Podcasts about Aamer Rahman

Taylor Driggers joins us to talk about the second volume in C.S. Lewis's SPACE TRILOGY. A richly-described and philosophical science fiction story, PERELANDRA has a lot that's interesting and a lot that's pretty weird when you think about it. A Meal of Thorns is a podcast from the Ancillary Review of Books. Credits:Guest: Taylor Driggers Title: Perelandra by C.S. Lewis Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John BroughReferences:Queering Faith in Fantasy Literature: Fantastic Incarnations and the Deconstruction of Theology by Taylor Driggers The Ursula Le Guin Archives Laurie Marks' Elemental Logic novel series Philophantast conference The Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic at the University of Glasgow Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman (and our episode on it) The Two Doctors Górski by Isaac Fellman The other two novels in the Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia The Inklings (wiki link) Lewis's A Grief Observed Lewis's final novel Till We Have Faces Ursula Le Guin's review of Lewis's The Dark Tower Lewis's The Great Divorce, Pilgrim's Regress, and The Screwtape Letters Stephen Metcalf, “Language and Self-Consciousness: The Making and Breaking of C.S. Lewis' Personae” in Word and Story in C. S. Lewis: Language and Narrative in Theory and Practice ed. Peter J. Schakel & Charles A. Huttar Lewis's debate with Elizabeth Anscombe J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Ridley Scott's Alien “Sehnsucht”, the concept of inconsolable longing The Transformers franchise Aamer Rahman on defeating Nazis Satan (Milton's version) Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness and specifically the religion/philosophy of the Handdara Sofia Samatar's The Practice, The Horizon, and the Chain Casella's essay on (not) defending science fiction against criticisms of complicity Taylor's seminar for his work with the Le Guin Fellowship on historicizing queerness in fantasy and “queer hiddenness in the archive”, available online this fall/winter. Greg Egan's “Oracle”, available on his site (and in the collections Oceanic and The Best of Greg Egan) ContactRSS feed | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | +lots of other platforms (let us know if it's not on your favorite)You can follow A Meal of Thorns on Twitter and Bluesky.Email us at mealofthorns@gmail.com.Support the Show!You can support the podcast (and the Ancillary Review of Books) by joining our Patreon. For $5 and up, you get access to ARB's exclusive monthly newsletter, our Discord community, and more to come.Interested in purchasing a book we mentioned on the show? Check the show notes for Bookshop links; we get a cut if you buy them through our Bookshop!It seems small, but it really does help: like and share our posts! Leave a comment or review wherever you find us. The internet's kind of broken, but that kind of thing really does help people hear about the work we're doing.

Finally get the full story on the illusive comedic genius who pops out to bless the culture with viral gems when we need it most. From his classic “Reverse Racism” (which Dave Chappelle called The Rosetta Stone) to his latest run of anti-colonial truth bombs, Aamer Rahman doesn't miss. This episode is sponsored by Zakat Foundation and BetterHelp. To get 10% off your first month of therapy, visit www.betterhelp.com/travelers Order "Love & Service" now at www.BrotherAli.com Hear episodes early and ad-free, plus get access to exclusive music, videos, speeches, and bonus content by Brother Ali: https://www.brotherali.com/join Buy Travelers Podcast merchandise: https://www.brotheralistore.com/collections/travelers-podcast

Today we had comedian Aamer Rahman on the pod who joined us from Istanbul and Daniel joined us from France. Matt was in his home, the same place he's been for years. He needs a vacation.Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief FundSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

 On this Summer Special Nick from Freedom of Species and Lottie evaluate different arguments about identity politics going on within Left/progressive/environmental movements. We do this drawing on the following articles that Nick has written: ‘What Do You Mean By “Identity Politics”?' https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/idpols/ ‘Do You Identify Or Are You Identified?' https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/2021/01/29/idpols2/  This show is a 3CR Summer Special – see here for other Specials: https://www.3cr.org.au/summerspecials2022-2023  Music: Life is Incredible by Briggs ft Greg Holden, Reverse Racism by Aamer Rahman (from the Fear of a Brown Planet special), Konichiwa by Shoreline ft Koji, Home With You by FKA Twigs.  Freedom of Species is currently on a Summer break and we'll be returning to regular programming on 22 January.

