Raj Mankad, Deputy Opinion Editor at the Houston Chronicle, talks to Heather about what Deepa Mehta's 1998 film Earth meant to him during America's Iraq & Afghanistan wars and what it means to him now.

They chat about immigration, violence, and religious engagement, and why Raj wanted his teenage son to watch this movie with him.

As deputy opinion editor at the Houston Chronicle, Raj Mankad won a Pultizer Prize in 2025, shared with Sharon Steinmann, Lisa Falkenberg and Leah Binkovitz, for a series on dangerous train crossings in Houston.