23 - Life During the Israel-Lebanon War of 2006 and Running Across Borders to Escape (Story Time 1-PT.1)

In this episode, we have our first official guest: James O'Brien a music artist who switches between Hip-Hop/Rap and R&B Vibes and began going hard at his art after the release of his first album OB Season.

We begin the episode by getting a background of the music side of things and OB's experience with rejection, how covid impacted the music industry, and reminiscing back on the high school soccer days. We then switch gears to more serious and deep topics such as our opinions on Ontario's new lockdown, O'Brien's experience with drug abuse and addiction, and our message to men struggling with mental health.

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In this episode I talk about how losing my job due to the pandemic was a blessing in disguise and all the positives it has allowed for. I begin by giving background into what life was like pre-pandemic and tell the story of how things unraveled during the first lockdown. I then talk about all the positives of losing my job and the progression in my life that has allowed for. Finally, I give a direct challenge to the listener and some pointers on how to make the best out of the pandemic for yourself.

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In this continuation of my life story, I reflect on the effects of the past on how I was influenced up until Immigrating to and starting a new life in Canada. I touch on how starting a new life in Canada was and adjusting to the Canadian lifestyle, I move on to talk about my endeavors, Interests, and the personal dilemma of straying from my true self as I grew up. Finally, I tie it all together to slightly touch on discovering my passions and the process of rebuilding myself to be a better and more self-aware person.

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In this episode as the host, I talk about my life story, the challenges endured, and the background of my childhood to give the viewer another perspective and a deeper understanding of me as the host.

In the story, I give a background of my childhood growing up and how life was like in Lebanon at the time and help paint a picture by giving you examples of some of the stories I remember. I also touch on the war that broke out as we were living in Lebanon and my recount of how I crossed borders Illegally to flee the war.

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This episode is one for the regular listeners that have been wondering where we've been, why we haven't posted, and if the podcast is done.

In this episode, we start off by clarifying that majority of police officers are not bad people with bad intentions but the negative media attention just highlights the negative police encounters, we then give our opinion on what can be done to prevent this from happening again and how the riots feed into the real problem, the systematic racism.

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On this episode, we start off by discussing the problem with animal rights being prioritized over human rights and whether hunting is more moral than purchasing factory-farmed meat which shifts to Zoos and Abdullah's solution that allows us to be humane without sacrificing the experience that many love. The conversation then shifts from serious discussion to us giving you a funny story about the first time we went camping on our own and all the tickets we could have gotten.

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On this week's Corona Chronicles segment we discuss the way the United States is dealing with the Coronavirus and how it highlights the ignorance in American society, we also discuss how Canada should deal with America's lack of action and whether strict border control should be enforced. In this episode, we also end up bringing up some more conspiracy theories like doctors in Russian "falling" out of windows and researchers that were found shot after claiming they were close to finding a cure. Stay tuned for a new Corona Chronicles episode every Friday.

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This episode we ponder the future of education after the Pandemic and what can be done to help high-school students find their career path, we then switch gears and look at Covid-19 infection numbers in Canada and discuss some possible solutions for dealing with people protesting the quarantine measures put in place.

In this episode, we have a first-time guest who is still currently in high school and discuss the effects the pandemic has had on high-school students here in Canada, how the future of education could be after the pandemic and other issues regarding high-school education. Shifting gears to focusing on the pandemic we compare current Covid-19 infection numbers in Canada's major provinces to infection numbers at the beginning of April which brings us to wrap up discussing whether the quarantine protestors are justified or just straight-up brain dead.

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This episode we introduce to you our new special segment "How to Life" a segment where we talk about everything self-improvement and teach you the things you should've been taught in high school. On this first episode of the segment, we talk about independence and different types of independence and learning how to be self-sufficient, we also talk about self-confidence what self-confidence is, the difference between confidence and cockiness and our personal encounters with developing our self-confidence. Finally, we talk about respect, demanding respect and asserting dominance without having to be a dickhead and what that is like.

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