Yara Shahidi

But in between, I'm back to listening to old time radio shows. Johnny Dollar is my favorite insurance investigator played by Bob Bailey. And so I'm like, oh, if this is fulfilling the need to be listening to something, what else can I be listening to? Back to This American Life, back to just like...

But in between, I'm back to listening to old time radio shows. Johnny Dollar is my favorite insurance investigator played by Bob Bailey. And so I'm like, oh, if this is fulfilling the need to be listening to something, what else can I be listening to? Back to This American Life, back to just like...

Yeah, well, like you said, I come from two really wonderful, thoughtful parents, Afshin and Carrie, who I call Bubba and Mommy, but really wonderful people that have their own global background. So, you know, my bubba moved to the States from Iran when he was eight, comes from a very global service-minded family.

Yeah, well, like you said, I come from two really wonderful, thoughtful parents, Afshin and Carrie, who I call Bubba and Mommy, but really wonderful people that have their own global background. So, you know, my bubba moved to the States from Iran when he was eight, comes from a very global service-minded family.

My mama comes from a family where it's like my papa and nana, my papa in particular was really involved in the civil rights movement. So that very direct idea of what it is to be of service, to sacrifice kind of your own comfort for the greater good.

My mama comes from a family where it's like my papa and nana, my papa in particular was really involved in the civil rights movement. So that very direct idea of what it is to be of service, to sacrifice kind of your own comfort for the greater good.

And so much of the dialogue around being of service just happened at the dinner table, happened in a very natural way where I don't think I even realized, oh, I'm having these heady conversations. Hear me. And I think there were also things that they did that were very supportive of

And so much of the dialogue around being of service just happened at the dinner table, happened in a very natural way where I don't think I even realized, oh, I'm having these heady conversations. Hear me. And I think there were also things that they did that were very supportive of

of that of going to schools that had volunteer requirements, whether that was the Montessori or the public school or the Catholic school I went to, they all had volunteer requirements. And so I think it was also being modeled for me in every environment I was in of not just how money is a resource, but how your time is a resource.

of that of going to schools that had volunteer requirements, whether that was the Montessori or the public school or the Catholic school I went to, they all had volunteer requirements. And so I think it was also being modeled for me in every environment I was in of not just how money is a resource, but how your time is a resource.

The idea of giving as being just a part of the fabric of life and not as something that you wait to do once you have quote unquote made it. Even when they were giving me and my brothers just allowance, again, having really thoughtful parents, what mommy had done was we'd put all of the money that we made from acting right into savings, but they'd give us an allowance for being on set.

The idea of giving as being just a part of the fabric of life and not as something that you wait to do once you have quote unquote made it. Even when they were giving me and my brothers just allowance, again, having really thoughtful parents, what mommy had done was we'd put all of the money that we made from acting right into savings, but they'd give us an allowance for being on set.

And from that allowance, from those 10 bucks or however much we decided, they had the save, spend, and donate bucket. And we got to choose how much are we donating, how much are we saving, how much are we spending. And, again, I say this all as a foundation of saying I had a great foundation of ways in which being of service can be integrated into our day-to-day life.

And from that allowance, from those 10 bucks or however much we decided, they had the save, spend, and donate bucket. And we got to choose how much are we donating, how much are we saving, how much are we spending. And, again, I say this all as a foundation of saying I had a great foundation of ways in which being of service can be integrated into our day-to-day life.

And I think even still, having Lami as a business partner, one trait I think I admire most that many people can attest to. I was in a room she wasn't in. I'm talking about something random. And literally somebody else, another actress paused to be like, can we talk about Carrie Shahidi?

And I think even still, having Lami as a business partner, one trait I think I admire most that many people can attest to. I was in a room she wasn't in. I'm talking about something random. And literally somebody else, another actress paused to be like, can we talk about Carrie Shahidi?

Because what she is is so deeply tapped into the world around her and so deeply curious that I think she is constantly of service by giving kind of her mind as a resource. We will see someone at the airport who says off randomly, oh, I really want to start this project. It's like, oh, that's interesting.

Because what she is is so deeply tapped into the world around her and so deeply curious that I think she is constantly of service by giving kind of her mind as a resource. We will see someone at the airport who says off randomly, oh, I really want to start this project. It's like, oh, that's interesting.

I've cataloged, oh, I met this one entrepreneur that makes shirts that I would love to connect you. She's connected authors with lawyers for their multi-million plus book deal and not realizing that's what it was for, but just being like, oh, you're an interesting person. This is another person that's interesting. You guys should be connected. That's cool.

I've cataloged, oh, I met this one entrepreneur that makes shirts that I would love to connect you. She's connected authors with lawyers for their multi-million plus book deal and not realizing that's what it was for, but just being like, oh, you're an interesting person. This is another person that's interesting. You guys should be connected. That's cool.