Tuckered Out with Ami Thakkar

By Ami Thakkar Raval: Podcaster and writer

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A podcast about growing up brown in America, topics we tend to shy away from and all those "What The..." moments in between.

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Zarna Garg Is Rearranged

04.12.2021

Zarna Garg is an Indian immigrant, mom, and lawyer turned New York comedian and TikTok star (https://www.tiktok.com/@zarnagarg) with more than 20 million views on the platform. She has performed standup at sold-out clubs across the country and headlined her own ...

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04.12.2021 Zarna Garg Is Rearranged Zarna Garg is an Indian immigrant, mom, and lawyer turned New York comedian and TikTok star (https://www.tiktok.com/@zarnagarg) with more than 20 million views on the platform. She has performed standup at sold-out clubs across the country and headlined her own ...
04.05.2021 Pat Shah Talks Past, Present, Future of Audio Pat Shah has had his ear pressed against the audio industry for awhile now. He is the Head of Content Acquisition and Development for Audible, a membership service that provides customers with the world's largest selection of audiobooks as well ...
03.29.2021 Alka Joshi and The Henna Artist Alka Joshi was born in India and raised in the U.S. since the age of nine. She has a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from California College of Arts. At the age of 62, Joshi published her debut ...
03.23.2021 Little Mind Chats with Siyona Vikram When Siyona Vikram realized there were few Indian podcasts specifically for children, she decided that it was time to start one herself. Siyona’s podcast is called Little Mind Chats and focuses on helping kids breakdown the news, current events, and ...
03.10.2021 The #BlindianProject with Jonah Batambuze The #BlindianProject is the "meeting place for Black x South Asian communities". Started as a passion project in 2017, the project drew its inspiration from an incident in which street mobs attacked African students in Noida, New Delhi. Restarted at ...
03.02.2021 YaYa- A Platform for Women Who Are Tuckered Out As part of my podcasting fellowship with On Deck (beondeck.com) , I had the chance to interview On Deck fellows Nivi Jayasekar and Paula Hernandez Forero, who have recently built a peer coaching platform for women called YaYa over one ...
02.23.2021 Dr. Saya Nagori Talks Telehealth Dr. Saya Nagori is a Digital Health Executive who is passionate about telehealth and innovation in healthcare. She is widely known in the health tech space for her early work in telemedicine and increasing access to healthcare through innovative patient ...
02.11.2021 Manpreet Singh Discusses India's Farmer Protests India’s six-month-long farmer protests, which recently gained momentum and global attention, has been on the forefront of news around the world. With the recent attacks on protestors and a government shutdown of the Internet, the international community is left wondering ...
02.09.2021 In No Man's Land with Rajiv Satyal Rajiv Satyal is a Los Angeles-based comedian/host with over 50 million views on YouTube. From stand-up performances, to going on tour, to hosting talk shows, events, and podcast, this one-man band has done it all. We talk about how Pete ...
01.26.2021 Jia Wertz Talks True Crime Jia Wertz is a South Asian true crime documentary filmmaker and director. Her debut film, Conviction, was recently released on Amazon Prime and was selected at 11 film festivals around the world, winning 3 awards. The documentary sheds light on ...
01.21.2021 Product of Culture I chat (and laugh) with the co-founders of Product of Culture, Archana Jain and Monika Sharma! Product of Culture (#POCNation) empowers South Asian creatives and innovators to grow and thrive globally. The organization is a WOC founded and funded collective ...
01.11.2021 Sailaja Joshi Talks Mango and Marigold Press CEO & Founder of Mango and Marigold Press (formally Bharat Babies) Sailaja Joshi sits down and chats with me about building her company literally starting from scratch. Joshi founded Mango and Marigold Press in 2014, a publishing company that aims ...
01.04.2021 The Georgia Senate Races with Amol Naik Can 2021 start off any more dramatic?.... I dive into the details of the Georgia Senate runoff elections with my friend and public policy lawyer with Squire Patton Boggs, Amol Naik. Amol served as the Chief Resilience Officer for the ...
01.03.2021 Some Good 2020 Moments SPECIAL EPISODE: It's a new year. Thank god. Although this past year has been a long and difficult, many of you were able to share some good moments that 2020 gave you. Here are a few of those moments.
12.22.2020 Finding Nimesh Patel For my last interview of the year, I stand-up with my guest, Nimesh Patel, and talk all things comedy. Nimesh is the first Indian-American to write for SNL, where he was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for his ...
