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On the subject of video recording, I was hoping to ask you a question about audio. I'm wondering when you record an interview, a podcast style show with two mics, do you keep both running when you edit?

For example, do you allow both tracks to overlap each other or do you silence one speaker while the other is talking to prevent echo?

I recently produced a few videos for an upcoming chat show. As I'm editing them, I notice the rode boom mic sounds way different than the lapel mic on the guest.

Is this is mainly due to the studio not really being that great for audio?

For episode 1, the spillover was barely noticeable. But for these last 2, the difference is such that I've had to go through and silence a speaker while the other is talking due to the echo.

But, because one mic is so echoey, when I come in just to say something like "mmmhmmm, yeah.." you can clearly hear it. It's annoying and difficult to silence each person during moments when we speak over each other.

In this episode I share my process, different types of microphone, audio editing, and what microphone to get.

Ammar Alshukry and myself get into a discussion about Marvel studios, the release of Avengers: Infinity War, the MCU vs the DCEU, how cinematic universes aren't for everyone, the genius of the first Iron Man film, and Pixar.

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When is it appropriate to root for the loosing team? Ammar Alshukry and myself discuss Lebron vs Toronto Raptors, and when it's time to leave a team.

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In this episode I'm with Ammar Alshukry at my studio teaching him how to best produce videos using just a phone. I showcase my process of recording and editing on the fly.

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Found this post to be of great benefit. It's a long post, and inconvenient for most to simply read it, so I've done ya'll the benefit of making a video where I go through the whole post with some commentary.

I titled it "How Would Batman Fast Ramadan?"

You can find the entire original post by Rehan Jalali on his Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/iRehanJalali/posts/10155624327783284

"Surviving a 16 Hour Fast While Improving Focus, Health, Energy, and Fitness" By: Rehan Jalali, C.S.N.

Due to the Intermittent fasting movement, many people have incorporated regular fasting into their lives. The 8 hour diet and others are very popular these days.

Well, Ramadan is the NBA Championship of fasting! Most people see the month of Ramadan as a time when they will surely lose strength and or muscle mass and some people think they can only “maintain” during this month.

This cannot be further from the truth. In fact, if you use some of the strategies I am about to share with you, you can make some of your best gains during this month! It’s all about maximizing nutrient uptake/Lowering any chance of deficiencies, maintaining proper hydration, boosting immune function, maximizing while on little sleep, and modifying key fat burning/muscle building hormones in your favor during this month.

And of course PREPARATION—If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail!

Plus, how can you truly maximize this month spiritually and get in the zen zone if your body is sick, tired, and your mind isn’t sharp?

Make sure you set specific fitness goals for Ramadan, write them down and put on your fridge, and go and achieve them!'

I spent the better part of the last couple months going through a podcast series called "The Body of Knowledge" by Kenny Kane and Dr. Andy Galpin, and produced by Josh Embree.

One of the things I love about the science of health and fitness is that not only does it directly connect with martial arts and human performance. But, it also metaphorically and allegorically translates into business and life.

However, a lot of stuff that's put out there takes strong positions on ideas while not taking into consideration science as simply a means of reducing uncertainty, and not the means of truth itself.

This podcast series, the two volumes they've published thus far, is currently the best series out there on the subject of health and fitness. As they describe it on their website, http://thebodyofknowledge.com, The Body of Knowledge is a serialized podcast featuring stories from the intersection of science and fitness. Each story is born in a conversation about quality of life and incubates until it can grow into actionable insight. The show is hosted by former comedian and lifelong human performance coach, Kenny Kane and Professor of Exercise Physiology at CSUF, Andy Galpin. The show is produced in volumes and chapters are released upon completion.

Although the subject matter is around health and fitness, every episodes has gems and lessons that carry over into personal and professional development, marketing, branding, and reputation development.

This episode goes into the actual narrative of The Falcon of Spain as told to us by Abdulrahman b. Muawiyyah.

History calls him by many names, among them is also Saqr Quraysh. Leave me a comment below letting me know if you like this series or not.

“The Falcon of Spain” is the story of a Syrian refugee who fled his home and came to the west because he was driven out by invaders wielding black flags. When he later rises from exile to lead his people in 8th century Spain, he will have to choose between seeking vengeance or establishing justice.

This is the first of several recordings for The Falcon of Spain, a narrative as told to us by Abdulrahman b. Muawiyyah.

History class him by many names, among them is also Saqr Quraysh. Leave me a comment below letting me know if you like this series or not.

“The Falcon of Spain” is the story of a Syrian refugee who fled his home and came to the west because he was driven out by invaders wielding black flags. When he later rises from exile to lead his people in 8th century Spain, he will have to choose between seeking vengeance or establishing justice.

Continuing from the previous episode, the audience goes into discussing the impact of Islamophobia and how to counter that with our own stories and contributions to society.

This episode is a presentation that I gave to a group of community leaders who have a "Meet the Professor" event locally in Houston. This time around they requested that I present. I put together a presentation on the subject of identity where I go into branding, personal identity, and leadership. How all that must be considered when it comes to public relations and mass communication.

I share several case studies breaking down the mechanics of propaganda and how we can protect ourselves from it. We share a bit of Ottoman history and conclude with a workshop on how to lay down the groundwork for ourselves to best share our stories.