hi! hallo! salam! namaste! this episode is all about our journeys with learning and speaking our native language of bangla 🇧🇩 the two of us grew up with different exposures to our mother tongue, and although we where our culture on our backs, we know we have so much work to do in perfecting our language, and paying homage to all our customs and traditions. do you feel guilty for not being absolutely fluent in our mother tongue? do you get criticized or feel embarrassed for your level of fluency? do u be scaring the aunties with your americanized english-fusion language? this episode is for u!

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the scary thing happened the other day and mohuya got followed home by a random creepy man in NYC. in this solo episode, she's sharing that experience so it can potentially help some of you on top of some safety tips for women. stay safe and vigilant out there!

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when you meet someone with magnetic energy, they have this pull on you and you just love being around them. in this episode, we talk about some of the characteristics we love in people we know who have attractive energy and how you can also achieve this *bella hadid* attractive energy yourself. we realized that this is the best way to have long lasting friendships, relationships, and opportunities come your way so we hope this helps u get the life you desire too!! make sure to listen til the end of the episode to find out and comment the emoji of the week :)

we're so back with a real hard hitting topic we know yall gonna relate to. as brown people, we're given by expectations by everyone!!! our parents, distant family, society, culture, sometimes it feels like we dont even have the space to explore ourselves because we're busy making others happy. this episode is all about craving acceptance, the appropriate balance of expectation, and how we detach ourselves from the needs and pressures of others, and more! we expect you to listen!!!

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this one's a solo ep by mashnun! this one is all about how to maintain friendships, from someone that specifically sucks at it. ive always been the overthinking friend, the one that makes relationships more complicated than they have to be, and it's never been a particularly easy task for me, and i know that's something many of you probably relate to. friendships get weird and complicated as adults, so i spent this episode talking bout the different phases i went through with maintaining friends, and 5 tips on how you can be better as it as well. listen or lose all your friends!!!

hello friends today we're discussing our 8 signs that YOU might be settling in your relationship. as brown people, we rarely know our own worth in a relationship since it's tied to so many traits, and its so easy to settle for less than what you or anyone even deserves. in this episode, we talk bout the difference between setting in a relationship and being "realistic", becoming a fictional character, avoiding vulnerability, the olive theory, and how mashnun is a great wedding dancer. listen to have him choreograph your own wedding!!!

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hello our risky difficulters this episode is all bout things we did in our 20s that literally SAVED OUR LIVES. as brown people its not easy to challenge societal norms and do things we see as scary or troubling but what if that risk pays off? whether is mou starting boxing and leaving her old friends, or mashnun getting a white ppl job and interviewing barefoot, we got so much to share with you guys in this one. please enjoiiiii

hey :) this episode is all about life advice we've been given by our parents, friends, bosses, and community that never really hit the mark for us. have you been told to always eat every grain of rice even when you're full? or to never choose violence and to kill them with kindness? or to respect your elders even when they out of pocket?? so have we, listen now to hear everything we get into and so much more, including horrible advice you guys have been given too!

is it possible to balance everything in life? do you get anxious when you go to work and school, and then you come home and try to figure out when to squeeze in your health and fitness, your social life and family time, and everything else? in this episode, we talk about all of the things that society tells us to balance perfectly, but truly how burnt out we get when we try to. so here are some of the practical ways to have a work/life balance while figuring out how to prioritize the right things in life. let me know how u like this one and if you can relate!!

it's been a while since we've done an advice session, but we're back! y'all sent in questions about overcoming anxiety in new relationships, how to make friends in a big city, being okay with going against the status quo, how to be seen as more mature in your parents' eyes, and so much more!!! we've got a lot to say about these things and we hope our unprofessional, but very mighty wisdom helps some of u!!

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