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It's finally here! I'm thrilled to share a preview of my new podcast Radiolingo, created in collaboration with Crooked Media and Duolingo. The show delves into the fascinating ways language shapes our world and how our world shapes language. If you're curious, subscribe now to Radiolingo on your favorite podcast app. For more information, visit http://go.crooked.com/Radiolingo.   More About the Show: Radiolingo investigates all the ways language shapes our world and how our world shapes language. Hosted by Ahmed Ali Akbar, an audio journalist and James Beard Award-winning writer, each podcast episode explores a new way of understanding at the impact of language across our lives, our relationships, our culture and much more. Radiolingo is a Crooked Media and Duolingo production. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.  

Ahmed and Basim spend some time catching up with all the changes in 2022 from babies to injuries. Basim's band does our theme song: hear their music here: kominas.bandcamp.com Our show is crowdfunded and made possible by our beloved listeners. Subscribe our Patreon for as little as $1 a month to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. You can find other ways to support here: https://moneyyy.me/$ahmedaliakbar Your support means the world to us. Follow Ahmed on Instagram and Twitter: @radbrowndads. Follow Basim @BasiRoti Follow the show @seesomething and youtube.com/ahmedaliakbar.     

Ahmed brings on Basim to discuss South Asian disco and dance music with Naya Beat record's Raghav Mani.  Download Naya Beat Vol1: https://nayabeat.bandcamp.com/ Basim's band does our theme song: hear their music here: kominas.bandcamp.com.   Due to an injury, this season of SSSS has been delayed, but we are releasing the best we can — subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ahmed   Our show is crowdfunded and made possible by our beloved listeners. Subscribe our Patreon for as little as $1 a month to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. You can find other ways to support here: https://moneyyy.me/$ahmedaliakbar Your support means the world to us. Follow Ahmed on Instagram and Twitter: @radbrowndads. Follow Basim @BasiRoti Follow the show @seesomething and youtube.com/ahmedaliakbar.

Ahmed speaks with Huffington Post national reporter Rowaida Abdelaziz about her work covering American Muslims and her piece on swimming while a Muslim woman. Due to an injury, YouTube uploads are delayed, but subscribe for a video version of this podcast soon: youtube.com/ahmed Follow Rowaida: @Rowaida_Abdel Read Rowaida's piece "When Swimming as Muslim Woman Becomes a Political Act": https://www.huffpost.com/entry/muslim-women-are-fighting-to-swim-in-america_n_5d5594d1e4b056fafd08aa70 Read Zainab Iqbal's piece, "I'm a Muslim woman covering the diversity of Brooklyn. Sometimes all people see is my hijab.": https://www.poynter.org/newsletters/2021/im-a-muslim-woman-covering-the-diversity-of-brooklyn-sometimes-all-people-see-is-my-hijab/

We're back from hiatus and to our regularly scheduled programming with an interview with Dr. Ihsan Bagby on his work polling American mosques for two decades. Find the mosque survey from Dr. Bagby here: https://www.ispu.org/public-policy/mosque-survey/ Also: our big new announcement is that we're now on YouTube thanks to a grant from the Google News Intiative! Look forward to some YouTube exclusive content covering halal food in America.  Like and subscribe below. Video podcasts will be coming soon. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn2EbFxKx-a9Bee3UqKWIwg  

This week, we wanted to introduce you to one of our favorite podcast partners: Self-Evident: Asian American Stories. They do incredible work showcasing the wide-ranging stories of Asian Americans. And: we've picked up Pakistani mangos together!   Subscribe to Self-Evident on iTunes or Spotify and support them here: https://selfevidentshow.com/supporters

Another bonus! We’re sharing with you Ahmed’s story for the PROOF podcast by America’s Test Kitchen. It's a personal essay about growing up a picky eater in a Pakistani family. Subscribe to PROOF and find more info on their show here: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/podcasts/proof. PLUS: a bonus interview with Madhur Jaffrey, desi cookbook author and icon, will be on the Patreon will be up later today. Our show is crowdfunded and made possible by our beloved listeners. Subscribe our Patreon for as little as $1 a month to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. At $10, you get access to behind the scenes content like a newsletter and bonus episodes. You can find other ways to support here: https://moneyyy.me/$ahmedaliakbar Your support means the world to us. Follow Ahmed on Twitter: @radbrowndads. Find the show’s website at seesomethingpodcast.com. Follow the show @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Email the show at info@seesomethingpodcast.com. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com.

Here's episode 2 of the new podcast, "The Universal Title: Muhammad Ali's Spiritual Journey." Ahmed served as editor and co-writer of the series along with the team at America Abroad Media, PRX, and the Ali Center. Subscribe to hear the rest of the series here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-universal-title-muhammad-alis-spiritual-journey/id1562935315 Sneak peak of the new season of SSSS on the Patreon up now too: www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar  

We're hard at work on the new season of SSSS, but in the meantime, we're excited to share episode 1 of the new podcast, "The Universal Title: Muhammad Ali's Spiritual Journey." Ahmed served as editor and co-writer of the series along with the team at America Abroad Media, PRX, and the Ali Center. Subscribe to hear the rest of the series here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-universal-title-muhammad-alis-spiritual-journey/id1562935315 Sneak peak of the new season of SSSS on the Patreon up now too: www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar  

In this episode, an important announcement — we’re moving to a seasonal model! And stay tuned for the first 15 minutes of our Patreon bonus zoom call with our guests . So this will be the last episode for a little bit — our next drop of episodes will be a season of episodes that will release weekly in Spring. if you donate on Patreon, you’ll still get the same overall episodes per year BUT also you’ll get more bonuses and sneak peaks before we start dropping. Subscribe to our social media to stay updated! If you want hear the full Zoom call, subscribe on Patreon! Love to you all. Follow Shamira @_ShamGod Follow Taz @TazzyStar and buy her grief poetry collection “The Moon Split in Two” here: https://www.amazon.com/Day-Moon-Split-Two-Collection/dp/B08HTG6LS6 Follow Margari @Margari_Aziza Follow Ahmed on twitter @radbrowndads.  Follow SSSS on Twitter and Facebook @seesomething. Our music is by the Kominas. This week’s custom music was by Basim Usmani.    SSSS is on Patreon. Find us at patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show.

