The Laidback Show » Uncategorized http://laidbackshow.com Jihad on da suits starts NOW!! Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:54:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://laidbackshow.com/feed/podcast/ The Laidback Show is a weekly podcast by Faisal Kapadia (deadpanthoughts.com) and Dr. Awab Alvi (teeth.com.pk/blog) talking about various topics within the Pakistani web-sphere, be it politics or technology in a very casual setting The Laidback Show clean The Laidback Show info@laidbackshow.com info@laidbackshow.com (The Laidback Show) 2009-2010 Hosts: Faisal Kapadia and Dr. Awab Alvi Technology, Politics, Pakistan, Geek, International, Urdu The Laidback Show » Uncategorized http://laidbackshow.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/Laidbackshow144.jpg http://laidbackshow.com/category/uncategorized/ Laidback Show Episode 22 – Flood Relief http://laidbackshow.com/episode-22/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-22/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:00:25 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=235

Faisal Kapadia and Dr. Awab Alvi head to Sukkur and Shikarpur along with offroadpakistan & SA Relief to deliver relief to the affectees in the region.

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-22/feed/ 2 Flood Relief,PkFloods,PkRelief,Shikarpur,Sukkur Faisal Kapadia and Dr. Awab Alvi head to Sukkur and Shikarpur along with offroadpakistan & SA Relief to deliver relief to the affectees in the region. Faisal Kapadia and Dr. Awab Alvi head to Sukkur and Shikarpur along with offroadpakistan (http://offroadpakistan.com) & SA Relief (http://sarelief.com) to deliver relief to the affectees in the region. The Laidback Show clean Laidback Show Episode 20 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-20/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-20/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:02:17 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=211 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-20/feed/ 9 Karachi, Blog, Blogawards, Pakistan, TEDx, TEDxKarachi Dr. Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia present the 20th Episode of The Laidback Show talking about Blogawrds and TEDxKarachi with live callers Farhan Chawla and Sarfaraz Khan The Laidback Show clean Laidback Show Episode 19 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-19/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-19/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 15:04:06 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=206 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-19/feed/ 5 Cricket,Politics,Sania Mirza,Shoaib Malik,Zardari The Laidback Show clean Laidback Show Episode 18 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-18/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-18/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:17:01 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=197


Nawaz Sharif backtracked on the 18th Amendment [this discussion took place on Monday]
Dr. Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia talk about the Cricketing fiasco
Planning to host a WordCamp Pakistan in Karachi on 23rd May 2010 [@WordCampPK]

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-18/feed/ 3 Cricket,Nawaz Sharif,Politics,WordCamp Pakistan Nawaz Sharif backtracked on the 18th Amendment [this discussion took place on Monday] Dr. Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia talk about the Cricketing fiasco Planning to host a WordCamp Pakistan in Karachi on 23rd May 2010 [@WordCampPK] Nawaz Sharif backtracked on the 18th Amendment [this discussion took place on Monday] Dr. Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia talk about the Cricketing fiasco Planning to host a WordCamp Pakistan in Karachi on 23rd May 2010 [@WordCampPK (http://twitter.com/WordCampPK)] The Laidback Show clean Laidback Show Episode 17 – Expedition Poldat http://laidbackshow.com/episode-17/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-17/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:01:43 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=187


Dr. Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia head towards Hingol National Park for a three day Expedition with offroaders from OffroadPakistan to conquer a natural gorge called Poldat

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-17/feed/ 3 Baluchistan,Camping,Hingol,Jeep,Karachi,Offroad,Poldat Dr. Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia head towards Hingol National Park for a three day Expedition with offroaders from OffroadPakistan to conquer a natural gorge called Poldat Dr. Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia head towards Hingol National Park for a three day Expedition with offroaders from OffroadPakistan (http://offroadpakistan.com) to conquer a natural gorge called Poldat The Laidback Show clean Laidback Show Episode 16 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-16/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-16/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:03:09 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=177

Show notes after the jump

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-16/feed/ 4 aafia siddiqui,Awab Alvi,Bomb Blast,Cricket,Faisal Kapadia,Shahid Afridi Show notes after the jump - Faisal Kapadia, Awab Alvi and Farhan Chawla discuss Dr. Aafia Siddiqui's court verdict in the USA where she is charged with 7 issues on assaulting an officer Farhan Chawla shows off his Carputer Discussion on Shahid... Show notes after the jump * Faisal Kapadia, Awab Alvi and Farhan Chawla discuss Dr. Aafia Siddiqui's court verdict (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2010/02/05/aafia-siddiquis-indictment-court-order) in the USA where she is charged with 7 (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2010/02/04/prisoner-650-dr-aafia-siddiqui-convicted) issues on assaulting an officer * Farhan Chawla shows off his Carputer * Discussion on Shahid Afridi's ball biting incident (http://deadpanthoughts.com/2010/01/shame-on-cricket-pakistan/) * Discussion on the bomb blasts (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2010/02/06/terrorists-are-the-american-agents-shia-scholars) in Karachi * Balaatkar is to be substituted by Chamatkar ppl...just in case someone has not seen the 3 idiots. The Laidback Show clean Laidback Show Episode 15 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-15/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-15/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:01:59 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=173

