

A2 The Show
Ali, Saeed & friends
Welcome to "A² The Show," where we push boundaries and challenge the norm with bold conversations on health, self-improvement, and everything in between. Hosted by Ali and Saeed, we dive deep into topics that disrupt the status quo—from mental health hacks to unconventional paths to personal growth. This isn’t just another podcast; it’s a rebellious quest for real change fueled by raw, unfiltered dialogue with trailblazers who aren't afraid to break the mold. Join us as we flip the script and ignite a revolution in how we think, live, and grow—episode by episode.
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Oct 22, 2022 • 51min
Cinema Therapy | Hala El Kouch
A² The Show - Ep 425 Feat. Hala El Kouch "Hala El Kouch is an award winning Lebanese film director and photographer. But as multipotentialite, she is also a film teacher, writer, editor, colorist and voice over artist. She grew up and lived in Lagos, Nigeria since 1995, then moved to her hometown Beirut, Lebanon for her studies in 2008. With a bachelor in cinema followed by a masters degree in film directing from the Lebanese University of Fine Arts; she graduated both with distinction. Her films were featured in many prestigious film festivals, including her documentary “The Perfect Picture”, which was officially selected at the Gabes Film Festival (2021), ARGO (2022), and Hollywood Women Themes International Film Festival (2022), among others." 0:00:0 Cinema Therapy | Hala El Kouch 0:02:32 Cinema Therapy 0:06:46 Connecting with a character 0:10:42 Hala's new film 0:20:05 Future of cinema & the danger of being a filmmaker 0:26:14 What have you done? 0:33:23 Childhood 0:35:28 Women in film 0:39:35 Max Richter 0:42:33 Being a film teacher 0:47:51 Peace A² The Show celebrates the world's most excellent individuals. 3 guys on 3 different continents, Ali Haajl, Ali Al Shammari, and Saeed El Jammal have created an international community of thought leaders and experts. Our guests are from all walks of life: engineers, comedians, journalists, rockstars, civil rights activists, artists, and entrepreneurs, from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Australia. There is good in this world that is worth fighting for. ✌️ Ali, Ali, Saeed, 🌍 70+ Countries, 😎 400+ guests 👇 Click here to stream the A² show a2theshow.com Follow the podcast on social media: @a2theshow Hosts Ali Haajl @scoobz.mp4 alihaajl.com Ali Al Shammari @freshprinceofmishref Saeed El Jammal @saeedjay97

Oct 16, 2022 • 52min
Values! What are yours? | Wise Guys
A² The Show - Ep 424 Feat. (Abbas Jawhar, Paco, Saeed El Jammal, Ali Haajl) Modern wisdom for our new age. The Wise Guys discuss hot topics: mainstream, controversial or curious. Leave a fun or serious suggestion (its anonymous) and the Wise Guys will answer your question! Leave your questions in the comments below or anonymously in this form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNoeYdMqZjQO4gAyq7lyirJUmkSu31gohRLGzKfS3F_qBMnQ/viewform?usp=sf_link 0:00:00 What are your values? | Wise Guys 0:01:00 Main values in life 0:08:53 How did Lebanon come to be? 0:15:55 What satisfies you in life? A² The Show celebrates the world's most excellent individuals. 3 guys on 3 different continents, Ali Haajl, Ali Al Shammari, and Saeed El Jammal have created an international community of thought leaders and experts. Our guests are from all walks of life: engineers, comedians, journalists, rockstars, civil rights activists, artists, and entrepreneurs, from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Australia. There is good in this world that is worth fighting for. ✌️ Ali, Ali, Saeed, 🌍 70+ Countries, 😎 400+ guests 👇 Click here to stream the A² show a2theshow.com Follow the podcast on social media: @a2theshow Hosts Ali Haajl @scoobz.mp4 alihaajl.com Ali Al Shammari @freshprinceofmishref Saeed El Jammal @saeedjay97

