Podcasts about dhaya lakshminarayanan

Welcome to Bitch Talk's official 2022 year in review! We go over our favorite interviews, interesting things we learned about each other while Basic Bitching, and the return guests that make our year complete. We also share which episode "some people" call Erin's best interview, which guest was almost too hot to handle, and the magic of "perm talk". Thank you for hanging with us through the highs and lows of a truly crazy year, we'll see you on the flip side. Cheers!Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 700 episodes without your help! --Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal.--SUPPORT US HERE!Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage!Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts!Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every other Thursday 9:30 - 10 am on BFF.FMPOWERED BY GO-TO Productions 

Welcome to GLIDE Memorial Church's “Tiny Celebrations,” the mini-podcast highlighting the inspirational words and music from our Sunday Celebration.In this special episode for the second Pride Sunday, The Glide Ensemble sings "I'm Trading My Sorrows" and Minister of Celebration Marvin K. White introduces our guest preacher, Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, who brings today's message.Please support the music, the art, and the message of GLIDE Memorial Church. Please donate today. https://www.glide.org/igive/

Sunday Community Celebration for PRIDE month from GLIDE with Musical Director Vernon Bush, and The Glide Ensemble, Minister of Celebration Marvin K. White amd special guest preacher Dhaya Lakshminarayanan.Please support the music, the art, and the message of GLIDE Memorial Church. Please donate today. https://www.glide.org/igive/ 

We all could use more laughter right now. Kellee talks with Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, an award-winning stand-up comedian, storyteller and writer. She shares her journey as a stand-up comedian and how we can better flex our funny bone. If you want to learn what it takes to be a stand-up comedian, this is the episode for you. Dhaya's debute album DHAYATRIBE debuted #2 on iTunes. She received the Liz Carpenter Political Humor Award (previously awarded to Samantha Bee, Wanda Sykes and Mark Russell) for her stand-up. Comedy Central Asia crowned her the Grand Prize Winner of “The Ultimate Comedy Challenge” filmed in Singapore. Bay Area PBS affiliate KQED named her one of the twenty “Women to Watch,” a series celebrating women artists, creatives and makers who are pushing boundaries. She has performed across Asia in Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore. She has also been invited to perform at some of the top festivals in the US including Bridgetown Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, The Boston Comedy Festival, Limestone Comedy Festival, and Laugh Your Asheville Off. She is the sole subject of the documentary “NerdCool” which premiered at the LA Comedy Festival.As a television host, Dhaya helmed the inaugural season of the Emmy award-winning series High School Quiz Show on PBS's WGBH. She is a frequent comedic storyteller on NPR's Snap Judgment. She currently serves as the host of San Francisco's monthly Moth. Prior to her endeavors in the entertainment business, Dhaya was a venture capitalist, management consultant, and two-time MIT graduate. 

This week we're joined by comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan who is here to talk to us about her new comedy special Dhayatribe, what it was like coming up as a female comedian of color in San Francisco and whether or not we can use the word BITCH on Twitter! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dhaya Lakshminarayanan (@DhayaLive) joins the ladies to talk about how perfect peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are, their love of Star Trek and why nipples are taboo. They also talk about being nice vs. kind, they play a round of Business Questions and answer a lady problem about not liking someone you are dating! Have a lady problem that needs answering? Send the ladies an email at: ladytoladycomedy@gmail.com or, better yet, leave us a voicemail at (323) 6BUTT30! Want to support the show and get access to bonus content? You can do so by subscribing to us on Stitcher premium! You can also join us over at Patreon.com/LadytoLady to get access to ad-free episodes, exclusive merch, and more!  Get bonus content on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/ladytolady See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by Bay Area comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, whose new album, Dhayatribe, is hilarious, relatable, and available right now! Everyone could use a laugh in this moment, and this conversation is full of them. She dives into her multiple MIT degrees (and her nerd pride), how comedy kept her sane while working as a venture capitalist, and her expert ability to shut down a heckler. Check out Dhayatribe, available right now on Blonde Medicine.You can follow comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan on Twitter & FB--Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 600 episodes without your help! --Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and thank you for being vaxxed and masked!--SUPPORT US HERE!Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage!Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts!Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every other Thursday 9:30 - 10 am on BFF.FMPOWERED BY GO-TO Productions 

Dhaya Lakshminarayanan! Comedian! Story-teller! Writer! Friend! Delight! Her new album, Dhayatribe, is out right now! Listen to that AND listen to this! Thanks for listening!

