A Pakistani American Muslim teenager 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, King of the World is his journey through addiction, identity, creativity, and what it means to belong as a Muslim in America in the 20 years after 9/11.
A story told in seven parts.
AWARDS WON
***WEBBY Award Honoree for BEST DOCUMENTARY Podcast for 2022***
***BEST PRODUCTION - Golden Crane Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association***
***Platinum Winner - Podcast Series, Hermes Creative Award***
***Platinum Winner - Podcast Episode (Episode 1) Hermes Creative Award***
***2022 Award of Excellence - Communicator Awards***
***Platinum Winner (Episode 1) - Audio Production - AVA Digital Award***
Nominated for:
Best Podcast Host, Ambie Awards
Best Podcast Production, Ambie Awards
Best Mental Health Podcast, Golden Crane Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association
Best Society & Culture Podcast, Golden Crane Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association
Best Sound Design, Golden Crane Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association
Best Asian Culture: Stories and Experiences Podcast, Golden Crane Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association
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A Pakistani American Muslim teenager 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, King of the World is his journey through addiction, identity, creativity, and what it means to belong as a Muslim in America in the 20 years after 9/11.
A story told in seven parts.
AWARDS WON
***WEBBY Award Honoree for BEST DOCUMENTARY Podcast for 2022***
***BEST PRODUCTION - Golden Crane Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association***
***Platinum Winner - Podcast Series, Hermes Creative Award***
***Platinum Winner - Podcast Episode (Episode 1) Hermes Creative Award***
***2022 Award of Excellence - Communicator Awards***
***Platinum Winner (Episode 1) - Audio Production - AVA Digital Award***
Nominated for:
Best Podcast Host, Ambie Awards
Best Podcast Production, Ambie Awards
Best Mental Health Podcast, Golden Crane Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association
Best Society & Culture Podcast, Golden Crane Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association
Best Sound Design, Golden Crane Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association
Best Asian Culture: Stories and Experiences Podcast, Golden Crane Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association
For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com
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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 Wayland reveals that a childhood friend has been convicted of terrorist activities, which brings to question government-orchestrated spying and just whom the First Amendment applies to.
The Muslim Justice League’s Amira Al-Subaey and real-life victim Asad Dandia break down the Obama-era Countering Violent Extremism program, based on a since-debunked radicalization theory, which in reality counters little except faith in our leaders and one’s neighbors. This post-9/11 period of more anti-nationalist criticism, regular airport profiling, and legitimized discrimination only seems to be dividing communities and making Americans less safe.
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King of the World
A Pakistani American Muslim teenager 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, King of the World is his journey through addiction, identity, creativity, and what it means to belong as a Muslim in America in the 20 years after 9/11.
A story told in seven parts.
AWARDS WON
***WEBBY Award Honoree for BEST DOCUMENTARY Podcast for 2022***
***BEST PRODUCTION - Golden Crane Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association***
***Platinum Winner - Podcast Series, Hermes Creative Award***
***Platinum Winner - Podcast Episode (Episode 1) Hermes Creative Award***
***2022 Award of Excellence - Communicator Awards***
***Platinum Winner (Episode 1) - Audio Production - AVA Digital Award***
Nominated for:
Best Podcast Host, Ambie Awards
Best Podcast Production, Ambie Awards
Best Mental Health Podcast, Golden Crane Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association
Best Society & Culture Podcast, Golden Crane Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association
Best Sound Design, Golden Crane Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association
Best Asian Culture: Stories and Experiences Podcast, Golden Crane Awards, Asian American Podcasters Association
For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com
We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4
Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy
