Latest King of the world podcast Podcast Episodes

Bonus: "We Do It For The Culture" by Tanzila Ahmed

King of the World - November 24, 2021 08:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
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 articles on Substack, and visit her website. Listeners of King of the World can share their own e...

Bonus: Listener Calls

King of the World - November 10, 2021 08:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
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 an audio message, some of which will play on future episodes. For more information on King of the...

Episode 7: The Improbable Now—Mental Health, Wellness, Wholeness

King of the World - October 27, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
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 supremacist kind of mindset” that took hold during Trump’s presidency and its trickle-down effects, ...

Episode 6: Recovery, Rebirth, and Resilience: Trump USA

King of the World - October 13, 2021 07:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
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 shot at recovery with a lovable sponsor. After the Boston Marathon bombing and targeted expletives...

Bonus Episode: Listener Calls

King of the World - October 06, 2021 07:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
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 an audio message, some of which will play on future episodes. For more information on King of t...

Episode 5: Watch Us, Listen to Us—Surveillance

King of the World - September 29, 2021 09:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
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 relapses, encounters at gunpoint, and Al-Faida conspiracy theorists. News from his hometown mosque in ...

Episode 4: Muslims and The Media

King of the World - September 22, 2021 07:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
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 nuanced and uncensored depictions in the early 2000s, Muslim actors move beyond making their bread b...

Episode 3: Islamophobia

King of the World - September 15, 2021 07:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
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 interrogation. Everyone seems to be on high Muslim alert, and the American Muslim community comes out in...

Episode 2: Terrifying Wars

King of the World - September 08, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
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 Afghanistan’s relationship with the U.S. pre-9/11 and its history of being a World Power staging ...

Episode 1: 9/11

King of the World - September 01, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
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 world,” young Shahjehan feels increasingly powerless. We learn three of his favorite things: a shin...

Introducing King of the World - Official Trailer

King of the World - August 16, 2021 17:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
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 happened to him and to us.  Hosted by Shahjehan Khan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...