RedCircle VERIFY_TOKEN_f67c33a0-cad7-4633-aa8e-703ab8f3d899 -- Rendered At Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:34:58 +0000 Imported Baggage https://redcircle.com/shows/imported-baggage en-US All rights reserved. The Baggage You Carry Through Life On Display Nadia Zareen and Cedric Joseph Imported Baggage is all about what makes us who we are. Parents, school, friends, religion, and culture all are factors when we decide our careers, our life partners, even down to the details of food and clothing. What did we choose for ourselves? What did we learn from our parents? What is from American culture? What is from the culture of our parents’ homeland? We can’t navigate these questions without love and support. Join a conversation with two people who have been friends for almost 30 years. Nadia Zareen and Cedric Joseph have stood by each other through so many trials and successes because of their friendship and strength. So come join us as we laugh our way through the myriad of events that made us who we are. f67c33a0-cad7-4633-aa8e-703ab8f3d899 Imported Baggage is all about what makes us who we are. Parents, school, friends, religion, and culture all are factors when we decide our careers, our life partners, even down to the details of food and clothing. What did we choose for ourselves? What did we learn from our parents? What is from American culture? What is from the culture of our parents’ homeland?

We can’t navigate these questions without love and support. Join a conversation with two people who have been friends for almost 30 years. Nadia Zareen and Cedric Joseph have stood by each other through so many trials and successes because of their friendship and strength.

So come join us as we laugh our way through the myriad of events that made us who we are.

]]> episodic no Nadia Zareen and Cedric Joseph hosisocials@gmail.com false full To believe or not to believe, that is the question To believe or not to believe, that is the question 1 2 Nadia Zareen and Cedric Joseph Is there only one way to have faith? Listen to two best friends hash out the differences between faith and religion. Nadia makes her argument about how she’s perfectly comfortable risking her own soul for her belief system. Can you say the same?

]]> <p>Is there only one way to have faith? Listen to two best friends hash out the differences between faith and religion. Nadia makes her argument about how she’s perfectly comfortable risking her own soul for her belief system. Can you say the same?</p> e5323cc0-d7fd-44b2-a459-b76f73883bdb https://redcircle.com/shows/f67c33a0-cad7-4633-aa8e-703ab8f3d899/episodes/6c514cf3-9c9e-47cd-a1d5-cb3304587ab4 Fri, 23 Dec 2022 19:24:50 +0000 2116 false full Football: A Family Affair Football: A Family Affair 5 1 Nadia Zareen and Cedric Joseph National pastimes, like sports, provide a means for immigrants to relate to their new countrymen quickly. Nadia’s father’s enjoyment of football led her to become a lifelong NFL fan with an unrelenting affection for the Chicago Bears. How does a Pakistani woman navigate her love of football, her culture, and dating all at the same time? Listen to the hilarity that ensues when two lifelong friends discuss the #gridiron. (Recorded May 2021)

]]> <p>National pastimes, like sports, provide a means for immigrants to relate to their new countrymen quickly. Nadia’s father’s enjoyment of football led her to become a lifelong NFL fan with an unrelenting affection for the Chicago Bears. How does a Pakistani woman navigate her love of football, her culture, and dating all at the same time? Listen to the hilarity that ensues when two lifelong friends discuss the #gridiron. (Recorded May 2021)</p> fe2b67f4-6656-4722-9e4f-be7d470fa726 https://redcircle.com/shows/f67c33a0-cad7-4633-aa8e-703ab8f3d899/episodes/3b2a17e4-f459-4719-a6e1-6e4cb0008801 Sat, 28 May 2022 17:10:27 +0000 2084 false full Four Wives…I mean, you could Four Wives…I mean, you could 4 3 Nadia Zareen and Cedric Joseph Happy wife, happy life, right? At least that’s how the saying goes. Would you be surprised to learn that while the Quran allows for up to 4 wives, it also states that you have to be equitable between them and you’ll most likely mess it up? Listen to the discussion after Nadia reads her summarized verses from the Quran. We think you’ll be surprised.

