Our today's guest Abubakr Ali is an actor, writer, and singer.  He recently landed a significant role in the upcoming Netflix series Grendel as the anti-hero, Hunter Rose.  This episode is brought to you by Talem Consulting. Producer & Host: Saadia Khan

Jamie Broadnax is the founder of an online community, Black Girl Nerds, which she created in 2012 for self-identifying women nerds of color. We talk about interesting matters such as the perception and reality of nerd culture and how the Bechdel test can

Hari Kondobalu is our guest today. He is a comedian, writer, podcaster, & filmmaker who is best known for his outspoken 2017 documentary “The Problem with Apu'' which calls out "The Simpsons" for its controversial portrayal of Indians in its character Apu

Today, on Immigrantly, we speak with Dharon E. Jones. He is a highly talented musical theatre performer from Brooklyn who played Riff in West Side Story. Jones is also a multifaceted artist, performer, and content creator. This episode is sponsored by P

Our guest today is Anna Qu. Anna writes to make sense of cultural diasporas and the immigrant experience, including her own. Anna grew up in New York, earned her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Sarah Lawrence College, & currently resides in Brooklyn. Her

In this Season on Immigrantly, we explore the narratives that haven’t been widely covered across media. Why are we still coming up short in telling fully inclusive stories? What does representation look like in an increasingly digital age? But before we

Today's guest is Professor Josef Sorett. He is an expert in religious and African American studies at Columbia University. We talked about the boundaries between secular and sacred, how religion has influenced Black culture from hip hop music to social mo

Marla Louissaint, whose performance credentials include “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” and “Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You", sits down with host & producer, Saadia, along with Marla's longtime friend & Immigrantly associate producer, Kylee, to refle

This week on Immigrantly, we explore the relationship between the environment and religion through a physical vessel that is the Church of Holy Communion on West 20th & 6th Ave New York. The episode reviews the Churches many past lives, including a fitnes

Today's guest Nouri Sardar is a Muslim poet, filmmaker, & co-host of the 786 Boulevard podcast. Additionally, he stands as a change agent at the intersection of religion and social justice at a more fundamental level.  This episode is sponsored by Citize