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Ariba Shahid is a journalist most known for her stellar work at Profit magazine, a standout publication focused on the Pakistani economy and business world. She is also known for her very popular Twitter account which can she can be found expertly threading the needle between her worklife and seeming expertise at, in her own words I promise, shitposting.    We talk about her career, some...

Coke Studio season 14 has concluded and so we're following up Roundup#1 with this episode to conclude our review of the season overall. Best songs, videos, collabs, DISCOURSE, the future and more!   Things discussed in this episode:   00:08 Intro  01:03 What was the Season 14 vision and was it achieved?  06:51 Best 3 songs of the season - audience poll vs us  16:39 Best 3...

When we recorded the podcast Pakistan had a working government. Now that we're publishing it things seem different. Last week's events seem like a year ago but come be distracted.   Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro & immediate chaos  03:10 Chaudhry Shujaat to suddenly Chris Rock  06:55 Rizwan reviews Daachi & Lahore food festival beef  13:56 Coke Stu...

Digink is back. More than TWO years after his first appearance on the channel, the mad lad of Pakistan's art scene comes back to hangout and chat about a wide variety of topics. From not the best experiences working with Coke Studio reps, to agency woes in Pakistan for artists, to his NFT plans, and a surprising reveal about his musical inclinations; this chat goes all over the place.   ...

Hamza's BoyBawarchi account is a TikTok and Twitter sensation. You know him from his extremely calming, almost serene, baking videos on the platforms. Just Hamza and his baking, and a visual aesthetic that brings an almost meditative vibe to his videos.    That's what I thought I'd be talking to him about, how he makes his videos, difficult baking experiments and the like. Where the conv...

Marium Hosein is on the show! You know her from her super popular Instagram account where she's always ready to dish out everything from recipes, to parenting updates, to glam wedding dispatches, all the way to real life's ins and outs. She brings her mahaul-raising vibes to the show to talk about all of this and more!   Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro  02:07 Where E...

You knew it was coming. Our in-depth review of Matt Reeves' The Batman is here. Rankings, comparisons, criticisms, appreciations, they're all here. Jump in.    Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro & Sponsor  00:52 Ranking the movie with no context  03:13 The Batman vs The Dark Knight trilogy  06:53 Rating the Batmen  12:25 Breaking down the movie and story  18:30 How’d we feel about the...

Uzair Younus is the host of the excellent podcast focused on Pakistan's economic and geo-political situations, Pakistonomy. After his appearance on our 2021 Podcast Panel last year, we had to have him on for his solo episode. In this chat Uzair talks about how he ended up in the US, how the podcast started, misinformation in Pakistan, and also his hopeful contribution in tackling some of these iss...

Momina Munir returns! Two years after her first episode on the show, Momina is back to talk about pretty much everything that's happened since then. The high highs, the scarily low lows, and everything in between. Jump right in!   Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro  01:39 Momina had a very rough 2020 - how bad things got  08:19 Her experience with going to therapy...

The last of our live recordings from Pakistan is out! The audio isn't GREAT because we're in a house not a studio but it's fine you'll be fine. There's Rizwan, Ali, Nadir, all our wives in the background, a dog named Gul, a cat named Changez, and just madness. Jump right in!   Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Introduction to new location, new cast, new animals  01:44 Drivin...

Karachi's 2022 live recording session is over. We're in Lahore now. WITH JINN STORIES. And stories about Lahore, and Islamabad, and Dubai. And we're in Rizwan PEHELWAN Takkhar's home!    Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro  01:46 The problem with Jinn Stories  03:03 Ali’s Lahore review - smog, what we ate, food trends in the city, hotpot wars  10:00 All Pa...

Welcome to the first (hopefully not only) episode of our brand new series called the TPR Roundup! Here we'll be talking about a whole bunch of pop-culture including music, movies, tv-shows, and anything else in between we can think of.    Starting off the idea right, we're covering Coke Studio's season 14! Or at least, as much of it as we had available up till the 1st week of February. J...

