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Modern Minorities — 307 episodes
RIP Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026): Perspolis’ (perplexing) Persian protagonist
MMusic: Haseeb “Play Love”
MMusic: Abir - ‘Yallah’
MMusic: Omar Offendum - ‘Pacific Syriano’
MMusic: Dania - ‘Slow’
Ramadan Mubarak (for us all) رمضان مبارك
Bob Gilbreath: What if we’re (already) in hell?
2025 Year in Review
MMreads: Descender / Ascender (with) Jieun & Paresh
Everette Taylor’s (Kickstarter) In Community
Mamdani's (faith) for NY
MMreads: Babel’s (magic) translation & colonization
The Philippines (is) the people
We love (you) 300
Priti Ohri’s (own) playbook
Solving (for Social) w/ Maggie & Loren
Clobberin’ Time (for Apathy): Superman & Fantastic Four, with Stefan & Karl
Maurice Cherry’s (Revision) Path
Ayan Sanyal’s (brewing) Kolkata Chai
Kay Sohini’s (This) Beautiful, Ridiculous City
Bob Gilbreath (trusts) the workaround
Brian Velasquez Reid’s (family) business
Star Wars: the Fourth with you (maybe?)
Jonathan Hill’s (Second) Most Perfect Episode Ever
Keith Pedro’s (Trillipino) journey
Suresh’s (journey) home
Nicole Ponseca’s (igniting) hospitality
Filipino Food (faves all) Month
Vaib’s (American) dream
Susie Quesada’s (whole) self
David Yin’s (evolved) identity
Michael Wong’s (Asian) Verified
Varuna Srinivasan’s (Fluid) Health
Vidyut Latay’s (ALIEN) American Dream, Denied
2024: A(nother) year with our FrieMMds
Pedro Martin’s (unpacking) Mexikid
Vanessa Huynh’s (self) acceptance
Kamala's message
Reflecting (a slide): Berlin
Chris Schmicker’s (Hapa) Hawaiian Story
Lisa Angulo Reid’s (trusting) Dear Flor
Kathy MacLeod’s (still a) Continental Drifter
Nir Eyal (is) Indistractable
Wendy Nguyen’s (driving) registration
Ida Abdalkhani’s (new) experience
Building (Bridges) Across Generations
Sudha's (emotionally) intelligent learnings
Burma Chronicles and (Drew's) Panama Tales
ROAMING (Tamaki) ...feeling old and young again
Mariko Tamaki's many (Surely) Books
Perspolis’ (perplexing) Persian protagonist
Veera Hiranandani’s (writing) identity
USA Travel (Learnings) from Nebraska to Wyoming
USA Travel (Learnings) from Alabama to Montana
Our kids (rewired) with Claire & Seif
Manreet Sodhi Someshwar’s (written) Partition
Bernice Ang’s (Coaching) Ikigai
Bonnie Wan’s (Life) Brief
Linda Clement-Holme’s (lightening) backpack
John Pepper & Ursula Burns’ (Learnings from) Leaders
Najoh Tita-Reid’s (balance) across worlds
Ed Rigaud’s (underground) freedoms
Kris Stith’s (forward) designs
Edel Rodriguez’s (Cuban) American Odyssey
Isaac Saul’s (TanGent) Tangle
2023 Year in Review
India revisited, Rajiv Satyal & Sharad Lal
India revisited, with Barun Singh & Sonali Kulkarni
Meeting the Moment (with AG & David)
A whole new world with (the cast of) Aladdin
Deb JJ Lee’s (creating) closure
Food, Thanks(giving) & Friends
Justin Rueff’s (Less Desolate) work
Diwali (FrieMMds’) Stories
Jocelyn Chia’s (objectively) funny
Qaisar Shareef’s (travel) learnings
Palestine's required (comics) reading
Christina Lee’s (ATL) music journalism
Jenny Nguyen's (Sound On) at the Sports Bra - REBOUND REVOLUTION
Mita Mallick’s (Re)imagining Inclusion (RE-AIR)
Sung Kang’s (slow) drive
Fahad Khawaja’s (Hue) is amplifying voices
Victor Luckerson’s (Built) from the Fire
Shin Yu Pai’s (got) Ten Thousand Things
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist
Adrian Tomine’s (drawn) Shortcomings
Nidhi Chanani’s (turned) many pages
KARI’s melancholy & the infinite (Indian) sadness
Bruce Lee’s (martial) art
Justin Richmond (Started) from the Bottom
Rajiv & Brian Tome's (curious) Crossroads
Johnathan Gibbs’ (QPOC) perspective
Lilly Singh (& Rajiv) bring it to the table
Steven Wakabayashi’s (community) co-hosting
Mita Mallick’s (Re)imagining Inclusion
First of All: Anna Akana
They Call Us (Bruce) K-Pop Dreaming
Jonathan Hill’s (tales of) belonging
Reading (into) American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang’s (comic book) American dream
Good Talk hits (too) close to home
Mira Jacob (shares a) Good Talk
Thi Bui’s (memoir) The Best We Could Do
Talking (on) Southern Fried Asian
Drew Tarvin’s (Humor) at Work
Sarah Salem challenges (your) perceptions
Azhar Usman believes in (the) Truth
Misha Euceph (is) Podcast
Jhanay Williams’ Passion for (Protecting) Art & Culture
200 episodes (later): milestone or bookend?