Oct 15, 2022 • 1h 7min
How I survive cancer | Lourdes Del Rio
A² The Show - Ep 423 Feat. Lourdes Del Rio Lourdes Del Río is an award-winning Puerto Rican journalist. For more than 20 years she has been working with Univision, where he is the Correspondent for the National Newscast in Miami. From there, Lourdes has covered all kinds of news events, such as presidential elections, the terrorist attacks of September 11, the migratory crisis, and natural phenomena such as the historic Hurricane Katrina, where she was the only journalist broadcasting live, in Spanish, the passing of the cyclone. In recent times Lourdes has also extensively covered the Covid 19 pandemic. In 2021 Lourdes embarked on the adventure of creating her own podcast “En Positivo”, which more than a podcast is a way of seeing life and living it. Through this platform, he conducts interviews with personalities, and together with them, she offers his audience the keys to living a life with a positive outlook. A² The Show celebrates the world's most excellent individuals. 3 guys on 3 different continents, Ali Haajl, Ali Al Shammari, and Saeed El Jammal have created an international community of thought leaders and experts. Our guests are from all walks of life: engineers, comedians, journalists, rockstars, civil rights activists, artists, and entrepreneurs, from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Australia. 0:00:00 Lourdes Del Rio 0:03:48 Entertainment news 0:07:40 Lourdes' puppy 0:14:11 How Lourdes got into Telemundo and Univision 0:22:35 How to speak in Spanish news 0:33:58 Dangerous situations 0:37:16 Surviving Cancer 0:56:08 Staying positive There is good in this world that is worth fighting for. ✌️ Ali, Ali, Saeed, 🌍 70+ Countries, 😎 400+ guests 👇 Click here to stream the A² show a2theshow.com Follow the podcast on social media: @a2theshow Hosts Ali Haajl @scoobz.mp4 alihaajl.com Ali Al Shammari @freshprinceofmishref Saeed El Jammal @saeedjay97

Oct 10, 2022 • 39min
Beef with Sarde After Dinner & reacting to Jeffrey Dahmer | Wise Guys
A² The Show - Ep 422 Feat. Wise Guys (Ali Haajl, Ali Al Shammari, Saeed El Jammal, Abbas Jawhar, Ameer Asmar Leave your questions in the comments below or anonymously in this form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNoeYdMqZjQO4gAyq7lyirJUmkSu31gohRLGzKfS3F_qBMnQ/viewform?usp=sf_link 0:00:00 Beef with Sarde After Dinner & reacting to Jeffrey Dahmer 0:03:33 Do you guys actually have beef with Sarde After Dinner? 0:07:52 Sympathy for serial killers? Talk about the Dahmer series 0:33:27 What is your favorite episode so far? A² The Show celebrates the world's most excellent individuals. 3 guys on 3 different continents, Ali Haajl, Ali Al Shammari, and Saeed El Jammal have created an international community of thought leaders and experts. Our guests are from all walks of life: engineers, comedians, journalists, rockstars, civil rights activists, artists, and entrepreneurs, from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Australia. There is good in this world that is worth fighting for. ✌️ Ali, Ali, Saeed, 🌍 70+ Countries, 😎 400+ guests 👇 Click here to stream the A² show a2theshow.com Follow the podcast on social media: @a2theshow Hosts Ali Haajl @scoobz.mp4 alihaajl.com Ali Al Shammari @freshprinceofmishref Saeed El Jammal @saeedjay97

