33. Shabaz Ali

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Avalon

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.5 • 567 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

If you find influencers ridiculous, this is the episode for you. TikTok sensation Shabaz Ali spends his time finding their most ridiculous promotions and videos and rips the piss out of them from inside his burrito hoodie. Shabaz sits down with Russell to talk about the most insane things he’s seen online (a café for gourmet water? Sellotape roll as a luxury bracelet?) and also chats about his day job as a teacher (including that class where they ate the glue sticks). It’s a fun chat that then develops into a discussion about the creeping harm of this online nonsense. Interesting stuff! Shabaz is on TikTok and his handle there is @shabazsays. He’s also released his first book all about his adventures in the ridiculous world of the influencer which is called ‘I’m Rich You’re Poor’. It’s in them bookshops right now so get one! Producer: Dan Atkinson Line Producer: Daisy Knight Exec Producer: James Taylor Composer: Fat Lady Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now, are all the traitors present?
0:02.0	Let's get started, shall we?
0:04.0	From rags to riches.
0:06.0	I'm so sick of this.
0:07.0	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
0:09.0	Yorkshire to New York.
0:10.0	Poor climbers, you and me.
0:12.0	A life dedicated to revenge.
0:14.0	Let's make this an occasion to remember.
0:17.0	A Woman of Substance on Channel 4.
0:19.0	Stream now.
0:20.0	A woman of Substance on Channel 4, stream now.
0:32.6	Welcome! My guest today is known as the Robin Hood of TikTok.
0:54.9	By day, he's a teacher in Blackburn, but on the side, he's become famous for his videos where he takes the piss out of indulgent influences. This is Shabazz Ali's Wonderbox. I'm here with Shabazz Ali. Thanks for coming on the show. Thank you for having me. You know the concept. You know what we're dealing with?
0:55.4	Absolutely.
0:56.7	And you've had a stink of a journey.
0:59.1	You've come all the way from Blackburn in a car.
1:01.6	Yeah, because I thought yesterday, do know what I'll do?
1:03.2	I'll have a line, get on a train.
1:05.5	That didn't happen because then I found out that.
1:12.6	Firstly, I forgot that this was happening on a Friday because I thought it was, because we had the bank holiday, didn't we? The week just went out of whack.
1:27.4	But you look like somebody that hasn't spent five hours in a car. Oh, thank you. You look resplendent. Yeah. But you're dressed for the north and you're down in the south. You've got a hat, you've got a nice sort of winter jumper. Yeah, and a jacket on top. So it was roasting in the car.
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