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3 countries. 2 brown girls. 1 podcast. Late 20s which means we're culturally expired, but that won't stop us from our constant unscripted musings! Join us on this nomadic journey and be entertained. We are basically just going to be having regular conversations about books, shows, mental health and the weird social norms and traditions we grew up with. Meet Meral and Saman as your guides on this insane roller coaster! Being a Pakistani expat has never been cooler ;)
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Dear Coconuts, With great power comes great responsibility. Therefore you have been warned, this episode is nothing but spoilers and discussing details we loved or not liked very much in all the Spider-Man movies! Only listen to this if you have already watched Spider-Man: No Way Home! There are moments where your jaw may drop with what Meral and S…
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Dear Coconuts This has been a year for the books, in this new dystopian world we were currently living in, we had been reeling from the after effects of the first few waves of Coronavirus only to find out that its still mutating and we may have another lockdown. Went through environmental crises, important pop culture moments and so much more. Thro…
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Dear Coconuts, It is a truth universally known that Meral is obsessed with The Umbrella Academy. In this episode, we talk about everything we loved about the show in its Netflix production of Season 1. Needless to say, this episode is sprinkled with spoilers so if you have not watched the season yet, do not listen to this! Gerard Way's comic book s…
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Dear Coconuts, In this episode, we discuss the painfully heartbreaking story of a woman who faced many difficulties in her life but managed to maintain her dignity through it all. In Khaled Hosseini's A thousand Splendid Suns we are introduced to Marium, who has a stoic personality that shows us we can face anything and no matter how hard it gets a…
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Dear Coconuts, Mean Girls in its time was revolutionary, but what no one could have predicted was how important it will continue you be in the future. This movie not only shows us the cruel face of narcissism but also allowing us to appreciate how multidimensional humans really are. When you're young you are quick to see Regina as the main antagoni…
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Dear Coconuts, When we say we missed y'all we really mean it!! We're bacckkkk from our unscheduled summer hiatus. A lot has happened since then so get ready for a whirlwind of stories. Hopefully these stories can reiterate that us humans are capable of anything, with a little bit of perseverance, some tears and a lot of prayers. Tell us how your su…
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Hey Coconuts! We had an absolute blast watching Bo Burnham’s Inside. It’s on Netflix! Give it a look see and tell us what you think! In this episode we share our take on Bo’s insight of the world! One of the things we really learnt was that we don't have to have opinions about everything under the sun nor should we demand opinions from 'our influen…
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Hey Coconuts, Recording this episode was a lot of fun, we went down a wormhole of how authentic inside out is to the actual way us humans see the world, and how our brains work. We had a chance to revisit our love for the star of the movie "Bing Bong", and our own imaginary friends whom we may have forgotten. This movie has reconfirmed the concept …
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Hey Coconuts! We are back!!! And decided to talk about one of our favorite trilogies: The Hunger Games! Anyone who knows the books and movies while being aware of the news knows that drawing parallels is an easy feat. We hope you enjoy what we discussed and there’s definitely a lot more that can be said about the books and movies. We tried to keep …
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Hey, This episode is a bit different, its only talking about the vile events that have been taking place. We will also discuss and try to educate ourselves and our friends about the terminology being used. And lastly urge everyone to pray for Palestine and also lets not forgot that very real lives are being lost and a lot of them are children. Also…
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Hey Coconuts, There were just so many things we wanted to talk about that we ended up talking about everything. Hopefully the time stamps will help here lol. As we bring Ramadan to a close and celebrate Eid we discussed how the month was for us overall, the few distractions that we had while fasting namely Neflix and the News. We talk about Seaspir…
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Hey Coconuts! MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU! It is official "Star Wars day" today and we hope the force is with you and keeping you all well! On this very special day for many worldwide and in a galaxy far, far away we are talking about some of our favorite things in Star Wars! Keep in mind that the journey of Star Wars spans 67 years, we did not talk…
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Hey Coconuts, This week we discuss Bollywood's Main Hoon Na, which was not only an instant hit when it first came out in 2004, but managed to continue being successful well into present day. This movie has everything, themes that are still very relevant to society, such as family, loyalty and most importantly love. The movie also revolves around th…
