Spdrmnky is an internationally recognized digital artist. We speak about the skill of confidence, the different dimensions of intelligence, his work being compared to the brilliance of 'Boss Logic,' his unwillingness to take on the role of mentor for his young followers, and the hope that he would like to garner with his work.…

Natasha is a singer, songwriter, musician, and teacher. We speak about her album called 'Ordinary Miracle,' available everywhere to stream.

The Shah is an actor, content creator, and rapper.

Romaisa Khan is a content creator and actor.

Akbar Chaudry is one of the pioneers of the comedy circuit in Karachi, and increasingly in Pakistan. We speak about capitalizing on art, the writing process of a comedian, the arrival fallacy, Akbar's designs on hopefully building a comedy club in Karachi, why he insists on bringing comedy to every part of Pakistan, selling out comedy shows in mult…

Maria Unera is a singer, songwriter, musician, and inheritor of the Filipino and Lahori traditions of musicality. We speak about her life in Pakistan, her journey to herself, her relationship with her work and with the music industry, the power of focused artistic expression, and what living in Karachi by herself has taught her.…

Umair Najeeb Khan is an artist, digital illustrator, and comic book creator. We speak about the scope and financial ramifications of fine art in Pakistan, the concern with doing 'branded,' work as a content creator, the broad categories that everyone with social media is grouped into, his comic book characters, illustrations, and his hope for Pakis…

Purnia Farrukh is an architect and the proprietor of 'itereight,' an interior design, product and marketing consulting, and construction management firm. We speak about what it takes for a woman to make a business work in Pakistan, the concern with privilege, the average woman's plight, and the essence of her new design ideology.…

Ramish Safa is an artist, content creator, entrepreneur, and crypto enthusiast. We speak about his multiple sources of income and inspiration, about how much money is enough, about the concern with cancelation if you make your money through your online presence, about how he can afford to travel the world, and about his plans regarding an old dorma…

Raza Samo is a creative, content creator, comedian, and now most recently actor. We speak about his movie 'John,' the perils of typecasting, the pressures of being the 'funny man,' mental health, the masculine psyche in Pakistan, and about his plans for the future.

JOKHAY is the producer and one of the founding members of The Young Stunners, we speak about how his journey into music started with Metallica and Megadeath, how he transitioned to hip-hop production, met Talha Anjum and Talhah Younus and went on to create some of the most powerful contemporary music ever witnessed in Pakistan, his need to stay roo…

Irfan Junejo is a storyteller! we speak about his recent foray into short-form video creation, his return to the style of content creation that has been both the best and the worst thing to happen to him, where we might want to spend the rest of our lives, about the great love we have for Karachi, and a lot more.…

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It's been six months since the last podcast was uploaded. Here's everything that's happened, and five lessons I've learned from it. Timecodes 0:00: Your guest today is me 1:16: The situation with the Karachi studio 3:31: The podcast must evolve 5:45: Coming to Hyderabad 7:08: Dancing with the idea of doing the podcast in someone else's space 8:01: …

Faisal Sheikh is the founder and CEO of 'Jack of Digital,' the exclusive advertising and data sales partner for TikTok, Eskimi, SHAREit, and SpiderAF in Pakistan. We speak about the ability to endure hardships because of a principle-oriented stance, the evolution of short-form video content, slowing down in an environment that is sped up due to the…

Rayan Khan is a crypto trader who hopes to launch his own NFT project. We speak about the taboos around cryptocurrency, wealth generation, and management, and what he hopes will be a paradigm-shifting community predicated upon his work in the Metaverse.