  • Faisal Kapadia and Awab Alvi meetup at The Second Floor’s new location in Karachi
  • Talk with Sabeen Mehmud about the new location and hats off to the anonymous donor who donated the space to develop this place in Karachi renting the space for Rs 1 only [50 paisas for one floor and 50 paisas for the other]
  • Sabeen talks about the upcoming speech of Steve Jobs
  • Discussion about the tragedy in Haiti
  • Farhan Chawla talks about Google Maps and PkMaps
  • discussion about privacy in location broadcasting
  • Faisal talks about how multinationals are ignoring the new media
]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-15/feed/ 0 Awab Alvi,Faisal Kapadia,Google Maps,Haiti,iPad,Karachi,PkMaps,Second Floor,Steve Jobs,T2F - Faisal Kapadia and Awab Alvi meetup at The Second Floor's new location in Karachi Talk with Sabeen Mehmud about the new location and hats off to the anonymous donor who donated the space to develop this place in Karachi renting the space for Rs... * Faisal Kapadia and Awab Alvi meetup at The Second Floor's new location in Karachi * Talk with Sabeen Mehmud about the new location and hats off to the anonymous donor who donated the space to develop this place in Karachi renting the space for Rs 1 only [50 paisas for one floor and 50 paisas for the other] * Sabeen talks about the upcoming speech of Steve Jobs * Discussion about the tragedy in Haiti * Farhan Chawla talks about Google Maps and PkMaps (http://pkmaps.freeforums.org) * discussion about privacy in location broadcasting * Faisal talks about how multinationals are ignoring the new media The Laidback Show clean Laidback Show Episode 14 – Campfire Edition http://laidbackshow.com/episode-14/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-14/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:29:28 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=162

Show notes after the jump

The 14th edition of the Laidback Show was recorded in some remote location within the Sorh Valley, Baluchistan as Dr. Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia ventured with the Offroad Pakistan group for a three day adventure trip. The recording was done in front of a live audience late at night in front of the campfire. Lightening was low and many friends around the campfire helped provide the necessary lightening to have the show recorded. Intermixed between the interview is some footage of the thrill seekers getting stuck and enjoying the outdoors

People interviewed were

  • Sabiha Omar
  • Taimur Mirza
  • Wazir Ahmed
  • Amjad Mawaz
  • Salim Khan
  • Hamid Omar
  • Zulfiqar Bhootani
  • Khan Sahib

Credit to Mahera Omar and Zulfiqar Bhootani for lending us the videos of the day-time offroad adventure

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-14/feed/ 1 Adventure,Awab Alvi,camping trip,Fasial Kapadia,Offroad,Offroad Pakistan,Sorh Show notes after the jump - The 14th edition of the Laidback Show was recorded in some remote location within the Sorh Valley, Baluchistan as Dr. Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia ventured with the Offroad Pakistan group for a three day adventure trip. Show notes after the jump The 14th edition of the Laidback Show was recorded in some remote location within the Sorh Valley, Baluchistan as Dr. Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia ventured with the Offroad Pakistan group for a three day adventure trip. The recording was done in front of a live audience late at night in front of the campfire. Lightening was low and many friends around the campfire helped provide the necessary lightening to have the show recorded. Intermixed between the interview is some footage of the thrill seekers getting stuck and enjoying the outdoors People interviewed were * Sabiha Omar * Taimur Mirza * Wazir Ahmed * Amjad Mawaz * Salim Khan * Hamid Omar * Zulfiqar Bhootani * Khan Sahib Credit to Mahera Omar (http://afewmofilms.com) and Zulfiqar Bhootani for lending us the videos of the day-time offroad adventure The Laidback Show clean Laidback Show Episode 13 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-13/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-13/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:19:39 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=159

Show notes after the jump

Faisal and Awab attend the Solidarity Day in Karachi and discuss the event
Fasial meet Mohammed Hanif, the author of A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Awab goes to Faisal Qureshi’s show Baang-e-dara
Video report on the Lahore Solidarity Rally
DiscoMaulvi suggests why educated people throw trash on their streets
Pakistan suffers from elitism, they can get away with it
Rai Azlan reports on the Google Mapping Party in Lahore
Pakistan open maps on PkMaps
Awab shares the story about Dr. Mehvish Baig and her story as she was harassed by US personel in Karachi. Dr. Mehvish’s ex-husband writes to Awab sharing the other side of the argument as presented by Mehvish
Farhan Chawla does the tech review on Nokia N900

