
This week's guest on the show is Zain Rao! Zain's an 18(!!) year old photographer/videographer/youtuber/all round creative person living and working in Toronto! After a chance encounter on Clubhouse, he's come on the show to talk about how he got into the game at an extremely young 13 years of age, hustled his way to success, worked with major YouTube stars like Shahveer Jaffery & Zaid Ali, and what the next things on his to-do list are.
Smart guy, dedicated to the grind.
Things discussed in this episode:
1. 00:00 Intro
2. 01:40 How we got in touch and what does Zain do
3. 05:13 How he started his YouTube channel in school
4. 09:01 Experimenting and taking his school's camera!
5. 11:38 Getting his first job at 15(!) with Shahveer Jaffery(!!)
6. 19:02 Convincing his parents to let him follow his dreams
7. 23:52 Which YouTubers inspired him along the way
8. 28:14 Interest moving from his YouTube to his own business
9. 34:21 Travel plans once the pandemic eases
10. 39:01 Does he watch any Pakistani YouTubers?
11. 42:00 Memories of Pakistan
12. 48:29 Canada COVID catchup
13. 51:16 Plans for 2021
LINKS:
Zain's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zaxain/
Zain's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ZainRao/
Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!
Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod
Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper
Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkhar
Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan
Jun 21, 2021
54 min

Double whammy episode series continues this week with Zain Peerzada & Luke Azariah of Takatak and Flux Media! The two boys came on the show to chat about what Takatak is up to nowadays, how much of a rollercoaster 2020 was for them, starting the video production venture with Flux Media, and how important Patreon has been for them and can be for many more musicians/artists in Pakistan!
1. 00:00 Intro
2. 01:42 Why are these guys SO busy
3. 04:57 A brief history of Takatak
4. 09:02 Finishing up the album in 2020 and getting Ali Suhail in the band
5. 15:08 The reaction to Faultlines’ release and getting props from giants
6. 19:37 COVID lockdowns and the impact on their writing
7. 21:29 The massive impact Patreon has had on their sustainability
8. 30:37 How Zain got into video-making and how Flux Media started
9. 35:33 The experience of working on a Coke Studio project
10. 39:47 Their Velo experience and managing expectations
11. 45:00 Are corporate music shows “good”?
12. 47:00 What is the future of independent music in Pakistan? RANT
13. 57:35 2021 plans for Tatatak & Flux Media - new singles, new videos!
14. 1:01:50 Outro & how you can support the band!
Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!
Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpod
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp...
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod
Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper
Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkhar
Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan
Jun 14, 2021
1 hr 5 min

NATASHA NOORANI IS HERE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU WE'RE VERY EXCITED LISTEN TO HER SONG LISTEN TO HER TALK LISTEN TO IT ALL
Things discussed in this episode:
1. 00:00 Intro
2. 01:21 Choro - How the team came together
3. 06:02 Choro - Creating the set
4. 07:55 Choro - Producing the song with Abdullah Siddiqui
5. 09:28 Being your own brand manager, marketeer, fundraiser, everything
6. 13:54 Did Pakistan ever have an “industry”, frustrations & GenZ is unstoppable
7. 19:39 Evolution in her sound from 2018 to 2020
8. 23:26 What the upcoming album will sound like
9. 25:57 How her research into Pakistan’s music history informed her relationship with it
10. 30:33 What does an album mean today, the internet’s influence, finding her voice
11. 36:14 How her Velo appearance happened
12. 40:46 The future of corporate music shows & Pakistani music
13. 44:26 How making collaborations push the industry forward
14. 53:10 Putting the PSL 2020 opening anthem together
15. 55:53 Plans for 2021, plugs & Nashta.com
LINKS:
Choro Music Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThWTCXd42lM
Natasha's website: https://www.natashanoorani.com/
Natasha's Fanclub: https://nashtas.com/
Natasha's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natashanoorani/
Natasha's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TheNatashaNoorani/
Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!
Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpod
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp...
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod
Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper
Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkhar
Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan
Jun 7, 2021
1 hr

