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The Asian Highway presents Storytellers in Action

 Asian Highway 1

Providing a seat at the table for the Indian American (and Asian American) Diaspora.

News Commentary Society & Culture News History Personal Journals Storytelling Interviews
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
40 minutes
Episodes
73
Years Active
2018 - 2022
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S5 E3: Shilpi Roy

S5 E3: Shilpi Roy

P-Mo, Farial and Debesh deep dive with Shilpi Roy, a filmmaker, about the state of affairs in Hollywood and the United States. What does Hollywood need to do to better represent people of color? What…

00:43:23  |   Mon 24 Aug 2020
S5 E2: Dr. Priya J. Shah

S5 E2: Dr. Priya J. Shah

What's at stake in the 2020 election? What does "representation" look like? How much is Orange County actually changing? Can a genuine conversation be had about BLM? These are the issues we tackle in…

01:10:00  |   Mon 17 Aug 2020
S5 E1: Pritesh Shah

S5 E1: Pritesh Shah

Has cancel culture gone too far? Do identity problems have identity solutions? Is there a way to balance diversity and representation with a genuine, human-based meritocracy? Does our society overval…

00:48:45  |   Sun 09 Aug 2020
S5 E0: Prologue

S5 E0: Prologue

P-Mo, Debesh and Farial will dive even deeper this season, as Storytellers in Action returns for the first time since Coronavirus became a global pandemic and the United States was mired by civil unr…

00:41:19  |   Thu 06 Aug 2020
Bonus: DJ Monika Starling

Bonus: DJ Monika Starling

She's an actor. She's an artist. She's a Maxim model. She's a singer. She's a DJ. Monika Starling can do it all, and she sat down with P-Mo, Debesh and Farial to talk about what inspires her. Monika …

00:35:01  |   Fri 24 Jul 2020
S4 E11 - Epilogue

S4 E11 - Epilogue

We had a happy accident in the fourth season of Storytellers in Action: All of our guests were women! The podcast crew spent a few minutes talking about what the season meant to them, and what they l…

00:22:32  |   Sun 22 Mar 2020
S4 E 10 - Leena Pendharkar

S4 E 10 - Leena Pendharkar

Our final guest of Season 4 is Leena Pendharkar, who grew up in North Carolina and pursued careers in politics, journalism and documentary filmmaking before finding her calling as a writer/director i…
00:31:31  |   Sat 14 Mar 2020
S4 E9 — Mina Morita

S4 E9 — Mina Morita

We get to know Mina and her work as Artistic Director with Crowded Fire Theater Company in San Francisco. She is passionate about her work and it really shines through in her episode. We speak about …
00:29:05  |   Wed 19 Feb 2020
S4 E8 — Gopi Shah

S4 E8 — Gopi Shah

Gopi Shah is a ceramic artist and has her own studio in Long Beach where she adds modern touches to a traditional art form. We deep dive with Gopi about the cross section of art and identity.
00:32:17  |   Fri 14 Feb 2020
S4 E7 — Traci G. Lee

S4 E7 — Traci G. Lee

Traci has worked in national newsrooms since 2011, most notably with NBC News. She recently oversaw NBC Asian America at NBC News Digital. She is also a 2019-2020 Annenberg Leadership Initiative Fell…
00:39:36  |   Tue 04 Feb 2020
S4 E6 — Deb Snyder

S4 E6 — Deb Snyder

Rising actress Deb Snyder has worked with an impressive array of talent including Ang Lee, Sydney Pollack, George Clooney and Harrison Ford. Snyder knows how to deliver a comedic performance, while k…
00:37:20  |   Tue 28 Jan 2020
S4 E5 — Sandy Sidhu

S4 E5 — Sandy Sidhu

Sandy Sidhu is an Indian actress from Vancouver. She recently landed a series regular spot in the upcoming ensemble medical drama, Nurses, on Global TV, which premiered tonight. She bravely opens up …
00:40:11  |   Tue 07 Jan 2020
S4 E4 — Elaine Loh

S4 E4 — Elaine Loh

Elaine is first and foremost an artist and activist, which she calls Artivist. She hopes to help change a few minds through television and film. Elaine is a fellow in the HBO Writers Program, chosen …
00:34:12  |   Mon 30 Dec 2019
S4 E3–Sheila Houlahan

S4 E3–Sheila Houlahan

This week on Storytellers in Action, we speak with Indian-American actress and singer Sheila Houlahan. Sheila is a Seattle native and is best known for her role portraying Optima Prime in the feature…
00:41:08  |   Mon 23 Dec 2019
S4 E2 -Tehmina Sunny

S4 E2 -Tehmina Sunny

Tehmina Sunny, born in London is an actress, and is of Gujarati Indian descent. Sunny has had roles on TV shows including The Following, 24, Heroes, Californication, and NCIS. Her first film role was…
00:43:55  |   Tue 17 Dec 2019
S4 E1 –Rina Mehta

S4 E1 –Rina Mehta

Rina Mehta is a professional Indian classical dancer who is trying to open an Indian dance school in Southern California. This episode focuses on Rina's Collective and her efforts to establish it as …
00:35:18  |   Fri 08 Nov 2019
S4 E0 - Prologue

S4 E0 - Prologue

The Asian Highway Storytellers in Action team is back for season 4! Identity and representation are still major themes this season with one big difference: all of our guests are women. This season we…
00:14:27  |   Mon 28 Oct 2019
S3 E11 - Epilogue

S3 E11 - Epilogue

The AHSIA team sits down and goes over the season that happened and point out some of the poignant issues. P-Mo also drops a big, personal revelation and the group reacts! A lot of smiles, laughs a…

00:24:07  |   Tue 21 May 2019
S3 E10 - Nicki Sun

S3 E10 - Nicki Sun

On the riveting finale of Season 3, the AHSIA team welcomes techie and host/producer/creator Nicki Sun! Nicki gets down to business and talks about women of color in tech and the need for diversity …

00:42:07  |   Tue 14 May 2019
S3 E9 - D'Lo

S3 E9 - D'Lo

On this episode, the AHSIA crew chats with artist and comedian D'Lo! D'Lo talks about growing up in outskirts of Los Angeles in a small town and recounts the challenges he grew up with. D'Lo also d…

00:37:41  |   Tue 07 May 2019
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