Summary: In today's episodes of The Tragedy Academy, Jay invites the host of the podcast I Am Just Gaying, Hernando Del Castillo. Hernando brings us along to his journey of reflection, awareness, and metamorphosis. We learn of the societal pressure he experienced as a gay Columbian man and the hurdles he jumped through to become his whole authentic self finally.Key Points:

Today, The Watchdog is talking about Australia, immigration and racism with Australian comedian and activist Aamer Rahman. Rahman is a stand-up comedian and one half of the comedy duo “Fear of a Brown Planet.” Originally born in Saudi Arabia, he moved to Melbourne at an early age. Although he trained as a lawyer, he found his calling on stage. His comedy deals with overtly political topics like race, imperialism and terrorism. When thought about at all, Australia is usually presented as a friendly, like-minded nation; a welcoming democratic, and stable state. This is certainly how many Americans who visit experience it. However, underneath that veneer lies a darker past.Established by the British as a penal colony and later, a settler-colonial state, genocide of the native population has been central to Australia's story from the very beginning. As British colonization gathered speed in the 19th century, so did the attacks against its Aboriginal peoples. Wherever the Europeans went, massacres followed. Until well into the 1970s, the Australian government maintained a policy of removing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, placing them into spartan boarding schools in an attempt to destroy native culture forever.Taking their land were Europeans. Until 1973, the country's immigration laws were formally described as the “White Australia policy”, barring Asian and other non-white populations from settling in the world's sixth-largest nation. To this day, immigrants are regularly discriminated against, while the country maintains a particularly harsh policy on refugees. Australia maintains close political ties to the United Kingdom, with British Home Secretary Pritti Patel seeing the country's offshore migrant detention centers, referred to by some as “concentration camps” as a model for the U.K. to follow.Many of the changes to Australia's overtly racist policies were brought in by the government of Gough Whitlam (1972-1975). Whitlam began to recognize Aboriginal land claims, moved the country closer towards the Non-Aligned Movement and opposed nuclear weapons testing. Yet he did not last long, as a British and American plot to remove him from office succeeded, an event that, for many, effectively ended Australia's brief run as an independent state and turned the country into an outpost of the American empire.MintPress News is a fiercely independent, reader-supported outlet, with no billionaire owners or backers. You can support us by becoming a member on Patreon, bookmarking and whitelisting us, and by subscribing to our social media channels, including Twitch, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/MintPressNews)

Biden might be missing a crucial window to fix the broken Iran Deal. That's according to Francesca's guest for the week, foreign policy analyst Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute. They discuss how the U.S. can FINALLY leave the Middle East without Saudi Arabia, Israel, or its own idiocy pulling it back in. Plus Melbourne comedian Aamer Rahman joins all the way from Istanbul to talk about marijuana in the White House, Putin and Biden exchanging tough guy remarks, and Spain's 4-day work week?! Por favor.  Featuring: Aamer Rahman, comedian https://twitter.com/aamer_rahman Trita Parsi, Quincy Institute https://twitter.com/tparsi Francesca Fiorentini, host  Join the Franita and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroomFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodThanks to producer Rebecca Rufer, and post production team Kelly Carey & Dorsey Shaw. GIVE THIS PODCAST 5 STARS AND HAVE GOOD SEX FOR 5 YEARS!Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-canneryLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Biden might be missing a crucial window to fix the broken Iran Deal. That’s according to Francesca’s guest for the week, foreign policy analyst Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute. They discuss how the U.S. can FINALLY leave the Middle East without Saudi Arabia, Israel, or its own idiocy pulling it back in. Plus Melbourne comedian Aamer Rahman joins all the way from Istanbul to talk about marijuana in the White House, Putin and Biden exchanging tough guy remarks, and Spain’s 4-day work week?! Por favor.    Featuring:   Aamer Rahman, comedian https://twitter.com/aamer_rahman   Trita Parsi, Quincy Institute https://twitter.com/tparsi   Francesca Fiorentini, host    Join the Franita and become a Patron today: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Thanks to producer Rebecca Rufer, and post production team Kelly Carey & Dorsey Shaw.  GIVE THIS PODCAST 5 STARS AND HAVE GOOD SEX FOR 5 YEARS! Music Credits: The Cannery by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4485-the-cannery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license  

