Episode 426: Iftar Episode
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š DONATE: https://freshlygrounded.com/spot In this special Ramadan ifį¹Är episode of Freshly Grounded, Faisal is joined by his older brother Omar and their good friend Hannan for a relaxed evening of food, conversation, and some surprisingly deep reflections. What starts as a casual ifį¹Är with sandwiches, sushi experiments, and ginger shots quickly turns into a fascinating conversation about social media, attention, AI, and the world weāre living in today. Hannan shares how deleting Instagram from his phone completely changed his life, leading to a discussion about reclaiming focus...
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Episode 425: Faisal and Sam
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š DONATE: https://freshlygrounded.com/spot Faisal and Sam talk Ramadan routines, the brutal honesty of post-tour sickness, and the eternal struggle between āIām being healthyā and ādouble smash burger + blueberry milkshake.ā š 2for2 Show: https://www.youtube.com/@2for2show š Faisal's parenting seminar: https://parenting.faisal.live š Join FG Premium: https://fgtribe.com š§ Freshly Grounded Newsletter: https://tribe.freshlygrounded.com/subscribe šŖ Buy The Game: https://shop.freshlygrounded.com ...
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Episode 424
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š Money Budgeting Tool: https://money.freshlygrounded.com Thereās a lot of noise right now around money. Side hustles. Passive income. Financial freedom. The promise that once you hit a certain number, life will finally feel lighter. But what if the real problem isnāt how much money you makeā¦ What if itās how you relate to the money you already have? In this solo episode, Faisal speaks honestly about the missing conversation in Muslim spaces: money management, debt, discipline, and the emotional relationship we have with spending. This isnāt an anti-wealth episode. Itās not...
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Episode 423: Abu Lahya
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Abu Lahya's mentorship: https://application.imaccelerator.com/fg1 š Episode notes: https://notes.fg.media/notes/bBNdtYRq_xI š GET TICKETS TO LIVE TOUR: https://fg.live Faisal sits down with Abu Lahya ā one of the clearest voices right now for Muslims who want to build serious businesses without living in the grey areas. We get into the real story behind his āMuslim Alex Hormoziā labelā¦ including the wild moment he spent $250,000 buying 10,000 copies of Hormoziās book as a marketing stunt ā which ended up getting him invited to a private, NDA-heavy mastermind day with the...
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Episode 422: Simon Says Squat
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š Episode notes: https://notes.fg.media š GET TICKETS TO LIVE TOUR: https://fg.live Faisal and Kaya are joined by Simon āSimon Says Squatā for a wide-ranging, unfiltered conversation that starts with AI and contentā¦ and ends up somewhere much deeper. They talk honestly about: - how AI should be used as a tool, not a replacement for thinking - why doom-scrolling rewires your brain towards stress and negativity - parenting in the age of information overload - raising children with a strong Muslim identity without forcing it - Qurāan time with kids: when to be gentle, when to be...
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Episode 421: Hamza Tzortzis
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Faisal sits down with Hamza Tzortzis for one of those conversations that starts with ābro you lost weight?āā¦ and ends up deep in įø„ikmah, the algorithm, tadabbur, and why modern Muslims are quietly outsourcing their brains to AI. Hamza breaks down: why ā1/3 food, 1/3 water, 1/3 airā is a limit, not a target how hunger can be reframed as your body repairing itself his āB + C + Dā framework for living with intention (and keeping everything AllÄh-centric) why short-form content canāt be your whole dÄāwah strategy how the algorithm reshapes your morals without you noticing...
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Episode 420: The Airport Guy
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š GET TICKETS TO LIVE TOUR: https://fg.live Faisal sits down with Mohammad Taher, better known as āThe Airport Guyā, the man whoās made airports weirdly fascinating for half a million people. Mohammad breaks down how he actually gets access to the runway, why his growth took years before it looked āovernightā, and the exact moment he went from 8k followers ā 150k in 30 days after doubling down on one niche. They get into airport realities and travel āhacksā that actually work: š The truth about getting your bag out faster (and why ālast in, first outā is a risky game)...
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Episode 419
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š GET TICKETS TO LIVE TOUR: š Faisal's parenting seminar: https://parenting.faisal.live Faisal reflects on the passing of our brother Abdul Latif (Lats): the kind of person whose good character didnāt just affect his friendsā¦ it affected people who never even met him. We talk about what that says about the power of uplifting energy, why peopleās tongues speaking well of you after youāre gone matters, and the reminder his death gives all of us: prepare to meet Allah. From there, the conversation shifts into a surprisingly practical (and very relatable) topic: parenting....
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Episode 418
Freshly Grounded
LIVE UK TOUR: https://fg.live Faisalās awayā¦ so the FG lot took the mic. In this catch-up, Ibrahim, Kaya and Sulaiman talk Dubai coffee shop culture (including the āfree booth for 2 hoursā spot), what theyāre working on right now, and why āstart nowā beats waiting for New Year motivation. They also go deep on whatās actually working on social media right now: raw FaceTime-style content, personality-first posting, and why people can smell āChatGPT script energyā from a mile away. Plus: building a personal brand as your modern-day CV, getting serious about health...
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Episode 417: Abid Khan
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In a world obsessed with ābigger, faster, moreā - Shaykh Abid Khan brings the conversation back to whatās right in front of us: your character, your discipline, and your immediate responsibilities. We also get practical: how to track your time, how shayį¹Änās āentry pointsā can be as unique as a fingerprint, and why being in the company of scholars and mentors matters more (not less) in the AI era ā plus how specialists (like creators, founders, and technologists) also have a responsibility to learn the Islamic principles relevant to their field. This one is a reset. A...
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In this special Ramadan ifį¹Är episode of Freshly Grounded, Faisal is joined by his older brother Omar and their good friend Hannan for a relaxed evening of food, conversation, and some surprisingly deep reflections.
What starts as a casual ifį¹Är with sandwiches, sushi experiments, and ginger shots quickly turns into a fascinating conversation about social media, attention, AI, and the world weāre living in today.
Hannan shares how deleting Instagram from his phone completely changed his life, leading to a discussion about reclaiming focus and ābuying back your mindspace.ā
The conversation then takes a deeper turn when the group explores the idea that we no longer live in a āmonoculture.ā Instead, everyone now lives in their own algorithm-driven world ā seeing different news, different trends, and even different realities online.
They also dive into the AI revolution, coding with tools like Claude and Cursor, the future of work, whether AI will make people smarter or lazier, and why learning to think independently might be the most important skill in the years ahead.
Along the way there are stories about cats, childhood fears of animals, allergies, Ramadan struggles with illness, and of courseā¦ trying sushi for the first time.
A classic Freshly Grounded episode:
brotherhood, laughter, deep thoughts, and good food.