Virgin Radio Dubai presenter Brent Black talks about his journey from Indiana to Los Angeles to Dubai, skills needed to be a good radio presenter, favourite food and some other stories from his life he has never shared before.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Introduction

1:13 On-Air Personality vs. In Real

7:50 A Short Description of Lagro, Indiana

10:51 Impact of Growing In Small Towns on Brent’s Personality

16:33 Food From Indiana That People Should Definitely Try

20:23 Brent’s Story of ‘Three Blades No Hassles’

26:10 Weird Ways In Which Brent Made Money

37:26 Starting Out At Virgin Radio

44:25 Favourite Memories With Kris Fade

47:16 Is Radio An Artform?

53:41 The Game Brent Will Never Play Again On The Radio

55:55 Brent Black Plays A Voice Acting Game

58:30 Meeting Kobe Bryant

1:01:39 Positive Influences

1:08:27 Legacy & Meaning of Life

Radio 1 UAE Breakfast Show host Nugget talks about growing up in Detroit, Michigan, pizzas, challenges of being on radio, podcasts, favourite stories, dating and relationships.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Introduction

0:54 Origins Of Nugget

4:07 Growing Up In Detroit, Michigan

6:58 What is Ghettotech

9:20 Detroit Pizza vs. Chicago Pizza vs. Dubai Manakeesh

11:28 Childhood Aspirations

16:32 First Impression of Dubai

18:37 Challenging Aspects Of Being On Radio

22:19 Will Robots Take Over The World?

28:22 Voice Acting Game

30:12 Do You Miss Taking Live Calls?

32:16 Eliminating Filler Words

34:32 Conan O’Brien Stands Out Among American Talk Show Hosts

37:39 Craziest Story On Air

39:22 Radio vs. Podcasts

47:00 Accents

51:20 Would Radio Survive In The Future?

57:05 Favourite Celebrity Encounter

1:01:38 Favourite Dance Tracks

1:03:13 Idea Incubator: Getting Homeless Gave Me Financial Freedom

1:09:10 Dating in UAE

1:15:14 Problems With Using Tinder

1:16:21 Tinder Bio Game

1:28:00 LEGO Interpretation

1:28:30 Positive Influences, Legacy & Meaning Of Life

Coach Nic St-Maurice talks about coaching celebrities like Karim Benzema, 50 Cent, Alistair Overeem and how to become a professional athlete, growing up in Montreal, Canada and stoicism.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Introduction

1:07 Growing Up In Montreal, Canada

13:21 Giving Up My Dream To Become A Professional Athlete

15:13 First Impression of Dubai & UAE

18:44 Meeting George St. Pierre

21:11 Ice Hockey Is One Of The Toughest Sports

26:30 Stories From Training Karim Benzema

30:31 Professional Athletes Can Learn From Stoicism & Marcus Aurelius

32:16 Stories From Training 50 Cent

35:50 What Sets Professional Athletes Apart?

37:57 Stories From Training Alistair Overeem

41:30 Tough Coaches vs. Friendly Coaches

44:46 LEGO Interpretation

45:40 Positive Influences, Legacy & Meaning of Life

Producer & Host: Shalaj Lawania

Former Lovin Dubai Show host Shereen Ahmed shares her journey of childhood trauma and healing. Along the way we discuss poetry, writing, growing up in Bahrain, hypnotherapy and hosting.

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TIMESTAMPS:

1:02 Growing Up In Bahrain

12:32 Inspirations From My Mother

15:20 Childhood Trauma

21:36 Starting The Journey Of Healing

26:47 What Is Hypnotherapy?

31:26 Letter To 15-Year Old Shereen

37:24 Love For Writing & Favourite Books

41:40 Poetry Adds Meaning To Life

47:58 Hosting The Lovin Dubai Daily Show

53:50 LEGO

56:00 Positive Influences

57:03 Legacy & Meaning of Life

Producer & Host: Shalaj Lawania

UAE’s biggest dance YouTuber Nidhi Kumar speaks on dance, Bollywood, inspirations from Shah Rukh Khan & Govinda, working with Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Neha Kakkar and Nora Fatehi handling, social media, fame, stress and also plays a Koffee With Karan rapid fire round!

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Introduction

0:51 Why Do You Dance?

2:01 Early Inspirations

4:56 Shah Rukh Khan & Govinda

7:36 Advice To Younger Self

9:07 What If Kala Chasma Didn’t Exist?

10:40 Combining Passion With Work

14:04 What Makes Bollywood Unique?

15:41 Working With Neha Kakkar, Nawazuddin Siddiqui & Nora Fateho

18:32 Dealing With Fame

28:07 Rapid Fire Round

37:50 How To Go Viral On Social Media?

39:15 Handling Negativity

40:05 LEGO Interpretation

41:32 Favourite Movies

44:05 Legacy

45:11 Meaning of Life

Discussion on forensic psychology, free will, morality, whether Adolf Hitler was born evil, mental health, depression, the importance of Barack Obama’s name on his election campaign and CoVID-19 with Heriot Watt University’s Assistant Professor of Psychology Dr. Kirin Hilliar.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Introduction

1:07 What Is Forensic Psychology?