Pakistan's Influencer Economy is basically the influencer scene in Pakistan. People make content, marketing and ad agencies hire creators, they get paid. But how do you get hired? What tools are available to these agencies? How can YOU make this work? We discuss all of this with Babar Khan Javed, investigative journalist at Profit, who covers the advertising beat and in Dec'20 put out a very comprehensive look at the Influencer Economy of Pakistan (LINK TO ARTICLE BELOW).
If you're a content creator looking to make money, or even an agency person looking to hire better people, this episode and the article more so are gold mines.
Things discussed in this episode:
00:00 Intro
02:07 Babar’s dangerous job and COVID catchup
05:52 What exactly is Babar’s job?
09:16 How he went from working in Advertising to becoming an investigative journo
13:52 How did the article on the influencer economy come about?
23:56 How much money will be spent on influencer marketing in 2021?
27:21 How do influencers make money in Pakistan? Youtube v IG v TikTok
31:54 How much data do ad-agencies have about influencers?
35:24 Women under 30 clear majority of influencers, but utilized in a limited manner
42:56 Female influencers make 2x as much as male
45:56 How agencies use specific analytics to hire influencers and how this will change
52:04 Fake followers and ad-fraud in Pakistan!
54:57 What should influencers focus on to improve business prospects?
1:02:40 Are follower counts still the main metric for ad-agencies?
1:08:25 Negative-PR campaigns!
1:11:12 Does Pakistan need regulations around marketing?
1:15:31 Rich people do PR campaigns FOR FREE (??) and why this is bad
1:21:09 The future of the report & how influencers can use it
1:25:34 Outro
LINKS:
Babar's article: https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2020/12/20/how-much-can-you-make-as-a-social-media-influencer-in-pakistan/
Babar's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/babarkhanjaved/
Babar's Substack: https://substack.com/profile/529867-babar-khan-javed
Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!
Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpod
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp...
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod
Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper
Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkhar
Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan
May 31, 2021
1 hr 27 min

Ethan Chlebowski is on the episode! One of our favourite Youtubers working in the food content space, Ethan came on the show to talk about his origin story, his foray into Pakistani food, how his channel's work is planned, how he's changed things up over the years and much more!
As always everything is broken into chapters as below and clips coming everyday on the TPR Clips channel (check out About section to find a link to that)
1. 00:00 Intro
2. 01:59 Quitting his job & starting the channel
3. 06.45 Hitting the viral bump 2 years in
4. 11:30 Ali’s monologue on Ethan’s Pakistani recipe vids
5. 14:03 How the Pakistani food ideas came about
6. 17:40 Making recipes without ever having tried them
7. 20:35 How much work goes into finalizing a recipe for a video
8. 24:33 How he puts his own perspective on a video/recipe idea
9. 31:52 Pickled onions & cleaning up
10. 34:47 How far ahead does he plan his video schedule
11. 37:07 His YouTube work/life balance
12. 42:35 Projects outside of YouTube; merch, tutorials, cookbooks
13. 52:49 Is YouTube a forever thing?
14. 49:02 Moustaches & ghost stories
15. 51:36 Outro
Links:
Ethan's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/CookwithE/
Ethan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/echleb/
Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!
Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpod
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp...
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod
Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper
Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkhar
Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan
May 24, 2021
1 hr 7 min