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-13/feed/ 4 Awab Alvi,Exploding Mangoes,Farhan Chawla,Fasial Kapadia,Google Map,Karachi,Lahore,N900,Nokia,Solidarity Day Show notes after the jump - Faisal and Awab attend the Solidarity Day in Karachi and discuss the event Fasial meet Mohammed Hanif, the author of A Case of Exploding Mangoes Awab goes to Faisal Qureshi's show Baang-e-dara Video report on the Lahore Sol... Show notes after the jump Faisal and Awab attend the Solidarity Day in Karachi (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2010/01/01/pictures-solidarity-day-1st-jan-2010-karachi) and discuss the event Fasial meet Mohammed Hanif, the author of A Case of Exploding Mangoes (http://www.explodingmangoes.co.uk/) Awab goes to Faisal Qureshi's show (http://life.faisalqureshi.net/bangedara-123-awab-alvi-nazim-haji/) Baang-e-dara Video report on the Lahore Solidarity Rally DiscoMaulvi (http://twitter.com/discomaulvi) suggests why educated people throw trash on their streets Pakistan suffers from elitism, they can get away with it Rai Azlan (http://twitter.com/rai_azlan) reports on the Google Mapping Party in Lahore (http://lahore.metblogs.com/2009/12/29/google-maps-lahore-mapping-party/) Pakistan open maps on PkMaps (http://pkmaps.freeforums.org) Awab shares the story about Dr. Mehvish Baig and her story as she was harassed by US personel in Karachi (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2009/12/30/american-forces-harass-pakistani). Dr. Mehvish's ex-husband writes to Awab sharing the other side of the argument as presented by Mehvish Farhan Chawla (http://senseapplied.com) does the tech review on Nokia N900 The Laidback Show clean Laidback Show Episode 11 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-11/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-11/#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:01:21 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=146

Show notes after the Jump

  • New Laidback Show Tech segment to review technology products
  • Laidback Show Reps – opens doors for citizen journalists to submit content to be included in the Laidback Show
  • All Pakistan Youth holds a peace rally at Quaid Mazar on 25th December
  • Awab buys a Macbook Pro from Ebay
  • Rai Azlan‘s video report on the Green and White program
  • Solidarity Day by Aman Ittehad on 1st Jan 2010 all across Pakistan
  • Faisal Kapadia talks about the nude cyclists in New Zealand
  • NRO chucked away by the Supreme Court, is it biased towards PPP, or is that the start of the accountability process
  • Danish Kaneria back in the Pakistan cricket team, what are the future prospects of the upcoming matches
  • Shobz reviews Avatar 3D the movie
  • HP gives away a few T-Shirts – question is asked in the show send your answers to info@laidbackshow.com and win yourself an HP T-Shirt
  • Twitter went down for an hour by Pro Iran organization, warns US to stay out of Iranian affairs
  • Farhan Chawla joins the Laidback Show to review HP Mini 110, more or less a decent review agreed upon by the entire Laidback show team, seems like a great netbook.
]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-11/feed/ 3 Avatar,Dr. Awab Alvi,Faisal Kapadia,Farhan Chawla,HP,HP Mini,NRO,Quaid mazar,Rai Azlan,shobz,Technology Show notes after the Jump - New Laidback Show Tech segment to review technology products Laidback Show Reps - opens doors for citizen journalists to submit content to be included in the Laidback Show All Pakistan Youth holds a peace rally at Qu... Show notes after the Jump * New Laidback Show Tech segment to review technology products * Laidback Show Reps (http://laidbackshow.com/reps/) - opens doors for citizen journalists to submit content to be included in the Laidback Show * All Pakistan Youth (http://www.facebook.com/DrAwab?v=app_2344061033&ref=name#/event.php?eid=233330063135&index=1) holds a peace rally at Quaid Mazar on 25th December * Awab buys a Macbook Pro from Ebay * Rai Azlan (http://twitter.com/rai_azlan)'s video report on the Green and White program * Solidarity Day by Aman Ittehad (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=383520055226) on 1st Jan 2010 all across Pakistan * Faisal Kapadia talks about the nude cyclists in New Zealand * NRO chucked away by the Supreme Court, is it biased towards PPP, or is that the start of the accountability process * Danish Kaneria back in the Pakistan cricket team, what are the future prospects of the upcoming matches * Shobz (http://twitter.com/shobz) reviews Avatar 3D the movie * HP gives away a few T-Shirts - question is asked in the show send your answers to info@laidbackshow.com and win yourself an HP T-Shirt * Twitter went down for an hour by Pro Iran organization (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8420369.stm), warns US to stay out of Iranian affairs * Farhan Chawla (http://senseapplied.com) joins the Laidback Show to review HP Mini 110, more or less a decent review agreed upon by the entire Laidback show team, seems like a great netbook. The Laidback Show clean