That's What They Said

In honor of International Women's Day, we talk about how far we have progressed in achieving gender equality. We discuss that we've come a long way, with more open conversations about the gender pay gap to recognition of the intersectionality in feminism to #MeToo. More importantly, we dive into the significance of  not becoming complacent with our efforts, and to recognize that a plenty more needs to be done to break the glass ceiling and dissect the centuries old stereotypes and perceptions. Join us to hear the perspective of two immigrant women of color on gender equality in 2020.

Coronavirus - a term that till last year didn’t occupy all the headlines. Fast forward 2 months into 2020 and this is the biggest threat the world is facing right now. This international health crisis has put to test the health infrastructure of nations amid an increasingly globalized world, but more importantly, it is a test of our humanity. This crisis has brought out a dormant side in many individuals -xenophobia- a side that many of us thought isn’t there anymore because we are more ‘woke’. Clearly we are wrong. We all have a long way to go. In this episode we dive into what Coronavirus is, what precautions we can take and how in such tough times, what makes us human is what will get us through - our compassion. Be kind, be human.

Coffee vs. Chai.

A never ending debate on which is better. In this episode we dive into this debate presenting you with our opinions, and dig deep into the differences that each beverage represents. Having had the privilege of growing up and spending adulthood immersed in two very different cultures - North American and South Asian culture - we have learned so much from each. Both cultures have morphed us into the individuals we both are today. Join us in this episode to hear our experiences across these two cultures! And maybe choose a side - coffee or chai! 😉

You're too fat. You're too Skinny. You're too muscular. Your teeth are crooked. You're too dark. You're too pale. Your butt is too big. Your butt is too flat.

What are the 'ideal' beauty standards around the world and who constructed them? Listen to this episode to know how beauty standards are being redefined - by acknowledging the diversity in people and including them in the definition of beautiful. 

A government of the people, by the people and for the people.

Or so one would like to believe in. In the last year, the world has seen protests spanning across the globe- from developed to developing economies, democratic governments are facing its citizens’ angers at an unprecedented scale. But why are all these protests happening concurrently, and why now? Listen to our episode to find out more about the disruption in democracy as we know it and how it is a reckoning for the government.

‘What will people say? When will you get married? Oh, you have changed living abroad, what do you know anymore about Bangladesh. Living abroad is so easy’- these are some of the things we hear based on expectations of brown culture from young women in brown society. In this episode we talk through what people expect of us vs. what we feel, believe and understand.

An individual thinks he needs to make a stand, send a message for his people. He decides to do this by taking the lives of a group of people who are different, who his ideology hates, thinking the lives lost will send the message that his cause his cause, his people are on the right side of things....listen to this episode to find out whether this would be the act of a terrorist or an attack by a white supremacist.

"Taxi!" - Not something many of us shout anymore when trying to find a ride. Now, with a just a quick tap our phones, a car can pick up and drop us off at our destination. In this episode we talk about how ride sharing has disrupted the transportation industry and provided consumers with a more convenient, and relatively cheaper mode of transport. But are the costs to this disruption worth this revolution in passenger mobility?

Does Big Data really know more about you than yourself? Probably not, but your everyday interactions from scrolling through your phone to visiting a doctor to everyday banking are providing a lot of different types of data to apps and businesses - data which can make your life easier or infringe upon your privacy.

With iconic retail companies like Forever 21, Toys R Us and Sears filing for bankruptcy and with e-commerce steadily rising, companies following the traditional rules of the retail industry are having to learn to adapt to changing consumer behavior.  The major question here is - are we heading into a retail apocalypse or is this the beginning of a retail revolution?