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Guest: Khayra Bundakji If you're a veteran Mstdfr show listener, there's a chance you might felt a little nostalgic at times and wished you can get a taste of a classic mstdfr episode with some of our old regulars. If that's the case, this episode is for you! By popular demand, our long lost sister is back behind the mic for one night only… Our very own Khayra has come back and sat down with us to catch up. It has been a while since we sat together to record and we had a blast, we talked about a lot of stuff and got to know more about what Khayra is doing to day and where she is in life, we talked about her new projects, personal branding services, Azzbda podcast and much more. You can follow Khayra at www.khayrab.com

Guest: Khayra Bundakji If you're a veteran Mstdfr show listener, there's a chance you might felt a little nostalgic at times and wished you can get a taste of a classic mstdfr episode with some of our old regulars. If that's the case, this episode is for you! By popular demand, our long lost sister is back behind the mic for one night only… Our very own Khayra has come back and sat down with us to catch up. It has been a while since we sat together to record and we had a blast, we talked about a lot of stuff and got to know more about what Khayra is doing to day and where she is in life, we talked about her new projects, personal branding services, Azzbda podcast and much more. You can follow Khayra at www.khayrab.com

Khayra Bundakji, from Azzbda podcast, joins us for the concluding episode sharing her story on anxiety and living with purpose.  Living with anxiety GeekFest Living with (and without) PURPOSE Building mstdfr podcast network Digital Marketing Imposter Syndrome Enneagram Ikigai Links Referenced: Lucas' fav azzbda episode: https://soundcloud.com/azzbda/ep39 Khayra's fav episode: https://soundcloud.com/azzbda/ep-034 True Story Tent Podcast: https://www.truestorytent.org/podcast Enneagram - https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/ Ikigai - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai  You can find Khayra Bundakji at khayrab.com from the mstdfr network: http://www.mstdfr.com  and founder of the Azzbda podcast. And you can find me at lucasskrobot.com or on Instagram.com/lucasskrobot  Thank you for listening.

Are you in the Podcast Business? Or the Business of Podcasting?   Recently I interviewed Khayra Bundakji from the mstdfr network and founder of the Azzbda podcast, on Own the Future podcast, and learned two things:  When two podcasters/interviewers sit down it will be a marathon of an episode. You should quit the podcast business… Not the encouraging advice you’d expect to hear in an email newsletter about podcasting.    Let me explain . . . During the conversation with Khayra I asked how Azzbda podcast was going, download numbers etc. typical stuff . . . Khayra graciously revealed they are producing one episode a month, and receive TEN THOUSAND listens each month.   I was stoked. “10k while only putting out one episode a month. Epic!” I exclaimed. Khayra was not as enthused, “Yeah . . .” she said, “I mean I feel like we could have so much more.” *cue the record scratching* Wait what?? Hold the phone.    Ten Thousand people show up a month and you’re bummed?!?  Little did I know my hypocritical judgment was about to become exposed… For point of reference: The MEDIAN download of an episode (not mean or average) is 173 download per episode. For those of us who are foggy on our high school math, the median is middle number of the data set. Of the 660,000+ podcasts and hundreds of millions of episodes, 50% will have less than 173 download and 50% will have more than 173 downloads.  The MEAN (or average) of an episode is 2000 downloads per episode (after accounting for the top top podcasts and those waaay down at the bottom). [according to Rob Walsh with Libsyn, in a piece from 2016]. These stats may have changed in the last three years—but not by much. Okay… back to Khayra. They have 10k per episode. Sure, it isn’t in the millions, or hundreds of thousand, BUT it is in the top 5% of all 660k+ podcasts in existence.   On the graph you can see how Azzbda, the blue triangle, is performing better than 95% of all podcast! That better than 627,000 of the 660,000+ podcast—globally.  From my perspective, as a relatively new podcaster still in the days of small beginnings, I would be OUT OF MY MIND to have 10k listeners per episode.  The truth, however, reveals I’m a hypocrite. Because I look and my above median downloads per-episode, and I’m discouraged.  If I am honest, I’d be discouraged if I was getting 10k, 100k, or a million downloads per episode.  Why? Because there is always more, there is always another level of success to achieve.  So . . . Am I even qualified to be writing this email to you? What might I say to benefit you in your journey?  As I pondered all this . . . I came to a point of revelation, a point of truth in the form of a question: Why are you podcasting? Are you in the podcast business? OR . . . the business of podcasting?  Are you in the podcast business? Are you doing it for the numbers? The following? The masses? The “money”?  Hustling for another subscriber, the shout out, download . . . never stratified and always craving more? OR  Are you in the business of podcasting? Are you satisfied with the one? The individual you touched with your words?  What if you ONLY impact 173 lives. Would you continue? Would you continue to share your stories, truth, laughter, and tears with your world?  Is your message/story/perspective so important, so costly, so worth it you would show up even if only SEVENTEEN people listened? As Kharya says, “Podcasting will save the world.” It happens one person at a time.  Kharya is in the business of podcasting. She believes in her work and her message. She would keep showing up even she only changed one life through her work.  It is easy to get caught-up and blinded with the numbers. That can happen with ten, or ten million followers.  But, we MUST NOT miss the beauty of intimately impacting the ONE person listening. The ONE person caring about your work.  If you don’t believe your work is worth it if you only touch one life . . . then you should ask yourself if you are giving yourself to something you truly believe in? Or are you chasing an illusion of fame and significance? If you find yourself in the podcast business, yearning for the attention of the world . . . quit.  Instead . . . Join the business of podcasting . . .  . . . the business of putting you work/yourself out there  . . . the business of taking the time to saying something meaningful . . . but the business of seeing and saying something to the ONE.  . . . Because your work, your voice, your story is worth it—even if only one listens. 

