Rabia Chaudry, Attorney, Advocate, Author

Rabia Chaudry is an attorney, advocate, and author of the New York Times bestselling book "Adnan's Story.”  

Her book follows the story of Adnan Syed, a very close friend of Rabia’s who was convicted for murder in 2000. His story and the plot holes revealed in the world-renowned podcast, Serial, which garnered national attention. But what many people don’t know was that it was Rabia who first brought the case to host, Sarah Koenig. 

Rabia herself is the co-host of 3 podcasts, one of which, Undisclosed, has accumlated 360 million+ downloads with its focus on wrongful convictions and that has led to the exoneration of nearly a dozen defendants. She previously practiced immigration and civil rights law for over a decade before moving into the CVE (countering violent extremism) policy sphere.  

In 2011 Rabia founded the Safe Nation Collaborative, a CVE training firm, providing cultural competency training to law enforcement officials and providing CVE training to Muslim communities. She has worked closely with the US Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Institute of Peace, and several other prominent and internationally-recognized policy-driven institutions. In this episode, we discuss the power of media as it related to ajudication, and Rabia's passion projects from wrongful convictions to a new book called, "Fatty Fatty Boom Boom."

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