This week, Anna chats with Dhaya Lakshminarayanan (@dhayalive on Twitter) about being an overzealous ally, the importance of language, and San Francisco's gay scene. Dhayatribe album pre-order: www.blondemedicine.com/bm072-dhayatribe Dhaya's website: dhayalive.com Oh No! Patreon: www.patreon.com/Ohnothepod Oh No! Links: linktr.ee/iamthecampion

Biden can regain Americans' approval if he'd only make an enemy out of the one percent. Does he have it in him? Max Moran of The Revolving Door Project joins to discuss a new study about how both Republicans and Democrats want a crackdown on corporate crime. Plus the Canadian Truckers blockades come to an end … for now. Who was behind the faux working-class movement? And the Trump White House toilets were allegedly perpetually clogged with classified documents. You thought your deuces were incriminating! Finally, another edition of The Cringeys, featuring Marjorie Taylor Greene, Dave Chappelle, and Joe Biden. PLUS: A bonus bish all about the “crack pipe” hysteria and how the right is tanking harm reduction during a time of massive drug overdoses. Get it by becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Featuring:Dhaya Lakshminarayanan https://dhayacomedy.com/https://twitter.com/DhayaLive Max Moran, The Revolving Door Projecthttps://twitter.com/MaxMoranHi Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra OrnesMusic Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSupport The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE  Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room's channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Biden can regain Americans' approval if he'd only make an enemy out of the one percent. Does he have it in him? Max Moran of The Revolving Door Project joins to discuss a new study about how both Republicans and Democrats want a crackdown on corporate crime. Plus the Canadian Truckers blockades come to an end … for now. Who was behind the faux working-class movement? And the Trump White House toilets were allegedly perpetually clogged with classified documents. You thought your deuces were incriminating! Finally, another edition of The Cringeys, featuring Marjorie Taylor Greene, Dave Chappelle, and Joe Biden. PLUS: A bonus bish all about the “crack pipe” hysteria and how the right is tanking harm reduction during a time of massive drug overdoses. Get it by becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom   Featuring: Dhaya Lakshminarayanan  https://dhayacomedy.com/ https://twitter.com/DhayaLive   Max Moran, The Revolving Door Project https://twitter.com/MaxMoranHi   Join the Franifa and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Thanks to Paige Oamek, Maximillien Inhoff, Alexandra Ornes Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Support The Bitchuation Room on: Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE    Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast  iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Spotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation  Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation   Find Francesca On:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio  YouTube: The Bitchuation Room's channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/

This week, Karinda Dobbins and Beth Lapides join Dave for some of the greatest TV theme songs (according to EW), board game movies, and Weird Al trivia.Karinda Dobbins would like to plug her standup album Black & Blue, out February 4, and her upcoming tour dates, and recommends Dhaya Lakshminarayanan's upcoming album.Beth Lapides would like to plug her audiobook, So You Need to Decide and UnCaberet both live and over Zoom and recommends Jen Kirkman's podcast,  Anxiety BitesAnd Finally, Dave Holmes is on Twitter @DaveHolmes Find us on Twitter! We are @TroubledPodWritten by Riley Silverman and John-Luke Roberts, recorded remotely over Zoom and produced by Christian Dueñas and Laura Swisher.Join the Maximum Fun fam:maximumfun.org/join

