Misha is a Pakistani-American writer,
podcast host and producer.
Misha is a Pakistani-American writer, podcast host and producer, on a mission to make things that inspire awe. She is the founder and CEO of Dustlight Productions, 2022 Tribeca and Webby winner, and Ad Week’s 2019 “Producer of the Year.”
She’s currently hosting and executive producing the upcoming Season 2 of Hello, Nature by REI Co-Op Studios & Dustlight, presented by Subaru. The show tells the history and present day story of nature in America through BIPOC voices. It was selected as a Webby honoree for Best Sustainability and Environment podcast in 2022. Season 2 of the podcast drops in Summer 2023.
Misha’s also the creator and host of Tell Them, I Am, presented by Higher Ground Audio and Spotify and produced by Dustlight. The show has been featured in Vogue, TIME, NY Times, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and more.
Misha is an Executive Producer on Renegades: Born in the USA and The Michelle Obama Podcast, produced by Dustlight, in collaboration with Higher Ground Audio and Spotify; and on the Tribeca-winning podcast, Mother Country Radicals produced by Dustlight in collaboration with Crooked Media and Audacy.
Before starting Dustlight, Misha produced The Big One: Your Survival Guide, named one of TIME, The Atlantic, Thrillist, Vulture, IndieWire and NYT Podcast Club’s best podcasts of 2019. All this podcasting started in 2017, with her autobiographical, independent series, Beginner, about learning to belong as an immigrant in America.
When Misha wants to give her ears and voice a break, she hosts Quran Book Club on IGTV, makes jokes on McSweeney’s and writes serious things for the Wall Street Journal. Sometimes, she naps. But that’s not featured anywhere.
Misha got her B.A in Philosophy from UC Irvine, and got her Masters in Journalism at Northwestern University. She has taught as an adjunct professor at USC Annenberg, and at the Transom Radio Workshop.
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