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Brown Taboo Project

Brown Taboo Project

South Asian Sexual and Mental Health Alliance

Join SASMHA's founders as they discuss identity, mental health, healthy relationships, sexual health, and other brown taboo topics.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Brown Taboo Project episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Brown Taboo Project for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Brown Taboo Project episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Brown Taboo Project - S3E9: South Asian Heart Health with ASANA Voices
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05/20/21 • 30 min

In this episode, we speak with Prince Bhojwani from ASANA Voices (@asanavoices). We dive into a topic that's a little out of left field for this podcast: heart health! But as Prince walks us through, South Asians have a big problem with hearth health, and relevant legislation to increase research in this area has unfortunately been stymied in Congress (the South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act). What's the big deal, and what does it say about minority communities and health?

• • Find ASANA voices at asanavoices.org or at @asanavoices

• • Call your local congresspeople in the US about the South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act! www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative and https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

• • Intro and Outro Music adapted from: "DJ" by Jazzhar, under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License.

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Brown Taboo Project - S3E8: Grieving as Desi-Americans with Meenakshi Krishna
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04/18/21 • 40 min

In this episode, we have the privilege of speaking with Meenakshi Krishna, Founder and CEO of My Mantra Wellness (mymantrawellness.com), on the topic of grief. We dive into Meenakshi's own personal story, as well as how she navigated the grief process as a Desi-American. We dive into cultural competency (or lack thereof) in therapy, where she was able to find help for herself, and how her journey led to her founding My Mantra Wellness to help get people culturally-sensitive and community-based therapy and support.

• • Find My Mantra Wellness at @mymantrawellness or mymantrawellness.com

• • Fill out our community survey! This will help us get you more relevant content and help us serve the community better: bit.ly/SASMHAsurvey

• • Intro and Outro Music adapted from: "DJ" by Jazzhar, under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License.

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Brown Taboo Project - S3E6: Atlanta, Asian Hate, and Solidarity
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03/26/21 • 34 min

In this week's episode, we react and discuss the tragic shootings that occurred on 3/16 at Asian-American businesses in the Atlanta metro area. We get into what solidarity means, why intersectionality matters, and the reaction from within our community.

• • Check out the book mentioned by Sriya in this episode called "Things I’ve Been Silent About” by Azar Nafisi.

• • Find the amazing org Red Canary Song at redcanarysong.net

• • If you're interested in donating, head over to https://linktr.ee/sasmha to see a few options.

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Join us to talk with Kirpa Singh (@writtenbykirpasingh), who reached out to us to share her experiences living with schizoaffective disorder. We touch upon her whole journey from elementary school to adulthood learning about and getting care for her severe mental illness, and how her experience has been informed by culturally-incompetent medical professionals, Desi parents, friends, co-workers and more! CONTENT WARNING: In this episode, we discuss suicidality and experiences with severe mental illness including paranoia and depression.

Kirpa Singh can be found at writtenbykirpasingh.com, and is in the process of writing her first book, Reality Check!

In this episode, we also mention the book "The Center Cannot Hold" by Elyn Saks. Check it out!

If you or someone you know is in danger of suicide, please call the suicide prevention hotline in the US: 1-800-273-8255, or find international hotlines here: https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines.

Intro and Outro Music adapted from: "DJ" by Jazzhar, under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License.

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No doubt about it: the world is going to shit. And no, not just because of the pandemic going around! In this episode, we talk about the environment and the ways that South Asians are or aren’t more sustainable than their peers across the globe and in the West. How can be learn to be sustainable from our roots, and how can we think critically about the impact of our practices? Tune in to find out! In this episode, we talk about some really cool practice and even mention some South Asian-American activists that are doing some good for the environment and for progressive politics, including Varshini Prakash (Executive Director of the Sunrise Movement), Pramila Jayapal (Congressmember and activist from WA-07), Ro Khanna (Congressmember, CA-17), and Kshama Sawant (Socialist Seattle City Councilmember).

