{"podcast":{"title":"Splitting Hairs with Tab Salsman","slug":"splitting-hairs-with-tab-salsman-6475972","podcast_index_feed_id":6475972,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e568ebe8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.tabcutshair.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/38388586/38388586-1739385755246-d56d26b1ccc75.jpg","author":"TAB SALSMAN","episode_count":67,"summary":"Splitting Hairs with Tab Salsman is a podcast built around thoughtful conversations that happen behind the chair. Each episode unfolds during a real haircut, creating space for honest discussion about work, creativity, the body, identity, and the stories that shape how we live and make things. Guests range from rockstars, artists, tradespeople to entrepreneurs and cultural thinkers. New episodes are released every two weeks.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T02:19:47.684581+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/splitting-hairs-with-tab-salsman-6475972"},"episode":{"title":"62 | Arslan Chaudhary Gets a Haircut: Immigration, Labor, and the System That Depends On It","slug":"62-arslan-chaudhary-gets-a-haircut-immigration-labor-and-the-system-that-depends-on-it","published_at":"2026-05-04T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/splitting-hairs-with-tab-salsman-6475972/62-arslan-chaudhary-gets-a-haircut-immigration-labor-and-the-system-that-depends-on-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/splitting-hairs-with-tab-salsman-6475972","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tabcutshair/episodes/62--Arslan-Chaudhary-Gets-a-Haircut-Immigration--Labor--and-the-System-That-Depends-On-It-e3irod9","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e568ebe8/podcast/play/119447401/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-4%2F423416885-44100-2-3c148fcd8cd49.mp3","summary":"Arslan Chaudhary is an immigration attorney with over 16 years of experience, working across family-based cases, work visas, and earlier in his career, asylum and deportation. In this episode, he breaks down what the U.S. immigration system actually looks like beyond headlines, including why the process is so complex, how policy and reality often don’t match, and what happens when the system starts working against the people trying to follow it. The conversation also touches on the economic side of immigration, including how entire industries rely on labor that exists in a legal gray area, and why that reality makes meaningful reform difficult. FOLLOW / CONTACT ARSLAN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seyje.music Website: https://usicounsel.com FOLLOW TAB SALSMAN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabcutshair/ Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/splittinghairspod/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SplittingHairsPod Subscribe for more conversations like this. Comment or leave a review. It goes a long way.","meta_description":"Arslan Chaudhary is an immigration attorney with over 16 years of experience, working across family-based cases, work visas, and earlier in his career, as…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4997,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/splitting-hairs-with-tab-salsman-6475972/episodes/62-arslan-chaudhary-gets-a-haircut-immigration-labor-and-the-system-that-depends-on-it/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/splitting-hairs-with-tab-salsman-6475972/62-arslan-chaudhary-gets-a-haircut-immigration-labor-and-the-system-that-depends-on-it.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}