Today on Let’s Talk Dan Rennie speaks to Aamer Rahman … Continued

Sorry for the occasional distortion in this episode! Zac has "hauled in" Noon and given him a "dressing down" over the audio quality. Noon refutes that the meeting ever took place.CW for the names of Indigenous people who have died : 23:22 - 26:58Entree: Sex services and the NDISCoronas/Broken Clock: Reserve Bank Governor on Jobseeker, Barnaby Joyce agreesPositivity Corner: Gay conversion therapy banned in VictoriaFirst Nations: Public drunkenness laws repealed in VictoriaFashy Australia: Héritier Lumumba and systemic racism at Collingwood Football Club,; the media response, especially The ProjectUFU: Craig Kelly shenanigans feat. Scott Morrison and Tanya PlibersekSPOTW: Emerging Aboriginal Elder FATE Course from Travis De Vries of the Broriginals podcastMains: What’s up with Google, Facebook, and paying for newsWatch a clip of Sam Connor on The Drum: twitter.com/ABCthedrum/status/1357258742891356163Listen to Aamer Rahman guest on Wild Black Women: 989fm.com.au/wild-black-women/wildblackwomen/Support the show: patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod

Sampa The Great on making her award-winning album, comedian and broadcaster Aamer Rahman, the wisdom of Dolly Doctor, plus Mario Bros under the lens.

Sampa The Great on making her award-winning album, comedian and broadcaster Aamer Rahman, the wisdom of Dolly Doctor, plus Mario Bros under the lens.

Sampa The Great on making her award-winning album, comedian and broadcaster Aamer Rahman, the wisdom of Dolly Doctor, plus Mario Bros under the lens.

Sampa The Great on making her award-winning album, comedian and broadcaster Aamer Rahman, the wisdom of Dolly Doctor, plus Mario Bros under the lens.

Sampa The Great on making her award-winning album, comedian and broadcaster Aamer Rahman, the wisdom of Dolly Doctor, plus Mario Bros under the lens.

White Privilege, Cancel Culture, Free Speech, Activism & Minority Communities We touch on all of this with Aamer Rahman. Aamer Rahman is an Australian stand-up comedian of Bangladeshi descent. He is best known as one half of comedy duo Fear of a Brown Planet. Host : Tanzim & Mahin Islam Please email us your comments, feedback, and questions at: info@boysinthecave.com, and leave a review and 5-star rating on iTunes! Check out our website – boysinthecave.com Follow us on: Facebook –https://www.facebook.com/boysinthecave/ Instagram – @boysinthecave Twitter – @boysinthecave Become a Patreon today! https://www.patreon.com/boysinthecave ——————————————————————————————————– Aamer’s Visibility https://www.facebook.com/aamerrahmanstandup/ https://twitter.com/aamer_rahman/

Rae Johnston brings us all the news out of E3, we meet cosplayers and fans at Oz Comic Con and we catch up with comedian and journalist Aamer Rahman.

Rae Johnston brings us all the news out of E3, we meet cosplayers and fans at Oz Comic Con and we catch up with comedian and journalist Aamer Rahman.

Rae Johnston brings us all the news out of E3, we meet cosplayers and fans at Oz Comic Con and we catch up with comedian and journalist Aamer Rahman.

