The Last Thoughts of a Busy Mind

Ali Khamseh
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One man's quest to talk, in any shape or form. There's not much consistency other than the man itself, and the subjects can vary from anything to nothing.

  1. FEB 27

    Chapter 214: In One Day I'll Turn 29

    29 is an odd age. It is the last year of a decade of life, that is also often conflated with recklessness and experimentation. When one reaches that odd age of 29, one tends to get introspective. Looking back at everything that one did in the past decade, and planning for the future. Though, living in constant turmoil of life outside of one's grasp, those plans may seem like the follies of a fool. Whether follies of a fool or the steps of a genius, one can't help but reach that precipice of turning 29. Email me at: ContactAKhamseh88@gmail.com

    20 min

  2. FEB 20

    Chapter 213: 2026, Part 2

    2025 was an almost apocalyptic year. It had shown each of the four horsemen of the apocalypse with great vigor. It had shown war, and pestilence, and famine, and death. The year 2026 has started for a while now, and though it seems that the specter of these four horsemen are still looming and their handiworks are still being seen, one needs to look for that little ray of light in the darkness; and that little ray of light may come from planning for 2026. Email me at: ContactAKhamseh88@gmail.com

    20 min

  3. FEB 13

    Chapter 212: 2026, Part 1

    2025 was an almost apocalyptic year. It had shown each of the four horsemen of the apocalypse with great vigor. It had shown war, and pestilence, and famine, and death. The year 2026 has started for a while now, and though it seems that the specter of these four horsemen are still looming and their handiworks are still being seen, one needs to look for that little ray of light in the darkness; and that little ray of light may come from planning for 2026. Email me at: ContactAKhamseh88@gmail.com

    20 min

  4. FEB 6

    Chapter 211: This Is an Exercise In Futility

    Life is an unpredictable mess. Things go awry when you full expect it and when you least expect it. Planning for the future, though an essential part of life, is one's attempt at organizing an untangled mess of webs. That unpredictability becomes much greater when one is part of a world as chaotic, as brutal, as depressive and as oppressive as life in a country like Iran. There are moments in one's life when the reality of living in such conditions of inhumanity makes all future endeavors feel like an exercise in futility. Not just planning, but life itself becomes one. Email me at: ContactAKhamseh88@gmail.com

    20 min
  5. Special Chapter #13: I'm Dancing to the Tune of Arash

    JAN 2 ·  BONUS

    Special Chapter #13: I'm Dancing to the Tune of Arash

    In this episode, we go back to the online roots of The Last Thoughts of Two Busy Minds and we're having a long conversation with Arash. We met each other online on a social media platform because we had some mutual friends, and hit it off due to our mutual love of cinema and movies. Arash lives in Italy, and has been there for a few years, and recently got his graduation; so our talks did include cities of Europe and living abroad, but it also included topics such as the use of AI in art, Guillermo Del Toro's "Frankenstein", Food and Travel, and ended with an exhaustive discussion of James Bond and Mission Impossible.

    1h 38m

  6. 12/12/2025

    Chapter 210: Iran Needs You

    With a season coming to an end, introspection and retrospection is sometimes needed. When that season has a theme such as Misunderstanding Iran, it's important to bring it to a close with a clear point. What can be done to help Iran, now that we have a better understanding of its history, culture, issues, and different political landscapes? This is the answer to that question, as best as it can be answered. It might not be as holistic as it can be, but it is the answer needed at this time. Email me at: ContactAKhamseh88@gmail.com

    20 min

  7. 12/05/2025

    Chapter 209: Iran Has a Monarchist Infestation

    With the current regime of Iran facing more and more scrutiny, there's also a loud voice in the room claiming that the only way to return to any sort of stability is by returning to the olden days of Monarchy. This is the prominent voice behind propagandists and many of the older diaspora. Yet, this is also the voice that carries with itself an uncritical view of all the problems that rise with a monarchy, and a desire to deprive people that they deem unworthy of any political power. This is the Monarchist infestation in Iranian political discourse, and it needs to be examined and ridiculed as swiftly as possible. Email me at: ContactAKhamseh88@gmail.com

    20 min

  8. 11/28/2025

    Chapter 208: Iran's Cultural Issues

    Iranian Culture is old, historied and incredibly complex, which is why it is oftentimes easier for people who are not aware of it to bundle it up with the whole of the Middle East and create an Orientalist view of the region. Though there is need to untangle that mess and look at Iranian Culture as its own thing rather than a monolith, it is as important to look at its shortfalls and problems. By ignoring them, we learn nothing, but by learning and facing them, we can step in the right direction. Email me at: ContactAKhamseh88@gmail.com

    20 min
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