The Cardamom Pod

The Cardamom Pod

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The Cardamom Pod episodes

  • Swords & Wigs: The Green Knight Movie Review

    Hey Cardababies!


    We're excited to share a new podcast, Swords & Wigs, hosted by (our very own) Nadya Agrawal & Caroline Fulford. Each week, they dig into High Fantasy and YA books to talk about story telling traditions, swords fights, and chosen ones.


    "You're no knight." This week Nadya and Caroline review David Lowery's The Green Knight starring Dev Patel. They dig into the sweeping landscapes, satisfying casting, and deep themes of honor and death.


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    41 min
  • 11. The Food Landscape
    Food is a deeply political topic, whether we’re talking about the way it’s made or about the people who cover it. This week Nadya talks to James Beard award-winning food writer Mayukh Sen about the power of the profile and his upcoming book Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America.

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    41 min
  • 10. I Miss Movies!
    It’s been a year since we’ve gone to the movies. But with streaming, even with the new releases launching across HBO or Netflix, there’s still something missing. This week Nadya talks to film critic and podcaster Priya Arora about their work reviewing Indian films and TV and their podcast Queering Desi.

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    32 min
  • 9. This Era of Protest

    Last summer we saw the country pour into the streets to protest the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Tayler, Tony McDade and others at the hands of police. And this time felt like a promise that leaders would do better. But almost a year on, it’s clear that protest isn’t the only way to make change, just as electoral politics aren’t. What we really need to focus on is organizing. This week Equality Labs’ Sharmin Hossain joins Nadya to talk about organizing, white supremacy, and the political crucible we’re living in.



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    26 min
  • 8. Book Talking
    Publishing is a weird, shadowy industry with weird, shadowy practices. And the people most often left out of the loop are writers of color. South Asian writers looking to get published have to contend with racism, xenophobia, corniness, overused tropes, and more. This week Nadya talks to writer, translator, critic, and the host of the Desi Books podcast Jenny Bhatt about her collection of short stories Each of Us Killers and what it takes for South Asian writers to breakthrough.

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    38 min
  • 7. Movies, Books, TV – A Decade In Review
    The Cardamom Pod is back with a big episode full of the team’s favorite movies, books, tv, music, and more from brown makers from the last 10 years. Some of our recommendations include: 

    • About Love
    • White Tiger on Netflix
    • Save Yourselves on Hulu
    • Mirzapur on Amazon Prime
    • Libraries
    • Masaba Masaba on Netflix
    • Shalom Bollywood on Amazon Prime
    • If They Come For Us by Fatimah Asghar
    • Arrow by Sumita Chakraborty
    • World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
    • Lucid by Raveena
    • Joy Crookes’s music and Instagram
    • Qais Essar’s music and Tear a Root From the Earth
    • Marbled by Abhi the Nomad
    • The Nazranaa Diaries on YouTube
    • RainbowPlantLife on YouTube
    • @rowisingh on Instagram
    • Badaam clothing

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    46 min
  • 6. South Asian Futurism
    South Asian futurism is about imagining what the future scape could look like – utopias with futuretech, lush green spaces, energy-efficient skyscrapers, possibly yes, but also unity in diversity, faith, creation, and more. This week Nadya speaks to comic artist Bishakh Som whose graphic short story collection Apsara Engine engages with South Asian futurism to imagine a creative, queer, verdant future.

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    42 min
  • 5. Making Art
    Diaspora art on Instagram is its own thing. Often commenting on “universal” brown girl experiences, like overbearing parents and marginalization, the genre still pulls punches when it comes to cultural commentary. This week Nadya talks to artist Manuja Waldia, whose depictions of brown women coming together in community have broken through the stale conversations online to create a new template for diaspora expression.

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    26 min
  • 4. A New Comedy Age
    Every presidential term has brought with it a new type of comedy from the South Asian community. What will four years of Biden-Harris bring? This week Nadya talks to internet comedy duo Jeremy and Rajat who are known for their offbeat videos parodying digital stories.

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    44 min
  • 3. Laughing Through a Plague
    College Humor’s Rekha Shanker joins Nadya to talk about what to watch during quarantine, how to deal with rejection, and the reality of being a comedian right now.

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    40 min

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