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Roundtable conversation on arthouse cinema, community theatre, performing arts, Bharatanatyam, Carnatic music, evolution of arts and culture in Dubai, how to create a performing arts space or arthouse cinema, the economics of starting these spaces and the challenges. Featuring:- Butheina Kazim, founder of Cinema Akil, the first independent arthouse cinema in the Gulf: https://www.instagram.com/but...

Shereen Ahmed, Miss Universe Bahrain 2024 winner, talks about how to win a beauty pageant, the pasarela walk, fitness, diet, training, mindset and her experience at Miss Universe 2025. Shereen: https://www.instagram.com/shereenahmed/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpK...

“My dear fellow, who will let you?” “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?” SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/join PODCAST: Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CjRJPktODLDeHavCNDLGA Apple Podcasts: https://po...

Richard Fitzgerald, founder of Augustus Media, Lovin Dubai, Lovin Saudi and SMASHI TV, talks about the evolution of culture in Dubai, how to start companies like Lovin Dubai and SMASHI TV, how to build an audience, how to make these businesses profitable, the clickbait Buzzfeed model, regulations in the Middle East and what makes successful founders. Richard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fitzyricha...

Lokesh Dharmani, radio presenter at CIty 101.6 in Dubai, talks about falling in love with radio, how to become a successful RJ or radio jockey, a masterclass into radio hosting, the business of radio and the future of radio. Lokesh: https://www.instagram.com/lokeshdharmani/?hl=en SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https...

Pascal Wallisch, professor of data science, psychology and neural science at New York University, returns in chapter two to talk about psychophysics, Gustav Fechner, stimulus vs. perception, brain diversity, psychopaths, psychedelics, movie preferences, consciousness, linguistics and the Turing Test! Chapter One with Pascal: https://youtu.be/bzFVdg6WjKUPascal: https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/pascal-wal...

Norman Finkelstein, historian and author of books like The Holocaust Industry and Gaza: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom, returns in chapter two to talk about navigating American politics, Donald Trump, Zohran Mamdani, the history of Nazism and Hitler, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, the history of Zionism, West Bank, Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat and the future of Gaza. Norman: https:...

Scott Aaronson, theoretical computer scientist, professor at University of Texas Austin and leading innovator in quantum computing and complexity theory, talks about AI consciousness, can machines think, universality, quantum computing, computation complexity, P complexity, NP complexity, P vs. NP and consciousness. Scott: https://scottaaronson.blog/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowt...

Jeffrey Sachs, economist, UN advisor, author and professor at Columbia University, talks about the importance of economics, solving hyperinflation, global world order, United Nations, governance and changes in geopolitics. Jeffrey: https://www.jeffsachs.org/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/cha...

Cenk Uygur, founder of The Young Turks, talks about politics, psychology, corruption, corporatism, capitalism, the American political spectrum, the role played by donors and corporations, the effectiveness of the US president, democracy and mainstream media. Cenk: https://tyt.com/home SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership:...

Jayati Ghosh, professor of economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst, talks about the purpose of economics, problems with capitalism, problems with foreign aid, IMF & USAID, demonetization in India in 2016, Narendra Modi and feminist economics! Jayati: https://www.umass.edu/economics/about/directory/jayati-ghosh SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.f...

Andrew Strominger, professor of physics at Harvard University, talks about black holes, soft hair, no-hair theorem, holographic principle, anti-de Sitter space, AdS/CFT correspondence, determinism, quantum gravity and string theory. Andrew: https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/strominger SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtub...

Anurag Ram Chandran, entrepreneur and co-founder of Kubo Care, provides a masterclass on entrepreneurship where we cover: different motivations to become a founder, what are the different funding stages when raising capital, how to calculate valuation and equity dilution, what is venture capital, angel investors, how to stress test an idea, building a team and hiring talent! Anurag: https://www.li...

Michael Levin, developmental and synthetic biology and professor at Tufts University, talks about the links between computation and biology, bioelectricity, cancer, cognitive light cones, xenobots and regeneration in biology & medicine. Michael: https://drmichaellevin.org/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://...

Sara Seager, astrophysicist, professor at MIT and author of The Smallest Lights In The Universe, talks about exoplanets, biosignatures, the Starshade project, detecting exoplanet atmospheres, the Fermi Paradox and life on Venus. Sara: https://www.saraseager.com/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com...

Sean B. Carroll, evolutionary development biologist, professor at University of Maryland College Park, producer and author of Endless Forms Most Beautiful and Serengeti Rules, talks about his journey, DNA, genes, evo-devo, genetic switches, natural selection, random mutations and the Serengeti rules. Sean: https://www.seanbcarroll.com/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: htt...

Chris Washburne, Grammy-winning trombonist and professor at Columbia University, talks about the magic of jazz, his journey, jazz history, latin jazz, discrimination and racism in jazz and the origins of salsa. Chris: https://www.instagram.com/chriswashburne/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/ch...

Jacob Barandes, physicist and philosopher of science at Harvard University, talks about realism vs. anti-realism, Humeanism, primitivism, quantum physics, Hilbert spaces, quantum decoherence, measurement problem, Wigner's Friend thought experiment, philosophy of physics, the quantum-stochastic correspondence and indivisible stochastic processes. Jacob: https://www.jacobbarandes.com/ SUPPORT: P...

Norman Finkelstein, historian and author of books like The Holocaust Industry and Gaza: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom, talks about his motivations, childhood influences, history of the Israel and Palestine conflict, why Hamas attacked on October 7th, why he won't condemn Hamas, violence in resistance movements and the culpability of Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel. Norman: https://www.normanfink...

Ruth Kastner, physicist and philosopher of science, talks about quantum mechanics, philosophy of physics, foundations, the wave function, Schrodinger's Cat thought experiment, measurement problem, spacetime, realism and the Possibilist Transactional Interpretation. Ruth: https://www.ruthekastner.org/ SUPPORT:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Y...

For three and a half years, I’ve struggled with a question that’s asked often: “How long will you stay in New York?” Today, I finally have an answer to that question: “Not long. Not long at all.” I’m leaving. There’s no easy way to explain why I’m committing professional and personal hara-kiri, so if you care to know, I’ve written 15,000 words on why I’m leaving both this city and this country. Or...

Andrew Knoll, professor of natural history, geology and biology at Harvard University and author of A Brief History of Earth, talks about falling in love with Earth sciences, the nature of scientific research, Earth's history, origins of life, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, life on Mars and global warming. Andrew: https://eps.harvard.edu/people/andrew-h-knoll SUPPORT: Patreon: https:...

Sahil Bloom, author of The Five Types of Wealth, talks about his journey, living a life by design (against a life by default), the five types of wealth: time, social, mental, physical and financial wealth, productivity and luck! Sahil's book: https://a.co/d/fBZjUvv SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.yout...

Vijay Prashad, historian, journalist, author of Washington Bullets and The Darker Nations, executive director of Tricontinenal, talks about Calcutta, Marxism, socialism, communism, capitalism, imperialism, the New Mood and the Israel & Palestine conflict. Vijay: https://thetricontinental.org/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube...

Dr. Brian Keating, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author of Losing The Nobel Prize and host of the Into The Impossible Podcast, talks about the origins of the universe, the Big Bang, cosmic microwave background radiation, cosmic inflation, BICEP & POLARBEAR experiments, the Simons Array and the Nobel Prize! Brian: https://briankeating.com/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtimeAnchor...