Uncultured the Podcast
Why isn't there a brown Friends character? Should we give hate speech a platform? Am I being fetishised? and other qualms with Kripa 🤷🏾♀️ Together we'll figure out why we've grown up with so much culture and turned into totally UNCULTURED ADULTS.
Episodes
28 episodes
27. LIVING WITH AN STI ft. Natasha Lama (Brown Girl Sexology)
WHEEOOOPPP this episode we're joined by the supremely fab Natasha Lama aka 'Brown Girl Sexology'. She's a content creator whose work is all about celebrating our bodies, embracing our sexuality, and prioritising pleasure. Earlier t...
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26. WAIT WAS I IN A CULT? THE DARK SIDE OF DANCE TEAMS
We're back after a well-needed season break, sniffly nose and all. This episode we dive into my experience in a bhangra team over 5 years ago: wait was I in a cult? All the shittiness surrounding my bhangra horror story explored, plus we delve ...
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25. WHY DO WE ONLY LISTEN TO GRACE TAME & BRITTANY HIGGINS? ft. Dhanya Mani
This week is a heavy one so I'm starting it with a content warning! CW: sexual assault, rape, sexual harassment + violence - all of which are described in graphic detail. During her time in law and politics in the 2010...
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24. SEX POSITIVITY, COMESTIC SURGERY & LOOKING FOR LOVE IN YOUR 20s ft. Love Island's Ari Kumar
Love Island Australia's Ari Kumar is strong, independent, and does whatever she wants. It started with moving out of home at 18, travelling, moving to Australia from New Zealand, and more recently - hopping on national TV to look for love. We s...
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23. ARE DATING PREFERENCES RACIST?
Okay people. It's time for a group self reflection sesh. Why do we look at diversity in the corporate world, in sports, on screen - but conveniently turn a blind eye to our individual preferences when it comes to dating??? Is it because dating ...
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#3 PRIYA AND KRIPA TALK: SHIT WE'RE SCARED OF, DEALING WITH FEAR & ESCAPING THE 9-5
IT'S EPISODE 3 OF ARE THE AUNTIES LISTENING AND OUR FIRST EPISODE OF THE NEW YEAR BITCHESSSSS. Priya moved to Singapore for 2 months! Kripa started stand up comedy! Kripa started a podcast during a pandemic and Priya shares her life with 1.2 MI...
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22. WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING ADOPTED BY WHITE PARENTS ft. Ruchi Page
How does being adopted out of your culture alter your sense of identity? Powerhouse @ruchipage talked about her life with so much candidness and vulnerability, going into her journey where she ...
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21. BONUS EP: Brooke vs Abbie (a WOC perspective)
This week's episode is a 1 hour rant on the biggest thing in this week's pop culture news cycle: Brooke Blurton, Australia's first Indigenous, pansexual Bachelorette, her close friend Abbie Chatfield, and how Abbie 'hard-launching' her relation...
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20. NIKI WOULD HAVE BEEN 30: a brother's appeal against domestic violence ft. Tarang Chawla
Content Warning: domestic violence, murder. After his sister's murder in 2015, Tarang works tirelessly as an activist, anti-violence campaigner and mental health advocate to ensure there is #notonemoreniki. Tarang has gone through ...
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19. THIS IS WHAT YOUR MISS UNIVERSE AUSTRALIA LOOKS LIKE ft. Maria Thattil
Maria Thattil joins us this episode, she's a speaker, writer, advocate, and ... Miss Universe Australia. Maria doesn't mirror the 'blonde beach waves' bombshell Australian stereotype - she's Indian-Australian, with darker skin and she wouldn't ...
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18. DECIDING TO WEAR THE HIJAB AT 15 ft. Nawal Sari
This week we sit down with Influencer Nawal Sari, Instagram phenomenon, activist, modest fashion advocate, and model! We talk about her decision to wear the hijab at 15 and how it changed her perspective on fashion, what needs to change in repr...
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#2 PRIYA & KRIPA TALK: AN INFLUENCER MURDER, PRIYANKA'S BLUNDER & SHOULD WE SHAVE OUR PITS?
Episode 2 of Are the Aunties Listening? is LIVE with @himynameispriya and Kripa from @unculturedpod. This episode we talk about the tragic but wildly viral murder of influencer Gabby Petito, the blunder made by Priyanka Chopra, Usher and Julian...
