Arafat Mazhar comes back on The Pakistan Experience with the Lead Animator, Haseeb Rehman, to discuss how Swipe, the film, came to be.  Starting the discussion from the legacy of Khadim Hussain Rizvi, we go into a deep masterclass on animation with Haseeb showing us the entire process, from hand drawing the paintings to the final animation.

We end with a poignant discussion on religious extremism, the fight for the narrative of ishq, and empathy for the future generations.   The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversation.

Mo Naqvi, the Director of Inshallah Democracy, Asad Faruqui, the Director of the Emmy award winning Armed with Faith, and Anam Abbas, the Director of the documentary on Lucky Irani Circus, and the co-founder of the Documentary Association of Pakistan(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1vJ...), come on this week's TPE Roundtables to discuss Pakistan, Documentaries, Film Making and Art.

Muhammad Moiz, Mariam Shafqat Goraya and Tamkenat Mansoor come on the podcast for a mammoth Group Therapy session where we discuss ourselves, our content and our journeys.  

This may not be the podcast you were expecting but this may be the podcast you need; honest, raw and vulnerable, the content creators go in depth of everything that happened to them that made them who they are today. How they were knocked down and how they learned to rise from the ashes to reclaim yourself.   

From Pakistan's rising radicalism to toxic masculinity, from heartbreaks to hate speech, to receiving hate online to dealing with family, from being shunned by those you love to reclaiming yourself, we put all of ourselves out there in this podcast.   

Lilith, Mariam and Usman come back on the podcast for an even longer, more uncut, less circumcised, big, juicy, moist podcast of 4 hours 20 minutes where we discuss everything from gender, sexuality, TERFs, aliens, simulation theory, and spoil your childhood with the weirdest sex songs you have ever heard.   

Going from bachodiyan to intellectual academic theory, this is not a podcast you can miss.   Disclaimer: Nothing said on Bachodiyan is meant to be taken seriously

Former Actor, Model and Host, Ayeshah Alam Khan comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss her battle with obesity and her journey towards health.   Currently working as a health coach, Ayeshah Alam, discusses the health issues she faced, how she overcame hardship and how to develop a mindset towards living a more healthy life on this episode.   

Ayeshah and I discuss fat-shaming, positive outlooks, diet fads, working out, forgiveness, and her journey from being a media legend in Pakistan to starting a completely new career in a new country.

Adeel Afzal is a content creator who used to work at Mangobaaz and now makes a series of videos on social issues called 'Bayan Baazu'.  

Adeel comes on the podcast for a long discussion on the many problems faced by Pakistan, from Imran Khan's governance to the role of the establishment in politics, from Pathan Jokes to hateful xenophobia against ethnicities, from old babbay controlling every institution to the Tik Tok ban. 

 The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversation.

Mekaal Hassan, one of the greatest musicians produced by Pakistan, of Mekaal Hassan Band fame, comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss music, the industry and the role of the artist.  With brands sponsoring music shows and actors becoming signers, Mekaal Hassan is a man on the mission to produce music for the love of the music itself. 

On this episode Mekaal discusses how he stays true to his art, his journey as a musician and his advice for other musicians.  

The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversation.  

P.S. We apologize for the audio issues in this episode.

The top stand up comedians of Pakistan sit down for a discussion on comedy, censorship and building communities.  

Tabish Hashmi, Faheem Azam, Sana Khan Niazi and Natalia Gul come on The Pakistan Experience to discuss what can be joked about and the experience of being a stand-up comedian in Pakistan. From facing threats to self-censorship to why Stand-up comedy is not as big in Pakistan as it is in India; the comedians discuss their craft and their process.

Actors from the Film and TV industry of Pakistan come on this episode of The Pakistan Experience Roundtable to discuss acting and the media industry in Pakistan.  

From why they act to why we keep saying the same old stories being told in Film and on Television, from what changes they want to bring to how they are struggling to do so, what is acting and what is an actor, we discuss it all on this round table.   

Usman Mukhtar is a Film Maker and has acted in several films and dramas.  

Sabeena Syed is an upcoming actress who shot to fame with Yakeen ka Safar and Parwaaz hay Junoon.  

Agha Mustafa Hasan started with Theatre and can now be seen in several TV dramas.  

Mina Tariq recently completed her first TV drama, Ruswayee.  

Fawad Khan is an acclaimed Theatre actor that received critical praise for his role as the Police Officer in Churails.

Mariam Shafqat Goraya, Lilith Khannum and Usman Rana come on TPE subset 'Bachodiyan' to talk about everything under the sun in this mammoth 4 hour podcast.  From the best way to eat a banana to the funeral of misogyny, from their wierdest sex stories to the dirtiest songs you will ever hear, watch as the four of us take on hyper woke people, cancel culture, patriarchy and the celebrity protests!   Going from bachodiyan to personal tales of sorrow, this is not a podcast you can miss.   Disclaimer: Nothing said on Bachodiyan is meant to be taken seriously