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THIS EPISODE: The NYT Modern Love essay that made Hindutva twitter explode, why Pakistani Muslims are ruining it for the rest of us, braindead diaspora, the decline of media, how people who have done nothing with their lives suffer from main character syndrome, interfaith relationships, growing up in India as a minority, etc etc etc!…
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Happy Valentine's Day to all the babes and bums who listen to the podcast! Welcome to our V-day special that is all about MEN. No, not how to GET one. But what are men? How many types are there? What purpose do they serve? We answer pressing questions like "if you had a gun to your head, would you pick a wife guy or a reply guy??" Lots of fun, lots…
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@AlizaJaanu offers up her opinions on the Nidhi Razdan-Harvard phishing scandal saga, getting into what's fishy about this whole phishing thing and answering burning questions like "Is it mean to make fun of her?" Then, a software engineer comes on the podcast to talk about how to detect a phishing scam, data privacy, and other important things you…
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@AlizaJaanu taps into her network of very smart people to bring Kamayani, a writer and researcher on visual culture with a special interest in Hindi cinema, onto Wastefellows to discuss what is on everyone's minds: The Fantastic Lives of Bollywood Wives. Listen to this chaotic recap of the Bollywood wives pilot, as we dive into docusoaps and Realit…
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Wastefellows welcomes special guest @mindunderwear and the two "Agony Aunties" join forces to answer all of your depraved and degenerate questions. Listen to two alpha female Muslim women talk about the study circle epidemic in the country, Hindutva dominatrixes, and what to do when Twitter friendships get too toxic.…
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@AlizaJaanu and @DrDang discuss The Print article "What makes Modi’s BJP invincible? The cynicism that India is dead" and David Graeber's (RIP) essay "The Machinery of Hopelessness". We get into shoddy "privilege" discourse, why it is necessary to not present hopelessness as a personal failing, and what it means to feel hopeless in India right now.…
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Diaspora Gone Wild covers Kamala Harris! We talk about how she MAKES the diaspora GO WILD, South Asian representation in the US, her political career, and most importantly, her storied childhood and family -- like her walks in Besant Nagar with her freedom-fighter grandfather and his revolutionary friends. We talk about her Jamaican father, Donald …
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@AlizaJaanu and guest Jastej Trudeau (@Sturgeon's_Law) continue their interrogation of Bindy Johal's ascent as a prolific gangster and the events that precipitated his steep downfall. The two detour into the notorious affair between juror Gillian Guess and Johal's accomplice Peter Gill, the cultural framing of Bindy Johal through media and film, an…
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Wastefellows welcomes Jastej Trudeu (@Sturgeons_Law) for the inaugural episode of our new series Diaspora Gone Wild. In Part 1 of this two part series on the rise and fall of iconic slain Punjabi-Canadian gangster Bindy Johal, we talk about the history of Punjabi immigration to Canada, the emergence of Indo gangsterism in 90s Vancouver, the Canadia…
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@AlizaJaanu welcomes @DrDang to Wastefellows to talk about the interminable saga of social media warfare. We rank our Top 3 fave twitter beefs and online meltdowns, talking about what they represent about the state of discourse, who we find annoying and why, and the relationship between lockdown cabin fever and url theatrics.…
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Rawan is back on Wastefellows! In this episode we talk about lockdown life in Palestine, the Bravo Reality TV show Family Karma, diaspora Indians and their stupid narratives, the Bollywood movies Dil Se and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, why Rawan likes Bollywood movies so much, the Noah Baumbach film Marriage Story and how white women are REALLY going throug…
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In the second episode of this two-part series, Aliza and special cohost Shariq look at the movement with a more critical eye, looking at what the movement needs to sustain itself, the role of ideology in leaderless protests, and what we have to do to win. ++ Some super helpful protest tips!
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In the first episode of a two-part series on the anti-CAA protests, Aliza and special guest co-host Shariq, cover the basics of the CAA and the NRC, their experiences at the protests in their respective cities, and their reflections on being Muslim in these times of anti-Muslim hysteria
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