The Raz Patel Show

Everyone thought he was crazy. A stable IT career. A clear path. A safe future. He walked away from all of it. Then he won 60 international awards. Vigiel Bose grew up in Kochi with creative roots and a family that understood storytelling. Then he ended up in DC in a stable IT career that had nothing to do with any of it. Then he made a choice. In this episode he sits down with Raz Patel to talk a...

Your doctor has 15 minutes with you. There are things that don't make the cut. Dr. Minnie Cruz Tolantino is a double board- certified physician in family and obesity medicine with over 18 years of experience. She also battled pre-diabetes, hormonal shifts and stress eating during the pandemic — and turned that experience into a mission to completely reshape how women think about their own health....

A tsunami took everything she had. Exile took everything that was left. Then her heart failed. What she built after all three will stop you cold. Parichat — known as Katie — Namchoo grew up along the Mekong River in northeastern Thailand. She survived a tsunami, organized crime, exile and heart failure. Then she founded Siam Exclusive Gems — a business that bridges Thailand and America and uses ev...

29 years of marriage. One camera crew. What the cameras caught — and what they almost couldn't survive — is not what you expect. Jamie and Erana Tyler have been married for 29 years. They appeared on the OWN Network's Love & Marriage: DC. They built a family, a business and a mental health foundation — all while cameras filmed their fights, their vulnerabilities and their most private moments....

She could have stayed on the dance floor. She had other plans. Reema Kapani started as a choreographer. Then she picked up a camera. Then she started making films that didn't just tell stories — they changed the communities the stories were about. In this episode she sits down with Raz Patel to talk about the pivot from dance to documentary filmmaking and why it was more intentional than accidenta...

Before you said a word today — your clothes already spoke for you. The question is: did they say what you meant? Barnette Holston — known as DC Fashion Fool — is not a stylist who tells you what to wear. He's a guide who helps you figure out who you are — and then dresses that person with intention. In this episode he sits down with Raz Patel to talk about what your current style is already commun...