Riz Ahmed

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1,209 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 10 Jun

Riz Ahmed’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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So the show is about that.

And about trying to get past validation.

So in a weird way, when people are validating the show, I'm like, this is a trap.

You know, it's interesting.

I was saying something that I said to someone the other day, which is, I've never been great at receiving praise.

Just now, when you were saying all these nice things about me, I was actually saying, okay, I'm here with Jay Shay.

I'm going to open my heart, try and be present and receive the good energy.

But something in me, and I'm sure you've come up against this with all kinds of people.

I don't know how you deal with it yourself even.

Something about receiving praise sometimes makes me feel uncomfortable.

And so I'm trying to find that balance of not being desperate and hungry for it

You know, you can't live off a diet of this candy, of these dopamine hits of people's praise, but also just receive it and not avoid it.

I can sometimes swing between those extremes.

You know, there's on the one hand is Googling yourself late at night.

And on the other hand, it's like going like, no, no, nothing is rubbish.

And so I'm just trying to find that healthy middle ground because the show is about that in a way.

When I was about eight years old, me and my brother got put up against the wall by a couple of skinheads, right?

For people outside of the British context, they're kind of like, it was like a racist movement, basically.

Then they put a knife to my brother's throat.

I remember being eight years old, looking up at him.

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