Ethnically Ambiguous
A podcast about being Middle Eastern and immigrants in America, hosted by two friends, an Iranian and a Syrian, telling you what's up.
Episodes
In episode 294, the girls are going on tangents left and right. Have we already named an episode this? Hard to say! It's a royal rumble of thoughts!
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In episode 293, the girls are joined by their favorite comedian Dylan Adler!! They get into Anna and the TDZ's crews obsession with Dylan's TikTok, his upbringing in the Bay Area with his twin brother, discovering comedy, how his parents met, and so much more! Follow Dylan on Instagram at @dylanadler_, on Twitter at @DylanAdler6, and on TikTok at @dylanadler7. He is such a joy!!
Also HAPPY PERSIAN NEW YEAR! EIDE SHOMA MOBARAK!
In episode 292, the girls are joined by Alya Fetyani. She is a cultural advisor for the music industry and was born and raised in Saudi Arabia. They get into her upbringing, how her parents met, her work with Spotify, and so much more! Follow Alya on Twitter and Instagram at alya___af.
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In episode 291, the girls are back with producer Becca to be detectives and figure out some tough riddles! GET INTO IT!
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In episode 290, the girls are joined by journalist and podcaster Ahmed Ali Akbar! They talk about his work at Buzzfeed and his former podcast See Something Say Something, and then get into his work that won him a James Beard Foundation Award: Mangos aka "Inside the Secretive, Semi-Illicit, High Stakes World of WhatsApp Mango Importing"! It's a compelling story about a journalist and Pakistani mangos so please GET INTO IT! Also chec...
In episode 289, the girls talk about the recent earthquake that has devastated Turkey and Syria.
DONATION LINKS:
The White Helmets
https://whitehelmets.org/en/
The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) Foundation
https://sams-usa.net
Direct Relief
https://www.directrelief.org/
Molham Team
https://molhamteam.com/en/campaigns/439
American Relief Fund
https://arforganization.org/donations
In episode 288, the girls are joined by producer Becca to break down the Prince Harry book Spare. Anna listened to all 15 hours. Can you believe it? We're not well!!
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In episode 287, the girls are joined by their FIRST TIME EVER repeat guest: Mangesh Hattikudur!! Wow!! They get into what he has been up to since he left iHeart: his new podcast start-up Kaleidoscope! Plus they get into astrology because of Mangesh's new show Skyline Drive which is all about the incredible ways astrology presents itself in modern society. So you should definitely check that out! Follow Mangesh on Twitter and Instag...
In episode 286, the girls are joined by music writer and curator Danny Hajjar! They get into his upbringing, his love of music, his career, the media landscape, and so much more! Subscribe to Danny's substack Sa'alouni El Nas and follow him on Twitter and Instagram at @DannyGHajjar.
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In episode 285, the girls are joined by Amy Choi & Rebecca Lehrer AKA The Mash-Up Americans! They talk about their experiences creating their own company, how Amy and Rebecca met, the experiences of family and being a mother, and so much more! It's a nice conversation and we really recommend you check it out! Check out more of Amy and Rebecca's work on their website mashupamericans.com. Follow Amy on Twitter at @awesomechoi and...
In episode 284, the girls are joined by podcaster and activist Saadia Khan! We get into Saadia's upbringing in Pakistan, her choice to immigrate to the United States, her podcast Immigrantly, and so much more. It is a fun conversation!! Check our her podcast and also follow Saadia on Twitter at @swkkhan and follow Immigrantly on Twitter at @Immigrantly_pod and on Instagram at @immigrantlypod.
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In episode 283, the girls are joined by Next Up fellow Maria Diez. They get into her upbringing, her interest in theater, her parents support, moving away to NYC to go to college, her podcast When You're Invisible (out now!) on MyCultura and so much more! Follow her on twitter at @diez_mariaf and on instagram at @marifer_diez_b and go listen to her podcast now!
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In episode 282, the girls are joined by advocate, activist, and podcast host Oya L. Sherrills to talk about her time in the Next Up Initiative, her work with survivors of crime, her own experiences surviving crime, and so much more. They also discuss her new podcast on iHeart entitled Survivors Heal with Oya L. Sherrills. The show unfolds the impacts of the New Survivors Movement through narrative, interviews, policy and strategies...
In episode 281, the girls get into Shereen's appendix saga! It's a wild ride - make sure your seatbelt is on!
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In episode 280, the girls talk about season 3 of Ramy! Don't you love our television recap episodes? We do!! Enjoy!
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In episode 279, the girls are joined by producers Becca Ramos and Trisha Mukherjee to talk about some old news. Sorry!!
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In episode 278, the girls are joined by radio, television and online journalist, and personal finance expert Carmen Rita Wong! They get into her upbringing, colorism, the politics of assimilating into American culture, her family dynamics, and of course her new memoir Why Didn't You Tell Me? It's a wild ride of an episode! Go buy her book now! You won't regret it. Check out Carmen's website here and also follow her on Twitter at @C...
In episode 277, Shereen is solo and joined by Ibtesam Barazi. Ibtesam is a Syrian-American Muslim activist in Charleston, West Virginia. Shereen sits down to talk to her about her work for the ACLU, the value of interfaith organizing, and the importance of community.
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In episode 276, the girls continue down a spoo0o0ooky path. They talk about the terrifying job of being a gravedigger in the Middle East and frightening not-benefits that come with it. It's creepy! No thanks!
FOOTNOTES:
Gravediggers claim ghosts haunt world’s largest cemetery in Iraq
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In episode 275, the girls celebrate Halloween by having a spo0o0o0o0oky episode about Djinn hunters and cemetery ghouls in the Middle East / Palestine. It gives them the heebie-jeebies! Happy Halloween you ghoulies!!
FOOTNOTES:
Jerusalem supernatural: Meet the Palestinian man hunting ghouls, ghosts and jinn
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