The 5 Best Immigrantly Podcast Episodes
1) Expressing Kinship and Self Through Art
What does following your passion look like? How many aspiring actresses, dancers, writers, podcasters and artists have been told that their powers won’t make them any money? How many of them stop chas...Show More
2) What is Sexuality Anyways?
Why is it that we stumble when we discuss sexuality? It should be a joyous topic rather than one fraught with shame, confusion, and invisibility. Even as we get more shows and movies attempting to tac...Show More
3) There Is No Problem A Book Can't Solve
Ever made eye contact with someone reading on the subway? Uli Beutter Cohen has. As the creator of Subway Book Review, Uli shares *that* moment that ignited her quest to document people and books. Now...Show More
4) Music that Transcends Boundaries (with Arooj Aftab)
For season 13 finale, our guest is someone who defies the conventional boundaries of musical expression. Arooj Aftab, is a Grammy-winning Pakistani singer, composer, producer, and editor whose music h...Show More
5) Breaking Down Polyamory with Jessica Fern
Our guest today is trailblazing a unique approach towards navigating relationships. Jessica Fern is the author of The book takes its readers into an exploration of the relationship between attachment...Show More
6) Belonging Without Imitation: A Year-End Reflection
As the year comes to a close, Immigrantly host Saadia Khan reflects on belonging, faith, and identity without assimilation. In this solo year-end episode, Saadia shares why she doesn’t celebrate Chri...Show More
7) Listening to Kashmir Through a Kashmiri Filmmaker
In this episode of Immigrantly, host Saadia Khan speaks with Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh, Director of Saffron Kingdom, about growing up in Kashmir, intergenerational trauma, and the cost of tellin...Show More
8) A Daughter 's Search for Truth
In this powerful conversation, journalist and author Karin Jensen takes us inside the real-life story behind her memoir The Strength of Water. Her mother’s life stretched from a Chinese laundry in 192...Show More
9) Jokes That Go There: Lana Salah on Comedy Without Apology
In this deeply human and sharply funny conversation, Palestinian American comedian Lana Salah joins Saadia in the studio for an unfiltered exploration of comedy, identity, loss, and truth-telling in a...Show More
10) Flipping the Thanksgiving Script — Immigrant Style
Thanksgiving is marketed as a serene celebration of gratitude, family, and food, but Saadia’s immigrant household tells a different story. In this extended solo episode, she unpacks the chaos that unf...Show More