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Difficult-ish

difficult-ish is a project hosted by mohuya and mashnun, two bangladeshi-american artists, about deconstructing the narrative of what it means to grow up in a south asian/desi home, and building the idea back together using blocks from two different journeys. video podcasts on youtube. new episodes every friday!

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
49 minutes
Episodes
190
Years Active
2021 - 2025
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the difficult-ish 2022 recap! successes, failures, top moments, and what's next

the difficult-ish 2022 recap! successes, failures, top moments, and what's next

last ep of 2022!! in this one, we start of rating our 2022's from 1-10, talk bout our highlights like graduating, solo traveling, and finding inner peace, talk bout some goals we had that we just cou…

00:42:16  |   Fri 30 Dec 2022
things we wish we could tell our january 2022 selves

things we wish we could tell our january 2022 selves

it is almost 2023 and we have gained a lot of wisdom and knowledge over the past year! in this episode, we are basically talking to our "12 months ago" selves and giving them our best advice. a lot o…

00:50:52  |   Fri 23 Dec 2022
generational trauma in south asian families

generational trauma in south asian families

hellloo!! in today's episode, we go deep into the topic of generational trauma and how it manifests in south asian families, but especially in children of immigrants. the common things that we are ta…
00:54:45  |   Fri 16 Dec 2022
cultural appropriation is annoying

cultural appropriation is annoying

in this ep, we detail the kind of appropriation with south asian culture we have witnessed growing up, and why its so annoying to see. whether its within our own communities, in mainstream media, or …

00:48:45  |   Fri 09 Dec 2022
brown representation in media, the good and bad and everything in between

brown representation in media, the good and bad and everything in between

from baljeet to princess jasmine, we all grew up with someone on screen that looks like us that helped us feel a bit more comfortable with the way we looked. as we get older, it's fun looking back an…
00:51:38  |   Fri 02 Dec 2022
our relationship with cooking in a south asian home

our relationship with cooking in a south asian home

happy thanksgiving!!!! :) in this episode, we talk about how much food and cooking means to us growing up in a south asian home, and how its affected our relationship with the kitchen today. whether …

00:51:19  |   Fri 25 Nov 2022
reacting to your south asian confessions

reacting to your south asian confessions

hello hello! for this episode we asked our lovely listeners to dm us your south asian confessions and things you've hid from your parents, and little did we know how crazy some of yall are. from sayi…
00:34:56  |   Fri 18 Nov 2022
healing our sticky sibling relationships

healing our sticky sibling relationships

we are BACK to talk about the complicated evolution of sibling relationships! with both of us having siblings, one being older than us and one being younger, we talk about the different dynamics rega…

00:46:14  |   Fri 11 Nov 2022
the post grad blues

the post grad blues

hi :) the two of us graduated in the past few months, and no one prepared us for how lost and lazy we'd become. as south asian kids, college has always been the driving factor for our self worth, but…

00:53:40  |   Fri 28 Oct 2022
advice sesh #4! side hustling, workplace diversity, makin friends, + more

advice sesh #4! side hustling, workplace diversity, makin friends, + more

hey!! we haven't done an advice session in months so here's our 4th edition :) we ask yall what kinda stuff you would like advice with on our instagram (@difficultish), and here are some of our favor…

00:47:34  |   Fri 21 Oct 2022
we're both solo traveling in foreign countries, here's what we've learned

we're both solo traveling in foreign countries, here's what we've learned

hello from paris and colombia! we are currently in our solo travel era and we have a lot to say on this topic!! first off, why was it difficult to put aside the child of immigrants guilt and book a t…

00:50:28  |   Fri 14 Oct 2022
anxiety in children of immigrants

anxiety in children of immigrants

we talk all things anxiety in this episode. starting from what makes us anxious and what the signs are to why it's difficult for us to speak to immigrant parents about it. we also give you some of ou…

00:54:00  |   Fri 07 Oct 2022
networking, career advice, productivity tips, + more w/ maeshaeva

networking, career advice, productivity tips, + more w/ maeshaeva

in this episode, Mohuya sits down with Maesha (@maeshaeva) who is a powerhouse Bangladeshi woman who is a Columbia alum, works at a Big Four firm, has her own marketing agency called The Eva Collecti…

00:45:18  |   Fri 30 Sep 2022
things we wish we knew in our early 20s

things we wish we knew in our early 20s

hey everyone! in todays episode, we are going to talk about all of the life lessons we've learned over the past few years and what advice we could've told our younger selves. a lot of the things we t…

00:40:55  |   Fri 23 Sep 2022
a solo ep by mashnun on reconnecting with culture, taking accountability, + more

a solo ep by mashnun on reconnecting with culture, taking accountability, + more

hi :) this was my first solo episode on the pod cause mou's microphone was being silly. this was a lot harder than i expected lol so it's a bit all over the place. i wasn't too sure what direction i …

00:42:04  |   Fri 16 Sep 2022
our south asian parents pov on dating

our south asian parents pov on dating

this is a good last episode in our lil dating series! in this episode, we talk about why dating is discouraged in south asian society and the difficulties behind interracial relationships. we talk ab…

00:52:26  |   Sat 10 Sep 2022
south asians love the arts til their kids wanna be artists

south asians love the arts til their kids wanna be artists

in this episode, we talk about the struggle that south asian kids go through to pursue the arts, but more specifically, the social media realm. social media is still on the rise and a lot of south as…

00:46:46  |   Fri 02 Sep 2022
unpopular south asian hot takes

unpopular south asian hot takes

we asked y'all to give us your best south asian hot takes that no one else agrees with and honestly, you should've kept some of these to yourself. we go from "women should be pressured into marriage"…

00:47:59  |   Fri 26 Aug 2022
lets talk about dating as a south asian

lets talk about dating as a south asian

another HIGHLY requested episode about dating! in this one, we talk about our experiences with telling our parents about our partners, our tips to introduce the topic, and so much more. ENJOYYY

thank…

00:55:10  |   Fri 19 Aug 2022
stop forcin your kids to fit a stereotype

stop forcin your kids to fit a stereotype

hello our lovely listeners!! this week, we talkin about some of "untraditional" things we did that were discouraged because it didn't fit our stereotypical gender roles. in the south asian community,…

00:51:11  |   Fri 12 Aug 2022
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