Marketplace Discussions
72 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHi, my name is Mahmoud Rasmi. I'm the host of the marketplace discussions podcast where I speak with guests from different professional backgrounds in an attempt to bridge the gap between disciplines. If you're interested in keeping up to date, make sure to subscribe!
Bio: I am an independent writer, researcher, lecturer, and consultant. Over the past few years, I have been teaching philosophy to professionals and philosophy enthusiasts in a non-academic setting. I hold a Ph.D. in Philosophy, and a BBA in Banking and Finance.
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Rise of the Reader | Nick Hutchison
October 13, 2023 16:33 - 52 minutes - 42.2 MBBio: Nick Hutchison is the visionary force behind BookThinkers, a thriving 7-figure marketing agency bridging authors and readers. In just over 7 years, he has cultivated a platform reaching over 1,000,000 people monthly and hosts the top 2% global podcast, "BookThinkers: Life-Changing Books," featuring interviews with renowned authors like Grant Cardone and Lewis Howes. Nick's platform and services have empowered countless authors to reach millions of readers, driving substantial revenue ...
Philosophy in the Marketplace | Johannes A. Niederhauser
September 09, 2023 13:15 - 2 hours - 98.5 MBBio: Johannes is founder and leader of the Halkyon Thinkers Guild. The Guild invites all those who seek along the path towards new realms of thought. Find Johannes: Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohannesAchill Website: https://www.halkyonguild.org/ YouTube: @JohannesNiederhauser Relevant links: Website: https://mahmoudrasmi.com/ Philosophy for Professionals: https://philosophyforprofessionals.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/Decafquest Newsletter: https://decafquest.substack.com/ ...
Building a Portfolio of Small Bets | Daniel Vassallo
August 26, 2023 10:15 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBBio: Daniel Vassallo is bad for the economy. His main business plan is to avoid returning to work from an office. Ever since he quit his cushy job at Amazon (sometime around 2018), he has dabbled in so many things and launched several products, including an AWS ebook, an online course on how to grow your Twitter audience, cutting boards (yes, I swear), and most recently a community to support people in creating and building their portfolio of small bets. The community includes courses, talk...
Unamuno's Spain: An Intellectual Landscape | Leslie J. Harkema
August 06, 2023 10:15 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBBio: Leslie J. Harkema is Associate Professor of Spanish and director of the Division of Spanish and Portuguese in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at Baylor University. She is the author of Spanish Modernism and the Poetics of Youth: From Miguel de Unamuno to La Joven Literatura (Toronto Iberic, 2017), and her writing on various aspects of literary and cultural modernity in the Iberian Peninsula has appeared in Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Modern Language Notes, Revista Hisp...
Navigating the Corporate World: An Existential Journey | Megan Preston Meyer
July 16, 2023 17:50 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBBio: Like Currant, Megan has an MBA. She spent more than 10 years working in supply chain and analytics; now she focuses on the stories that data doesn’t tell. She's the creator of the Supply Jane & Fifo Adventures, picture books that teach supply chain and operations management concepts to kids, as well as the Corporate Elements Mysteries, cozy mysteries for millennials that balance life and work. Find Megan: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mprestonmeyer Firebrand (Novel): https://amzn.eu...
Philosophy in the Marketplace | Gregory Sadler
July 02, 2023 19:49 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBBio: After a career as a fairly traditional academic teaching and publishing in Philosophy, Religious Studies, Literature, and Critical Thinking, Gregory Sadler transitioned into entrepreneurial, public, and client-focused work. After completing APPA certification in 2014, he has engaged in philosophical counseling, executive coaching, and ethics and organizational consulting through his business ReasonIO. Another aspect of his work in public philosophy involves producing educational conten...
The Power of the 2-Hour Cocktail Party | Nick Gray
June 14, 2023 09:55 - 57 minutes - 43.8 MBBio: Nick Gray is an entrepreneur and best-selling author living in Austin, Texas. He started and sold two successful companies: Flight Display Systems and Museum Hack. Nick is the author of The 2-Hour Cocktail Party, a step-by-step handbook that teaches you how to build big relationships by hosting small gatherings. Over 75,000 people have watched his TEDx talk about why he hates most museums. He’s been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and New York Magazine called h...