The twenty-seventh episode, in which Knackers & The Vadge discuss the Christchurch massacre, the Paris fire, and liberal myopia with comedian Aamer Rahman.

Today on Race Matters with Georgia Mokak, we hear from Brooklyn-based Australian-Canadian writer, editor and podcaster Fariha Róisín. She speaks with Rhyan Clapham and Tanya Ali about growing up in Australia, diasporic experience and the importance of meaningful allyship. Later this week, we'll be releasing an extended cut of Rhyan and Tanya's conversation with Fariha – so keep an eye out on iTunes, Spotify and our podcast page. Right at the end of today's show, we mention a really valuable resource – Aamer Rahman's video about reverse racism. Watch it here.

In this Australia Day special edition we focus on protest music and bass heavy jazzy hip-hop with lyrics exploring some of the themes and political issues that we have in our country surrounding Australia Day and our Indigenous communities + plus some spoken word from Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Aamer Rahman and Indigenous people themselves. FB: https://www.fb.com/Clandestino.Canberra/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/clandestino_cbr/ iTUNES: https://apple.co/2LDYsJC SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2LxbvME TRACKLISTING Pataphysics - Fuck Captain Cook Remix (feat. Elf Tranzporter) Aboriginal People + Australia Day Pataphysics - Fuck Captain Cook Pataphysics - Jesus Was Black Combat Wombat - This Is The Place Fear Of A Brown Planet - Australia Day / Plasma Cannons (interlude) Pataphysics - Cloaked Guerilla Combat Wombat - Always Was Combat Wombat - Let Them Know (feat. MC Mantra) Saul Williams - Sunday Bloody Sunday Fear Of A Brown Planet - Angela (interlude) Spearhead - Listener Supported Monkey Marc - Rudebwoy Dub Spearhead - We Don't Mind Damian Marley + NAS - Count Your Blessings Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise

In this Australia Day special edition we focus on protest music and bass heavy jazzy hip-hop with lyrics exploring some of the themes and political issues that we have in our country surrounding Australia Day and our Indigenous communities + plus some spoken word from Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Aamer Rahman and Indigenous people themselves. FB: https://www.fb.com/Clandestino.Canberra/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/clandestino_cbr/ iTUNES: https://apple.co/2LDYsJC SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2LxbvME TRACKLISTING Pataphysics - Fuck Captain Cook Remix (feat. Elf Tranzporter) Aboriginal People + Australia Day Pataphysics - Fuck Captain Cook Pataphysics - Jesus Was Black Combat Wombat - This Is The Place Fear Of A Brown Planet - Australia Day / Plasma Cannons (interlude) Pataphysics - Cloaked Guerilla Combat Wombat - Always Was Combat Wombat - Let Them Know (feat. MC Mantra) Saul Williams - Sunday Bloody Sunday Fear Of A Brown Planet - Angela (interlude) Spearhead - Listener Supported Monkey Marc - Rudebwoy Dub Spearhead - We Don’t Mind Damian Marley + NAS - Count Your Blessings Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise

In this Australia Day special edition we focus on protest music and bass heavy jazzy hip-hop with lyrics exploring some of the themes and political issues that we have in our country surrounding Australia Day and our Indigenous communities + plus some spoken word from Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Aamer Rahman and Indigenous people themselves. FB: https://www.fb.com/Clandestino.Canberra/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/clandestino_cbr/ iTUNES: https://apple.co/2LDYsJC SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2LxbvME TRACKLISTING Pataphysics - Fuck Captain Cook Remix (feat. Elf Tranzporter) Aboriginal People + Australia Day Pataphysics - Fuck Captain Cook Pataphysics - Jesus Was Black Combat Wombat - This Is The Place Fear Of A Brown Planet - Australia Day / Plasma Cannons (interlude) Pataphysics - Cloaked Guerilla Combat Wombat - Always Was Combat Wombat - Let Them Know (feat. MC Mantra) Saul Williams - Sunday Bloody Sunday Fear Of A Brown Planet - Angela (interlude) Spearhead - Listener Supported Monkey Marc - Rudebwoy Dub Spearhead - We Don’t Mind Damian Marley + NAS - Count Your Blessings Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise

