Dirty Brown

Dirty Brown is a feminist podcast unlearning patriarchy, one bold take at a time. Host Kriti J dives into the messiness of societal norms and cultural contradictions that shape South Asian women.From calling out the misogyny baked into media, to celebrating feminist books and unpacking patriarchal narratives dominating pop culture and tech, Dirty Brown is about sharp commentary, personal stories, and zero sanskaari filtersThis is a space for anyone who's ever been called too much, too loud, or too difficult — and decided to lean in anyway.

Dirty Brown is a society podcast hosted by Kriti J, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Kriti J hosts Dirty Brown, a society show with 15 episodes published.

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  I Quit My Big Tech Job and Why I Don't Feel Free

  May 20, 202614 minS0

  <p>I quit my big tech job at 37 with no backup plan - just savings, a podcast, and a feeling that something in me was dying. I thought I'd feel free. Instead, I felt lost. This is the episode nobody talks about: what actually happens after you make the brave choice.</p><p>One month in. No KPIs. No performance reviews. No one telling me where I stand. What I didn't expect was that the hardest part wouldn't be the financial fear or the beginner mistakes at 37 - it would be the voice in my head asking: do I even...

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  The Art Of Performing - Why I Chose To Be 'Unpalatable' To My Family ft. Reet German

  May 6, 202637 minS0

  <p>At age seven, Reet German was brought from India to Canada by a father she had never met, leaving her mother behind. In this episode of Dirty Brown, Reet joins host Kriti J to discuss how that moment of "shock" birthed a lifelong performance of being the "Good Girl" - and the radical, "besharam" choices she made to burn that script down.</p><p>From checking herself into a hospital alone at her lowest point, to selling everything and world-schooling her daughter across 20 countries, Reet's story is what it actually looks like to stop performing and start living on...

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  She Raised Herself, Had A Kid Outside Marriage, & Has Zero Regrets ft. Manisha Solomon

  Apr 22, 202632 minS0

  <p>What does it actually cost a brown woman to choose herself - for decades?</p><p>Manisha Solomon is an Indian woman in her 50s, unapologetic, and refuses to be invisible. In a culture that expects brown women to fade into the background after 50, Manisha has spent her entire life doing the opposite - and paying the price for it.</p><p>In this episode of Dirty Brown, Manisha opens up about growing up with an emotionally absent mother, being forced to become independent at age 8, and writing a declaration at 12 that she would never get married. From cycling...

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  Meet the woman behind Dirty Brown | Celebrating 10+ episodes

  Apr 8, 202629 minS0

  <p>She's spent 11 episodes asking the questions. This time, she's answering them.</p><p>In this special milestone episode, your host Kriti J switches seats and Shruti Sridhar takes the mic. What follows is one of the most honest conversations on the podcast yet: why Dirty Brown started from a place of anger and why Kriti is glad she waited, what it really means to be a brown woman living between two worlds, and the cultural script she's been quietly rewriting for the last decade.</p><p>Plus: the Badchalan Quiz makes a return — and this time, the host is in...

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  Part II: Is Life For Brown Women Better Abroad? | The Negotiations Tax

  Mar 25, 202619 minS0

  <p>Is life for Indian women better abroad? In Part II of our deep dive into the "India vs. Abroad" debate, host Kriti J and guest Sugandha S move from the safety of the streets to the safety of the systems we live in.</p><p>If Part I was about the physical "Safety Tax," Part II is about the "Negotiation Tax." We explore sexism at workplace and systemic issues in India vs Abroad.</p><p>We also get deeply personal about the "Marriage Script." In a culture that often views a woman’s 30s as a deadline, how do we...

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