The UNJADED Podcast

In this episode, 19 year old rising basketball star Youssef Khayat talks about playing for the Lebanese National Team and moving from France (Limoges) to the US to play for the University of Michigan in the NCAA. Jad asks Yoyo about his start in basketball and his dream of playing in the NBA one day. Get to know the future of Lebanese Basketball on episode 8 of Unjaded!  FOLLOW JAD: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jadardakani/tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jadardakani FOLLOW YOYO: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youssefkhayat/ FOLLOW UNJADED: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theunjaded.... tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theunjaded.pod 🎧 LISTEN ON: NRJ Lebanon 99.1⚡️ ANGHAMI: https://play.anghami.com/podcast/1028... APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/lb/podcast... SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ys0phA...  Edited by: Ibrahim Baalbaki (the man, the myth, the legend)  Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:32 National Team 4:06 FIBA World Cup 5:30 The Start 8:05 The Move to France 11:30 Move to USA vs Stay in France? 12:29 NCAA 15:34 Dream NBA Team 16:64 First Dunk Ever 18:48 NCAA to NBA 19:55 Life in the US 22:09 Advice to the Young Ballers 23:16 Hardest Moment: Ankle Injury 25:10 Football Talk 27:10 Favorite 3 Lebanese Players 28:20 Favorite 3 NBA Players 29:49 First Thing You'd buy after an NBA cheque  30:33 Best Career Moment 31:47 Favorite Highlight 33:11 Who Would You Play With in Lebanon? 33:46 Outro

In this episode, Riyadi & Lebanese National Team basketball player Karim Zeinoun joins Jad on the Unjaded podcast as they discuss the Lebanese National Team’s last Fiba Asia Cup run and hopefully qualifying to the World Cup soon. They also go over his entire career, and talk about future plans he has inside & outside of basketball, and much MUCH more on episode 7 of Unjaded!  FOLLOW JAD: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jadardakani/tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jadardakani FOLLOW KZ: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karimzeinoun7/tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@karimzeinoun7 FOLLOW UNJADED: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theunjaded.... tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theunjaded.pod 🎧 LISTEN ON: NRJ Lebanon 99.1⚡️ ANGHAMI: https://play.anghami.com/podcast/1028... APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/lb/podcast... SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ys0phA...  Edited by: Ibrahim Baalbaki (the man, the myth, the legend)   Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:24 Asia Cup Run 8:00 National Team Feeling 9:21 New National Team Era 12:31 Lebanese Basketball Improving or Moving Backwards? 14:38 Lebanese Player KZ Looked Up to? 15:48 Jordan vs Lebanon Fight 19:50 The Start in Basketball 22:36 Moving to the US for 1 year 26:43 Lebron Talk 27:42 Career During High School  28:34 Riyadi's Great History & Professionalism 30:04 Role of KZ's Parents 32:13 Importance of Education 34:51 Sacrifice to Succeed 38:27 Plans Outside of Basketball 40:34 Effect of the Economic Crisis on the Game 43:47 How Do Teams Get Funding 45:19 League Finals (7-Game Series) 49:37 Did he fix his Guitar? 51:29 Paying it Forward to the New Generation 53:22 Importance of Coaches 57:44 Day in The Life 1:01:57 Goals Inside/Outside of Basketball 1:03:56 Rapid Fire Questions

Sabah el Kher! In this episode,  @Linda Christina  joins Jad on the new set of Unjaded at NRJ Lebanon as they discuss life since graduating high school in 2017, her childhood in the US, and her move to Lebanon at 9 years old. They also discuss criticism and hate comments on social media, as well as the the importance of being genuine online. Finally, they talked about Linda enrolling in film school after finishing from her major in university, feeling lost, taking time off social media, and mental health. All this on episode 6 of Unjaded!    FOLLOW JAD: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jadardakani/tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jadardakani FOLLOW LINDA: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindakaram/tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lindachristinayoutube:  @Linda Christina    FOLLOW UNJADED: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theunjaded.... tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theunjaded.pod 🎧 LISTEN ON:  NRJ Lebanon 99.1⚡️ anghami: https://play.anghami.com/podcast/1028... apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/lb/podcast... spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ys0phA...  Edited by: Ibrahim Baalbaki (the man, the myth, the legend)  Timestamps: 0:00 NRJ x UNJADED 1:19 Introducing Linda 2:44 5 years later 4:49 What happened after School? 6:57 Childhood in USA 10:51 Jad leaving to the US? 12:07 Moving to Lebanon from USA 1/2 12:46 Language Criticism 14:02 Moving to Lebanon from USA 2/2 18:55 How's Med School? 21:01 Posting Genuine Content 22:43 Daily Vlogs & Start on Social Media 28:18 School wasn't supportive 31:33 Hate Comments 41:35 University, Feeling Lost, & Film School 46:45 Short Film 50:17 What's Next? 51:30 Taking Time Off Social Media 53:58 Mental Health 55:40 Linda almost asked me about the CT 58:07 Rapid Fire Questions 1:09:09 Outro - Comment "Sabah el Kher"

