Freshly Grounded

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• Episode 438: Faisal & Kaya

  October 2, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

  One late Maghrib, a trivia question in the car park, and a story Faisal has been saving for a year. Then a Recon Padel update that includes the sentence "I've been in meetings about towels", the fiqh of pre-orders and selling what you…

• Episode 437: iPhone Event Watchalong

  September 11, 2026 · 2 hr 19 min

  This one starts as a casual watch party for the Apple 2026 event, with Hanan, a five-time number-one Apple store queuer, giving live commentary on the iPhone Duo fold reveal, variable aperture cameras, the Gemini-powered Siri, iPhone…

• Episode 436: Faisal & Kaya

  September 7, 2026 · 51 min

  Kaya and Faisal get into a new business Faisal has quietly launched, a second business idea Kaya is sitting on, and the usual relaxed chatter that started FG in the first place. Key topics covered: - Whether ten years is a natural…

• Episode 435: Abdellatif (Qaf.ai)

  August 20, 2026 · 25 min

  He launched an Islamic AI tool and within hours his email provider suspended him, trolls were faking screenshots, and his bill hit $1,200 an hour. Then a stranger offered to pay it. Abdellatif is an ex-Twitter engineer and co-founder of…

• Episode 434: Biggest Bites

  July 31, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

  He went from boiling plain pasta for dinner to quitting his teaching job and becoming one of Dubai's most recognised food bloggers. This conversation will make you hungry. Faisal joins the pod to talk about how he built his food page from…

• Episode 433: Dr Daanish Mahmood

  July 22, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

  A Muslim doctor walks into a podcast and talks about the soul. No, really, this conversation will change how you think about your health, your prayers, and your heart. After a three month break, Freshly Grounded is back. In this first…

• Episode 432: Amir (Loon) Muhadith

  May 24, 2026 · 1 hr 26 min

  Former Bad Boy rapper Loon (Amir Muhadith) returns to Freshly Grounded for one of the deepest conversations we've ever had. From growing up on the streets of Harlem to becoming Muslim, serving as an imam in prison, studying in Egypt, and…

• Episode 431: Uthman ibn Farooq

  May 8, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

  Most Muslims don't need investment advice. They need help escaping debt. In this episode of Freshly Grounded, Faisal and Kaya sit down with Shaykh Uthman Ibn Farooq for one of the most practical conversations we've had around money…