Coffee & Curry

This is the second time Jacob Chang has joined the podcast. The first time he was here, he was running to become the first international student to become the Undergraduate Student Body President at Ohio State. That person represents around 53,000 undergraduate students! A few days after the episode, he won the election. In this episode, Hamza talks to Jacob about the campaign experience, how people view him now that he is president, and what is next for him as this presidency is a one year term.

Drew Miller is a fan of the podcast and wanted to be a guest on the podcast when the time is right. This was the first time Drew and Hamza have talked since 8th grade back in Weaver Middle School. In this episode, Drew talks about his love for the sport of golf and why it's not as easy as people think it is. He also has aspirations to travel all over the world and is currently studying photography where he hopes he can take pictures of amazing things. We even have an interesting conversation about the concept of time!

Carter is back and for the perfect episode as Jake Garner joins the podcast. The two are about to graduate from Hilliard Davidson and so the two - along with Hamza - talk about what they will miss from high school and what they look forward to as they get ready for college. Carter will attend Ohio State while Jake will attend North Carolina Central.

With Carter not being able to take part in this episode either Hamza talks to a friend he has known for a long time in Jacob Sullivan or as friends call him: JC. Jacob is going to the Police academy in a few weeks so we talk about his expectations as he gets ready. We talk about why he wanted to join the police force and have an honest conversation about how the police are in this country. This is the second episode released this week.

Layla Khokhar and Isha Khan are two really good friends with each other and Layla REALLY wanted to be on the podcast so here she finally is. With Carter not being able to be a part of this episode, Hamza is by himself but he and the two guests talk about what their summer plans are as college is over. School may be over but the two are busy with Layla doing internships as she plans to study physical therapy and Isha working on her jewelry business. Layla and Isha also talk about their expectations for Eid al-Fitr as it takes place on Thursday. This episode took place two days prior and is one of the two episodes being released this week!

Paige Kingsley is an amazing artist. In fact, she drew a portrait of Hamza one time and it looks EXACTLY like him. If you're interested you can watch this episode on YouTube to see the portrait. Carter was unavailable for this episode so Hamza wants to know how Paige became interested in art, what it's like participating in high school and college marching bands, and reflecting on her first year of college as most people look ahead to summer break.

Our guest this week is Noureen Hoq. Another person Hamza calls a "human calculator" because whenever he asks Noureen a question, she knows the answer to everything. She attends University of Texas which was not an easy decision as she says on the podcast. Zach Lewis returns to the podcast and the three talk about how hard it is to adjust to life when going to college out of state. We also talk about Esports, which is professional gaming and why it's starting to attract people.

Mitch Montgomery is our guest this week on the podcast and we got a good one. Mitch is known - according to Hamza - as Mr. Clean because of his amazing smile. You will not be surprised at how many times he brings it up. Mitch currently goes to Cincinnati University so we talk about how college has been, favorite memories from high school, and an interesting story on why he chose business as his intended major.

Mohammad Ali is a friend from our 8th period Physics class. He was always willing to help his classmates and offer ideas when it came to labs and projects that satisfied all parties. While he is almost named after the famous boxer Muhammad Ali (different because of spelling) that was not the first choice. In this episode, he talks about his time at Columbus State Community College and what he is majoring in. Since both Hamza and Mohammad are Muslim, they both share their thoughts on Ramadan - a holiday where Muslims around the world refrain from eating and drinking from sunrise to sunset for one month.

With Carter out, Zach Lewis returns this time as a co-host and his first guest is Francisco Lopez. Francisco is a friend from our eighth period Physics class and the main reason why that class was special. Going through eight classes a day in high school can be exhausting but Francisco always found ways to get him and his friends motivated. Like Hamza and Zach, he also competed in Track & Field with the only difference being that Hamza and Francisco competing in rather shorter distances. In this episode, Hamza and Zach catch up with Francisco as he now attends Capital University to talk about memories from Physics class and how college has been.