Happy New Year! We’re BACK after a COVID19 hiatus. Our most popular episode every year is our jinn episode. This year, we’re doing an anthology, a JINN OPEN MIC, a JINNTHOLOGY. Our former guests Shamira Ibrahim, Taz Ahmed, Basim Usmani, and Margari Hill all share their stories. We’ve got: folklore, poetry, fiction, and personal stories. Follow Shamira @_ShamGod Follow Taz @TazzyStar and buy her grief poetry collection “The Moon Split in Two” here: https://www.amazon.com/Day-Moon-Split-Two-Collection/dp/B08HTG6LS6 Follow Basim @BasiRoti Follow Margari @Margari_Aziza and her work @MuslimARC Follow Ahmed on twitter @radbrowndads.  Follow SSSS on Twitter and Facebook @seesomething. Our music is by the Kominas. This week’s custom spooky music was by Basim Usmani.    SSSS is on Patreon. Find us at patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show.

Welcome to part two of…. MUSLIMS ON TV!!!! (now featuring an echo effect, naturally). We’re focusing on a web-series made with an antiracist model from Break the Room, Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative, and Powderkeg Media. “East of La Brea” focuses on Black and Bengali Muslim women in a context of a rapidly changing Los Angeles. Sameer Gardezi of Break the Room and Margari Aziza of Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative join us to discuss how they made the show. Patrons this month get access to additional conversation with Sameer and Margari for an insider perspective on Ramy, Patriot Act, and how the industry grapples with critique around gender and race. Find us at patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show. Watch “East of La Brea” on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBvXTgzp3DK/?hl=en Follow Sameer @sameergardezi Follow Margari @Margari_Aziza Follow SSSS on Twitter and Facebook @seesomething. Our music is by the Kominas. Our editor this month is Basim Usmani  

It’s time to talk about…. MUSLIMS ON TV!!! again. We’re joined by the host of the new Netflix science travel show, “Connected,” Latif Nasser. He’s also the Director of Research at Radiolab, so we talk to him about the shift from podcasts to video, the humility needed for science reporting, and his thoughts on Hulu’s “Ramy.” Then, we talk to culture writer Shamira Ibrahim about her writing on “Ramy” Seasons 1 and 2, Mahershala Ali's Tajweed, and why she enjoyed the show’s growth.   This is shaping up to be a bit of a miniseries. Muslims on TV will return… next month! $10 patrons get access to full conversations with Latif and Shamira, which includes Latif’s journey into starting a Muslim journalist association after the election of Donald Trump. Follow Latif @latifnasser and watch “Connected” on Netflix. Follow Shamira @_ShamGod and read her pieces on Ramy here: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/shamira-ibrahim/. Follow SSSS on Twitter and Facebook @seesomething. Our music is by the Kominas. Mixing this month by Basim Usmani of the Kominas.    SSSS is on Patreon. Find us at patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show.

Eid Mubarak! M Train has wrapped (thanks to BRIC!) and we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming. In this episode, Ahmed talks to poet to Dalia Elhassan about antiblackness, the meaning of Eid when quarantined in an intergenerational family, and the impact of the Khartoum Massacre on how the Sudanese diaspora observes Eid. Plus: Dalia shares a poem. Follow Ahmed on twitter @radbrowndads.  Get Dalia’s chapbook in the New Generation African Poets Box Set: http://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/new-generation-african-poets-a-chapbook-box-set-sita/ Follow SSSS on Twitter and Facebook @seesomething. Our music is by the Kominas. SSSS is on Patreon. Find us at patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show.

CW: Police Violence Abolitionists protests are sweeping the nation as the COVID19 pandemic continues to ravage Black communities. Black Muslims in all fields are at the forefront during this historical moment. We spoke to Black Muslim Covid Coalition member Professor Donna Auston and frontline nurse “Lady” to discuss social movements, Black Muslim activism on police and prison and abolition, and the disproportionate effect the pandemic is having on black folks. Plus: our sister podcast, Brooklyn, USA, sent us a voice note from a protestor who was arrested during the George Floyd protests in june. This is the final episode of the M Train miniseries. See Something Say Something will return after a break. Thank you all for listening. Follow Ahmed on Twitter @radbrowndads.  Follow Professor Donna Auston: @tinymuslimah Follow the Black Muslim COVID Coalition: @bmcoalition Follow Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative: @MuslimARC Donate to bail funds: https://brooklynbailfund.org/ Listen to Teshale's BK USA episode: https://share.transistor.fm/s/9333fcea Follow our producer Shirin @Shebe86.  Follow our editor Myra @MBasilRahim, and follow our Executive Producer Sachar Mathias @sacharmathias.  Follow SSSS on Twitter and Facebook @seesomething. Follow BRIC on Twitter @BRICTV Watch BRIC’s videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/brictv   This miniseries was made with the generous help of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Arts Building Bridges Program. You can learn about their mission here: https://www.ddcf.org/what-we-fund/building-bridges/ This episode featured music composed by Myra Al-Rahim and from Freesound.  For more information on this and all BRIC Radio podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio. SSSS is on Patreon. Find us at patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show.