In this episode, Nabil & Ghady Halik talk about overcoming their hardest childhood struggle, rise on TikTok, moving to France, and much more on episode 5 of Unjaded! + Special Appearance from Ryan.  FOLLOW JAD: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jadardakani/tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jadardakani FOLLOW NAPS: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nabil_halik/ https://www.instagram.com/napsarecooll/tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@napsarecool FOLLOW GHADY: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/halik.ghady/tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ghadyhalik FOLLOW UNJADED: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theunjaded.pod/tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theunjaded.pod 🎧 LISTEN ON: anghami: https://play.anghami.com/podcast/1028127214?adj_t=dgl0aa8_64v1dnl&adj_campaign=ios&adj_adgroup=album&adj_creative=3852068apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/lb/podcast/the-unjaded-podcast/id1622590187spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ys0phAavWDQzfIaEGtbco?si=BayDt4EpQ6O7PAGB1qwyaw&nd=1 Edited by: Ibrahim Baalbaki (the man, the myth, the legend)  Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:34 Siblings Clout-chasing 3:18 Ghady started because of Nabil 6:03 Always made videos 7:00 Ghady Styles (Clip) 9:22 The Move to France 11:42 August 4 13:12 Ryan tells his Aug 4 story 14:40 Pranking Ghady 19:04 Nabil & Ghady’s Aug 4 story 20:11 Humor & Denial as defenses (clip) 22:11 Mother’s Passing (clip people dont treat me normally) 30:39 Always been Clowns  32:46 Toulouse Tales 39:53 Is Ghady Bullying? (clip) 46:44 Ghady’s Blowup  47:45 MCR instagram blowup 49:01 My Viral Video 51:04 Momentum on Social Media 54:54 STORY TIME 57:12 Start on TikTok 1:08:40 STORY TIME 2 1:11:21 STORY TIME 3 1:12:45 Naps’s football career 1:17:36 Their Relationship 1:20:41 Rapid Fire Questions

In this episode, Samer Moumneh talks about his rise to TikTok fame and his aspiration of becoming an actor on episode 4 of UNJADED!    FOLLOW JAD: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jadardakani/tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jadardakani FOLLOW SAMER: instagram: https://instagram.com/samermoumneh?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=tiktok: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSd7qj5oh/ FOLLOW UNJADED: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theunjaded.pod/tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theunjaded.pod 🎧 LISTEN ON: anghami: https://play.anghami.com/podcast/1028127214?adj_t=dgl0aa8_64v1dnl&adj_campaign=ios&adj_adgroup=album&adj_creative=3852068apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/lb/podcast/the-unjaded-podcast/id1622590187spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ys0phAavWDQzfIaEGtbco?si=BayDt4EpQ6O7PAGB1qwyaw&nd=1 Edited by: Ibrahim Baalbaki (the man, the myth, the legend)

In this episode, Jad Al Fakhani aka wolfofbey talks about how he paid off his family’s debt at a young age, eCommerce, the metapreneurs , and gifts me my FIRST NFT on episode 3 of UNJADED!

In this episode  @TOUFILUK  and I discuss his journey from school in Lebanon to Biomedical Engineering in London, his start on social media, past struggles with obesity and anorexia, beef with Myriam Klink, and much more... FOLLOW JAD: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jadardakani/tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jadardakani FOLLOW UNJADED: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theunjaded.pod/tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theunjaded.pod 🎧 LISTEN ON: anghami: https://play.anghami.com/podcast/1028127214?adj_t=dgl0aa8_64v1dnl&adj_campaign=ios&adj_adgroup=album&adj_creative=3852068apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/lb/podcast/the-unjaded-podcast/id1622590187spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ys0phAavWDQzfIaEGtbco?si=BayDt4EpQ6O7PAGB1qwyaw&nd=1 Edited by: Ibrahim Baalbaki (the man, the myth, the legend)

In this episode, Jad Ardakani introduces The Unjaded Podcast, the passion project he always wanted to start. He talks about his life so far in terms of education, his rise on social media, his sister's fame, and everything else that lead to episode one of UNJADED.