Why isn't there a brown Friends character? Should we give hate speech a platform? Am I being fetishised? and other qualms with Kripa 🤷🏾♀️ Together we'll figure out why we've grown up with so much culture and turned into totally UNCULTURED ADULTS.
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27. LIVING WITH AN STI ft. Natasha Lama (Brown Girl Sexology)
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WHEEOOOPPP this episode we're joined by the supremely fab Natasha Lama aka 'Brown Girl Sexology'. She's a content creator whose work is all about celebrating our bodies, embracing our sexuality, and prioritising pleasure. Earlier this year, she came out to talk about her herpes diagnosis in her quest to smash the stigma. I sat down with her to talk…
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26. WAIT WAS I IN A CULT? THE DARK SIDE OF DANCE TEAMS
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We're back after a well-needed season break, sniffly nose and all. This episode we dive into my experience in a bhangra team over 5 years ago: wait was I in a cult? All the shittiness surrounding my bhangra horror story explored, plus we delve into YOUR stories that you shared on Instagram - classical dance, Bollywood, the whole shebang. For many o…
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25. WHY DO WE ONLY LISTEN TO GRACE TAME & BRITTANY HIGGINS? ft. Dhanya Mani
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This week is a heavy one so I'm starting it with a content warning! CW: sexual assault, rape, sexual harassment + violence - all of which are described in graphic detail. During her time in law and politics in the 2010s, Indian-Australian Dhanya alleged two separate instances of sexual assault at the hands of senior members of her workplace. We sit…
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24. SEX POSITIVITY, COMESTIC SURGERY & LOOKING FOR LOVE IN YOUR 20s ft. Love Island's Ari Kumar
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Love Island Australia's Ari Kumar is strong, independent, and does whatever she wants. It started with moving out of home at 18, travelling, moving to Australia from New Zealand, and more recently - hopping on national TV to look for love. We sit down to talk about sex positivity and embracing your sexuality as a brown person, normalising cosmetic …
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23. ARE DATING PREFERENCES RACIST?
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Okay people. It's time for a group self reflection sesh. Why do we look at diversity in the corporate world, in sports, on screen - but conveniently turn a blind eye to our individual preferences when it comes to dating??? Is it because dating is a touchy topic and 'we can't help who we like'? I've narrowed it all down and spoiler alert - yeah we'r…
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#3 PRIYA AND KRIPA TALK: SHIT WE'RE SCARED OF, DEALING WITH FEAR & ESCAPING THE 9-5
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IT'S EPISODE 3 OF ARE THE AUNTIES LISTENING AND OUR FIRST EPISODE OF THE NEW YEAR BITCHESSSSS. Priya moved to Singapore for 2 months! Kripa started stand up comedy! Kripa started a podcast during a pandemic and Priya shares her life with 1.2 MILLION followers on TikTok. We both still make so many decisions we're scared of but the best ones? They're…
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22. WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING ADOPTED BY WHITE PARENTS ft. Ruchi Page
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How does being adopted out of your culture alter your sense of identity? Powerhouse @ruchipage talked about her life with so much candidness and vulnerability, going into her journey where she channelled her experience into modelling. Ruchi was born in Calcutta and adopted as a baby by white Australian parents. We talk about cultural identity, whet…
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21. BONUS EP: Brooke vs Abbie (a WOC perspective)
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This week's episode is a 1 hour rant on the biggest thing in this week's pop culture news cycle: Brooke Blurton, Australia's first Indigenous, pansexual Bachelorette, her close friend Abbie Chatfield, and how Abbie 'hard-launching' her relationship came at the expense of entire communities of First Nations people, people of colour, and the LGBTQIA+…
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20. NIKI WOULD HAVE BEEN 30: a brother's appeal against domestic violence ft. Tarang Chawla
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Content Warning: domestic violence, murder. After his sister's murder in 2015, Tarang works tirelessly as an activist, anti-violence campaigner and mental health advocate to ensure there is #notonemoreniki. Tarang has gone through more than the average person would in 10 lifetimes, yet has mobilised a movement towards eliminating gender based viole…
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19. THIS IS WHAT YOUR MISS UNIVERSE AUSTRALIA LOOKS LIKE ft. Maria Thattil
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Maria Thattil joins us this episode, she's a speaker, writer, advocate, and ... Miss Universe Australia. Maria doesn't mirror the 'blonde beach waves' bombshell Australian stereotype - she's Indian-Australian, with darker skin and she wouldn't meet the height requirements in many countries for Miss Universe. She's changed the game in beauty - why S…
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18. DECIDING TO WEAR THE HIJAB AT 15 ft. Nawal Sari
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This week we sit down with Influencer Nawal Sari, Instagram phenomenon, activist, modest fashion advocate, and model! We talk about her decision to wear the hijab at 15 and how it changed her perspective on fashion, what needs to change in representation and how she expresses herself as a mixed race hijabi woman. Tune in now! ****This episode is sp…
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#2 PRIYA & KRIPA TALK: AN INFLUENCER MURDER, PRIYANKA'S BLUNDER & SHOULD WE SHAVE OUR PITS?
