In this episode, we have our first official guest: James O'Brien a music artist who switches between Hip-Hop/Rap and R&B Vibes and began going hard at his art after the release of his first album OB Season.

We begin the episode by getting a background of the music side of things and OB's experience with rejection, how covid impacted the music industry, and reminiscing back on the high school soccer days. We then switch gears to more serious and deep topics such as our opinions on Ontario's new lockdown, O'Brien's experience with drug abuse and addiction, and our message to men struggling with mental health.

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In this episode I talk about how losing my job due to the pandemic was a blessing in disguise and all the positives it has allowed for. I begin by giving background into what life was like pre-pandemic and tell the story of how things unraveled during the first lockdown. I then talk about all the positives of losing my job and the progression in my life that has allowed for. Finally, I give a direct challenge to the listener and some pointers on how to make the best out of the pandemic for yourself.

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In this episode, I just say what's on my mind in regards to the Capitol Hill incident and the current political climate of the United States. I begin by addressing the Twitter ban and how social media networks are governed by the Terms of Service (TOS) rather than government laws. I move onto express how I think the Republican government officials and Republican extremists continuing to defend Donald Dump's actions make them look stupid and corrupt. Finally, I predict that America is on the brink of a civil war that will topple them as the world's economic superpower.

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In this continuation of my life story, I reflect on the effects of the past on how I was influenced up until Immigrating to and starting a new life in Canada. I touch on how starting a new life in Canada was and adjusting to the Canadian lifestyle, I move on to talk about my endeavors, Interests, and the personal dilemma of straying from my true self as I grew up. Finally, I tie it all together to slightly touch on discovering my passions and the process of rebuilding myself to be a better and more self-aware person.

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In this episode as the host, I talk about my life story, the challenges endured, and the background of my childhood to give the viewer another perspective and a deeper understanding of me as the host.

In the story, I give a background of my childhood growing up and how life was like in Lebanon at the time and help paint a picture by giving you examples of some of the stories I remember. I also touch on the war that broke out as we were living in Lebanon and my recount of how I crossed borders Illegally to flee the war.

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On this quick catch-up style episode, I briefly talk about the idea of Stoicism and how it can be beneficial to your mental health, I also go on ranting about how the world views America and your choice of presidential candidates. Apologies for the audio quality on this episode, I didn't realize I happened to be recording off my laptop's microphone till finishing the recording.

Well, it has been a while since I've posted an episode but this marks the return of Culture Overload. In this episode, I quickly give an update for the upcoming episodes and gave my opinion on the next step in the mental health discussion.

This episode is one for the regular listeners that have been wondering where we've been, why we haven't posted, and if the podcast is done.

In this episode, we start off by clarifying that majority of police officers are not bad people with bad intentions but the negative media attention just highlights the negative police encounters, we then give our opinion on what can be done to prevent this from happening again and how the riots feed into the real problem, the systematic racism.

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On this episode, we start off by discussing the problem with animal rights being prioritized over human rights and whether hunting is more moral than purchasing factory-farmed meat which shifts to Zoos and Abdullah's solution that allows us to be humane without sacrificing the experience that many love. The conversation then shifts from serious discussion to us giving you a funny story about the first time we went camping on our own and all the tickets we could have gotten.

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