Pod#148 - Minhaj Ali Askari - Radio Horror Legend, Jinn Stories & More!

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Minhaj Ali Askari is FINALLY on the show! After a full year of us failing to coordinate with him, a fan request on Twitter had us get it together and make this happen asap. He talks a bit about his early days in radio and how he got into the horror genre, why others failed to compete, why brands in Pakistan don't invest more in the field and OF COURSE he brought some killer stories along. Dive in.   Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro  01:37 Minhaj summarizes the early days of his career in radio & NAPA  06:15 How the horror stories episodes first began  13:51 How he focused more on the “story” than the “horror” aspects, and how the competition failed to understand this  20:20 Why do brands not want to invest in horror/thriller content in Pakistan?  24:42 The format of his show and how audiences participated, also how WE laugh at jinn stories  31:32 Seeing common themes after listening to so many stories from people   36:22 STORY 1: The possessed caller  42:35 STORY 2: His first radio station’s building was haunted  51:20 STORY 3: Karachi’s haunted offices  55:44 STORY 4: Ali’s own incidents & Karachi’s old haunted areas  1:03:00 STORY 5: His khala’s benign paranormal houseguest  1:08:32 Why’d he start livestreaming on YouTube and how his journey has been  1:19:44 STORY 6: A family story  1:25:07 Outro   LINKS:  Minhaj's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MinhajAliAskari Minhaj's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/minhajaliaskari/  Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!   Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!  SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpodSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupperRizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkharSarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan

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Minhaj Ali Askari is FINALLY on the show! After a full year of us failing to coordinate with him, a fan request on Twitter had us get it together and make this happen asap. He talks a bit about his early days in radio and how he got into the horror genre, why others failed to compete, why brands in Pakistan don't invest more in the field and OF COURSE he brought some killer stories along. Dive in. Things discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 01:37 Minhaj summarizes the early days of his career in radio & NAPA 06:15 How the horror stories episodes first began 13:51 How he focused more on the “story” than the “horror” aspects, and how the competition failed to understand this 20:20 Why do brands not want to invest in horror/thriller content in Pakistan? 24:42 The format of his show and how audiences participated, also how WE laugh at jinn stories 31:32 Seeing common themes after listening to so many stories from people 36:22 STORY 1: The possessed caller 42:35 STORY 2: His first radio station’s building was haunted 51:20 STORY 3: Karachi’s haunted offices 55:44 STORY 4: Ali’s own incidents & Karachi’s old haunted areas 1:03:00 STORY 5: His khala’s benign paranormal houseguest 1:08:32 Why’d he start livestreaming on YouTube and how his journey has been 1:19:44 STORY 6: A family story 1:25:07 Outro LINKS: Minhaj's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MinhajAliAskari Minhaj's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/minhajaliaskari/ Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)! Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below! SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpodSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupperRizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkharSarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan

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