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Since Nov 2022
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Welcome to Middle Fingers Up, the show where we keep our heads high and our middle fingers higher. We explore relationships, mental health and everything in between. Join me, Kiran Randhawa on the journey to learn, grow and find our voice.

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S1E169 EP.169 - It's Good To Gup Shup - "Disagreement Isn't Disrespect"

Jun 09, 2026 27m

Boy moms… this Gup Shup is for us.After a recent conversation with my teenage son, I found myself reflecting on something I’ve been really intentional about while raising boys:creating a home where…

S1E168 EP.168 - Patty - "Is It Because I'm..."

Jun 02, 2026 1h 29m

Some conversations stay with you because they answer questions. This one stayed with me because it opened more of them. Patty is back on the podcast after Episode 165 because honestly… we weren’t…

S1E167 EP.167 - Harvi - "Your Version Of Good Might Be Someone Else's Version of Bad"

May 26, 2026 1h 25m

This episode felt special to me.I sat down with Harvi — a soon-to-be high school graduate heading into psychology — for a conversation about growing up as children of immigrants, and honestly… it…

S1E166 EP.166 - Andrea Samtani - "I Would Really Love For Indian Women To Start Taking Ownership For Their Own Bodies"

May 19, 2026 1h 36m

This episode is dedicated to our bodies.The Brown ones. The bloated ones. The strong ones. The “why is my head filled with negativity about my body" ones.I've been thinking a lot lately about how we …

S1E165 EP.165 - Patty-"Nobody Talks About The Joy"

May 05, 2026 1h 19m

In this episode, I sit down with  psychologist and writer Patty for a powerful conversation about the inner worlds of children of immigrants and how childhood conditioning continues to shape adult…

S1E164 EP.164 - Mohini - "Are You Really 'Fine' Though?"

Apr 28, 2026 1h 25m

Wedding season is meant to be joyful, full of love, music, and celebration.However in this EP, we are naming what happens when you’re walking into those spaces carrying something else.A welcome back…

S1E163 EP.163 - Sarah Akinterinwa-"My Identity Will Never Be Straightforward - & That's Okay"

Apr 21, 2026 44m

Featured in The New Yorker and The Guardian, Sarah is a Nigerian child of immigrants, raised in the UK and now based in Canada, whose work as a cartoonist captures the quiet, in-between moments we…

S1E162 EP.162 - Harleen Randhawa - "My Existence Is Resistance"

Apr 14, 2026 1h 10m

In this episode, I sit down with artist, mother, and fellow Randhawa, Harleen, to explore what happens when we stop performing the lives expected of us and start expressing our truth.Having…

S1E161 EP.161 - Nikki Roy - "Teach Yourself How To Feel In Your Body"

Apr 07, 2026 1h 14m

A song comes on… and I’m not here anymore. I’m  in a neural time machine and 15 again. And I don’t just remember it—I feel it.In this episode, I sit down with Nikki—a therapist with a Master’s in…

S1E160 EP.160 - Ali - "You Can't Separate Pop Culture & Politics"

Mar 24, 2026 1h 3m

We say it all the time: “I’m just here for the music.”But… are we?In this episode, I sit down with Ali from @itsrealitywithali  to unpack something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately — how pop…

S1E159 EP.159 - It's Good To Gup Shup - "What Stories Is My Body Holding?"

Mar 17, 2026 1h 2m

This episode is about shifting the way we think about our bodies — even as our day-to-day bumps up against old rules, comparisons, and messages (or should we say misogynies) we’ve inherited. We are…

S1E158 EP.158 - It's Good To Gup Shup - "Safety Isn't Declared. It's Practiced"

Mar 10, 2026 24m

Safe space. You’ve heard the term everywhere lately — but what does it actually mean? Who is responsible for the 'safety' part of the space?In this gup shup, we sit with a phrase that shows up…

S1E157 EP.157 - Rama Swami - "Silence & Stigma Have No Place In The Room"

Mar 03, 2026 1h 29m

In this episode of Middle Fingers Up, we sit down with Rama Swamy, a pelvic floor practitioner and physiotherapist who immigrated from India, for a necessary and overdue conversation about women’s…

S1E156 EP.156 - Farida D - "Stop Letting The Bar End For Men, The Exact Point it Begins For Women"

Feb 24, 2026 1h 13m

In this episode of Middle Fingers Up, I’m in conversation with Farida D, author of The Shit That Made Me a Feminist — a body of work that names the lived realities many women are taught to swallow…

S1E155 EP.155 - Kam Bassier - "It Is A Priveledge To Be A Cycle Breaker"

Feb 17, 2026 1h 28m

The one where we stop pretending everything’s fine just to keep the peace.In this episode, I sit down with Kam Bassier  (from Episode 136: “You’re Not Lazy, You’re Burnt Out”) to talk about a tension…

S1E154 EP.154 - Moses Farrow - "The Human Trafficking Industry Uses Adoption As Propaganda"

Feb 10, 2026 1h 51m

Taken from South Korea as a baby, removed from his culture, and told it’s for a “better life” that he "wasn't wanted".  This is the reality behind many international adoptions.In this episode, I…

S1E153 EP.153 - Shawn Ahmed - "If It Makes Me Laugh, That's Good Enough"

Feb 03, 2026 52m

I came across Shawn Ahmed’s work the way so many of us do now — through a moment of laughter that quietly turned into curiosity. What followed was a conversation that went far deeper than…

S1E152 EP.152 - Arunie Saldhi - "I'm Very Careful Now, To Not Breach My Own Boundaries"

Jan 27, 2026 1h 24m

We’ve all been in rooms where the energy doesn’t match the claim of being a safe space -  overthinking, comparing, and surface-level talk are what tends to go down instead. I sat down with Arunie,…

S1E151 EP.151 - Reshma Kearney - "It's In The Transitions That We're Able To Heal"

Jan 20, 2026 1h 17m

Reshma Kearney returns to Middle Fingers Up following Episode 128, where she first shared her experience of losing her husband to suicide and raising three children through grief. In this…

S1E150 EP.150 - Rahell Seddek - "Whiteness Moves In A Funny Way"

Jan 13, 2026 1h 35m

In this episode of Middle Fingers Up, we sit down with Rahell, a 23-year-old mixed-race individual navigating identity, privilege, and growth.Rahell shares his experience as a “passing white kid”…

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