#383: From External Success to Inner Struggle: Lousin Mehrabi in Conversation with Spencer Lodge on Rejection, Family Pressure & Finding Self-Worth
Made in Dubai with Spencer Lodge
In this conversation, Lousin Mehrabi sits down with Spencer Lodge for an open and reflective discussion that goes beyond surface-level success. Through thoughtful questioning, Lousin encourages Spencer to open up about the gap between external achievement and internal fulfillment and how family expectations, particularly his relationship with his father, shaped his drive and self-perception. Spencer reflects on navigating rejection, pressure, and self-doubt, and how resilience, forgiveness, and self-awareness helped him redefine success on his own...
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#382: From Plumber to £148M Exit: Charlie Mullins on Grit, Failure & Building an Empire
Made in Dubai with Spencer Lodge
Charlie Mullins is a deeply contradictory and complex figure - from a deprived council-estate childhood in south London to founding a plumbing empire, cashing out for £148 million and remaking himself as a global-living, politically outspoken tycoon. He embodies both the grit of old-school trades and the excesses of modern wealth. His post-sale life is marked by public provocation - from giant anti-Brexit signs to incendiary social media posts, and threats to relocate his wealth abroad which are now in force as he is here to get his residency. His journey offers a potent lens: success,...
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#381: The Accident That Changed How Cyrus Rustom Sees Risk, Discipline & Life
Made in Dubai with Spencer Lodge
This episode isn’t about motivation. It’s about perspective. Cyrus Rustom shares the moments that reshaped how he sees life — from joining the Marines at 16 to escape chaos at home, to surviving an accident he was certain he wouldn’t live through, to rebuilding everything afterward. We talk about business failures, discipline myths, opening a company one week before Covid shut the world down and why real risk isn’t danger — it’s waiting for certainty that never comes. This conversation isn’t polished or performative. It’s about identity, loss, belonging, and what changes when...
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#380: Creators Are Losing Millions And This Tech Could Fix It
Made in Dubai with Spencer Lodge
From buying Bitcoin at $66 to tokenizing gas fields. In this episode, Sebastian Huth reveals the hidden lessons most people miss about crypto, tokenization, real estate and creator economy. Learn why leaving your crypto on exchanges is a huge risk, why infrastructure beats hype every time and how tokenization is about to change the way we own almost everything, including real estate and even energy. Don’t miss the shocking stats about creators losing millions on streaming platforms and how Air channel could be the...
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#379: From Global DJ to Penniless in Dubai: Peter Doyle’s Unbelievable Comeback
Made in Dubai with Spencer Lodge
Peter Doyle’s life proves that success isn’t a straight line and that sometimes, losing everything is the beginning of becoming who you’re meant to be. From the worlds’ top DJ booths and global stages to sleeping in the back of a Toyota Yaris in Dubai when things got really tough, Peter opens up about the highs, the lows and the moments that nearly broke him. With no passport, no money and no one coming to save him, he was forced to dig deeper than ever before. What followed...
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#378: Me ‘v’ Me
Made in Dubai with Spencer Lodge
This episode takes a look back on 2025 and lifts the lid on Spencer’s journey so far as a long form content creator, podcaster, entrepreneur and incredible storyteller. In this episode Spencer speaks from the heart about the big names along the way and the impact of his show on his life, and the guests around him, including what doesn’t show up on the highlight reel. From nearly quitting the show (more than once), to falling asleep mid-recording, to losing a full episode...
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#377: Why Hollywood Celebrities Fly to Dr. Adeel – The Truth Revealed
Made in Dubai with Spencer Lodge
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#376: Dubai’s Real Estate Bubble? Sam McCone Predicts What Happens Next.
Made in Dubai with Spencer Lodge
This week's guest is Sam MCone, a lifelong Dubai resident and the visionary founder of McCone Properties. Having moved to Dubai at the age of two, Sam has a unique, ground-level perspective on the city's meteoric rise from a quiet trading post to a global powerhouse. His journey in real estate began as an agent, but his innate, level-headed resilience led him to build his own successful brokerage over the past 13 years. In this deeply personal episode, Sam opens up about the tough lessons learned from transitioning from being a tennis ace as a youth, to a top salesperson then to becoming...
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#375: Losing Everything, Running Further: Nico De Corato’s Untold Dubai Story
Made in Dubai with Spencer Lodge
Join us on Made in Dubai as we sit down with Nico de Corato, an ultra-endurance athlete, entrepreneur who is passionate about the UAE. From ultra-marathons and mountain biking to freediving, jet skiing, and desert adventures, Nico’s story spans resilience, discipline, and pushing beyond limits. In this episode, Nico shares: How he moved from Naples to Dubai and mindset behind his training ultra marathons, 200 km races and achieving the Dubai Sports Challenge Why sports are a lifestyle, not just a hobby, and that lessons from the unseen moments alone in the desert have made him who is today...
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#374: Chris Hemsworth, Big Ideas & Bayut: Sahar Khan on Building an Iconic Brand
Made in Dubai with Spencer Lodge
This week's guest is Sahar Khan, the dynamic Head of Marketing at Bayut. A foundational member of the team, Sahar joined Bayut in 2014 as one of its first sales employees and has been instrumental in building the brand into the UAE's leading property portal. With a innate passion for creative, out-of-the-box marketing since childhood, she has spearheaded some of the company's most iconic campaigns, including the landmark partnership with Chris Hemsworth. In this episode, Sahar takes us through her incredible journey from a salesperson in a small startup to leading marketing for a household...
info_outlineThis episode takes a look back on 2025 and lifts the lid on Spencer’s journey so far as a long form content creator, podcaster, entrepreneur and incredible storyteller. In this episode Spencer speaks from the heart about the big names along the way and the impact of his show on his life, and the guests around him, including what doesn’t show up on the highlight reel.
From nearly quitting the show (more than once), to falling asleep mid-recording, to losing a full episode forever, Spencer opens up to us about the real emotional and operational reality of building a long-form meaningful podcast.
Raj pulls back the curtain on how Episode 100 was secretly produced as a surprise, why the show pivoted from chasing big names to telling human stories and holding worthwhile conversations, to how “success” can still feel unachieved even when things look great from the outside.
Raj and Spencer talk about redefining success as impact, kindness and consistency, the internal “me vs me” mindset and the moments that proved the show genuinely mattered — including an email from a listener that changed everything...
This is a behind-the-scenes conversation about:
2:30 - 5:58 The story behind the podcast
5:58 – 27:26 how Episode 100 was secretly produced as a surprise
27:26 – 49:39 The impact my guests have had on me
49:40 – 1:00:10 From Spencer Lodge podcast to Made in Dubai
1:00:10 – 1:13:10 Dubai’s impact on spencer
1:13:10 – 1:17:00 Fear of failure
1:17:00 – 1:23:27 Falling asleep during a recording
1:23:27 – 1:25:00 2026 goals
1:25:00 – 1:44:28 Kindness isn’t my superpower
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