Chalant Crew episode for the month is here. Rizwan & Ali get together to shoot the shit after some time. Lots of rants about a whole bunch of things, as you can see from the chapter breakdown below. As always with these episodes, parental discretion is advised.
Things discussed in this episode:
00:00 Rant 1: Stupid lockdowns in Lahore
11:16 Rant 2: Pakistani travel restrictions
16:04 Rant 3: Our billionaires have no imagination
23:50 Rant 4a: Lahore Airport
26:38 Rant 5a: The daily lies in Pakistan
28:29 Rant 4b: Lahore Airport
32:08 Rant 5b: The daily lies in Pakistan
33:37 Fan question 1: Should we be unconditionally kind?
34:58 Fan question 2: How to "deal with" an Israeli roommate
39:47 Fan question 3: Is Eid less joyous now?
41:43 Fan question 4: How to keep working when you hate what you do?
44:23 Fan question 5: How did we realize we were "ready" to get married?
49:30 Fan question 6: How to be successful in a Big 4 firm?
51:37 Fan question 7: Which camera to start with if looking to go pro with weddings & portraits?
56:30 Fan question 8: What if nothing works out?
59:55 Outro
Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!
Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpod
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod
Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper
Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanPehelwan
Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan
May 17, 2021
1 hr 1 min

This week's guest on the podcast is Baalaaj Khan! One of the newer youtubers on the scene, he's been active for over a year now making videos. We've been talking for a little while during that time, especially a couple months ago on Clubhouse and felt we really had to have him on the show!
ALSO, check out the TPR Clips channel for EXCLUSIVE CLIPS from this chat that are not in this video, or on Instagram or anywhere else!
LINK TO TPR CLIPS: https://bit.ly/3bgBAxP
Things discussed in this episode:
1. 00:00 Intro & Shoutouts!
2. 05:01 Baalaaj’s COVID update
3. 06:39 Who does Baalaaj think he is
4. 08:59 Baalaaj’s introduction to table tennis
5. 14:47 How expense can table tennis rackets be?
6. 17:50 How Baalaaj got into content-creation
-- 24:35 AD BREAK --
7. 25:21 The people he used to watch, now are his friends
8. 30:44 Long-term prospects of content-creation
9. 34:29 Question from Momina Munir about inspiration & being relatable
10. 40:55 Why go study in Turkey & why New Media?
-- 47:43 AD BREAK --
11. 48:24 What changes did living in Turkey bring about in him?
12. 56:20 Question from Harisism - Baalaaj is a bully??
13. 57:40 Question from Sugarafa - QUADS
14. 58:49 Question from VlogsbyMuhammad - Pain?
15. 1:00:10 Question from Samina - Why does he like birds?
16. 1:01:18 Why are the Harry Potter movies important to him?
17. 1:04:15 Peanuts.
18. 1:07:45 Outro
LINKS:
Baalaaj's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baalaaj_khan/
Baalaaj's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu0a5oVji6Mns5BBFOYvRoQ/about
SHOUTOUTS:
https://www.instagram.com/salmanmshahid/
Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!
Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpod
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp...
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod
Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper
Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanPehelwan
Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan
May 10, 2021
1 hr 9 min

This week's episode is about a particular part of Pakistan's Twitter culture. Specifically with regards to the twitter donation appeal and collection scenario where individuals in their personal capacity amplify appeals for charity and arrange donations to pass forward.
1. 00:00 Intro
2. 06:40 Everybody introduces themselves
3. 17:17 How do people reach out to them for help?
4. 22:12 How do they verify the cases are genuine?
5. 27:09 The types of causes/issues/requests they help
6. 33:09 What platforms do they use to send money and why
7. 40:27 How ridiculously restrictive, unhelpful & archaic our banking system is
8. 47:55 How the acceptance of donations-work on social media has changed
9. 54:34 Sara’s story about one fraudulent appeal
10. 1:00:57 How scammers take advantage of people collecting donations
11. 1:06:23 Some positive stories from each of the guests
1:15:44 Outro & Conclusion
LINKS:
Sara Abbasi: https://twitter.com/BauhatSara
Sara Khalili: https://twitter.com/SaraKhlili & http://education4all.pk/
Wahaj & Rameesha: https://twitter.com/TeamJustajoo & https://www.instagram.com/teamjustajoo/
THE GUY WITH A BURGER STALL is FS Burger Point at Chowk Pathani near Unilever School in Rahim Yar Khan
Shoutouts:
1. Try-sitan:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE7UsCT0ksU1OwaunwrZjhQ/about
2. Ahmad: https://www.instagram.com/abeyahmadd/
3. Irtiza: https://www.instagram.com/irtiza.ab/
May 3, 2021
1 hr 17 min

