Talk Lab: Recent Episodes
Ahmed Al-Koufi
Talk Lab is an Ottawa based stage for professionals and people with a vision to introduce their ideas freely. Talk Lab team take it upon themselves to help creators to show their vision and other sides of their lives and what happens behind the scenes on the way of success. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talklab20/support
This episode is a recreation of a golden episode we've done here at Talk Lab interviewing Mohamad Jandali & Nabil Rustom. After a year and a half of working as an entrepreneur, Mohamad & Nabil came back to Talk Lab with a ton of knowledge. In this episode, we discuss the pros and cons of working remotely and what was the effect of that on businesses?
Does this mark a new era of business?! Let's find the answer in this episode!!!
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In this episode we are joined by the one and only Angelica Valentina the host of RawTalk. Angie is a great content creator, podcast host and dancer. She uses her online platforms to show off her work, and inspire other women to do the same. In this episode we dive in the true meaning of #content_creating and we discuss the difficulties it comes with. We also touch upon the difficulties female content creators face when posting online. One of the main issues that comes up is body shaming and the true image of a female content creator.
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Today's episode brings a very special guest with an inspiring story. In June 2020, Brandon Peacock was found himself as a victim of a fatal drive-by shooting. As he was going to get his haircut Brandon was shot 3 times, hitting his chest, right and left leg. The incident left him bleeding and almost losing his leg. Months later as he was fighting for his life, doctors were doubting his ability to walk again.
A year later he was able to get back on track with the help of his family and friends. He was able to run a marathon and raise donations to help those who go through traumatic events. With the help of his team at Hit The Ground Running he's aiming to reach as many people as he can.
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You won't believe that this creator exists in Ottawa. Jamey Lee is a travel content creator and a talented visual artist capturing mind-blowing moments and showing them on multiple social media platforms. His camera has been over 30 countries and across 6 continents. Due to COVID, he wasn't able to travel anywhere so he took it to the local areas in Ontario exploring and showing the true beauty of this province. This way he was able to score over 31K followers on #TikTok and Millions of views on multiple platforms.
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Sherif is a 24-year-old freelance photographer, videographer, and content creator. Sherif is an Egyptian content creator who moved to Ottawa ON back in 2015. He attended Ottawa University for Financing, yet his love for travelling and showing his travels to his friends never died. Lately, he started popping up on Social Media platforms utilizing those tools in his favour. In this episode, we are diving deeply into the secrets of his talent and what makes his videos special. He speaks about the difficulties he faced in Canada, and how COVID affected his life. Sherif also touches on what goes into the making of travelling content, and the secrets of how to get the best out of his travels.
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This week's episode we bring back IAMSOULFUL for the fourth time on this podcast. In this episode we are talking about the difference in culture between western weddings & Arab Weddings. Culture plays a big part in forming the shape of weddings, which has the main impact on people's lives.
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we had a great conversation with Alan LA who’s joined us from Sydney few weeks ago. It was an honour to talk with you, in this episode we discussed new vs old vision of martial arts.
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There are so many factors that restricts an artist. Gear, money, and audience are the main restrictions that every artist speak of when asked. In this week's episode we dive deeply into the concept of restrictions vs creating art, and we put out solutions as well as stories that new armatures can favor from. This week's guest is a great music producer and content creator who's been in the Ottawa- Gatineau scene for the past 20 years. Join us in this episode to learn more about his story and what he has to say about What Restricts An Artist?
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This week’s guest is a great artist based in Ottawa Ontario. With his Afro music Style Kar33m is showing what it means to be a person of colour living in a western country. Touching on sensitive issues such as colonialism, identity crisis & slavery Kar33m brings the suffering of his people to the music he creates.
Join us in this episode to learn more about his culture and journey with music….
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This week's guest is one of the best #tiktokers out there. Using social media platforms to spread laughter and happiness, he introduces the Middle Eastern side in a funny way. Social media creators are responsible for the influence they make on our daily lives. Such a big responsibility. It doesn't get easier. Join us in this episode where Salman Shawaf goes over his journey on social media!
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It is no secret that getting involved in clubs whether its in School or community is very beneficial. Getting involved in such activities can have positive impact on both the individual and society. This week's episode is a person who has a great history of volunteering and managing events. In 2016 him and couple of friends formed CU Smile one of the most popular clubs in Carleton University and Ottawa. Omar Al Dib is here today to talk about his experience in University. He touches on how CU Smile changed his life, and how getting involved in society and helping others made him the person he is today. Join him on this Episode to learn more!
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Are photos products such as other products that are tangible? How can we put a price on a digital product? Join us in this episode with a great photographer Khaled Nabil to speak about his journey with photography. Khaled goes on and speaks about the difficulties that he faced throughout his journey. When Khaled started he almost fell as a victim for a permit scheme. Such an incident ended in a funny way... Enjoy!!!
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Creators and Artists find themselves fighting against lots of issues nowadays. Society, technology, social media, friends, family and competition can all form barriers in the way of a creator. We interview I am Soulful this week to speak about the most common struggles he faced as well as other creators when forming their image on social media. It can be challenging facing those barriers by yourself, but maybe you shouldn't. What if there is someone/ others who are willing to stand by your side and help. What if there is a solution out there?! If you wanna find out make sure you watch the episode till the end!!
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This week's episode guest is a great artist from Ottawa, Ontario that has been producing great music. Mazyn music started in 2019 and dropped his first music video, and his journey started from there. The Egyptian artist is from Asiot, lately he's been speaking publicly about his journey to Canada. Mazyn is an Engineering Student graduate and now he's perusing his music dream. He goes into the journey and difficulties that faced him and facing him during this journey.