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

On this week's show, we listen to a wide ranging conversation between best-selling author and journalist Naomi Klein and comedian Aamer Rahman. Recorded just days after Donald Trump won the 2016 US presidential election, they discuss race and the colonial mindset in a post-Trump world and reflect on what this means for environmental organising in Australia and Canada. You can watch the full conversation - and many more - at the Wheeler Centre's website. Earth Matters #1134 was produced by Teishan Ahearne.

7:00am Acknowledgement of country7:10am Daniel Ajak, criminal defense lawyer ,  in the media as a model citizen with South Sudanese background, the media hype surrounding #Africangangs is still ongoing.7:25am Prof Scott McQuire speaking about a paper he wrote about surveillance in our cities, and the way cameras, billboards and other devices track our data. #Geomedia Networked Cities and the Future of Public Space.7:35am Fred Gesha, producer of Yalukut Weelam Ngargee Festival, on the phone speaking about the upcoming indigenous music and arts festival happening on St Kilda foreshore on Saturday 3 February. 7.55am Dr Shakira Hussein on the gentrification of Melbourne's northern suburbs like Coburg and Brunswick following VICE documentary with Aamer Rahman .8:05am Yael from Allies Decolonising on the phone speaking about Decolonise Now, a fundraiser on Jan 20. Funds will go to WAR ahead of Invasion Day, a mulit-genre benefit gig and community event to get active and thinking during #7daysofresistance.8.15am Tallulah, Billy and Ruby from Girls Rock! joined us live in the studio to talk about the amazing experience of Girls Rock!, a music/art/self-expression/acceptance camp for trans youth.  8:30am EndMusic:Rebel Girl, Bikini KillRosie Burgess, It's written [and more]

When was the first time you saw yourself reflected in a television character, film or book? If you’re a person of colour in Australia, it can be hard to find childhood fictional heroes that are truly representative. So while we were making It's Not A Race, Beverley Wang asked her guests to share their memories of connecting with pop culture Contact us at notarace@abc.net.au or by tweeting #notarace.

