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1 hour 11 minutes | Thursday, 1 August 2024
Zayed Mohammed Al Zaabi, who is on the autism spectrum, joins us in the studio to talk about his love for music and even plays his favourite piano piece on air The pre-teen market in the US accounts for a whopping 49% of drugstore skincare sales so we ask, are teens and tweens overly doing skincare? How can we take care of young skin? We speak with specialist dermatologist Dr Aishani Shah  Upfront HR’s Waleed Anwar and one of the top voices on LinkedIn Wandalyn Tan Calupig are in for our Career Clinic And we take you to family adventures with the Marahays. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
1 hour 29 minutes | Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Doctors are alarmed by influencers who are having extreme procedures that make them look like cartoon characters. We look at plastic surgery in general, what’s safe and what’s not and the psychological side of it too with Dr Miriam Byrne, Plastic surgeon from Reem Hospital in Abu Dhabi and Dr Charlotte Cousins, Clinical Psychologist from Maudsley Health Personality and jobs – Is yours matching where you are working right now? Business coach Phil Bedford guides us VAT at the standard rate of 20% will be added to private school fees in the UK from 1st January 2025.  We ask education specialis...
1 hour 34 minutes | Tuesday, 30 July 2024
Actress Jennifer Aniston has responded to comments made by US Senator JD Vance in 2021, who said women who haven’t given birth like Kamala Harris are, "childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives”, but there’s also a study that revealed a huge shift in societal norms, indicating that one in every four adults is likely to remain single for life – and we speak with one – Bella DePaulo joins us live from California; she is the author of Single at Heart: The Power, Freedom, and Heart-Filling Joy of Single Life. We also get the perspective of a man who with his wife choose to be ch...
1 hour 25 minutes | Monday, 29 July 2024
Daryl Grigaravicius, founder of Stride, joins us to talk about her personal experience and how she supports fellow autoimmune diseases sufferers After a Pomeranian sadly died on a flight from Bahrain to Dubai, we discuss pets’ safety and what owners need to know before travelling with their pets We get details about new screening guidelines for newborns from Dr Amna Khushnud following the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention’s announcement Haus & Haus’ Tom Poulson is on the hot seat on our regular Monday real estate focusAnd lawyer Madeleine Mendy from Bin Sevan Advocates answers all your ...
1 hour 22 minutes | Friday, 26 July 2024
Nutritionist Reetu Sukhramani discusses why people’s reactions to stress and negative emotions can lead to overeating We welcome the culinary mastermind behind the newly-opened Lila Molino, Chef Shaw Lash Nada Badran from Wander With Nada gives us a list of what to do and where to go this weekend Taj Exotica at The Palm’s Executive Chef Sonu Koithara is in for our Chef’s TableFood writer Devine Divecha fills us in with the latest food news including food waste and the Olympics And ending the week with sweets! Oh Fudge’s founder Sumaiya Anees tells us the story of THE brownies.See omnystudio...
1 hour 34 minutes | Thursday, 25 July 2024
Tennis great Andy Murray has announced he’s retiring after the Olympics so we discuss the challenges athletes face when aging out of professional sport with Olympic coach James Michael Lafferty, three-time Olympian and founder of ROAR Sarah Lindsay and Hajar Badran, former Olympian who represented Egypt in syncronised swimming We speak with NOW-Fertility’s Founder Dr Luciano Nardo on World IVF Day And as Mattel has just released a blind Barbie doll, we speak with Paralympian Jessica Smith and Julia Johnson, mum of three daughters, two of whom are blind, on how significant this move is in te...
1 hour 32 minutes | Wednesday, 24 July 2024
The UK's National Police Chiefs Council has warned that two million women and girls are estimated to be victims of violence perpetrated by men each year, and described the issue as a "national emergency". We speak with the founder of The Family Hub Hanan Ezzeldine on how to teach our kids about body safety and setting boundariesAbu Dhabi Police have called on parents to protect children from cybercrime as part of their ‘Safe Summer’ campaign, so we call on cyber safety expert Barry Lee Cummings from Beat The Cyberbully We always talk about fear of failure but today we discuss how fear of su...
1 hour 20 minutes | Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Award-winning science writer, journalist and author David Robson joins us live from the UK to talk about how social connection is as vital to our health and happiness as a balanced diet and regular exercise Clinical psychologist Simran Bhambahni guides us through Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) With the launch of the Mental Wealth Framework in Dubai, we look at wellness in the workplace with Al Laith Group’s Jason English We discuss the vital link between oral health and overall wellbeing with Dr David Roze And science is our focus today on our summer camps roundup with Curiosity Lab.  Se...
1 hour 5 minutes | Monday, 22 July 2024
Treatment centres in the UK are seeing a rise in patients suffering from disordered eating and addiction following use of Ozempic and Mounjaro so we speak with Internal Medicine specialist Dr Aarti Javeri of Sustain Health to shed light on the controversial use of weight loss medications We meet Dubai-based filmmaker Zenofar Fathima who’s on a mission to address social issues through films How can you get the best rates when buying property? Haus & Haus’ managing director Charlie Bannan guides us Lawyer Jayshree Gupta answers all your legal questions And we continue our summer camp roundup ...
1 hour 27 minutes | Friday, 19 July 2024
Today’s show is such a treat for you foodie lovers as we’re joined by the stars in the culinary world:Award-winning French chef with 11 Michelin stars Anne-Sophie PicBhupender Nath and Chef Ritwik Sarkar from Passion F&B, the company behind Tresind Studio, Nonnverse and more Chef Hattem Mattar of The Mattar Farm KitchenChef Salam Dakkak of Bait MaryamMohamad Orfali, co-founder of Orfali BrosAnd culinary traveller and writer Pallavi Sangtani gives us the latest food news.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Meet 10-year-old Zayed, the piano prodigy
Afternoons with Helen Farmer

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