Stand-up comedians and badmaashi boys Usama Siddiquee and Pranav Behari go way off the rails in this podcast about issues affecting the South Asian diaspora as well as immigrants in general. Rambunctious, irreverent, and incisive, Mango Bae is by desis but for everyone (even whites).
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A chaotic, hilarious deep dive into the making of Problematic , the award-winning web series created by Pranav, Aditi, and this week's guest, Devin Fusaro. From chlamydia-mythology cold opens to behind-the-scenes drama, on-set chaos, fights, arrests, protest stories, donut sex scenes, audio-feed disasters, and Usama accidentally roasting crew members in their headphones, this episode is a full…
Mango Bae is back with indie rock legend Anand Wilder (co-founder of Yeasayer , now flying solo with his new album Psychic Lessons ). In his record-breaking fourth appearance, Anand talks about making music in the TikTok era, why Cracker Barrel logos matter more to America than statues, and a wild Dublin story that proves everyone's racist (yes, even the Irish). He also unveils his absurd…
Shaun (@thebrownshaun) was nice enough to come on the pod and discuss his new movie "Ben and Suzanne: A Renunion in Four Parts" (SXSW), which is having its theatrical premier on 7/18 and 7/19 at The Roxy in NYC! We also discuss good-bad movies, action movies as inspo, the politics of "being brown" and mkaing films, and more! Def check out his movie, it's great!
This week, we're joined by the incredible Pooja Reddy (Kutti Gang) who shares her wild past 24 hours—from opening for Nimesh Patel, doing queer material onstage for the first time, and accidentally coming out to her mom… on the way to a date with a woman. We get into: WhatsApp auntie surveillance Ugadi Pachadi as a personality Sai Baba lore AND Usama's very straight kiss in a game of two-person…
We discuss: The Knicks losing Open AI refusing to shut itself down Harvard's foreign student ban Soho Crypto House of Torture George Floyd Merch Elias Rodriguez
We had a great time with talking with our buddy Hari Kondabolu about early Indian standup comedy, being a pioneer on many levels, his Apu documentary, and his UPCOMING SHOW AT GRAMERCY THEATER 5/29 GET YOUR TICKETS!!!!!
News blitz: Epstein DID kill himself, cancer gets joe biden, importing racists from South Africa, Diddy's trial testimony has testes moaning (sorry), Mexicans crash the BK Bridge, and the yankee bisexual pope.
Hanging with our buddy Zahid Dewji where we discuss: DJs roasting us with Punjabi MC, traumatizing Indian audiences, writing for Jimmy Fallon, Chinese snowmen, Caribbean terrorists, Indian accents, very fun episode FULL EP ON PATREON!
We brought on our buddy Moe Yaqub to discuss the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, and the likelihood of India and Pakistan going to war. And, more controversially, we talk about Usama hating SINNERS.
Unpacking the rise of anti-Indian hatred and how Vivek Ramaswamy is 100% responsible, how anti-Indian racism is just the latest phase in nativism, Indian culpability, Figma Indians, taking email jobs, racist jokes not aging well, racist tropes in star wars. Also, an Indian guy got killed in Ottowa last week by his racist neighbor--not good!