Jessie Wayburn dives deep into spirituality with Dhaya Lakshminarayanan. Dhaya Lakshminarayanan is the 2016 winner of the Liz Carpenter Political Humor Award (previously awarded to Samantha Bee, Wanda Sykes and satirist/humorist Mark Russell) presented by the National Women's Political Caucus. Comedy Central Asia crowned her the Grand Prize Winner of “The Ultimate Comedy Challenge” filmed in Singapore. She is the sole subject of the documentary “NerdCool” which premiered at the LA Comedy Festival in 2018 KQED named her one of the twenty “Women to Watch” a series celebrating women artists, creatives and makers in the San Francisco Bay Area who are pushing boundaries in 2016. She was named one of “The Bay Area's 11 Best Standup Comedians” in 2016 and “13 San Francisco Standup Comedians to Go See Now” in 2018 by SFist. The SF Weekly named her one of the “16 Bay Area performers to watch in 2016.” The San Francisco Bay Guardian named her Best Comedian 2013 in the “Best of the Bay” Readers' Poll. She has opened/featured for or worked with the following: Janeane Garofalo, Marc Maron, Greg Behrendt, Jello Biafra, the late Dick Gregory, Anthony Jeselnik, Maz Jobrani, and Greg Proops. Dhaya introduced former Vice President Al Gore at an event. He then laughed onstage at her joke, so technically she once opened for Al Gore. She has performed internationally in Shanghai, China; Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, and Singapore. In the US she has been an invited performer at Bridgetown Comedy Festival (Portland, OR), San Francisco Sketchfest, the Boston Comedy Festival (semifinalist), the Limestone Comedy Festival (Bloomington, IN) and Laugh Your Asheville Off (Asheville, NC). Dhaya was one of the chosen artists by The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco to take the entire museum over for one night. During Takeover:Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, she programmed content including stand-up comedy, humorous fake tours of the museum, and an absurdist interpretation of Indian mythological comic books. The only other artist invited to takeover the museum in 2017 was RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan Dhaya is also a TV host and storyteller. She hosted the premier year of the Emmy award-winning series High School Quiz Show on PBS's WGBH. She is a frequent comedic storyteller on NPR's Snap Judgment and has appeared live in Austin on The Risk podcast. She is currently the host of San Francisco's monthly Moth StorySLAM after winning a Moth StorySLAM and competing in the GrandSLAM at the Castro Theater (capacity 1400). ON24 awarded her the grand prize for “Best Travel Disaster Story.” Dhaya is a solo performer, and her first play “Nerd Nation” was funded in parts by The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center of San Francisco and support from DIVAfest which supports new and developing works by female playwrights. Her workshop run in San Francisco sold out. The Boston Globe, The Bay Guardian, and The San Jose Mercury News have all run profiles about her. Prior to funny and show business Dhaya was a venture capitalist, management consultant, and two-time MIT graduate. You can indeed call her a nerd. Taking Dadplications is an Opus Nox Media production. Music and cover art by Nick Jenkins. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-dadplications/support

This week is all about sharing a spiritual practice w/ your friend. Comedians Dhaya Lakshminarayanan and Kristee Ono talk about their journey through the meditation groups in San Francisco. With co-host Patton Quinn.

In this episode, Dhaya Lakshminarayanan confesses that she found Buddhism as an adult and is committed to the practice of her own spirituality, though as a Bay Area resident, she feels conflicted over the stigma of new age spiritual stigmas related to the "trend" of positivity without a true practice. We get into how to handle offended audiences, how to self reflect, and how to balance comedy on top of serious self reflection. Follow Dhaya at @dhayalive.

