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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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surprise, we're dating!

surprise, we're dating!

hello our lovely listeners this is the long awaited STORY OF US! y'all have been asking since day one about if we're siblings or how we met and this is the TELL ALL. we talk about how to find the rig…

00:54:31  |   Fri 05 Aug 2022
being selfish

being selfish

we've been called selfish countless times by family members when we tried putting ourselves first. in the south asian community, you're taught to sacrifice your mental wellbeing instead of being "sel…
00:44:19  |   Fri 29 Jul 2022
a solo ep by mohuya on emotionally abusive relationships

a solo ep by mohuya on emotionally abusive relationships

this episodes a heavy one. since the recent passing of sania khan, women have been more vocal about the taboo nature of divorce and abusive relationships in the south asian community. mashnun has c*v…

00:55:48  |   Fri 22 Jul 2022
toxic masculinity in brown households

toxic masculinity in brown households

this episode on toxic masculinity in south asian households was HEAVILY requested and y'all went ham in our story replies. in this ep., we talk about how mashnun didn't have a traditional "toxic" mal…

00:53:35  |   Fri 15 Jul 2022
season 2 premiere! happy stories

season 2 premiere! happy stories

WE'RE BACK!!<3 we took the last month off to reflect on the progress of the pod and think bout how to make it even better for u guys. we're so so excited to have u guys a part of the next chapter wit…

00:53:35  |   Fri 08 Jul 2022
season finale q+a

season finale q+a

it is officially the end of the season after about a year of straight podcasting and we are so excited to answer your questions and give advice in our last ep. of season one! what do u do when you fe…

00:57:35  |   Fri 10 Jun 2022
how we stay connected to our roots

how we stay connected to our roots

a lot of us struggle to connect with our roots and be "brown" cus of the internalized racism we had towards ourselves. we never rly saw healthy forms of representation that made us feel seen. SO, in …

00:55:10  |   Fri 03 Jun 2022
just tryna be kids again

just tryna be kids again

now that we're older, we understand the importance in participating in the little joys that used to make us happy as kids. we were never able to have our own identities outside of our south asian fam…

00:54:50  |   Fri 27 May 2022
going viral from singing & the law of attraction w/ jananisings

going viral from singing & the law of attraction w/ jananisings

we have @jananisings talking about her journey and mindset shift to success! we talk about how the arts and music were ingrained in her from a young age, how her culture drives her passion, her exper…
01:32:40  |   Sun 22 May 2022
finding therapy

finding therapy

a highly requested ep! therapy is still so taboo and inaccessible in the south asian community. we wanted to open up the conversation to all of the benefits therapy has brought us and how important i…

00:56:00  |   Fri 13 May 2022
im just tryna graduate

im just tryna graduate

with the two of us graduating super soon (mohuya with her masters and mashnun with his bachelors), we decided to redo our very lackluster second episode on the pod where we talk bout our relationship…

00:52:12  |   Fri 06 May 2022
no boundaries

no boundaries

there are a ton of south asian parents who feel entitled to their children's lives and privacies, despite not having valid reasoning to even do so. we been subject to our parents going through our pe…

00:57:39  |   Fri 29 Apr 2022
how we became financially independent

how we became financially independent

a lot of y'all and a lot more south asians were never taught about money from school or from our family, and have to constantly depend on their parents or husband for any financial assistance. though…

00:59:46  |   Fri 22 Apr 2022
searching for our crowd in the brown community

searching for our crowd in the brown community

making friends when you're older is tough. finding your identity as a south asian person is already hard, but finding trustworthy friends as you grow is even harder. we've had our fair share of growi…

00:57:07  |   Fri 15 Apr 2022
lets talk about ramadan

lets talk about ramadan

ramadan mubarak to all of our listeners <3 ramadan gets shrouded with the idea of fasting from food and water during the day, but the older we get the more we realize its so much more than that. its …

00:36:18  |   Fri 08 Apr 2022
model minority and ignorance towards south asians

model minority and ignorance towards south asians

model minority is the stereotype placed on the asian community that labels us as obedient and soft spoken individuals, and the two of us have come across quite a few people recently who've tried to t…
00:47:44  |   Fri 01 Apr 2022
it's tough being the only south asian at work

it's tough being the only south asian at work

in this episode, we go more in depth on our experiences in the workplace and how it sucks being the only (or one of few) poc around. with mohuya working at an elementary school in new york city, and …

00:53:10  |   Fri 25 Mar 2022
mental health, the influence of women, and writing 'serenity' w/ f.s. yousaf

mental health, the influence of women, and writing 'serenity' w/ f.s. yousaf

farhan yousaf (@fs.yousaf) is a best selling south asian author of 4 poetry books, a mens mental health advocate, a lover of breakfast pastries, and one of the realest individuals we've come across i…

01:29:32  |   Fri 18 Mar 2022
the truth about moving out

the truth about moving out

since both of us moved out of our south asian homes on our own, we're always asked questions on how we went about the process. we've given this topic attention twice already but we're always happy to…

00:57:17  |   Fri 11 Mar 2022
never being satisfied with success w/ shihan chowdhury (@chilipeppercooks)

never being satisfied with success w/ shihan chowdhury (@chilipeppercooks)

with over 900k+ followers on social media, shihan chowdhury (@chilipeppercooks) is a bangladeshi cinematographer, home cook, and entrepreneur, and we’re grateful to have him as our second guest on th…

01:24:19  |   Fri 04 Mar 2022
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