Mouthful with Shanti is a funny, smart and inclusive podcast as weekly Shanti along with various selected guests unpacks culture, race, systemic injustice, sexual expression, gender, and different embodied experiences through an intersectional lens.
Acclaimed Bay Area comedian Shanti Charan brings her unique mix of talents from her years onstage as well as the classroom.
Charan is now also an adjunct professor, and her research interests include social justice, critical race theory and post-colonialism in relation to sexualities and gender studies.
Shanti Charan: Shanti Charan is a stand-up comedian, writer, and storyteller based in the Bay Area. The daughter of immigrants, Shanti’s humor reflects her experience as an Indo-Fijian woman, growing up as a second-generation American. Charan was named San Francisco Bay Guardian’s “Best Comedian” in their Annual “Best of SF” edition. SF Weekly awarded Shanti “Best Stand Up on the Way Up”, stating Charan’s writing, “is clever and confident beyond her years”. Shanti has had the opportunity to work with and feature for Bobby Lee, Fortune Feimster, Sasheer Zamata, Ronny Chieng, Sheng Wang, Frankie Quinones, Atsuko Okatsuka and Anthony Jeselnik.
In this week’s episode, Shanti is joined by comedian Kaneez Surka as they discuss a variety of topics including Kaneez’s comedic journey, exploring Indian, South African and American Culture.
Kaneez Surka: Kaneez Surka is a producer, actor, and comedian from India, born and raised in South Africa.
She has produced and performed in her Netflix Special, ‘Ladies Up’, Netflix’s ‘Comedy Premium League,’ and Amazon Prime Video’s Improv specials, ‘Something From Nothing’ and ‘Improv All Stars – Games Night.’
Kaneez is also known for her comedic acting. Her short film, ‘The Shaila(s)’ was selected for the Voot Select Film Festival.
Kaneez currently resides in New York City.
Checkout previous episodes of Mouthful w/ Shanti featuring Aurora Singh, Butch Escobar, David Gborie, and many more HERE