We enjoy comedy as entertainment—but would we appreciate a zinger during a company meeting? In their new book Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life, Dr. Jennifer Aaker, a professor at Stanford Business School, and Naomi Bagdonas, a lecturer in management at Stanford, argue that using humor in supposedly serious situations can cultivate creativity, forge stronger relationships and strengthen one's confidence. Jennifer and Naomi provide a theoretical overview of the benefits of comedy, consulting business leaders, comedians and behavioral scientists to learn more about how being funny “is money.” Join Jennifer and Naomi at INFORUM to learn more about the benefits of humor in and out of the workplace. This conversation is moderated by comedian and artist Dhaya Lakshminarayanan. SPEAKERS Jennifer Aaker Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Co-Author, Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life Naomi Bagdonas Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Co-Author, Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life Dhaya Lakshminarayanan Comedian—Moderator In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on February 2nd, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We enjoy comedy as entertainment—but would we appreciate a zinger during a company meeting? In their new book Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life, Dr. Jennifer Aaker, a professor at Stanford Business School, and Naomi Bagdonas, a lecturer in management at Stanford, argue that using humor in supposedly serious situations can cultivate creativity, forge stronger relationships and strengthen one’s confidence. Jennifer and Naomi provide a theoretical overview of the benefits of comedy, consulting business leaders, comedians and behavioral scientists to learn more about how being funny “is money.” Join Jennifer and Naomi at INFORUM to learn more about the benefits of humor in and out of the workplace. This conversation is moderated by comedian and artist Dhaya Lakshminarayanan. SPEAKERS Jennifer Aaker Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Co-Author, Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life Naomi Bagdonas Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Co-Author, Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life Dhaya Lakshminarayanan Comedian—Moderator

Mona invites comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan to discuss her career, politics and how many times people butcher her last name.

Mona invites comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan to discuss her career, politics and how many times people butcher her last name.

Do you ever sense that authentic connections have gone missing in your life? Do you feel sometimes as though your unique identity has been swept away by the tides of work and family? Do you hear the call to effect positive change in the world but can't find a place to start? You are not alone. Just shy of her 50th birthday, former advertising agency CEO Anne Devereux-Mills lost her health to cancer, her last child to college and her job to the recession. Stripped of everything that had comprised her self worth, she set out on a path to rediscover her identity and recreate her life. Realizing that she was missing relationships that were based on what she cared about as a person rather than what she did for a living, Devereux-Mills started a series of salons in 2012 that would gather together diverse groups of women based on topics they all cared about. She called the series Parlay House, and as the gatherings grew and expanded in cities across the world, she saw that they triggered a series of micro-actions among the participants. The result was a cascading wave of connection, support and strength that flowed out from the gatherings and into the wider world. She dubbed that cascade “the Parlay effect.” In her forthcoming book, The Parlay Effect: How Female Connection Can Change the World, Devereux-Mills tells the story of Parlay House and uses her insights as its founder to show how small actions can result in a meaningful boost in self-awareness, confidence and vision. Woven through the book are the findings of research that Devereux-Mills conducted in collaboration with Dr. Serena Chen, a tenured professor of social psychology at UC Berkeley who investigated the social science behind the Parlay effect. The result is a book that offers a vision and a method for anyone who is going through a life transition and who wants to find and create communities that have positive and multiplying effects. Please join Anne Devereux-Mills and The Commonwealth Club at the start of a new year to learn about and experience the Parlay effect for yourself. Devereux-Mills will be joined in conversation by comedian and storyteller Dhaya Lakshminarayanan. ** This Podcast Contains Explicit Language ** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of XRAY In The Morning: (1)News With Friends with hosts Keera and TJ (2)Talk Media News with Tom Squitieri (3)Interview with Rachael Banks, Principal Investigator for Multnomah County R.E.A.C.H (4)Oh My Dollar! (5)Minority Retort with guest Dhaya Lakshminarayanan

Host Jason Lamb speaks with comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan.

Host Jason Lamb speaks with comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan.

Why are Americans taking an interest in democratic socialism? What led to the radical left movements of the 60s and 70s in the United States and which vintage shop can we get some at? In the second live episode of The Bitchuation Room, Francesca and co-host comedian Nato Green are joined by activist and author Max Elbaum to talk about the work cut out for revolutionaries in America. Also joining the panel is comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan to dissect Don Trump Jr.'s psyche, the withdrawal of troops from Syria and how sexting Che Guevara would probably only lead to heartache. Also apparently Lenin was a monogamist. Thanks to Marc Atkinson, Dominic del Bene, and Jessica Mozes for their production help! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why are Americans taking an interest in democratic socialism? What led to the radical left movements of the 60s and 70s in the United States and which vintage shop can we get some at? In the second live episode of The Bitchuation Room, Francesca and co-host comedian Nato Green are joined by activist and author Max Elbaum to talk about the work cut out for revolutionaries in America. Also joining the panel is comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan to dissect Don Trump Jr.'s psyche, the withdrawal of troops from Syria and how sexting Che Guevara would probably only lead to heartache. Also apparently Lenin was a monogamist. Thanks to Marc Atkinson, Dominic del Bene, and Jessica Mozes for their production help!

