📼 A vulnerable deep dive into the journeys of South Asians / Muslims in the creator space
📍NYC
📅 Every Sunday
🎙️ Hosted by Sandalina Sattar, a 26-year-old Muslim, Pakistani woman living in NYC. Sandalina is a full-time finance professional, Tik Tok content creator, and founding event host of Wholesome Hangouts
🎧 Streaming Platforms / Social Media: https://linktr.ee/spotlightwithsandalina
📧 Feel free to reach me at sandalina.business@gmail.com
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Zohran Mamdani Skits, Viral Comedy, and Finding His Own Voice | Neel Ghosh
Neel Ghosh, a Bengali-American comedian and jazz saxophonist known online as the internet’s viral Zohran Mamdani impersonator, sits down to talk about growing up brown in Cedar Rapids, Iowa after 9/11, his supportive oncologist dad and 'violin-at-three childhood, and how his girlfriend’s text (“you kind of look like this guy”) turned into a viral Zohran impression series. He shares meeting Zohran’s speechwriter, being booked by the campaign for a senior citizens bingo debate night, his Zohran vs. Trump collab with Austin Nasso of Tech Roast Show, the brown comedy “Avengers” aunties-and-uncles sketch, and the downside of being asked to “just do Zohran.” Neel also opens up about burning out in USC’s jazz program, the professor who unlocked his creativity at Emory, teaching music in Colombia, feeling like a chameleon, his Subway Takes boomer take, and how SlumberPod started on a rooftop. Plus, a round of “Mayor for a Day” where he solves NYC rent, unionized subway rats, and bodega cats demanding workers’ comp, and a look at Pagol, his fully improvised music comedy show at Union Hall in Brooklyn.
Chapters:00:00 - TRAILER01:24 - MEET NEEL GHOSH02:00 - LIFE STORY SEGMENT06:57 - HOT SEAT SEGMENT10:10 - MAYOR FOR A DAY GAME14:07 - SHADOW SEGMENT14:20 - GROWING UP BROWN IN IOWA POST-9/1117:15 - PROS & CONS OF GOING VIRAL AS ZOHRAN20:15 - SPOTLIGHT SEGMENT20:30 - HOW THE ZOHRAN IMPRESSION STARTED22:32 - DID ZOHRAN SEE IT?24:40 - MUSIC, SAXOPHONE & JAZZ SCHOOL28:28 - TEACHING MUSIC IN COLOMBIA30:28 - WHY COMEDY & FEELING LIKE A CHAMELEON32:53 - SUBWAY TAKES & THE BOOMER TAKE33:51 - HOW SLUMBERPOD STARTED35:50 - PAGOL: THE FULLY IMPROVISED SHOW37:10 - WHAT’S NEXT & FINAL MESSAGE
Neel’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neel.ghost/
#NeelGhosh #ZohranMamdani #Zohran #MayorForADay #StandUpComedy #DesiComedy #NYCComedy #BengaliComedian #ComedyPodcast #JazzComedy
25 Oct 2026
This Comedian Turned LinkedIn Into a DATING Show | Srishti Sharma
Srishti Sharma, a South Asian comedian by night and fintech engineering manager by day, created LinkedUP, a live comedy dating show where Love Island meets LinkedIn. She talks about growing up in Mumbai, leaving Amazon after seven years as a software engineer, starting stand-up in Seattle, and turning a club booker’s request for an “Indian dating show” into a dating show run like a tech job interview. She opens up about being single at 30 in New York City, brown parents and marriage pressure, Botox and beauty standards, hating online dating, and why live events will outlast AI slop. Plus, a round of “Rate Our LinkedIn Profiles” and the contestant who disrespected her on her own show.
Chapters: 00:00 - TRAILER 01:17 - MEET SRISHTI SHARMA 01:43 - LIFE STORY SEGMENT 05:47 - HOT SEAT SEGMENT 08:26 - RATE OUR LINKEDIN PROFILES 15:33 - SHADOW SEGMENT 22:29 - SPOTLIGHT SEGMENT 23:57 - HOW LINKEDUP STARTED 24:40 - DATING LIKE A TECH JOB INTERVIEW 25:49 - CONTESTANT DRAMA & CO-HOSTS 28:23 - BACHELOR VS BACHELORETTE 31:46 - LIVE EVENTS VS AI SLOP 32:37 - WHAT’S NEXT & FINAL MESSAGE This Comedian Turned LinkedIn Into a DATING Show | Srishti Sharma | S5E04 Srishti’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/srishti7337/
#SrishtiSharma #ComedyDatingShow #LinkedUP #DatingShow #StandUpComedy #DesiComedy #NYCComedy #IndianComedian #DatingInNYC #ComedyPodcast
18 Oct 2026
Pakistani Comedian on Racism, Religion, and His Special “Free Danish | Danish Maqbool
Pakistani Muslim comedian Danish Maqbool opens up about racism, religion, faith, marriage, and his new stand-up comedy special "Free Danish." From growing up as the first brown family in his New Jersey neighborhood to becoming a top-1% Halo pro gamer, Major League Gaming commentator, and the cashier on Ramy (Seasons 2 & 3), Danish shares the full journey behind his comedy career.
Danish's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dmaq1/
Chapters: 0:00 Trailer1:17 Intro1:42 5-Minute Life Story6:14 Hot Seat10:04 Game: Mosque or Comedy Club12:35 Shadow Segment19:30 Spotlight Segment19:42 Pro Gaming24:45 Ramy Show27:56 Free Danish Special37:58 Closing Messages39:47 Outro-- #PakistaniComedian #MuslimComedian #StandUpComedy #DanishMaqbool #FreeDanish #ComedySpecial #DesiComedy #ComedianInterview #NYCComedy #Ramy
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YouTube views
4,534,377
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Apple Podcasts (US)
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5.0 / 5
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