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The Forgotten Architects, EPS #2: "The House of Wisdom"
For five hundred years, Baghdad was the most important city on Earth — and the House of Wisdom was why. In the 9th century, the Abbasid caliphs set out to gather all ...
You Don’t Have Free Will — A Debate on Choice, Faith, and Accountability - EPS #7
Rick's position is absolute: free will doesn't exist. Rewind time to this exact second, atom for atom, and you'd make the same choice every time. This conversation pre...
The Forgotten Architects, EPS #1: "The World Before the Light"
Algebra. The names of stars. The number 7 itself. All three trace back to the same civilization — and most people have never heard the full story. This episode starts ...
Stuttering, Grief, and Finding His Voice Through Music | Ahmad's Story - EPS #6
Ahmad has stuttered since elementary school — and discovered early on that the stutter disappears completely when he raps. Under the name Chah Got Beats, he's spent y...
She Felt Her Guardian Angel Three Times. The Third Was the Day Her Dad Died | Sharon - EPS #5
Sharon practices Angelic Reiki — a healing method she describes as channeling energy directly from archangels. In this conversation, she shares her own path to it: a ...
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 ...
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...
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 thi...
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 conversatio...
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 ...