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Hey Coconuts, We hope you enjoy our discussion on My Sister's Keeper and some of the ethical questions it raised. We loved this book! It opened doors for people to have conversations on very difficult topics such as parenting, emancipation and the cost of love. One of the conclusions we had was that morals do not necessarily always support ethics. …
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Hey coconuts, Ramadan Mubarak!! As you all can probably tell from our instagram page we are super excited for this month. Ramadan is a beautiful time of refection and reconnecting with your faith, whilst leaving some of the worldly distractions behind. In this episode we discuss what this month means to us and also give you guys an insight of our p…
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Hey Coconuts! In this installment we talk about WandaVision! We’re both avid fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe! We use references from the movies and comics in our daily lives. Some of the things we really enjoyed that WandaVision did so brilliantly was display the different ways a person can grieve their loss, and how they come to accept their…
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Hey coconuts, In this instalment we go over the iconic novel written by Louisa May Alcott in the 1800s. Surprisingly though she managed to capture the trials of womanhood and coming of age so well, that the story still rings true in 2021. In this world we hear the tale of 4 sisters, each in her own way a strong and resilient. We learn about a mothe…
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Hey Coconuts! We took a different turn in our tenth episode. It’s a little tribute to Pakistan in honor of Pakistan Day! We discuss the Resolution for Pakistan, the things we love about the work some citizens are doing, and our celebrity run ins. Obviously there’s so much more to say about the good that’s being worked towards and a lot to say on th…
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Hey coconuts, We're backkk!!! To the lovely people that are still following us THANK YOU! So we decided to start off with something that is very near and dear to us, and that is the epidemic of body shamming, bullying, and perpetuating impossible narratives about what is considered beautiful. Research has shown that the percentage of young boys and…
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Hey coconuts, Welcome to the 8th instalment of Unscripted Musings, we will be talking about a past queen and a present day queen, both these women are self made and role models. Through their work they have uplifted millions and millions of women. Madame CJ Walker was one of the first women to give employment to over 3000 women of colour. While Tay…
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Hey Coconuts, In this episode we continue with our theme of February being Black History Month. We take a trip to Harlem '89 to discuss and learn more about the atrocities that befell the Central Park Five now known as the Exonerated Five. Reeling from all of this we also watched Malcolm and Marie thinking it would be a cute story of romance but we…
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Hey Coconuts, Today we take a trip back to the 1960s where interracial marriage was considered a sin and treated like a felony. Last week we spoke of how Atticus's character is an inspiration to generations, but today we want to introduce Richard and Mildred Loving. Their characters and personalities dealt with calamity with a calm approach. Their …
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Hey coconuts, For everyone that knows us, knows that at some point we have tried to get you to read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee! In high school, we were lucky enough to read it alongside our peers with a phenomenal English teacher. The impact of the book has followed us throughout our lives. We hope to recreate some magic with the next edit…
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Hey coconuts, In this next instalment of unscripted musings we will be discussing our favourite Pakistani movie of an inspirational "stereotype breaker" Zenith Irfan. While going over her incredible journey we talk keto diet, toxic work environment at Cannoli, and our day at T2F. We also contemplate about the importance of change and how to own you…
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Hey Coconuts, I hope you're ready for a third edition of Saman and Meral's journey. We decided to take a tour of the 1800s to the society of the elites, and check out the Diamond of the First Water or as we know her, Daphne Bridgerton. However, she was not the only sight for sore eyes. Sir Simon was quite a delight to meet and learn from! Netflix's…
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Hey coconuts, I hope you are ready for our second instalment of Meral and Saman talking. In this episode we go over the Netflix show Indian Matchmaking, we share some of our own opinions along with some of our personal experiences with this sort of thing. Personally we believe that the matchmaking process has become a rite of passage for South Asia…
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Hey Coconuts, Here is the first chapter of our podcast, it revolves around the the theme of gender norms in society that are still implemented on women, we discuss the book Jane Eyre and how she was a empowered women ahead of her time. We dive into other aspects of growth and perspectives. You may hear some monstrous echos in the background, but re…
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Introducing Dr. Saman and Meral, we just wanted to do a brief intro just so you guys know where to find us and who we are. Our podcast is called Unscripted Musings! Instagram: @unscriptedmusingz Twitter: @unscriptedmusi1 YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UChthtZKI-N5N12ex6OGhXJA Gmail: unscriptedmusingz@gmail.com Love, Saman and Meral…
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