  Ken Steele completes his review of 12 higher ed rebrands in the past 2 years that sparked a backlash from campus stakeholders and alumni.   In part 1, we looked at half a dozen new visual identities that caused outrage, either because they were too crazy creative or deadly dull. https://youtu.be/khrMeE_hngs But there were also some competent rebrands that nonetheless met remarkable opposition, often because stakeholders were too emotionally attached to what they had before:   Western Sydney University (Australia): When its name changed from “The University of Western Sydney” in 2015, WSU also abandoned its 13-year-old logo, which featured a “bluebird” icon. Although the former logo felt pretty cool and corporate, students nonetheless had become emotionally attached to the bluebird, and launched a #SaveTheBlueBird campaign on Twitter. The new identity was more contemporary, and pretty conventional: a deep red shield with the letter “W”. Comedian Aamer Rahman mocked the expenditure for student audiences, but the administration stuck with the new look. Aamer Rahman - https://youtu.be/5Bg90nkRL3c   Penn State University (PA): When one of the largest universities in the world changes its visual identity, plenty of people take notice! Penn State, with almost 100,000 students on more than 20 campuses, had been using the same brand identity for 30 years when it finally launched a rebrand in 2015. The new look was much cleaner, focusing the shield on just the head of the “Nittany Lion” shrine, and using a modern slab-serif typeface. The illustration was fairly realistic, of the stone shrine itself – but as a result the lion’s eyes seemed blank, unblinking, almost zombie-like. Football fans were relentless in attacking it, and a petition on change.org attracted about 4,000 signatures – but remember, that’s just 4% of Penn State’s enrolment. They rightly stayed the course.   Berklee College of Music (MA): Berklee’s former logo was barely a logo at all: simple type in the corner of a red block. It didn’t reproduce well at small sizes, and in 2015 Berklee unveiled a rebrand that focused on the single word, “Berklee”, with a new icon (the “natural” notation). 500 students signed a petition objecting to the new identity, and particularly the loss of the word “College” – about 10% of the institution’s enrolment. The administration ignored the minority opinion.   University of Leicester (UK): The former shield, in use for 20 years, was an awful orange colour, with intricate details and a Latin motto, and used a very dated typeface for the wordmark. Anything would have been an improvement, and although some students objected, the new identity features more sophisticated typography and understated colours.   Linköping University (Sweden): Since its founding in 1975, Linköping (pron. “Lingschoping”) has used a variation of its official seal as its visual identity. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, LU hired Stockhold design firm Futurniture (who yes, does some work for IKEA) to develop a radically new brand. The result was a bright blue block containing bold initials, “li.u” – much to the chagrin of almost 5,000 students, who expected something more conventional. Even though the students collected alternatives and held a poll on their Facebook page, the administration stuck with the bold new look.   Wheaton College (MA): This private liberal arts college near Boston is almost 200 years old, so students and alumni were naturally shocked when it unveiled an industrial-looking new identity in early 2017. The look does little to convey the desired brand attributes (forward-looking, inclusive, personal). It’s cold, impersonal, and reflects a design aesthetic from the 1970s. A change.org petition attracted 1,200 signatures – 75% of the school’s enrolment! Unfortunately, the administration is stubbornly planning to launch this ugly new identity in August 2017.   Wright State University (OH): After 20 years, WSU revised their cherished logo featuring the Wright brothers and their biplane. The designers tried to simplify it, moving to some sans-serif type, eliminating the shadows, and darkened the colours – so far, so good. But they also eliminated the figure of Wilbur Wright, and added some inexplicable swooshes that made it look like the plane was tumbling out of control. And from then on, the rebrand tumbled out of control too. Despite spending a reported $250,000 on the graphic design alone, administration abandoned the rebrand and stuck with their former logo.   So to sum up: you can’t please everybody when it comes to a university rebrand. You can expect 20-30% of your stakeholders to express displeasure. If it’s less than 10%, you’re doing really well! If it’s more than 70%, you should probably reconsider the design.    Check out other Ten with Ken episodes about Branding at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLodJ8ParJmYWtpFIkmuPeZ1h2SDI5LI5Y