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Its no secret that Ontario had eased their restrictions. Though as the numbers of COVID cases decrease and the pandemic ease a new crisis is appearing in the dark. Mental Wellness is a main issue that is rising among people nowadays as a consequence of quarantine and lock downs. As we are approaching the second year of lock down, this issue started appearing among other issues that are affecting this society. Issues such as jobs being lost, business closing down and economics facing major issues. So, the question here is the Government doing enough to resolve this?!
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This week's episode is a great basketball coach and a great friend who inspired a lot of kids in his community to start their careers. He's an awesome person who's been through depression at a young age after he lost his father to suicide. Now Will is an inspiring coach and launching his WillPower brand to inspire young athletes.
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This week's guest is a great friend Walid Damouni, in this episode he's talking about what factors makes you live a good life vs a bad life. It is great to look at your day if your having a bad day, yet if you push yourself you can make the best out of your day.
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The recent COVID-19 situation hit the whole world and got people confused. Our guest for this episode had COVID back in 2020 and he's speaking about his experience with the Corona Virus. Hassan is a 4th year Financial Economics student in Carleton University, he was one of the people who tested positive for the Corona virus. In the episode he explains the symptoms he had and expresses how he felt during the time he had to be quarantined. He also explains the process of that quarantine and goes over the measurements that were put in place by ONTARIO government to stop the spread of the virus.
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The shocking recent terrorist attack of Pro-Trump mob that stormed U.S. Capitol marks a day that will never be forgotten by Americans, a day that shall be marked as the biggest slap to Democracy's face. In this episode we are touching upon this unfortunate event and we are speaking about what what happened in the background. The real question here what will be the consequences?
We switch it with our guest to talk about the difficulties Arab Artists and content creators face everyday. Besides the recent COVID-19 situation Arab Artists and Creators face a lot of difficulties trying to reach audience outside and within their communities. The negative energies and comments as well as people who come along to stop them are main the factors that have the main effect on creativity. Our Guest Ali The Soulful Poet, then gives some advice to those trying to start their journey.
Our Guest for this episode is spoken word artist Ali The Soulful Poet.Through his videos he discovered the art of Hip Hop, learning from the greatest rapers in this art. TheSoulfulPoet has gone on to perform around the world, most notably in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Detroit.
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The recent Jake Paul Drama with the UFC fighter Conor Mcgregor has been all over social media recently. In this episode of the podcast we are taking a closer at the events asking the obvious question "How can a jacked youtuber win a match against a professional fighter? Is it even possible?!" We focus about the techniques used in boxing and we are trying to predict the result of this possible fight. The Logan Paul vs Mayweather fight is also under the radar of this episode.
At the end we switch subjects a bit to talk about the recent Lockdown in Ontario and how difficult the jobs of people working in the front lines. People who work hard to provide us with essential services are passing through a lot of difficulties and it is important for us to come across it.
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This week we are taking a close look at the best way to launch a small business and grow it. The recent COVID pendemic is a wake up call to a lot of people who lack a passive income, our guest Jawad Abou-Zraiba is sharing his experience giving out advice on how to grow a business. Launching a business during these challenging times is difficult but not impossible, and if there is anything that we have learned it would be that COVID is a blessing.
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This week we have decided to create a short episode talking about the main events that happened in the past 3 weeks. We also go over the evolution of Arabic Rap and how its being presented. As a music composer, Mohammad Al-Jandali gives his professional opinion about that subject and talks about how to create better songs that represents greater values.
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This week's guest is a student in Algonquin Collage and Carleton U. He's very involved with clubs in both schools and gained a lot of experience from that. He is here today to speak about his experience and to share some tips about getting involved in University/Collage.
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This week's guest is an Internal VP in CUSA- Carleton University and Campus Manager for Prime Student. In the episode our guest talks about his success and journey to become a VP in CUSA. He touches upon time management and how it helped him thought his journey.
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This week's guest is International Business Student at Carleton University Nabil Rostum. We touched upon the best ways to start investing, different investing mindsets were shown in the episode. We go over the golden rule of Buying Low and Selling High. This rule is the main rule used in the Stock Market.
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This video's guest is a political sciences & the founder of Arab Student League in Carleton University Yasmin Atassi. In this episode we speak about how voluntary work helps you learn about about different cultures. It is important to get involved with different groups of society especially for youth.
Yasmin also talks about how she started Arab Student League with a great team and how they made a big change in Carleton. Yasmin also gave examples of what they did to help students in the professional. Arab Student League also had a lot of events that got other people involved and introduced the Arabic culture to a lot of students.
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This week's guest in Talk Lab is Mohammad Al Jandali a outstanding Lyricst & a professional music composer. Al-Jandali has been working in music production industry for over 10 years. In this episode he's talking about his journey and he is diving into the ins and outs of the industry. Throughout his journey and his business he was able to create great art pieces in Arabic music. Mohammad talks about how to get into the industry and the best ways to open a business related to music production.
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The recent Corona virus situation caused a lot of problems especially to those who are productive. In this episode we have Jawad & Yazan speaking about how to overcome difficulties in life. The recent situation caused some people to go into self struggle, and the real question that we try to answer is How To Get Out Of This Swamp?
During the episode we shift towards how the recent COVID-19 pandemic has been a blessing for some people. Being prepared for such a time saved other people after they lost their jobs.
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In episode 2 we are honored to have Jihad (Jay) Al shekargy, a real estate from Ottawa, Ontario to talk about his journey to become a real estate. Jay also discussed the recent affects of COVID-19 on the real estate market, diving into the details of how the market grew back up during the pandemic.
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