Abid Saleem is part of the old guard of photographers in Pakistan with a career spanning over 30 years. We speak about what started his career in his teenage years, the pursuit of prominence that Pakistani society seems to be taken by, his deep respect for the craft of acting, what makes one a successful fashion model, the fundamental difference be…

Asteria is a singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist. We speak about the power of discovering one's calling, the courage required to dream, the immutable engine of trauma, about growing up with resentment toward Pakistani society, moving abroad, and realizing that the resentment was predicated upon something more immediate, about coming back an…

Nabeel Akbar is a rapper based out of Karachi. We speak about all that governs his music, the pressure of becoming prominent, the problem with pretense, and on what the fierce loyalty of his listeners is predicated upon.

Arham Ikram is a videographer/photographer/content creator based out of Karachi, he is also a design student. We speak about the power of embracing risks, the liberty of living with purpose, the importance of allowing your passions to govern you, and the need to make an allowance for the process.

Bilal Hassan is a photojournalist and a doctor. We speak about the pandemonium of the political realm in Pakistan, the changes in what is understood to be favorable content on Instagram, and how one must adapt, on building an inner circle of good people as an antidote to chaos, on our best laid out plans and the power of accepting uncertainty, on w…

Saba Qazi is a final-year medical student and one of the founding members of 'PakCares,' which is a humanitarian organization hoping to aid the plight of impoverished communities in Karachi and eventually Pakistan. We speak about the inherent heartbreak required for philanthropic work, the spirit of giving, the strength of proactivity, and the ster…

Taabir is a yoga instructor and a design student at IVS. We speak about the moral decay in the fitness industry in Karachi, the conventions that govern her yoga practice, what led to her attempting to become financially independent at the tender age of sixteen, how she navigates a space rife with blatant commodification, sexualization, and indecent…

Saman is the media network manager for Redbull in Pakistan. We speak about what governs Redbull's initiatives in Pakistan, how Saman understands the mechanism of empowerment, what it takes to be noticed by the Pakistani chapter of Redbull, and how she came to work for the company.

Ayesha is a journalist and content manager. We speak about the multiple facets of the 'me too' movement in Pakistan, about the propriety that ought to govern conversations about mental health, about what it is to live as a woman or a minority in a country that seems to be taken by patriarchy, and about the conventions that govern us when it comes t…

Samar is the CEO of the 'Karachi Down Syndrome Program,' which is an organisation that hopes to be a one-stop solution for everything that a person with down syndrome or their family might need, she is also a psychotherapist. We speak about the cognitive capital required to do the work that she does, about being a female CEO in a male-dominated soc…

Arslan is a writer and creator of 'The Desi Collective,' which is a magazine that hopes to house an expansive retinue of local writers. We speak about the essential nature of writing, the power of narrative building, the primacy of one's own story, and the need for the old guard of writing to seize the suffocation of the writing youth immediately.…

Sherry Khattak is a singer, guitarist, music producer, and member of the powerful 'Karakoram.' We speak about the origins of his music career, his absolute inability to say no to someone in need of help, the multiple paradigms that have aided his growth into arguably one of the most versatile musicians active in Pakistan, about the creation and evo…

Mapu and I speak on the African Pakistani experience, on the plight of marginalized communities in Pakistan, on the history of slavery we opt to omit from our societal discourse, on performative activism and the paradigms that govern cultural appropriation.

J is one of the pioneers of rap in Karachi. We speak about what was, what is, and what he thinks might become of Karachi rap. We also speak about his creative process, the paradigms that govern his music, and the love he feels for his city and her people.

Yahya is the owner and proprietor of 'Thrive,' a streetwear brand based out of Lahore. We speak about the fashion industry in Pakistan, about why he chose to enter the streetwear design space, about what his designs are inspired by, and about the intangibles that govern the fashion industry in Pakistan.…

Nida is a community leader and entrepreneur. We speak about women's health care, miscarriages, the taboos around what a working woman ought to be, building inclusive communities with 'the superwomen of Pakistan,' and the impact of something as traumatic as losing an unborn child.

Asad Ahmed is a guitarist and a producer, with a career spanning over thirty years. We speak about the evolution of the music industry in Pakistan, about the genesis of the 'rockstar' archetype, about the hold that Karachi has over him, and about the engine behind any long-standing music career.

