Riyadh Season, a globally unique and dynamic annual series of events in Saudi Arabia, is back for 2024-2025. It’s *so* back -- and this year is likely to be the best yet. In episode 27, Lucien leads the episode’s DEEPDIVE segment on the season, now well-established and evolving with new offerings each year, includes a diverse range of activities such as them ... Show More
Jun 1
Riyadh Air Is Coming (and the Year of 'Championship Hanaa')
Lucien (recording from Riyadh, mid-apartment move) and Hanna (in London, riding out an unlikely heat wave) open Episode 70 (!) catching up with each other. Between Arsenal's recent win of the Premier League title for the first time in 22 years, and the Seattle Seahawks winning th ... Show More
37m 54s
May 18
An inflection point in the region + a conversation on education, learning, and training in the AI age
Hanaa and Lucien are BACK. The hosts catch up with each other, with Lucien discussing a recent long-haul trip back to the United States from Saudi Arabia (with 3 children in tow!). The hosts take some time to discuss their show’s recent deliberate break since the start of Ramadan ... Show More
49m 54s
Jul 2023
The MENA region gets hotter as a global heat wave hits 3 continents, Saudi Arabia outranks the US in expat survey and much more...
Episode 95! Following several weeks of amazing special guests on the program (with many more to come in the weeks and months ahead) the hosts fly solo this week and discuss some of the biggest storylines and topics on Saudi Arabia this week. First, the hosts discuss Richard's one ... Show More
1h 2m
Oct 2022
OPEC+ and the American uproar with Colby Connelly from Energy Intelligence, plus Riyadh Season's big events and more...
3:13 - The census in Saudi Arabia is starting to reveal interesting data points on Saudi Arabia’s population. Saudi Arabia’s population reached 34 million people in 2021, according to a recent report by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health and published in the Saudi Gazette, at an a ... Show More
1h 20m
Mar 2023
An evolving U.S.-Saudi relationship, jaw-dropping developments and progress on the Red Sea, and much more….
Episode 78! The 966 hosts fly solo this week ahead of a busy week of travel to Saudi Arabia and the region and an impressive slate of forthcoming guests in the coming weeks. Richard’s One Big Thing this week is a recent collection of articles and items in the media that paint a p ... Show More
57m 31s
Nov 2023
Coming Soon: The Saudi Project
Coming Soon from Intelligence Squared 'The Saudi Project' Saudi Arabia, a once insular, oil rich kingdom is transforming into a major diplomatic player, a pivotal actor in the energy transition, an ever-stronger military power, and a host to high-end cultural events, like the FIF ... Show More
1m 35s
Mar 2024
The Lovin Riyadh Show - Episode 1
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(34,37,41);color:rgb(209,210,211);">Welcome to the first episode of the Lovin Riyadh Show, where we'll be discussing the latest news and happenings from the last week in Riyadh!</span></p><p><br><span style="background-color:rgb(34,37,41);color ... Show More
16m 51s
Jul 2023
How Saudi Arabia is buying the world
When Saudi cinemas reopened in 2018, for the first time in 35 years, they screened the Marvel movie Black Panther. Many saw parallels between the kingdom and the fictional world of Wakanda, as crown prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled ambitious plans for modernisation and an econ ... Show More
36m 33s