Vyasar Mamudha Dennison

In this raw, unfiltered conversation, psychiatrist Dr. Huma Qureshi sits down with writer and Netflix personality Vyasar Mamudha Dennison for a deeply honest exploration of what it means to grow up South Asian in America — carrying secrets, shame, and the weight of a family history no one will name out loud. Vyasar opens up about discovering, alone in grad school, that his father had been imprisoned for conspiracy to commit murder; about the layers of cultural silence that kept that truth buried for over a decade; and about how therapy, writing, and one courageous moment on national television became the unlikely path to liberation. By turns funny, heartbreaking, and profoundly human, this episode is essential listening for anyone who has ever hidden a hard truth — and wondered what life might look like if they finally set it free.