Media

Audio and Video

Shireen has made numerous appearances on various podcasts, radio, and television. Below are a list of her most recent appearances.

Audio

Shireen has made appearances on CBC radio, the Edge of Sports Podcast with Dave Zirin, and various other podcasts. For each link, the date is listed, followed by the title of the episode, the publication, and the time stamp of when Shireen begins on that particular episode.

Click on the episode title (highlighted in green) to listen to Shireen. See below for the complete list.

2023

2023 August 11 - At the Women’s World Cup, the playing field begins to level, The Take by Al Jazeera
2023 July 12 - Episode 6: How Far Can Canada Go This World Cup | Group B Full Analysis | ft. Shireen Ahmed, SHE scores bangers Podcast
2023 June 2 - Soccer star faces racist mobs, league inaction, Front Burner (CBC News)
2023 May 15 - Toronto’s WNBA Future with Shireen Ahmed! Sixers Collapse in Game 7, The Raptors Show with Will Lou

2022

2022 December 16 - Qatar 2022: what have we learned? Football Daily podcast
2022 December 10 - Morocco and Croatia upsets and a look ahead to the semi-finals, Ahead of the Game - The Globe and Mail [starts at 16:55]
2022 November 19 - The World this Weekend for November 19 2022, 9:30 p.m. Eastern, CBC Radio [starts at 22:45]
2022 August 29 - "Bend It Like Beckham" with Haley O'Shaugnessy and Shireen Ahmed, Big Screen Sports [starts at 2:08]
2022 April 28 - Episode 2: Being A Muslim Woman In Media, The Modest Memoirs [starts at 8:15]
2022 April 5 - FP INTVU: Shireen Ahmed - Sports Activist, Writer, Podcaster and CBC Senior Contributor to name a few, Footy Prime The Podcast [starts at 0:33]
2022 February 2 - Canadian soccer’s meteoric rise — and why it’s time for our own women’s pro league, CBC - The Current [starts at 10:15]

2021

2021 November 27 - Season 4, Episode 2 with Shireen Ahmed, SportTokz with SportProfz
2021 November 4 - 25. It Takes A Village with Shireen Ahmed, Spinsters
2021 October 29 - Kickin' Back with Shireen Ahmed, Kickin' Back Podcast with Jeff Kassouf
2021 August 1 - Tokyo Olympics: Battle of the Bagels with Shireen Ahmed, Full Time with Meg Linehan
2021 July 28 - Live Interview: How the ‘Pandemic Games’ Expose the Neoliberal Scam of Global Sporting Events, Citations Needed Podcast [starts at 5:58]
2021 July 26 - Policing female athletes dress codes is about "ignorance and control," sports writer Shireen Ahmed says, Metro Morning with Ismaila Alfa
2021 July 15 - 23 | Burn it All Down with Sports Activist, Podcaster, and TSN columnist Shireen Ahmed, Sports As A Weapon Podcast [starts at 1:55]
2021 July 13 - Shireen Ahmed, This Being Human Podcast (Aga Khan Museum & Antica Productions) [starts at 1:13]
2021 June 28 - We Want to be Forgotten, The Unbenched Podcast [starts at 0:30]
2021 June 25 - Euro 2020 with Shireen Ahmed, The Bad + Bitchy Podcast [starts at 0:16]
2021 May 17 - Muslim Girls Fence: Re-imagining Care Ep1: ‘There's a joy in spaces of sisterhood,’ Maslaha [starts at 5:40]
2021 March 1 - Naked Midnight Vampire Basketball (Among Other Things), The Unbenched Podcast [starts at 1:10]
2021 January 7 - Getting off the Bench, Full Time with Meg Linehan - The Athletic [starts 7:45]

