Episodes
Spdrmnky is an internationally recognized digital artist. We speak about the skill of confidence, the different dimensions of intelligence, his work being compared to the brilliance of 'Boss Logic,' his unwillingness to take on the role of mentor for his young followers, and the hope that he would like to garner with his work.
Published 09/12/23
Natasha is a singer, songwriter, musician, and teacher. We speak about her album called 'Ordinary Miracle,' available everywhere to stream.
Published 09/09/23
The Shah is an actor, content creator, and rapper.
Published 08/15/23
Romaisa Khan is a content creator and actor.
Published 08/11/23
Akbar Chaudry is one of the pioneers of the comedy circuit in Karachi, and increasingly in Pakistan. We speak about capitalizing on art, the writing process of a comedian, the arrival fallacy, Akbar's designs on hopefully building a comedy club in Karachi, why he insists on bringing comedy to every part of Pakistan, selling out comedy shows in multiple cities in America and the fifteen underground comedians in Pakistan that nobody has heard about yet, but that Akbar believes will one day be...
Published 08/08/23
Maria Unera is a singer, songwriter, musician, and inheritor of the Filipino and Lahori traditions of musicality. We speak about her life in Pakistan, her journey to herself, her relationship with her work and with the music industry, the power of focused artistic expression, and what living in Karachi by herself has taught her.
Published 08/07/23
Umair Najeeb Khan is an artist, digital illustrator, and comic book creator. We speak about the scope and financial ramifications of fine art in Pakistan, the concern with doing 'branded,' work as a content creator, the broad categories that everyone with social media is grouped into, his comic book characters, illustrations, and his hope for Pakistani storytellers.
Published 08/06/23
Purnia Farrukh is an architect and the proprietor of 'itereight,' an interior design, product and marketing consulting, and construction management firm. We speak about what it takes for a woman to make a business work in Pakistan, the concern with privilege, the average woman's plight, and the essence of her new design ideology.
Published 08/06/23
Ramish Safa is an artist, content creator, entrepreneur, and crypto enthusiast. We speak about his multiple sources of income and inspiration, about how much money is enough, about the concern with cancelation if you make your money through your online presence, about how he can afford to travel the world, and about his plans regarding an old dormant business.
Published 07/31/23
Raza Samo is a creative, content creator, comedian, and now most recently actor. We speak about his movie 'John,' the perils of typecasting, the pressures of being the 'funny man,' mental health, the masculine psyche in Pakistan, and about his plans for the future.
Published 07/30/23
JOKHAY is the producer and one of the founding members of The Young Stunners, we speak about how his journey into music started with Metallica and Megadeath, how he transitioned to hip-hop production, met Talha Anjum and Talhah Younus and went on to create some of the most powerful contemporary music ever witnessed in Pakistan, his need to stay rooted to his past, and how he remembers his days of difficult fondly.
Published 07/29/23
Irfan Junejo is a storyteller! we speak about his recent foray into short-form video creation, his return to the style of content creation that has been both the best and the worst thing to happen to him, where we might want to spend the rest of our lives, about the great love we have for Karachi, and a lot more.
Published 07/25/23
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Segments
0:00 Absences and Mic Stands
1:44 Requests for free copy editing services
2:22 Rant about entitlement
3:30 The Philosophy of Kant introduced in the rant
3:48 How to learn new words and better your vocabulary
4:20 A genius speaks about betrayal and breakups...
Published 01/16/23
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Segments
0:00 Celebrating the new year
1:06 using headphones while podcasting for the first time
2:23 Is an unmarried 29-year-old woman a failure?
4:21 Defining failure 6:08 Are we generally a cold people?
7:50 Respecting the reality shaping power of the context
10:26...
Published 01/01/23
I respond to questions about betrayal, loss, education, and friendship.
Timecodes
0:00 Won't mention your names until you tell me I can
0:55 Made friends at university, and now they're spreading rumors about you
6:10 Why are women hell-bent on hurting women?
7:45 Best bakery biscuits in Karachi
8:21 You're from Bangladesh and are studying and living in London
12:42 When is it okay to quit university?
18:28 We need to decide what we're going to suck at
20:34 Book...
Published 12/26/22
It's been six months since the last podcast was uploaded. Here's everything that's happened, and five lessons I've learned from it.
Timecodes
0:00: Your guest today is me
1:16: The situation with the Karachi studio
3:31: The podcast must evolve
5:45: Coming to Hyderabad
7:08: Dancing with the idea of doing the podcast in someone else's space
8:01: Why I can't go mobile with the podcast
9:49: The switch to short-form content
11:47: For the people who know me just from...
Published 12/20/22
Faisal Sheikh is the founder and CEO of 'Jack of Digital,' the exclusive advertising and data sales partner for TikTok, Eskimi, SHAREit, and SpiderAF in Pakistan. We speak about the ability to endure hardships because of a principle-oriented stance, the evolution of short-form video content, slowing down in an environment that is sped up due to the high rate of technological development, and the timeless nature of certain societal imperatives.
Published 05/24/22
Rayan Khan is a crypto trader who hopes to launch his own NFT project. We speak about the taboos around cryptocurrency, wealth generation, and management, and what he hopes will be a paradigm-shifting community predicated upon his work in the Metaverse.
Published 05/22/22
Abid Saleem is part of the old guard of photographers in Pakistan with a career spanning over 30 years. We speak about what started his career in his teenage years, the pursuit of prominence that Pakistani society seems to be taken by, his deep respect for the craft of acting, what makes one a successful fashion model, the fundamental difference between working in the content creation space in Pakistan as opposed to anywhere else in the world, and about how he's kept up with the technological...
Published 05/13/22
Asteria is a singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist. We speak about the power of discovering one's calling, the courage required to dream, the immutable engine of trauma, about growing up with resentment toward Pakistani society, moving abroad, and realizing that the resentment was predicated upon something more immediate, about coming back and coming to terms with her heritage and her home.
Published 05/08/22
Nabeel Akbar is a rapper based out of Karachi. We speak about all that governs his music, the pressure of becoming prominent, the problem with pretense, and on what the fierce loyalty of his listeners is predicated upon.
Published 05/05/22
Arham Ikram is a videographer/photographer/content creator based out of Karachi, he is also a design student. We speak about the power of embracing risks, the liberty of living with purpose, the importance of allowing your passions to govern you, and the need to make an allowance for the process.
Published 04/30/22
Bilal Hassan is a photojournalist and a doctor. We speak about the pandemonium of the political realm in Pakistan, the changes in what is understood to be favorable content on Instagram, and how one must adapt, on building an inner circle of good people as an antidote to chaos, on our best laid out plans and the power of accepting uncertainty, on what men could really do to aid women, and on the importance of speaking to young men in Pakistan.
Published 04/27/22
Saba Qazi is a final-year medical student and one of the founding members of 'PakCares,' which is a humanitarian organization hoping to aid the plight of impoverished communities in Karachi and eventually Pakistan. We speak about the inherent heartbreak required for philanthropic work, the spirit of giving, the strength of proactivity, and the stereotypes that govern the Sindhi identity in Karachi.
Published 04/24/22