Introducing the TWENTY30 Podcast

The TWENTY30 Podcast, a new bi-weekly podcast and video show covering Saudi Arabia for a global audience, launches on a mission to explore the far-reaching changes ongoing in the Kingdom’s economy and society - and to fill the significant void of English-language programming focused on and covering Saudi Arabia’s transformation. The new podcast features news, discussions, and exclusive interviews with the changemakers driving Saudi Arabia's transformation.

While the world watches and with sky-high stakes, Saudi Arabia is undergoing a rapid economic and social transformation. The TWENTY30 is a new podcast bringing together two leading young perspectives on Saudi Arabia in Lucien Zeigler and Dr. Hanaa Almoaibed to make sense of how business, culture, and society are changing — and why it matters. 

Listen to the hosts introduce the show in 9 minutes:

The program, available on all audio podcasting platforms and as high-quality produced video content YouTube, LinkedIN, Instagram, TikTok, and X, is the first of its kind.

The TWENTY30 will feature:

• Exclusive interviews and open conversations with top leaders, executives, and changemakers in Saudi Arabia’s public and private sectors,

• Regular appearances from The TWENTY30 Guest Contributors, including monthly segments featuring:

  • Ghada Al-Muhanna Abalkhail, the leading social media historical influencer and Berlin-based researcher focusing on the visual history of the Arabian peninsula, for a segment called 1727 in which Ghada and the co-hosts explore the identity and culture of Saudi Arabia:

• Faisal Durrani, Saudi and Middle East real estate expert who is partner and head of Middle East research at the leading real estate consultancy Knight Frank, for monthly updates on Saudi Arabia’s booming real estate sector, Giga-projects, construction, hospitality and beyond, allowing listeners and viewers of the show access to the most up to date information on the Kingdom’s ever-evolving new look

• Topical “deep dives” with experienced insights on issues of significant importance to Saudi Arabia’s transformational journey:

• Twice-a-week news updates in dedicated news segments with the aim of addressing the stories and developments that the world is talking about — while also elevating stories that matter to Saudi that the world - and Western media - often misses.

• Discussions of recent and important Arabic-language media items in English to amplify ideas, interviews, and viewpoints that would otherwise be missed beyond the Arabic-speaking world

• And much more…

Listen to Episode 6 of The TWENTY30 here:

Listen to Episode 5 of The TWENTY30 here:

Listen to Episode 4 of The TWENTY30 here:

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Listen to Episode 2 of The TWENTY30 here:

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