This Stays Between Us
Episodes
S3 Ep 8: It's Not That Deep, with Moka
14 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I sit with Moka - an engineer, designer and secret poetic genius - who tells me about how she would tell her younger self to be grate...
S3 Ep7: Is My Laughter Too Loud? - an episode on Bengali girlhood with Dia Islam
24 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up, Dia was told that her laughter was too loud. Being the eldest girl in her family, she felt the weight of her father's expectations, and ...
S3 Ep 6: Who You are is in the Now, with Fizza Khan
10 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we meet the very lovely Fizza, who is a first-year journalism student with a passion for writing and poetry. We talk about our hijab ...
S3 Ep 5: From Personal Story to Published Novel, with Samiha Hoque
03 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today I get to sit with the debut Bangladeshi-American author, Samiha Hoque, and discuss the inspiration behind her novel 'Slums of Paradise'. Samiha ...
S3 Ep 4: On Being A High Achiever and Giving Yourself Grace, with Lily Mott
25 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Were you an overachiever at school? Did you always want to be like Hermione Granger? Did you ever feel that if you did not get the highest mark, you w...
S3 Ep 3: The One Where I Talk About Books
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In a funk? Need a new book to pick you up? Or are you tired of having nothing interesting to read? In this special episode, I will tell you all about ...
S3 Ep 2: Advice To My Younger Self - A Guest Episode with Mariam and Khadijah
12 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Salaam, in this special episode I am joined by Mariam and Khadijah, two best friends who will talk about the friendship and life advice they would giv...
S3 Ep 1: on freedom, belonging and the voices in my head
05 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 3 of This Stays Between Us, where I will be talking about the pursuit of freedom, what it means to belong inside your body and findi...
This Stays Between Us Writing Competition - Winners and More!
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this post-Eid episode, I will read out the poems written by the two winners of last year's creative writing competition - Janki Shah (@wordbyjanki)...
Shame Need Not Make a Home Out of You
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dear listener, when you feel a yearning in your heart. Ask. Ask the One who created you. He will not let you down. In this episode, I dive ...
This Stays Between Us: Ramadan Special
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Picture this. You’ve moved out. You miss the comfort of your mother’s arms. You miss seeing your siblings tease you and laugh. You miss the warmth...
Pick up the pen, babe! For the girls who love to write
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Is there a novel that you've been wanting to write? A poetry collection hiding at the back of your OneDrive? A protest speech that you just don't thin...
All Eyes on Sudan: The Crisis The World Has Ignored
18 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Content warning: this episode mentions abuse, violence, torture and sexual assault in the context of the experiences of Sudanese people during the war...
What Do I Know About Love, Part Two
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To wrap up 2025, I will tell you a winter love story featuring two people. The girl who held a date between her fingers, and the boy who stared at h...
What Do I Know About Love?
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My generation thinks that love is a YA novel. That love is Draco and Hermione making eyes at each other. That love is the chocolate boxes, the bouquet...
Tea and Paper Cranes, Part 1
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Being the only brown girl and hijabi at school was never going to be easy - except it became one of my biggest battles in my self-worth journey. From ...
15 Qs to get to know your podcaster a bit better
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a thank you to everyone for all the support you've given me with my podcasting journey, I wanted to give you a bonus episode which is called: 15 Qs...
When I Wear Kohl I Think Of You
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 4 of my podcast, I will be exploring the break-up that no-one really talks about - the death of a friendship. I know! We should talk about ...
A Bengali Woman Does Not Shrink
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“A Bengali woman does not shrink. She burns. She blooms. She becomes.” In the third episode of ‘This Stays Between Us’, I challenge the negati...
The Tea on Tawakkul
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of ‘This Stays Between Us’, I will take you back to my first year of uni. I studied engineering for the first time and hit a...
Let Their Words Be Air
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of 'This Stays Between Us', I take you back to a moment where someone once said something that almost made me give up on my dream...