Ali Gul Pir is a rapper, comedian, and actor. We speak about the plight of social commentary and satire in Pakistan, about what his strength is predicated upon, about the darkness that anchors his comedy, about perfecting his craft, and about controlling and fostering chaos.

Saif Jatoi is a content creator. We speak about his evolution since he was last on the podcast a year ago, the lessons he's had to learn working in the media industry in Pakistan, a recent unpleasant interaction that served as a wake-up call for him, and about the primacy of the 'why' in one's life.

Risham is a rapper. We speak about the spirit of woman empowerment, the engine behind her music, the hope that propels her forward, and the thought behind her latest song, 'pairi kuri.'

Ameer Ali is an artist, a teacher, and a recent entrant in the NFT markets in Pakistan. We speak about his art, about the point of wealth, the spirit of giving, and the ability to withstand loss being as important as the ability to digest success. We also speak about NFT trading.

Muhammad Shah is a content creator who posits the primacy of the absurd, a rapper, and a business grad. He is also one of the most wonderfully awkward people I have ever met. We speak about fostering dissent through art, the genesis of his style of music and content, about the paradigms that have governed his education and mine, and about the darke…

Ahsan Mughal is a rapper with one of the most unique flows and cadences in Pakistan. We speak about the music industry as it stands in Pakistan, the distinction between rappers from Karachi and Lahore, his nuanced opinion about the latest season of Coke Studio, and why he seems aloof generally from the music scene in Pakistan.…

Manal Garib is a makeup artist, a freshly minted owner and proprietor of a beauty studio in Karachi, and co-owner of a women's fitness apparel company called 'Living Fit Apparel.' We speak about the imperatives that govern a working woman's life, about pursuing one's path irrespective of societal conventions, on the art of makeup, and on the engine…

Asif Hazara is a Boxer. We speak about his humble beginnings. About his belief that if one does not face resistance then they are not on the 'true' path. About how he hopes the Pakistani societal imperatives might shift to include sports other than cricket as worthy of support and repute and about how most entities in Pakistan seem to talk a big ga…

Shareh is a rapper based out of Karachi. We speak about his writing process, the engine behind his music and his upcoming album, titled 'attachments.'

Sabeena is an actor and a graphic designer. We spoke about how one stumbles upon their passion, about what it was like homing in diaspora as she grew up attempting to reconcile her Russian and Pakistani identities, about the question of where home is, about what drives her work ethic, and about systemic bullying perpetrated by teachers in Pakistani…

Sultan is a music producer based out of Karachi. We speak about his prodigious music production talents, about what 'mixing' and 'mastering' entails in the context of music production, about his unwillingness to compromise his artistic authority and independence for greater financial gains, and about his pursuit of peace through attempting to const…

Maria is a hitchhiker, travel content creator, and travel guide. We speak about the travel industry and couch surfing community in Pakistan, about the dangers and beauty of hitchhiking, about her philosophy of complete assimilation before she can claim to know a people, and about her hope to enamor women in Pakistan to travel through her all-female…

Samantha is a travel content creator from America who hopes to make Pakistan her home. We speak about the grand adventure of global backpack traveling, about how Pakistan compares to the numerous other countries she's visited, and about how she hopes the travel and backpacking community in Pakistan might evolve.…

Zas is part of the emerging rap scene in Karachi. We speak about what drives his music, about what it is to open for and collaborate with his heroes, about the different paradigms of concepts like 'hustle' that he would hope to educate his listeners about, and about how rap music allowed him to overcome his speaking disability.…

Faran Bhatti is by his own admission an 'experience generator,' with forays in event management, travel tour organization, and most recently fashion design. We speak about his ambitious clothing project that ties into the local interest in NFTS and the Metaverse, about his vision for the events he wants to organize in the future, about his hope to …