M Train: Coronavirus & Chaabi
See Something Say Something
Ahmed Ali Akbar
4.8 • 550 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Corona has thrown M Train (and all of society) for a bit of a loop. So we threw the script out for this episode and called up Dr. Ahmed Hozain, a surgical resident and researcher currently working in NYC, to talk about COVID-19, convincing your boomer parents to stay home, and virtual jum'ahs. Then, we returned to a simpler time before pre-isolation, when we interviewed North African dance teacher Esraa Wardah about her work decolonizing dance classes and building spaces that decenter whiteness.
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M Train releases bi-weekly and each episode focuses on New York City metro area and the stories of American Muslims that can be found on and off the subway.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, this is an important message from the New York City Police Department. |
| 0:06.8 | If you see a suspicious package or activity on the platform or train, do not keep it to yourself. |
| 0:12.6 | Stand clear of the closing doors, please. |
| 0:20.2 | Hey everyone, I'm Ahmedid al-Yakper, and this is M-Train, a six-part miniseries between brick radio and see something, say something. |
| 0:29.8 | Now, things have changed a lot with coronavirus, including our plans for this series. |
| 0:34.2 | We are all isolated, quarantined in different places. |
| 0:37.4 | I actually went back home to Michigan |
| 0:38.8 | to be with my dad to kind of ride out the storm. So it's kind of changed our plans a little bit |
| 0:44.8 | around the series. So this episode, we're going to quickly talk to a doctor who's in New York |
| 0:50.3 | City right now, who's going to help us understand stuff. And then we're going to bring you this |
| 0:54.1 | delightful interview that we did with Asra Warda, who is a |
| 0:58.3 | Moroccan Rai dancer about her work growing up in Brooklyn and her work teaching traditional dance |
| 1:04.5 | around the city. So I'm joined by Ahmed Joseon. He's a MD postdoctoral research fellow and general surgery resident. And he's currently working in New York City. Thanks for joining us, Ahmed. |
| 1:28.1 | Thanks, Ahmed. |
| 1:30.5 | We have often talked about doing a podcast together, |
| 1:33.0 | Ahmed and Ahmed, which so far has not happened. |
| 1:36.2 | I'm sorry, it's my fault completely. |
| 1:39.1 | No, no, no, no, no. |
| 1:40.1 | It's all my fault. |
| 1:41.4 | I take all the blame. |
| 1:43.1 | I mean, it's because I bring the talent to the show. |
| 1:46.0 | Oh, of course, of course. |
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