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Pakistan defeated India. I don't know what to write here. Things discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 00:25 Our new brand: “Kya Faida” 04:04 Rizwan swats his plans for Swat School Talk: 10:04 Aitchison, roaming teachers, Abrar-ul-Haq 14:09 Schools have reopened, Rizwan goes to pre-school 20:16 Pakistani Men Review 30:18 Fashion & NFT intermission+ Barbershop tales 31:27 Samson’s Spa Day 34:0...

Ahmer's back! After saving the music industry in our last chat, this time round we're talking about how to save the food discourse in Pakistan. Specifically with regards to his piece on biryani in Karachi, and how it most definitely is the best city for it in the world and why. This episode is all about how his expansive piece with the Fifty Two came into being. The thought process, the many forms...

Sparsh Ahuja is on the show! Photographer, documentary film-maker and all around chill guy, Sparsh joins us to talk about Project Dastaan. Stories from the Partition, reconnecting people who lived through those times with their homes left behind, talking about our own diaspora identities, his own trip to Pakistan, and about telling stories that don't fit neatly into boxes. Check out the links belo...

The boys are back. We're losing weight! Pizza Hut in Pakistan isn't doing well! Karachi's crime stories are crazy! Funerals have the weirdest people showing up! New Zealand left Pakistan! People want advice! All this and more in our TWENTY FIFTH Chalant Crew episode! Things discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 01:33 What did Rizwan have for dinner & KFC/Pizza Hut discussion 10:32 Karachi cri...

Bilal Hassan aka Mystapaki is on the show this week! Prolific Instagram photojournalist, contributor to publications like Dawn, The Guardian, Vice and more, buff dude and also some a psychiatrist, Bilal's a busy man. Lucky for us we were able to nab him for a chat where we talk about all of it! Check out the chapters below and also the links to some of his works he mentions in the episode! Things...

Saltafa is on the show! Maybe you know him from his massively famous meme account (that got taken down)! Or his other (current) account! Or his live sessions or podcasts or merch or twitter or just from other creators mentioning him so often! Or maybe you don't know him at all, or even dislike him. If you fall under any of these categories, this deep dive into his life & career on the internet so...

6th September is commemorated as Defence Day in Pakistan, a day on which the nation honors the sacrifices made by the members of its armed forces. No better day then to put out a chat with a soldier. The Pakistan Army is often in the conversation for a multitude of reasons, from politics, to economics to more philosophical subjects. What is always missed is that the army is not a monolith and the...

After a longer than usual gap, Irfan Junejo is back on the podcast. In his ninth(!!) appearance on the show, we catch up after a long break and find out where his mind's at. Lots of things discussed including creativity, financial independence, plans for the future, how he bounced back and more! Things discussed in this episode: 1. 00:00 Intro 2. 01:53 Small talk 3. 02:52 Catchup since our last ch...

Change of Pace returns! The lads are on for their fourth(!) appearance on the show, the second one recorded LIVE, and things could not be moving faster for them. From growing the fastest they've ever been, to forming formal relations with the PCB, to working with Twitter directly around new products and more; things have well and truly picked up for the team. All through it they remain focused on...

Zarak's yet another Clubhouse 2021 find for us. The man's really into coffee. And not just in the sense that he might drink a fair bit. Where it comes from, how it's grown, different b̶r̶e̶e̶d̶s̶varietals, the business side of things and especially the content side of things. We talk to Zarak in a LIVE episode in possibly the noisiest cafe we could find about all these things and more. Things disc...

Back by rabid popular demand, another Chalant Crew episode to grace your lives! Rizwan and Ali chat about inane life theoreticals in our attempt to bring some levity via inanity to the internet. Things discussed in this episode: 1. 00:00 Intro and shoutouts 2. 05:27 Small talk 3. 07:55 Rizwan went to a petrol pump in Kharian 4. 12:37 Haircuts and high vehicles in Dubai 5. 19:34 Too much convenienc...

Areeb Tariq is on the show! Following up on his appearances on the Mosiki and Kya Kahe Ga Kazi podcasts, here Areeb's here to talk about a whole bunch of things. Things like passion projects, shitty work environments, people trapped in mediocrity, his own plans for the future and so much more. Great chat! PS: the audio is a bit crappy at times so please bear with us Things discussed in this episod...

