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"Unfinished Business" is a podcast about humanity.

Topics range from philosophy to science, engineering and politics. I'm Roham, your host, and I like to have long conversations with people I find interesting.

Unfinished Business: About Humanity Roham Hosseini

    • Society & Culture

"Unfinished Business" is a podcast about humanity.

Topics range from philosophy to science, engineering and politics. I'm Roham, your host, and I like to have long conversations with people I find interesting.

    Social Media, Cancel Culture & America's Future | Stephanie Schwab

    Social Media, Cancel Culture & America's Future | Stephanie Schwab

    This is my conversation with Stephanie Schwab. She is the founder & CEO of Crackerjack Marketing, a pioneering social media agency, based in Chicago.

    It was a pleasure to discuss a range of topics from tech to politics with Stephanie, and I hope you enjoy it too.

    Connect with Stephanie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieschwab/

    Special Thanks to my amazing supporters on Patreon for helping keep this project going!
    Georg Blücher
    Jonathan Harel
    Hossein Yousefi
    Stephanie Schwab
    Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rohamhosseini

    Hosted by Roham Hosseini Twitter: twitter.com/RohamHosseini80
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roham-hosseini
    Timeline:
    0:00 - Introduction
    2:28 - Is Social Media Hurting Society?
    8:07 - How Do We Fix the Social Dilemma?
    10:52 - How Did Tech Giants Become So Huge?
    15:40 - Internet is becoming less anonymous
    21:18 - How much should we care about privacy?
    23:17 - The rise of Trump and the danger of governments
    27:20 - Trump vs. Biden 33:10 - How can the US remain the leading country in the world? 

    37:17 - Advice for young people moving to the US 

    42:42 - Should we worry about cancel culture? 

    50:00 - Polarization in th US 

    52:00 - Should companies get involved in politics? 

    55:29 - Raising children in the internet age 

    1:01:02 - What’s it like to have a child? 

    1:02:03 - What's the meaning of life? 

    1:06:23 - Are Marketing and Business people good for the world?

     1:16:38 - Book Recommendations

    • 1 hr 18 min
    Nationalism Post-Trump, Cold War 2 & Life After Jobs | Michal Rozynek | #006

    Nationalism Post-Trump, Cold War 2 & Life After Jobs | Michal Rozynek | #006

    This is my conversation with Michal Rozynek. He has spent the last 10 years in financial services and payments & holds a PhD in Political Theory from the University of Edinburgh, as well as an MBA from the University of Oxford —having published on topics ranging from nationalism to financial inclusion.

    This is one of my favourite conversations ever. I hope you enjoy it too.  

    Connect with Michal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrozynek/

    Special Thanks to my amazing supporters on Patreon for helping keep this project going!  
    Georg Blücher
    Jonathan Harel
    Hossein Yousefi
    Stephanie Schwab  

    Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rohamhosseini​​

    Hosted by Roham Hosseini  

    Twitter: twitter.com/RohamHosseini80  

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roham-hosseini    

    Timeline:  
    0:00 - Intro  
    2:49 - Future of nationalism in the 2020s  
    6:10 - The rise of cosmopolitanism and “citizens of the world”  
    9:10 - The resurgence of state power in the 21st century  
    10:45 - Should we worry about WW3?  
    14:50 - The US-China cold war  
    16:20 - Data privacy and trust in institutions  
    19:05 - “The new iron curtains” (internet censorship)  
    25:15 - AI Superpowers - the AI race  
    27:55 - Is AI becoming too intrusive?  
    30:15 - Will life quality decrease with automation?  
    37:20 - Life after automation & hyper-realistic simulations  
    44:05 - Where is Crypto headed?

    • 55 min
    Investing As Students, Creator Economy & Gen Z's Financial Future | Nazareno Clemente

    Investing As Students, Creator Economy & Gen Z's Financial Future | Nazareno Clemente

    This is my conversation with my dear friend, Nazareno Clemente. Naza is in a way my mentor, co-thinker, and co-worker.  

    We had a chat about investing as students, the financial world during COVID, the creator economy and our financial futures. This is not financial advice :))  

    Special Thanks to my amazing supporters on Patreon for helping keep this project going!  