Oct 7, 2022 • 58min
Stung, beaten, crashed and grieved (4 moments that changed my life) | Jordan Mendoza
A² The Show - Ep 421 Feat. Jordan Mendoza "Growing up with a Mom that only had one lung taught me a lot about what real adversity was. Although we didn’t have much, our Mom showed us love and taught us how to be kind & empathetic. I’ve had 4 pivotal moments in my life: 1. Getting stung by 53 Bees in 4th grade. 2. Being beaten and falsely arrested by police at 12. 3. Surviving a high speed accident and getting 52 staples on both legs at 19. 4. Making the decision to leave a 15 year career to be a full time entrepreneur." 0:00:00 4 moments that changed my life 0:01:44 Origin Story 0:04:52 Getting stung by 53 Bees in 4th grade. 0:22:51 Being beaten and falsely arrested by police at 12. 0:28:1 Surviving a high speed accident and getting 52 staples. 0:40:47 Making the decision to leave a 15 year career to be a full time entrepreneur A² The Show celebrates the world's most excellent individuals. 3 guys on 3 different continents, Ali Haajl, Ali Al Shammari, and Saeed El Jammal have created an international community of thought leaders and experts. Our guests are from all walks of life: engineers, comedians, journalists, rockstars, civil rights activists, artists, and entrepreneurs, from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Australia. There is good in this world that is worth fighting for. ✌️ Ali, Ali, Saeed, 🌍 70+ Countries, 😎 400+ guests 👇 Click here to stream the A² show a2theshow.com Follow the podcast on social media: @a2theshow Hosts Ali Haajl @scoobz.mp4 alihaajl.com Ali Al Shammari @freshprinceofmishref Saeed El Jammal @saeedjay97

Sep 29, 2022 • 1h 1min
The Dangers of Dating in the Middle East | Karim Akel
A² The Show - Ep 420 Feat. Karim Akel Viewer discretion is advised. A2 The Show is an entertainment podcast do not cancel us please. Karim Akel films the most dangerous street interviews in Beirut. https://www.instagram.com/karimakel/ vt.tiktok.com/ZSdqpQ4uE 0:00:00 The Dangers of Dating in the Middle East 0:02:35 How to approach strangers 0:04:18 Karim asks us questions 0:18:36 Dangerous questions 0:23:25 Heartbreak stories 0:30:27 Questions tossed away 0:33:5 West vs east dating scene 0:45:25 Online dating 0:53:54 Breaking out of anxiety A² The Show celebrates the world's most excellent individuals. 3 guys on 3 different continents, Ali Haajl, Ali Al Shammari, and Saeed El Jammal have created an international community of thought leaders and experts. Our guests are from all walks of life: engineers, comedians, journalists, rockstars, civil rights activists, artists, and entrepreneurs, from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Australia. There is good in this world that is worth fighting for. ✌️ Ali, Ali, Saeed, 🌍 70+ Countries, 😎 400+ guests 👇 Click here to stream the A² show a2theshow.com Follow the podcast on social media: @a2theshow Hosts Ali Haajl @scoobz.mp4 alihaajl.com Ali Al Shammari @freshprinceofmishref Saeed El Jammal @saeedjay97

Sep 24, 2022 • 59min
What career should we choose? | Wise Guys
A² The Show - Ep 419 Feat. Wise Guys (Sherif Seif El Nasr, Ali Haajl, Saeed El Jammal, Ali Al Shammari, Ameer Asmar. 0:00:00 What career should we choose? Wise Guys 0:00:47 What career should we choose? 0:12:06 Thoughts on the World Cup and all the controversies surrounding it 0:20:19 Best way to act on time management? 0:43:11 Quiet quitting: Should you do it? 0:55:05 The best passports: Should you get multiple passports? A² The Show celebrates the world's most excellent individuals. 3 guys on 3 different continents, Ali Haajl, Ali Al Shammari, and Saeed El Jammal have created an international community of thought leaders and experts. Our guests are from all walks of life: engineers, comedians, journalists, rockstars, civil right activists, artists. entrepreneurs, from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Australia. There is good in this world that is worth fighting for. ✌️ Ali, Ali, Saeed, 🌍 70+ Countries, 😎 400+ guests 👇 Click here to stream the A² show a2theshow.com Follow the podcast on social media: @a2theshow Hosts Ali Haajl @scoobz.mp4 alihaajl.com Ali Al Shammari @freshprinceofmishref Saeed El Jammal @saeedjay97