Khayra and Mike Bou Nacklie step into the Queue to discuss Wonder Woman but soon find that their discussion take an unavoidable side turn right into the tropes and quips of the female role in film and other forms of media. The timeline of the film is discussed and measured against the commonalities we find in most female characters in film and how Diana stacks up against it. Nerdalities are discussed and predictions are cast as to where the Amazon Princess will land against her all-male crew in the upcoming Justice League film! Guests: Michael… Wonderwoman

While OT was kicking it with Khayra & Razan, Abri joins their stoop for a quick catch up to reminisce the good old days and discuss his latest EP with the Dreamfleet, We Fly. #WelcomeToYourTribe ---- The Dukkan Show is hosted by OT, Irshad, Toofless, and Reem www.dukkanshow.com Facebook | Instagram | Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While OT was kicking it with Khayra & Razan, Abri joins their stoop for a quick catch up to reminisce the good old days and discuss his latest EP with the Dreamfleet, We Fly. #WelcomeToYourTribe ---- The Dukkan Show is hosted by OT, Irshad, Toofless, and Reem www.dukkanshow.com

This week, Khayra of MSDTFR & Azzbda podcasts, and Razan of Kerning Cultures podcast came through the Dukkan Stoop to kick it with OT, while Reem was in Beirut. OT, Khayra, & Razan had a great time together catching up, discussing the podcast world, life, content, and simply enjoying each other's company. #WelcomeToYourTribe ---- The Dukkan Show is hosted by OT, Irshad, Toofless, and Reem www.dukkanshow.com Facebook | Instagram | Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Khayra of MSDTFR & Azzbda podcasts, and Razan of Kerning Cultures podcast came through the Dukkan Stoop to kick it with OT, while Reem was in Beirut. OT, Khayra, & Razan had a great time together catching up, discussing the podcast world, life, content, and simply enjoying each other's company. #WelcomeToYourTribe ---- The Dukkan Show is hosted by OT, Irshad, Toofless, and Reem

What? Games can actually emotionally scar us? Yes! And that’s what Mojadidi and Tamim discuss on this episode of The Low Priority Queue. Joined by interested non-game and also favorite person, Khayra, the duo discuss their journey with how video games have evolved to manifest emotional gut punches so much so. Comparisons with film and TV are made and we discuss our favorite emotional moments in games. Caution: Listening to this episode will make you realize how much of a pansy Mojadidi is. Guest: Khayra Bundakji: Friend of the show, local geek and MSTDFR Operations Manager. Instagram | Snapchat |  Twitter… Videogames and Feelings

00% Arabic – 100% English In the latest episode, Living with Anxiety, you’ve heard a very controlled version of Khayra’s anxiety. However that wasn’t 100% authentic… So a friend invited her to talk intimately about her anxiety to a group of 40 people, and while she was sitting there, it felt very safe! This is a very personal experience, because we recorded that talk and made it an episode. We hope this episode helps you to support the loved ones that might have anxiety or depression, and if you have experienced anything of what Khayra described, we hope this one makes you… BONUS: Living with Anxiety Talk

LPQ dorks it up again this week by dedicating an entire episode to the very important international holiday that is ‘International TableTop Day’. Tamim and Khayra take some time to bask in the success of what was ‘International TableTop Day Jeddah 2016’ which they co-organized as well as discuss their plans for the day this year and what might be happening on day in Jeddah. Mohammed also lets us know about his new boardgame which he invented that will be launching soon here in Saudi Arabia. We also take the time to discuss our own… International Table Top Day

This is our bonus episode with Reem Taibah, a big inspiration to both Khayra & Fatma, where we ask her our audience questions (*cough our nerd-y audience questions cough*). We talk about transforming matter into energy, dark matter, quantum entanglement, the Standard model, and a bunch of other cool physics stuff! Make sure to check the full episode here before listening to this one!   Guest Reem Taibah got her bachelor’s degree in physics from King Abdulaziz University, she did her internship in CERN in an experiment in Anti-matter and she is now doing her… BONUS: Working in Physics featuring Reem Taibah

