The Word Affairs

The Word Affairs

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The Word Affairs episodes

  • Taking A Social Media Break For Mental Health

    In this episode, Kaiynath talks about her recent absence on social media and how she benefitted from it, including how she changed the way she uses it now. She goes through the reasons as to how social media can sometimes have a negative effect and also answered some of the questions you guys sent through on Instagram!

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    1 hr
  • Medicine, Marriage and Reddit Threads With Hamzah

    On this week's episode of The Word Affairs podcast, we have a special guest - the first ever listener who reached out about the podcast - Hamzah, a.k.a @h1_m__ on Instagram (drop a follow guys). As he is currently a second year medical student progressing onto third, Hamzah joined Kaiynath to talk about the harsh reality of studying medicine and being at medical school, as well as answering questions from the listeners, including some on marriage and imposter syndrome. And as usual, Reddit saved the day at the end, coming through with some amazing threads to discuss. 

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    1 hr 5 min
  • Advice To Younger Self And Creepy Horror Stories

    In this crazy episode, Kaiynath reflects back on advcie given by older people to their younger self in the past...and then somehow goes down a tunnel of horror creepy stories that literally gave goosebumps to her! 

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    1 hr 7 min
  • Why You Shouldn't Take Social Media People As Role Models

    Kaiynath is back with another episode and this week she sits down to rant about the hate we can sometimes receive online and the differences in opinion - a great conversation to have, discussing the good and bad to social media and why it can be really challenging sometimes. As usual, this week's Relax With Reddit segment comes with some juicy stories!


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    55 min
  • The Cost Of Petrol Makes Me Want To Cry

    In this episode, Kaiynath sits down to talk about how the cost of living has increased massively in the UK and how it's affected people around us. With petrol, food banks and the NHS being discussed, Kaiynath shares some stories on how different money looks today. And as usual, the weekly Relax with Reddit feature is back!


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    42 min
  • Burnout And Why You Need To Identify it

    In this week's episode Kaiynath discusses the past and present experiences with burn out, how to identify it and why it is so important to do so. Along with the classic Reddit segments, which this week contains some really interesting conversations. 

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    56 min
  • Black Magic and Evil Eye | Qur'an and personal stories

    Trigger Warning: this episode contains personal stories and explanations regarding black magic and evil eye, including death.

    In this episode, Kaiynath delves into the concept of black magic and what the Qur'an says about it, including the revelation of Surah Al-Nas and Surah Al-Falaq.  With many stories sent in by the listeners, Kaiynath delves into personal experiences with magic and nazr. 


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    51 min
  • Let's talk about Mahr!

    In this week's episode, Kaiynath sits down to discuss what mahr is, the hadiths regarding mahr and what you guys would want as your ideal mahr! Also, this week's Relax with Reddit may be a little different but its just as shocking or maybe even more...

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    52 min

About The Word Affairs

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A weekly podcast by Kaiynath, a 24 year-old British Muslim. Episodes are released every Sunday and are centred around candid conversations about Islam, culture, society, mental health and studying.