SBS launches ‘Spice’, a new English language offering for younger South Asian Australians 

Pushing the boundaries of digital storytelling, SBS Spice is for Gen Y with a South Asian heritage who want to shape their own cultural narratives and be informed and entertained via social media. 

SBS Spice is an exciting new English language digital destination for South Asian Australians aged 20-34, spicing things up with unique perspectives on hot topics ranging from pop culture to politics, aimed at exploring identity, belonging and social change.  
 
Amplifying diverse voices and showcasing South Asian storytelling through a contemporary Australian lens, SBS Spice serves to cultivate a vibrant and inclusive community for young South Asian Australians born here as well as newly arrived.  

“SBS Spice is for the young and curious with a South Asian heritage who are active on social media, and interested in culturally shaping the narratives of where we come from and where we're headed in a forward-looking Australia,” said Dilpreet Kaur Taggar, Executive Producer of SBS Spice, who is an Indian-born journalist, founder of South Asian Today and known for probing social nuances and amplifying diverse perspectives. 
SBS Spice’s Dilpreet Kaur Taggar, Executive Producer (R) and Suhayla Sharif, Digital Content Producer (L) .
New kids on the block: SBS Spice’s Dilpreet Kaur Taggar, Executive Producer (R) and Suhayla Sharif, Digital Content Producer (L) .
Leading progressive, thought-provoking and tongue-in-cheek conversations, SBS Spice is hosted by Taggar and Suhayla Sharif, a Bollywood-obsessed Australian Indo-Fijian journalist. It will feature the following audio-visual segments: 
  • Scan – short explainer series that delves behind the headlines of local and global issues to explore different viewpoints.  

  • Two Chillies in a Pod – long-form podcasts featuring first-person interviews with South Asian disruptors and game changers from Australia and abroad, including former Editor of Vogue India, Megha Kapoor; traveller Priya Sharma; content creator
    Jeremy Franco
    ; social worker Amar Singh; and actors Shahana Goswami and
    Ayesha Madon
    .  

  • Spice Express – short-form podcasts focused on community check-ins to understand what issues are making South Asians click or feel ick.  
SBS Spice is available via the SBS Audio App,
website
,
YouTube
,
Instagram
,
Facebook
and most places where you consume your podcasts. 

Related: 

  • SBS PopDesi now SBS South Asian!
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  • Australia Explained
    offers new migrants the practical information they need to participate in everyday social and civic life, with content available in South Asian and other languages

  • Common FAQs
    about SBS’s full content offering across more than 10 sub continental languages and English for South Asian audiences in Australia here  
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Published 29 April 2024 9:00am
Updated 29 April 2024 9:19am
Source: SBS

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