Politics and Spice Podcast

Today we’re joined by one of Silicon Valley’s earliest angel investors and serial entrepreneur, MR Rangaswami. MR is widely known for his tech know-how and launching the Sand Hill Group, which provides strategic management, investment and marketing services to emerging market leaders. He was also profiled for the Wall Street Journal and has been named[...]

Welcome to the first episode of Season Two! Today we’re joined by Cherry Hill Councilwoman Sangeeta Doshi. Councilwoman Doshi was just recently elected to serve on the Cherry Hill Council in November. She has a background in engineering, and previous experience serving on the Cherry Hill Township Planning and Zoning Boards, as well as the[...]

Did you miss us? Well, the wait for bigger and better Season Two of the Politics and Spice Podcast is almost over! Tomorrow on Monday, March 19, we will be releasing our first episode of Season Two. Join us as we sit down and really dig in with national, state and local leaders in politics,[...]

We have a special episode this week, which is actually a panel discussion for those interested in pursuing a legal career. We have an amazing panel of accomplished leaders in their field who have a background in the law, including our very own New Jersey Leadership Program Director of Programming, Vinay Limbachia. Vinay has served[...]

Many of you have probably heard of Brown Girl Magazine, the online publication that focuses on the South Asian youth diaspora in the United States. The all volunteer staff write about everything from Culture to Beauty and Style to Entertainment, and now even have a “Brown Boy” section. They feature articles such as “Bollywood’s Unfair[...]

Today we sit down with someone that has had many “firsts” in her electoral career. Shanti Narra is a Freeholder in Middlesex County, in which she was the first freeholder of South Asian descent in New Jersey, as well as being the first female South Asian elected when she was a councilwoman in North Brunswick[...]

We turn the tables and interview Arun Venugopal, a reporter at WNYC. He’s also a host of Micropolis, in which he helps to examine race, sexuality, and identity. Arun is also a regular contributor to NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and has previously been published in The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian.[...]

We sat down with a true American hero—Lieutenant Colonel Kamal Singh Kalsi, who made history to become the first Sikh in more than a generation to serve in the United States military with his articles of faith intact, including with his beard and dastar (or turban). He began his active duty in June of 2010[...]

We traveled to the streets of Paterson, New Jersey to chat with Passaic County’s newest Freeholder, Assad Akhter. He made history as the first Muslim-American Freeholder in the county, and as only the second South Asian American freeholder in the state. Assad spoke about how events such as September 11, 2001 motivated him to enter[...]

Today we hit the runway with Miss New Jersey USA and runner-up to the 2017 Miss USA Beauty Pageant, Chhavi Verg. The young Edison native and Rutgers University sophomore became only the second Indian-American Miss New Jersey USA and the first to make runner up. Chhavi talks about her journey moving from India as a[...]