  Ken Steele completes his review of 12 higher ed rebrands in the past 2 years that sparked a backlash from campus stakeholders and alumni.   In part 1, we looked at half a dozen new visual identities that caused outrage, either because they were too crazy creative or deadly dull. https://youtu.be/khrMeE_hngs But there were also some competent rebrands that nonetheless met remarkable opposition, often because stakeholders were too emotionally attached to what they had before:   Western Sydney University (Australia): When its name changed from “The University of Western Sydney” in 2015, WSU also abandoned its 13-year-old logo, which featured a “bluebird” icon. Although the former logo felt pretty cool and corporate, students nonetheless had become emotionally attached to the bluebird, and launched a #SaveTheBlueBird campaign on Twitter. The new identity was more contemporary, and pretty conventional: a deep red shield with the letter “W”. Comedian Aamer Rahman mocked the expenditure for student audiences, but the administration stuck with the new look. Aamer Rahman - https://youtu.be/5Bg90nkRL3c   Penn State University (PA): When one of the largest universities in the world changes its visual identity, plenty of people take notice! Penn State, with almost 100,000 students on more than 20 campuses, had been using the same brand identity for 30 years when it finally launched a rebrand in 2015. The new look was much cleaner, focusing the shield on just the head of the “Nittany Lion” shrine, and using a modern slab-serif typeface. The illustration was fairly realistic, of the stone shrine itself – but as a result the lion’s eyes seemed blank, unblinking, almost zombie-like. Football fans were relentless in attacking it, and a petition on change.org attracted about 4,000 signatures – but remember, that’s just 4% of Penn State’s enrolment. They rightly stayed the course.   Berklee College of Music (MA): Berklee’s former logo was barely a logo at all: simple type in the corner of a red block. It didn’t reproduce well at small sizes, and in 2015 Berklee unveiled a rebrand that focused on the single word, “Berklee”, with a new icon (the “natural” notation). 500 students signed a petition objecting to the new identity, and particularly the loss of the word “College” – about 10% of the institution’s enrolment. The administration ignored the minority opinion.   University of Leicester (UK): The former shield, in use for 20 years, was an awful orange colour, with intricate details and a Latin motto, and used a very dated typeface for the wordmark. Anything would have been an improvement, and although some students objected, the new identity features more sophisticated typography and understated colours.   Linköping University (Sweden): Since its founding in 1975, Linköping (pron. “Lingschoping”) has used a variation of its official seal as its visual identity. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, LU hired Stockhold design firm Futurniture (who yes, does some work for IKEA) to develop a radically new brand. The result was a bright blue block containing bold initials, “li.u” – much to the chagrin of almost 5,000 students, who expected something more conventional. Even though the students collected alternatives and held a poll on their Facebook page, the administration stuck with the bold new look.   Wheaton College (MA): This private liberal arts college near Boston is almost 200 years old, so students and alumni were naturally shocked when it unveiled an industrial-looking new identity in early 2017. The look does little to convey the desired brand attributes (forward-looking, inclusive, personal). It’s cold, impersonal, and reflects a design aesthetic from the 1970s. A change.org petition attracted 1,200 signatures – 75% of the school’s enrolment! Unfortunately, the administration is stubbornly planning to launch this ugly new identity in August 2017.   Wright State University (OH): After 20 years, WSU revised their cherished logo featuring the Wright brothers and their biplane. The designers tried to simplify it, moving to some sans-serif type, eliminating the shadows, and darkened the colours – so far, so good. But they also eliminated the figure of Wilbur Wright, and added some inexplicable swooshes that made it look like the plane was tumbling out of control. And from then on, the rebrand tumbled out of control too. Despite spending a reported $250,000 on the graphic design alone, administration abandoned the rebrand and stuck with their former logo.   So to sum up: you can’t please everybody when it comes to a university rebrand. You can expect 20-30% of your stakeholders to express displeasure. If it’s less than 10%, you’re doing really well! If it’s more than 70%, you should probably reconsider the design.   Check out other Ten with Ken episodes about Branding at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLodJ8ParJmYWtpFIkmuPeZ1h2SDI5LI5Y

When you're part of a diaspora group, how do you break into the professional world that your parents want for you? It's Not A Race host Beverley Wang gathered Aamer Rahman, Santilla Chingaipe and Alice Pung together (gave them some seaweed snacks), and asked for their thoughts. Contact us at notarace@abc.net.au or #notarace on Twitter.

Talisse gave a live review of The Wheeler Centre’s election one-night special event - Stand Up...and be Counted.  Comedians at the event included: Toby Halligan (MC), Denise Scott, Zoe Coombs-Marr, Sammy J, Aamer Rahman, Mathew Kenneally, Claire Hooper, and Gerard McCulloch. 