Building Assets on the Internet | Louis Pereira
May 30, 2023 17:56 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBBio: Louis Pereira lives a dual life. During the day, he works with his family to run a traditional, offline first business in Goa, India. At night, he's a creator on the internet where he builds web apps and publishes the occasional article. Currently, he's tinkering around with AI (as is pretty much everyone else) and trying to figure out how to use it to build things that are useful. Find Louis: Twitter: https://twitter.com/louispereira Audiopen: https://audiopen.ai/ Relevant links...
What Is Illusionism? | Keith Frankish
May 16, 2023 18:48 - 2 hours - 91.9 MBBio: Keith Frankish is Honorary Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, UK, Visiting Research Fellow at The Open University, UK, and Adjunct Professor with the Brain and Mind Programme in Neurosciences at the University of Crete, Greece. He is the author of Mind and Supermind (2004) and Consciousness (2005), as well as numerous journal articles and book chapters. Keith’s research interests lie mainly in philosophy of mind. He is well known for defending ...
Digital Entrepreneurship | Jordan O'Connor
May 02, 2023 17:05 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBBio: Jordan O'Connor is an engineer by trade and a self-taught digital marketer. He is founder of Closet Tools, a Poshmark automation tool. He builds intuitive and performant products, provides SEO services and courses, and shares his ideas and thoughts through his blog and Twitter to help & inspire others on their digital entrepreneurship journey. Find Jordan: • Website: https://jdnoc.com/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/jdnoc Relevant links: Website: https://mahmoudrasmi.com/ Twitter...
Building a Portfolio of Side Hustles | Hassan Osman
April 18, 2023 17:05 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBBio: Hassan Osman is a creator on the side. His full-time job is as a Senior Vice President at NWN Carousel (views are his own) where he leads the organization’s Professional Services team. He also writes short books for busy managers. He is the author of several Amazon Bestsellers, including “Influencing Virtual Teams,” “Don’t Reply All,” and most recently, “ChatGPT for Nonfiction Authors.” Hassan also hosts the “Writer on the Side” podcast (www.writerontheside.com) which helps other fu...
Cultivating a Freelance Mindset | Joy Batra
April 04, 2023 13:15 - 50 minutes - 89.6 MBBio: Joy Batra is founder of Quartz Consulting, a freelance consulting firm that has advised start-ups, venture capital firms, and Fortune 500 companies. She previously worked at Goldman Sachs, Gunderson Dettmer, JioSaavn, briefly as a Bollywood actress (long story), and most recently as Head of Legal at Syndicate Protocol. Joy has lived or worked in India, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, the UAE, and the UK. She currently splits her time between NYC and Boston. Joy holds a JD/MBA from Ha...
How Social Media Changed the Way We Work | Utkarsh Amitabh
March 14, 2023 21:37 - 49 minutes - 87.5 MBThe Marketplace Discussions podcast is an attempt to bridge the gap between disciplines. Bio: Utkarsh Amitabh is the chief executive officer of Network Capital and the chief marketing officer of http://5ire.org, a blockchain unicorn valued at $1.5 billion. http://5ire.org acquired a stake in his company Network Capital (http://networkcapital.tv), one of the world's largest mentorship platforms that empowers 1.6 million school students and 150,000-plus young professionals to build meaningful...
Are NFTs Dead? | Peter Noble
February 28, 2023 21:02 - 1 hour - 172 MBThis event is part of the Marketplace Discussions series in an attempt to bridge the gap between disciplines. Summary: Are NFTs dead? In this marketplace discussion, Pete Noble will discuss the hype that surrounded the NFT market. He will be exploring whether or not they will have any relevance, and will cover some potential use cases NFTs might still have. He will also be addressing questions and criticisms surrounding NFTs. Bio: Peter spent two decades as an executive in the Software in...
