Avenue M

Haroon obsessed over Morocco at the 2022 World Cup. Like many of us, he didn’t know how much the world championships would mean but after COVID, the reprieve was joyful. It also felt deeply meaningful. With millions of Muslims, Arabs, Africans and so many others, he cheered on an improbable, Cinderella run. This World Cup has felt even more incredible. Watching Moroccans invoke God, Canada’s Musli...

For this episode, we talk to Reed Frerichs. Reed is the founder of The Lesson , he’s the creator of Inner Story ( Substack ), and he’s an executive coach at MIT Sloan. Reed explores the inner stories that shape leadership, performance and who we become under pressure. This conversation asks the question, what if the stories that shape us aren't the ones we tell, but the ones we're still...

For this episode, we talk to Daniel Yudkin about Potentialism , the emerging political philosophy at the center of the Beacon Project , as an effort to answer one of the oldest civic questions: What do we owe each other? Drawing from social psychology, political theory, and moral philosophy, Daniel argues that every person possesses a unique gift and that society should be organized around both th...

Most of us want to grow spiritually. But most of us are also stuck. Some of us go years before we realize crisis is unavoidable. That faith can be lost.  Some of us don’t even know faith can be found again.  Joey came in wanting to talk about the late M. Scott Peck’s framework for spiritual development, a rubric that proposes we move from chaos (impulse, no moral framework) to order (rules, tradit...

When Joey asked Haroon if he’d read Coyote America , he revealed that he had not— but as soon as he started, he knew he was onto something big. Big history. Flores’ has been a guest on Joe Rogan’s podcast (one of our peer competitors), made an appearance on Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown , but he’s finally made it to Avenue M. We’re honored to have him. This was a genuinely fun episode, which’ll...

Murtaza Hussain is a reporter at Drop Site News , a non-aligned, investigative news organization. He focuses on national security, foreign policy and human rights. A 2026 PEN America nominee, his work frequently appears in outlets like The New York Times and The Guardian . He is recognized for his analysis of US foreign policy and civil liberties. He's also a fellow Substacker and YouTuber. H...

This week’s guest is Brian Alexander . An award-winning journalist and author, Brian has written about American culture for decades. He is a two-time finalist for the National Magazine Award. He has also been recognized by Medill School of Journalism’s John Bartlow Martin awards for public interest journalism, the Association of Healthcare Journalists, and other organizations. He has been a column...

Avenue M is hosted by Haroon Moghul and Joey Taylor. We’re two men on a journey of faith and meaning. In most episodes, we sit down with a remarkable guest to unpack the moments that shape us, the struggles that build us and the questions that intrigue us.  In this live conversation, we wrestle with what it means to keep showing up to spiritual practices—even when they don’t seem to be “working.”...

Avenue M is hosted by Haroon Moghul and Joey Taylor. We’re two men on a journey of faith and meaning. In most episodes, we sit down with a remarkable guest to unpack the moments that shape us, the struggles that build us and the questions that intrigue us.  In this live conversation, Joey and Haroon open the floor to listener questions as the war with Iran intensifies. Together they explore what p...

Avenue M is hosted by Haroon Moghul and Joey Taylor. We’re two men on a journey of faith and meaning. In most episodes, we sit down with a remarkable guest to unpack the moments that shape us, the struggles that build us and the questions that intrigue us.  In this live episode, we take on an urgent conversation — the escalating conflict with Iran and what it means for Americans and people of fait...

Avenue M is hosted by Haroon Moghul and Joey Taylor. We’re two men on a journey of faith and meaning. In most episodes, we sit down with a remarkable guest to unpack the moments that shape us, the struggles that build us and the questions that intrigue us.  But this episode is a little different. Instead of hosting a guest, we went live to have the kind of honest, unscripted conversation we usuall...

This week’s guest is Paul Vigna. Paul Vigna is an author and former reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and has been a journalist for more than 30 years, as a reporter, editor, and photographer. He currently writes the Substack newsletter PofV and posts on TikTok under his name. Vigna covered the equity markets and economics for the journal across its blogs, podcasts, and live video programs. In...