9:22 Building Trust With A Victim Or Offender

18:21 Surprising Findings In Forensic Psychology

24:24 Why More Forensic Psychologists Are White Women

29:24 Ignoring A Patient’s Evil Deeds

34:20 Forensic Psychologists Need To Be Careful Avoiding Darkness

38:30 Adolf Hitler: Pure Evil Or Suffering A Mental Disease (Part 1)

42:21 Would The Holocaust Have Happened Without Adolf Hitler?

46:13 Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment

51:02 Adolf Hitler: Pure Evil Or Suffering A Mental Disease (Part 2)

59:51 Are Prisons Correctional Facilities?

1:07:44 Links Between Theatre & Psychology

1:10:23 What Is Depression?

1:15:06 Are Depression Rates Rising?

1:17:56 Positive Mental Health Exercises (Jordan Peterson’s Clean Your Room Exercise)

1:31:28 Rise In Domestic Violence During CoVID-19 Pandemic

1:34:56 Barack Obama’s Name Affecting His Election Campaign

1:44:06 LEGO Interpretation

1:46:43 Positive Influences

1:51:51 Legacy

1:53:53 Mortality

1:56:18 Meaning of Life

Discussion on entrepreneurs, starting a company in Dubai or UAE, startups, monopolies, leaders and a Dubai-themed Shark Tank game with Ray Dargham.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Introduction

1:05 Why Are You An Entrepreneur?

15:23 Creating An Arab Dream

19:55 Dubai Shark Tank Game Segment

22:43 Disruptive Innovation vs. Sustaining Innovation

31:23 False Monopolies

33:17 Would Companies Survive Without Their Founders?

39:20 Would SpaceX Survive Without Elon Musk?

45:45 How To Achieve Sales Targets & Funding In The Middle East

56:23 Building A Team & Corporate Structure

1:02:38 Getting Employees As Passionate As You

1:11:30 Separating Personal & Professional Life

1:14:27 Dealing With Failure

1:15:53 LEGO Interpretation

1:17:04 Positive Influences (Role Models, Books, Movies)

1:19:51 Legacy

1:22:42 Mortality

1:25:40 Meaning Of Life

Discussion on becoming an MMA fighter in UAE, training camp, workout routines, diet & nutrition plans, mental preparation, how to defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov, UFC, Morocco and links with improv with Anas Siraj Mounir.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Introduction

1:01 Links Between MMA & Improv

6:40 Casablanca, Marrakesh & Morocco

8:59 MMA In India

11:25 Transitioning From IT Management To Fighting

20:22 Build-A-MMA-Fighter: Training Camp & Workout Routine

28:34 Build-A-MMA-Fighter: Diet Plan

34:58 Build-A-MMA-Fighter: Weight Cut

36:53 Build-A-MMA-Fighter: Supplements

38:50 Build-A-MMA-Fighter: Mental Preparation & Facing Pain

43:00 Build-A-MMA-Fighter: Mental Warfare & Trash Talking

46:49 Build-A-MMA-Fighter: Coaching

49:54 How Do You Defeat UFC's Khabib Nurmagomedov?

53:43 Idea Incubator: What Is The Most Dominant Fighting Style?

59:22 MMA In UAE

1:01:30 Watching Khamzat Chimaev Train Backstage

1:03:32 Lego Interpretation

1:05:25 Role Models & Favourite Movies

1:07:55 Greatest Warriors In History

1:08:30 Greatest MMA Fighters

1:12:01 Legacy

1:13:47 Meaning of Life

Discussion on comedy inspirations (including sketches inspired by ghosts), TikTok tutorials, growing up in Sharjah and simulated games based on real people with Fahad Kaleem.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Introduction

1:52 Why Do You Try To Make People Laugh?

9:04 Comedy Inspirations & Jus Reign

15:42 The Ghost That Inspires My Jinn Sketches

25:30 Fighting The Voice In Your Head

28:13 How To Create A Funny TikTok Video?

38:18 How To Go Viral On Social Media?

43:48 Percentage of Life Spent In Sharjah Traffic

48:44 Unique Elements & Hidden Gems Of Sharjah

1:00:09 How To Sell At GITEX?

1:04:03 Dropping Out Of University

1:10:28 Idea Incubator: SIMs Game Based On Real Life & People

1:20:09 LEGO Interpretation

1:22:44 Role Models

1:24:44 Legacy

1:25:18 Meaning Of Life

Discussion on the infinite possibilities of the universe, evolution of miming and theatre in the UAE, reforms in education and Burning Man with Lara Matossian.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Introduction

2:02 Passion For The Universe

9:01 Unsolved Mysteries In The Universe

20:13 Do Aliens Exist?

35:36 Space-themed Storytelling

41:32 The Art of Miming

52:59 Evolution of Theatre in UAE

1:03:21 Improv Character Game

1:08:30 Key Issues With Education

1:24:00 Know Time To Learn: Burning Man!

1:46:15 LEGO Interpretation

1:48:36 Books, Role Models & Other Positive Influences

1:59:00 Legacy & Mortality

2:02:59 Meaning of Life