WiseUp TX

We are right around the corner till the election, early voting begins in Texas October 24th. I hope you all are WisingUp on your national and local candidates before you head to the voting booths. Along with the news of the week, I have an interview with Imam Adeel Zeb about the Black Lives Matter movement and how important it is for the South Asian and Muslim communities to be understanding and supportive of them.

**This track aired on 10/17/2016**

This election cycle we have been barraged with an overload of information by the media and it has proved difficult to discern the real issues our nation needs to focus on. Unfortunately, this has bled into our Presidential race and no end to this horrible political nightmare is in sight. Which is why it is very important for us to be able to distinguish what is credible so we will make wise decisions. We must judge credibility not only of politicians but also amongst ourselves when we debate or discuss politics with our peers.

Tune in to hear my thoughts on the second Presidential debate and how we must hold ourselves to a higher standard for credibility when discussing politics because the implication of spreading false information could lead to dire consequences.

Two weekends ago I attended the Texas Tribune Festival to hear about the politics and various policies affecting Texas and our nation. I was able to attain interviews with Wendy Davis, Dallas Mayor Rawlings, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Representative Castro. I got to discuss how they felt the South Asian and Muslim communities could make an impact in local and national politics and what our communities needed to do to have our voices heard. Tune in to hear all this along with my thoughts on Ohio Governor Kasich and Senator Ted Cruz's panels!

***Don't forget the deadline to register to vote in Texas is October 11th!***

In this segment I briefly discuss how we need to hold our politicians, media and ourselves accountable for the decisions we make and the articles we choose to read about politics.

I also talk about the media's coverage on HRC's health, how HRC dealt with her pneumonia issue, Trump's lack of transparency on his health records, and the latest news in Texas Politics.

Finally, I have an interview with Vance Black who is a citizen of the Cherokee nation and was kind enough to discuss the ongoings of the Dakota Access Pipeline Movement occurring in North Dakota as we speak. The Native American community is one we don't have daily dealings with but have been marginalized throughout the entire history of America. They are not only currently dealing with an environmental crisis but environmental racism as well.

It is time for us to hold our media, politicians and ourselves accountable for what's happening in our country. It is time to WiseUp.

Tune in to hear about the current political news of the week along with my experience at the Texas Turnout event! The Texas Turnout was hosted by the Texas Tribune and the Society for News Design. People who come from varying backgrounds but are passionate about politics came together to discuss what we could do to increase voter turnout in Texas.

To my listeners: Do you have ideas of how to get the South Asian and Muslim communities to become motivated to vote? I'd love to hear them! Email them to me at [email protected] !

The theme for this podcast is deafening silence. There has been a plethora of unpleasant news the past few weeks but many of us have been silent. It is said that silence is golden but not in these instances. Tune in to hear about how the world has been silent about the innocent Syrian children being continuously bombed, the devastation from the Baton Rouge floods, the corporate greed from American insurance companies, the systemic racism and its continuous occurrence in Baltimore and North Carolina, the horrific Islamaphobic incidences in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Queens, NY. All these situations begs the questions of why have we been silent? What can we do to help these people? And why we cannot be silent anymore. Our silence to these tragic situations has been deafening. In order to change this we MUST say something, we must get involved. WE CANNOT BE SILENT ANYMORE.

My thoughts on the RNC and DNC conventions, the DNC leak and my personal opinion on how you should vote in the upcoming November election!

Disappointingly Hopeful is the theme for this podcast. I am disappointed with the violence all over the world but hopeful for the progress we have made and can continue to make. In this segment I go in depth of what the Black Lives Matter movement is about along with debunking the common misconceptions around it. Furthermore, I talk about how the police also deserve our support for the protections they give us every single day. Supporting BLM or the police need not be mutually exclusive, we can do both. Lastly, the South Asian community needs to do a much better job to support the BLM movement because if it wasn't for their fight for civil rights in America, South Asians would not have the successes they have today.

Original air date: July 17, 2016

It's been a newsmageddon week here! Check out my thoughts on four of the major SCOTUS rulings that heavily affect Texas, the No Bill No Break Democrat sit in and Brexit!

The latest WiseUp podcast contains the news of the week, basic information about World Refugee Day (June 20, 2016) and the potential VEEP candidates for both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Original air date: June 21, 2016