Desi Distractions

By Zara Ali

Where Maya and Zara discuss the struggles and triumphs of school, dating, and mental health as young south asian american women. New episodes every other Friday!... more

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How many episodes does Desi Distractions have?

The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.

Desi Distractions episodes:

October 30, 2020 Candid conversations about beauty
If you're reading this, we think you're beautiful :) Maya and Zara discuss the social pressures surrounding modern beauty standards. Everything from hair removal, to plastic surgery.
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50min
October 23, 2020 Get in loser, we're going to vote
Another late night conversation with Maya and Zara where they discuss social media trends, young people in politics, and voting.
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37min
October 16, 2020 A late night chat
Maya and Zara squeeze in some time to catch up this week as school picks up and Zara's 18th birthday approaches.
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40min
October 09, 2020 Opening the door to therapy ft. Dr. Sheeza Mohsin
Welcome back to Season 2! Join Maya and Zara as they discuss how to understand and heal the emotional struggles of South Asians in the diaspora with multicultural counselor and therapist, Dr. Sheeza Mohsin.
Check out her book Behind Closed Doors on Amazon!
https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Closed-Doors-Emotional-conflicting-ebook/dp/B084Q2Y3TG
More ways to connect with Sheeza!
http://sheezamohsin.com/what-we-do
https://www.facebook.com/drsheezamohsin/
Follow us!
https://www.instagram.com/desidistractions/
https://twitter.com/DesiDistracted
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49min
September 18, 2020 TMI and other stories
Maya and Zara end season 1 by talking about anxiety, TV shows, and working from home.
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30min
September 11, 2020 Back to school pt. 2 ft. Feroze Ali
Maya and Zara offer high school advice while Feroze recaps his first few days of freshman year.
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37min
September 04, 2020 I'm cool, you're cool...
How is it September already? A lot has happened in the past week. Zara got bangs, Maya's obsessed with washi tape, and both laugh at Maya's new pick up line.
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51min
August 28, 2020 Back to School
This week, Maya and Zara discuss their thoughts on going back to school, or in Zara's case, not going for the first time.

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46min
August 21, 2020 Stress and the healing powers of Taylor Swift
Maya and Zara are stressed tf out. Well, actually. . . its only Maya. Zara's just been chilling to T-Swift.
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45min
August 14, 2020 Food culture and body image ft. Omar Malik
In today's episode, Maya and Zara invite their first guest, Omar Malik, to talk about his experience with body image, food culture and high expectations from family.
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44min

FAQs about Desi Distractions:

How many episodes does Desi Distractions have?

The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.