Suba Unscripted: Power in Us
Suba Unscripted: Power in Us is born from the space between the personal and the professional.
Suba Umathevan
Show overview
Suba Unscripted: Power in Us has published 3 episodes during 2026. That works out to roughly 2 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 32 min and 52 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 3 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Suba Umathevan.
From the publisher
Suba Unscripted: Power in Us is born from the space between the personal and the professional. It’s shaped by my own journey from refugee beginnings to leading a philanthropic foundation, and by the countless people I’ve met across the world who are building futures with courage, creativity, and agency. This podcast weaves together leadership, cultural identity, and everything I feel called to explore along the way, from the big questions of purpose and belonging to the quiet inner shifts that shape how we live and lead. It lives in us.
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Ep 2Choosing Yourself, with Sharandeep
In this episode of Suba Unscripted, Suba sits down with her longtime friend Sharandeep for a deeply personal and reflective conversation on identity, courage, and what it really means to choose yourself.Born and raised in the UK to Indian parents, Sharandeep grew up navigating life between cultures, constantly balancing who she was at home with who she felt she could be in the world outside. She shares what it meant to grow up as a third culture child, the quiet ways she learned to adapt, and the longing to fully belong.The conversation moves into expectations placed on South Asian women, the pressure to follow stable and traditional paths, and the moment where that begins to shift. Sharandeep opens up about building a successful career in finance, walking away from it in search of something more meaningful, and the courage it took to retrain, start over, and eventually step into entirely new worlds, from wellness to acting.Together, they reflect on self-awareness, generational patterns, forgiveness, and the power of listening to your inner voice. At its core, this episode is about learning to move from people pleasing to self-trust, from expectation to intention, and from surviving to consciously choosing your life.This conversation is honest, grounding, and expansive. It is for anyone who has ever felt caught between worlds, questioned the path they were on, or wondered if it is too late to begin again.
Ep 1Showing Up
In this debut episode of Suba Unscripted, Suba introduces herself and the heart behind this podcast. Born in Sri Lanka, raised in Switzerland as a refugee child, and having spent over two decades in international development and philanthropy, Suba has spent her life navigating between worlds. Here, she opens up about what that has shaped in her: the fractures, the gifts, and the quiet power that lives in the in-between.She reflects on growing up as a third culture child, the weight of South Asian family expectations, her journey into mental health and what it took to bring her parents along, and what two decades of working alongside grassroots changemakers across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and beyond has taught her about what real power looks like.This episode is personal, honest, and intentionally unscripted. It's also a manifesto for anyone who has ever felt between worlds, carried a problem too big to hold, or waited too long to show up.