Burying a loved one is never easy. But for Muslims New Yorkers, the price of land, gentrification, and ritual practices complicates an already difficult process. As a result, most Muslims in the 5 boroughs tend to be buried hours away from their homes, at cemeteries in Long Island or New Jersey. With the death rate in NYC soaring due to COVID-19, Muslim funeral homes have borne the burden of a crisis that developed long before quarantine. How does one grapple with saying goodbye to our loved ones when burial is less than ideal? To answer these questions, we speak to housing policy expert Lena Afridi about losing and burying her father over a year ago. Then, Imam Khalid Latif of ICNYU shares some of the pressures that funeral homes in New York are facing during the COVID-19 crisis. M Train releases bi-weekly and each episode focuses on New York City metro area and the stories of American Muslims that can be found on and off the subway.  Donate to ICNYU’s Coronavirus Financial Hardship Grants: https://www.launchgood.com/project/coronavirus_emergency_response_financial_hardship_grants#!/ Read Lena’s Article: “Death and Life in Great American Cities”: https://thenewinquiry.com/death-and-life-in-great-american-cities/ Find ICNYU’s Virtual Ramadan Programming here: https://icnyu.org/ Please consider signing up with the National Bone Marrow Registry, especially if you are from an underrepresented group. Sign up here: https://bethematch.org/ Follow Ahmed @radbrowndads.  Follow Imam Khalid Latif @KLatif  Follow Lena @lpafridi Follow our producer Shirin @Shebe86.  Follow our editor Myra @MBasilRahim, and follow our Executive Producer Sachar Mathias @sacharmathias.  Follow SSSS on Twitter and Facebook @seesomething. Follow BRIC on Twitter @BRICTV Watch BRIC’s videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/brictv   This miniseries was made with the generous help of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Arts Building Bridges Program. You can learn about their mission here: https://www.ddcf.org/what-we-fund/building-bridges/ This episode featured music composed by Myra Al-Rahim and from Freesound.  For more information on this and all BRIC Radio podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio. SSSS is on Patreon. Find us at patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show.  

Corona has thrown M Train (and all of society) for a bit of a loop. So we threw the script out for this episode and called up Dr. Ahmed Hozain, a surgical resident and researcher currently working in NYC, to talk about COVID-19, convincing your boomer parents to stay home, and virtual jum’ahs. Then, we returned to a simpler time before pre-isolation, when we interviewed North African dance teacher Esraa Wardah about her work decolonizing dance classes and building spaces that decenter whiteness.   Because of Corona, M Train may experience some delays. Please be patient.   M Train releases bi-weekly and each episode focuses on New York City metro area and the stories of American Muslims that can be found on and off the subway.   Follow Ahmed Hozain on twitter @AhmedHozain Follow Esraa Warda on Instagram @wardadance   Follow Ahmed on twitter @radbrowndads.  Follow our producer Shirin @Shebe86.  Follow our editor Myra @MBasilRahim, and follow our Executive Producer Sachar Mathias @sacharmathias.  Follow SSSS on Twitter and Facebook @seesomething. Follow BRIC on Twitter @BRICTV Watch BRIC’s videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/brictv   This miniseries was made with the generous help of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Arts Building Bridges Program. You can learn about their mission here: https://www.ddcf.org/what-we-fund/building-bridges/ This episode featured music composed by Myra Al-Rahim and from Freesound.  For more information on this and all BRIC Radio podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio. SSSS is on Patreon. Find us at patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show.

This episode, we head to Brooklyn to eat some Trinidadian food and talk about the dialogue between Black, Desi, Carribbean, and Muslim cultures within the island and its diaspora. We pick up some dhalpuri, buss-up-shot, and doubles and then wash it all down with sorrel, a tart, hibiscus flower drink. Throughout the episode, we talk about the way Trinidadian cuisine is a dialogue between Indian and African cultures and why the roti shop is as much an icon of NYC Muslim culture as the halal cart. Featuring: Johnny Ali and Kerrie Bissoon of the Utica Avenue Ali’s Roti and fashion designer Nzinga Knight of Brooklyn Brewed Sorrel.  Follow Nzinga on Instagram @nzingaknight and @brooklynbrewedsorrel. Head to www.nzingaknight.com to learn about her fashion work and head to www.brooklynbrewedsorrel.com to order Brooklyn Brewed Sorrel.  Follow Ali’s Roti Shop on Instagram: @alisrotishop or give them a visit at 337 Utica Avenue in Brooklyn. M-Train releases bi-weekly and each episode focuses on New York City metro area and the stories of American Muslims that can be found on and off the subway.   Follow Ahmed on twitter @radbrowndads.  Follow our producer Shirin @Shebe86.  Follow our editor Myra @MBasilRahim, and follow our Executive Producer Sachar Mathias @sacharmathias.  Follow SSSS on Twitter and Facebook @seesomething. Follow BRIC on Twitter @BRICTV Watch BRIC’s videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/brictv   This miniseries was made with the generous help of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Arts Building Bridges Program. You can learn about their mission here: https://www.ddcf.org/what-we-fund/building-bridges/ This episode featured music composed by Myra Al-Rahim and from Freesound.  For more information on this and all BRIC Radio podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio. SSSS is on Patreon. Find us at patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show.

We’re coming to you live! For the second episode of M-Train —the new six-part miniseries from See Something, Say Something and BRIC Radio — we hosted a panel discussion at the BRIC Ballroom centered on Muslims in politics. Our guests for the night were Shahana Hanif, New York City Council Candidate, Sadaf Jaffer, Mayor of Montgomery County in New Jersey (and first Muslim woman elected mayor in America), and Mohammad Missouri, Executive Director of JetPAC.  We talked about the Muslim bloc swinging leftwards, confronting Islamophobic trolls who live in your communities, and the challenges of representing a group as diverse as American Muslims.   M Train is released bi-weekly and each episode focuses on the New York City metro area and the stories of American Muslims that can be found on and off the subway.   Learn more about New York City Council Candidate Shahana Hanif here: https://shahanafrombk.com/ Learn more about Mayor Sadaf Jaffer here: https://www.sadafjaffer.com/ Learn more about Jet-PAC and Muhammad’s work here: https://www.jet-pac.com/about-us/   Follow Ahmed on twitter @radbrowndads.  Follow our Producer Shirin @Shebe86.  Follow our editor Myra @MBasilRahim, and follow our Executive Producer Sachar Mathias @sacharmathias.  Follow SSSS on Twitter and Facebook @seesomething. Follow BRIC Radio on Twitter @BRICRadio and BRIC TV @BRICTV   This miniseries was made with the generous help of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Arts Building Bridges Program. You can learn about their mission here: https://www.ddcf.org/what-we-fund/building-bridges/ This episode featured music composed by Myra Al-Rahim and from Freesound.  For more information on this and all BRIC Radio podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio. SSSS is on Patreon. Find us at patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Thanks to our patrons for supporting the show.

