Intergalactic Tarboush

Intergalactic Tarboush

By Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed GatnashBusinessEntrepreneurshipEducationSelf-ImprovementNon-Profit
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Intergalactic Tarboush episodes

  • 002 - Too many tabs!

    In this episode, Iyad and Ahmed discuss knowledge bases, mortality and the fascinating science behind the cosmos.

    Episode timetags:

    01:00 - Too many tabs! Too much information

    03:15 - Iyad’s near-death experience

    6:00 - Reflections on the new podcast format

    09:25 - Interesting facts about birds’ lungs, dinosaurs and evolution

    12:00 - Interesting facts about astronomy

    17:00 - The ‘Drake Equation’

    19:15 - Reasons behind European colonialism

    20:30 - Balancing work and personal lives



    23 min
  • 001 - Launching Intergalactic Tarboush!

    Iyad and Ahmed officially launch a new podcast - Intergalactic Tarboush! Their first conversation includes all sorts of interesting titbits from the worlds of politics, science and human rights activism.

    Episode timetags:

    00:48 - Intro to Intergalactic Tarboush

    01:30 - Knowledge bases - using Roam as a writing tool

    03:45 - Gorillas, evolution and religious sentiment

    06:00 - Prophet Adam in the Shi'a tradition

    08:45 - Historical growth of Christianity

    10:00 - Eclectic activism

    12:50 - Éric Zemmour

    15:00 - French Political Spectrum and Muslims

    21 min
  • 004 - Ahmed predicts Trump's Twitter suspension!
    Iyad and Ahmed discuss the untold story of Alia Al-Hwaiti, misogyny in political activism, multi-layered frustrations with journalism and media, and how information is spread in the Arab world.
    Topics:
    00:22: Why isn't Alia Al-Hwaiti's story known?
    02:44: Frustrations with journalists/media
    06:56: Doha Institute poll statistics on information/communication
    15:56: How Kawaakibi communicates its work
    17:20: What is Alia Al-Hwaiti's story? A detailed account
    21:22: Gaps in the West's perception of Saudi abuses
    23:27: Ahmed predicts Trump's Twitter suspension!
    23:42: Problems with the Parler app
    27:28: Failure of the Libertarian movement
    28:25: Facebook versus Twitter
    26 min
  • 003 - Why are prayer times so ridiculous?!
    Iyad and Ahmed discuss upcoming publications with Al-Jazeera and 60 Minutes Australia, the Muslim Peace Forum, spirituality versus eschatology and some social solutions to dysfunctional prayer systems.
    Topics:
    00:00: Upcoming publications
    02:48: Muslim Peace Forum
    03:54: Spirituality versus eschatology
    07:50: Dysfunctional prayer systems
    16:07: Spiritual paths and capitalistic concepts
    22:49: Future developments and reviving "waqf"
    25:00: Covid-19
    26:52: The FDD and American Politics
    27 min
  • 002 - Writing the Last Book Chapter
    Iyad tells Ahmed about the process of writing the last chapter of the book, and they discuss some of the difficulties of including Iran in the story of the MENA's uprising.
    Topics:
    0:18 - Using Roam and writing as coding
    8:04 - Editing the book
    9:21 - Iran and the Arab Spring
    15:02 - Thinking about Iran's future
    17:35 - Big tech and systems that build systems
    19:23 - Balancing work and health
    27 min
  • 001 - Pilot
    Test recording, no more. Topics:
    00:00: The UAE's role in the region
    09:00 Is tech becoming more responsible?
    13:00 The controversy over the Jewish 100 award ceremony
    17:30 Changes to the Arab Tyrant Manual podcast
    27:00 Arabic language output, The Arabic public sphere
    31 min

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Iyad and Ahmed talk about building organisations, spirituality, technology, mental health, history, social change and anything else that happens to be on their minds today...