Mstdfr | مستدفر

Among the usual random conversations, today has emphasis on 3D Printing! You see those two figurines in the episode photo (available on Soundcloud or Instagram)? Those are 3D printed statues created by scanning the subjects in 5 minutes. And that, according to Hashim Al-Zain, is the simplest of things he can make. We talk science, startups, and everything in between and unrelated.

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* Episode picture courtesy of

* Hisham’s startup DarTec

 

80% Arabic – 20% English

This episode we host Hassan Al-Bargi. We talk about police officers in Saudi Arabia, card trading games like Magic The Gathering, World of Warcraft, and Juventus soccer club. Then we try to answer the hypothetical question: How will the world be different if it was a matriarchy? We wrap up with a poem Hassan wrote for Mstdfr. Show Links

• The corrupted blood incident
• World of Warcraft Movie Trailer
• Ready Player One Book
• Adventure: The First Easter Egg
• Sheryl Sandberg asking for pregnancy parking at Google

20% Arabic – 80% English

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This episode we host Hassan Al-Bargi. We talk about police officers in Saudi Arabia, card trading games like Magic The Gathering, World of Warcraft, and Juventus soccer club. Then we try to answer the hypothetical question: How will the world be different if it was a matriarchy? We wrap up with a poem Hassan wrote for Mstdfr.

Show Links

* The corrupted blood incident

* World of Warcraft Movie Trailer

* Ready Player One Book

* Adventure: The First Easter Egg

* Sheryl Sandberg asking for pregnancy parking at Google

20% Arabic – 80% English

This episode we host Hassan Al-Bargi. We talk about police officers in Saudi Arabia, card trading games like Magic The Gathering, World of Warcraft, and Juventus soccer club. Then we try to answer the hypothetical question: How will the world be different if it was a matriarchy? We wrap up with a poem Hassan wrote for Mstdfr.

Show Links

* The corrupted blood incident

* World of Warcraft Movie Trailer

* Ready Player One Book

* Adventure: The First Easter Egg

* Sheryl Sandberg asking for pregnancy parking at Google

20% Arabic – 80% English

This episode we host Omar Hussein. We try to spell out the sound of lightsabre, discuss the left-brain vs. right-brain myth, Omar’s latest projects Al-Noghair and his personal vlog, Arab trolls and the Saudi twittersphere, Mark Zuckerberg’s new charity, Justin Timberlake vs. Justin Beiber, and much much more.

Show links

* How would you spell the sound of a lightsabre?

* Left-Brained vs. Right-Brained? Myth Debunked

* Mark Zuckerberg is Giving Away His Money, but With a Twist

* Music Research Consultants Inc methodology to find top hits

* What Percentage of Donations Go to Charity

* Aziz Ansari’s Master of None

* Jim Henson’s religious beliefs

* Kid’s don’t know what the save icon means

* When did girls start wearing pinks?

* The etymology of the word ‘computer’

* Omar Hussein’s Vlog

 

10% Arabic – 90% English

Superheroes time! We talk the origin of the Spiderman colors, why we as people relate to super heroes, the Hulk’s/Bruce Banner psychological issues, Vash the Stampede, and much much more. Check it out. Show Links

• Dry ice cloud video [Uploading soon]
• Seen wu Sad Youtube show
• Why is Spiderman red & blue?
• Polictical Correctness in Comics
• Superman: Red Son

Characters & Stories We Talked About

• Psyduck
• Vash the Stampede
• New York Jets
• Cajun Culture
• Jessica Jones
• Ms. Marvel
• The Greatest American Heroes
• Sport Billy
• Freakazoid!
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

 

10% Arabic – 90% English

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Superheroes time! We talk the origin of the Spiderman colors, why we as people relate to super heroes, the Hulk’s/Bruce Banner psychological issues, Vash the Stampede, and much much more. Check it out.

Show Links

* Dry ice cloud video [Uploading soon]

* Seen wu Sad Youtube show

* Why is Spiderman red & blue?

* Polictical Correctness in Comics

* Superman: Red Son

Characters & Stories We Talked About

* Psyduck

* Vash the Stampede

* New York Jets

* Cajun Culture

* Jessica Jones

* Ms. Marvel

* The Greatest American Heroes

* Sport Billy

* Freakazoid!

* Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

 

10% Arabic – 90% English

Superheroes time! We talk the origin of the Spiderman colors, why we as people relate to super heroes, the Hulk’s/Bruce Banner psychological issues, Vash the Stampede, and much much more. Check it out.

Show Links

* Dry ice cloud video [Uploading soon]

* Seen wu Sad Youtube show

* Why is Spiderman red & blue?

* Polictical Correctness in Comics

* Superman: Red Son

Characters & Stories We Talked About

* Psyduck

* Vash the Stampede

* New York Jets

* Cajun Culture

* Jessica Jones

* Ms. Marvel

* The Greatest American Heroes

* Sport Billy

* Freakazoid!

* Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

 

10% Arabic – 90% English

We geek Star Wars today! We discuss the best order to watch the movies, the infamous Darth Vader misquote, why did Luke kiss his sister, how sci-fi feeds into technological advancement, The Force Awakens Trailer, and much more. Of course: SPOILERS ALERT! Show links

• Machete Order
• Darth Vader line is most misquoted
• Tommy Boy’s misquoting scene
• Why did Luke kiss his sister Princess Leia?
• Smart Doors ala Star Trek
• Yatakhayaloon
• Dune’s influence on Star Wars
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer
• Han Shot First!
• What did Samuel L. Jackson have engraved on his light saber
• Star Wars canon
• Tricoder
• Lasso of Truth
• AT-AT Walkers

Errata Ammar mentioned that the lie detector was inspired by Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth. This is untrue. However the creator of Wonder Woman, William Moulten Marston worked on systolic blood-pressure tests as a graduate student in Harvard. Read more about the relationship between the polygraph and Wonder Woman’s Lasso here.  

10% Arabic – 90% English

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We geek Star Wars today! We discuss the best order to watch the movies, the infamous Darth Vader misquote, why did Luke kiss his sister, how sci-fi feeds into technological advancement, The Force Awakens Trailer, and much more.

Of course: SPOILERS ALERT!

Show links

* Machete Order

* Darth Vader line is most misquoted

* Tommy Boy’s misquoting scene

* Why did Luke kiss his sister Princess Leia?

* Smart Doors ala Star Trek

* Yatakhayaloon

* Dune’s influence on Star Wars

* Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer

* Han Shot First!

* What did Samuel L. Jackson have engraved on his light saber

* Star Wars canon

* Tricoder

* Lasso of Truth

* AT-AT Walkers

Errata

Ammar mentioned that the lie detector was inspired by Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth. This is untrue. However the creator of Wonder Woman, William Moulten Marston worked on systolic blood-pressure tests as a graduate student in Harvard. Read more about the relationship between the polygraph and Wonder Woman’s Lasso here.

 

10% Arabic – 90% English