Colin Gorrie - The Joy of Dead Languages
February 24, 2023 11:37 - 1 hour - 144 MBThis event is part of the Marketplace Discussions series in an attempt to bridge the gap between disciplines. Summary: In this marketplace discussion, Colin Gorrie will introduce you to a few of his favourite dead languages, explain how we know anything about languages spoken before the days of the tape recorder, and offer some advice for anyone crazy enough to want to learn one. Bio: Colin Gorrie received his Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Arizona in 2014. Since the pandem...
The Ugly Reality of Innovation in Consumer Goods | Costas Papaikonomou
February 08, 2023 09:42 - 2 hours - 215 MBThis event is part of the Marketplace Discussions series in an attempt to bridge the gap between disciplines. Summary: In this marketplace discussion, the main discussion will center around innovation in consumer goods: where all those new products in your supermarket and drugstore come from. How big corporations try to figure out what you'll be willing to buy, and usually fail to get it right. What sustainability & impact investing actually means, and how simple it is to do well if you u...
Residuality Theory: Philosophy & Practice | Barry O'Reilly
January 24, 2023 22:26 - 1 hour - 213 MBThis event is part of the Marketplace Discussions series in an attempt to bridge the gap between disciplines. Summary: Residuality provides a new theory of software engineering through applied complexity science. This session will introduce the idea by comparing and contrasting the philosophical differences between residuality and the accidental philosophy that software engineers have inherited from the industry and their education - and shows how this potentially represents the first step...
Crypto: Is It Really Worse than a Philosophy Ponzi? | Prab Randhawa
November 29, 2022 21:44 - 1 hour - 178 MBThis event is part of the Marketplace Discussions series in an attempt to bridge the gap between disciplines. Summary: In this marketplace discussion, Prab Randhawa sheds light on how cryptography-enabled technologies are transforming digital identity, altering the concept of ownership, and reshaping financial markets. Bio: Prab spent a decade working at Apple and Shell on a variety of interdisciplinary projects. In 2021 he left to work for (but really on) himself, and among other things...
Market Place Discussion | Jordan B. Goldstein | The Nature of Sports: Morality & Virtue
November 02, 2022 09:56 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBThis talk is part of the Marketplace Discussions series in an attempt to bridge the gap between academia and industry. In this marketplace discussion, Jordan B. Goldstein takes us on a quest about how philosophy can help us live a good life not only intellectually, but also through exerting our bodies physically. Jordan Goldstein has a Ph.D. in Sports History and 7+ years teaching sports philosophy, sociology, and history. He recently quit academia to build a coaching and consulting bus...
The Nature of Sports: Morality & Virtue | Jordan B. Goldstein
November 02, 2022 09:56 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBThis talk is part of the Marketplace Discussions series in an attempt to bridge the gap between academia and industry. In this marketplace discussion, Jordan B. Goldstein takes us on a quest about how philosophy can help us live a good life not only intellectually, but also through exerting our bodies physically. Jordan Goldstein has a Ph.D. in Sports History and 7+ years teaching sports philosophy, sociology, and history. He recently quit academia to build a coaching and consulting bus...
Why Creativity Trumps IQ | Trishank Karthik Kuppusamy
May 10, 2021 20:09 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBThis talk is part of the Marketplace Lecture Series in an attempt to bridge the gap between academia and industry. Support the channel: https://gumroad.com/l/decaphilo Bio: Trishank is an amateur computer scientist, RWRI alumnus & instructor, physical culturist. Website: https://www.trishank.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/trishankkarthik Relevant links: online philosophy courses: https://gumroad.com/decafquest e-book Sardonically Speaking: https://gumroad.com/l/ohYop Twitter: htt...
