Two Chickpeas In A Podcast

The Two Chickpeas sit down with Tejal Bathia, a close family friend, to talk about spirituality; what it means to us, what we take from it and how we use it in our everyday lives.

The Two Chickpeas are joined by the Big Sister Journal to discuss shadeism. Shadeism is discrimination based on skin colour usually from members of the same race in which people are treated differently based on the social implications and cultural meanings attached to skin colour. (Basically the whole light skin vs dark skin debate across all races!)

The Two Chickpeas are joined by special guest Reena Anand who has a blog and had written about period discrimination.   The Two Chickpeas have grown up being taught that you cannot go to the temple when menstruating, and have always wondered why as Hinduism is one of the few religions that worship Goddesses.  In this episode, Reena speaks about the experiences of women in the UK who...

Two Chickpeas In A Podcast have teamed up with The Thinkable Guys for this week's episode! Everyone thought it would be fine and even safe to have a few drinks before we recorded and then we spoke about everything from body hair, to sex playlists, to how we want a man or a woman to make the first move.  Maybe don't listen to this episode with your mum... or if you are our mum (Sorry Mum! )&nb...

The Two Chickpeas, Nikkita and Natasha, sit down to talk about the past decade and everything they have learnt as they have grown into adults from teenagers. The Two Chickpeas talk about how their grandmother's Alzheimer's diagnosis has affected the way that they live their life, how they don't care for auntie's comments, the importance of mental health, as well as the Asian people in the media wh...

In Episode Three the Two Chickpeas are joined by special guest Areeba Chaudri to talk about all things Bollywood and Indian TV. The Two Chickpeas and Areeba explore what they love and loathe about film and TV they have grown up with, and review more current releases on the big and small screen as the industry is now moving in a more progressive way than it ever has before.  Two Chickpeas in a...

In this episode, Nikkita and Adnaan tell their story of how they met on a dating app, went on an amazing date but decided to leave the 'dating' aspect there and remain friends as Adnaan ultimately wants to marry someone of the Islamic faith... so why did they go on the date at all? 

Two Sisters from West London explore their identity by questioning issues that affect them and have affected their family for as long as they can remember. Nikkita and Natasha talk about what inspired them to create Two Chickpeas In A Podcast, and what it means to be third-generation Asian living in London.