In 1975, A 39-year-old owner of a bar in Detroit fatally kills an 18 year old black youth that he sees tampering with his car in the parking lot. A huge riot breaks out in the city. Saadia and Asad share the story. Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.com For advertising opportunities, please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or b...
Jun 27, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 73
In 2021, Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year old Thai American man, was killed after being forcefully pushed to the ground in the middle of the day in San Francisco, California. Asad and Saadia share the story. Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.com For advertising opportunities, please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using t...
Jun 20, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 70
The Bergholz Community is a religious group of former Amish people in Ohio became known for their 2011 attacks where they cut the beards of fellow members of an Amish community. Saadia and Asad share more. Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.com For advertising opportunities, please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using t...
Jun 13, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Scott Johnson's death in 1988 was initially treated as a suicide by Austrailian police. But in 2007, an investigation revealed he died because of a gay-hate attack. Asad and Saadia share the story. SOURCE MATERIALS NPR The Guardian - May 11, 2020 The Guardian - June 8, 2023 BBC News - May 12, 2020 BBC News - June 8, 2023 CBS News The Boston Globe Advocate ABC News Broadcast Facebook Video Message Steve Johnson Vogue Australia - 11 Charities To Give Back To Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Pr...
May 30, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 69
In December 1987, the bodies of two women were found in the back of a pickup truck. They had been bound, gagged and shot in the head. Their bodies were wrapped in drapes and covered in cardboard boxes. Saadia and Asad share the story. SOURCE MATERIALS San Francisco Gate , Oregon Public Broadcasting , GLAPN , KTVL , Forensic Files , Statesman Journal , Washington Post , Record Net , Queer Crime Daily , The Pink News , LA Times , Morbidology , Case Law , Visalia Times Delta Hosted by Saadia Khan a...
May 23, 2024•37 min•Season 1Ep. 68
In August 2009, a man entered a women's aerobics class at the LA Fitness center in Collier Township, Pennsylvania. He placed a duffel bag on the ground, turned off the lights and began firing. Saadia and Asad share more. SOURCE MATERIALS NYT , CSIS , CREST , CNN , The Guardian , Fox News , 19 News , Murderpedia , ABC , ABC , CBS , NY Post , ABC , Merriam-Webster Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.com For adver...
May 16, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 67
On March 16, 2021, a 21-year old went on a shooting spree at two spas and a massage parlor in Greater Atlanta. Eight people were killed and a ninth was wounded. Asad and Saadia share the story. SOURCE MATERIALS The New York Times CNN CNBC The Guardian The Guardian - Yaun The Guardian - Tan The Guardian - Michels The Guardian Broadcast Clip PBS Homeland Security Digital Library NPR Go Fund Me - Hyun Jung Grant Fox5 WABE Law Office Of Matthew T. McNally 11Alive Broadcast Today Show Broadcast Impac...
May 09, 2024•47 min•Season 1Ep. 66
It’s October 1989 in Boston. Charles Stuart and his pregnant wife, Carol, are both shot after leaving a birthing class. Charles in the abdomen and Carol in the head. Boston goes on a manhunt to find the shooter. Asad and Saadia share the story. SOURCE MATERIALS AP , NBC Boston , Women’s Health , Rescue 911 , The Telegraph , New York Times , AG Report , The Harvard Gazette , Fox , Murderpedia , CBS , CBS , NYT , HBO Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media...
May 02, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 65
On January 29, 2019, Jussie Smollett told police that he was attacked outside his apartment building along with the use of racial and homophobic slurs. Asad and Saadia share the story SOURCE MATERIALS Reuters , CNN , ABC , CourtTV , ABC , AP , ABC7 , Deadline , ABC7 , AP , Facebook , AP , IL Courts Audio , Fox , Chicago Sun Times , USA TODAY , ABC7 Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.com For advertising opportu...
