Anything Goes with Bilal Ali

Aaima Azhar is a Pakistani-Canadian author, spoken word poet, artist, and award-winning filmmaker from Edmonton, Alberta. Her co-directed films based on poetry written by her, Muhajir and Khalil, won "Best Local Film' at the 2019 and 2022 Mosquers Film Festival.

Aaima's debut poetry collection, A Thing With Teeth, is now available on multiple platforms! ​She is a University of Alberta Psychology graduate and currently ...

KudaThaKidd has paved a name for himself in the Edmonton music scene. Kuda joins me to talk about his journey so far with everything from life to music, he shares the story of coming to Canada from Zimbabwe with his family, some of the struggles growing up, his purpose with music, aspirations, and motivations. He shares his experiences performing on stage, and when he opened for Lil Mosey, and dreams of being on the big stage! - Ch...

The owners at the Pharaohs Restaurant share their journey of opening the first authentic Egyptian cuisine in Edmonton, we learn about their mouth watering menu, the significance behind the food, their goals, and struggles. We also dive into who Egyptians are and our culture, as well as being Egyptian-Canadians growing up in Canada, and everything that comes with that! - Check out the amazing Egyptian food at the Pharaohs Restaurant...

Noah and I discuss the importance of sports, how we as competitive athletes (Noah a lacrosse player, and myself a gymnast) balance our day to day sports and schooling, what it takes to be successful in both fields, and how covid has impacted our trainings. We talk about our respective sport journeys, and Noah tells us about his future scholarship for lacrosse in the United States! This episode is filled with so many laughs and joke...

Olympic gymnast and world champion in the sport of gymnastics Brandon O'Neill tells us about his upbringing, growing up in gymnastics from such a young age, he tells us about all his international competitions and travels, and those experiences leading up to the Olympics. We learn about the shocking life of Brandon, the injuries he suffered, and how he competed with those injuries on the biggest stage of them all! Brandon speaks wi...

A Palestinian living inside Jerusalem tells us about the reality of Palestine, and Jerusalem. We've been seeing the genocide of Palestinians around social media for a while now, but do these stories and posts capture the full picture? The answer is NO! Listen to this episode to hear how Palestinians are really being ethnically cleansed, and battling an apartheid occupation from the people living inside Palestine itself.

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Two Palestinians living inside the Gaza Strip tell us about the reality of Palestine, and Gaza. We've been seeing the genocide of Palestinians around social media for a while now, but do these stories and posts capture the full picture? The answer is NO! Listen to this episode to hear how Palestinians are really being ethnically cleansed, and battling an apartheid occupation from the people living inside Palestine itself.

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The ethnic cleansing of an entire Palestinian state has been happening at the hands of an apartheid and colonial state for over 73 years! But what really is the history of Palestine and Israel, how did we get to where we are today, and how can we make a change? Join me in this episode to learn all about that in a short summary!

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Communication is something we all do on a daily basis whether with family, friends, neighbors, teachers, etc. It's a skill we always practice, but even with that many of us don't actively work on enhancing it. Hannah and I talk about some of our relationships and communication with the individuals in our lives, and how we can all work on bettering our overall relationships through healthier use of communication!

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I sit down with lawyer, army soldier, comedian, podcaster, and author Eric Vern to discuss all things from the experiences that brought him to where he is now to his inspirations and more! Eric is a man who really goes outside the box or rather "Goes Against The Grain" we contemplate as well as have some good laughs a long the way. Make sure to check this episode out!

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TV and the entertainment industry as a whole have a lot of control over our societies; they can make and break entire races and cultures. Red and I dive into the negative and positive aspects of TV: how it enforces certain stereotypes, but also has the power to end them, and bring forth new perspectives and understandings of societies.

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Stand up comedian, musician, podcaster, and first generation Korean American Tommy talks about his challenges growing up in America without a father figure, constantly seeking validation, but he also tells us about his biggest achievements he has accomplished. We sing, we laugh, and we think all in this episode you don't want to miss!

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My friends and amazing members at The Podcasters Community surprised me with an audio recording gift for the one year anniversary of this podcast, and I couldn't be more thankful please listen and enjoy! Thank you so much for making me this, and thank you to everyone who has supported me for this long. I appreciate every single one of you! 

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Ex-journalist and current author: Christina Hoag has had her laptop searched by Colombian Guerillas, phone tapped in Venezuela, was suspected of drug trafficking in Guyana, and of course posed as a nun to get inside a Caracas jail! She tells us about all these experiences amongst many others in detail in this episode. Christina has accomplished and seen things in the reporting field that only a tiny percentage of journalists are ab...

Sexual assault and harassment towards women are a lot more common than we may think, and because there's a stigma around speaking up about things of this nature we may not really be aware of that. In this episode, nine-teen brave women opened up and were vulnerable with us by sharing their stories and experiences around assault and harassment. These women also gave some advice and insight on what they think men can do to help reduc...

Will bitcoin become the future of our economy? We discuss that, along with the faults in our current economic systems, how bitcoin addresses those, and overcomes them. We talk about how banks are saying bitcoin is a scam, but at the same time they're buying into it, and why they're doing that. How bitcoin is the gate to financial freedom is also discussed, and we touch base on how to get started in bitcoin and other cryptocurrency:...

Miinkay quit her 8 year career in a corporate firm to pursue something she really loved which turned out to be massage therapy, and life coaching! We talk about her journey, starting her own business, a long with intuition, what it is, and how we can chase what really makes us happy (which isn't always what we may think or are told is best)

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It's been five months since my last podcast episode, and I'm excited to be back! In the first episode of season 2 I introduce the podcast, what you can expect in this season, and I catch you all up to date on what's been happening in my life during these past months! Subscribe, follow, and rate Anything Goes with Bilal Ali so you don't miss any of the great episodes planned for season 2! Lets Get It!

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