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Clean Hydrogen and Saudi Arabia with Rami Shabaneh, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)
Rami Shabaneh, Senior Fellow, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) joins host Richard Wilson and The 966 for Episode #135. Rami is a senior fe...
Saudi Arabia’s Booming Construction Sector with Laura Morgan, Market Intelligence Lead, MEA, JLL
The 966 and host, Richard Wilson welcome to Episode #134 Laura Morgan, Market Intelligence Lead, MEA, JLL to discuss Saudi Arabia’s Booming Construction Sector. Ms. M...
How Working Women are Changing Saudi Arabia with Dr. Jennifer Peck, Swarthmore College
In Episode #133 of The 966 podcast, Dr. Jennifer Peck, Swarthmore College, expands on her excellent article in Foreign Affairs magazine (Working Women are Changing Sau...
The Many Impacts of The Gaza War with Stefanie Ali, Senior Director, Rice, Hadley, Gates and Manuel LLC
On the ground the latest Gaza war has caused untold human carnage and massive damage to buildings and infrastructure. It has also severely damaged the reputation of t...
How growing Saudi sports participation is impacting Saudi fashion, with Reiting Lee, Founder, The Oriental Hybrid
Show NotesThe 966, episode #131, with Reiting Lee, Founder of The Oriental Hybrid, explores the impact of the growing participation in sports and healthy activities in...
What you need to know to establish a business in Saudi Arabia with Saeed Al-Ansari, CEO, Tawaref
Saeed Al-Ansari, Founder and CEO of Tawaref, a Saudi Arabia-based tech investment community that also provides startup advisory, legal consultancy and due diligence su...
The Saudi Film Industry Six Years After Theaters Re-opened with Todd Albert Nims
Saudi cinema re-opened six years ago in April 2018 after a 35-year hiatus. The sector has exploded with revenue during that period close to $1b, over 61 million ticket...
Dr. William Greene, CIO of the Hevolution Foundation, joins The 966 to talk latest investments, strategy for Hevolution
William Greene, MD, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of the Hevolution Foundation, joins The 966 to talk about Hevolution's investment strategy and role as an investor i...
Ambassador Michael Ratney Joins The 966 to talk U.S.-Saudi Diplomacy
U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Michael Ratney joins The 966 to talk diplomacy and U.S.-Saudi relations. In recent years, he was the Acting Deputy Direc...
Jobs and the labor market in Saudi Arabia with Dr. Hanaa Almoaibed, Ramadan in Riyadh and more
What is the state of the Saudi labor market today? How do Saudis find jobs, and how are young Saudis viewing their prospects in a changing and modernizing Saudi econom...
Israel, Gaza, and a region with shifting power dynamics with columnist Hussein Ibish
In Episode 125, the hosts welcome veteran columnist and analyst Hussein Ibish onto The 966 for his third appearance on the program to unpack the implications of Israel...
Ahead of LEAP in Saudi Arabia, MCIT's Abdullah Alshamrani joins The 966 to talk tech, ecosystem development, and more...
Abdullah Alshamrani, General Manager of the Digital Entrepreneurship Center at Saudi Arabia’s MCIT join The 966 to talk ecosystem development in the Kingdom, the entre...
What it's like to live in Saudi Arabia during Riyadh Season, PIF-backed Alat launches with eyes on a big impact, and more...
The boys are back for their normal format and catch up on just some of the seemingly endless new developments and storylines emerging from Saudi Arabia of late. Lucien...
Discussing Saudi Arabia's growth and construction projects with Waleed Abdel-Fattah, President of the MENA Region at Hill International
Waleed Abdel-Fattah, President of the MENA Region at Hill International, joins The 966 to talk about Saudi Arabia’s building boom and Hill’s traction in KSA since ente...
The Public Investment Fund's Head of National Development, Jerry Todd, talks PIF investment strategy, localization and more...
Lucien Zeigler sits down with an exclusive conversation with Jerry Todd, Head of the National Development Division at the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia,...
The PIF's biggest event of the year in Riyadh, the latest on the Saudi peace plan, and alcohol in Saudi Arabia?
