Shahryar Rizvi’s blog
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We Love Borderlands 2 (Part 1)
In this episode of ALTbrown, Sharky and Pady change format and talk at length with Jay(Rooster), Denver and Ipninder about our bonding experience with Borderlands 2. from ALTbrown Podcast http://ift.tt/1E1G5FH via IFTTT
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Blitz Factcheck: Rand Paul on NSA surveillance
On April 9th. Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky appeared in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina to rally for his candidacy for president. Continue reading on Medium »
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Trevor Noah is not a monster, he is not a hero either
Last month, Comedy Central announced that South African comedian Trevor Noah would replace John Stewart as host of the news-entertainment… Continue reading on Medium »
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John Oliver's latest skit on a collegiate sports management game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGar4ZpFoVo This week’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver featured a skit. In the style of a previous skit World of Peacecraft, This features a fictitious video game portraying a more authentic and depressing collegiate sports experience. The sports management game genre is fairly popular despite having less action and more statistics than traditional sports […]
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ALTbrown's podcast collaboration with Deepa of Good Cha
This week, Pady, I and Deepa recorded our extended conversation for a podcast collaboration. We talked at length before and after this recording. It was a fairly entertain conversation among us.
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My interview with Sheikh The Disease of Citizen Vex & Filmgob
A few weeks ago. I and my friend Pady interviewed one of our favorite artists from the short-lived Taqwacore music scene.
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My interview with Eiynah Nicemangos
Over the weekend. I and my friend Pady spoke with Pakistani-Canadian sex blogger Eiynah Nicemangos. This was a really fun conversation with someone whose voice is important to hear among westerners and south asians. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/192584099″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] And remember, no bleach or nihari down there.
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My interview with a Pakistani thrash vocalist
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/191408763″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] As of late, I’ve been setting up a recurring podcast for alternative voices in communities of color, based on a network group of which I am a member. While my solo recordings aren’t as fun or exciting as the group interviews i’ve done, I really enjoyed this solo […]
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A journalist looks at Gamergate's dossier
After my last post about Gamergate and their misuse of the word libel. A user on Twitter replied with a link to an article titled “A Review Of Game Journalism” I received the link again by the same user when I tweeted the hashtag #Gamergate a second time. It claims to be a white paper […]
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What is Gamergate talking about when they say libel?
As of late, I’ve participated in a Reddit debate group concerning the video game-based hashtag movement #Gamergate. It can be frustrating at times, with ideologues derailing conversations, trading insults and arguing in bad faith. But in a few discussions, I and users I disagree with were able to meet halfway and come to an amicable […]
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