IN CONVERSATION: Yassmin Abdel-Magied

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🗓️ 7 February 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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HEY FRIENDS! Today on the show, we bring you the whip-smart Yassmin Abdel-Magied. Yassmin is a media personality and a writer, yes, but she’s also a woman who worked for years as a successful engineer and social justice advocate who, at just 16, started the youth charity Youth Without Borders. In 2010 she was named Young Queenslander of the year, and in 2015, she was named Queensland Australian of the Year. Her 2014 TED Talk has been watched by more than 3 million people worldwide, she’s written a memoir, and now she’s turning her hand to YA fiction, releasing You Must Be Layla in 2019, and her newest book, Listen, Layla, which was released this week. In this chat, we talk about everything: from being a teenage overachiever, to the precipice of burnout, to what it feels like to grieve her younger self. For more from Yassmin, follow her on Instagram @yassmin_a and grab a copy of her latest novel, Listen, Layla. If you enjoyed this episode, we recommend you also listen to our chat with fellow writer Jamila Rizvi. You can find that one right here. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Quay. Head here to check out their awesome sunnies. If this is your first time checking us out (hey, you), we are an independent media company that is dedicated to telling young women’s stories. The best way to support Shameless is to click ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app, and to tell your mates about us. We will reward such good behaviour with a puppy! Not everything in this paragraph is true! To catch up on everything Shameless, head to our website www.shamelessthepodcast.com. We cherish your feedback on the show, and would bloody love to hear your wonderful voices. If you’d like to weigh in on an episode - whether it be a segment in our Thursday pop culture analysis, an In Conversation guest, or this month’s book club pick, we’d love for you to call our Shameless Hotline. You miiiiight just be featured on an episode. Thanks so much for lending us your ears for this episode! Have a great day! Stay hydrated! This episode was produced by Annabelle Lee for Shameless Media.

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1:49.4	of anyone we've ever interviewed on this podcast. Yasmin is a media personality and a writer, yes.
1:55.0	But she's also a woman who has worked for years as a successful engineer
1:59.0	and a social justice advocate who, at just 16, started the Youth Charity Youth Without Borders.
2:05.8	In 2010, she was named Young Queenslander of the Year, and in 2015 was named Queensland,
2:11.4	Australian of the year.
2:13.2	Her 2014 TED Talk has been watched by more than 3 million people worldwide.
2:18.1	She's written a memoir and now she is turning her hand to young adult fiction releasing
2:22.4	You Must Be Lala in 2019, and her newest book, Listen
2:26.0	Lala, which was released this week.
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