Welcome aboard the M Train! A new six-part miniseries from See Something, Say Something and BRIC Radio– a Brooklyn-based audio network that amplifies community with podcasts ranging from LGBTQ stories and radio plays to a monthly audiovisual magazine celebrating our beloved #Brooklyn. Each of the six episodes of M-Train focuses on New York City metro area and the stories of American Muslims that can be found on and off the subway. Our debut focuses on the work of two sex educators redefining the place of sex and intimacy in Islam.  For our first stop, we head to Brooklyn to speak to Sid Azmi about her journey from radiation therapy to business woman and sex educator, running a “educated pleasure shop” in Park Slope.. Here’s where to find it, in case you want to visit: https://www.pleasenyc.com/ Then, we speak to Wazina Zondon about navigating queerness, sex, and Islam. Wazina is a sex-ed teacher and co-creator of the storytelling performance Coming Out Muslim: Radical Acts of love. Check it out here https://comingoutmuslim.com and follow her @wazinazondon. If you have any questions, going through a hard time, and just want to talk to someone, get in touch with http://www.muslimalliance.org/ and remember these wise words from Wazina: “You're fine. You're great. You’re normal. No version of your Islam is wrong, nor is any version of your sexual identity. You don't have to apologize or fix or adapt to somebody else's version. Just be patient with the people around you.”

This month, we’re sharing with you  part two Ahmed’s reporting for America’s Test Kitchen where he followed the Pakistani mango trade in the United States. The story first started on SSSS and eventually moved to ATK’s PROOF podcast.  Find more info on PROOF here: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/proof. “In part two of this investigation, reporter Ahmed Ali Akbar explores the underbelly of the secretive mango distribution industry. He uncovers the historical and economic reasons that importing mangoes from Pakistan has been so difficult — from regulation to irradiation. And he finally traces product to supplier.” Our show is crowdfunded and made possible by our beloved listeners. Subscribe our Patreon for as little as $1 a month to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. At $10, you get access to behind the scenes content like a newsletter and bonus episodes. You can find other ways to support here: https://moneyyy.me/$ahmedaliakbar Your support means the world to us. Plus, we’re doing a live-show in collaboration with BRIC! Find info on the show and RSVP at the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/m-train-live-podcast-recording-brooklyn-podcast-festival-tickets-84651961295 Follow Ahmed on Twitter: @radbrowndads. Find the show’s website at seesomethingpodcast.com. Follow the show @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Email the show at info@seesomethingpodcast.com. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com.    

This month, we’re sharing with you Ahmed’s reporting for America’s Test Kitchen where he followed the Pakistani mango trade in the United States. The story first started on SSSS and eventually moved to ATK’s PROOF podcast.  Find more info on PROOF here: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/proof. “Pakistani-American communities in the U.S. rely on dealers on WhatsApp to gain access to their most coveted treasure: Pakistani mangoes. And they pay a premium for it. In part one of this two-part investigation, reporter Ahmed Ali Akbar searches for answers. Why are Pakistani mangoes so hard to find? And why is the Pakistani community resorting to deals on WhatsApp to procure them?” Our show is crowdfunded and made possible by our beloved listeners. Subscribe our Patreon for as little as $1 a month to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. At $10, you get access to behind the scenes content like a newsletter and bonus episodes. You can find other ways to support here: https://moneyyy.me/$ahmedaliakbar Your support means the world to us. Plus, we’re doing a live-show in collaboration with BRIC! Find info on the show or the following link: https://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/m-train-live-podcast-recording Follow Ahmed on Twitter: @radbrowndads. Find the show’s website at seesomethingpodcast.com. Follow the show @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Email the show at info@seesomethingpodcast.com. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com.

Jack Ryan, Amazon’s TV show based on the Tom Clancy character of the same name, features drone strikes, a Black American “good Muslim” character, and many of the tropes that have been around since Homeland and 24. So Ahmed decided to swallow his pride and try to watch it to see what he could learn. First, we talk to Salimah about the appeal of the show for your average Muslim TV binge watcher. Then, we speak with Professor Evelyn Alsultany, author of "Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11," to help give historical context to the depiction of Muslims in Terrorism TV. Also featured:  the return of Halal or Not!   Our show is crowdfunded and made possible by our beloved listeners. Subscribe our Patreon for as little as $1 a month to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. At $10, you get access to behind the scenes content like a newsletter and bonus episodes. Last month, we released a bonus jinn episode. You can find other ways to support here: https://moneyyy.me/$ahmedaliakbar Your support means the world to us. Find Professor Alsultany on her website: https://evelynalsultany.com/. Follow Ahmed on Instagram and Twitter: @radbrowndads. Find the show’s website at seesomethingpodcast.com. Follow the show @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Email the show at info@seesomethingpodcast.com. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com.    

