Jul 22
#16 - Never Stop: The Road Home with Samer Abou Hamad
In this episode of Tak on the Pod, Andrea sits down with Samer Abou Hamad to talk about his journey cycling from Boston to Beirut.After leaving a career in corporate America, Samer set out on a three-year journey cycling from Boston to Beirut - crossing five continents, more than ... Show More
59m 11s
Jun 23
#15 - Powering Possibility: Innovating the Energy Sector with Dr. Shihab Kuran
In this episode of Tak on the Pod, our host Andrea Makhlouf sits down with Dr. Shihab Kuran - a Jordanian-born inventor, serial entrepreneur, and seasoned executive in the global semiconductor, power, and clean tech sectors. Throughout his career, Dr. Kuran has engineered solutio ... Show More
1h 7m
Jun 23
#14 - Roots, Risk & Responsibility with Habib Kairouz
In this episode of Tak on the Pod, host Andrea Makhlouf sits down with Habib Kairouz, Managing Partner at Rho Capital Partners, for a conversation about long-term thinking, conviction, and responsibility.With over three decades of experience backing founders through cycles of boo ... Show More
43m 1s
Nov 2021
Lamia Joreige's Artistic Journey | Navigating Uncertain Times Through Memory & Archives
<p>In this Conversation, we talked to Lamia Joreige about her career in art and film and how she portrays history through narration. Lamia, rooted in her country’s experience, explores the possibilities of representing the Lebanese wars and their aftermath.</p><p>Created & Hosted ... Show More
28m 40s
May 2025
She Faced Death as a Child — Now She Teaches the World to Heal | PTSD& Power with Lana Medawar
What does it mean to rebuild your life after growing up in a warzone — and how do trauma, media, and mindfulness shape the journey toward inner peace? In this episode of Luca’s Insight Track, host Luca Allam sits down with Lana Medawar — renowned TV journalist, radio host, and fo ... Show More
58m 23s
Sep 2021
Voices of War and Peace: Reporting Truth in Times of Conflict | Nora Boustany
<p>In this conversation, we talked to award-winning correspondent and columnist Nora Boustany about her career in covering Middle East and human rights issues. Nora had received George Polk Award, Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award, and Bronze Medal for for ... Show More
31m 49s
Oct 2022
Ep 5 - Narrating the Middle East
Can we understand a culture and a region when we don’t read its authors? And what nuances do we miss when we read them in translation? How are authors and poets from the Middle East reaching new audiences? I speak to poet Zeina Hashem Beck, from Lebanon, living in California, abo ... Show More
43m 13s
Mar 2021
Beirut's Literary Pulse | Rima Rantisi
<p>In this conversation, we are talking to Rima Rantisi on her writing and being the founding editor of Rusted Radishes: Beirut Literary and Art Journal, which publishes artists and writers from Lebanon, its diaspora, and the region and is currently in its eighth circulation.</p> ... Show More
57m 52s
Jan 2022
ZEINA MAASRI | Visual and Cultural Politics | Conversations
<p>In this conversation, we talked to Zeina Maasri about her investigation focused on post-1945 anti-colonial struggles, transnational anti-imperialist solidarities and violent conflicts, as complicated by a global Cold War order.</p><p>Created & hosted by<a href="https://www.ins ... Show More
26m 37s
In this episode of Tak on the Pod, Andrea sits down with Mishka Mourani, a writer, educator, and storyteller whose life has been deeply shaped by the history of the Levant. Born in Alexandria and rooted in Beirut, Mishka has lived through war, displacement, and resilience, using writing as a means to reclaim agency in the face of conflict. We explore the th ... Show More
<p>We talked to Suja Sawafta about exile and ecocriticism at the Franco-Arab intersection. </p><p>Created & Hosted by<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikey_mu/%E2%80%8E"> Mikey Muhanna</a>, afikra </p><p>Edited by: Ramzi Ramman</p><p>Theme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.in ... Show More