Dr. Bhavik Kumar’s (advocacy) for access
Paris Hatcher’s (Black) Feminist Future
Kenyatte Nelson is a (sharply-dressed) family man
Maartje & Peggy (go beyond) The Plantation of our Ancestors
Svante Myrick wants (police) change
James Veraldi's Loop (for) social health
Rajiv Satyal’s vaccinated (and) entertaining
Naaz Khan's (Room) for Everyone
2022 Year in Review
John Pepper & Ursula Burns’ (Learnings from) Leaders
Tanzina Vega’s (graceful) takeaway
Getting Vacc’ed (for the) Season
Dr. Urvashi Bhatnagar’s (unexpected) solutions
Sharon & Raman (on) Rock the Boat
Kevin Turpin’s (leading) National Journal
Nidhi Hebbar’s information (literacy) journey
Rotimi Adeoye’s running (with) it
Palestine's required (comics) reading
Dr. Mandi takes (her) shots - so should you.
Danny Hajjar (asks) the People
Saniya Soni’s (a) Loudmouth Ladkhi
Aftab Pureval's (Cincinnati) mayoral empathy
Sharon & Raman (on) What’s Your Story
Alice Hsu's (embracing) identity
Kabir Sehgal’s (infinite) creations
MMovies: (Relating to) The Namesake
Korey Watari’s (Able To) Shine
Gender Queer: a must-read (banned) book
Holly Hatam’s (drawing) beautiful empathy
aMMd now a word from our sponsor...
Lou Diamond Phillips’ (in) Easter Sunday
Nichelle Nichols (1932-2022)
Sharon Yang’s (Building) Back Better
MMovies: (Feeling) The Joy Luck Club
Jonathan Tran’s (dismantling) theology
Kamala Khan (is) MS.MARVEL
Mike Curato’s (compassionate) truth
Ariane & Mercedes (are) Caribbean Queens
philaMMthropy: Ukrainian Artists
Ian Haddock's (creating the) Normal Anomaly
Holy (Bi)Robin! Tim Drake Comes Out
Let's talk about (getting) vaccines
talking (to Rajiv) about boiling water
Gabrielle Berbey's (revealing) The Experiment
Larry Hama’s our (real) American Hero
MMom Memories: Sophie Park
Dan & Charlene (wanna) know Where Y'all Really From
MMom Memories: Paresh Jha
Maz Jobrani’s (immigrant) curiosity
Talking about our Asian American (family) heritage
Dian Alyan’s (journey to) GiveLight.org
MMusic: Haseeb “Play Love”
Sara Alfageeh’s (storied) Squire
MMusic: Abir - ‘Yallah’
Tehran Von Ghasri’s (mischievous) Truth
MMusic: Omar Offendum - ‘Pacific Syriano’
Aaliyah Habeeb’s Black (and) Muslim experience
MMusic: Dania - ‘Slow’
Ramadan Mubarak (for us all)
Ramadan Preview (رمضان مبارك)
Satjeet Kaur's (fight) for your rights
Madeleine Albright (1937-2022)
Mariko Tamaki's many (Surely) Books
Shalini Govil-Pai’s (breaking) stereotypes
We are (all) Ukrainians
Sheetal Sheth’s (always) writing Anjali
Black History’s (current) meaning considered
KJ Dhaliwal’s (Dil Mil) where hearts meet
Dr. Edjah Nduom’s residency of reform
MMusic: Scroll Through (Soof)
Chinese (Lunar) New Years’ meaning & memories
Abdul-Rehman Malik (understands) This Being Human
Beyond MLK’s legend: (reading) KING
Gene Luen Yang’s (comic book) American dream
Michelle Li got a (racist) voicemail
Climate Activists (on Animalia)
2021 year in review
Jen Wang’s (comics) Stargazing
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz’s (passing) Asian-American Curriculum
Dr. Ali Mattu (psychs) social anxiety
Molly Kawahata’s (unapologetic) climate optimism
Danis Goulet’s (directing) Night Raiders
a (little) help from our FrieMMds...
Sam Yo’s (balanced) geek fitness
Tonya Evans' Crypto (Wealth) Advantage
Anjali Enjeti’s (Southbound) activism
Diwali (memories) then & now
Andrew Aydin’s (enduring) March
Evan Jackson Leong’s (directing) Snakehead
Phil Yu (isn’t always) the Angry Asian Man
Holy (Bi)Robin! Tim Drake Comes Out
Remi Adekoya’s (unpacking) Biracial Britain
Geraldine Moriba gets the story (right)
3 MMen & 3 Babies (with Drew & Rajiv)
Navin Gupta (always) takes the first step
Sara Baiyu Porritt (can) Hear Us Roar
Brian Yang doesn’t (want to) know martial arts
100 (or so) episodes later...