Khayra joins the boys to discuss the inaugural Comic Con cherry popping of Saudi Arabia in the form of Saudi Comic Con! The queuees discuss first impressions and intial skepticisms around the event and how it would measure against more established conventions nearby such as the MEFCC both as a Convention and social event in Saudi Arabia. Also covered are the experiences of being an exhibitor at the convention, where MSTDFR Network heavy hitters took to the booth to meet fans and recruit prospective podcasters! Good vibes all around as Hakeem discusses his Cosplay experiences… Saudi Comic Con (English)

Hakeem and Khayra enter the queue fresh off their Dubai trip to talk about the latest combatant entering the Marvel Cinematic ring, Doctor Strange! We discuss overall opinions of the film in general before delving deep and dissecting aspects of the films plot in comparison to the comic and how the characters translate from their inkbound kin to their big screen debut! From whitewashing, to origin stories, and how it all comes together! We talk about easter eggs that we’ve noticed amidst a world of others we probably didn’t. Try to figure out when along… Doctor Strange – Spoilers… We’re not savages

This week we bring you an episode Ammar, Khayra, and Rami recorded a few weeks ago. We have a conversation about masculinity, autism, feminism in mainstream media. Then we give you a sneak peak on the daily discussions we have to manage the network. Show Links LPQ Podcast: Political Correctness Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There  LPQ Podcast: Cultural Appropriation I proposed to my girlfriend in Mario Maker! Ammar's Show: Sijil Baba

This week we bring you an episode Ammar, Khayra, and Rami recorded a few weeks ago. We have a conversation about masculinity, autism, feminism in mainstream media. Then we give you a sneak peak on the daily discussions we have to manage the network. Show Links LPQ Podcast: Political Correctness Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There  LPQ Podcast: Cultural Appropriation I proposed to my girlfriend in Mario Maker! Ammar's Show: Sijil Baba

Today with Hakeem still out of commission due to working on his own project hosts Tamim & Ahmed decide to talk about the topic of dealing with issue of identifying with more than one culture at the same time, essentially being third culture kids. Along with their guests Khayra and Lama they discuss their experiences growing up, their own views of the issue and how this all relates back of them identifying as Geeks.

The LPQ takes on the topic of their first ever confusing sexual experiences growing up with cartoons and other sources of entertainment as well as the current people that kind of get them going. We have also take the opportunity of missing Hakeem and have replaced him with Khayra for this episode.

Nour Fetyani, Jeddah's pre-eminent tree hugger, joins us on MSTDFR to talk to us about Mother Earth. We talk about the journey toward, and the struggle for, environmentalism in Saudi Arabia. We appreciate the balance of nature and talk about the need to protect that balance. And we discuss the the quality of our food and where it comes from. Nour showed up with an upcycled braclet made out of crushed Nespresso capsule. Normally we geeked out on her trash. Nour then told us how she got into caring for the environment and Ammar somehow found a way to find similarities between Saudis and earth worms!   We also discuss Ozone depletion, climate change, the littering problem in Saudi, composting, the Pacific trash vortex, recycling and a lot more. Show Links Popup Archive How to make a compost pit Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs The Story of Stuff  Kees Chic AlNabta Mawakeb Alajer Recycle Your Jeddah Ammar's show: The Earth Day Special Khayra's Documentary: Home Rami's Documentary: Six Degrees Could Change The World   20% Arabic – 80% English

Today we start with reminiscing about our online personas 15 years ago. We then talk about privacy or the lack thereof in today's world. We also discuss ridiculous resumes we encountered. Unprofessional resumes for some reason grind Ammar's gears. Oh well. Khayra then tells us about her struggle with learning the Arabic language. Fun times!   30% Arabic – 70% English

Today we start with reminiscing about our online personas 15 years ago. We then talk about privacy or the lack thereof in today's world. We also discuss ridiculous resumes we encountered. Unprofessional resumes for some reason grind Ammar's gears. Oh well. Khayra then tells us about her struggle with learning the Arabic language. Fun times!   30% Arabic – 70% English

Today we talk about art and personal passions. Fayiz Melibary starts by telling us the story of Elon Musk. Then we talk about Huda Baydoon and her artistic contribution to Banksy's Dismaland. Then we ask the question whether photography an art or not, which gets us into war photography and Kevin Carter's 1993 notorious photo. The gang then talk about their own individual passions including photography, woodworking & metalworking, puppeteering, and the environment. We talk about the different challenges social we face day-to-day to pursue these passions. Whenever you get 3 parents in the room, the discussion invariably veers to our children; Fayiz, being a dentist, rants how it is very difficult to control sugar and sweets consumption with his children. He even equates candy to alcohol! We also discuss homeschooling as an option for our children and how to encourage our children to pursue their passions.   Show Links – Dismaland – Kevin Carter's notorious image – Awesome honeycomb knife – Alnoghair Errata Khayra referred to an art piece she believed was made by Huda Beydoun, but was in fact made by Manal AlDowayyan.   40% Arabic – 60% English