Yara Shahidi

I love NPR because I'm like it is pretty straightforward. But I think for me the amount I was consuming of just – of like every podcast available – again, was fulfilling more of an entertainment side. So it's been nice to literally reintroduce. I have those moments where I'm like, okay, time to get updated here. I'll do, I'm on twice a day. Maybe I'll get to a once a day person.

I love NPR because I'm like it is pretty straightforward. But I think for me the amount I was consuming of just – of like every podcast available – again, was fulfilling more of an entertainment side. So it's been nice to literally reintroduce. I have those moments where I'm like, okay, time to get updated here. I'll do, I'm on twice a day. Maybe I'll get to a once a day person.

I'm a twice a day person. 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,

I'm a twice a day person. 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 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 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.

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.

And I think there were also things that they did that were very supportive 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.

And I think there were also things that they did that were very supportive 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.

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, they, again, having really thoughtful decisions.

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, they, again, having really thoughtful decisions.

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. Oh, wow. And from that allowance, from those $10 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.

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. Oh, wow. And from that allowance, from those $10 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 think these were – 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 – That's cool.

And again, I think these were – 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 – That's cool.

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, talking about something random, and literally somebody else, another actress paused to be like, can we talk about Carrie Shahidi?

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, talking about something random, and literally somebody else, another actress paused to be like, can we talk about Carrie Shahidi?