[Sample Class] Introduction to Philosophy - Stoicism - Lecture 3
March 07, 2021 20:58 - 1 hour - 94.3 MBThis is a sample of what my online philosophy classes are like. More info: https://decafquest.com/ https://decafquest.com/shop/ https://twitter.com/Decafquest e-book: https://gumroad.com/l/ohYop
Is There Such a Thing as Ethical and Socially Responsible Investment? | Dr. Ghassan Chammas
February 26, 2021 23:33 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBThis talk is part of the Marketplace Lecture Series in an attempt to bridge the gap between academia and industry. Talk #9: Ethical and Socially Responsible Investment: Is there such a thing? Bio: Dr. Ghassan Chammas is a founding partner and manager of Orion Financial Solutions, an international financial consulting firm specialized in Credit Analysis, Corporate Debt restructuring and Corporate Recapitalization. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ghchammas Link to presentation slides: https:...
Power Sector: Where Do We Go From Here? | Jessica G. Obeid
February 13, 2021 18:03 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBThis talk is part of the Marketplace Lecture Series in an attempt to bridge the gap between academia and industry. Talk #8: Power Sector: Where Do We Go From Here? Bio: Jessica Obeid is an independent energy policy consultant focusing on electricity and energy transition. She also serves as Senior Global Advisor for London-based consultancy Azure Strategy, formerly Castlereagh Associates. She is Academy Associate at Chatham House’s energy, environment and resources department in London, wh...
Why Is Football Nicknamed the Beautiful Game? A Philosophical Reflection | Mahmoud Rasmi
January 31, 2021 18:07 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MBThis talk is part of the Marketplace Lecture Series in an attempt to bridge the gap between academia and industry. Talk #7: Mahmoud Rasmi (@decafquest) | Why Is Football Nicknamed the Beautiful Game? A Philosophical Reflection. Bio: I finished my PhD in Philosophy at the University of Salamanca, Spain. Between 2013 and 2020, I taught philosophy and cultural studies at the American University of Beirut and the Lebanese American University. Now, I have decided to venture into the virtual wor...
Sharing the Story | Ronnie Chatah (The Beirut Banyan)
January 31, 2021 18:02 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBThis talk is part of the Marketplace Lecture Series in an attempt to bridge the gap between academia and industry hosted by @decafquest. Sixth talk: Ronnie Chatah (The Beirut Banyan) | Sharing the Story Bio: Ronnie Chatah hosts The Beirut Banyan podcast, a series of storytelling episodes and long-form conversations that reflect on all that is modern Lebanese history. Topics range from political and economic reform to the arts, architecture and collective memory. He also leads the WalkBeir...
Marketplace Lecture Series | Dan Azzi | Why Wearing a Suit is as Useless as Technical Analysis
January 09, 2021 17:58 - 1 hour - 61 MBThis talk is part of the Marketplace Lecture Series in an attempt to bridge the gap between academia and industry hosted by @decafquest. Fifth talk: Dan Azzi | Why Wearing a Suit is as Useless as Technical Analysis Bio: Dan Azzi is a retired investment banker. He worked at UBS, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche, and Bear Stearns. Most recently, he was Head of Global Markets in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan, for Standard Chartered Bank, retiring in 2015 as CEO/Chairman of the Board in L...
Marketplace Lecture Series | Mike Azar | Lebanon and the Game Theory of Anarchy
December 19, 2020 19:16 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBThis talk is part of the Marketplace Lecture Series in an attempt to bridge the gap between academia and industry hosted by @decafquest. Mike Azar | Lebanon and the Game Theory of Anarchy Bio: Mike Azar is an international finance professional who advises governments on financing transactions in strategically important sectors. His clients include the governments of the United States, Japan, China, the United Kingdom, Russia, and France. He has a graduate degree in international relations ...
Market Place Lecture Series | Philippe Caponis | Three Philosophical Lessons from Modern Physics
November 14, 2020 19:25 - 2 hours - 98.2 MBThis talk is part of the Marketplace Lecture Series in an attempt to bridge the gap between academia and industry hosted by Mahmoud Rasmi (@decafquest). Second Lecture: Philippe Caponis | Towards a More Responsible Tech Development Bio: Philippe is interested in better understanding how scientific theories illuminate (and often reshape) philosophical debates about the nature of space and time, identity and material constitution. He holds an MS in Physics and an MA in Philosophy from the Un...
