Today on the podcast I have my friend Karan Sunil, who I met here in Chicago and he is an aspiring writer director currently based in LA. You’ll get to hear our conversation about his new web series, Code-Switched. A show he wrote and directed. The show is about five South Asian-American friends trying to make it on their own in a world of fleeting relationships, high-expectations, and gentrified workplaces.

In this conversation I want to highlight this web series which is a story about a community, that's real and can get messy at times. Showcasing stories that feel natural, relatable, and timely. How representation matters in creating a story for and by people of color.

Its been over 2 months since the murder of George Floyd and since his death, a number of peaceful protests have occurred throughout the nation and globally revealing clear systemic issues that have been ignored for too long. Highlighting in full that Black Lives Matter. In these moments of activism, questions were raised as I saw myself in these spaces, asking what it means to be a photographer when out in a protest. The line between respect and truth within storytelling. Thoughts of ethics and ego were brought into view but I wasn’t able to fully process this alone, especially during an ongoing pandemic — The conversation in this episode brings a way to shed some of these questions into perspective between my friend Sharnaz Javid and board member of the Authority Collective Bunni Elian.

Brittainy Newman, Photojournalist born and raised in New York. You most likely have seen her work in several New York Times articles and features. She’s been able to cover the Biden and Bloomberg campaign trail, the ongoing pandemic, and most recently photographing Christian Cooper among other stories.

Listen to our conversation on her experience with photojournalism

In conversation with Adriana Monsalve. Adriana is an artist and visual storyteller who runs an independent publishing house called HomieHousePress with her partner since 2016. Adriana has taken many routes in her career as an artist has a passion for storytelling and that's exactly what we are talking about along with some interesting takes on bad bunny and ideas on truth.