Life After Telling the Truth on Yourself (Live with Amanda Palmer at Rubin Museum) * Welcome back to another live episode of Podcast Noor! We went into this conversation with the intention of talking about “telling the truth on yourself” - vague, but also specific. Everyone has their own experience with what that means. Throughout the conversation, Amanda and I zoomed in and out of the personal and the collective with what it means to tell the Truth, to tell Your Truth, and the barriers to doing...
Jan 26, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Breaking Barriers Through Movement: Live Panel Conversation in Partnership with On * Hello beautiful community, welcome back to Podcast Noor. This episode is a special live panel conversation. We recorded this podcast panel a few days before the 2023 New York City Marathon as one part of a partnership with the sportswear brand ON ( www.on-running.com ), and their social impact arm called Right To Run . On has been my go-to, for walking, running, working, out, and they just feel like clouds on my...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 15
(This is an upload from Ep 10 of our 2022 Webby-Nominated Investigation: REP: A Story About The Stories We Tell) Listen at www.ays.media/rep * Politics, Pop Culture, and Public Opinion. We call them the 3Ps; and they are at play in the stories that define our world and shape our beliefs. Featuring an exclusive interview with Bella Hadid, we consider how the dehumanization of Palestinian People has shaped America. To examine how Public Opinion determines what we think and feel, we focus on Pale...
Oct 30, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 1
You have the opportunity to do the bravest thing you’ve ever done. Don’t pass it up. Free Palestine. CEASEFIRE NOW.
Oct 27, 2023•9 min•Season 2Ep. 1
37. What Goes Into A Sarah Bahbah Vision? On Thinking in Subtitles, Reclaiming Her Arab Culture, Unlearning Shame Through Art, and More. * Welcome to the Season Two Finale of Podcast Noor: the dreamy world of one of our generation's most prolific artists. Sarah Bahbah is a Palestinian-Jordanian artist, and director born and raised in Australia now living in Los Angeles. Sarah‘s photographs are the stuff dreams are made of: color, luxury, romance, heartache, endless curated food spreads and almos...
Aug 22, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Seun Kuti on his Father Fela’s Legacy, Matriarchy in His Family, What it Means to be a Pan-African Revolutionary, Racism in North Africa, and More. * 3, 2, 1… Live from the iconic Apollo Theater in Harlem, our next storyteller hails from Lagos, Nigeria. Seun Kuti is an artist and the youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. He has spent most of his life preserving and extending his father's political and musical legacy as the leader of his father's former band, Egypt 80. Since his father’s pa...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 13
"Hijab Butch Blues" Author on Being Queer and Muslim, Revisiting Prophetic Stories, Questioning Faith, and Community Care. * Welcome to our *second* episode with an anonymous guest. The brilliant author of the memoir “Hijab Butch Blues.” Lamya H is queer, non-binary, and Muslim. Yes. There are people who are all 3. They are a writer and organizer based in New York City. Lamya’s work has appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books, Salon, Vice, Vox, and others. Lamya has received fellowships from Lam...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Dr. Butch Ware: Is Capitalism Your Religion? Thinking With Your Heart, Finding a Spiritual Guide, The Weaponization of God and the Devil, and More. Welcome back to Podcast Noor, enjoy a live podcast recording with Dr. Butch Ware! This conversation was recorded as part of a live event, our Virtual Ramadan Iftar in April 2023, where we gather hundreds from around the world to share an evening breaking fast and sharing conversation. Dr. Butch Ware is a historian of West African Studies at UC Santa ...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Is The Climate Crisis a Spiritual Crisis? Ayisha Siddiqa and Sophia Li on Sustainability as a Birthright, The Role of Ego in the Climate Crisis, and Personality Cults in Activism. The climate crisis is REAL, and it’s impacting all of our lives. It’s been on my heart to have a climate focused episode on Pod Noor but I wanted to make sure the conversation was one my listeners were really going to connect to. So the question I had been asking myself was: “Is the climate conversation, a spiritual on...
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Franklin Sirmans and Jason Seife on Critique as Collaboration, Becoming Friends with Your Critics, The Cultural Responsibility of Museums, and Colorblindness as an Artist Recording from Miami, Podcast Noor is back with another panel, between an Artist and an Art Critic/Curator; and we're here to talk Critique as Collaboration. When I asked previous Podcast Noor guests, Painter Jordan Casteel and former Gallery Director Sarah Hoover, who I need to sit down with in Miami, They both enthusiasticall...