12.15.2020 The Shots Heard Around The World- Pfizer and The Vaccine BONUS EPISODE with Gautam Gupta, SVP Head of Strategy & Consulting, Pfizer is the first in a bonus series where we discuss and dissect important current events. Gautam chats with me about Covid 'D-Day' (December 14th, 2020), the preparation leading ...
12.14.2020 Sheetal Sheth And A Real South Asian Hero When it comes to South Asian representation in the media, Sheetal Sheth has had a few conversations the past 20 years on the issue. Author, actress, producer and activist Sheetal Sheth has been a trailblazer for women of color across ...
12.08.2020 The Science of Life- Ayurveda and You Quick Note- This episode has been published a week later than expected due to some technical issues that had to be ironed out. We did our best ironing. I sat down and chatted with my childhood friend, Devang Shah, who ...
11.12.2020 Zameer Kassam Gets Personal With a background as unique as the jewelry he designs, including time at McKinsey & Company, Harvard Business School, and De Beers Louis Vuitton, Zameer Kassam has emerged as one of the global jewelry industry’s most innovative thinkers and artists. ...
11.02.2020 South Asians Vote 2020- South Asians and Voting (Part Two) In part two of South Asians and Voting, I sit down with one of the organizers of South Asians Vote 2020, Samidh Guha. Samidh is a highly respected courtroom advocate and negotiator with decades of experience in government and private ...
11.02.2020 South Asian Block Party for Biden/Harris- South Asians and Voting (Part One) It's here guys. Election Day 2020. Besides going out to buy some antacids, I thought it would be a good time to understand more about South Asians and voting here in the US. I sit down with the co-hosts of ...
10.26.2020 MissMalini, Take Us To The Moon An interview with Malini Agarwal. We're talking to a media mogul!! Malini Agarwal, aka MissMalini, is India's most famous blogger with a following of 7.5 million worldwide. We start out talking about how her "diplobrat" life growing up has helped ...
10.19.2020 Tuckered Out with Ami Thakkar Trailer A podcast interviewing South Asian trailblazers around the world. We discuss growing up brown, personal journeys, and topics we could never talk about in front of those aunties and uncles we grew up with.
10.07.2020 Rasika Mathur- From Second City to FunnYogini Rasika Mathur is an Indian-American comedian, writer, storyteller, and a fellow Longhorn best known for her recurring role on the original version of Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out...but there is so much more of the story to tell. We ...
09.14.2020 DJ Kayper In The House From the start, DJ Kayper knew that she belonged behind the turntables- scratching, producing and making waves in an industry traditionally dominated by men. From writing fake letters to her parents so she could sneak out to deejay to working ...
07.13.2020 Lisa Ray Is Close To The Bone Internationally acclaimed performer, philanthropist, author, and public speaker Lisa Rani Ray does not shy away from a challenge. With a career that spans three decades and several continents, this trailblazer has a reputation for taking on issue-orientated films with courage ...
06.24.2020 Chaating It Up With Maneet Chauhan Celebrity chef, restaurateur, author, and overall superwoman Maneet Chauhan knows a thing or two about best-laid plans...they often tend to go awry. From India to Nashville, we talk about her journey and relationship with food, what it is really like ...
06.12.2020 Ameeth Sankaran And The Religion of Sports Ameeth Sankaran is CEO of the Religion of Sports, a media company co-founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan and Gotham Chopra. He is also an Executive Producer of Tom vs. Time, Stephen vs. the Game, Headstrong: Mental Health and Sports, ...
02.27.2019 Modi Toys Snuggles With Baby G It's time to toy around! Ok, sorry, had to let that out. We got a chance to sit down and get to know the co-founder of Modi Toys, Avani Modi Sarkar, in this interview where she talked about it all. ...
02.01.2019 holiCHIC By Megha It’s the ultimate story of friendship- childhood buddies turned fellow models turned business partners working in one of the world’s most exciting industries. Megha Rao and Pooja Desai Shah both fell in love with fashion- but they were ready to ...
01.09.2019 The Chai Box Explains-It's Not Chai Tea, People! From the plantations of Kerala to her backyard, Monica blends and delivers spices in her chai with her own unique and delicious twist. Although Monica currently has her own boutique consulting firm, she considers The Chai Box to be her ...
11.07.2018 Varsha Mathur Talks Dating And Relationships Varsha Mathur has one main goal- to uproot cultural stigmas and taboos with coaching and blogging topics related to dating, marriage, divorce and to focus on goals, communications skills and above all, mindfulness. After attending her first Indian wedding post-divorce, ...