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Episode 2 of Are the Aunties Listening? is LIVE with @himynameispriya and Kripa from @unculturedpod. This episode we talk about the tragic but wildly viral murder of influencer Gabby Petito, the blunder made by Priyanka Chopra, Usher and Julianne Hough for being judges on a super problematic reality TV show, and we end the episode with a rant on ha…
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17. LET'S TALK ABOUT MY IDENTITY CRISIS ft. ROWI SINGH
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Influencer and content creator Rowi Singh joins us this week and I'm still pinching myself. We talked growing up Indian in Australia, Singapore & America, how she became secure in her cultural identity, feeling less brown for not knowing her mother tongue, why brown women are expected to dress modestly, Rowi's relationship with colour, and some JUI…
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16. MY STRUGGLE WITH BINGE-EATING ft. Dilruk Jayasinha
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There's a lot more than meets the eye to Australian Sri Lankan Logie Award winning, ABC Utopia actor, "I'm a Celebrity get me out of here" contestant and renowned comedian Dilruk. When getting fired from accounting firm KPMG at the beginning of his career launched him into the world of comedy, Dil had no idea how high his backpacker gigs would take…
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#1 PRIYA & KRIPA TALK: CATFISHING, TINDER & ESCAPING A DATE
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IT'S THE FIRST EPISODE OF ARE THE AUNTIES LISTENING! Tiktok sensation Priya Sharma (@himynameispriya) is co-hosting the Are the Aunties Listening podcast with Uncultured's host Kripa! Tune in every second week for a bit of gossip to even out the seriousness. We're just chatting shit for an hour, so OF COURSE YOU'LL JOIN! We read your nightmare dati…
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15. MY PARENTS WANTED ME TO GET AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE ft. Yamuna Shiva
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This week we sit down with the amazing Yamuna Shivananda from @saffron_weddings, Australia's biggest South Asian wedding directory. We talk strict parents, unlearning this moral superiority complex some of us might have grown up with, the different treatment of siblings based on gender, parents living vicariously through their kids and how marriage…
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14. THE LIFE OF AN INTERNET COMEDIAN ft Neel Kolhatkar
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I sat down with funny man Neel this week! We talked about his meteoric rise to fame on the internet, whether political correctness has a place in comedy, why the diversity checkbox can sometimes be demeaning, and advice to comedians entering the scene. Instagram: @unculturedpod
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13. WHAT HAPPENS TO A 19 YEAR OLD AFTER SEEING 2 LINES ON A PREGNANCY TEST? ft. Pria Camilla Shiam
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TW: this episode contains mentions of abortion and pregnancy This week we sit down with Pria Camilla Shiam, who saw two lines on her pregnancy test at the young age of 19. Today, Pria is the mother to her beautiful 3 year old son, is a dancer, singer, gone through a wedding, marriage, a divorce, university, moving cities - all while being the best …
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This week's episode is a SOLO one and it's more ~intimate~ than ever. Kripa talks about her first period, we deep dive into the menstrual taboo in South Asia, and we react to some of the wild period stories you guys sent through on Instagram. Woop woop! Follow @bijaruh on Instagram Sources: https://tabooau.co/2019/03/30/hindu-culture-and-menstruati…
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11. HOW FOOD REMINDS ME OF HOME ft. Masterchef's Depinder Chhibber
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Masterchef's Depinder Chhibber joins Uncultured this week to talk about her journey. We talk about how food is such an integral part of culture, her favourite food travel adventure, what it was like on the set of Masterchef and what's in store for her coming up! Follow Depinder on instagram: @depinder_…
