We're Back and Just in Time for Ramadan
See Something Say Something
Ahmed Ali Akbar
4.8 • 550 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
See Something Say Something is officially back, but we need your help! We've shifted to an independent, crowdfunding model; bear with us as we spend a few minutes discussing our new Patreon and how your donations will help us make the show. A big thank you to the all the Patrons who've already donated and help us keep the show going. But also: remember, we're committed to providing this space for free and it is totally okay if you can't support. After that, join us as Ahmed and Salimah discuss how they're preparing for Ramadan this year.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, I'm Amid al-Y Akbar, and this is See Something Say Something. |
| 0:14.1 | This week, we're going to finally update you on the future of the show, and we're going to check in about Ramadan. |
| 0:36.2 | If you see something... on the future of the show and we're going to check in about Ramadan. This week my co-host is Salima Fatima Muhammad. Hi Salima. |
| 0:37.2 | Hey guys, I'm really happy to be back on the show this week. So we're going to update you on the This week, my co-host is Salima Fatima Mohammed. Hi, Salima. Hey, guys. |
| 0:39.1 | I'm really happy to be back on the show this week. |
| 0:44.8 | So we're going to update you on the future of the show, which is we're making the show independently. |
| 0:47.4 | We've set up a way to crowd fund for the show. |
| 0:51.6 | And we are still looking for partners, but for the time being, we're going to be independent. |
| 1:03.0 | So I have some exciting news, which is that we have launched a Patreon. If you don't know what Patreon is, it's like a sort of monthly crowdfunding website |
| 1:10.0 | where you can commit a certain amount of money per month to |
| 1:14.1 | help make see something say something our patreon link is patreon.com slash amad ali uckper and basically |
| 1:21.7 | there's tiers of what you can donate to the show you can donate a dollar you can donate ten |
| 1:26.9 | dollars you can donate anywhere between that you can donate a dollar you can donate ten dollars you can donate anywhere |
| 1:28.0 | between that you can donate a hundred dollars um which some of you already have which is so amazing |
| 1:33.2 | you know i announced it like a week and a half ago on twitter and we almost have 70 or 80 folks |
| 1:39.5 | donating and you know around like 600 dollars a month which is amazing and we set up a bunch of goals for that you know, around like $600 a month, which is amazing. And we set up a bunch of goals for that. You know, like basically, I've been making the show out of my pocket. And what this does is every dollar that you give, we'll go towards making the show and making the show more complex and better. You know, right now, it's just like sometimes me and Salima just sitting in a room talking to each other while we, because, you know, we're busy people. We have a lot of other stuff going on. And, you know, I wanted us to get to a place where this is sustainable. Yeah, no, no, I think it makes a huge difference. I think just the quality of, you know, the editing and the folks that we can get on, getting some studio time and space. |
| 2:19.1 | It all makes a huge, huge difference. |
| 2:21.1 | And for you, lucky, lucky donors, you might be getting a special surprise for me. |
| 2:27.7 | What are you going to give them? |
| 2:29.6 | It's not on the website. |
| 2:30.7 | I mean, I just sort of like made up the picture. |
| 2:32.4 | I mean, these are for listeners, |
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