Nobody asked for it but here we are. The first TPR Podcast Panel. This week Uzair (Pakistonomy), Kazi (Kya Kahe Ga Kazi) and Daniyal (On The Mic) join us to talk about their past year in podcasting. The medium is new and all four of us have been at it in very differing genres that sometimes cross over so we got everybody on the call to talk about how it's been. The goods, the bads, the can-you-mak...

Neelaksh Mathur is on the show! One of India's Top 100 most famous comedians! Always love having people from India on the show and this episode is no different. A lot of things regarding standup in India were discussed as you can imagine, and a surprising amount of things related to Pakistan were discussed at length too! Really glad we got to know about him and hope he comes back soon! Things disc...

In an attempt to continue our self-education, we wanted to dive into the world of Pakistani fashion as it stands today. Enter Azka Shahid. Stylist for Zara Shah Jehan and general smart person, she's on the show this week talking about how she got into the field, how things work in the industry from her perspective, the impact of social media, sustainability and more! Great chat! Things discussed i...

Illustrious guest alert! This week on the show we have none other than The Desi Wonder Woman herself, Shehzeen! As you're all mostly likely aware, she's been running a wildly popular blog and Instagram account for years now. We had her on to talk about her journey and some things that really make her unique including her perspectives on how she views the job herself, mindfulness when approaching b...

This week's guest on the show is Zain Rao! Zain's an 18(!!) year old photographer/videographer/youtuber/all round creative person living and working in Toronto! After a chance encounter on Clubhouse, he's come on the show to talk about how he got into the game at an extremely young 13 years of age, hustled his way to success, worked with major YouTube stars like Shahveer Jaffery & Zaid Ali, and wh...

Double whammy episode series continues this week with Zain Peerzada & Luke Azariah of Takatak and Flux Media! The two boys came on the show to chat about what Takatak is up to nowadays, how much of a rollercoaster 2020 was for them, starting the video production venture with Flux Media, and how important Patreon has been for them and can be for many more musicians/artists in Pakistan! 1. 00:00 Int...

NATASHA NOORANI IS HERE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU WE'RE VERY EXCITED LISTEN TO HER SONG LISTEN TO HER TALK LISTEN TO IT ALL Things discussed in this episode: 1. 00:00 Intro 2. 01:21 Choro - How the team came together 3. 06:02 Choro - Creating the set 4. 07:55 Choro - Producing the song with Abdullah Siddiqui 5. 09:28 Being your own brand manager, marketeer, fundraiser, everything 6. 13:54 Did...

Pakistan's Influencer Economy is basically the influencer scene in Pakistan. People make content, marketing and ad agencies hire creators, they get paid. But how do you get hired? What tools are available to these agencies? How can YOU make this work? We discuss all of this with Babar Khan Javed, investigative journalist at Profit, who covers the advertising beat and in Dec'20 put out a very compr...

Ethan Chlebowski is on the episode! One of our favourite Youtubers working in the food content space, Ethan came on the show to talk about his origin story, his foray into Pakistani food, how his channel's work is planned, how he's changed things up over the years and much more! As always everything is broken into chapters as below and clips coming everyday on the TPR Clips channel (check out Abou...

Chalant Crew episode for the month is here. Rizwan & Ali get together to shoot the shit after some time. Lots of rants about a whole bunch of things, as you can see from the chapter breakdown below. As always with these episodes, parental discretion is advised. Things discussed in this episode: 00:00 Rant 1: Stupid lockdowns in Lahore 11:16 Rant 2: Pakistani travel restrictions 16:04 Rant 3: Our b...

This week's guest on the podcast is Baalaaj Khan! One of the newer youtubers on the scene, he's been active for over a year now making videos. We've been talking for a little while during that time, especially a couple months ago on Clubhouse and felt we really had to have him on the show! ALSO, check out the TPR Clips channel for EXCLUSIVE CLIPS from this chat that are not in this video, or on In...

This week's episode is about a particular part of Pakistan's Twitter culture. Specifically with regards to the twitter donation appeal and collection scenario where individuals in their personal capacity amplify appeals for charity and arrange donations to pass forward. 1. 00:00 Intro 2. 06:40 Everybody introduces themselves 3. 17:17 How do people reach out to them for help? 4. 22:12 How do they v...

The podcast is back! Kicking things off with pod#101 where we have ascendant social media star Ayla Syed on the show. She's been one of the most popular creators to come out of the past year with her work on IG & TikTok so we had to speak to her. Also, intros are back! And within intros we have a completely new thing by the name of TPR Shoutouts! Check out our Instagram highlights to find out how...