    Georg Blücher 

    Jonathan Harel 

    Hossein Yousefi 

    Stephanie Schwab  

    Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rohamhosseini​​ 

    Hosted by Roham Hosseini  

    Twitter: twitter.com/RohamHosseini80  

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roham-hosseini    

    Timeline:  

    00:00 - Digital Assets vs Physical assets  

    7:45 - DogeCoin & Cryptocurrency Talk  

    25:42 - Future Jobs & Projects  

    32:39 - Offensive Jokes & Cancel culture  

    46:35 - Making Content

    • 1 hr 11 min
    Dreams, Immortality, Leaving Home & Education | Nazmi Shehi | Unfinished Business #004

    Dreams, Immortality, Leaving Home & Education | Nazmi Shehi | Unfinished Business #004

    This is my conversation with my dear friend, Nazmi Shehi. Nazmi is a brilliant thinker and Founder of "Stics", "Not a social media for kids".

    I really enjoyed this conversation, although we kept getting interrupted and I was quite nervous. Still getting used to all this :))   



    Connect with Nazmi: linkedin.com/in/nazmi-shehi-265990170



    Special Thanks to my amazing supporters on Patreon for helping keep this project going!  

    Georg Blücher 

    Jonathan Harel 

    Hossein Yousefi 

    Stephanie Schwab  

    Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rohamhosseini

    ​​Hosted by Roham Hosseini  

    Twitter: twitter.com/RohamHosseini80  

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roham-hosseini   



    Timeline:  

    00:00 - Quitting Professional Football  

    9:10 - Day to day of living alone Turkey (with no phone)  

    15:11 - Dealing with change & the meaning of life  

    24:00 - Simulation theory  

    29:00 - Immortality & Living Forever  

    35:00 - Most social media is negative for humanity  

    38:00 - Boomers & the education system  

    48:42 - Book recommendations

    • 52 min
    Memes, AI & Finding Meaning | Jonathan Harel | Unfinished Business #003

    Memes, AI & Finding Meaning | Jonathan Harel | Unfinished Business #003

    This is my conversation with my dear friend, Jonathan Harel. He is an incredible data scientist and creator of uhmmm.app 

    I really enjoyed this conversation and I wish him luck on his journey!   

    Connect with Jonathan: linkedin.com/in/jonathan-harel  

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    Special Thanks to my amazing supporters on Patreon for helping keep this project going!  

    Georg Blücher 

    Jonathan Harel 

    Hossein Yousefi 

    Stephanie Schwab  

    Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rohamhosseini

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    Hosted by Roham Hosseini  

    Twitter: twitter.com/RohamHosseini80  

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roham-hosseini   



    Timeline:  

    0:45 - The meaning of memes 

    9:11 - Living in communities   

    16:45 - Building a company 

    22:19 - Ambitions and goals 

    31:00 -Struggles of speaking two languages  

    34:48 - Data Science 

    40:29 - Life advice for young people 

    51:35 - Cultural diversity  

    1:00:40 - Covid & financial consequences 

    1:05:34 - AI dangers 

    1:19:14 - Tech giants & our data  

    1:24:30 - What’s next for Jonathan?

    • 1 hr 26 min
    Simulation Theory, Quantum Computing, Open Source | Hossein Yousefi | Unfinished Business #002

    Simulation Theory, Quantum Computing, Open Source | Hossein Yousefi | Unfinished Business #002

    This is my conversation with my friend and mentor, Hossein Yousefi. Hossein is a software engineer and co-founder and CTO at Identi 

    We talked about privacy, open-source software, free will, the nature of reality, quantum computers, and Identi's quest of re-tuning social media. 

    learn more about identi here: https://identi.app/ 

    connect with Hossein: hossein@identi.app

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    Special Thanks to my amazing supporters on Patreon for helping keep this project going! 

    Georg Blücher 

    Jonathan Harel 

    Hossein Yousefi 

    Stephanie Schwab 

    Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rohamhosseini

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    Hosted by Roham Hosseini 

    Twitter: twitter.com/RohamHosseini80 

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roham-hosseini

    • 2 hrs 49 min

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