Happy Halloween! Jinn, those mischievous beings made of smokeless fire, are one of three races featured in the Qur’an (humans and angels being the others). They’re important figures in folklore too and a common indicator of the religion’s adaption to local culture. Assistant Professor of History Ali A. Olomi joins the podcast to tell some spooky stories and to help us understand what the jinn really are.   Our show is crowdfunded and made possible by our beloved listeners. Subscribe our Patreon for as little as $1 a month to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. You can find other ways to support here: https://moneyyy.me/$ahmedaliakbar Your support means the world to us.   Follow Ali @aliaolomi. Read one of his viral threads on jinn here:https://twitter.com/aaolomi/status/1161724366456905728?lang=en. Follow Ahmed on Instagram and Twitter: @radbrowndads. Follow the show on Twitter @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Email the show at info@seesomethingpodcast.com. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com.    

  You know that catchy jingle that starts our show? That’s by The Kominas, a punk band that’s been influential in South Asian and Muslim scenes. One of the guitarists, Shahjehan Khan, is a longtime friend of the show who has been open about his issues with mental health and addiction. There's a new Kominas album too this month, "The Systems Are Down," so we bring on Shahj to discuss about his struggles with addiction, how he’s turned around his life, and releasing the album on September 11th. Warning: we discuss include depression, suicidal ideation, addiction, and related topics. Also--We’re bringing “Halal Or Not?” back, but this time we’re helping our listeners make halal not decisions. Call (646) 50-HALAL and tell us what you need help figuring out--we may call you back to figure it out live on the show.  Follow Ahmed on Instagram and Twitter: @radbrowndads. Buy the new Kominas album here: https://kominas.bandcamp.com/album/the-systems-are-down Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas. Fill out this survey so we can get some advertising revenue: http://survey.libsyn.com/seesomethingsaysomething. Follow the show @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Email Ahmed at radbrowndads@gmail.com.

Over the past few years, China has increased its internment and surveillance of the Uyghur people for expressing their culture and Muslim religion. This has spread to the diaspora, where the community lives in fear of retaliation for family members back home, even for something as basic as teaching the Uyghur language itself. So, Ahmed talks to journalist Megha Rajagopalan about her groundbreaking reporting and the context for China’s growing surveillance state. Then, he talks to activist and teacher Irade Kashgary, co-founder Ana Care and Education, a Uyghur cultural and linguistic after-school program for kids and young adults in Northern Virginia.  Special thanks to Munawwar Abdulla for production support and guidance on this episode. Donate to the Patreon to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Your support means the world to us. $10 donors get access to exclusive content Follow Ahmed on Instagram and Twitter: @radbrowndads. Follow Megha @Meghara Follow Irade @IradeKashgary Links from the episode: thetarimnetwork.com, https://www.norightsnogames.org, and https://www.anacareeducation.com/. Fill out this survey so we can get some advertising revenue: http://survey.libsyn.com/seesomethingsaysomething. Follow the show @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Email Ahmed at radbrowndads@gmail.com. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com.

The July 30th and 31st Democratic debates had 20 (TWENTY!) candidates on stage. So, what do Muslim folks working in PR think about how the candidates fared? We invited on Firdaus Arastu, political consultant and activist, to discuss her work, how American Muslims can reclaim the narrative, and to break down the debates.   Donate to the Patreon to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Your support means the world to us. New donors of $5 or more get a handwritten postcards and entered in a raffle to win a SSSS mug if they commit by August 9th  Follow Ahmed on Instagram and Twitter: @radbrowndads. Fill out this survey so we can get some advertising revenue: http://survey.libsyn.com/seesomethingsaysomething. Follow the show @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Email Ahmed at radbrowndads@gmail.com. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com.

Ahmed talks to Ramy Youssef, the writer and creator behind the Hulu show “Ramy” and the HBO Comedy Special “Feelings.” They discuss representation, future Muslim TV shows they hope to see, and why it’s important to resist being “the first.”   Donate to the Patreon to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Your support means the world to us. $10 donors get access to the show’s Discord chat server.   Follow Ahmed on Instagram and Twitter: @radbrowndads. Fill out this survey so we can get some advertising revenue: http://survey.libsyn.com/seesomethingsaysomething. Follow the show @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Email Ahmed at radbrowndads@gmail.com. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com.

Journalist Hussein Kesvani’s new book, “Follow Me, Akhi: The Online World of British Muslims” covers the many ways British Muslims use the internet. So Ahmed invites Hussein on for a cross-Atlantic conversation on growing up online. They talk about confronting Islamophobic trolls, No-Fap groups, and Muslim dating apps. It’s as wild and weird as the internet itself.   Buy “Follow Me, Akhi”: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/follow-me-akhi/   Donate to the Patreon to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Your support means the world to us. $10 donors get access to the show’s Discord chat server.   Follow Ahmed on Instagram and Twitter: @radbrowndads. Follow Hussein: @hkesvani Fill out this survey so we can get some advertising revenue: http://survey.libsyn.com/seesomethingsaysomething. Follow the show @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Email Ahmed at radbrowndads@gmail.com. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com.

Ramadan and Eid zoomed by and in the meantime, Ahmed watched the new live-action Guy Ritchie Aladdin movie… and turns out kind of enjoyed it?  Controversial, yes, but you have to speak your truth. So we’re joined this week by Nida Abbasi and Maryam Adamu to discuss Eid traditions and why we had fun in Aladdin despite how flawed the movie is. Also making an appearance:  jinn-human romances, Heba Hasan’s love for Eid’s morning coffee, Salimah’s mishap with a mosque bounce house, and The Komina’s song, “Eid Mubarak.”   Also, we were limited in our mic setup this week and only had access to one, so the show will sound a little bit different this week.   Donate to the Patreon to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Your support means the world to us. $10 donors get access to the show’s Discord chat server.   Follow Ahmed on Instagram and Twitter: @radbrowndads. Fill out this survey so we can get some advertising revenue: http://survey.libsyn.com/seesomethingsaysomething. Follow the show @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Email Ahmed at radbrowndads@gmail.com. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com.