Sep 23, 2022 • 38min
I quit the corporate world to build my own Atlantis | Faysal Saab
A² The Show - Ep 418 Feat. Faysal Saab 0:00:00 Atlantis in Lebanon 0:05:31 What is Al Housh? 0:11:23 Saeed's experience at Al Housh 0:18:16 Why I left the corporate world 0:22:09 My entrepreneurial journey 0:30:15 How to change minds Faysal Saab is an agritourism enthusiast at Al Housh, an agritourism destination in Central Bekaa, Lebanon. Al Haush is an elegant country estate in the heart of Central Bekaa countryside, just a short drive from Rayak, Zahle and two World Heritage UNESCO sites, historic Baalbeck and Anjar. The Estate is as well within easy reach of West Bekaa an area known for its natural beauty and its vineyards. https://www.alhaush.com/ A² The Show celebrates the world's most excellent individuals. 3 guys on 3 different continents, Ali Haajl, Ali Al Shammari, and Saeed El Jammal have created an international community of thought leaders and experts. Our guests are from all walks of life: engineers, comedians, journalists, rockstars, civil right activists, artists. entrepreneurs, from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Australia. There is good in this world that is worth fighting for. ✌️ Ali, Ali, Saeed, 🌍 70+ Countries, 😎 400+ guests 👇 Click here to stream the A² show a2theshow.com Follow the podcast on social media: @a2theshow Hosts Ali Haajl @scoobz.mp4 alihaajl.com Ali Al Shammari @freshprinceofmishref Saeed El Jammal @saeedjay97

Sep 18, 2022 • 45min
How to Deal with Difficult People | Wise Guys
A² The Show - Ep 417 Feat. Wise Guys (Ali Haajl, Saeed El Jammal, Paco) Leave your questions in the comments below or anonymously in this form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNoeYdMqZjQO4gAyq7lyirJUmkSu31gohRLGzKfS3F_qBMnQ/viewform?usp=sf_link From co-workers and colleagues to friends and family, we are faced with challenging relationships daily. Unfortunately, we often go about managing them the wrong way. Only by elevating our understanding of behavior and acting through an internalized approach will we be able to master the conflicts created by dealing with difficult people. A² The Show celebrates the world's most excellent individuals. 3 guys on 3 different continents, Ali Haajl, Ali Al Shammari, and Saeed El Jammal have created an international community of thought leaders and experts. Our guests are from all walks of life: engineers, comedians, journalists, rockstars, civil right activists, artists. entrepreneurs, from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Australia. There is good in this world that is worth fighting for. ✌️ Ali, Ali, Saeed, 🌍 70+ Countries, 😎 400+ guests 👇 Click here to stream the A² show a2theshow.com Follow the podcast on social media: @a2theshow Hosts Ali Haajl @scoobz.mp4 alihaajl.com Ali Al Shammari @freshprinceofmishref Saeed El Jammal @saeedjay97

Sep 8, 2022 • 55min
Psychologist Reacts to Hollywood, Andrew Tate & Screaming At Your Parents | David Sutcliffe
A² The Show - Ep 416 Feat. David Sutcliffe David Sutcliffe is a Canadian-American retired actor. He is known for playing Christopher Hayden on the television series Gilmore Girls and Detective Aidan Black on the television series Cracked. https://www.davidsutcliffe.com/about 0:00:00 Psychologist reacts to Hollywood, Andrew Tate & Screaming At Your Parents 0:06:14 How Hollywood ruins your mental health 0:13:51 Childhood trauma 0:19:54 Gilmore Girls 0:26:51 Andrew Tate 0:30:33 Yelling at your parents 0:48:00 Waking up A² The Show celebrates the world's most excellent individuals. 3 guys on 3 different continents, Ali Haajl, Ali Al Shammari, and Saeed El Jammal have created an international community of thought leaders and experts. Our guests are from all walks of life: engineers, comedians, journalists, rockstars, civil rights activists, artists, and entrepreneurs, from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Australia. There is good in this world that is worth fighting for. ✌️ Ali, Ali, Saeed, 🌍 70+ Countries, 😎 400+ guests 👇 Click here to stream the A² show a2theshow.com Follow the podcast on social media: @a2theshow Hosts Ali Haajl @scoobz.mp4 alihaajl.com Ali Al Shammari @freshprinceofmishref Saeed El Jammal @saeedjay97