The podcast is back! Kicking things off with pod#101 where we have ascendant social media star Ayla Syed on the show. She's been one of the most popular creators to come out of the past year with her work on IG & TikTok so we had to speak to her.
Also, intros are back! And within intros we have a completely new thing by the name of TPR Shoutouts! Check out our Instagram highlights to find out how you can be a part of this, FOR FREE! Also there are a couple easter-eggs tossed in the episode that you'll need to be find for yourself.
Things discussed in this episode:
1. 00:00 Intro & Shoutouts
2. 09:49 Ayla basically summarizes the episode
3. 14:30 COVID, quarantine & lockdown school check-in
4. 20:11 “How she started out” & quarantine inspo
5. 25:50 When did things start picking up, and her first brand deal
6. 31:50 Haters talking about nepotism, and being responsible with endorsements
7. 37:50 Forming relationships with brands and not saying yes to everything
8. 42:02 How her friends, family, and fear of “nazar” keeps her grounded
9. 45:31 Have people started treating her differently?
10. 47:31 How does she manage A-levels with lockdowns & content
11. 53:30 Do people in Pakistan know there’s money in the influencer game?
12. 55:20 YAFA, her NGO, and her "Breaking the Stigma" series
13. 1:03:02 Being responsible about the messaging she puts out around issues
14. 1:09:11 Talking about privilege
15. 1:12:34 Working with Samsung, McDonalds, Jazz and more
16. 1:17:49 Is this all going to end in 4 months??
17. 1:19:13 Comparing Youtube, IG, TikTok & Snap
18. 1:24:34 Does Ayla have any Jinn stories?
19. 1:27:18 Outro but then Ali finds another question & then outro
Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!
LINKS:
Ayla's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aylasworld/
Ayla's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aylasworld_?lang=en
Ayla's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/aylasworldofficial
Youth Association For All: https://www.facebook.com/yafa.organisation/
SHOUTOUTS:
MappedPk: https://www.instagram.com/mappedpk/
Humdah: https://www.instagram.com/blinkingstreetlamps/
Javeria: https://www.instagram.com/cakeycakesbyjba/
Hamnara: https://www.instagram.com/hamnawa_net/
Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpod
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp...
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod
Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper
Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanPehelwan
Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan
Apr 26, 2021
1 hr 30 min

Somehow or the other, mostly due to the inevitable passage of time towards the slow but unavoidable death of the universe, we are at episode number 100 of the podcast. If you take into account the TPR Ten, Corona World Tour 2020 and Games of Thrones S07 & 08 series we're closer to 150 THINGS having been put out but that is neither here nor there.
This is a short episode, we thought we'd dress up and in our advanced ages that tired us out real quick. We answered some fan questions, some answers turned into rants as usual, a few things were cut out and PEOPLE MADE A VIDEO FOR US!!
Things discussed in this episode:
1. 00:00 We're all dressed up!
2. 04:32 Advice for people starting podcasts
3. 05:27 How do we balance being candid while not being cancelled?
4. 07:40 Are we closer now than when we started?
5. 08:25 Never stop never stopping
6. 10:38 Did we think of getting to 100?
7. 12:04 Any episodes we like a lot?
8. 15:00 Favourite guests!
9. 17:44 3 things we like, 1 thing we hate!
10. 26:49 How does Rizwan deal with wedding guests taking pictures?
11. 32:59 Rizwan's favourite lens!
12. 34:21 These guys made us a video & we can't take compliments
13: 39:35 Outro & important release plans for next week!
Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!
Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpod
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp...
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod
Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper
Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanPehelwan
Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan
Apr 5, 2021
41 min
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