In this fun bonus episode, the girls are joined by comedian and NBA Twitter king Josiah Johnson! They get into his upbringing in LA, how he got into comedy, his Comedy Central show Legends of Chamberlain Heights, and more. They mostly talk about basketball though so it's a nice change of pace for the show! Who is your favorite player based on their Instagram presence alone??? Follow Josiah on Instagram and Twitter at @KingJosiah54 CAUSE YOU WILL LAUGH AND ENJOY IT!!
PS come see us at the Chicago Podcast Festival on October 16th at 7pm at The Hungry Brain!! Tickets can be found here!
In episode 113, the girls talk SURVEILLANCE! They get into the US border patrol working with an Israeli military contract to surveil a Native American reservation, the city of San Diego targeting communities of color, how the FBI finds its informants and busts their local terrorists, and more! COME SEE US AT THE CHICAGO PODCAST FESTIVAL ON OCTOBER 16TH!!! TICKET LINK BELOW!!!
FOOTNOTES:
1. THE U.S. BORDER PATROL AND AN ISRAELI MILITARY CONTRACTOR ARE PUTTING A NATIVE AMERICAN RESERVATION UNDER “PERSISTENT SURVEILLANCE”
2. Tohono O'odham Indian Fact Sheet
3. San Diego Streetlights Target Communities of Color in Unprecedented use of Technology in the United States
4. INFORMANTS
5. The Informants
6. ETHNICALLY AMBIGUOUS AT THE CHICAGO PODCAST FESTIVAL TICKETS
7. Ethnically Ambiguous Merch on Tee Public
In this bonus episode, the girls are joined by comedian and actor Dan Ahdoot to get into how his parents met, his upbringing in a Jewish Iranian family in Great Neck, New York, how he decided to get into comedy, and more! We also do some impressions of their parents - it's fun! Follow Dan on Twitter and Instagram at @StandUpDan. Check out his website here and listen to his new podcast Green Eggs and Dan! It's all about food and he looks in people's fridges! How can you say no? Also watch him on Bajillion Dollar Properties on Pluto TV!
In episode 112, the girls discuss the firing of John Bolton, the death of an Iranian woman who set herself on fire in protest of women not being allowed in football stadiums, Israeli Netflix show Spy causing outrage, Israeli' television show's propaganda, and more! If you love this show, tell a friend! Also give us a five star review! We are lonely!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Trump Ousts John Bolton as National Security Adviser
2. White House officials are wary of Trump's national security adviser and are reportedly blocking him from peace plans
3. Disguised women sneak into Iranian football match
4. Iran's 'blue girl' dies after setting herself on fire
5. Female Football Fan In Iran Dies In Hospital From Burns
6. I said no to a Netflix audition because I support Palestinian rights
7. Emmy-Winning Actor Turned Down Netflix Series Audition in Support of Palestinian Rights
8. ‘Fauda’ makes Israeli-Palestinian conflict a must-see TV hit
9. Netflix, Time to Nix War Crimes Glorifying Series
10. Netflix series ‘The Spy’ sparks outrage online
11. Ethnically Ambiguous Merch on Tee Public
In this bonus episode, the girls are joined by writer, journalist, and podcaster Afeef Nessouli to discuss his upbringing in Atlanta, losing his mother, coming out to his father, dealing with health issues, finding his place as a journalist in New York, his work with podcasting with PRX and the Google Creator's Program, and so much more! He's a doing some amazing work so please follow him on Twitter and Instagram at @Afeefness and check out his website here!
In episode 111, the girls get into a female chief trying to save the Amazon, the HBO show Our Boys, the 2014 kidnapping of Israeli teenagers, the murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, a reminder about what is going on Yemen and the current peace talks that have finally happened after four years, a random discussion about their favorite candy, and more! WHAT IS YOUR FAV CANDY FROM CHILDHOOD???
FOOTNOTES:
1. Female Chief in the Amazon is on a Mission to Save the Rain Forest
2. Joseph Cedar and Tawfik Abu-Wael Discuss “Our Boys”
3. 2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers
4. Hanin Zoabi: IDF operation in West Bank is terrorism
5. Kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir
6. The World Has Left Yemen to Die
7. Yemen civil war: the conflict explained
8. US 'in talks with Houthis' in bid to end Yemen war: Official
9. The Future Structure of the Yemeni State
10. Ethnically Ambiguous Merch on Tee Public
In this special bonus episode, the girls are joined by comedian and biomedical engineer PhD student Pallavi Gunalan to discuss her upbringing, how her parents met, her studies, why she decided to do stand up, and more! It's a great conversation about believing in religion and spirituality. We highly recommend it! Follow her in Instagram and Twitter at @pallavigunalan. Check out her website as well and her web series Dirty Science!
