Stand-up Comedy in Pakistan - Akbar Chaudry and Shehzad Ghias Shaikh on their Journey - #TPE 384

The Pakistan Experience

Akbar Chaudhry is a Stand-up Comedian and a Youtuber. Akbar comes on for a special episode of The Pakistan Experience where we go over our Stand-up Comedy Journey from Theatre to Touring to Shows to Youtube. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join Chapters 0:00 Introduction and Food Vlogging 3:30 Early days of Cogito, Theatre and Yeh Bhi Ek Kahani Hai 14:00 CYPAF and difficulties in putting up shows in Karachi 21:00 Making content in Pakistan 24:00 One Night Stand and first Stand up Comedy Performances 33:00 Our Stand up Comedy Journey, Nandos Tour and Learning Stand up 1:03:30 SGS N Friends and why Indian Stand up Comedy Videos are better 1:09:30 Memorable Incidents and Challenges Faced 1:15:30 Dirty Shows, De Cellars and Thot Spot 1:22:00 Making Reels and Making more content in Urdu 1:28:00 Punching Down and Responsibility of Content Creators 1:35:30 Audience Questions