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The Brown Voices Project Podcast
by Punita Rice
The Brown Voices Project Podcast is a curated collection of conversations with South Asian Americans living bold, often un-stereotypically successful lives: artists, creators, thinkers, and professionals who break the mold, and have forged paths beyond expectation and convention. Full of insights from Brown Voices. Learn more at punitarice.com/brown-voices/
Episodes
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Therapist Zohra Lasi (@therapysherapy) on "Log Kya Kahenge," the Model Minority Myth & What Desi Kids Need | Brown Voices
In this conversation, I sit down with Zohra Lasi — associate therapist, clinical mental health counselor, and the voice behind the popular TikTok account @therapysherapy — for the Brown Voices project. Zohra’s practice is based in Atlanta, Georgia, where she works with South Asian American adults...
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Neema Sharma on the Assistant Director role, Bollywood vs Hollywood, & her advice for young people
Neema Sharma is a Hollywood (and Bollywood) Assistant Director whose career in film has taken her all over the world. You’d recognize ALL her projects. Movies like Disclosure Day, The Wedding Guest, Extraction, Gray Man, Minx, Marty Supreme, or Hindi movies like Shaitan, The Lunchbox, Diwale,...
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Saloni Nahar on Anxious Brown Girl, representation, and when schools handle cultural diversity RIGHT
In this conversation for the Brown Voices Project, I sit down with Saloni Nahar: actor, filmmaker, co-producer of the web series Anxious Brown Girl, and founder of the Chicago Actors Hub.Saloni has trained at The Second City, The Annoyance, and the Black Box Academy, and she runs the Chicago…
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"Work Hard, Be Kind, Have Faith" — Heems (Himanshu Suri) on Growing Up Brown & Model Minority Myth
In this conversation, I sit down with rapper, artist, and activist HEEMS — real name Himanshu Suri — for the Brown Voices: Be Inspired project.Heems is a founding member of Das Racist, one half of Swet Shop Boys with RizMC (Riz Ahmed), and the founder of record label Greedhead and lifestyle brand...
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Be Inspired: Sabeen Marghoob on Henna, Tattooing, Leaving the Corporate Climb
In this conversation, I sit down with Sabeen Marghoob aka @HennaBySabeen—a henna artist, content creator, tattoo apprentice, and one of the most recognizable names in the South Asian henna art space—for the Brown Voices: Be Inspired project.Sabeen's henna has been featured in Vogue, Allure, and...
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The Pressure Brown Kids Carry: A Conversation with Therapist Pinkal Panchal | Brown Voices
In this conversation, I sit down with Pinkal Panchal — associate marriage and family therapist and LA-based relationship counselor — for the Brown Voices project.Pinkal's practice focuses on helping modern love thrive inside traditional and multi-generational family systems. She works with…
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Vishal Vaidya on Broadway, Approval, & What He’d Tell Young Brown Kids
In this conversation, I sit down with Vishal Vaidya — Broadway actor, performer, voice teacher, and my childhood friend — for the Brown Voices: Be Inspired project. Vishal has performed in Groundhog Day and Merrily We Roll Along on Broadway (now streaming on Netflix), worked alongside Jonathan...
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Jyoti Chand aka Mamajotes on Creative Careers, Fitting Indian, Sobriety, Growing Up, & What She Hopes for Brown Kids
In this conversation, I sit down with Jyoti Chand — author of the graphic novel Fitting Indian, content creator, fashion founder, and the voice behind @mamajotes — who has built a following of over 350,000 across platforms by sharing her life with radical honesty, for the Brown Voices: Be…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Brown Voices Project Podcast is a curated collection of conversations with South Asian Americans living bold, often un-stereotypically successful lives: artists, creators, thinkers, and professionals who break the mold, and have forged paths beyond expectation and convention. Full of insights from Brown Voices.
Learn more at punitarice.com/brown-voices/
HOSTED BY
Punita Rice
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