I’m Misha Euceph, and I’m on a mission to inspire awe. I am a Pakistani-American Tribeca and Webby-winning writer, host, show runner and producer, and 2024 DuPont Columbia award winner. I make things that move us and move us closer to each other.
I’m most well-known as the creator, host, writer and director of the audio series Tell Them, I Am. The show is about the small defining moments in our lives— the voices are all Muslim; the stories are universal. It has been called “quietly revolutionary” by the LA Times and “hypnotic listening” by the New York Times. The audio series was also named one of the best podcasts by TIME, The Atlantic, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post and the NYT Podcast Club and featured in Rolling Stone, Vogue, All Things Considered on NPR, It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders and The Tamron Hall Show.
I’m currently writing my first non-fiction book, which will be published by Little Brown. It will unveil a progressive, largely ignored vision of faith, and how my understanding of Islam is not only compatible with modern ideas around sex, politics and everything in between, but informs them in ways we’ve never considered before. I’m also piloting a podcast about spirituality with Pushkin Industries.
I’ve previously written for McSweeney’s and the Wall Street Journal.
With my production company, Dustlight, I’m currently show running and building Watermelon Pictures’ flagship video podcast, hosted by Alana Hadid. In 2024, I show ran and launched Zeteo’s flagship video podcast, We’re Not Kidding with Mehdi Hasan, which hit over 2 million views within the first 6 episodes and won a Signal award. I also built Baratunde Thurston’s video podcast, Life with Machines, from the ground up. In audio, I’ve show run, directed, hosted or executive produced series like Hello, Nature Seasons 1 and 2; Renegades: Born in the USA with Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen, The Michelle Obama Podcast, Mother Country Radicals,The Wilderness Season 3, How to Citizen Seasons 2 and 3, The Big One: Your Survival Guide; and created and hosted Quran Book Club and Beginner.
If you want to learn how to make a podcast, I have a guide for you.
If you want to collaborate with me, you can reach out to me at misha@dustlight.co or reach out to my reps at CAA:
Podcasts- Josh Lindgren
Literary – Anthony Mattero
Speaking – Crista Spadafore