Apr 25, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Saadia and Asad share the story of David Josiah Lawson who was stabbed to death at an off-campus party on April 15, 2017 near Humboldt State University. Authorities continue to search for the person responsible for the homicide. SOURCE MATERIALS Justice for Josiah , Unsolved Hate , KRCR7 , PBS , NBC , Kym Kemp , North Coast Journal , Kym Kemp, NCJ , North Coast Journal , NCJ Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast....
Apr 18, 2024•40 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Married couple Crystal Turner and Kylen Schulte Schulte were last seen the night of August 13, 2021, at a bar in Moab, Utah. Their bodies were found five days later. Both victims had been murdered and died from gunshot wounds. Saadia and Asad share the story. SOURCE MATERIALS Salt Lake Tribune , Salt Lake Tribune , ABC , KSL , Chronicles of Olivia , Court TV , News Nation , Fox , Yahoo , Independent , AP , ABC4 , Moab Times , KMYU , The Independent Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced b...
Apr 11, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Vincent Chin was celebrating his bachelor party with friends in Highland Park, Michigan in 1982 when he was attacked by men using Anti-Asian racial slurs. The men ultimately killed him. Saadi a and Asad share the story. Source Materials Zinn Education Project CNN NPR History Channel American Documentary Justia - Crime Victim’s Rights Act 1985 ZBlogH NBC News Vincent Chin’s Story / Lily Chin: The Courage To Speak Out - Helen Zia Retro Report - The Crime That Fueled An Asian American Civil Rights ...
Apr 04, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Sakia Gunn was a 15-year-old African American lesbian who was murdered in Newark, New Jersey in 2003 after rejecting the advances of two men. Asad shares the story. SOURCE MATERIALS Gay City News , Pop Matters , Harlem Stage , Sakia Gunn Film Project , Wikipedia , NorthJersey.com , Gay City News , KeithBoykin.com , ScholarWorks , Washington Post , NYTimes , News 12 New Jersey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 28, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 60
We update a story from last year. In June 2021, three generations of the Afzaal family went on a stroll after dinner only to be senselessly murdered by a 21-year-old driver in a pickup truck. We investigate the story and how this senseless act of violence happened. Replay from May 2023. SOURCES NPR , CBC , CTV , BBC , MacLean's , Al Jazeera Interview with Sheriff Billy Rowles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsjRAsh7bbY&t=85s BBC news report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmetUwqtD8g&t...
Mar 21, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 59
We have a different kind of story today. One that you may or may not consider a crime, but that will certainly delve into a discussion on hate. Saadia reports solo this week. Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.com For advertising opportunities, please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/Invisi...
Mar 14, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 58
On Monday February 6th, 2023, DeAndre Matthews, a 19-year-old gay Black college student from Brooklyn borrows his mother’s SUV for the evening. He doesn’t return home that night. Saadia shares his story. Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.com For advertising opportunities, please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using thi...
Mar 07, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Haydee Arguello and her husband, Wilfredo Amaya, return home to where their daughters should be asleep. Instead they find a young black teen in one of their daugther's room. What happens next is either a case of parental rage or a hate crime or both. Saadia and Asad share the story. Source Materials ABC , ABC , Yahoo , NBC , Daily Mail , The Mercury News , San Francisco Chronicle , The Daily Journal , San Mateo Co Bar Association , CBS , True Crime Daily , Casetext HOW YOU CAN HELP: Listeners ca...
Feb 29, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 56
23-year-old black man Michael Griffith was killed on December 20, 1986, in Howard Beach, in Queens, New York City, after being chased by a group of white youths. While running away, he fled onto a highway where he was fatally struck by a passing motorist. Saadia and Asad share the story. Source Materials History Channel The New York Times - November 21, 1991 The New York Times - December 18, 2011 New York Times - October 23, 2017 News One Caribbean Life News CBS News Black Past Case Text - Peopl...
Feb 22, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 55
In 1913, Leo Frank was convicted of the murder of a 13-year-old employee named Mary Phagan. His trial attracted national attention. Later, when his death sentence was commuted, he was kidnapped from prison and lynched. Saadia and Asad share their stories and discuss if he actually was the killer. Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.com For advertising opportunities, please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.c...
