Reset the Algorithm

Reset the Algorithm is a podcast and cultural space for honest, unfiltered conversations about the systems shaping our lives—and how to break them.Hosted by Moj Mahdara, each episode dives into stories of new beginnings, diaspora experiences, learning through failure, entrepreneurship, mental health, and bold business leadership.This is where culture, identity, and innovation meet. This is where we ask better questions.🎙️ New episodes every Tuesday.Subscribe now and start your reset!

Reset the Algorithm is a society podcast hosted by Moj Mahdara, with 25 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.

Moj Mahdara hosts Reset the Algorithm, a society show with 25 episodes published.

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  Episode #3

  Resetting Faith and Failure: Kate Bowler on Love, Survival, and Belonging in Uncertain Times

  Jul 22, 202548 minS2

  <p>Hungry for More? </p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode, Moj sits down with writer, historian, and thought leader Kate Bowler to explore what it means to live through crisis and still choose joy, ambition, and connection. From a stage 4 cancer diagnosis and unexpected survivorship to diasporic loneliness and cultural upheaval, Kate brings radical honesty to a conversation about faith, resilience, and rebuilding.</p><p><br /></p><p>This isn’t just another episode. It’s an invitation to question the stories we’ve been told about faith, failure, and what it means to keep going when the world—...

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  Episode #2

  Pinky Cole on Failure, Legacy & Leading Through Fire

  Jul 15, 202552 minS2

  <p>Pinky Cole doesn’t do play-it-safe. And in this episode of Reset the Algorithm, she sits down with Moj Mahdara to break down the truth behind her empire - from her car!</p><p><br /></p><p>From restaurant fires and personal collapse to raising five kids and managing a media empire, Pinky opens up about the reality behind the headlines—and how she’s learning to lead without burning out.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This episode is about failure, softness, and redefining what winning looks like when you’ve spent your whole life grinding.</p><p><br...

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  Episode #1

  Beyond the Binary: ALOK on Power, Compassion, and Cultural Disobedience

  Jul 8, 202551 minS2

  <p>We’re back! </p><p>Season 2 of Reset the Algorithm opens with a bold and unflinching conversation between host Moj Mahdara and ALOK Vaid-Menon—a globally recognized writer, performer, and cultural theorist pushing the edges of identity, grief, and liberation. </p><p>This isn’t just an episode. It’s a call to disrupt the algorithm inside all of us.</p><p><br></p><p>Together, Moj and ALOK challenge binaries—gender, power, politics—and offer a new way of seeing the world. They talk about the emotional toll of performance, the myth of neutrality, and why compassion might be the most s...

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  Episode #22

  A2A: b. Robert Moore

  Jun 25, 202441 minS1

  <p>In the season finale episode of Artist 2 Artist, Patrisse Cullors sits down with the outspoken and artistically grounded b. Robert Moore, to discuss his upcoming debut museum exhibition, “In Loving Memory” at the Des Moines Art Center. This achievement is one that Moore, an autodidact visual artist, is humbled to have reached years ahead of what he projected for himself. When so often he hears people question the presence of the black community in Iowa, Moore embraces the challenge of “both memorializing and immortalizing my people”, he says in conversation with Patrisse. Moore opened his studio and exhibition to our prod...

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  Episode #21

  RTA/A2A: Reflections on Season 1 w/ our hosts - Moj Mahdara & Patrisse Cullors

  Jun 4, 20241h 11mS1

  <p>As our first season winds down, we are reflecting on what brought us together and led us to the creation of the shows you’ve seen on our platform. Reset the Algorithm and Artist 2 Artist are both unique shows with specific visions but one consistent through line can be seen in all that we produce; our dedication to social justice and equity. As queer creators of color, we see the need for change within our communities. Our goal as we built out each episode of season 1 was to see how social justice is being fought for in all different av...

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