And we are back! After a very long delay (you can read why here on the newsletter), I’m delighted to bring you this overdue episode with Dr. Seema Yasmin. Ignore my most awkward intro ever to hear how this brilliant Emmy-award winning journalist, author, medical doctor and professor managed to overcome a challenging childhood and Islamophobia in a small town in England to publishing multiple books and teaching at Stanford by following her passions and pivoting when it felt right! The conversation feels very timely given Seema’s efforts to battle Scientific misinformation, promote reproductive rights and queer and Muslim representation in children’s books.

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SHOWNOTES for Ep. 96:

Connect with Seema through her website and Instagram

Buy Unbecoming and The ABCs of Queer History and all of Seema’s books here

Other books and other tips we discussed on the show:

The Who and the What: A Play (I love Seema’s reading challenge ‘A play a day’)

Disgraced and other Ayad Akhtar plays

Shefali Luthra’s Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America

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Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas and the team at The Media Tribe for audio-post production!

Ep. 96: How to create a portfolio career with author, doctor, journalist and educator Seema Yasmin