Timepass Podcast

Fabian and Ashika are back (and hungover) with another Friendsgiving Special! The pair share the intimate details of the annual event including the games, drinks, shenanigans and winning dishes. Happy Thanksgiving Timepassers! 

This week Ashika discusses how important perseverance is in reaching your goals. She reflects on the benefits of perseverance, how one can learn perseverance and reflects on her own failures and how she deals with overcoming them. 

Ashika talks about crushing on someone as an adult. We all remember crushing on someone as an adolescent but what about adult crushes? Why are they so much more complicated and nerve-wracking than the innocent school girl/boy crushes we had in our youth? As adults, do we embrace the uncertainty of a crush or does it drive us up the wall? 

Ashika and Fabian are back and boy have they been busy celebrating Ashika's birthday month! From speakeasy's and country music festivals to a night in the city at one of the world's top rated bars to the freshest of oysters in Tomales Bay. Find out how your host celebrated her birthday this year!

Ashika attempts to answer why so many intelligent, emotionally available women are single. Are they choosing to be single or do men simply lack the knowledge on how to approach them? A recent study stated that there is an increase in lonely, single men as well. What is the real issue, tune in to hear Ashika's opinion on the matter. 

Ashika and Fabian kick off the fall season and Ashika's birthday month, with their annual trip to Apple Hill! Find out what Apple Hill is, why you should go and all the best places to visit should you find yourself in Northern California during the season. The stories and hilarity that comes with it, are to be expected from these two friends. 

Ashika recently found herself back on the Bumble dating app and subsequently on a first date.  This was the last place she thought conversations about colorism would come up. Tune in to hear the story and Ashika's brief history of colorism in India, including the multi-million dollar beauty industry of bleaching and fairness creams.

Welcome to Season 3! Ashika premieres the season off by diving into the video that went viral of four South Asian women being harassed by a Mexican-American woman in Plano, Texas. Ashika breaks down the video and dives into her feelings and revelations after watching the video and shares her own personal experience with racism. 

It's the season 2 finale! Ashika recaps the "year of growth and change". She discusses the milestones of season 2, along with sharing this seasons most downloaded episodes and gives a sneak peek into what to expect from her in season 3! 

This week Fabian joins Ashika to discuss a falling out the two have had with a mutual friend. They talk about the red flags they missed, process their feelings on air and use this episode to therapeutically come to terms with this sinking relationship.