Jul 18, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Hawa Hassan on Grandmother Representation, Food Storytelling, and Building a Hot Sauce Line Hawa Hassan is a dynamic chef, a recipe developer and a James Beard award-winning cookbook author. She's the founder and CEO of Basbaas Sauce, a popular line of sauces inspired by her home country of Somalia. Her first cookbook-meets-travelogue, “In Bibi's Kitchen,” shares recipes and stories from grandmothers—or “bibis”—in eight African countries bordering the Indian Ocean. She also shares recipes and st...
Jul 11, 2023•56 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Bobby Hundreds on Building Brands Around Community, Reclaiming Power with Web3, and Staying Relevant + Consistent, and Listening to Young People. The last time I sat down with my friend Bobby Hundreds in New York City, I was interviewing him on stage for his memoir book tour. The conversation around his book, “This is Not a T-Shirt,” was so connected with him and with the audience that I remember vividly thinking - this would make a great podcast episode! One pandemic later - we are finally here...
Jul 04, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Seth Godin on Creating Significance, Indoctrination and Fear, Finding Leadership Opportunities, and Why He Won't Write a Memoir Seth Godin is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and thought leader. To us, he’s a dear friend and teacher. He’s taught Adam how to juggle, shared life lessons with us through his adventures of building canoes, and his mentorship and guidance has played a huge role in how we build At Your Service. In addition to launching one of the most popular blogs in the world (www.s...
Jun 27, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Timothy Goodman on His Artistic Process, Being a Recovering Misogynist, Honoring His Loneliness, and the Audacity of TryingTimothy Goodman is an award-winning artist, graphic designer, author and public speaker. His art and words have populated walls, clothing, books, galleries, and magazines, most recently in Time Magazine. He's worked with brands like Apple, Nike, Google, Netflix, Tiffany's, Sundance, the New Yorker, the New York Times, and more. Timothy regularly partners for nonprofits and s...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Lindsay Peoples and Samira Nasr: Advice to Journalists, The State of Fashion Media, and The Role of Editor-in-Chief I love facilitating panel discussions and for this season of Pod Noor, we decided to bring that collective energy here. For this week’s episode, I spoke with the two of the most innovative and prominent magazine editors: Lindsay Peoples and Samira Nasr. Lindsay Peoples is Editor-in-Chief of The Cut Magazine. Also, one of the nation’s rare Black Women Editors-in-Chief. Lindsay was p...
Jun 13, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Jonathan Van Ness (JVN) on Hair, Gender, and the Obsession to Control BodiesQueer Eye star, Jonathan Van Ness, also known as JVN, is a hairstylist by trade turned personality, author, comedian and entertainer.JVN and Noor first met on Jonathan’s brilliant podcast “Getting Curious” to discuss Noor’s investigation: Sold in America: Inside Our Nation’s Sex Trade.They bonded even further over their mutual love for ice skating and gymnastics, practicing together until the pandemic hit.This is their f...
Jun 06, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 3
A. Helwa on How to Embark on Your Spiritual Journey, and “Secrets of Divine Love.” A. Helwa is a writer, poet, and has a Master Degree in Divinity. Helwa is the *anonymous* author of the brilliant book, Secrets of Divine Love: A Journey into the Heart of Islam. One night, I proposed on Instagram a potential Secrets of Divine Love book club. I read the first few pages of the book years prior, and I knew I couldn’t read this deeply spiritual book alone. My DMs were flooded with the sentiment of pe...
May 30, 2023•1 hr 54 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Hisham Matar on “Moving On” From Tragedy, Documenting Family Stories, and Connecting with Art⠀Hisham Matar is a Libyan American author and professor best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning memoir “The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between”. It’s gripping tale of Hisham’s life long investigation into his father’s disappearance.⠀Hisham’s award winning novels include: In the Country of Men, Anatomy of Disappearance, and A Month in Siena.⠀In this episode session of Podcast Noor, we dig in...
May 23, 2023•2 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Podcast Noor returns Tuesdays, starting May 23. In between investigative series, award-winning journalist Noor Tagouri uses Podcast Noor as an outlet to explore topics she’s curious about, with people whose work she admires. Noor's most recent series, "REP: A Story About the Stories We Tell," explores the concept of representation and objectivity in media, and was nominated for a 2023 Webby Award: Best Limited Series. Season 2 of Pod Noor features some of the stories Noor collected shortly after...