Back again with another annual YouTube roundup, this is the YouTube Panel for 2021. We're joined by Kazi Akber, Irfan Junejo, Nazar Syed & Gul Zaib to talk about the year that's just passed in their YouTube lives. How their year went in terms of growth, what the brand scene was like, what is the state of the community and more.    Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro...

Kazi Akber returns! A little over a year after his first solo episode with us, Kazi is back on the show to talk about everything that's happened in between. How his experience has been over the +100 episodes of his podcast, why he's vlogging, about his "self hate", about how sometimes the audience can be disappointing and more! Jump right in!   Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 I...

Friend of the podcast and recurring guest Gul was finally trapped into making an appearance for a full episode about her. We're very impressed by her becoming the General Manager at Teeli, an outfit we're big fans of like many thousands of other people, so we had to have her on to figure out how she did it. From her childhood, to A-levels, to the job and her promotions, we got most of it.  As...

Finally, we return! Back with our first episode of the new year, this one's a in-depth look at one of Pakistan's most well known charitable organizations, TCF! Shot LIVE in Karachi (s/o to Kazi for opening up his space for us), we sit down with Syed Hasan Ali who is Head of Global Partnerships at the organization. Hasan talks about how he found his way to TCF, how the organization came to be, the...

Our last episode of the year couldn't not be a Chalant Crew episode. This one is even more incredibly random than the others. No explanations will be provided just dive right in.    Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro  00:25 Rizwan’s haircut strategy and wedding photographer review  06:20 Nadir celebrated Thanksgiving  08:09 Foo Fighters in dubai  23:...

Aamir Bhagat is finally on the show. One of the people I have referred to as the "godfather" type character in Pakistan's, specifically Karachi's, creator scene; here we finally get all the answers. How he got interested in media and the creative scene, how the famed edit meetups started, how his current project-turning-into-life's-work iTeachStuff started and the plans for it and much more! Great...

This week the very funny Shaan Baig joins the show! Shaan's a comedian who's been active in the LA sketch scene for over 10 years! He is also a dentist and also desi. So you know his story has his parents involved. We talk about his lifelong interest in comedy, taking a gap year in MED SCHOOL to pursue it, moving to LA, getting into the UCB sketch team after FIVE YEARS, starting the first all-brow...

This week on the show we have Tausif Hussain, a tech-YouTuber based out of Canada, talking about his career and journey so far! From his starting a YouTube account while also being a super busy accountant in his day job, pivoting to doing content creation fulltime, staying true and vocal about his identity, to his plans for diversified business and more!    Things discussed in this episo...

Our very own Nadir Shehzad Khan is this week's guest! Musician and creative person extraordinaire, Nadir talks about his complete music journey to date from the very start, through his years at the helm of one of Pakistan's most influential indie acts, all the way to his latest release "Atomy Event"!   Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro  02:19 Why are we doing this?&nbs...

Asad aka Daktar Saab is back! Here to talk about seeking stability in his career(s), why he took a hiatus from his very popular YouTube channel, trying out new things in the content realm, taking the huge step of starting to practice medicine, how that opened his eyes to a health crisis, and how everything ties back to his goals! Great chat, dive in!   Things discussed in this episode:  ...

This week on the podcast we're joined by Khumais, a fantastic landscape photographer in Pakistan. We talk about his creative journey, how he managed to gain an international audience from the start, his business model (including some very interesting preset sales & NFT talk) and more!   Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro 02:39 Where he’s from, what he’s doing right now&n...

Shahzeb aka TheKidShazy is a standup comic and very popular Pakistani-American TikTok content creator! We got him on the show after coming across his videos on the app several months ago and he talks about a whole bunch of stuff. How he got into comedy, his TikTok journey, Pakistani Students Associations, Zakir Naik, his trip to Pakistan and more!  Check out the episode and also his work at t...

AR & Yasser of Cooking Chaos are on the show! The two mad lads behind the hilarious cooking channel where actual cooking seems to be not the top priority at all. We talk about how they got to know each other, how the channel started, how an episode comes together, the secrets behind their amazing episodes, analytics, retention and so much more! Dive in! Things discussed in this episode: 00:00...