Deep See With Bilal

I’m a huge fan of Oscar Wilde - the 19th-century Irish poet and playwright. He is perhaps the most quoted artist aside from Shakespeare. In this podcast, I pick out some of his best lines that touch on life, love and work.

You can find a more complete list of quotes in this blog.

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In this podcast, I talk about how the lockdown allows us to experiment with new ways of doing things. Given the scarcity of food, I think it's a great time to think about fasting as a result. As it happens COVID has also coincided with Lent - the time when Christian fasts and now Ramadan - the time when Muslims fast. Something there must something in the ether about this. The science has developed in recent years to suggest how fasting can improve your health. In this podcast, I run through the health benefits of benefits as well as the spiritual and self-development benefits as espoused in Judaism and Islam. I suggest how one can extract the best bits of all of these to try out a lockdown fast. Good luck!

In this podcast, I take stock of six weeks of lockdown. How the world has become less noisy, yet digital distractions have become more present. I talk about how changes in our external circumstances often make only fleeting difference to our personal selves. Therefore, we need to put some effort on our internal lives and how the lockdown provides a great opportunity to do so. Thx. Bilal

In this podcast, I talk about my new distraction - cooking! One of the positives of the COVID lock-down is my appreciation of food and meals. I'm now preparing meals every day. It's not as hard as I initially thought. There are also deeper meanings around cooking that traditions like Zen Buddhism teach. I also discovered the poet Pablo Neruda's ode to onions! Enjoy Bilal

In this podcast, I discuss the increasing acceptance of wearing face masks, how I celebrated my birthday during lockdown and the newest members of our household - two hens! Bilal

In this podcast, I talk about how in this period of pestilence and pandemics, religions may provide some guidance. After all, religious texts are full of stories of plagues and sacrifice. 

I discuss how Lent, Passover, and Ramadan can teach us about sacrifice, lack of food and personal growth.  Importantly, whether you are religious or not, there are tips and tricks within these traditions that had to cope with plagues on how to survive in our COVID era.

I've been stuck in the house for over a week now and the coronavirus crisis is getting worse. In this podcast, I talk about the importance of using humour to stay sane, the zombie apocalypse and the wise of words of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Bilal

In this podcast, I talk about how I'm now working from home thanks to COVID. I discuss some of the communication tools we're using at Macro Hive to stay in touch with the team, how to stop blurring the line between work and home, the need to still exercise and the possibilities working from home opens up. Also, do send me any tips from any pros out there on have been doing this for a while. Thanks! Bilal

It's hard to think about anything but the coronavirus, so in this podcast I share my thoughts on life under COVID-19. I talk about stocking up on pasta, fear of shaking hands and how quickly we adapt to completely new ways of living. Feel free to share your feelings about life under the virus! Bilal

The coronavirus has clearly gone global. The number of cases and deaths in Europe and America is increasing. Markets are tumbling, and it all feels a lot more visceral than a few weeks ago when I last talked about the virus.

In this podcast, I talk about my findings on pandemics from my readings, how I'm thinking about personal steps around the virus and whether authorities are over-reacting or not.

Hope you find it useful. Bilal