countries, here's what we've learned
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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anxiety in children of immigrants
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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networking, career advice, productivity tips, + more w/ maeshaeva
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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things we wish we knew in our early 20s
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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a solo ep by mashnun on reconnecting with culture, taking accountability, + more
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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our south asian parents pov on dating
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Sep 10, 2022 |
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south asians love the arts til their kids wanna be artists
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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unpopular south asian hot takes
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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lets talk about dating as a south asian
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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stop forcin your kids to fit a stereotype
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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surprise, we're dating!
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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being selfish
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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a solo ep by mohuya on emotionally abusive relationships
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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toxic masculinity in brown households
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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season 2 premiere! happy stories
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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season finale q+a
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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how we stay connected to our roots
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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just tryna be kids again
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May 27, 2022 |
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going viral from singing & the law of attraction w/ jananisings
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May 22, 2022 |
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finding therapy
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May 13, 2022 |
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im just tryna graduate
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May 06, 2022 |
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no boundaries
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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how we became financially independent
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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searching for our crowd in the brown community
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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lets talk about ramadan
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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model minority and ignorance towards south asians
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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it's tough being the only south asian at work
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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mental health, the influence of women, and writing 'serenity' w/ f.s. yousaf
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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the truth about moving out
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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never being satisfied with success w/ shihan chowdhury (@chilipeppercooks)
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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going thru an identity crisis
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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our rocky roads towards faith and religion
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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advice sesh #3
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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family values, unconventional careers, and the hustle w/ robin dey
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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self care as a south asian
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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i hate living a double life around my parents
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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fake love and family gossip on social media
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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our failures and new years goals
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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mashnun's poetry book is out now!
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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moving out, but the downsides
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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insults and backhanded compliments smh
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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advice sesh #2
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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building independence and confidence
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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recognizing our little privileges
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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difficult friendships
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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overworking
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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we both moved out
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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advice sesh #1
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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i can't be patient while i'm dreaming
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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why are you wearing that?
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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my name isn't that hard to say
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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the unreasonable ones
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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we are not defined by our professions
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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we hate vacations lol
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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put in work
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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figuring things out at 23
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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what do you mean you feel anxious?
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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school sucks
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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please dont judge us this is our first episode ever lol
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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the trailer
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Jul 30, 2021 |