Hey guys, welcome back to BFP season 2 and here we are with episode 2!

On this episode, we collab cultures, Desis & Latinos/Hispanics. This duo has a lot in common, from our frijoles and daal, to our kheer and arroz con leche, large celebrations with large families, loud senses of humor and love of music, dance and telenovela drama. Our collabs go hard too...who doesn't love of chicken tikka taco?

Clearly I have had this idea for a while...it started when I lived in Texas for a few years. During my time there, I realized that so many Desis lived there not only because of the love of heat, but also the family and cultural values of the large Hispanic and Latino*** communities influencing the environment of the cities there. I also saw that expectations within the family were similarly heavy and there were religious influences and patriarchal customs that made our upbringings conservative and restrictive when it came to trying to be authentically ourselves.

In my time in Minnesota, I came across Steph who became one of my close masc friends. She wanted to be on this show because she felt that she never saw anyone that she could look up to during her character developing years that represented what her story looked like and she wanted to shed some limelight on hers in honor of supporting what she didn't have growing up.

I hope you enjoy this special and spicy episode!!

Steph's instagram: @stephanielima51

Thank you as always to @Kwey_ for podcast production, audio editing and recording!

***In case anyone was wondering the difference between Latino/Hispanic is that Latinos is based on Latin culture and Hispanic means Spanish-speaking. For example, my friend Steph on this episode is Guatemalan and is Hispanic and not Latino and my Brazilian friend is Latino but speaks Portuguese and is not Hispanic.