Ahmed Ali Akbar is an American writer and podcast host. He hosts See Something Say Something, a podcast about Muslim American life. In 2022, he won a James Beard Foundation Award for Feature Reporting for a story on mango importing.
Akbar is from Saginaw, Michigan. [1] Both his parents were doctors who had immigrated from Pakistan. [2] He attended Haverford College and then the University of Michigan as an undergraduate, graduating in 2011. [3] He earned a master's from the Harvard Divinity School. [4]
While in grad school, Akbar started a blog called Rad Brown Dads, telling the stories of immigrant fathers. [3] He became a staff writer at BuzzFeed in 2014. [2]
Akbar is the host of the podcast See Something Say Something about Muslim American life. [5] Initially based at BuzzFeed, The New York Times called See Something Say Something one of the best new podcasts of the year when it debuted in 2016. [6] IndieWire called the show's episode "Parents" "an ideal example of the casual confidence of See Something, Say Something" and "a sincere supplement to an oft-overlooked part of our national conversation", listing it as one of the 50 best podcast episodes of the year. [7] The podcast became independent, with a supporting Patreon, [8] in 2018 when BuzzFeed closed its audio division. [9]
In 2022, Akbar won a James Beard Foundation Journalism Award for Feature Reporting for his story "Inside the Secretive, Semi-Illicit, High Stakes World of WhatsApp Mango Importing". [10] The story followed on a two-part podcast episode he had made on the subject for America's Test Kitchen. [11]
In November 2022, he began hosting Radiolingo, a podcast from Crooked Media and Duolingo. [12]
Akbar moved to New York in 2014. [1] He is married. [13]
Ahmed Ali Akbar is an American writer and podcast host. He hosts See Something Say Something, a podcast about Muslim American life. In 2022, he won a James Beard Foundation Award for Feature Reporting for a story on mango importing.
Akbar is from Saginaw, Michigan. [1] Both his parents were doctors who had immigrated from Pakistan. [2] He attended Haverford College and then the University of Michigan as an undergraduate, graduating in 2011. [3] He earned a master's from the Harvard Divinity School. [4]
While in grad school, Akbar started a blog called Rad Brown Dads, telling the stories of immigrant fathers. [3] He became a staff writer at BuzzFeed in 2014. [2]
Akbar is the host of the podcast See Something Say Something about Muslim American life. [5] Initially based at BuzzFeed, The New York Times called See Something Say Something one of the best new podcasts of the year when it debuted in 2016. [6] IndieWire called the show's episode "Parents" "an ideal example of the casual confidence of See Something, Say Something" and "a sincere supplement to an oft-overlooked part of our national conversation", listing it as one of the 50 best podcast episodes of the year. [7] The podcast became independent, with a supporting Patreon, [8] in 2018 when BuzzFeed closed its audio division. [9]
In 2022, Akbar won a James Beard Foundation Journalism Award for Feature Reporting for his story "Inside the Secretive, Semi-Illicit, High Stakes World of WhatsApp Mango Importing". [10] The story followed on a two-part podcast episode he had made on the subject for America's Test Kitchen. [11]
In November 2022, he began hosting Radiolingo, a podcast from Crooked Media and Duolingo. [12]
Akbar moved to New York in 2014. [1] He is married. [13]