Rosemary Pennington, "Pop Islam: Seeing Ameri...

It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we continue our analysis of Pluribus, with our thoughts on episode 6, “HDP” an episode 7, “The Gap.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supporti ...  Show more

Clean energy won’t save us from the effects of climate change.Amid corporate Net Zero campaigns, the politics of the Green New Deal, and the calls to abandon fossil fuels for renewable technology — or vice versa — lies a troubling truth: No clean technological solutions can solve ...  Show more

As Muslim American representation becomes more prominent in popular culture, how are they continued to be portrayed?  Rosemary Pennington's new book Pop Islam: Seeing American Muslims in Popular Media (Indiana University Press, 2024) explores the “trap of hypervisibility” faced b ...  Show more

Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive monthly calls: https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMuslimAs part of Muhammad Jalal’s conversations with young Muslims from around the world, he speaks with Mosaab and Watfae about the Trump presidency and what this will mean for young Mu ...  Show more

In this episode of the Ansari podcast, Mohamed Gula, a political strategist, national organizing director at Emgage, and co-founder of the Virginia Muslim Chamber of Commerce, joins the discussion. They talk about Emgage’s endorsement of Kamala Harris, Muslim politicians, Muslims ...  Show more

Today’s episode in our history of revolutionary ideas explores the world-altering impact of Islam from the seventh century onwards. David talks to the leading Islamic scholar Tim Winter (Abdal Hakim Murad) about what changed – and what didn’t – with the appearance of Islamic law, ...  Show more