In episode 110, the girls catch up on Succession, talk about the new wild roller coaster coming to Six Flag's Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian Harvard freshmen deported back to Lebanon, the burning of the Amazon, Denmark's new climate change accord, and more! DONATE TO HELP SAVE THE AMAZON (LINKS BELOW!)! WE CAN'T RECOVER IT ONCE IT IS GONE!!!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Watch: Saudi Arabia to have the 'longest, highest and fastest roller coaster' in the world
2. Incoming Harvard Freshman Deported After Visa Revoked
3. The Amazon Cannot Be Recovered Once It’s Gone
4. Everything you need to know about the fires in the Amazon
5. ‘Let’s integrate these citizens’: Amazon tribe’s survival threatened by Bolsonaro’s construction plans
6. Denmark’s New Government Places Climate Change As A Top Priority
7. Ethnically Ambiguous Merch on Tee Public
How you can help the Amazon!
1. WWF 5 Ways To Help The Amazon
2. Donate to protect an acre of rainforest
3. Rainforest Trust
4. Defend Indigenous rights and protect the rainforest by donating or signing a pledge
5. Signal boost the Indigenous Women's March
6. Learn more about Indigenous Rights
In this bonus episode, the girls are joined by comedian and Arab Spring Break alum Artoun Nazareth to discuss his Armenian heritage, his upbringing in New Jersey, growing up in the Armenian church, getting into stand up comedy, and much more! Follow him on Instagram at @artoun_nazareth and on Twitter at @ArtounCartoon. Also check out his upcoming shows on his website! He's a great guy! Love him like we do!!
In episode 109, the girls catch up after Orlando Podcast Movement, and then get into Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib's press conference over Israel and Trump, the HBO mini-series Our Boys, the deadline for unregistered Syrians to leave Istanbul, war hawk Tulsi Gabbard, Islamophobia in Italy, and more! Leave a review! 5 stars no less! Buy merch! Sales!
FOOTNOTES:
1. Omar, Tlaib on Israeli Travel Ban: 'We Can't Let Trump and Netanyahu Hide Occupation'
2. How Our Boys Painstakingly Re-creates an Israeli-Palestinian Tragedy
3. Our Boys (miniseries)
4. Deadline elapses for unregistered Syrians to leave Istanbul
5. Tulsi Gabbard is not the pro-peace presidential candidate we want
6. Italy's Muslims uneasy after election of far-right government
7. The resurgence of Oriana Fallaci's anti-Islam message in Italy
8. Ethnically Ambiguous Merch on Tee Public
In this bonus episode, the girls are joined by Florida Girls creator and star Laura Chinn! They get into her upbringing in LA and and then Clearwater, Florida. She also discuss how she grew up fast because of the lower income community she was in, how she always wanted to be an actor but at times missed having fun with her friends in Florida, how she got into comedy and came up with the idea of Florida Girls, and so much more! Follow her on Instagram at @laurachinnnn and watch Florida Girls on PopTV now!!
In episode 108, the girls get into Priyanka Chopra encouraging nuclear war, Iran's foreign minister Javad Zariff's comments on tensions in the Middle East, Toni Morrison, Trump's attempt to stop immigration, more Islamophobia in Europe, and more! Trump is making America racist AF and there is no stopping him! Who killed Jeffrey Epstein??
FOOTNOTES:
1. Actress Priyanka Chopra accused of 'encouraging nuclear war'
2. Priyanka Chopra tweeted during a time when we were this 👌🏽 close to sending nukes to one another. Instead of advocating for peace she tweeted in support of the Indian army
3. Zarif: US arms sales make Gulf into 'tinderbox ready to blow up'
4. Iran's Zarif: 'We are not seeking war'
5. New US rule would target immigrants who use public benefits
6. Making America White Again
7. Woman Stabbed to Death in Downtown Pittsburgh
8. Did Anne Frank Write About ‘Terrible Things Happening’ and ‘Families Torn Apart’?
9. Trump Policy Favors Wealthier Immigrants for Green Cards
10. Muslime sehen sich wachsenden Anfeindungen ausgesetzt
11. Ethnically Ambiguous Merch on Tee Public
In this special bonus episode, the girls are joined by the amazingly talented and hilarious Laci Mosley!! Can you tell how much we love her? WE LOVE HER! They get into her upbringing in Texas, dealing with masked racism in her high school, coming up in New York and then LA, and more! We always have a good time so get ready! Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @DivaLaci and GO SEE HER IMPROV SHOWS AT UCB! ALSO WATCH HER ON FLORIDA GIRLS!!!!! On PopTV! All episodes out now! Woohoo!!!
In episode 107, the girls do some singing (mostly Anna) and then get into the mass shootings from over the weekend and Trump's dangerous rhetoric, the historic ICE raid in Mississippi, the representation of Bruce Lee in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, South Asian women being trafficked to East African countries, and more! Check out the in-depth Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) break down below! Also give us a review! 5 stars! No less! (in Benicio Del Toro deep scary voice!)
