Telugu DallasTelugu American stories. Starting in Dallas.
Telugu roots. Dallas stories. A shared future.
Stories that bring us together. Ideas that help us grow.
The podcast
Someone in your city has a story you’ve never heard. Let’s fix that.
Behind every “oh, they own that?” is a late night, a loan, an aunty who said “just try,” and a nanna who said “are you sure?” Telugu Dallas is a conversation series about the people who started something here, and the roots they brought along.
Hosted by Aditya Kuppa, in Telugu, English, and the mix your family actually speaks.
Yes, there will be chai. Yes, someone will mention biryani. No, we will not settle that debate.
What we talk about
Not résumés. Real stories, with the parts people usually skip.
The beginning
Why Dallas. Who picked up at the airport. What the first year actually felt like, including the part where the thermostat was a mystery.
The build
A business, a studio, a classroom, a neighborhood. What worked, what flopped, and what they’d tell their younger selves.
The thread
The thing they kept: a festival, a phrase, a recipe. The stuff that makes a kid in Plano say, “wait, that’s from us?”
Why now
One day, someone will ask. Let’s have the answer.
“What was it like when you came?”
One generation remembers the first apartment and the call back home. The next might only know where the story ended up. A great business card is not a story. A voice telling you how it began is.
So we’re recording it, while the people who lived it are here to tell it, and the people who need it are old enough to listen.
మన కథలు — Our stories
How a conversation unfolds
Every episode follows the same arc, so you always know you’re in good hands, and nobody has to rehearse their life story.
How it began
The first apartment. The first customer. The phone call back home that went a little too long.
What they decided
The risks, the setbacks, the “are we really doing this?” moments, told with real scenes, not just the highlight reel.
What they carried
The festival, the recipe, the language at the dinner table. What stayed, what changed, and why.
What they learned from neighbors
Because nobody in Dallas builds anything alone. Everyone learns from somebody who doesn’t share their last name.
What’s worth passing on
One idea a listener can actually use. A young person, a newcomer, or somebody’s nanna who still doesn’t trust the app.
How the stories will reach you
One conversation, shared in a few ways, so you can listen on the drive, show your parents the clip, or send the right moment to the right cousin.
The full conversation
Unhurried, in Telugu, English, or both, with captions so the whole family can follow.
Short clips
The line that made everyone laugh. The answer that made everyone go quiet.
One takeaway
A single idea you can use this week, written down so you don’t have to rewind.
Topics you can browse
Business, art, technology, neighborhoods, culture. Filters arrive once there are enough stories to filter.
The conversations
First conversations are taking shape.
Nothing is published yet, and we’d rather tell you that than fill this space with fake episode cards. Know a founder, artist, builder or community voice with something worth sharing? Help us find the stories we should record now.
You don’t need a title to have a story.
Founders, sure. But also teachers, artists, volunteers, the quiet organizer who somehow runs every Ugadi potluck, and the person everyone calls when the printer breaks.
Guests get a thoughtful conversation, a meaningful record for their family, useful clips, and a chance to pass on what they’ve learned.
Interested? Stay in the loop.
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Know a story? Have an idea? Bring it here.
Recommend someone, share what you’re building, or tell us how you’d like to contribute. Want the bigger picture? Read what this is growing into.