The Pakistan Experience

Atia Naqvi is a Clinical Psychologist and a Therapist. She comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Suicide, Depression and How to Deal with Grief.   All of us were shaken by the sudden demise of Sushant Singh Rajput last week. Suicide is stigmatized in our society; Atia Naqvi is doing everything she can to fight that stigma because if we do not even talk about it then people will continue to suffer in silence.   In this episode we discuss suicidal thoughts, changing perspectives, not being avoidant to negativity and having a positive outlook on life, along with the power of faith and hope.    The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversation.

Dr. Furrukh Khan is an Associate Professor at LUMS. He has a PhD in Postcolonial Studies from University of Kent at Canterbury, where he taught for two years prior to coming to LUMS.  Dr. Furrukh Khan comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss culture, literature and language and how they intersect to create identity and history. Dr. Khan talks about how colonialism, and neocolonialism, is leading to the commodification of culture and the erasure of local languages.   Are Lahoris Jahil? is Punjabi Culture inferior? Is Dr. Nauman the worst thing to happen to PTV?  Listen and find out on this episode of The Pakistan Experience.   The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversation.

Hajra Khan is the captain of the National Womens Football Team and holds 3 Guiness World Records. She is Pakistan's highest goal scorer.  Zufli is a poet and a musician.   A meme went viral on Eid using their pictures, Zulfi and Hajra Khan come on The Pakistan Experience to discuss gender norms, casual sexism and the state of Womens Football in Pakistan.  Zufli expands into the Gender Jihad theory and explains why the laundas are so afraid of a changing world order and Hajra Khan discusses how she is treated as a Footballer and how the Womens National Team is severly under resourced, from being given Rs 300 a day to not having a single tour in the last 4 years.  The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversation.

Mr Randonaut himself, Mr. Nick Hinton, comes on the Podcast to discuss some of the most interesting conspiracy theories, from explaining why he thinks we are living in a simulation to the Saturn time cube theory, Nick goes deep into the discussion on parallel universes, the Mandela Effect and Psychedelics.   Nick also talks about his DMT trip; how the world around him became like a Dr Seuss cartoon reality and how his friend who took DMT lived a whole entire lifetime on the trip.   The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversation.

Sabahat Zakariya urf Feminustani is a journalist, writer and Feminist. Her placard at the Aurat March reading, "Divorced and Happy" caused quite a stir.  Sabahat come on The Pakistan Experience to discuss how divorced women are treated in Pakistan and the struggles they face along with talking about the Aurat March and the Feminist movement in Pakistan.  The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversation.

Dr Nida Kirmani, Professor at Lahore University of Management Sciences, is a feminist sociologist working on gender and urban marginality in South Asia.  Nida comes on the podcast to discuss her work at LUMS, online activism and research. Nida has extensive research in New Delhi and Lyari. Her book "Questioning the Muslim Woman was published in 2013.  We recorded this a day after the PIA plane crash and both of us were clearly still reeling from the national tragedy. We grief and also talk about how certain people responded and why it might have been distasteful. Watch as we discuss the desenitization to violence in our society, online activism, LUMS and toxicity on Twitter. Ending with a discussion on the future of the #MeToo movement in  Pakistan.   The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversation.

Faraz Anwar, guitarist/singer Mizraab, was recently in the news for making an account on Fiverr. Faraz comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss how poorly artists, and specifically musicians, are treated in Pakistan.  Faraz goes deep into his own artistic process and life history - from teaching some of the best guitar players in Pakistan to singers screwing him out of jobs and money, Faraz has a lot of stories he is finally ready to share with the public. Listen now to hear it all from arguably the greatest Pakistani guitar player ever.  The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversation.

Hassan Kilde Bajwa, an online content creator, comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss how he feels boys need to be communicated to to build a kinder and safe world.   Recently, screenshots from an Instagram called Boys Locker Room in India were leaked online showing boys joking about the worst things. Hassan and Shehzad discuss the creation of these incel groups online and the perpetuation of r*pe culture in India and Pakistan.  From Toxic Masculinity to being a male ally, Hassan Kilde Bajwa talks about how he is looking to redefine masculinity and hoping to inspire the next generation of men to be better.  The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversation.

Jami is a film maker and one of the most prominent directors in Pakistan. From directing commercials to some of the most popular music videos to his breathtaking feature film, 'Moor'.   A brave raw podcast; Jami begins talking about the state and the future of the film industry in Pakistan, from sponsorship in Film to a lack of a cinematic tradition in the country.   Jami then starts talking about the abundance of sexual coercion in the industry, going deep into his own story, from reading the letter at the Lahoti mela to going public with his own sexual abuse case, and how his own friends and journalists abandoned him after that.  Jami comes off as a beautiful soul in the podcast. He is a critical voice waving the flag for survivors and supporting the #MeToo movement in Pakistan.  The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversation.

From breaking onto the scene with the hit Alu Anday, Ali Aftab Saeed has been making music and using satire to give his political take for the past ten years. Ali Aftab Saaed is a musician, satirist and a journalist.  Ali comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss satire, censorship, his personal history and Mohammad Asif.  The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversation.