Pod#149 - Nadir Nahdi - First visit to Pk, identities, creators, cultural divides

Nadir Nahdi is on the show! Nadir's a super versatile content creator, traveler. foodie, EXPERIENCE CURATOR and a lot of his work is about culture, identity and ethnicities. Part of his multi-ethnic background is Pakistan and this episode talks about his recent first trip ever to Pakistan.    A very nuanced and insightful conversation, we talk about the different vibes of the cities, conversations and who controls them in the content space, divides in urban spaces and more. Jump in.    Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro  02:26 What does Nadir do and why  08:24 Why did he want to go to Pakistan?  15:10 Did the trip live up to expectations? Could it ever?   The Pakistan Trip:  20:09 Landing in Karachi, first impressions of the city, its culture & divides  27:11 Interacting with people, not speaking Urdu and how people reacted  32:52 Seeing Lahore and Islamabad, centuries old histories, elitism & class barriers  42:16 Ex-colonies inheriting and enforcing structures of power from their oppressors  49:34 Going to the North, foreign vlogger stereotypes, making an effort to travel slower  57:18 Pakistani creators who “should” have more followers, the roles diaspora creators can play   1:02:57 How he got good at content creation, his next Pakistan trip  1:06:09 Outro   LINKS:  Nadir's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nadir.nahdi/   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/tprpod Spotify: 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/themaholupper Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkhar Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan