BBS Stories How it started: Host Leyla Nahas and partner Rami Obeid were inspired by music mixtapes distributed online by Beirut in the Mix and Ziad Naufal, as well as the work of Radio Beirut, to start sharing positive stories about the city. This formed the blog, Beirut Bright Side, which they launched three years ago. “What started as a blog quickly evolved to become a podcasting platform since music is what we know and has always been our bread and butter and it made sense to create auditory documentaries,” she says. They have released six episodes so far, featuring interviews with the likes of Peter Mouracade, CEO of the Beirut Marathon Association and Bahi Ghubril, the man behind Zawarib. The Lebanese Politics Podcast How it started: Noticing a need for more critical and in-depth analysis, Benjamin Redd had the idea to produce a weekly podcast on the main
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