2020

2020 November 20 - Marcus Rashford and the rise of athletes refusing to ‘shut up and dribble’, This Matters Podcast - The Star [starts at 1:34]
2020 July 22 - Episode #12 - Shireen Ahmed, July 6, 2020, SportTokz with SportProfz Podcast [starts at 0:20]
2020 July 9 - Episode 105: Shireen Ahmed Interview, Wake up and Win with DeVon Pouncey
2020 June 24 - Diversity in Sports, CJRU The Scope at Ryerson [starts at 20:53]
2020 June 12 - Sports Media 105: The media landscape with Shireen Ahmed, Steven Lebron Radio
2020 June 12 - Episode 17: Beyond Diversity and Inclusion in Sport with Shireen Ahmed, The End of Sports Podcast [starts at 2:31]
2020 June 10 - 32. Shireen Ahmed - Sports and Activism (English), Sans Restriction [starts at 0:26]
2020 April 29 - 10 x 10 Shireen Ahmed on the groundbreaking British film 'Bend it Like Beckham', The Football Collective
2020 April 13 - Part 1: Quebec care home deaths; Sports withdrawal; Social media and staying connected during COVID-19, CBC [starts at 23:58]
2020 April 13 - 48: A chat with Shireen Ahmed, Stick to Sports [starts at 1:04]
2020 March 2 - Mario Balotelli, Sexual Assault, and the Silent Media, Football Today Podcast
2020 February 21 - 3 Stories: Slam Dunk Contest, Elam Ending, NASCAR Safety, WBUR - Only A Game
2020 February 4 - This Isn’t a Game: The Fight for Equal Pay in Soccer, Course Correction Podcast [starts at 6:11]
2020 January 8 - Monsieur Eaton’s Mistake, Leafs Forever Podcast

2019

2019 December 6 - 3 Stories: Hockey Scandals, No Rays In Montreal, Football Bowls, WBUR - Only A Game
2019 December 2 - Is hockey having a moment of reckoning? Global News [starts at 0:36]
2019 November 14 - #238 – What Don Cherry Means To Me, Canadaland [starts at 2:40]
2019 August 31 - Labor Day Discussion with Burn It All Down Co-Host Shireen Ahmed, Not Another Sports Show [starts at 3:37]
2019 July 12 - The World Cup champions tackle equal pay, Frontbuner Podcast - CBC
2019 June 24 - Instant Replay Draws Scrutiny in Women's World Cup, The Takeaway
2019 June 21 - 3 Stories: World Cup VAR, LeBron And 'The Brow,' Tampa Bay-Montreal Baseball, WBUR - Only A Game
2019 June 21 - Fútbol Goddesses, In the Thick Podcast
2019 June 17 - From Toronto to Paris, Edge of Sports Podcast
2019 May 16 - Sports Activism, Muslim Athletes, and Playoffs with Shireen Ahmed, WHAT Podcast
2019 April 16 - From #OneLeague to #NoLeague: The Future of Women's Pro Hockey in Canada, Changing on the Fly Podcast [starts at 3:43]
2019 April 5 - 3 Stories: Canadian Women's Hockey League, Alliance For American Football, March Madness, WBUR - Only A Game
2019 March 21 - Conrad Thompson, Shireen Ahmed, Emily Kaplan, Greg Wyshynski and Steven Bennett on being a sports podcaster, Sports Media with Richard Deitsch [starts at 37:00]
2019 March 18 - Why this Muslim-Canadian mother is talking to her kids about 'survival' in wake of New Zealand mosque attacks, CBC Radio
2019 March 16 - 3 Stories: College Admissions Scandal, US Women's Soccer, NBA 7-Footers, WBUR - Only A Game
2019 February 15 - 3 Stories: NBA Tanking, MLB Free Agency, Nike-less Sports Store, WBUR - Only A Game
2019 January 8 - Alleged sexual abuse destroyed World Cup dreams of Afghanistan women's soccer team, says former captain, CBC [starts at 11:10]

