Media

##I’ve appeared in:

Forbes: Inside the rise of gaming podcasts in MENA (01 Oct 2023)
Broadcast Pro ME: The Pod Squad (26 May 2023)
FastCompanyME: The Middle East wants to tell interesting stories. And podcasts seem to be the perfect platform (26 April 2023)
Dubai PodFest discusses the future of podcasting (22 Nov 2022)
Startup Scene: Startup Scene interviews What I Did Next creators Malak Fouad & Chirag Desai (13 Nov 2022)
Inside: Quotes from Ignite the Sound, Saudi Arabia (21 Oct 2022)
Arab News: Saudi Arabia’s 1st international audio content conference (20 Oct 2022)
Khaleej Times: Dubai PodFest: Podcasts grow in popularity in the UAE, say top creators(14 Nov 2021)
Communicate ME: How Branded Podcasts Can Enter New Ears Through Licensing (16 Aug 2021)
Communicate ME: How Can Advertisers Navigate The Recent Changes In The Podcast Landscape? (22 Jun 2021)
Arab News: New report explores state of podcasting in MENA in 2020 (15 Feb 2021)
Communicate: What We Learned From The Latest State of Podcast Industry Report (15 Feb 2021)
The Lucas Skrobot Show: Censorship: Big Tech control is a global issue | Chirag Desai [E196] (19 Jan 2021)
Campaign ME: The State of Podcasts in the MENA region – in conversation with Chirag Desai (14 Dec 2020)
Let’s Take this Online: The Stories We Tell w/ Chirag Desai (10 Nov 2020)
Campaign ME: Managing your mental health in Covid-19 times (13 Oct 2020)
Khaleej Times: “We’re all listening: the rise of UAE Podcast culture” (30 March 2019)
Listen notes: How An Independent Dubai Based Podcast Network Got Started And Runs Today

##Podcasts I host Tales of the Trade, where I explore the stories behind companies & communities from our region.

A more extensive list of shows I host or produce is available at Amaeya Media.

###I’ve also been a guest on a few shows:

Own the Future
- Part I (17 June 2019): Apple Podcasts
- Part II (26 June 2019): Apple Podcasts
The Frying Pan Diaries: Ep 26: Mamma Desai’s Gujarati Undhiyu
The Frying Pan Diaries: Ep 9: Coconut Water and Katakat: