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Nazeem Hussain: Rogue Son

By: Nazeem Hussain
Narrated by: Nazeem Hussain, James Milsom
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Nazeem Hussain is a grown man whose Mum won't let him go to Sri Lanka. At least, not without her by his side. But he's just had a kid, and he's started thinking ahead to the questions his son might ask him one day, like, 'why are we brown?'

So Naz flies to Sri Lanka with the echoes of his Mum's protests in his ears.

Naz tours Sri Lanka at a pivotal time for the country, politically and culturally. A new government is elected while Naz is in the air, so he lands in a strange atmosphere of confusion and change. Under this government's previous reign, disappearances of minorities were rife, and as a minority Muslim in this country, Naz's Mum has good reason to be scared of what's coming for him. And in the face of a mountain climb, a battle with a lethal martial arts guru, the forces of black and white magic and a deathly curse, Naz should really be scared too.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: Caution

    Ep. 1: Caution
    Aug 23 2020

    Spurred on by the arrival of his infant son, comedian Nazeem Hussain visits his ancestral home of Sri Lanka to find his origin story. There's just one hitch: Nazeem's mum has forbidden him from going to Sri Lanka, believing that if he travels alone in the country he’ll be kidnapped, or worse.
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    28 mins
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  • Ep. 2: Tourist

    Ep. 2: Tourist
    Aug 23 2020

    Starting with a private gentlemen's club, Naz quickly discovers a discomfiting element Sri Lanka has in common with Australia: colonialism. Naz then decides to explore the colonial side of Sri Lanka, traveling to the tea fields and beyond to bear witness to the strange colonial artefacts left by the British on this island.
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    27 mins
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  • Ep. 3: Sex

    Ep. 3: Sex
    Aug 23 2020

    Naz goes in search of the liberal, sexy Sri Lanka from the pre-colonial era (before the British made everyone wear ties and bras). He soon discovers the post-colonial sexual and cultural inhibition he's exploring is a very real obstacle to freedom for many in Sri Lanka's LGBTQI+ community.
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    30 mins
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Very entertaining and Insightful

This podcast was fun to listen to and I enjoyed the insights and the topics chosen. Nazeem definitely knows how to make any story funny.

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great read

loved this series will listen to it again.

I loved the suspense from time to time. it was a really good read.

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Enjoyed it, interesting and well presented

Enjoyed it, interesting and well presented. Moves at a good pace, light but some good thought in his journey.

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A good cultural assessment of current Sri Lanka

I enjoyed listening to the entire series, at every pause impatient for the next section.
His coverage, presentation, and humor are great.
Happy to hear he visited the "Welding Doctor" but sad he missed an opportunity to talk to him.
One of the wrongly described things in Sri Lanka is commonly identifying purely Sri Lankan traditional medicine as Ayurvedic medicine - which comes from India. Sri Lanka has both Ayurvedic as well and traditional medicine that are made out of plants only. The "Welding Doctor" is also a Sinhala traditional medicine practitioner - not an Ayurvedic doctor. Unfortunately, even his Sri Lankan aunties were unable to make this fact correct.
Nazim's assessment of the political change is mostly accurate, so is his assessment of Sri Lanka's deep division that is unseen to foreigners.

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Easy listening

Loved Nazeems work on fear of a brown planet so this was a nice insight into his life.

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loved it

educational and funny. I highly recommend listening to this podcast. well done Nazeem Hussain

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Loved it

This was a fascinating and fun series to listen to, loved going on the journey with Naz. The storyline with his Mum is hilarious too! So good.

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Awesome!

Fun, educational, confronting and interesting. Finally found something perfectly balanced and enjoyable to listen to.

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Wild ride through Sri Lanka

Enjoyed the experience and adventure with a dash of Sri Lankan culture and diving into the livelihoods of the locals. Beauty!

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So great!

My son and I listened to this on our drive to and from school each day, we loved it. Kept Master 12 interested the whole time, winning!

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