004: It’s Not A Meritocracy

Ammar and Rami go at it debating whether management as a profession in itself as important as it is made out to be or craftsmen can/should be able to learn managing their enterprises. Then they delve deeper into the Saudi job market as an institution and analyze it and discuss what is holding it back. Omair explains to us thermal radiation and why darker colors absorb more heat than lighter colors. - 90% Arabic - 10% English

003: MOI Surveillance

Rami shares with us his geeky yet mischievous wifi tethering hotspot name. The MSDTFR gang discusses being multicultural, conformity in Saudi Arabia vs. USA. Ammar then segues-us into TV and media consumption with children. We discussed Naqatube, the video website preferred by Muslim conservatives. Rami rants about Internet censorship in Saudi Arabia and it-s adverse effect on making parents passive with their children-s internet consumption. We casually ask the question; what is the effect of technology on social relationships? (We need to dig into this deeper!) We somehow found ourselves talking about vegetarianism and the health effects of overeating meat. We finally end up talking about nerd culture in Saudi Arabia and comparing it with the general global nerd culture. Show Links Conservative Muslims Youtube Naqatube The truth behind one YouTube account-s 77,000 mysterious videos - 30% Arabic - 70% English

002: Literally Redefined

Omair tells us of the story of how Hashim grilled him in an engineering job interview. Rami asks what would be the most watched video if Youtube existed in 1900. We discuss the misuse of the word -literally- and how the word has been redefined in the English language. We then move on to discussing what to name the podcast and come up with the MSTDFR podcast. We have the Nikola Tesla vs. Thomas Edison debate. Ammar laments the challenges he is facing with his children teaching them the Arabic language. Finally, Faisal schools us in linguistics. - 20% Arabic - 80% English

001: We Don’t Know What The Hell We’re Doing

Our first ever episode, where we really did not know what we were doing. All this equipment that we barely know how to use, and just Rami, Ammar, Faisal, and Omair blabbering on mics. - In this episode we talked about: Movie Rating System Wifi Security Lord of the Rings Batman The Dark Knight Saw Ghostbusters Transformers 12 Angry Men 20% Arabic - 80% English