Feb 15, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Saadia and Asad interview Matt and Tawni Browning about their book The Hate Next Door. Matson & Tawni Browning are on a mission to eliminate hate and injustice. Their undercover infiltration of today's most violent communities and organizations has brought justice to countless lives. Their undercover work was just the beginning. Their book showcases the new face of white supremacy and extremism. Read more about them: https://www.mattandtawni.com/ Buy the book Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad B...
Feb 08, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 53
On October 9, 1983, Timothy Coggins, a black man from Georgia was found murdered under a giant oak tree locally known as the hanging tree. Saadia and Asad share his story. Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.com For advertising opportunities, please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/Invisible...
Feb 01, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 52
In June 1986, then 15-year-old Mark Wahlberg and his friends threw rocks and yelled racial slurs at three black kids. The next day, Wahlberg and the others harass a group of mostly black fourth-graders. Saadia and Asad look at the early racist life of superstar celebrity Mark Wahlberg and how he's atoned for his sins. Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.com For advertising opportunities, please email PodcastPar...
Jan 25, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 51
In January 2017, four people tortured and abused a mentally disabled man in Chicago, Illinois. The attackers kidnapped and physically, verbally, and racially abused the victim while livestreaming it on Facebook. Saadia and Asad share more. Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.com For advertising opportunities, please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free where...
Jan 18, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Yusef Hawkins was a 16-year-old black teenager who was shot to death on August 23, 1989, in Bensonhurst, a predominantly Italian-American working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn. Hawkins, his younger brother, and two friends were attacked by a crowd of white youths. Saadia and Asad share the story. Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.com For advertising opportunities, please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us....
Jan 11, 2024•43 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Canadian teenager Melanie Ethier disappeared in New Liskeard, Ontario, in 1996. She's been missing ever since. Saadia and Asad investigate. Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.com For advertising opportunities, please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod If you like the show, te...
Dec 28, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Today’s episode explores language's power and potential harm from our friends at Immigrantly podcast. Words aren’t harmless and are often dangerous. Slight differences in word choice alter people’s perceptions. Minor differences can turn humans into “animals.” In this episode Saadia urges us to think more critically about any media we encounter—from newspaper headlines and political rhetoric to advertisements and TV shows. Because words are more complex than they seem. Join the Immigrantly conve...
Dec 21, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Hate crimes have increased exponentially in the past few months. Saadia and Asad share some of the more egregious cases. Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.com For advertising opportunities, please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod If you like the show, telling a friend abou...
Dec 14, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 47
On October 1, 2015, at the Umpqua Community College campus in Roseburg, Oregon, a 26-year-old student fatally shot an assistant professor and eight students in a classroom, and injured eight others. The mass shooting is the deadliest in Oregon's modern history. Saadia and Asad share the story. Source Materials CNN - October 4, 2015 CNN - September 23, 2023 New York Times - October 1, 2015 New York Times - October 9, 2015 Oregon Public Broadcasting LA Times Oregon Live NBC News CBS News ABC News ...
Dec 07, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Saadia and Asad update listeners on prominent stories they've covered in the past year. HOW YOU CAN HELP: Listeners can help by donating to nonprofit organizations, such as Women For Women , that seek to put an end to gender based violence and support survivors of such violence. Listeners can also donate to the Southern Poverty Law Center as a means of supporting their work against male supremacy. Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media . Contact us: inf...
Nov 30, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 45
On Friday, May 23, 2014, Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, before killing himself. Source Materials CBS News - May 26, 2014 Homeland Security Digital Library Los Angeles Times - February 19, 2015 New York Times - May 24, 2014 BBC News Southern Poverty Law Center Police 1 - Santa Barbara Killer’s “Retribution” Video CNN ABC News ABC 7 The Guardian Criminal Minds My Twisted World: The Story Of Elliot Rodger N...
Nov 16, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 44