Showing posts with label podcasts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label podcasts. Show all posts

Monday, 23 January 2023

Empire: 28. The Tudors and the Turks

This is an excellent series. Episode 28 - The Tudors and the Turks hold particular relevance in this blog. The link below is for Apple Podcasts, but the series is widely available elsewhere.

"Slave raids in Cornwall. Englishmen spying for the venetians. The East India Trading Companies’ older brother. Join William and Anita this week as they discuss the relationship between Britain and the Ottoman Empire, all of which centre around the Levant Company."

Wednesday, 11 January 2023

Shamima Begum

BBC News, Shamima Begum accepts she joined a terror group, 11 Jan 2023 "In interviews spanning more than a year, Ms Begum - who was stripped of British citizenship as a national security risk - revealed that she was fed detailed instructions by IS members, but also undertook her own planning for the journey in 2015." This is based on a BBC Sounds' podcast "The Shamima Begum Story: I am not a monster". I haven't listened to this yet.

Friday, 25 February 2022

Mental Health Podcast

Arab News, UK Muslim podcast to shine light on ‘unspoken’ mental health issues "The podcast, entitled the “Unspoken Truths about Mental Health,” will feature a range of guests, including people who have experienced mental health issues, as well as emotional support volunteers, imams, counselors and therapists." An important initiative

Tuesday, 2 November 2021

Sake Dean Mahomed

BBC Radio 4, You're Dead to Me, Sake Dean Mahomed

Here's an interesting BBC podcast on Sake Dean Mahomed, which I missed when broadcast last month:

"Greg Jenner and his guests examine the life of Sake Dean Mahomed who introduced curry, shampooing and therapeutic massage to 19th-century England. He grew up under colonial rule, but Sake Dean Mahomed ended up living in Brighton until the age of 92 and counted members of the Royal Family among his many clients. Greg's guests in this episode are Dr Arunima Datta from Idaho State University and the comedian and podcast host Eshaan Akbar."

It's a good podcast series format too - a mix of comedy and academia (the two can be close!).

Tuesday, 4 May 2021

Muslim History in the UK

Al-Jazeera, A Muslim history of the UK

"Sadiya Ahmed has been busy during Britain’s latest COVID-19 lockdown. She has produced a podcast, created a heritage photography competition, and is working on setting up a Muslim History module to run alongside the national curriculum." I recommend the podcasts and related resources.