Politics and Spice Podcast

We missed you here at the Politics and Spice Podcast. But luckily, Season Three of the Politics and Spice Podcast is starting next Monday with a special guest from the Obama Foundation–you won’t want to miss it!  In the meantime, we have a very special announcement! Do you know any South Asian youth in high[...]

Today we have Gautam Raghavan, the former Associate Director of Public Engagement for President Barack Obama, in which he served as the liaison for the LGBT and Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Prior to his role at the White House, Gautam started off as the Asian American Finance Director for the Obama Campaign in[...]

Today we have Anisha Singh with us, who is the Senior Organizing Director for Generation Progress, the youth engagement arm for the Center for American Progress. In this role, she develops national organizing strategies to bring the experiences of 18- to 35-year-olds to on-the-ground actions in target states. Prior to this role, Anisha served as[...]

Today, in honor of the recent primary win by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York’s 14th Congressional District and youth empowerment sweeping the country, we are trying something different today with the Politics and Spice Podcast! We have a special guest host in Anika Madhusudhan. Anika is a New Jersey Leadership Program 2017 Summer Fellowship Alum[...]

Satish Poondi is the Co-chair of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee’s South Asian American Caucus (SAAC). In conjunction with NJDSC Chairman John Currie, he helped to found SAAC in 2013 to create a statewide platform to discuss issues important to the South Asian community and to support and elevate members of the community interested[...]

Samip Mallick is the Co-founder and Executive Director of the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA). He founded SAADA in 2008 to give voice to South Asian Americans through documenting, preserving and sharing stories that represent South Asian Americans’ unique and diverse experiences. SAADA encompasses various themes and projects such as the Road Trips Project,[...]

Today, we spoke with the recently newly elected Mayor of Hoboken, Ravi Bhalla. He ran for mayor last year and beat out a crowded field of six candidates, including his fellow members of council and a freeholder. Prior to that he served on the Hoboken Council since 2009, first running for an At-large seat on[...]

Today, we sat down with the BAPS Temple Organization’s Spokesperson and Volunteer, Ronak Patel. Originally founded in Gujarat, India in 1907, the BAPS organization follows the Swaminarayan branch of Hinduism. It has over 1,300 temples and 3,300 centers all across the world in five continents, with over a million followers and 55,000 volunteers. It has built[...]

The Managing Editor of ROI New Jersey Anjalee Khemlani goes on the record with us today. ROI-New Jersey is a media company that delivers real time news that provide New Jersey’s business community with a Return on Information, hence the name ROI. Prior to this role, Anjalee was the Deputy Managing Editor for NJBIZ. She[...]

Sakhi Executive Director Kavita Mehra joins us today on the Politics and Spice podcast. Kavita and Sakhi for South Asian Women’s mission is to help to end violence against women. She’s been committed to advocating for justice and building equity for minority communities for most of her career, most recently serving as the Interim Chief[...]