Rhea talks West Elm, Farmers Only and "My Girl." Sets from Mike Mulloy, Amy Miller, Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, Robby Hoffman and Ian Karmel, and a chat with Amy and Ian.

Dhaya has two degrees from MIT and she worked in venture capital. Now she applies all that brainpower to make people laugh. We're talking to our May 20 headliner about nerds, comedy by the Bay, the mixture of politics and laughter and lots more.

In this hour we explore stories relating to STEM (Science/Technology/Engineering and MATH): we travel from the laboratories of the Antarctic to the icy seas of Saturn's moon Titan - we learn that predisposition does not mean predestined and sometimes A is larger than C. Hosted by Jay Allison. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Storytellers: James McClintock, Lone Frank, Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, and Ellen Stofan. Sponsored by: www.rocketmortgage.com/Moth www.squarespace.com/Moth www.ziprecruiter.com/Moth To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan shares a tale of her trip to Big Lots on Muni with her pop. Hilarity ensued, of course. And a new slogan for this site and Muni general is born.  Dhaya Lakshminarayanan is the 2016 winner of the Liz Carpenter Political Humor Award (previously awarded to Samantha Bee, Wanda Sykes and satirist/humorist Mark Russell) presented by the National Women’s Political Caucus. She is also a storyteller and runs storytelling workshops and corporate events. You can find her on DhayaComedy.com.

Podgodz 226 Recorded 2 January 2017 This is not a repeat, we had another SNOW! FREAKOUT! Happy Fucking New Year Rogue One: Further thoughts Happy Fucking New Year Used the lull to finally dig through some of my backlog, deleting clip shows also helps, down to 4.7 gigs on device – lots of food and storytelling.     LAX Top 5 shows of the Week   Up for contention but not making the list this week Roderick on the Line #230: Forrest of Meat Judge John Hodgman: Woodsy Bob Newhart (Nick Offerman) Unattended Consequences: No More Email Skip to the End #61: Passengers Night Attack #149: A Ripping Yarn   Top 5 5)    TV Guidance Counsellor #169: Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, #197: Matt Gourley 4)   The Incomparable #333: That’s How It Read More →

Podgodz 226 Recorded 2 January 2017 This is not a repeat, we had another SNOW! FREAKOUT! Happy Fucking New Year Rogue One: Further thoughts Happy Fucking New Year Used the lull to finally dig through some of my backlog, deleting clip shows also helps, down to 4.7 gigs on device – lots of food and storytelling.     LAX Top 5 shows of the Week   Up for contention but not making the list this week Roderick on the Line #230: Forrest of Meat Judge John Hodgman: Woodsy Bob Newhart (Nick Offerman) Unattended Consequences: No More Email Skip to the End #61: Passengers Night Attack #149: A Ripping Yarn   Top 5 5)    TV Guidance Counsellor #169: Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, #197: Matt Gourley 4)   The Incomparable #333: That's How It Read More →

May 17-23, 1980 Today Ken welcomes comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan to the show. Ken and Dhaya discuss Dedham, MA, yards of beer, poutine, local flavor, Friendly's, the origins of Sundaes, San Francisco, MIT, schools on the Red Line, The Jeffersons, Birmingham Alabama, growing up the child of immigrants, racial slurs, why George Jefferson may be the quintessential American, Marla Gibbs, Sanford & Son, poverty, The Fresh Prince of Bel Aire, Krush Groove, latchkey syndication, Mary Tyler Moore, single women, secretly normalizing gay culture, Three's Company, Star Trek, The Love Boat, The Twilight Zone, Herve Villechaize, Mr. Belvedere, Fantasy Island, Warwick Davis, 227, spin off shows, Marilyn Monroe, Edward Gorey, Dione Warwick, Cheryl Ladd, That's Incredible, Real People, Nova, why Carl Sagan is the perfect man, Murder Can Hurt You, The McNeal Learer News Hour, Buck Rogers, Fridays!, Red Foxx, teaching Tom Willis how to speak Jive, and Gary Shandling's understanding of sitcom formats.

