Thought Behind Things
by Syed Muzamil Hasan Zaidi
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TBT is Pakistan's fastest-growing podcast show covering conversations around Art, Culture & Technology. Tune in thrice a week to be a part of our community!
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- Paying $50,000 for a Canada Work Permit? Know This First | Haseeb Hamdani | TBT Podcast · 45 minWant to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here: https://muzamilhasan.com/podcast/apply Bestax Chartered Accountants, the company site: https://bestaxca.com Haseeb…
- Why Smart Pakistanis Lose Out on Global Jobs (And the 10 Skills That Fix It) | Dr. Sarah Khan | TBT · 44 minWant to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here:https://muzamilhasan.com/podcast/applyMedentec, the company site:https://medentec.comDr. Fahad Umer on…
- How an Aga Khan Doctor Built an AI That Detects Disease From a Phone Photo ft. Dr. Fahad Umer | TBT Podcast · 40 minWant to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here:https://muzamilhasan.com/podcast/applyMuhammad Faizan Khan on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/mfaizankhan2020/Join…
- "ChatGPT is Just the Beginning" - Pakistani AI Architect on the Next 5 Years of Tech | TBT Podcast · 39 minAre we standing on the edge of a "Digital Lockdown" triggered by rogue Want to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here:https://muzamilhasan.com/podcast/applySports…
- How a 24-Year-Old Pakistani Built an AI That Decodes Babar Azam in 1 Click ft. Muhammad Saad | TBT · 40 minWant to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here:https://muzamilhasan.com/podcast/applyJoin the Inner Circle, my weekly letter on AI, building, and being early to what's…
- The Death of SaaS: Why AI Startups Are Secretly Pivoting Back to Services ft. Qasim Ali Khan | TBT Podcast · 39 minWant to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here: https://muzamilhasan.com/podcast/apply Join the Inner Circle, my weekly letter on AI, building, and being early to…
- I Burned $15,000 on Google AI (The Harsh Reality of Tech Startups) ft. Anas Shaikh | TBT Podcast · 44 minWant to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here: https://muzamilhasan.com/podcast/applyJoin the Inner Circle, my weekly letter on AI, building, and being early to what's…
- Is ChatGPT Making Students Dumb? The Harsh Reality of AI in Education ft.Ansar Moughis | TBT Podcast · 39 minWant to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here:https://muzamilhasan.com/podcast/applyJoin the Inner Circle, my weekly letter on AI, building, and being early to what's…
- Why 90% of Pakistani Startups Fail (The Toxic Reality of Our Ecosystem) ft. Hassan Zulfiqar Munj | TBT Podcast · 41 minAre you tired of being ghosted on LinkedIn, or frustrated by the toxic "middle layer" of the Pakistani startup ecosystem? In this episode of the Thought Behind Things podcast, I…
- Is AI the Dajjal? The Untold Truth About Islam & Artificial Intelligence ft. Shahbaaz Khan | TBT · 48 minWant to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here: https://muzamilhasan.com/podcast/apply Join the Inner Circle, my weekly letter on AI, building, and being early to…
- "Don't Build for Pakistan?" - How He Made $1 Million ARR Doing the Opposite ft. Syed Sair Ali | PodcastTBT · 54 minWant to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here:https://muzamilhasan.com/podcast/applyJoin the Inner Circle, my weekly letter on AI, building, and being early to what's…
- Why LUMS Graduates Get Hired Faster Than You (The "Packaging" Secret) ft. Farhan Ali Raza | TBT Podcast · 36 minDo you need a degree from an elite university to land a job at a Silicon Valley startup, or can open-source code be your global passport? In this episode of the Thought Behind…
- How AI is "Hacking" the Pakistan Stock Exchange (No More WhatsApp Tips) ft Shayan Baig | TBT Podcast · 37 minWant to be a guest on Thought Behind Things? Apply here:https://muzamilhasan.com/podcast/applyJoin the Inner Circle, my weekly letter on AI, building, and being early to what's…
- How a 19-Year-Old Bootstrapped a Food Startup Without VC Money ft. Hasan Haji |TBT Podcast · 37 minhttps://muzamilhasan.com/podcast/apply Can a 20-year-old university dropout solve Karachi's massive food waste problem while helping people get high-end restaurant meals for 70%…
- How a 20-Year-Old Student Used AI to Buy a 1 Crore Car (True Story) ft. Mustafa Hanif | TBT Podcast · 34 minAre software engineering skills becoming obsolete, or is a massive new goldmine opening up for people with real-world business experience? In this episode of the Thought Behind…