May 16, 2023•3 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Our investigative podcast “REP” is nominated for a WEBBY AWARD: BEST LIMITED SERIES!! ⠀It’s YOUR VOTE that can bring us home for the People’s Voice Award.⠀In so many ways, REP has already won; it has connected us to so many of You.⠀An award like this honors and recognizes the work we do with At Your Service Media and makes it easier to continue these efforts.⠀If you have time, it would mean the WORLD to us if you voted for REP.⠀Voting links:www.ays.media/repbit.ly/voteforrep
Apr 06, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 1
"The Process" has a new home! Our 2020 audio/video series can now be found in its own Channel/Show: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-process-with-noor-tagouri/id1657893922 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/65OensScjCjbGS7F3cvaDD?si=828365dfdac34858 With a lineup driven by award-winning journalist Noor Tagouri’s infectious curiosity, The Process passes the mic to the people who have the lived experience. From transitioning careers, to hosting a dinner party, to reviving a her...
Dec 04, 2022•1 min•Ep. 1
Rep is a bold, wide-ranging podcast, brought to you by journalist Noor Tagouri. ⠀ Noor began by examining the misrepresentation of Muslims in US media and how this impacts American culture. She discovered a fuller exploration of the ever-evolving story of America, which challenged the stories we’ve known…and revealed how the stories we tell affect all of us. ⠀ Rep is a thoughtful investigation of our beliefs and understandings and how they exist within the dynamic of politics, pop culture, and p...
Aug 22, 2022•2 min•Ep. 1
Hi Friends, On Monday, myself, At Your Service, and iHeartMedia announced our investigative podcast series, Rep. The trailer is posted anywhere you listen to your podcasts, and at www.ays.media/rep Before the first episode drops on Monday April 4, I sent the final cut to some friends and family whose opinions I really trust. One of them, my close friend Rachel Aschalew, who is a brilliant human and equally brilliant storyteller. At first, Rachel was calling me to tell me about my mom’s voice in ...
Apr 01, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 1
For our #23 Jordan Episode, I interview... Jordan! Jordan Casteel is a painter, a professor, a storyteller, a gardner, and my dear friend. This is a different kind of Jordan Casteel interview, while we do get into the art of things. I am so pleased to introduce you all to Jordie, the person. You see, Jordan and I moved up to the same area of the Catskill Mountains in the same week. Fate brought us together earlier than this but as life unfolded during this pandemic, Jordan and I found home in ea...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 23
I’ve been more quiet online these days. Which means I am deeply putting everything I have into this new investigative series. I am rethinking everything I have ever believed and I hope something in this note resonates with you. I so look forward to sharing Jordan Casteel’s story session with you all tomorrow. If you would like to support this podcast — leaving a rating and review would mean so much. I read every single note and appreciate you all so deeply. As always, AYS.
Jan 24, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Schuyler Bailar is an Author, Activist, Life Coach and was the first transgender athlete to compete in any sport on an NCAA Division 1 men’s team. By 15, he was one of the nation’s top-20 15-year-old breast-strokers. By 17, he set a national age-group record. Schuyler graduated from Harvard University, studying Cognitive Neuroscience and Evolutionary Psychology. Schuyler documented his transition on social media, garnering a community of hundreds of thousands and consistently advocating for tran...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 22
I’m deciding to be friends with my friends, featuring a soundscape of a rare rainy day in LA. ALSO: thanks to your support over the years, my family’s ISeeYou Foundation is fundraising to open our first community food pantry! Help us accomplish our goal:https://www.gofundme.com/f/build-a-community-food-pantry-with-us
Dec 14, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Marwa Atik is an LA-based advocate & designer. In 2009, and at 18 years old, she co-founded the brand VELA with her sister, a fashion forward line of scarves. ⠀ Marwa is a style icon. I call her an OG because when I first started wearing hijab around the same time Vela came to life, she was the only person I knew doing what she was doing - creating a product that made people who wear the headscarf feel incredible without compromising on style. ⠀ Now, over a decade later, VELA serves thousand...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Mona Chalabi is a data journalist, and not a traditional one. Her work is typically presented through brilliant illustrations many of us have shared on Instagram. She makes data cool and accessible, easier for people like me to understand. Most recently, she is the host of a TED podcast called Am I Normal? Mona is a storyteller and her language is data. Number-focused data is something I’ve struggled with understanding and that’s why I was very curious to host this session. Welcome to this episo...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 20
This week's storyteller is Lara E, also known as Gazan Girl. Lara is a Palestinian American international lawyer and activist, and a resource that I use when learning and educating myself on Palestinian current affairs. She acts as counsel in international disputes and dedicates a large part of her legal practice to human rights work, including accompanying asylum seekers in asylum proceedings before French jurisdictions. ⠀ Lara also has a weekly podcast called The Palestine Pod that she co-host...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 19
