24 Mar 2020

217 Taz Ahmed | Pod-Activist

Posted in podcast By pjadmin On March 24, 2020

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Here’s the Recap:

Harry Duran welcomes to the podcast activist, storyteller and podcaster, Taz Ahmed. Taz is one of the co-hosts of the podcast #GoodMuslimBadMuslim, a monthly show that aims to share the good and the bad of the American Muslim female experience. In this episode, Harry and Taz discuss Taz’s work as a political activist and the work she’s done for the Asian-American community. Taz talks about the plans to wrap up her wildly successful podcast after five years and what she plans to do next.

Episode Sponsors:

http://pjnk.es/focusritepromo

What We Covered:

  • 00:15 – Harry discusses the timely topic of coronavirus and wishes everyone the best of health
  • 02:30 – Harry thanks today’s sponsor, Focusrite 2i2
  • 04:07 – Harry takes a moment to recap his conversation with James Cridland
  • 04:38 – Harry welcomes to the podcast, Taz Ahmed
  • 05:26 – Harry thanks the second sponsor of today’s podcast, FullCast
  • 05:51 – Taz’s podcasting origin story and the inspiration to start her show, #GoodMuslimBadMuslim
  • 14:15 – The visibility and public response to #GoodMuslimBadMuslim
  • 17:42 – Taz’s educational background and her decision to become an activist
  • 23:25 – The work Taz has done to enhance political consciousness among Asian-Americans and what has changed over the years
  • 33:57 – Trends Taz has observed about the political engagement among younger generations
  • 39:33 – What continues to drive and motivate Taz
  • 41:07 – The decision to wrap up the podcast after five successful years and Taz’s plans for the future
  • 52:49 – What is something that Taz has changed her mind about recently
  • 53:23 – What is the most misunderstood thing about Taz
  • 54:10 – Harry thanks Taz for joining the show and lets listeners know where they can follow her
  • 56:38 – Harry thanks his sponsors once more
  • 57:44 – Harry announces the retention hashtag for today’s episode

Tweetables

I’m not a riffer. Zahra is the comedian. I’m a political activist/organizer. I don’t do well with riffing so I was the one that was like, ‘we need an agenda.’

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My understanding of civic empowerment and civic engagement is really like, you can’t just say, ‘Go vote.’ You need to tie it to culture. You need to tie it to what’s happening in pop news. You need to tie it to narratives….

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What I was trying to do was to shift people’s political consciousness to see themselves as political beings, not just as brown people.

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The Internet is mean.

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At this stage of my podcast listening, I love narrative. I love highly produced podcasts. I love fiction podcasts.

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Links Mentioned

FullCast Website

Focusrite Website

Focusrite’s $2500 Podcast Studio Makeover Contest

Podcast Junkies Junkies Facebook Group

Taz’s Twitter – @TazzyStar

Taz’s Instagram – @TazzyStar

Taz’s Websites – http://www.goodmuslimbadmuslim.com/tazandzahra & https://www.tazzystar.me/

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