Back in May, Zahra and Taz had an awesome time getting interviewed by John Fugelsang and Frank Conniff for the SirusXM show Tell Me Everything. We weren't able to share the link - so instead, we're going to share the audio directly! Listen to the audio from the show right here - and thanks to the Tell Me Everything team for inviting us on!
Media Roundup: Summertime 2015
We've had an exciting time this summer! And an exciting time with media. Thank you so much to everyone that's been listening to our podcast, sharing it, covering it, and giving us some love. We read all of your emails and tweets, even if we don't respond. We love you, we really do.
Here's a summary of some of our funnest media hits this summer. We love talking to media. So if you are in the media, do hit us up! We would love to talk to you! And to follow the conversation, please be sure to use the hashtag #GoodMuslimBadMuslim!
006 - Ramadan of Stank Breath (with guest Saqib Keval)
The one where Taz is mistaken for a Reality TV Star, Zahra refuses to claim she's pregnant, and special guest Saqib gets free KFC. They all skip PE. Ramadan Mubarak!
Homework: Links for Episode 6
Ramadan Mubarak! We know how slow everything can get when it's hot outside and you are fasting long hours - so we're here to make it easy for you. Follow along to our latest episode with the following links!
- Our amazing podcast guest is Saqib Keval is from Oakland's The People's Kitchen. Follow the link for more information!
- The three of us met initially when working on the Totally Radical Muslims Zine together four years ago.
- Eating disorders can make Ramadan complicated. Check out this piece by Leanne Scorzoni on how to support loved ones with eating disorders during the month of Ramadan.
- Poetry-A-Day-For-Ramadan: the public online zine with poems daily for Ramadan 2015!
- Muslim prayer moves are just like yoga moves! Check out these five ways!
- Taz went to Ferguson and collaborated with the folks at Hands Up United.
- Gigi of Shahs of Sunset looks nothing like Taz.
- Muslim girls designed their own hijabi sports gear! Read more right here.
005 - Shame On You
The one where Taz gets shamed by association while Zahra's entire family gets propositioned (by handshake) in Dubai.
Homework: Links for Episode #5
We have been shamed! And we talk about it in this podcast. Here's the list of links so you can follow along.
- Read about Zahra's trip to Dubai in her column Infidel Husband - Pt. 1: My Iranian Breakup & Pt. 2: The Yellow Dot Near Dubai
- We made it to BBC World! Listen to our interview here.
- Brene Brown's Ted Talk on Listening to Shame.
- What does the Research Say? That Muslim Youth Need Sex Education by Sobia Ali Faisal over at the HEART Women & Girl blog. Infographic through the link!
- The Mother Jones article that made Zahra give up pork for good (almost): USDA Whistleblowers Tell All–and You May Never Eat Bacon Again.
- Taz's column Radical Love.
- Amazing arts and culture convo over at Pushing Hoops With Sticks Podcast with Aamer Rahman - You're Not Crazy.
- The Killing of Osama Bin Laden by Seymour Hersh and the real story behind how Bin Laden was not dumped in the ocean when he died.
- The sweet talker Osama Bin Laden is on Tinder. Check out this article for more background - Jihad Me At Hello.
- Guess who is the next to join the good Muslim team? Lindsay Lohan. Because she was spotted holding a Quran.
- Rafika Alami has the best high school quote ever, over at BuzzFeed. She is hands down G.O.A.T.! #JustEatAGoat
- We had an AWESOME time talking to Bitch Magazine's Popaganda Podcast on the theme of Guilty Pleasure. You must listen to it.
- For more check out www.zahracomedy.com and www.tazzystar.blogspot.com
Animated Awkward Ask A Muslim
This has got to be one of our most favorite forms of flattery - having a story from our podcast turned into an animation. This cartoon was sent to us by Kulsum, a Pomona College student who had to create a piece of animation for a class project. The story is Taz's Awkward Ask a Muslim moment from episode #4. For the record, the guy that approached Taz was not White, but it is an interesting conversation on how to interpret race in a narrative when race isn't explicit - though Taz can guarantee the story would have gone a lot differently if he was white. And thank you so much to the animator for making Taz looks skinny.
We like fan mail of all kinds - especially with words! Please continue to tweet us using the hashtag #GoodMuslimBadMuslim and send us emails! We are reading them and using them to shape our podcast. Thank you for listening!
Code Switching Muslim w/ Arun Rath
Wow, what an incredible month - we are super excited to have been invited to the All Things Considered Weekend Edition with Arun Rath. We had a great conversation which you can listen to at the audio below and be sure to read the article too (excerpt below!).