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17. LET'S TALK ABOUT MY IDENTITY CRISIS ft. ROWI SINGH
Influencer and content creator Rowi Singh joins us this week and I'm still pinching myself. We talked growing up Indian in Australia, Singapore & America, how she became secure in her cultural identity, feeling less brown for not knowing he...
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16. MY STRUGGLE WITH BINGE-EATING ft. Dilruk Jayasinha
There's a lot more than meets the eye to Australian Sri Lankan Logie Award winning, ABC Utopia actor, "I'm a Celebrity get me out of here" contestant and renowned comedian Dilruk. When getting fired from accounting firm KPMG at the beginning of...
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#1 PRIYA & KRIPA TALK: CATFISHING, TINDER & ESCAPING A DATE
IT'S THE FIRST EPISODE OF ARE THE AUNTIES LISTENING! Tiktok sensation Priya Sharma (@himynameispriya) is co-hosting the Are the Aunties Listening podcast with Uncultured's host Kripa! Tune in every second week for a bit of gossip t...
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15. MY PARENTS WANTED ME TO GET AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE ft. Yamuna Shiva
This week we sit down with the amazing Yamuna Shivananda from @saffron_weddings, Australia's biggest South Asian wedding directory. We talk strict parents, unlearning this moral superiority complex some of us might have grown up with, the diffe...
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14. THE LIFE OF AN INTERNET COMEDIAN ft Neel Kolhatkar
I sat down with funny man Neel this week! We talked about his meteoric rise to fame on the internet, whether political correctness has a place in comedy, why the diversity checkbox can sometimes be demeaning, and advice to comedians enter...
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13. WHAT HAPPENS TO A 19 YEAR OLD AFTER SEEING 2 LINES ON A PREGNANCY TEST? ft. Pria Camilla Shiam
TW: this episode contains mentions of abortion and pregnancyThis week we sit down with Pria Camilla Shiam, who saw two lines on her pregnancy test at the young age of 19. Today, Pria is the mother to her beautiful 3 year old son, is a d...
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12. SHHH I JUST GOT MY PERIOD
This week's episode is a SOLO one and it's more ~intimate~ than ever. Kripa talks about her first period, we deep dive into the menstrual taboo in South Asia, and we react to some of the wild period stories you guys sent through on Instagram. W...
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11. HOW FOOD REMINDS ME OF HOME ft. Masterchef's Depinder Chhibber
Masterchef's Depinder Chhibber joins Uncultured this week to talk about her journey. We talk about how food is such an integral part of culture, her favourite food travel adventure, what it was like on the set of Masterchef and what's in store ...
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10. CREATIVITY ISN'T JUST A HOBBY ft. MAYA Arts
Kripa sits down with the cast of 'The Daily Grind' - the latest production put forward by Sydney's biggest South Asian theatrical production charity, MAYA Youth in Arts. We explore the complex relationship between South Asian youth and art - wh...
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9. I WAS A BROWN MAN ON THE BACHELORETTE ft. Niranga Amarasinghe
Niranga Amarasinghe was one of the contestants on Australian Reality TV show the bachelorette. We chat about his wild ride, his lack of air time, why diversity but especially INCLUSION is so important on screen, and of course some extra juicy B...
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8. QUITTING MY JOB AND LIVING IN A VAN, MOVING IN WITH YOUR PARTNER BEFORE MARRIAGE & WHY YOU GOTTA MOVE OUT ASAP!! ft. himynameispriya
Ever thought about uprooting your entire life and living in a van? Priya and Sid did exactly that - quitting their jobs in mining, cruising around rural Australia, selling spices and amassing half a million followers on TikTok. How did Priya br...
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7. YES, I'M UNFAIR AND LOVELY ft. Swarnaa Rajalingam (thelifeofasocialbutterfly)
This week we're joined by Sydney's favourite colourism and body positivity advocate, thelifeofasocialbutterfly. We talk all things colourism, bullying, toxic South Asian communities, being one of the primary carers for her brother with a disabi...
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6. IT'S TIME TO LOVE OUR BODIES ft. Aditi Makeup
Content creator Aditi Makeup explores the struggles of body image, weight gain, weight loss, hormonal factors including PCOS and the pill, influencer culture, the pressure of having a platform, and how she's working towards being at peace with ...
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