2018

2018 December 10 - Plenty to Cheer for the 2019 Women's World Cup, But Sexism Still Reigns, The Takeaway
2018 October 17 - Episode 2 - Race & Racism in Hockey, Changing On The Fly Podcast [starts at 17:44]
2018 October 15 - What it Means to be an Elite Athlete ft. Shireen Ahmed, The Last Stretch Podcast [starts at 2:41]
2018 October 1 - Soccer Star Cristiano Ronaldo Faces Rape Accusations, The Takeaway
2018 September 10 - Serena Williams' fight with the umpire at the US Open, CBC
2018 July 16 - The sport and the stories of the World Cup, CBC
2018 July 16 - World Cup Wrap-Up: Deconstructing Les Bleus, Edge of Sports Podcast
2018 June 19 - Can you get away with watching the World Cup at work? CBC
2018 June 15 - Why fans still flock to the World Cup despite politics and controversy, CBC [starts at 9:13]
2018 February 19 - 6. Freelancing, Underrepresentation & The Confidence of a Mediocre White Dude ft. Shireen Ahmed, The Scrum Podcast [starts at 0:19]
2018 June 14 - How Muslim Players Bring their Faith to the Field, The Takeaway [starts at 0:21]
2018 March 31 - Shireen Ahmed on Iranian Women Fan Ban, Not Another Sports Show [starts at 41:36]
2018 March 29 - 1-3: Playing the Game, Wearing Hijab, Game of Our Lives

2017

2017 November 8 - Episode 010 – Shireen Ahmed, Sports Journalist, Leveling the Playing Field [starts at 0:13]
2017 October 11 - The politics of hijab-wearing athletes, CBC
2017 October 6 - The Dreadful Whiteness of the NHL and Black America’s Quarterback, Safe Space [starts at 1:47]
2017 September 25 - Power and Politics: Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, CBC
2017 June 14 - Reconciling love for the game with complicated social issues that come with it, Double Pivot [starts at 6:30]
2017 June 9 - Episode 22: Sports Activist & Writer Shireen Ahmed, The A-Pod: Arda's Podcast of Dialogues [starts at 3:29]
2017 May 2 - #36: Shireen Ahmed, Sports Activist on Muslim Women in Sports & The Lack of Diversity of Sports Writers, Live a Conscious Life [starts at 0:43]
2017 April 27 - Why this Mississauga mom fears for her son’s safety at school prayers, CBC
2017 March 31 - The Whole Gay Thing, Safe Space [starts at 3:24]
2017 February 20 - PBHT90: The Taking a Stand Edition (ft. Shireen Ahmed, Dave Zirin), Pressbox Hat Trick [starts at 9:40]
2017 February 15 - Locker Room Talk: S1E7 with Sara & Kelly, Locker Room Talk [starts at 12:08]
2017 February 3 - How Muslim Canadians are coping after Quebec City attack, CBC

2016

2016 December 15 - Episode 62: Cold Feet, Don't Snow the Goalie [starts at 12:27]
2016 June 9 - Muhammad Ali’s Politics of Faith with Shireen Ahmed & Tariq Toure, Edge of Sports Podcast [starts at 1:35]
2016 June 9 - Support NI, All Ireland Contenders, Euros and Ramadan, Ken’s 11, The Second Captains Podcast [starts at 33:51]

2015

2015 October 21 - Post-election, Canada must recognize truth about multiculturalism, CBC
2015 September 28 - Niqabs, CBC
2015 July 8 - Edge of Sports Podcast Thu, 09 Jul 2015, Edge of Sports Podcast [starts at 13:30]
2015 June 17 - Edge of Sports Podcast Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Edge of Sports Podcast [starts at 25:16]
2015 April 22 - Edge of Sports Podcast Thu, 23 Apr 2015, Edge of Sports Podcast [starts at 3:14]

2014

2014 December 10 - Edge of Sports Podcast Thu, 11 Dec 2014, Edge of Sports Podcast [starts at 3:14]
2014 October 1 - Edge of Sports Podcast Thu, 02 Oct 2014, Edge of Sports Podcast [starts at 13:07]
2014 June 27 - World Cup DUMMY: The Undead in the Group of Death Edition, Dummy [starts at 22:12]
2014 June 9 - ‘I was made to feel I had to choose between my faith and my soccer’, PRI.org

Video

Shireen has made appearances on Sports Illustrated, and CBC, and has appeared on various panels. For each link, the date is listed, followed by the title of the episode, the publication, and the time stamp of when Shireen begins on that particular video.

Click on the video title (highlighted in green) to watch Shireen. See below for the complete list.