On this episode, Dhaya talks gadgetry made "for women" with Vera Chan, a Yahoo and Microsoft alum who knows a thing or two about marketing. From some shady Fitness Apps to the politics of Booth Babes, Dhaya and Vera are here to tell the tech industry, "Stop making things pink and pretending that it works."

Growing up bilingual, Dhaya moved through the world in both English and Tamil. Interestingly enough there’s no word for "excuse me" in Tamil, but there is a phrase that just means “stand aside!” Her relatives in India could never understand why she was always apologizing and saying "excuse me." Is that an American thing? Or is it an American woman thing?

When can women speak out against discrimination, and what should they do when they feel like they can't? Dhaya tackles negotiating, debating, and navigating the working world for women today. With anecdotes of childhood trips to India and an interview with biotech superstar and stand-up comic, Karinda Dobbins, Dhaya uses it all to drop some serious wisdom on speaking up and speaking out.

The best negotiator Dhaya has ever met is her immigrant mother. She can go into any market and get the best price. This podcast episode is about negotiating, who’s great at it, how to be better at it, and if that has anything to do with pay gaps in industries from Technology to Hollywood.

A pink razor with a flower that costs $2 more than a regular disposable razor? Dhaya fell for it. Spanx? Yes. Dhaya covers marketing trends that seduce us to buy “woman” branded items and services. How do they get in our heads? And is it worth it?

What's it like performing as a stand up comic in San Quentin? Comedian and storyteller Dhaya Lakshminarayanan clues DreX in on that, plus her upcoming appearance at #SFSketchfest. Plus, DreX tries a military MRE and tells you how to get paid by eating MREs for 21 days straight.

In this episode Dhaya and I go deep on compassion, anger and relinquishing control - the holy trinity of human drama. She's hot off a meditation retreat and I have so many questions for her - like how annoying was everyone else on the retreat? How do you deal with your own thoughts for days on end with no interruption?  Dhaya is a gracious and enlightening guest. I know you'll love her.   

As most mainstream media ignore the UN Report on Climate Change, we talk with Carla Perez, Doria Robinson and Ellen Choy of Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project about the concepts of climate justice, food justice and resilience-based organizing. And comedians Karinda Dobbins and Dhaya Lakshminarayanan preview their upcoming show, Stand Up Sit Down, where they'll interview former Black Panther chair Elaine Brown. The post Women's Magazine – April 7, 2014 appeared first on KPFA.

Cecile Pineda, author of Devil's Tango: How I Learned the Fukushima Step-by-Step and Love Queen of the Amazon, talks about Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Fukushima, and what we must do to combat the nuclear threat.  Then comics Dhaya Lakshminarayanan and Shazia Mirza put a hilarious spin on Indian and Pakistani Independence Day, doing comedy for their home crowds and what their Indian and Pakistani families have in common (aren't you married yet?).  We'll have tickets to give away for their upcoming shows, “United We Stand Up.”  And sounds from the abortion rights struggle in Fargo, North Dakota, courtesy of the Abortion Rights Freedom Riders. The post Women's Magazine: Art & Politics Do Mix – August 12, 2013 appeared first on KPFA.

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Today on Women's Magazine – we raise awareness about female infanticide in India through a comedy fundraiser featuring Dhaya Lakshminarayanan and Samson Koletkar for Nyna Pais Caputi's film, Petals in the Dust: India's Missing Girls. Then we hear about activism in Bangladesh's garment industry. And finally, noted journalist Rose Aguilar comments on the current state of the US economy and poverty. The post Women's Magazine – September 19, 2011 appeared first on KPFA.