Reasoning with Mustapha

Mustapha Radouani
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Reasoning with Mustapha is a space for honest conversations about the things that actually matter — history, faith, culture, science, and the personal experiences that don't always make it into the mainstream conversation. Hosted by Mustapha, who grew up in Morocco and has spent years in the Bay Area — a journey between cultures that sparked a deep curiosity about people and the questions that don't have clear-cut answers. No claims to having it all figured out. Just genuine curiosity, one conversation at a time.

Episodes

  1. 4d ago

    Fish Sperm, Camel Meat, and What Counts as 'Weird' Food | Michael - EPS #4

    Michael and Mustapha sit down to talk about "weird" foods — but the real conversation is about how much of what disgusts us is just a matter of where we grew up. They cover a mystery delicacy Michael didn't get to identify until after he'd already eaten it, why halal and kosher rules work the way they do, camel meat as a wedding delicacy in the Moroccan desert, locust harvesting at dawn, and just how much of an animal actually gets used when nothing goes to waste.  It's a lighter, funnier conversation than most on this show — but it says just as much about culture and what we're raised to accept as any of the more serious ones. Come to think of it.  Reasoning with Mustapha explores history, faith, and culture through honest, long-form conversation — less about conclusions, more about asking better questions.

  2. Sep 7

    He Lost His Faith at 12: Junior's Story - EPS #3

    Junior was an altar boy, raised in a devout Catholic household — church a regular part of the week, rosaries most nights. By seventh grade, science had already started pulling him in a different direction, and eventually he let the faith go entirely. In this conversation, he walks through that whole journey: a childhood in a small farming town, years of odd jobs before landing in biotech, a 1,300-mile bicycle trip to Yellowstone at 17 that included hitting 52 miles an hour on a mountain descent, and where he's landed now as a vaccine engineer still working out what belief looks like without religion attached to it. He still wears his late grandfather's rosary necklace every day. Just not for the reason most people assume. Come to think of it. Reasoning with Mustapha explores history, faith, and culture through honest, long-form conversation — less about conclusions, more about asking better questions.

  3. Aug 31

    Alone at 18 in America: Barbara's Story - EPS #2

    Barbara left Poland alone at 18 — no family in the U.S., barely speaking English, and no real plan beyond a plane ticket she'd saved up for through high school. In this conversation, she walks through what that actually looked like: surviving her first Chicago winter working multiple jobs, a police stop that turned into an unlikely lesson, learning English by drawing pictures at the grocery store, and eventually building a career in drug discovery — all while raising two sons and starting an MBA years into a career most people would already call successful.  It's a conversation about what ambition actually costs, and why she still wouldn't trade the hardest parts of it. Come to think of it.  Reasoning with Mustapha is a conversation-driven show exploring history, faith, culture, and personal experience — not to win an argument, but to understand a little more fully.

  4. Aug 24

    Sewwandi: War, Faith, and Finding Home - EPS #1

    Sewwandi grew up during Sri Lanka's civil war — a childhood where armed checkpoints and searched school bags were simply part of getting to school. In this conversation, she and Mustapha talk about what it means to survive upheaval, hold onto faith through it, and carry an identity shaped by more than one world.  This is a conversation about resilience without turning it into spectacle — about the quiet, everyday ways faith and identity get built under pressure, and what carries forward long after the circumstances change.

  5. Aug 14

    Welcome to Reasoning with Mustapha

    I'm Mustapha, and I started this show because I wanted a space where real people — everyday folks and deep experts alike — could sit down and talk honestly about what actually matters: history, faith, culture, science, and the experiences that don't always make it into the mainstream conversation. I grew up in Morocco and have called the Bay Area home for years now — and that journey between cultures gave me a real curiosity about people, their stories, and the questions that don't have a clear-cut answer. Those are actually my favorite conversations: the ones you leave with more questions than you started with. I'm not coming in with the answers. I'm coming in with curiosity — and I'd love for you to come along.

    Welcome to Reasoning with Mustapha
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Reasoning with Mustapha is a space for honest conversations about the things that actually matter — history, faith, culture, science, and the personal experiences that don't always make it into the mainstream conversation. Hosted by Mustapha, who grew up in Morocco and has spent years in the Bay Area — a journey between cultures that sparked a deep curiosity about people and the questions that don't have clear-cut answers. No claims to having it all figured out. Just genuine curiosity, one conversation at a time.

Information

  • Creator
    Mustapha Radouani
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Mustapha Radouani