The SafeTea Podcast
The SafeTea Podcast
Podcast Description
Come for the honesty. Stay for the breakthroughs. The SafeTea Podcast is where we get real about what it means to feel SAFE: Seen, Accepted, Free, and Empowered. Led by Akbar Hamid — our queer, South Asian, and Muslim host — each episode features raw conversations with cultural change-makers who share their journey to self actualization while spilling TEA: their Transformation, Elevation, and Affirmation.Grab your cup. Let’s spill.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes of cultural identity, queerness, empowerment, and personal growth, addressing topics such as navigating family dynamics related to sexuality, the impact of media on representation, and the importance of brown love stories. Episodes include in-depth discussions on personal journeys, such as those shared by guests like Roshan Sethi and Karan Soni in relation to their film 'A Nice Indian Boy.'
Come for the honesty. Stay for the breakthroughs.
The SafeTea Podcast is where we get real about what it means to feel SAFE: Seen, Accepted, Free, and Empowered. Led by Akbar Hamid — our queer, South Asian, and Muslim host — each episode features raw conversations with cultural change-makers who share their journey to self actualization while spilling TEA: their Transformation, Elevation, and Affirmation.
Grab your cup. Let’s spill.
In this episode of The SafeTea, actor Saagar Shaikh (Marvel’s Ms. Marvel, Hulu’s Deli Boys) takes us through the real behind-the-scenes of breaking into Hollywood as a brown, Muslim, first-gen creative. From TaskRabbit gigs to beard oil startups, getting fired by his own dad to landing his first audition tape that changed everything—this is the truth behind the “breakout.”
We talk about:
- Why representation without nuance isn’t enough
- His 10 year journey to landing his first Marvel role (with no credits to his name)
- The full-circle moment of playing a Muslim character who’s just… human
- Getting fired by your dad from his deli (and now making him proud on Deli Boys)
- The 4-week window that decides a show’s fate
- What happens after you get the gig… and then don’t work for 15 months
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