This week’s guest is Shadi Hamid.  Shadi Hamid is a columnist at The Washington Post and a senior fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Previously, he was research professor of Islamic studies at Fuller Seminary as well as a longtime senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing writer at The Atlantic . Hamid's newest book is The Cas...

This week’s guest is Adam Fronczek . Adam has been the Pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church for eight years. He is passionate about understanding the changing role of religion in our culture; he is also convinced that there is still a place for an active neighborhood church, where generations gather together to figure out life, where people greet you by name and know your story, and where we conside...

This week's guest is Shaul Magid. Shaul Magid is Professor of Modern Judaism in Residence at Harvard Divinity School and rabbi of the Fire Island Synagogue. His most recent book in The Necessity of Exile: Essays from a Distance. This conversation explores the complex dynamics of religious identity in the context of recent conflicts, particularly focusing on the implications of the ceasefire,...

This week's guest is Mohammed Marikar. We explore the meaning and implications of AI. Mohammed reflects on AI’s rapid evolution from narrow tools to general-purpose systems, while balancing optimism about efficiency with concern for lost human development and resilience. We probe questions of education, faith, parenting, and morality, discussing how AI intersects with character formation, spi...

Zaakir Tameez is a scholar of antitrust and constitutional law. A graduate of Yale Law School and the University of Virginia, he has published award-winning scholarship and coauthored amicus briefs before the Texas and United States Supreme Courts. He is a Fulbright Scholar and Humanity in Action Senior Fellow from Houston, Texas. Zaakir's new book, Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation , br...

John Faherty still cannot believe his good fortune in getting a job at The Mercantile Library . His nightstand is filled with books because he is a slow reader, but he doggedly marches on with his pattern of one challenging book followed by one fun book. John thinks few people are actually worth biography and fewer yet of autobiography. John loves historical fiction and confesses a weakness for we...

Dr. Abdallah Rothman is a leader in the field of Islamic psychology and has authored numerous books and academic papers on the subject. He is co-founder, along with the late Professor Malik Badri, of the International Association of Islamic Psychology. He’s currently Head of Islamic Psychology at Cambridge Muslim College and the Founder and Clinical Director of Dar al-Shifaa . Dr. Rothman holds an...

Today, we’re doing something a little different. We’re swapping feeds with In Good Faith , a podcast from BYUradio. In Good Faith seeks to discover how God is working in the world and in our lives. Host Steven Kapp Perry talks with believers from all walks of faith as they share stories and accounts in their own words. The hope is to listen with an open heart, celebrating the power of faith and be...

This rich and intimate conversation centers on Peter Block , a long-time organizational development thinker, and his reflections on mortality, loneliness, freedom, and purpose.  Peter Block is an author and citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the co-founder of Designed Learning , a training company that offers workshops designed to build the skills outlined in his books. Peter is part of the Common...

Aatish Taseer is the author, most recently, of A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile , as well as the memoir Stranger to History: A Son’s Journey Through Islamic Lands and the acclaimed novels The Way Things Were , a finalist for the 2016 Jan Michalski Prize, The Temple-Goers , short-listed for the Costa First Novel Award, and Noon ; and the memoir and travelog The Twice-Born . He is also the tran...

This week’s guest, Steve Brusatte, is a paleontologist and professor at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He grew up in Illinois and has traveled the world studying dinosaurs, naming several new species. He is a keen communicator of science and has written several pop science books. His next book will be on the origin and evolutionary history of birds. He is also the paleontology consultant...

If you believe in heaven, do you have to believe in hell? A few weeks back, Joey and Haroon sat down with Washington Post columnist , author of multiple books, including The Case for American Power , and fellow podcaster Shadi Hamid for an unexpectedly candid and sincerely searching conversation. If you already know Shadi from his writings, like you can find at Wisdom of Crowds , well… there’s a l...

Avenue M is hosted by Joey Taylor and Haroon Moghul. We’re two men on a journey of faith and meaning. In each episode we speak with remarkable guests to help us unpack the moments that shape us, the struggles that build us and the questions that intrigue us. Are men in crisis? Joey and Haroon sat down with Richard Reeves , Avenue M ’s first guest — and for very good reason: Reeves blew the whistle...