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Podcast and Literary Magazine
Producer/Co-Host: @babygirlharam
Co-Host: @dazedinmtl

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In this episode, Sruti talks to Sarah Schulman about chosen kinship, moral responsibility, and why The Cosmopolitans remains a fiercely tender study of what it means to love without illusion. 🌃 by @weirdera.ca

Sruti talks to Emily Haworth‑Booth about Mare, exploring the tangled instincts of care, desire, and the unexpected forms that mothering—and not‑mothering—can take. Link in bio 🐴 by @weirdera.ca

This week Sruti talks to Sarvat Hasin about the fraught erotics of female friendship, the cultural dissonance that shapes who we become, and the myths we inherit (and invent) about being Muslim, being women, and being seen. ☪️ Link in bio! by @weirdera.ca

This week, Alex speaks with @yannmartelofficial about his newest novel, Son of Nobody, truth in fiction, Homeric tragedy, how authority shapes narrative, and why he keeps returning to animal imagery. Link in bio! 🦁 by @weirdera.ca

New! Sruti talks to Andrew Martin about millennial malaise during Covid-19, millennial substance abuse, (millennial everything!) and what growing up might look like in an increasingly darker world. ☁️ link in bio by @weirdera.ca

S10 returns! Sruti has sweeping conversation with @daniyal_mueenuddin on feudal power, moral complexity, what the West gets wrong about Islam and the serpentine forces shaping contemporary Pakistan. 🐍 link in bio by @weirdera.ca

Final season starts this Friday 💜 Stay tuned, beloved weirdos. by @weirdera.ca

Thank you to everyone who listened. Returning 2026 for our final season 💜 by @weirdera.ca

That’s a wrap on Season 9! Sruti talks to Lauren Rothery about her debut, heteronormative dynamics, what interests her about aging as a woman, if Hollywood is a farce, and Sruti asks: is love luck? Available wherever you get podcasts and see you in 2026 for S10! 🎉 by @weirdera.ca

New! Sruti talks to Souvankham Thammavongsa about the unreality of love, why married’s want you to tell them what to do, and labour as love (particularly in the immigrant experience) ✨ link in bio! by @weirdera.ca

This week, Alex sits down with music journalist Alan Light to discuss his latest book, Don’t Stop: Why We (Still) Love Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, women in music, the return of physical media, why bands don’t exist as they used to, and all things Fleetwood Mac. Link in bio! by @weirdera.ca

New new new!! Sruti talks to Zadie Smith about moral failings, the different roles required for revolution, middle age, her continued proclivity to insist, optimism and despair — and how “this is a cheery podcast.” Link in bio as always. ✨✨ by @weirdera.ca