ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
What happens when cultural traditions collide with the whirlwind of modern dating?
Welcome to Love-ly, the podcast where our host Mehak (@whathemehak) explores the beautifully messy, deeply personal stories of love, identity, and connection.
From first and second-generation immigrants balancing family expectations to Gen Z navigating dating apps and “situationships,” Love-ly dives into the heart of what it means to love in today’s tech-driven world.
Every Friday, tune in for heartfelt conversations that remind us of one universal truth: no matter where you’re from or what your relationship status is, everyone has a lovely story worth telling.
Hosted by: Mehak @whathemehak on TikTok
Producer: Saadia Khan and Shei Yu | Content Writers: Mehak I Editorial Review: Saadia Khan I
Sound Designer & Editor: Lou Raskin I Love-ly Theme Music: Lou Raskin |
Other Music: Epidemic Sound | Cover art design: Josephine Chai | Executive Producer: Saadia Khan
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Follow us on IG @lovelythepod & @immigrantlypods
Twitter @Immigrantly_pod
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Love-ly is an Immigrantly Media Production
For advertising inquiries, please email info@immigrantlypod.com
Welcome to Love-ly, the podcast where our host Mehak (@whathemehak) explores the beautifully messy, deeply personal stories of love, identity, and connection.
From first and second-generation immigrants balancing family expectations to Gen Z navigating dating apps and “situationships,” Love-ly dives into the heart of what it means to love in today’s tech-driven world.
Every Friday, tune in for heartfelt conversations that remind us of one universal truth: no matter where you’re from or what your relationship status is, everyone has a lovely story worth telling.
Hosted by: Mehak @whathemehak on TikTok
Producer: Saadia Khan and Shei Yu | Content Writers: Mehak I Editorial Review: Saadia Khan I
Sound Designer & Editor: Lou Raskin I Love-ly Theme Music: Lou Raskin |
Other Music: Epidemic Sound | Cover art design: Josephine Chai | Executive Producer: Saadia Khan
Please share the love and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts & Spotify to help more people find us! Don’t forget to subscribe!
Follow us on IG @lovelythepod & @immigrantlypods
Twitter @Immigrantly_pod
TikTok @immigrantly
Subscribe to our Immigrantly Uninterrupted Channel for ad-free listening
Love-ly is an Immigrantly Media Production
For advertising inquiries, please email info@immigrantlypod.com
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
44 minutes
Guest interviews
Has sponsors
Video podcast
English
United States
79 episodes
since Feb. 7, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Content warning: this episode includes mentions of sexual assault.
In May 2025, Mehak sat down with Srijan Makkena, a psych student and content creator who’s been speaking out about the quiet (and not-so-quiet) ways misogyny shows up, especially in South Asian communities.
They talk about every…
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
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Yasmin Elhady's back, and she’s bringing the truth bombs!
In her return to Love-ly, attorney, comedian, and Muslim Matchmaker host Yasmin Elhady sits down with Mehak for a hilarious, heartfelt, and brutally honest conversation about modern love.
From dismantling silly dating “icks” to exposing …
What happens when life changes you, but you still want to stay open to love?
Mehak brings on Robin Ducharme, relationship educator, former matchmaker, and founder of Real Love Ready, who's spent years interviewing some of the biggest names in love about what it actually means to truly love someone…
Jeffre Behm went on a first date from a dating app, drove to a mini golf course, and spent the whole night realizing neither of them actually wanted to be there. He didn't know her well enough to suggest something they'd both enjoy, so they defaulted to what they thought a "date" was supposed to lo…
Summer's ending, everyone around you is coupling up, and suddenly "almost right" starts to feel right enough. Here's your reminder to get pickier, not less.
This week, Mehak (@whathemehak) is joined by Evelyn Alvarez (@ripeness), a New York–based entrepreneur, doula, community leader, mother, and …
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Joining the conversation is content creator Alexa V. (@lifewit…
In this episode of Love-ly, Mehak sits down with psychotherapist and @well.guide founder Israa Nasir to discuss life as a third-culture kid and why she doesn’t feel guilty about not having children, despite parental expectations.
Their conversation also turns …
This week, no guest — just Mehak. After some health concerns forced her to slow down and put her phone down, she spent time reflecting on where she's headed — the woman she wants to become, the partner she wants to be, and the life she's trying to build.
Mehak revisits the conversations she's had…
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