]]> <p>Happy wife, happy life, right? At least that’s how the saying goes. Would you be surprised to learn that while the Quran allows for up to 4 wives, it also states that you have to be equitable between them and you’ll most likely mess it up? Listen to the discussion after Nadia reads her summarized verses from the Quran. We think you’ll be surprised.</p> c6ec88ef-0996-49a9-b3bb-ca034134e68d https://redcircle.com/shows/f67c33a0-cad7-4633-aa8e-703ab8f3d899/episodes/eab926ee-a609-4b0b-99d8-72710324e6cc Fri, 29 Apr 2022 14:27:43 +0000 1661 false full Khadijah: The First Muslim Was A Woman Khadijah: The First Muslim Was A Woman 3 1 Nadia Zareen and Cedric Joseph The First Muslim Was A Woman Khadijah: The First Muslim Was A Woman Did you know Prophet Muhammad’s first wife was 20 years older than him, divorced, and a small business owner? Her name was Khadijah and she is the first Muslim because she is the first person to believe her husband. Why is she absent from the Quran? How could having her as an example earlier help shape the lives of millions of Muslim women? When Nadia’s family was ripped apart by divorce, even the truth about the prophet’s first wife could not stop the fall out. When the community judges you for starting a business, ending a bad marriage and educating your daughters, what are you supposed to do? Hear what we did. Khadijah: The First Muslim Was A Woman

Did you know Prophet Muhammad’s first wife was 20 years older than him, divorced, and a small business owner? Her name was Khadijah and she is the first Muslim because she is the first person to believe her husband. Why is she absent from the Quran? How could having her as an example earlier help shape the lives of millions of Muslim women? When Nadia’s family was ripped apart by divorce, even the truth about the prophet’s first wife could not stop the fall out. When the community judges you for starting a business, ending a bad marriage and educating your daughters, what are you supposed to do? Hear what we did.

]]> <p>Khadijah: The First Muslim Was A Woman</p><p>Did you know Prophet Muhammad’s first wife was 20 years older than him, divorced, and a small business owner? Her name was Khadijah and she is the first Muslim because she is the first person to believe her husband. Why is she absent from the Quran? How could having her as an example earlier help shape the lives of millions of Muslim women? When Nadia’s family was ripped apart by divorce, even the truth about the prophet’s first wife could not stop the fall out. When the community judges you for starting a business, ending a bad marriage and educating your daughters, what are you supposed to do? Hear what we did.</p> 2cd3934a-397a-41c3-be22-492199a5a727 https://redcircle.com/shows/f67c33a0-cad7-4633-aa8e-703ab8f3d899/episodes/bb3f0cba-8e1b-4de8-adec-7b24564ea3de Mon, 04 Apr 2022 04:11:19 +0000 1967 false full Ignorant Reading Ignorant Reading 2 1 Nadia Zareen and Cedric Joseph Reading is fundamental Wouldn’t it be great if you could read an entire book, not understand a word of it, and still get credit for reading it? Sometimes meeting a religious requirement is exactly that. Nadia describes her childhood experiences with reading the Quran in Arabic, then English, while navigating being a teenager in Miami, Florida. Wouldn’t it be great if you could read an entire book, not understand a word of it, and still get credit for reading it? Sometimes meeting a religious requirement is exactly that. Nadia describes her childhood experiences with reading the Quran in Arabic, then English, while navigating being a teenager in Miami, Florida.

]]> <p>Wouldn’t it be great if you could read an entire book, not understand a word of it, and still get credit for reading it? Sometimes meeting a religious requirement is exactly that. Nadia describes her childhood experiences with reading the Quran in Arabic, then English, while navigating being a teenager in Miami, Florida.</p> f4105d78-67d8-4068-8c76-1efc1d1e0806 https://redcircle.com/shows/f67c33a0-cad7-4633-aa8e-703ab8f3d899/episodes/f7a4e0be-e618-4030-ba00-9d291439d45b Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:39:49 +0000 2496 false full Wait, God Hates Labradors? Wait, God Hates Labradors? 1 1 Nadia Zareen and Cedric Joseph Reading the Quran to get a dog Listen to this generational struggle to have a piece of the American Dream. Listen to this funny but true tale of how one girl's dream to have a pet becomes a journey through religion, culture and tradition. It’s not possible that God doesn’t like dogs, is it? Listen to this funny but true tale of how one girl’s dream to have a pet becomes an inter-generational struggle through religion, culture and tradition.

]]> <p><span>It’s not possible that God doesn’t like dogs, is it? Listen to this funny but true tale of how one girl’s dream to have a pet becomes an inter-generational struggle through religion, culture and tradition.</span></p> faad2717-1f3f-4171-87aa-dd1bb09df6a0 https://redcircle.com/shows/f67c33a0-cad7-4633-aa8e-703ab8f3d899/episodes/38089703-326f-47c2-aa12-5769de795b7f Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:58:48 +0000 2009 false