The Esquire Middle East Podcast Network

Welcome back to the Esquire Q&A Podcast! Today is a very special day for the podcast because it's the start of season three. Yes, the podcast has proven so popular that we are back, bringing with us an entirely new roster of interesting guests that represent both style and substance - two traits that us here at Esquire hold most dear. As per usual, each week we will be sitting down with a man...

Another week, another episode of the Esquire Q&A Podcast.

It's another episode of the Esquire Q&A podcast. 

Welcome to another episode of the Esquire Q&A podcast

As you know – each week we sit down with a man (or a woman) who exhibits both style and substance, two characteristics that we hold most dear at Esquire. Today, my guest certainly embodies those two principles – and for the first time for the podcast he’s involved in the busy hospitality industry. As those who know places like the Middle East will tell you, this region is a hot bed for new luxury...

Hello, and welcome once again to another episode of the Esquire Q&A Podcast. Now as regular listeners will know, this is the show where we sit down with men and women who exhibit both style and substance. Today is no different, as for the first time we are sitting down with someone who specializes in all things social media. Benjamin Ampen is the managing director for Twitter’s Middle East, No...

Now, today is a very special episode because we are – GASP – breaking our regular podcasting schedule? Why would we do that I hear you ask? Because it is currently the Dubai Watch Week, aka the region’s biggest watch shindig that brings thousands of people to the city to marvel at all things watch related. Watch Week is currently going on at Dubai’s International Financial City, and we’ve been the...

When Caroline Leon broke her back four years ago she never thought she’d be able to walk again let alone attempt to become the first person to climb the 15 highest peaks in the Middle East. At the time, her injuries were so severe she wanted to give up. But after being confined to a wheelchair for six months as well as undergoing 14 surgeries and 23 blood transfusions, she slowly regained her abil...

Hello, and welcome back to the Esquire Q&A Podcast. Now as many of you will know, this is the show where we sit down with men and women who exhibit both style and substance. Previously, we’ve talked to award-winning chefs, broadcasters, watchmakers, entrepreneurs, actors, singers and artists. And this week is no different. Today we’re sitting down with a man who is no stranger to an audio stud...

It’s not often that you hear of someone successfully lifting 500 kilos in a world record deadlift.  The Beast, Eddie Hall shattered records in 2017 and also took home the title of the World’s Strongest Man. The former truck mechanic turned the world’s strongest man turned Hollywood actor speaks to Esquire in his gruelling training regime, working out with Arnold Swazzenagger and the difficult...

Today we are sitting down with an internationally renowned chef with restaurants all over the globe. He’s been working in the culinary world for the last 20-years, but before that was a professional snowboarder of all things. Since swapping the snow for the kitchen, Akira Back has been named the Best Chef in Las Vegas, participated in more food and drink events than I have time to list right here,...

Amir Siddiqui tells it like it is. He didn’t come to the UAE to help the country get fit or lose weight (although, that is a helpful byproduct), he did so to make money. Since then has earned a reputation as one of Dubai’s most effective – and expensive – trainers. Siddiqui runs Symmetry Gym, often touted as Dubai’s most expensive. There’s a reason for that; mainly that the private gym only offers...

Welcome to another episode of the Esquire Q&A Podcast. This week we have a genuine superstar on the show, the WWE's Mansoor.  WWE superstar Mansoor Al-Shehail has quickly become a man of firsts. He was the first Saudi-born wrestler to sign for WWE, he was the first Saudi-born wrestler to wrestle on the company’s NXT show, he made his debut in 2018 on WWE’s first-ever live event in Jeddah,...

Samantha Wood is a British/Greek resident of Dubai, and wears a number of hats. She's a restaurant reviewer, a food writer, PR practitioner and event organizer. Having left the hospitality industry and PR world she set up her business in Dubai in eight years ago; an impartial restaurant review website Foodiva.  She's in the Esquire Q&A studio this week to talk all things food, from some o...

Swiss businessman Maximillian Büsser is the founder, creator and chief creative officer of MB&F (Maximillian Büsser & Friends), a seriously luxurious independent watch brand.  Büsser’s watch portfolio previously includes CEO of Harry Winston, Inc. Rare Timepieces and senior manager at Jaeger-LeCoultre. In 2005 he left his corporate job and put his Master’s degree in Micro-Technology E...

Welcome back to another episode of Esquire Q&A

Our guest today is a good friend to the brand. He appeared in last year’s biggest influencers of the gulf list, as our only technology vlogger – however he has since expanded out into the world of men’s luxury lifestyle, cars and watches.  Yes, Emkwan is an Abu Dhabi based influencer who started his original YouTube channel by happenstance. Today, two channels now boast more than 150,000 subs...

Another episode of the Esquire Q&A Podcast.

Another episode of the Esquire Q&A Podcast. 

Hello, and welcome to the Esquire Q&A podcast – our weekly sit-down with someone of style and substance here in the Middle East.  For first time listeners, this is where we get someone who is doing rather well in his or her industry, sit them down, and ask them a few questions about what makes them tick.  My guest today was the pioneering mind behind bringing escape rooms to the regi...

Success is a difficult metric to define. For instance, there are few cases when two affable men chatting inanely about news, entertainment and occasionally bickering about sport (mainly golf) for three-hours on a daily basis wouldn’t be deemed anything but pub-worthy - but then you tune into Dubai Eye 103.8 to listen to Off-Script with Chris & Robbie during your drive home, and you instantly y...

Welcome back to another episode of Esquire Q&A. Today we have a very special guest.  Ammar Daba, a Syrian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. Started his writing and acting career in 2002 in Damascus, he wrote for theatre, TV and radio. In 2005, he moved to Dubai and later co-created the Syrian animated show "Mawqef Micro" in 2009 which ran for 2 seasons. Ammar started his standup caree...

Welcome back to another episode of Esquire Q&A

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Hello and welcome to the Esquire Q&A Podcast. Yes, it’s that little slice of audible adventure that sees us talking to all manner of guests, from all walks of life. The main thing that ties each guest together however, is that they are perfect examples of both style and substance.  Previously, we’ve had chefs and businessmen on the podcast. But we’ve never had an entrepreneurial chef quit...