Market Place Lecture Series | Mahmoud Dgheim | Towards a More Responsible Tech Development
November 09, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 79.8 MBThis talk is part of the Marketplace Lecture Series in an attempt to bridge the gap between academia and industry hosted by @decafquest. First Lecture: Mahmoud Dgheim | Towards a More Responsible Tech Development Bio: Mahmoud Dgheim (@dgheim) is a Lebanese blockchain evangelist and Co-founder & CEO at Castalise - a platform introducing the potential behind blockchain and privacy-preserving technologies to the rapidly growing world of data analytics. https://twitter.com/Decafquest/status/...
[Part I] DecafQuest #32 - The Beirut Banyan (Ronnie Chatah)
July 23, 2020 08:15 - 2 hours - 139 MBJoint Episode with Ronnie Chatah from The Beirut Banyan. https://youtu.be/bSQjOWIdKQk Ronnie Chatah is a Master of Science (2017) graduate in literature and creative writing at the University of Edinburgh. His previous degrees include a Master of Arts (2012) in Middle East Studies from the American University of Beirut and a Bachelor of Arts (2003) in Political Science and Psychology from George Mason University. Ronnie conducts a history and political walking tour of Beirut called WalkB...
DecafQuest #32 - The Beirut Banyan (Ronnie Chatah)
July 23, 2020 08:15 - 2 hours - 139 MBJoint Episode with Ronnie Chatah from The Beirut Banyan. https://youtu.be/bSQjOWIdKQk Ronnie Chatah is a Master of Science (2017) graduate in literature and creative writing at the University of Edinburgh. His previous degrees include a Master of Arts (2012) in Middle East Studies from the American University of Beirut and a Bachelor of Arts (2003) in Political Science and Psychology from George Mason University. Ronnie conducts a history and political walking tour of Beirut called WalkB...
DecafQuest #31 - Mahmoud Natout | ديكاف كويست #٣١ - محمود ناتوت
July 06, 2020 07:58 - 2 hours - 96.8 MBMahmoud Natout is an entrepreneur, consultant, and educator. He is co-founder of L3b, a start-up that utilizes play-based strategies to help organizations build vibrant and human-centered work cultures that foster collaboration and innovative risk-taking. Relevant Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mahmoud.natout L3b website: http://l3b.space/ Corridorri website: https://corridorri.com/ Support the channel: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/decafquest Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/...
DecafQuest #30 - Nadine Welson Njeim | ديكاف كويست #٣٠ - نادين ويلسون نجيم
June 26, 2020 20:51 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBNadine Welson Njeim is a Lebanese entrepreneur, and a tech and sustainability geek. She is the founder and managing partner of Microbits, a now leading digital agency. She is also head of the PR & BD department of Designer-24 holding. She is currently pursuing her master's in management at Harvard University. Nadine was elected as Miss Lebanon in 2007. Relevant links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/nadinewnjeim Facebook: https://facebook.com/nadinenjeim Instagram: https://www.instagram.com...
DecafQuest #29 - Dalal Mawad | ديكاف كويست #٢٩ - دلال معوّض
June 19, 2020 16:05 - 1 hour - 79.9 MBDalal Mawad is a Lebanese journalist currently working as a senior Middle East and North Africa video producer with the Associated Press. She previously worked as a regional video producer for the United Nations Refugee Agency covering displacement in the Middle East and the world. Relevant links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/dalalmawad Website: https://dalalmawad.com/ Support the channel: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/decafquest Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/decafquest Twitter: htt...
DecafQuest #28 - Ghadi Francis | ديكاف كويست #٢٨ - غدي فرنسيس
June 14, 2020 10:47 - 2 hours - 112 MBGhadi is a Lebanese Journalist and Writer. She's worked as an investigative journalist in the Levant and the region, as well as directed and produced documentaries covering war conflicts, displacement, and humanitarian crises. She currently runs GAIAMEDIA, a media consultancy, and production house. Relevant links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ghadifrancis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FrancisGhadi/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghadifrancis/ Support the channel: Ko-Fi: ht...