American Muslims have long participated in the struggle against mass incarceration, and this Ramadan, we speak to three people who can help us make sense of where things stand now. First, we talk to Sadiq Davis on his reentry journey through Muslim communities in Chicago and L.A. after 25 years in prison. Then, Justin Mashouf, the filmmaker who captured Sadiq’s story in the documentary “The Honest Struggle,” talks to us about prison reform and telling Sadiq's story with mercy and compassion. Finally, we talk to Dr. Suad Abdul-Khabeer about Believer’s Bailout, a community-led effort to bail out Muslims in pretrial incarceration and ICE custody as a form of zakat.   Donate to the Patreon to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. Your support means the world to us. $10 donors get access to the show’s Discord chat server.   Follow Ahmed on Instagram and Twitter: @radbrowndads. Follow Justin @Mashouf. Follow Dr. Suad @DrSuad. Watch The Honest Struggle here: http://honeststruggle.co/watch-now/ Read more about Believer’s Bailout here: https://believersbailout.org/ and donate to their LaunchGood: https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/believers_bail_out_3#!/. Read Sapelo Square’s Black Muslims Reflect on the Qur’an series here: https://sapelosquare.com/religion/.   Fill out this survey so we can get some advertising revenue: http://survey.libsyn.com/seesomethingsaysomething. Follow the show @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Email Ahmed at radbrowndads@gmail.com. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com.

Ramadan Mubarak! We're happily loopy from our first week of fasting. In this episode, Ahmed talks to New York Times best-selling novelist, Fatima Farheen Mirza. Her novel, “A Place For Us,” explores the relationships between the children and parents of a Hyderbadi Muslim family and what happens when a brown boy doesn’t meet family and community expectations. It's kind of like that Warsan Shire tweet — "my dj name is dj eldest immigrant daughter." Plus: Salimah, Fatima, and Ahmed share their favorite suhoor memories. Donate to the Patreon to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. $10 donors get access to the show’s Discord chat server. Fill out this survey so we can get some advertising revenue: http://survey.libsyn.com/seesomethingsaysomething. Follow Ahmed on Instagram and Twitter: @radbrowndads. Follow Salimah on Instagram and Twitter: @salimahfm. Follow Fatima @fatimafmirza on Twitter and @ffmirza on instagram. Follow the show @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Email Ahmed at radbrowndads@gmail.com. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com.

See Something Say Something is officially back, but we need your help! We’ve shifted to an independent, crowdfunding model; bear with us as we spend a few minutes discussing our new Patreon and how your donations will help us make the show. A big thank you to the all the Patrons who’ve already donated and help us keep the show going. But also: remember, we’re committed to providing this space for free and it is totally okay if you can’t support. After that, join us as Ahmed and Salimah discuss how they’re preparing for Ramadan this year.   Donate to the Patreon to help support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. $10 donors get access to the show’s Discord chat server. Fill out this survey so we can get some advertising revenue: http://survey.libsyn.com/seesomethingsaysomething. Follow Ahmed @radbrowndads. Follow Salimah (on Instagram) @salimahfm. Follow the show @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Email Ahmed at radbrowndads@gmail.com. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com

Ahmed's back for another short SSSS newsbrief! Salimah joins the podcast to talk about the three Somali models featured on April's Vogue Arabia cover, the freshmen Muslim congresswomen, Jordan Peele's "Us," and the attacks on Mali. PLUS: we have a Patreon now. Donate to the show monthly and help us make the show! Head over to https://www.patreon.com/ahmedaliakbar. More info on the next episode. Follow Ahmed @radbrowndads. Follow the show @seesomething on Twitter andhttps://www.facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast on Facebook.

Ahmed and Abu are back for a one-off episode processing the murder of 50 people in the Christchurch, New Zealand masjids by a white supremacist. Stay subscribed to the feed and our social feeds for more updates on the future of the show after BuzzFeed News.   Follow Ahmed @radbrowndads. Follow the show @seesomething on Twitter and http:/facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast on Facebook. 