FOOTNOTES:
1. GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT ISSUES TRAVEL WARNING FOR THE U.S. DUE TO RAMPANT GUN VIOLENCE
2. Counties that hosted a 2016 Trump rally saw a 226 percent increase in hate crimes
3. ICE agents arrest 680 undocumented workers in Mississippi
4. Children of undocumented immigrants arrested in Mississippi rely on strangers for food and shelter
5. U.S. Deported a Detroit Man to Iraq, Where He’d Never Been and Didn’t Speak the Language. He Died on the Streets.
6. The Radical Way Bruce Lee Redefined Asian American Masculinity
7. Bruce Lee’s Daughter Saddened by ‘Mockery’ in ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’ (Exclusive)
8. dragon: the bruce lee story – breakfast at tiffany’s
9. Hajj 2019: An in-depth look at the sacred journey
10. The South Asian women trafficked to Kenya's Bollywood-style bars
11. Ethnically Ambiguous Merch on Tee Public
In this special bonus episode, the girls are joined by HowStuffWorks podcast network's (now iHeartRadio podcast network) own Mangesh Hattikudur! They get into how his parents met and his upbringing, how he was the original hipster, how Mental Floss started, how he ended up at HowStuffWorks, and more! It's been a long time coming getting Mangesh so appreciate our scheduling work! Follow him on Twitter and Instagram at @mhattikudur. And listen to his podcast Part-Time Genius!
In episode 106, the girls talk about Turkey cracking down on Syrian refugees (for no good reason), an update on the Saudi arms deal, how Mohammad bin Salman will make you be Mohammad bin GONE, and the Dutch banning the burqa and niqabs in public institutions and transportation. Leave us a five star review!
FOOTNOTES:
1. As 1,000 Syrians arrested in Turkey, crackdown fears intensify
2. Senate fails to override Trump vetoes of Saudi arms sales bills
3. NO ONE IS SAFE: HOW SAUDI ARABIA MAKES DISSIDENTS DISAPPEAR
4. Saudi Arabia reportedly disappeared a dissident prince by redirecting his plane to Riyadh and then arresting him
5. Dutch ban on burqas and niqabs takes effect
6. Ethnically Ambiguous Merch on Tee Public
This week on the podcast, the girls are joined by interdisciplinary artist Sobia Ahmad! They discuss her upbringing as a Muslim both in Pakistan and America, her experience of immigrating when she was fourteen, how her identity informs her art, and more! We also talk about the process of creating her solo show ‘Imbrications’, which highlights the struggle Muslim immigrants face in light of Trump's Muslim ban, as well as the importance of community, representation, and truth. Get ready to be inspired! If you're in the Baltimore area make sure to check out her work at the Catalyst Contemporary Gallery on view until September 7th. Follow Sobia on Instagram @sobia.ahmad.art and check out her website here for more information on her shows. Go make some art, fam!
In episode 105, the girls get into an update on Congress's attempt to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Israel demolishing homes in Palestinian controlled territory, the death of the Tunisian president and the countries future, the resignation of Puerto Rico's governor, and more! Buy our merch! Give us a review! 5 stars, no less!! Donate to the Kickstarter for the film Shereen is producing! (link below!!)
FOOTNOTES:
1. Trump vetoes Congress’s attempt to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia
2. Israeli rampage of destruction in Jerusalem village
3. Israel's home demolitions a 'war crime': Palestinian envoy
4. Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi dies at 92
5. Tunisia to bring forward presidential polls after Essebsi's death
6. 'Relief and joy' in Puerto Rico as governor announces resignation
7. The Great Valley Kickstarter
8. Ethnically Ambiguous Merch on Tee Public
In this bonus episode, the girls are joined comedian, podcast host, improviser, writer, amazing human Mano Agapion! It's a true wild ride as they learn about his upbringing in North Carolina, growing up in a Greek household, the story of what a legend his mother is, and so much more! There are twists, and turns, and true LAUGH OUT LOUD moments!! Honestly could this episode get better? We don't think so! Follow Mano on Twitter and Instagram at @manoagapion. Listen to What The Tuck? A RuPaul Drag Race podcast on Headgum and We Love Trash on Patreon! GO SEE HIM DO IMPROV IF YOU'RE IN LA!!
It's episode 104! The girls talk about emotional manipulation on The Bachelorette, the US and Canada using Southeast nations as dumpsters, how Myanmar families resisting the recruitment of their children, Trump trying to get Ilhan Omar killed, congress finally stepping up and attempting to stop the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, and more! Also there is a heat wave coming! Fuck Nancy Pelosi!
FOOTNOTES:
1. 'Not a bin': Cambodia to return plastic waste to US, Canada
2. How Myanmar families resist armed groups recruiting children
3. Crowds chant 'send her back' as Trump renews attack on Ilhan Omar
4. #IStandWithIlhan: Show of support for Omar after racist chants
5. Trump distances himself from 'send her back' chants
6. As Trump seeks distance from racist chant, Omar calls him fascist
7. “THERE IS NO SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY...THAT INVOLVES CASTING THEM OUT”: INSIDE THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN NANCY PELOSI AND THE SQUAD
8. Defying Trump, US House votes to block Saudi arms sales
9. ‘Dangerous heat wave is building’ as temperatures spike in the central and eastern U.S.
10. Ethnically Ambiguous Merch on Tee Public
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