DecafQuest #27 - Karl Sharro (Karl reMarks) | ديكاف كويست #٢٧ - كارل شارّو
June 10, 2020 10:46 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBKarl Sharro (aka Karl reMarks) is an architect, satirist and commentator on the Middle East. He is a Partner at PLP Architecture in London and co-author of Manifesto: Towards a New Humanism in Architecture which was included in 100 Artists’ Manifestos: from the Futurists to the Stuckists, a survey of 100 influential art manifestos from the last 100 years. He has practised architecture in London and Beirut, and taught for five years at the American University of Beirut. Relevant links: Twit...
DecafQuest #26 - Ahmad Al-Jallad | ديكاف كويست #٢٦ - أحمد الجلاَّد
June 05, 2020 09:30 - 1 hour - 88.6 MBDr. Ahmad Al-Jallad is a philologist, epigraphist, and historian of language. His work focuses on the languages and writing systems of pre-Islamic Arabia and the ancient Near East. He has authored books and articles on the early history of Arabic, language classification, North Arabian and Arabic epigraphy, and historical Semitic linguistics. Relevant links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Safaitic Personal website: https://leidenuniv.academia.edu/AhmadAlJallad Recently published book (The...
DecafQuest #25 - Agriculture in Lebanon - Souhad, Robert, Mouhaned
June 02, 2020 11:03 - 1 hour - 84.7 MB#AgriNERDS 1) Souhad Abou Zaki is an #economist with a constant craving for learning. She's passionate about rural development and has been fortunate enough to work in this realm with Rural #Entrepreneurs, an #NGO that works on expanding employment prospects for youth and women and promoting #entrepreneurship as a tool for socio-economic change in rural communities. Twitter: https://twitter.com/souhad_16 2) Robert Malek is an agricultural entomologist. He studies the chemical ecology and...
DecafQuest #24 - Magda Bou Dagher | ديكاف كويست #٢٤ - ماجدا بو داغر خرّاط
May 30, 2020 15:26 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBTable of contents below. Professor Magda BOU DAGHER KHARRAT is a Plant Geneticist. She is head of laboratory Biodiversity and Functional Genomics at the Faculty of Science in Saint-Joseph University (USJ) Beirut. Adapting to the lockdown and working from home: 00:02:00 Research and conservation fieldwork (irises season): 00:03:50 A faulty anthropocentric perspective? 00:11:00 How do you decide which plants to conserve? (invasive vs native species, botanical gardens, cost of maintenance...
DecafQuest #23 - Reem Saleh | ديكاف كويست #٢٣ - ريم صالح
May 23, 2020 10:16 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBTable of contents below. Reem Saleh is a Lebanese Filmmaker. She is currently Associate Director of External Relations and Partnerships at NYUAD Arts Center. She's chaotic, passionate, and a globetrotter. Adopting a dog: Drogo: 00:01:40 Reem's educational and career backgrounds: 00:05:50 "To be on the field gives you a very different perspective.": 00:13:35 A discussion of Reem's movie 'What Comes Around' (death, poverty, community, solidarity, FGM): 00:18:05 Female genital mutilation...
DecafQuest #22 - Elias Bou-Issa | ديكاف كويست #٢٢ - إلياس بو عيسى
May 16, 2020 12:13 - 3 hours - 149 MBTable of content below. Elias Bou-Issa, Lebanese poet and author, records and books hunter, born in Ehden in 1984, currently living and working as a telecom engineer in The Netherlands. Corona-made beards: 00:01:00 Dutch vs Lebanese work-ethic and attitude towards work: 00:04:45 Law and law enforcement in Lebanon: 00:07:45 Moving to France: 00:11:30 French vs Dutch work culture: 00:22:33 The importance of workplace trust: 00:26:00 French revolution: 00:27:15 French syndicate, the de...
DecafQuest #21 - Miled Rahal (the.Rahal) | ديكاف كويست #٢١ - ميلاد رحَّال
May 09, 2020 10:57 - 2 hours - 99.4 MBTable of contents below. Miled and Melissa are an ex-pat Lebanese married couple based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. They create digital content that focuses on their travel escapes, useful tips and tricks, and their favorite places in the UAE and its surroundings. Introduction (the name, background, COVID impact and working from home): 00:00:46 Deciding to start a travel vlog and blog page on Instagram and Facebook first and then on YouTube: 00:11:06 Attitude towards tourism and touri...