Talisse gave a live review of The Wheeler Centre’s election one-night special event - Stand Up...and be Counted. Comedians at the event included: Toby Halligan (MC), Denise Scott, Zoe Coombs-Marr, Sammy J, Aamer Rahman, Mathew Kenneally, Claire Hooper, and Gerard McCulloch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our final episode, Aamer Rahman talks with our panel about what life is like for journalists held hostage by one of the longest election campaigns in Australian history. They also touch on Penny Wong's comments on the same-sex marriage plebiscite, and Scott Morrison's painful revelations about the bigotry he's suffered for being a straight, white, male Christian. This week's guests are editor of The Saturday Paper, Erik Jensen; paediatric nurse and activist Kate Pern; and Jess O'Callaghan, social media producer for the ABC's Radio National Drive, as well as another excellent #auspol podcast, The Party Room. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 2, Aamer Rahman talks about Malcolm Turnbull’s innovative ideas boom, political opportunism in the wake of the Orlando shooting, the future of micro parties and why Liberal candidate Chris Jermyn has been trolling pizza chains. Panel features writer Roj Amedi, Sex Party Secretary Nevena Spirovska and astrophysicist Alan Duffy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 1, Aamer Rahman talks political apathy, feminism, Recognise vs Treaty, and George Christensen's attempted turtle bribery with political pundit Heath Pickering, activist Nayuka Gorrie, and journalist Jarni Blakkarly. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Just like a Federal Budget over-view, only interesting!  Where are we, where are we going and who do we want to be? Featuring former Queen maker Tony Windsor, economic visionary Stephen Koukoulas and comedian Aamer Rahman. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Aamer Rahman has a certain reputation in Australian comedy circles.  What is it?  Is it deserved? What's he going to do about it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we look at the upcoming Black Voices conference with In Our Own Words co-founder Aysha Tufa, invite special guest Una Madura Verde to talk about the NEMBC conference, Gabi discusses the lack of respect shown to Indigenous autonomy and Aamer Rahman talks his new project with Dr Gary Foley to chronicle the history of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Comedian, writer and activist Aamer Rahman jokes about race and detention centres and terrorism and hip-hop and comic books and cultural appropriation. Formerly of the comedy duo Fear Of A Brown Planet (with previous guest Nazeem Hussain), he now tours his stand-up internationally being very funny and very on-point. Here Aamer articulates how the Adam Goodes controversy sums up the issues of Australia's race problem, how he views the impact of his work, cultural appropriation, Iggy Azalea, ethnic faces on TV, Bill Maher, Cornel West and political correctness in comedy. My gigs at the Comics’ Lounge this week MyTunes with me and Darren Hanlon at Giant Dwarf Theatre The A to Z of LGBT: my piece for SBS Sexuality @aamer_rahman Article: What Adam Goodes’ Invisible Spear Shows Us by Aamer Rahman Aamer’s Reverse Racism routine Buzzfeed article on Aamer and the Bollywood Industry Party Aamer & Cornel West in Q&A Cause of the Week: Refugees, Survivors & Ex-Detainees (riserefugee.org)  

This week we have a special interview with comic Aamer Rahman, discuss British PM David Cameron's reaction to reparations for countries exploited by slavery and colonialism, unpack the commentary behind the Parramatta shooting and have a featured chat about gentrification. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we have a special interview with comic Aamer Rahman, discuss British PM David Cameron's reaction to reparations for countries exploited by slavery and colonialism, unpack the commentary behind the Parramatta shooting and have a featured chat about gentrification. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Back in April, I had the privilege of interviewing (straight) Australian comedian Aamer Rahman while he was touring the US. Rahman is perhaps best known as part of the comedy duo Fear of a Brown Planet, and for the video that went viral of his joke about "reverse racism". In this interview, Aamer and I discuss growing up brown and Muslim in Australia pre-9/11 versus post-9/11, getting into comedy by accident, and selling out shows all over Australia. Read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.

Aamer Rahman was on the verge of giving up his career in overtly-political comedy when his youtube standup clip on “reverse racism” went life-changingly viral.  We talk about anger, activism, whether issues-based comedy can lead to political change, and the problem with “Game of Thrones”... Fear Of A Brown Planet, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Reverse Racism, Roar, Nazeem Hussain, Nabil Abdul Rashid, Twitter, YouTube, Bloc Party, Alanis Morissette, Ironic, Game Of Thrones, Breivik, Australia See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.