

Thought Behind Things
Syed Muzamil Hasan Zaidi
TBT is Pakistan's fastest-growing podcast show covering conversations around Art, Culture & Technology. Tune in thrice a week to be a part of our community!
We upload every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
We upload every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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Jul 16, 2021 • 1h 3min
119 | What’s Currently Going On In Afghanistan? Ft. Salman Javed
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In conversation with Salman Javed, this episode discusses the current situation in Afghanistan is alike. What is the sentiment of an ordinary Afghan regarding the central government and the Taliban? The efforts of Pakistan in the present and past for negotiations of peace? Why Pakistan Holds the Key to Peace in Afghanistan? Why did India open a backchannel to the Taliban? What is the major concern of Pakistan in Afghanistan? Indian Influence in Afghanistan and its Implications for Pakistan? What are the efforts which Pakistan has put up for the betterment of Afghanistan? Russia’s involvement in Afghanistan. Tune in to know more on has the Taliban really controlled 85% of Afghanistan and why Pakistan Refuses to Host Additional Afghan Refugees?
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Salman Javed’s Twitter:
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Jul 14, 2021 • 53min
118 | Should Oversees Pakistanis Get Extra Tax Benefits? Ft. Ariba Shahid
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Exploring her journey into profit and journalism with tonight’s guest, Ariba Shahid. How her journey evolved from High School to the current date. How did she end up being in journalism? Why do women in Pakistan are not interested in business and economics? Why people buy gold for their daughters? How is her work-life like being a journalist? Why she has bitter views regarding overseas Pakistanis? Tune in to know more about trolling, harassment, the evolution of the internet.
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Ariba Shahid socials:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AribaShahid
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aribashahid

Jul 12, 2021 • 1h 7min
117 | Does Being Real Get You Hate? Ft. By Rooj
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Exploring her journey into content creation and her personal life experiences with tonight’s guest, By Rooj. How her journey evolved from High School to Content Creation? Why she took a two-year gap in education? What was she struggling with? When does she start using Instagram? What does she think of Multan? At what point she felt like her content creation can be a thing? How does she perceive herself currently? How everyone copes up differently with different miseries? What does she think about cancel culture? How relationships affect when you are an influencer? Is there any possibility to be completely real on social media without getting hate?
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Urooj Fatima’s Instagram:
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Jul 9, 2021 • 1h 13min
116 | Is Momina Munir Making A Comeback?
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Exploring where she went MIA with tonight’s guest, Momina Munir. Why she took a trip up north? Where was she? What is going on in her life? Why was she not making any content? What is her gap year situation like? Does she reflect a lot? Why does she think getting a degree is important? Does she challenge herself every year? What is she creating on YouTube these days? How does the next 5 years look for her as a YouTuber? How she became interested in hip-hop? Why diss tracks are a major thing in rap? Tune in to know more about her views regarding TikTok, rap culture, Pakistan of 2050, and change!
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Momina Munir’s socials:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mominamunir/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAB40nQK12SvOCnJDzvnHKQ

Jul 7, 2021 • 51min
115 | Candid With ASP Islamabad Amna Baig
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Exploring her journey of how she got into the police force and how she prepared for her CSS exams with tonight’s guest, ASP Amna Baig. What was her thought behind joining police forces? How did she prepare for CSS exams? What was her feeling when she passed? What is the procedure after the final interview? Does she investigate murders? How do they affect her? Is therapy available in the police force? What is the helpline she has built for women? What are the other reforms she has been able to bring? Tune in to know more about drug epidemics, financial independence, digital community policing, elite school training, and Pakistan of 2050!
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Amna Baig’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/amnaappi

Jul 5, 2021 • 1h 5min
114 | What’s Missing In Midsummer Chaos? Ft. Bisma Khan
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Exploring her journey of Midsummer chaos and how she became the youngest self-made millionaire in Pakistan with tonight’s guest, Bisma Khan. How she became what she is today? What are her different businesses? How has she started? What were the problems she had to face? How much hate does she get on social media? How it affects her? How she handles it? Does she think her reel life persona can misdirect teens? Why is she interested in joining politics? How her generation is different from the previous ones? How she became part of the midsummer cast? How was her experience? What she thinks about the hate ‘Midsummer chaos’ is receiving? Tune in to know more on what is missing in the ‘Midsummer chaos’ plot and why content in Pakistan generally becomes controversial!
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Bisma Khan’s socials:
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7FK6vjLycfru0AMqTNYN7w

Jul 2, 2021 • 45min
113 | Is Pakistan Responsible For US Failure In Afghanistan Ft. Hussain Nadim
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Exploring US, Afghan & Pakistan’s relations with Islamabad Policy and Research Institute’s executive director, Dr. Hussain Nadim. What was his thought behind joining a think tank? How did he reform IPRI? Why don’t boomers trust the youth of Pakistan? What is the concept behind G5 IO? How TikTok has reached out to the grass-root level? What does he think about US forces leaving Pakistan? How does it affects Pakistan? What is the best and worst scenario? What is the impact of the border fences created by Pakistan on security? How important is it? Why there has been no call from President Joe Biden to Prime Minister Imran Khan? In the context of Pakistan, why are we refusing to call Osama bin laden the way everybody is calling?
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Dr. Hussain Nadim’s socials: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hussain-nadim-12147512/

Jun 30, 2021 • 53min
112 | How To Go Big With Wedding Photography? Ft. Shehnoor Films
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Exploring the wedding photography of Pakistan with tonight’s guest; Shehroze Shahid from Shehnoor Films And Photography. How did he go from an average kid to a professional wedding photographer? Which camera equipment is he using as a professional wedding photographer and cinematographer? Which equipment he would recommend to a beginner photographer? Which equipment he would recommend to a beginner cinematographer? How does he lead his team? Beyond being a wedding photographer, is he up to any other sort of content? What is the difference between the perception of international clients Vs Pakistani local clients regarding wedding photography? What is his exploration/traveling plans? How much communication is important in wedding photography?
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You tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggd5ep3tP-eDNmjNKZuvSQ

Jun 28, 2021 • 1h 24min
111 | Is Bitcoin The New Gold? Ft. Haroon Baig
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Exploring Cryptocurrency with tonight’s guest, Haroon Baig. How has gold proved itself to be a good store of value? How there is shortcut trading happening in bitcoin? Why people in Pakistan are not making money through productivity in real estate? What makes bitcoin better than CBTC? As currency? Who are the biggest facilitators of money launders? How bitcoin can be traced whereas money cannot be?
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Jun 25, 2021 • 1h 10min
110 | Is It The End Of Bitcoin? Ft. Haroon Baig
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Exploring Cryptocurrency with tonight’s guest, Haroon Baig. How do they measure the audience? How will the mass adoption of Cryptocurrency happen? Who are the stakeholders of Cryptocurrency? The community? What happens in the background of Cryptocurrency? What happens in the background of Cryptocurrency? Is Cryptocurrency just limited to financial inclusion? How do they reconcile the economics of the services which they provide? How has Cryptocurrency evolved through these years from the developer’s perspective? What are the limitations of Bitcoin and Ethereum? How taking a loan has become easy in the Defi space? What is Ethereum? What is the concept behind proof of work and proof of stake?
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