DecafQuest #20 - Graham Griffiths | ديكاف كويست #٢٠ - غراهام غريفيس
May 01, 2020 12:08 - 2 hours - 101 MBTable of contents below: Graham Griffiths is a political risk analyst with a particular focus on the Gulf. He studied philosophy and economics before getting an MA in Middle East studies. Topics discussed: Political risk analysis: 4:48 Importance of consulting services: 13:34 Factoring in the unpredictable: 22:06 Graham's educational background in economics and philosophy: 28:10 Is 'middle eastern studies' a scam?: 32:56 A critique of analytic philosophy: 40:00 Philosophy bet...
DecafQuest #19 - Adriana Lebbos | ديكاف كويست #١٩ - أدريانا لبُّس
April 25, 2020 09:54 - 2 hours - 106 MBAlso known as ‘Miss Word’, Adriana started her writing career at a very young age, publishing stories in local newspapers and magazines. With 3 books to her account and a long career with multinationals and local agencies, she creates fun, fresh, attention-grabbing content and copy, working as a freelancer since she "emancipated herself from corporate slavery". Relevant links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/adrianaleboss Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adrianalebosswriter Support the...
DecafQuest #18 - Nadim Kobeissi | ديكاف كويست #١٨ - نديم قبيسي
April 20, 2020 16:38 - 1 hour - 158 MBNadim Kobeissi is a researcher in applied cryptography and the director of Symbolic Software, a small applied cryptography research office in Paris where Nadim and his team develop new scientific analysis tools and perform security audits for the private sector. Previously, Nadim taught computer security at NYU Paris. Nadim obtained his Ph.D. in December 2018 after doing research at Inria Paris while being accredited by ENS Paris. Relevant links: Personal website: www.nadim.computer A...
DecafQuest #17 - Sultan Al-Qassemi | ديكاف كويست #١٧ - سلطان سعود القاسمي
April 17, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 154 MBSultan Al-Qassemi is a columnist, art & architecture enthusiast, and currently visiting Instructor, Islamic Civilization & Societies program at Boston College. Relevant links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SultanAlQassemi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sultanalqassemi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sultanalqassemi/ Barjeel Art Foundation: https://www.barjeelartfoundation.org/ Support the channel: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/decafquest Patreon: https://www.patreon.com...
DecafQuest #16 - Wissam Kamal | ديكاف كويست #١٦ - وسام كمال
April 11, 2020 10:46 - 2 hours - 128 MBWissam Kamal is a Stand up Comedian, Digital Content Creator, and Filmmaker #Lebanese #comedy Relevant links: https://linktr.ee/WissamKamal Support the channel: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/decafquest Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/decafquest Twitter: https://twitter.com/Decafquest
DecafQuest #15 - Elie Barood | ديكاف كويست #١٥ - إيلي بارود
April 05, 2020 10:38 - 2 hours - 128 MBElie is a food Scientist and Geography/Rap/Wrestle Mania Geek Relevant Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElijahLeb92 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lebanese_culture_history/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LebanonCH Support the channel: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/decafquest Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/decafquest Twitter: https://twitter.com/Decafquest
DecafQuest #14 - Health NERDS | Zakia, Lama, Maysa, and Hadi
March 20, 2020 23:33 - 1 hour - 202 MB#Health #NERDS #CORONA 1) Zakia Dimassi is a Pediatrician and medical educator based in Lebanon https://twitter.com/ZakiaDimassi 2) Lama Awada is a hypochondriac who's also a researcher in the fields of biophysics and immunology, currently based in Marseille https://twitter.com/planetperfume 3) Hadi Khachab is an Interventional Cardiologist , he studied medicine and cardiology in France where he has been living for 18 years. He loves food, travel, and Fairouz lover https://twitte...