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Pod#144 - Hamza Gulzar aka Boy Bawarchi - Food, Faith, Family & Identity
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:38:58
Publish Date: 2022-03-21 02:00:00
Description:

Hamza's BoyBawarchi account is a TikTok and Twitter sensation. You know him from his extremely calming, almost serene, baking videos on the platforms. Just Hamza and his baking, and a visual aesthetic that brings an almost meditative vibe to his videos.   

That's what I thought I'd be talking to him about, how he makes his videos, difficult baking experiments and the like. Where the conversation went pretty much immediately however, was a place that was far more emotional and deep than I expected.   

Things discussed in this episode:  

00:00 Intro 

02:38 Growing up in Pakistan and the US, adjusting to the moves 

05:49 How he got into baking in college 

14:11 How he developed his video aesthetic 

19:12 Why do people like his videos? What he thinks, what people say 

28:50 The deeper, spiritual connections to be found in food and living life with intentionality 

34:00 How does he decide what to make? Channeling his identity through the recipes he chooses 

41:23 A turbulent but revelatory trip to Pakistan, just as he went all-in on baking 

58:00 Our complicated emotional relationships with Pakistan 

1:02:55 Business plans, going to Pakistan to collab and learn local recipes 

1:07:34 Feelings of solitude, finding a community in the US, thinking about legacy & belonging 

1:22:45 Being from two places, why he might want to move to Pakistan, it’s okay to want to be happy 

1:30:40 How he wants to connect his faith to his work, Chef’s Table 

1:36:10 Shoutouts and outro  

LINKS: 

His TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@boybawarchi

His Twitter: https://twitter.com/boybawarchi

His Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boybawarchi/

His YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3RE-jX9J9Pj26NQM5q-XCw/about 

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