Talking with Ilyas

The only link you'll need to find my info: https://linktr.ee/thebloomerspodcast talking with Ilyas after high school, it's been a while! it was very fun. use these timestamps below to find whatever part of our conversation you're interested in listening to: 0:53 how we met 1:30 junior high memories 3:04 being the only brown man in the mandarin program 7:57 ilyas’ cat pisses on his clothes 8:54 personal story about losing weight, gaining confidence, learning about religion 17:54 cats have more personality than dogs 19:52 being biracial 27:04 the state of the world today 30:46 middle eastern/south asian cultures + world problems 39:23 cooking and food 45:25 weird disgusting chicken waffle thing 51:32 why learning biology is important 1:03:27 leaving our mark on the world through love 1:04:10 life transitioning into and during university, pursuing basketball into college 1:08:05 coping with athletic injury 1:11:12 bouncing back after injury 1:13:43 being culturally understood 1:23:43 relationships as a brown and muslim man 1:35:06 life is chaotic 1:38:01 outro!