Mango Bae

Usama gets sexually harassed on the road! Our Brown of the Week is Parag Agarwal, the new Indian head of Twitter, and we discuss the racial backlash against Indians in positions of power. The new Indian twitter. We talk to comedian Vishnu Vaka about his transient upbringing and how being a permanent outside has influenced his comedy. Similarities between rural Andhra Pradesh and…West Virginia? How Apu on the Simpsons was a symbol of representation. In our advice portion for Patreon subscribers, we advise EM on how she can finally get a date!  Apu, The Simpsons, Parag Agarwal, twitter, hookup culture, shahrukh khan, Amitabh Bachchan

This episode of Mango Bae starts off with a story about one of Usama’s crazy exes - was he in the wrong? Our Brown of the Week is Suraj Kumar, a man who killed his wife with a COBRA?!? Doesn’t get more Indian than that, people. Out topic: Indians vs. Indian-Americans. Desis of the diaspora and South Asians who live on the subcontinent are always squabbling over something! The ones who live in the countries we’re from always bristle when when we Americans weigh in on their issues and we in the U.S. of A. seem to think we have the right to! Who’s in the wrong? Mango Bae jokes it out as always!! Thanks for watching the ep and sticking with us - if you didn’t get your fill from this ep, don’t forget that we have hours of exclusive Mango content on the Patreon at Patreon.com/mangobae. Go be a Mangostani TODAY!

This ep's Brown of the Week is Srikesh Kumar--a guy who came miraculously back to life after being hit by a motorcycle. We talk about Nargis and her evolving obsession with Mango Bae. Our topic: how our conversations with our immigrant parents evolved over the years. Were we just a form of labor? Probably! Then we talk about how the tension we felt with our parents ultimately helped us. Abuse, beatings, love--this episode has it all.