Gina Brillon’s (Mess) in Progress
Lindsay Kaplan expands the (Chief) table
Kamala Khan (is) MS.MARVEL
Prince imagined (our own game)
Monique Truong ain’t takin (flavor) bullies
Sidd Masand’s Rock & Roll (True) Stories
Jonathan Tolentino wants (us to get) better
What’s Your Story? (Seeking) Answers Through Allyship
Yellow Glitter (Pride): Rainbow Washing & Performative Allyship
Radhika Vekaria's (devotion to) music
Father’s (Day) Fathers...
Beth Nguyen wants (you to learn) her name
Svante Myrick wants (police) change
Minjae Ormes has grown (up) Visible
Hear our (AAPI) Red Envelope Stories
Let’s Talk WARRIOR (+Grounded Geeks)
Steven Wakabayashi’s (Yellow) Glitter
Margaret Cho’s (Mortal) Minority
Mothers (day) secrets...
Lets talk (about) India
Jason’s discovery (+faith) of Islam
Modern MINARI
Lena Shareef wants (to tell) a good story
Alice Lee’s (extraordinary) journey
Azhar Usman believes in (the) Truth
Sarah Salem challenges (your) perceptions
Muslim voices (preview) for Ramadan
Mira Jacob (shares a) Good Talk
Soof - Bikya!
Maartje & Peggy (go beyond) The Plantation of our Ancestors
Tyanne Benallie’s (Indigenous) lens
Let’s talk (about) Asian violence
Grace Foster finds (home in) herself
Pave the Way (for more): International Women’s Day
Black History, (to be) continued
Jennifer Ekeleme makes her (own) American dream
Chris Finn speaks the (kids’) language
Bringing In the (Chinese) New Years
Tess Thomas gets (outside) her comfort zone
Andres Barragan’s (restless) reinvention
Maria Yuan wants (YOU) to be an Issue Voter
Cathy Erway’s uncovering (Self Evident) conversations
2021: Looking forward, by looking back
2020: Learning from our (Guests’) Lived Experiences
Mira Jacob's (Good Talk) hits too close to home.
Dr. Brandi wants to Impact (not impress)
Nicole Armstrong puts (gender) equity to work
Goli Kalkhoran’s Lessons (from a Quitter)
Sharon & Raman are Thankful (for Mom dishes)
Stanley Lumax builds (diaspora) community thru food
Mita Mallick knows (the cost of) Advocacy
ASHLYN GENTRY believes in (re)redefining labels
POST-POST ELECTION (+Rajiv): We won. Now what?
LAN PHAN Believes in Community (of Seven)
KENYATTE NELSON is a (sharp-dressed) family man
SEIF (HAMID) and Sound as a NY Arab
Dr. Nzinga Harrison is (helping those) In Recovery
JIEUN KIRTLEY’s kids learn (Taekwondo) Korean
BUCK ROCKER believes in (Truth &) Justice
CAROL TONGE MACK won’t keep (polite) silence
JON POLLOCK says (Ciao) Andiamo
THI BUI’S The Best We Could Do (Quarantined Comics)
ERIK RIVERA makes it (relatable) for everybody
LUCIA LIU Rocks (the Boat)
JAMES VERALDI wants (You) to Start Saving the World
ABBY ALLEN will Not be (called) a Minority
RUTH BADER GINSBURG (Notoriously) Bent the Curve Towards Justice. 1933-2020.
TERRY KAWAJA knows the Power of (mistaken) Identity
Hear our TEACHERS’ (panel) perspective
Is RAMAN SEHGAL a (UK) doppelgänger?
IDA ABDALKHANI is Middle Eastern from (middle) America
MATT STORY Knows you have (Super) Powers
LULU GE Wants (You) to Talk to Your Parents
Signs & Privilege
FRANCISCO RAMOS Doesn’t Need an (American) Accent
KIM THAI Thinks You Need Some (Ganesh) Space
MODERN Minorities - New Name, Same Conversations
Elliot Lum Wants to Get More (People) in the Room
Melissa Haughton is a (Canadian) Storyteller Who Likes to Pod
Joe Medved Gets the (Economic) Value of Diverse Founders
Cassandra Worthy is a (Change) Enthusiast
John Lewis (1940-2020) wants you to get into (good, necessary) trouble. Rest in Power.
Castel Valere-Couturier’s got hustle AND (used to) wear a cape.
Reshma Shetty doesn't (want to) act Indian
Ryan Joe still can’t find his pickled cabbage (and soy bean)
Erin Heidrich & the good fight (of employment law)
Stefan James is 100% Jamaican (AND 100% American)
Karl Preissner on P&G's (insider) diversity
the Sunday Burrito (& Bacon)
Suzanne Sinatra (not quite) private past and future...
Jay Wong, the (original) Can-Asi-ian changemaker
Ariane Hunter’s secret? She (Project) Went for Her Dreams
Bevan Bonhomme says "Trust Me, I'm a (South African) Doctor"
Mara Lecocq knows where the (boss) ladies are at
Jesse Meza on (proper) Mexican media pro attire
Zineb El Ouazzani's (secret) life as a Moroccan tennis pro
Rajiv Satyal isn't (always) joking about being Indian
Alexis Agosto has the 4As Keepin it Real with D&I
Who (really) are these Model Minorities?