10.24.2018 Shruti Ganguly And Her Jerry Maguire Moment Filmmaker Shruti Rya Ganguly may be a successful producer, director, writer and perpetual student of the arts, but she will tell you that when it comes to making chai, she would fail miserably. From her childhood in Oman to shooting ...
10.10.2018 Simmi Patel And Paper Samosa How about that time you interviewed someone you just met and became best friends immediately. That's what happened to us after we talked with Simmi Patel, founder and creator of Paper Samosa, a fantastic and innovative brand that produces artwork ...
09.27.2018 What Happens In Bentonville, Arkansas Damn if feels good to be a podcaster. We're bbbaaaaccccckkkkkkkk!!! Nizar (@nizarbabul) and I (@amituckeredout) had to take a small break this summer so I could officially become a Arkansonian (is that a word?). In our relaunch episode, we talk ...
06.01.2018 Reshma Gajjar Dances Her Heart Out She started out dancing before she started walking. She was the first South Asian dancer to enter the LA scene. She toured with Madonna. She's the Girl on the Yellow Dress in La La Land. She takes fashion to another ...
05.25.2018 Supriya Dravid Talks ELLE India We have an editor-in-chief in da house! Now if that's not boss, I don't know what is. Our crew had a chance to chat with the indomitable Supriya Dravid, the woman in charge of one of the largest magazine brands ...
05.05.2018 Instapottin' With Poonam (and crew) I don't know about you guys but I didn't realize that the Instapot could perform miracles! In this episode of Browntable Talks, we sit down with the ladies behind "Instapottin' With Poonam" and talk about it all. From how they ...
04.23.2018 Tara Narula Talks Cardiology & Medical Journalism We’re baaaaaccccckk!!! After a little bit of a break due to honeymoons in New Zealand, trips to Iceland and packing boxes for an upcoming move, our crew is back with a fascinating South Asian trailblazer interview!! Dr. Tara Narula Cangello ...
03.15.2018 Update Episode! It's an update folks! In this mini-episode, we discuss what we've been up to the past week, our takeaways from the first few months after launching AmiTuckeredOut, why we may be a little M!A over the next 2 weeks, and ...
03.05.2018 Parag Mehta Discusses Politics Now & Then It's time to get political! In this episode of South Asian trailblazers, we talk to Communications Specialist and my college friend Parag V. Mehta. We start off our interview discussing our University of Texas at Austin days as dandia/raas champions ...
02.26.2018 Chicks And Salsa Who doesn't love sitting around chatting it up with some chicks and salsa? And maybe some tequila. On this week's episode, we get to laugh it up with the ladies from the Chicks and Salsa Blog, Rina Puri, Sonia Shah ...
02.16.2018 The DFW South Asian Film Festival We had a blast on our first Special Edition episode- 4 Days, 4 Years of DFW SAFF! My producer and I decided to do this one off-location and head to the final after party to talk to festival attendees, actors ...
02.03.2018 Tejal Patel and Priya Rathod Are Mindful Mommies Sometimes us mama's need a little bit of guidance on how to cope with the stresses of parenthood and how to carve out a little #metime in our daily routine. I know I do! In this episode of Browntable Talks, ...
01.26.2018 Racism and South Asians In this episode, my co-hosts and I talk about everything from scandals in India to our personal experience with racism and why stereotypes exist. We also discuss our own parents and how they dealt with racism, racial profiling after 9/11 ...
01.22.2018 Part II with Ami Desai In this bonus episode, we decide to ask our favorite mompreneur, Ami Desai, questions from the Millennial point of view. Listen to Ami's advise for preventative care in your 20's, choosing the best drugstore brands, building a social media following ...
01.13.2018 Ami Desai Is The Ultimate Mompreneur Continuing our South Asian Trailblazers series, we talk to host, producer, beauty and lifestyle blogger Ami Desai. Listen as she discusses her journey up until now, how Oprah surprised her on the OWNshow, how the word "harmony" defines the way ...
01.06.2018 It's 2018! It's 2018!! We discuss the blur that was 2017, New Year's resolutions and why Mariah Carey needs a hug. Nisha and Nizar also give a shoutout to their Who Run The World person of the week, podcaster David Chen and ...
12.22.2017 Kajal Desai And Bollywood Fitness Launching our new South Asian Trailblazers interview series, we sit and chat with the Co-Founder of Doonya Bollywood Fitness, Kajal Desai. Kajal talks about going from being a management consultant to helping create the first large-scale Bollywood dance-centric workout program ...
12.14.2017 #MeToo - Browntable Talks On our very first episode, we meet the team and learn a little bit more about the podcast. We then dive into the “What The…” moment of the week, discuss the #MeToo movement and how it impacts us personally as ...