// Opening and Closing Music: "The Future is Female" by Madame Gandhi //

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Brown Taboo Project - Season 2, Episode 2 // Unfair and F*cking Lovely
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03/15/20 • -1 min

We've all gotten those comments: too big, too small, too tall, too short, too dark, too hairy, too bald, too slutty, too modest... We could go on and on. In this episode, we dive deep into South Asian beauty standards and share stories about how they affect our personal lives, our sex lives, our perceptions of self, and more! // This episode includes shoutouts to some awesome activists like Alok Vaid-Menon (@alokvmenon) and Harnaam Kaur (@Harnaam Kaur)!

// Opening and Closing Music: "The Future is Female" by Madame Gandhi //

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Brown Taboo Project - Season 2, Episode 1 // Bend it like an ABCD
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03/04/20 • -1 min

Starting off this season, we dive into a topic that’s touched us all: Desi-American pop culture! Listen in to learn more about the kinds of things that we were listening to, reading, and watching as we grew up that explored South Asian-American identity in whatever way it might be. Among our recommendations name dropped in this episode, we have:

Bend it like Beckham (2002 Movie)

Born Confused, by Tanuja Desai Hidier (novel)

A Great and Terrible Beauty, by Libba Bray (novel)

The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri (novel and 2006 movie)

Deepica Mutyala, CEO of Live Tinted (@deepica)

Hari Kondabolu (Comedian, @harikondabolu)

2 Step Bhangra by Kashif & The Bilz (record)

Penn Masala (artist)

Others we discussed in this episode include: Aziz Ansari, Jus Reign, Mindy Kaling, Lilly Singh (Superwoman), Russell Peters, and the ever infamous Apu.

Happy Listening from SASMHA!

// Opening and Closing Music: "The Future is Female" by Madame Gandhi //

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Brown Taboo Project - Season 2, Episode 0 // Oops, We Did It Again!
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02/28/20 • -1 min

📣 BROWN TABOO PROJECT IS BACK FOR SEASON 2! 📣

We're super excited to announce that SASMHA's very own podcast, the Brown Taboo Project, is coming back for a second season! We have some really amazing topics and discussions that we can't wait to share. We even have some extra-special guests that have recorded with us, so be on the lookout. 👀

For our inaugural episode, we wanted to give y'all a quick catch-up on what's been going on in our lives and here at SASMHA. We also wanted to celebrate a great achievement by one of our very own, Sree Sinha, and talk with her about being a woman of color in the field of counseling.

New episodes to be released every week! Listen now on our website or wherever you get your podcasts, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher.

// Opening and Closing Music: "The Future is Female" by Madame Gandhi //

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Brown Taboo Project - Special Episode // Live! at SAAN 2019: Intro
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01/31/20 • -1 min

SASMHA was up at the South Asian Awareness Network (SAAN) Conference in January of 2019, hosted at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. We were able to record live with conference attendees, just talking and shooting the wind about being brown, coming from different backgrounds, and samosa-eating ASMR. This is the first of a few clips that we were able to record!

Coincidentally, SAAN 2020 just happened at UMich this past week — check them out on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/saanatum/

// Opening and Closing Music: "The Future is Female" by Madame Gandhi //

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We had the amazing opportunity to speak with Dr. Meera Shah (@mjshah8) on IGTV. She's a family medicine physician, abortion provider, chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic (@pphphealth), and the author of "You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion." One of our takeaways from this episode is: you can be a doctor like your parents want, and still speak up for injustices.

Make sure to buy her book on @bookshop_org! Also support @sakhinyc, @sistersong_woc, @wwhalliance, and @prhdocs.

Intro and Outro Music adapted from: "DJ" by Jazzhar, under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Brown Taboo Project have?

Brown Taboo Project currently has 31 episodes available.

What topics does Brown Taboo Project cover?

The podcast is about Society & Culture, Podcasts and Education.

What is the most popular episode on Brown Taboo Project?

The episode title 'S3E9: South Asian Heart Health with ASANA Voices' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Brown Taboo Project?

The average episode length on Brown Taboo Project is 43 minutes.

How often are episodes of Brown Taboo Project released?

Episodes of Brown Taboo Project are typically released every 16 days, 3 hours.

When was the first episode of Brown Taboo Project?

The first episode of Brown Taboo Project was released on Jun 4, 2018.

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