In episode 120, The 966 once again has on offer a menu of excellence discussing some of the most important topics happening in Saudi Arabia this week -- a tough decisi...
A new suggested slogan for Saudi Arabia, taking stock of the Saudi Pro League, and much more...
In Episode 119, The 966 hosts Lucien and Richard discuss a variety of topics and some of the latest news and developments on Saudi Arabia. First, the hosts discuss Ric...
The evolution of Saudi Arabia's public diplomacy with Rayan Alyusufi
The 966 speaks with Rayan Alyusufi, a young Saudi researcher in public diplomacy and international communication to discuss the Kingdom’s public diplomacy, "sharp powe...
What does 2024 have in store for Saudi Arabia and the Middle East?
The 966 hosts kick off the new year after a refreshing holiday break following a successful year for the podcast in which the growth of the audience more than doubled ...
The Houthis' Red Sea gamble, investment funds grow in KSA, and Princess Noura Bint Turki Al-Saud + Princess Mashael bint Saud Al Shalan talk COP28
The 966 speaks with Princess Mashael bint Saud Al Shalan and Princess Noura bint Turki Al Saud, co-founders of AEON Collective based in Riyadh, to discuss the recently...
Delays in some Vision 2030 projects (and why that's good), a new US Embassy in Riyadh, and a conversation with Dr. Basma Al-Buhairan from Saudi Arabia's C4IR
There's so much that has happened in Saudi Arabia since The 966's last full, normal-format episode. The hosts are back in their normal seats and with a special guest, ...
Hevolution's Launch in Riyadh with HRH Dr. Haya Bint Khaled Bin Bandar Al-Saud and Dr. Mehmood Khan, CEO of Hevolution, who join The 966 for a special episode
The 966 Podcast features a special episode this week for episode 114 with an exclusive, live duo of conversations, first with HRH Dr. Haya Bint Khaled Bin Bandar Al-Sa...
The future of Fintech and Blockchain with Amit Sharma, CEO of FinClusive
Amit Sharma, CEO and Founder of FinClusive Capital, a hybrid fin-/reg-tech company based in the United States, joins The 966 to talk digital banking, fintech and more....
An exclusive interview with Dr. Mehmood Khan, founding CEO of Saudi Arabia's HEVOLUTION Foundation
The 966 speaks with Dr. Mehmood Khan, CEO of Saudi Arabia’s Hevolution Foundation, a global non-profit revolutionizing the healthspan field launched by Royal Decree an...
The Saudi economy and government spending with former IMF Country Head for Saudi Arabia Tim Callen, big announcements from The 966, and much more...
Tim Callen, ex-IMF Mission Chief to Saudi Arabia and Visiting Fellow at AGSIW, joins The 966 to discuss Saudi Arabia’s budget, government spending, and more. Tim's mos...
MasterCard's Maria Medvedeva joins The 966 to talk payments, fintech and more; plus more on Leyja at Neom
In Episode 110, Maria Medvedeva, Vice President, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain for MasterCard joins to discuss the company’s KSA strategy, fintech, payments, innovation, an...
Talking with Mohammed Ghazi and Abdulhadi Azouz, the two guys behind Saudi Arabia's hottest drone and aerial film production company
Chances are if you’ve seen any of the high-quality, professionally-produced promotional videos from Saudi government authorities or leading Saudi companies anywhere on...
Discussing Saudi Arabia's Regional HQ program with Mansour El-Zahab and Zeynep Kösereisoğlu from Frontierview and much more...
In episode 108, Mansour El-Zahab and Zeynep Kösereisoğlu from Frontierview, a leading market intelligence and research company, join The 966 to discuss Saudi Arabia’s ...
What the Israel-Hamas War Means for Saudi Arabia and the Middle East
Hamas' horrific and stunning attack in Israel last week has upended the status quo in the region. With Israel now retaliating in Gaza, bombing an already desperate pop...
The Growing Size and Role of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) in Saudi Arabia with Robert Mogielnicki, FII 2023, Saudi World Cup and more...
Dr. Robert Mogielnicki, Senior Resident Scholar at The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington and professorial lecturer at George Washington University joins The 966...