Ahmed and See Something Say Something are leaving BuzzFeed News — so we’re taking a moment to reflect with Bim Adewunmi, Tabir Akhter, and Sara Yasin. Ahmed talks candidly about what the show set out to do, the future of See Something Say Something, and more. Plus, we read mail from our super smart and wonderful fans. Stay subscribed to the feed for future announcements or potential episodes of See Something Say Something. No promises, though! Keep in touch with Ahmed by emailing mailto:ahmed.a.akbar@gmail.com. Follow him @radbrowndads. Follow Bim @bimadew. Follow Tabir @tabir. Follow Sara @SaraYasin. Follow the show @seesomething on Twitter, https://www.instagram.com/buzzfeedseesomething/ on Instagram, and http://facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast on Facebook. Watch Ahmed on Netflix: netflix.com/followthis. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and http://kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian Aamer Rahman’s viral stand-up bit on “Reverse Racism” is a sharp, thoughtful, and hilarious take on a microaggression that has always been a struggle to respond to. Aamer joins us on the show this week to continue schooling us on political change, why Muslims have a right to feel angry, and why Desi food and Coke go oh-so-well together. And, some sad news. See Something Say Something will soon be ending its run at BuzzFeed News. Over the next couple of weeks,  we will be preparing a finale of some sort. In the meantime, share some of your favorite memories with us on Twitter and via email, we'd love to hear from you. Thank you so much for listening and being a part of this show. Watch Aamer’s new series, “Can We Kick It?” on IST’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL_-ZpLklew&list=PLGxN3JVgPDgP4EserlrbJIcp2tf6wvusV Follow Aamer: https://twitter.com/aamer_rahman Follow Ahmed @radbrowndads Follow the show on Twitter (@seesomething), Facebook (facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast), and Instagram (instagram.com/buzzfeedseesomething). Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com Our music is by The Kominas, follow them @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we've got an elections update! Ahead of midterm elections, we're checking in with BuzzFeed News reporters on the Muslim candidates that ran for office this year. Talal Ansari gives us an update on everyone from Ilhan Omar to Rashida Tlaib and Abdul El Sayed. He tells us who's still in the running and what they're facing in their respective regions. Then, reporter Hannah Allam returns to the show to discuss her latest piece about Muslims in the Republican party. Check out Hannah's piece: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hannahallam/republican-muslims-gop-party-texas-anwar-khalifa Read Talal Ansari's reporting here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/talalansari Follow Hannah Allam on Twitter: @/HannahAllam Follow Talal Ansari on Twitter: @/TalalNAnsari Follow Ahmed @radbrowndads Follow the show on Twitter (@seesomething), Facebook (facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast), and Instagram (instagram.com/buzzfeedseesomething). Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com Our music is by The Kominas, follow them @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back with the final installment of our food series! Each episode of Mangoes & Memories explores food through the lens of culture and politics. This week’s episode is about the Gullah/Geechee community and their fight to maintain their culture and history. First, BuzzFeed News reporter Hannah Allam discusses her reporting on Sapelo Island, Georgia and how the present-day Gullah community is taking legal action against the state to protect their land. She also introduces us to their ancestor, Bilali Muhammad, who was brought to America as an enslaved person, but was able to maintain some of the earliest traces of Islam in this country. Then, we're joined by Chef B.J. Dennis, a Gullah chef and culinary historian who has dedicated his career to learning about and preserving Gullah cuisine. Find Ahmed’s Eid lamb biryani recipe here: https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/videos/2144568025865645/ Follow Hannah Allam on Twitter: @/HannahAllam Follow B.J. Dennis on Instagram: @chefbjdennis Follow Ahmed @radbrowndads Follow the show on Twitter (@seesomething), Facebook (facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast), and Instagram (instagram.com/buzzfeedseesomething). Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com Our music is by The Kominas, follow them @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com. (edited) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mangoes are one of the world’s most treasured fruit, but for Indian and Pakistani immigrants, it’s nearly impossible to get the beloved Alphonso and Chaunsa varietals in America. In this episode, we explore why some people are willing to pay nearly $9 a pop for a taste of home. We talk to food writer Myles Karp about the complications Indian mangos have faced entering the US, from political bans to regulation to the plain old ravages of time and rot. Then, Ahmed calls up his cousin Medeeha who spent her summer in New Jersey as the middle woman for an international mango trade organized on WhatsApp. Plus: listeners and friends of the show share their relationship to the fruit. Read Myles' works on mangoes here: https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/gyw4zb/alphonso-best-mangoes-india-us Follow Ahmed @radbrowndads Follow the show on Twitter (@seesomething), Facebook (facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast), and Instagram (instagram.com/buzzfeedseesomething). Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com Our music is by The Kominas, follow them @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a new food mini-series! Each episode of Mangoes & Memories will explore food through the lens of culture and politics. This week’s episode is about Eid al Adha and how some American Muslims are taking a more ethical stance towards meat consumption. First, a visit to the farm! Diane Abboushi of Halal Pastures walks us through a day of Eid celebrations at Halal Pastures, where she raises and prepares organic, grass-fed halal meat with her husband Samer. Then, Ahmed talks to Nuri Friedlander, Ph.D candidate in Islamic Studies at Harvard University, about why Muslims should care about the way animals lived, and not just the way they were slaughtered. Find Ahmed’s Eid lamb biryani recipe here: https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/videos/2144568025865645/ Follow Nuri’s Instagam: @nurifriedlander Follow Halal Pastures @halalpastures and order halal meat from their website: www.halalpastures.com Follow Ahmed @radbrowndads Follow the show on Twitter (@seesomething), Facebook (facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast), and Instagram (instagram.com/buzzfeedseesomething). Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com Our music is by The Kominas, follow them @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we’re tackling a sensitive topic: suicide and mental health services in the American Muslim community. A few weeks ago, BuzzFeed News reporter Hannah Allam published a piece on the rise of suicide rates in the community and what can be done in terms of prevention and awareness. Ahmed talks to her about her reporting and also brings in rapper, chaplain, and artist Mona Haydar, who recently released a song about a friend who took her own life. If you or someone you know needs help, please try to talk to someone. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. You can find the Khalil Center at khalilcenter.com. The main center’s number is (630) 474-4414 OR call the help line (855) 5HELPKC. (855) 543- 5752, during scheduled hours. You can find also call Naseeha 1-866-NASEEHA or find them at naseeha.org. Other international suicide helplines can be found at befrienders.org. Follow Hannah @HannahAllam Follow Mona @mona_haydar Listen to her song, “Suicide Doors,” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghGxMxb1Mn4 (or wherever you find your music!) Follow Ahmed @radbrowndads Follow the show on Twitter (@seesomething), Facebook (facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast), and Instagram (instagram.com/buzzfeedseesomething). Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com Our music is by The Kominas, follow them @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fatimah Asghar is a Pakistani-Kashmiri poet, writer, and co-creator of the web series ‘Brown Girls,’ which is currently in development with HBO. Her new book of poems, ‘If They Come For Us,’ released this week. Ahmed talks to her about the challenges and joy of creating for your own community, depicting queer love on screen, and what so many people get wrong about being an orphan. Buy Fatimah’s new book, “If They Come For Us”: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/565781/if-they-come-for-us-by-fatimah-asghar/9780525509783/ Watch “Brown Girls” here: http://www.browngirlswebseries.com/episodes/ Follow Fatimah @asgharthegrouch Follow Ahmed @radbrowndads Follow the show on Twitter (@seesomething), Facebook (facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast), and Instagram (instagram.com/buzzfeedseesomething). Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com Our music is by The Kominas, follow them @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time for another pop culture round up! This time, we’re checking in with TV Guide’s Krutika Mallikarjuna and Condeé Nast's Muna Mire about two queer Muslims currently on TV. First, we discuss *the character Adena El-Amin from the social media-obsessed, openly feminist dramedy, "The Bold Type".* Then, we discuss the *phenomenon* of "Queer Eye" and *the highs and lows of the show's fashion expert, Tan France.* Plus: we take a BuzzFeed quiz and discuss what else is good to watch right now. Follow Krutika @krutika. Follow Muna @Muna_Mire Follow the show on Twitter (@seesomething), Facebook (facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast), and Instagram (instagram.com/buzzfeedseesomething). Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com Our music is by The Kominas, follow them @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever wondered how many Americans are married to their cousin? How hairy the average woman of color is? Well! Data journalist Mona Chalabi has the answers to all your weirdest queries, often with whimsical and witty illustrations. Ahmed and Mona talk about how opinion polling has been used against Muslims, double standards of shame across cultures, and her contentious friendship with Sesame Street’s Count von Count. Follow Mona on Twitter and find her illustrated data sets on Instagram @MonaChalabi Watch Mona’s “Touch Your Tits” PSA: https://vimeo.com/281551760 Follow the show on Twitter (@seesomething), Facebook (facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast), and Instagram (instagram.com/buzzfeedseesomething). Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com Our music is by The Kominas, follow them @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s episode, special guest host Sara Yasin steps in to discuss the most burning questions we all have about the World Cup. Like: who do you root for when there’s only European nations left in the tourney? Can we use colonial injustices as a rubric to decide when the majority of the players are immigrants from ex-colonial states? How can you create a future Palestinian soccer team when there’s never been one before? She brings on BuzzFeed News’ Kovie Biakolo and AJ+’s Aisha Gani on to reflect on this year’s games. Watch Aisha’s piece on the World Cup and the England flag here: https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish/videos/1247224885419016/UzpfSTYwNTU5MDAxNDoxMDE2MDU1NDM0MDk2MDAxNQ/ Read Bim's essay: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bimadewunmi/world-cup-fans-england-france-africa Follow Sara @sarayasin Follow Kovie @koviebiakolo Follow Aisha @aishagani Follow the show on Twitter (@seesomething), Facebook (facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast), and Instagram (instagram.com/buzzfeedseesomething). Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com Our music is by The Kominas, follow them @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode, Ahmed discusses how anti-Muslim propaganda makes its way from Europe to the U.S. with Ishmael Daro of the BuzzFeed News Debunking Team and BuzzFeed's VP Legal and Associate General Counsel Nabiha Syed. They also go head-to-head in a game of 'Fake News or Not?'. Read Ishmael's story: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ishmaeldaro/anti-muslim-anti-immigrant-news-europe-to-america?utm_term=.fmk1dkA3JJ Follow Ishmael @iD4RO Follow Nabiha @nabihasyed Follow Ahmed @radbrowndads and the show @seesomething. Watch our videos at facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast.  Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething.  Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com.  Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a scale of 1-10, how much do you think our civil liberties have eroded this past month? These are the kind of things Ahmed worries about at night. So, he invited  brother-in-law, ACLU lawyer, and real-life Supreme Court WINNER Nathan Freed Wessler and CUNY-CLEAR’s Tarek Ismail on the show to help make sense of recent legal challenges around immigration and surveillance. Discussed in this ep: the Muslim ban, ICE separating children from their families, and Nate’s landmark digital privacy case, Carpenter vs the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Ahmed talks with comedian Maz Jobrani about growing up in America with Iranian parents, turning down terrorist roles, and why he’s re-thinking using accents in his stand-up.  Follow Maz at @MazJobraniFollow Ahmed at @radbrowndads, Follow the show at @seesomething and watch our new videos at facebook.com/seesomethingpodcastFind more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomethingEmail us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com.Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahmed is on vacation, so he wanted y’all to hear his favorite episode: Ghee is having a moment right now. People call it a magic food that will melt your fat away. Kourtney Kardashian swears by it. Whole Foods is selling it. And the marketing language always comes back to how “ancient,” “pure” and “authentic” it is. And Ahmed can’t stop thinking about it. So this week, we’re spending the whole episode tackling one question: Why is this happening to ghee? We do a taste test with the brain trust, chat with Food and Fitness Director at SELF Magazine (and former BuzzFeeder) Sally Tamarkin, NYU Food Studies Department chair Krishnendu Ray, and Ahmed’s aunt Naheed Usmani to chew on it. Read Ahmed’s essay: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ahmedaliakbar/tikka-masala-is-a-scam-and-other-lessons-from-pakistani?utm_term=.hdj0yqMp22 Follow Ahmed @radbrowndads Follow Zainab @zainabshah Follow Neena @neenpathak Follow Sally @sallyt Follow the show at @seesomething and facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast, Subscribe to our newsletter buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething/newsletter, Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething, Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com. Our music is by The Kominas. Follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eid mubarak! Concluding our Ramadan series is a very special guest, ‘Top Chef’ contestant Fatima Ali. Join us for a ‘mental quickfire challenge’ where Fatima composes an Eid meal for 6 using Ahmed’s fridge leftovers. We chat about her time on the show, how her Pakistani heritage influences her work and her recent battle with cancer. Read Ahmed's essay on dhabas and diaspora: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ahmedaliakbar/tikka-masala-is-a-scam-and-other-lessons-from-pakistani?utm_term=.qwJ8OD12WW Follow Fatima on Twitter and Instagram @cheffati. Follow Ahmed @radbrowndads and the show @seesomething. Watch our videos at facebook.com/seesomethingpodcast. Find more episodes at buzzfeed.com/seesomethingsaysomething. Email us at saysomething@buzzfeed.com. Our music is by The Kominas, follow them at @TheRealKominas and kominas.bandcamp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices