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Chaivory Tower
by Chaivory Tower
Chaivory Tower is a podcast about public policy, urban planning, pop culture, and more. Hosted by Sidra and Zainab, drinking chai & reporting live from the ivory tower. https://linktr.ee/chaivorytower
Episodes
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Ramadan Reflections
Zainab and Sidra recorded this episode while fasting, so please excuse the delirium. In this episode, they reflect on spiritual renewal during Ramadan, Online Muslim traditions, and propose some more Whacky Ideas for a Better World.
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Chaos! At the Masjid
Sid and Z share stories about going to the masjid in Ramadan. It's not the holy month without a little bit of chaos in the mosque and honestly we wouldn't have it any other way.
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Progress over Perfection
GirlBOSS?? No! Girl, BOX your congressperson! In this episode, Sid and Z talk about shedding the need for perfection, moving through burnout, and trying to find Avan Jogia on Hinge. No Sheryl Sandberg… but we’re leaning into just being curious, chaotic, and okay with making mistakes. We’re...
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Dev Dive: The Dev Patel Episode
This episode we're doing a deep dive into Dev Patel's career and why we love him. We talk Skins, Slumdog Millionaire, and more! Dev Patel please come on our podcast.
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Sisterhood/Behnchara with Saleha
This episode, we talk to Saleha (@soleha.777) the creator of @behnchara a virtual gathering space for women to come together in community. We discuss South Asian sisterhood and creating avenues for holding space for one another and healing. You can learn more and sign up to participate in…
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Minisode: Suez Canal for Dummies
Bonus Episode Alert!!! Tune into our new segment "chaivory tower breaking down the news", a possibly recurring series where we read news stories and discuss them without doing any research. Join us as we talk about the ship that was stuck in the Suez Canal and ask the stupidest possible questions...
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Tinfoil Hats & WhatsApp Chats - Exploring Conspiracy Theories
We’re kicking off 2021 with Zainab telling Sidra about her favorite conspiracy theories. 2020 was a wild ride, and we’ve seen the rise of things that are stranger than fiction, so we looked into what makes people believe in conspiracy theories. From croissants, to #FreeBritney, to the royal…
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The Brain Fog Diaries: Dealing with Burnout in 2020
Sidra and Zainab wrap up 2020 by talking about what the collective is feeling: burnout. Sidra shares some research about her most recent affliction. We talk about what burnout feels like, causes and systemic issues that spur burnout, and share some ideas on how to do less in 2021. On this…
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Dreaming of the Future We Deserve
We’re not Raven-Symoné but we have a vision for the future that’s better than whatever this shit is. We're taking a break from cynicism and despair to talk about hope and imagination! Also, we're sharing some resources on the upcoming election and talking about some candidates that inspire us.…
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Indian Matchmaking & Desi Marriage Culture
Sidra & Zainab are joined by long-time friend & our number one fan Rabee (@rabeeonline) to talk about Indian Matchmaking and our experiences with Desi marriage culture (aka a discussion on why every Desi needs to go therapy). Unfortunately, it’s Sima Auntie’s world, and we’re just living in it…
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Rent? in THIS economy?!
The rent crisis resulting from the pandemic has brought forth various strategies from tenant activists and organizers: rent freezes, rent strikes, rent forgiveness, eviction moratorium: but what does it all mean?? In this episode, Sidra & Zainab give an overview of these terms and discuss what’s...
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We Love TV
In this episode famous TV critics Zainab and Sidra discuss what makes TV so appealing, the shows we love, and ~representation~ in television. Listen to us talk about all the shows we’re watching and let us know what you’re watching in between learning guitar, crocheting, baking things (send us…
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Chaivory Thirst: Celebrity Crush Rankings ft. Will Ellis
In this episode we're joined by special guest/friend Will Ellis (again) to discuss the good, the bad, and the humiliating celebrity crushes we have. For those of you with 3+ brain cells still in function, we also discuss "hotness" as a concept and the systems that inform who we find attractive,...
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Minisode: Student Organizing with Sydney & Nevena
In this guest episode, Sidra gets to interview her friends and former colleagues Sydney & Nevena, current graduate students at Harvard, about student organizing, the Harvard Graduate Student Union of Auto Workers Strike, and visions for freedom futures. Listen in for a conversation about why...
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Unionize Your Workplace (and your country @ Canada??)
This episode we talk labor unions and share some examples of worker organizing that inspire us. Also, as Meghan and Harry take a mental health break from their family (relatable) we try, in vain, to unpack the monarchy and figure out if Canada is technically still a British colony. What is a...
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Bon Appe-tea
In this guest episode Zainab sits down with friend of the podcast, Will Ellis, to discuss the online food sensation Bon Appetit. Listen to them talk about why they love BA so much, the magazine and the culinary industry's commodification of Lebanese/Levantine cuisine (08:40), their top five BA...
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Spilled Chai-vory Tower: An Interview with Sumeera
In this guest episode we have an amazing conversation with Sumeera who is a DJ, writer/poet, and curator of Spilled Chai, an online magazine that celebrates the hyphenated identity, and explores nuance and narrative. We talk creativity, grad school, cliches in Desi art, and what inspires us....
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Climate Nihilism
Sidra and Zainab talk climate nihilism (what even is that), how war is a misnomer, and the Islamic impact on Brazilian funk (sort of, not really). MC Magrinho’s management team, please get in touch with us. Topics in this episode: Zainab, against Sidra’s and the whole world’s wishes, plays a...
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Minisode 1 - Who We Are
Welcome to Chaivory Tower, as told by Sidra & Zainab.
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Throw Your Phone Away
We’re back and we’re done with grad school! We’re talking about surveillance capitalism and the data being collected on us all the time. If you still have a Facebook profile by the end of this episode we will stage an intervention at your house with all your friends and family. 1:40 - Intro,...
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New Year, Same Us
This week we're talking about how we’re back on our same shit in the new year. From You on Netflix to the government shutdown, Sidra and Zainab are back at it!!! It’s AQUARIUS SZN and Sidra made a flyer for her own birthday party (0:30 - 1:30) We are burned out by the millennial burnout article...
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Grad School, It's Our Funeral! Plus, South Asian Activism ft. Barnali Ghosh & Anirvan Chatterjee
Topics in this episode: This week we're talking about South Asian activism with the brilliant and inspiring co-curators of the South Asian Radical History Walking Tour, Barnali Ghosh and Anirvan Chatterjee. Also, Zainab learns a new white idiom. 1. Congrats Mrs. and Mr. Priyanka Chopra (Beginning...
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Partition
Topics in this episode: Environmental racism and the cost of clean air (1:00) Zainab is shocked that people continue to work in her office even though there's a wasps nest in the women's bathroom (2:00) Lebron James built an institution that is changing the game and your tax money is paying for…
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Mental Health in Desi Communities
Welcome to the Chaivory Tower summer season - we are on break from grad school and digging into issues around south asian culture in the US and abroad! Topics in this episode: Since we're having a break down nearly every episode, we thought we'd bring on a guest to talk about mental health!…
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Keep Families Together
We're wrapping up Season 1! We finally finished our first year of grad school and have lots of content planned for the summer. In the meantime, we're talking the World Cup, bullet trains, and Princess Diana. We'll also be talking about the policy of separating families at the border and how…
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No Cop Academy
Topics in this episode: Intro - grad school updates/our lifelong commitment to not having our shit together (0:00- 5:43) Zainab has an on-air breakdown after learning sim is short for simulation (5:45) RIP Sridevi and Asma Jahangir two legends (10:57) Kim K wore a sari on Vogue India and Desi men...
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Pakistan is not Palestine
In this bonus episode we talk to Amal, a real-life Palestinian and friend of Chaivory Tower. We're unpacking what's up with Desis (and other non Palestinian Muslims) co-opting the Palestinian narrative. Desis, take a seat and pass the mic on this one. A crowd sourced list of actual Palestinian...
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Private Property Rules Everything Around Me
#TIMESUP at the Golden Globes and let's just let Oprah chill (2:00) Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador is being removed and why you should pay attention (4:15) PPREAM - the commodification of cities, Amazon HQ2, why do cities sell out (9:00) Zainab freaks out about how much Jeff Bezos is...
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2017 - The Low Bar is Now in Hell
Grad school updates - everything is on fire but at least we made friends (0:51) Existential crises - Zainab asks what good is incremental change in an empire that is crumbling and Sidra wonders if planning is even a legitimate profession (16:10) Current events - FCC and tax plan bullshit (28:29)...
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Spooky Jinn Stories
This episode Zainab and Amal talk about how many times you have to say "jinn" to get possessed. Sidra staunchly believes if you talk about jinn, they sit around and listen, and has opted out. AKA the only person in a horror movie to survive.
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Kifah in Karachi
Desi intellectual fuckboys and how they will be Zainab's downfall (2:10) Amir Khan and Faryal Makhdhoom (part 2): They should have just talked to each other (4:03) Sidra's first day of grad school and story about walking past MALIA OBAMA (6:43) Hurricane Harvey: Orgs to donate to that are NOT the...
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Pakistan: You'll Figure It Out
Neymar transferred to PSG and Zainab is really emotional about it (0:45) Amir Khan's and Faryal Makhdhoom's messy Twitter fight (4:55) Zainab's observations on Pakistan (6:55) Nawaz Sharif is not my type (12:51) Climate change and the U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan (19:06) Will The Flower Slip...
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A Nuanced Self
The Big Sick is a mess (5:44) The Big Sick's treatment of Brown women: The Big Sick & Brown Romance by Tanzila Ahmed; The Only Muslims Hollywood Likes are the 'Secular' Ones by Tasbeeh Herwees Mississippi Masala is way better AND HAS DENZEL WASHINGTON IN IT (14:10) Skam is amazing and Norway is…
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