King of the World Podcast
1) Bonus: "We Do It For The Culture" by Tanzila Ahmed
Bonus Episode: Tanzila Ahmed, an artist writer, political activist, and co-host of the good Muslim bad Muslim podcast, shares her reflections on 20 years since 9/11. Follow Taz on Twitter, read her a...Show More
2) Bonus: Listener Calls
Bonus Episode: Listeners of King of the World share their own experiences post 9/11 and what the series means to them. Check out the Rifelion blog. Also visit podinbox.com/kingoftheworld to send us a...Show More
3) Episode 7: The Improbable Now—Mental Health, Wellness, Wholeness
Shahjehan starts touring the East Coast as an actor in a troupe for people in long-term recovery, and meets an unanticipated fan. We wrap up the “anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, racial, racist, white sup...Show More
4) Episode 6: Recovery, Rebirth, and Resilience: Trump USA
Shahjehan takes us along on The Kominas international tour, where a career pinnacle at the BBC coincides with a critical relapse into substance abuse. The consequences are dire but lead to a sincere s...Show More
5) Episode 5: Watch Us, Listen to Us—Surveillance
It’s 2008 and Shahjehan has just booked a one-way ticket to Pakistan. He moves in with his best friend and Kominas bandmate in Lahore, where new musical and social highs are interwoven with drug relap...Show More
6) Episode 4: Muslims and The Media
Shahjehan and guests walk us through the history of Brown representation in Hollywood, politics, and American pop culture. From swarthy villains and caricatures with funny accents to slightly more nua...Show More
7) Episode 3: Islamophobia
Shahjehan introduces us to two American Muslims profiled after 9/11 in very different ways: one’s arrival in his “dream country” nearly costs him his life as the other’s family trip becomes an interro...Show More
8) Episode 2: Terrifying Wars
The United States initiates the War on Terror in response to 9/11, starting with Afghanistan and then moving seamlessly into Iraq, despite the disconnect. Historian Dr. Huma Gupta helps us understand ...Show More
9) Episode 1: 9/11
Host Shahjehan Khan acquaints us with his family—a fivesome in a predominantly white suburb of Boston by way of Pakistan—and his conflicted identity. Despite his name literally meaning “king of the wo...Show More
10) Introducing King of the World - Official Trailer
Rifelion Media presents King of the World, a seven-part podcast series about a Pakistani American Muslim teenager who comes of age post-9/11 and, twenty years later, tries to figure out what the hell ...Show More