Spilling Chai

Hello My Dear Listeners! Welcome to Episode 2 of Season 2 of Spilling Chai, coming to you from Washington, DC. I’m your host, Anushay Hossain. Today we have a very special episode for you because not only is our guest a fellow Bangladeshi woman, but when I think of fearless journalism, this is who I think of. I am talking about award-winning journalist and producer, Tania Rashid! Rashid’s work pri...

Hello, My Dear Spilling Chai Listeners! How is everybody? We are so excited to be back with Season 2 after such a fantastic first season of the show. Thank you for giving “Spilling Chai” so much love and support! When we came up with the concept for “Spilling Chai,” it was meant to amplify #BrownGirlMagic, a hashtag that has really become a mantra in my life, and our guest today really embodies al...

Hello Spilling Chai, Listeners! Welcome to episode 14, the season finale of the show. We hear so much about how the GOP under Trump is unrecognizable and basically just the party of Trump. But behind the spectacular rise of the political action committee the Lincoln Project, and their viral videos that mock everything from the president’s leadership to his intelligence to his patriotism, is a grou...

Hello, my Dear Listeners! Welcome to episode 13 of Spilling Chai. When it comes to the issue of immigration, we hear so much about the “Dreamers.” But who are they and what do they dream of? Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is the program that protects Dreamers, young, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children and grew up here, from being deported. Early this s...

Hello, My Dear listeners! How are you? Welcome to episode 12 of the show, coming to you from Washington, DC on this blistering, corona-raging summer day. Be honest-- when you think of a country music-loving, Republican man, chances are you picture a white male. But our guest today not only breaks outdated stereotypes, but also broke with the Republican party and became a Democrat.  I am...

In the aftermath of George Floyd’s brutal murder at the hands of the police, a racial reckoning spread across the country which is frankly still going strong. But another reckoning is taking place in America’s newsrooms, calling out the media industry for how it contributes to a racist culture that renders Black journalists voiceless. Frankly, most people of color in the media can relate. Wel...

Hello Everyone! Welcome to episode 10 of Spilling Chai. I would normally check-in and ask how everybody is doing, but as Corona rages across America and the world, (but really, America since we do have the highest number of cases), aren’t we all kind of living in the same uncertain-freefall-pandemic reality? Well, today’s show gives you a much-needed break from all things Corona as we discuss two...

Hello, My Dear Listeners! Welcome to episode 9 of Spilling Chai. If I close my eyes and try really, really hard I can (kind of) think back to 2016-- a time pre-Corona and pre- Trump when election campaigns were at fever pitch, the race for the White House was nearing the finish line, and everybody thought Hillary Clinton had the presidency in the bag. Ah, those were the days! Even though...

Hi Everyone! Welcome to Episode 8 of Spilling Chai coming to you from the capital of a nation on fire-- figuratively and literally. It feels like the America I once knew-- or thought I knew-- is vanishing before my eyes. It is a nation divided over race, paralyzed by a global pandemic; the economy is in ruins, millions are unemployed, and as protests continue across the country, America’s rac...

Hello, My Dear Listeners! Welcome to episode 7 of Spilling Chai. Like so many people that grew up outside of America, American TV shows and movies made up such a big part of my childhood, so this idea about America being all about law and order, and justice, and the bad guys vs the good guys, and legal systems that work was something that was so ingrained in me from what I watched and saw on...

Hello Everyone! Welcome to Episode 6 of Spilling Chai coming to you direct from Washington, DC where I have been quarantining in my home with my husband, our two young girls, and our two not-so-young Persian cats. I try to stay focused on how lucky we are-- that in the middle of a global pandemic we are home, safe, together, have food, and even though we can’t see them, we are surrounded by dear n...

These days, I’ve been thinking a lot about dreams. When I was growing up in Bangladesh in the 1980’s, my biggest dream was to get Bollywood but lucky for everyone, especially my parents, I found and settled on my true passion pretty early on-- journalism and writing--by my senior year of high school. That being said, I never imagined any kind of career or even a cameo in American media. I first ca...

Hello Everyone! Welcome to Episode 4 of Spilling Chai coming to you live from Washington, DC on yet another sunny and stunning Spring day. I cannot believe we are already on the FOURTH episode of this podcast. Thank you guys for making me feel so welcome in this new space and for spilling chai with us! So when I first decided that I was going to do a podcast, one thing I was sure of before I even...

Welcome to episode 3 of “Spilling Chai” coming to you LIVE from what used to be my children’s playhouse! Thank goodness my husband and I converted it into an office just in time to be locked down at home with no childcare. Did I mention NO CHILDCARE? Outside my now-home-podcast-recording-studio, it’s an absolutely stunning Spring day here in DC-- birds are chirping, cherry blossoms blooming, and a...

I want to begin this week by thanking you all for the warm and so very toasty welcome you gave the inaugural episode of “Spilling Chai” earlier this month. Thank you for subscribing, reviewing, and most importantly, listening to us! So it’s isolation days here in Washington, DC and quite frankly time could not be passing any slower. We are all feeling isolated, frustrated, and frankly, scared of w...

Welcome to “Spilling Chai” with Anushay & Friends. You may know Anushay Hossain as the Bangladeshi-American cable news commentator who debates toxic masculinity with Tucker Carlson on Fox News or maybe you’ve read her articles on CNN about toxic white supremacy. While Anushay may be a pro at giving her opinion and analysis on the headlines, something you don’t get to hear her do is ask the questio...

Today is one of those gray, rainy, early Spring days in D.C when all you want to do is day-drink with your best friend. Who can blame you? Well, lucky for me one of my absolute favorite people in the world is also one of the most talented radio producers. Bilal Qureshi works in Washington as a journalist for NPR and a culture writer and his work has been published in The New York Times and The Was...