- The Easiest Way to Move to Europe as a Pakistani Freelancer ft. Reyhan Khan | TBT Podcast · 42 minAre AI and automation going to kill the Pakistani remote work dream, or is this the biggest opportunity to earn in dollars? In this episode of the Thought Behind Things podcast…
- I Dropped Out of A-Levels. Here’s How I Built an EV App Using AI in 5 Months. ft. Fahad Hassan | TBT · 34 minhttps://muzamilhasan.com/podcast/applyAre electric vehicles actually taking over Pakistan, or are drivers suffering from severe "range anxiety"? In this episode of the Thought…
- The Hidden Elite Funding Pakistan’s AI & Data Center Boom ft. Aly Fahd | TBT Podcast · 48 minhttps://muzamilhasan.com/podcast/apply Is the era of "free VC money" over, or is Pakistan's tech ecosystem finally maturing? In this episode of the Thought Behind Things…
- Don't Complain About Jobs: How 1 Tweet Changed This 25-Year-Old’s Life | Raheel Siddiqui · 45 minAre AI tools taking your jobs, or are you just not building fast enough? In this episode of the Thought Behind Things podcast, I sit down with 25-year-old developer Raheel…
- Why Airlift Failed But This Tech Startup Became Profitable | Maha Shahzad | TBT Podcast · 45 minHow did a Pakistani mobility startup achieve profitability in a sector that destroyed giants like Airlift, Uber, and Swvl? In this episode of the Thought Behind Things podcast…
- He Predicted the Crypto Crash 5 Years Ago. (Here is What Happens Next) ft. Ahmad Manzoor | TBT Podcast · 1 h 1 minIs the internet dying? With AI bots and "slop" projected to make up 99% of web traffic, the need for verified, authentic data has never been more critical. In this episode, Ahmad…
- How an FSc Student Used "Free Work" to Charge $2,500 for SaaS Animations ft. Badar Munir | TBT Podcast · 1 h 16 minCan a beginner with zero technical background actually make thousands of dollars using AI? In this episode of Thought Behind Things, I sit down with Badar Munir, founder of…
- The Sugar Mafia: The Biggest Financial Scam in Pakistan's History | Dil ki Baat · 34 minWhy is Pakistan growing a crop that causes diabetes, consumes 17% of our water, and brings in zero dollars? In this episode of Dil Ki Baat, I expose the dark reality of…
- They Are Lying About Pakistan's Water Crisis (It’s Not What You Think) | Dil ki Baat · 45 minWill AI data centers really drink all of Pakistan's water? In this episode of Dil Ki Baat, I break down the viral myths surrounding water scarcity in Pakistan and reveal the…
- Stop Buying Real Estate "Files" (Do THIS with Rs. 10,000 Instead) ft. Muhammad Ejaz | TBT Podcast · 1 h 16 minThe rupee just keeps devaluing, and I've felt it personally: my own net worth was cut in half the last time it moved from 170 to 320. So this episode is about the one legal…
- How Pakistan gets China-level AI in 10 years | Dil ki Baat · 24 minLast episode I argued Pakistan must build sovereign AI. This episode is the accounting: the real numbers on where the world's compute is, how far behind Pakistan actually is, and…
- Data centers can fix Pakistan's electricity bills | Dil ki Baat · 39 minHalf the world is building sovereign AI. In this episode I defend the claim with data: what Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the EU, Japan, India and Indonesia are each spending, why…
- A NUST degree pays Rs 15,000. This skill paid $3,000 ft. M. Tanveer Nandla | TBT Podcast · 1 h 44 minTanveer Nadla, founder and CEO of iSkills, has taught more than 20,000 students in Pakistan. We talk about the 86 dollars that started his journey, the first batch of 54 students…
- The Netflix subscription that would crash Pakistan's economy | Dil ki Baat · 24 minWhy Pakistan must build local AI infrastructure now, before dollar-pegged intelligence makes it unaffordable for 220 million people.This episode is sponsored by Taptap…
- They Are Lying to You About Pakistan’s New AI Data Centers | Dil ki Baat · 27 minJoin the Inner Circle, my weekly letter on AI, building, and being early to what's coming: https://muzamilhasan.com/inner-circle Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything…
- The End of Chatbots: Why "Agentic OS" is the Next Trillion-Dollar AI Race · 1 h 4 minJoin the Inner Circle, my weekly letter on AI, building, and being early to what's coming:https://muzamilhasan.com/inner-circle?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campa…
- AI is Destroying Entry-Level Jobs (Stop Buying Courses) | TBT Podcast · 1 h 20 minIs AI actually destroying the job market for fresh graduates? In this episode, Ghalib Hasam returns to the podcast to break down the harsh reality of the post-AI job market, why…
- I Cloned My Brain with AI (And Now It Runs My Entire Business) | Dil ki Baat · 57 minJoin the Inner Circle, my weekly letter on AI, building, and being early to what's coming: https://muzamilhasan.com/inner-circle... Read the thesis, the one idea behind…