Media Roundup: Early 2015
It has been a media whirlwind for the #GoodMuslimBadMuslim duo for the past four months. Here's a list so you can follow along and catch up! We also want to take this time to thank all of you who have been listening and sharing our podcast!
And of course, to follow the conversation - on twitter follow @tazzystar and @zahranoo join the conversation with the hashtag #GoodMuslimBadMuslim.
004 - LIVE From Pomona College
The one where Zahra's sexy jokes get her uninvited from a country and Taz is hit on by thirsty guy--or maybe he was just literally thirsty.
Homework: Links for Episode #4
In our fourth podcast LIVE from Pomona College Taz and Zahra interview each other and have a conversation about Muslims in the news. And spiders. Here's a list of links so that you can keep up:
- Love, Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women - the anthology where Taz and Zahra met.
- My Infidel Husband - Zahra's column
- All Atheist Are Muslim and Hijabi and Hammerpants - one-woman shows by Zahra
- Radical Love - Taz's monthly column (out first Wednesday of every month)
- Register to Vote! - this is the link to vote in California
- Rebel Legacy: Activist Art from South Asian California - Taz had a few pieces up in this exhibit
- Mishthi Music - Taz's South Asian Diaspora Music website
- Beats for Bangladesh: A Benefit Album in Solidarity with the Garment Workers of Rana Plaza - Taz executive produced this album to raise money for Rana Plaza victims
- When Women Accept Compliments article on Buzzfeed
- The Convert on This American Life
- Is My Ex an FBI Informant? column by Taz
- My Absurdly Attractive Doctor & Other Misadventures in Love - column by Taz
- Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Imam Stir Rifts in Insular Illinois Community article in the New York Times
*No spiders were harmed in the recording of this podcast
003 - No Muslim is Safe
The one where Taz gets hit on by a pickup artist and Zahra self-diagnoses as Muslim Crazy.
002 - Valentine's Day is Haram
The one where Zahra gets proposed to while Taz is in the bathroom.
Homework: Links for Episode #2
In our second podcast, Valentine's Day is Haram, Zahra and Taz talk about lots and lots of contemporary pop Muslim-ish hot topics. Here's a list of links so that you can keep up:
- Love, Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women - the anthology where Zahra & Taz met (and are writers for)
- Radical Love Column at Love Inshallah - Taz's monthly column first Wednesday of every month
- Awesome thought piece on Je Suis Charlie by Sandip Roy
- Fergsuon to Palestine Solidarity Demonstration video
- Chipotle Stops Serving Pork via Gawker
- My Absurdly Attractive Doctor & Other Misadventures in Love by Taz about her hot telenovella doctor, duh.
- The Bacon Lobby i.e. The Bacon Boom Was Not An Accident via Bloomburg Business
- The Women's Mosque of America and Taz's article A Mosque of One's Own on Jummah prayer
- #MuslimVDay Cards by Taz
- Unvalentine's Day Party Feb 12 in Los Angeles hosted by Mishthi Music and Disoriented Comedy
Did you have questions or comments about something you heard on the latest podcast? Tweet at us using the hashtag #GoodMuslimBadMuslim via @TazzyStar & @Zahranoo.
Be Mine.
Next time, on the #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast we talk about another twitter hashtag inspired art installation - The #MuslimVDay Cards! Initially started in 2011, Taz Ahmed painted her favorite hashtags into Valentines Day cards and mailed them out to her friends. Every year since then, she's been creating a series of six uniquely and politically charged punny cards. The cards set out to disrupt the narrative and make people think twice about the islamophobic rhetoric that exists - all while spreading love with cheeky snarky humor. Check out her full interview at Colorlines here.
It is that time of the year again, and you can now buy your own set of #MuslimVDay cards! Pictured above is the latest #MuslimVDay 2015 set, but all four sets (for a total of 24 different images) are available for purchase at TazzyStar's Etsy Shop. Check out the shop and buy your cards here!
And stay tuned for the next the #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast out in early February.
We Made It On Public Radio
On behalf of all Muslims, we would like to thank PRI's The World for inviting us on to talk about our new #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast! We had a lot of fun recording out of an actual radio studio - it gave us something to aspire - real mics and a soundproof studio.
Anirvan LiveTweets First Podcast
Anirvan Chatterjee listens to the first #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast - and decides the live-tweet the whole thing. Check out his tweets in Storify.
001 - How Muslim Are You?
The one where Taz and Zahra discuss who is the good Muslim and who is the bad Muslim.
Preview!
What will the #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast entail? Check out this preview, and then catch the first episode on Monday, January 12!
The Hashtag
Some of our favorite tweets between @tazzystar and @zahranoo that started it all...