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10. CREATIVITY ISN'T JUST A HOBBY ft. MAYA Arts
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Kripa sits down with the cast of 'The Daily Grind' - the latest production put forward by Sydney's biggest South Asian theatrical production charity, MAYA Youth in Arts. We explore the complex relationship between South Asian youth and art - why do we get pushed into art as kids but get discouraged to become artistic professionals? Is it the presti…
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9. I WAS A BROWN MAN ON THE BACHELORETTE ft. Niranga Amarasinghe
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Niranga Amarasinghe was one of the contestants on Australian Reality TV show the bachelorette. We chat about his wild ride, his lack of air time, why diversity but especially INCLUSION is so important on screen, and of course some extra juicy Bachie goss!! Tune in now. Follow Niranga: @nirangaa Follow us: @unculturedpod…
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8. QUITTING MY JOB AND LIVING IN A VAN, MOVING IN WITH YOUR PARTNER BEFORE MARRIAGE & WHY YOU GOTTA MOVE OUT ASAP!! ft. himynameispriya
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Ever thought about uprooting your entire life and living in a van? Priya and Sid did exactly that - quitting their jobs in mining, cruising around rural Australia, selling spices and amassing half a million followers on TikTok. How did Priya break the news to her South Asian parents? @himynameispriya shares all this week on Uncultured!…
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7. YES, I'M UNFAIR AND LOVELY ft. Swarnaa Rajalingam (thelifeofasocialbutterfly)
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This week we're joined by Sydney's favourite colourism and body positivity advocate, thelifeofasocialbutterfly. We talk all things colourism, bullying, toxic South Asian communities, being one of the primary carers for her brother with a disability, the comparison game when it comes to her body image, how to be confident in your skin, and HER NEW B…
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6. IT'S TIME TO LOVE OUR BODIES ft. Aditi Makeup
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Content creator Aditi Makeup explores the struggles of body image, weight gain, weight loss, hormonal factors including PCOS and the pill, influencer culture, the pressure of having a platform, and how she's working towards being at peace with herself.Av Kripa Krithivasan
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5. WHY IS STRAYA BANNING INDIANS FROM COMING HOME? ft. Khushaal Vyas
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Khushaal's mum was trapped in India for 8 months longer than she wanted to be. She was lucky to return to Australia late in 2020, but Khushaal can't help but think of the families of the 9000 Australians stuck in India during this tumultuous time. Tune in for the whole story.Av Kripa Krithivasan
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4. MOVING IN WITH MY IN-LAWS, LOSING MY IDENTITY & A MISSING ENGAGEMENT RING?! ft. Tasnova Khan
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With marriage comes the excitement, trials and tribulations of moving into a new space and figuring out your identity while still keeping the romance alive. Tasnova is so vulnerable and spills all on this episode of Uncultured. LAUNCHING SOON: follow Tasnova's fashion line @desimeup.tmAv Kripa Krithivasan
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2. COMING OUT TO MY SOUTH ASIAN FAMILY ft. Raveena Grover
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Your host Kripa is joined this week by Raveena Grover, 24 year old Punjabi woman born and brought up in Perth before moving to Sydney, Australia. We delve into Raveena's coming out story as a queer person of colour, coming out shame in South Asian communities, whether being in a relationship makes one 'more gay' as opposed to being single, and the …
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