- Why did Mufti Taqi Usmani declare cryptocurrency haram? ft Qanit Khalilullah | TBT Podcast · 1 h 24 minKanit Khalilullah explains why Pakistan's debt-based banking system is a bigger trap than cryptocurrency, and how full reserve banking could eliminate domestic debt. Join the…
- How Hafiz Ahmed built a million-dollar Amazon business from zero ft. Hafiz Ahmed | TBT Podcast · 1 h 40 minHafiz Ahmed shares his journey from a UK warehouse packer to building a million-dollar Amazon FBA business, then losing it overnight and rebuilding in Pakistan. Join the Inner…
- The Dark Reality of AI: Why You Won't Be Able to Afford the Future ft. Ahmad Awais | TBT Podcast · 1 h 34 minAhmad's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrahmadawais/ Connect with me: https://muzamilhasan.com Personal Branding Audit: https://muzamilhasan.com/audit My Instagram…
- STOP What You Are Doing and Learn Claude Code NOW! (Before It's Too Late) · 55 minCheckout the website and give me your feedback: https://muzamilhasan.com Follow me on Instagram for the new series: https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan I spent the last 8…
- 523 | The Secret Plan to Dismantle the US Empire (It's Already Happening) | TBT · 1 h 57 minConnect with me: https://muzamilhasan.com Personal Branding Audit: https://muzamilhasan.com/audit The Hidden System Controlling the World (And How It Ends) | Simon Dixon on…
- How to Get Rich in the Next 10 Years: The Space Tech Roadmap · 44 min · Season 6Sign Up for Personal Brand: https://www.muzamilhasan.com/ 👇 DOWNLOAD THE FREE 50 STARTUPS REPORT 👇 As promised, here is the complete research report featuring 50+ funded Space…
- SpaceX vs AI Bubble: The Greatest Stock Market Crash is Coming · 60 min · Season 6Sign Up for Personal Brand: https://www.muzamilhasan.com/ My Instagram: https://instagram.com/muzamilhasan My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muzamilhasan/ Elon Musk just…
- Pakistani Freelancer: Stop Bringing Dollars Directly to Your Bank! · 40 min · Season 6Sign Up for Personal Brand: https://www.muzamilhasan.com/ Sarmaya Tax Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lFbZVY2XUo Sarmaya Tax Calculator…
- 522 | How to Land a Remote US Tech Job From Pakistan (Without a Degree) | TBT · 53 min · Season 6 Episode 520Build Your Personal Brand: https://www.muzamilhasan.com/ Leverage Framework by Asaad: https://app.notion.com/p/The-Leverage-Framework-379c0dfdeba180a9b1aafbf5e300ce53?source=copy…
- Meezan Bank’s 55 Crore CEO & The Illusion of "Islamic" Finance · 45 min · Season 6The upcoming national budget is scheduled to be announced on June 10, and the writing is on the wall: an extremely tough year dictated by IMF pressure is ahead. In this…
- 521 | ChatGPT Predicts the Top 5 Industries for the Next 25 Years | TBT · 59 min · Season 6 Episode 519As part of our continuous exploration into the future of work, we dive deep into the ultimate final frontier: the space economy. What does a real 25-year roadmap look like for…
- The "YouTubification" of Software: AI's Trillion-Dollar Shift · 34 min · Season 6Build Your Personal Brand: https://www.muzamilhasan.com/ My Instagram: https://instagram.com/muzamilhasan My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muzamilhasan/ Read the a16z…
- 520 | How to Land a US Remote Job from Pakistan (Step-by-Step) Ft Ghalib Hassam | TBT · 1 h 2 min · Season 6 Episode 517Build Your Personal Brand: https://www.muzamilhasan.com/ My Instagram: https://instagram.com/muzamilhasan My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muzamilhasan/ Ghalib's…
- Stop Panicking About AI: What History Teaches Us About Tech Booms · 35 min · Season 6Build Your Personal Brand: https://www.muzamilhasan.com/ My Instagram: https://instagram.com/muzamilhasan My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muzamilhasan/ In this…
- Why China’s Free AI Strategy Could Change Everything · 36 min · Season 6Build Your Personal Brand: https://www.muzamilhasan.com/ My Instagram: https://instagram.com/muzamilhasan My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muzamilhasan/ Sky47 Data…
- Is AI A Trap? The Geopolitical Reality No One Is Talking About · 36 min · Season 6Build Your Personal Brand: https://www.muzamilhasan.com/ My Instagram: https://instagram.com/muzamilhasan My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muzamilhasan/ US Textile…
- 519 | aunching Pakistan's First Giga Factory! Can EVEE Scooters Replace Honda CD 70? | TBT · 46 min · Season 6 Episode 517Sign Up For My Personal Brand Consultancy: https://www.muzamilhasan.com/ My Instagram: https://instagram.com/muzamilhasan My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muzamilhasan/…
