Cha Da Cup with KayRay

This week, we are focusing on the importance of using social media to highlight women who are making waves in the tech industry. Our guest speaker, Sarena Bahad, is on a mission to help close the diversity gap in tech, using media and storytelling as the main tool to achieve this goal. She is the Founder of the WomenInTech Channel which won the award for Best Snap Account of the Year at the 9th An...

This week, we feature Anubha Momin on a special episode of #LetsTalkAboutSex. Anubha is the creator of  Finding True North , an award-winning blog about life in Nunavut, a remote town of 8,000 people in the Canadian Arctic, where she lived for the last four and a half years. Anubha has transitioned from writing to film and television jobs, working as a host, producer, and digital content creator o...

Rupi Kaur is a poet, artist, and performer. Over the last 3 years, her works have taken the literary world by storm. Her new book, the sun and her flowers—an instant global bestseller, is an artistic sibling to her debut, milk and honey—America's best selling book of 2017. "i am the product of all the ancestors getting together and deciding these stories need to be told" Rupi sees her work as an a...

Inkquisitive Illustration (Amandeep Singh) is a London, UK based artist who has risen to the forefront of youth art and culture; creating work that reflects a new movement of self-expression and experimentation.  His work is a tribute to his heritage and faith. With over 180,000 instagram followers, Inkquisitive has created a stir internationally with 13 sold out exhibitions around the world from...

Punjabi Community Health Services, better known as PCHS, was founded by Baldev Mutta back in 1990 as a community development project. Now, PCHS is known to be a not-for-profit, charitable, accredited and a Health Service Provider organization. Their mission to improve the quality of individuals, families and communities has allowed them to create programs that are sustainable to the growth and men...

Rakhi Mutta was raised by her social activist parents in Toronto. Best known for her work with the hit web-series, Anarkali, which stars the one only, ahem (Kiran Rai also the person that is speaking into your ears right now), Rakhi is a force to be reckoned with. After working in community development for over 14 years internationally with high risk communities such as Dalits, Child Soldiers and...

This week we have a special episode surrounding the movement #MeToo and #TimesUp. Our guest speakers are each incredible bad ass female entrepreneurs who are challenging the narrative in their respective fields. We have community activist, educator and actor Frida Banks who in her own words: "I act, I write, and I talk shxt".  Frida thrives at the intersection of art and politics, her social justi...

In this week's episode, we feature visual artist, vocalist and architect -  Keerat Kaur. As an avid student of the Dhrupad style of singing in Indian Classical music, Keerat has incorporated this training to create and record her own distinct sound of electro-jazz. Her visual work focuses on illuminating indic poetics and philosophies by meshing techniques of South-Asian miniatures and photo-surre...

In this week's episode, we feature multi-media artist, Vivek Shraya. From film-making, to publishing books to recording incredible albums including her latest, "Part-Time Woman" - this triple-threat is letting us know that you can do it all and be successful at it. This week, Kiran sits down with Vivek and discusses the complexity of what it's like to be a brown body in predominantly white spaces,...

In this week's episode, we feature Toronto-based rapper Fateh Singh, also known as FatehDOE. Garnering over millions of views on his music videos, hitting number 1 on iTunes with his latest album, "Bring It Home", and touring around the world - there's no sign of the rapper stopping. While, Kiran catches up with her old friend Fateh; we get to hear the behind-the-scene stories of his hit singles,...

In this week's episode, we feature transformational coach Raz Soos. With a wide-ranged cliental, thousands of followers on Instagram, and facilitating workshops across the North America - Raz is set on guiding others to find healing. Her work includes helping anyone break down their blocks, dissolve limiting beliefs and results coaching which has allowed Raz to help people reach their truest poten...

In this week's episode, we have Toronto based content creators, who have raked in millions of views on their shared YouTube channel called "YouTwoTV". Kiran sits and chats with Harjit and Jaz, the couple behind YouTwoTV, about what it means to be a brown couple in the public eye and how to turn your passion into a career. Subscribe to  youtube.com/kayrayco  to watch this episode!  FOLLOW : insta /...

Grab a cup of tea and sip some cha with me, you're listening to Cha Da Cup with Kay Ray! Cha   Da   Cup With KayRay  is a show by actor, filmmaker, social media influencer, and all around girl boss, Kiran Rai. Come back here every other week to listen to Kiran talking about social issues and fun stories  with  your favourite influencers and exciting guests.  Check out the YouTube version of these...