The Brown Burndown: An Indian American Pop Culture Pod

Two very unqualified Desi college friends and self described haters discuss Indians (and Indian Americans) in Pop Culture.

The Brown Burndown: An Indian American Pop Culture Pod is a society podcast hosted by Rabs and Tars, with 45 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.

Rabs and Tars hosts The Brown Burndown: An Indian American Pop Culture Pod, a society show with 45 episodes published.

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  The Brown Burndown Episode 33: South Asians in Sports, Off Campus, & James Bond

  Aug 10, 202645 min

  Blast from the past! In this episode we manifest tickets to the World Cup from FIFA (spoiler, didn't work out), dive deep into lack of South Asian representation in even the boring sports, and then somehow also get into the Devil Wears Prada 2, viral hit Off Campus, the new James Bond, misleading New York Times headlines, and something about how lack of sunlight is proportional to gore in media. Something for everyone in this one!! As always, email us at thebrownburndown@gmail.com. Go sports!!!!

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  The Brown Burndown Episode 32: Olympic Bindis, Wuthering Heights, and More

  Mar 20, 202642 min

  March is here, and we are coming in hot with our THIRD episode of 2026! Tune in for a discussions on the triumphs, tragedies, and (most importantly) questionable fashion choices at the Olympics (spoiler: we saw a bindi in the wild out there), Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (which we have admittedly not read since the mid aughts), and of course, #NickYanka2k26 (duh). As always, send us your thoughts at thebrownburndown@gmail.com :)

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  The Brown Burndown Episode 31: Zarna Garg, South Asians in the White House & Tolstoy

  Feb 17, 202653 min

  We are BACK not ONE WEEK LATER (!!). This episode has everything! Usha Vance, Zarna Garg, Tolstoy (particularly, War and Peace which we are totally actually going to Book Club) and of course, Priyanka and Nick. Not to mention a 10 minute detour on anthropomorphized beanie babies and a discussion of how much dumber we've gotten over our nearly ten years of podcasting together. You can be the judge of that!! Hit us up at thebrownburndown@gmail.com.

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  Celebs Have Thoughts Returns: A Conversation with Pooja Bavishi from Malai!

  Feb 7, 202639 min

  The Brown Burndown interview series, "Celebs Have Thoughts" is officially back! We are kicking things off with a massive treat (pun intended). In this episode, we sit down with the incredible Pooja Bavishi, the founder and CEO of Malai Ice Cream. We dive into her journey of blending nostalgic South Asian spices with creamy textures to build a cult-favorite dessert brand. From her early days of churning ice cream at home to conquering the dessert world, Pooja shares the sweet (and savory) reality of entrepreneurship. Grab a spoon and tune in :)

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  The Brown Burndown: Mini Episode - Nickyanka IRL (!), Zohran, and Simone Ashley

  Aug 12, 202534 min

  We're back and have lots to discuss! This episode, we take a leap and go for some hot, on-the-ground, SHOCKING investigative journalism. Tune in for our encounter with Nickyanka IRL, our thoughts on the new F1 film (pour one out for Simone), and some exciting new updates for our pod! And to our loyal listeners following on Substack, stay tuned for a major update there ;)

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