Recorded

Gene Simmons of Kiss on their 'Godzilla big' New Year's Eve concert and the next chapter for the band

Gene Simmons of Kiss talked to Saeed Saeed, music journalist at The National, about what people can expect from their New Year's Eve concert at The Atlantis in Dubai. He also tells us about what he learned during the pandemic and what his relationship with Paul Stanley is like.

Paul Stanley of Kiss on the challenges and future of the live music industry

Saeed Saeed, music journalist at The National, talks to Paul Stanley of Kiss about the challenges facing the live music industry and how the band’s New Year’s Eve concert in Dubai could set a new standard for producing safe gigs in the future.

How the Covid-19 pandemic changed education forever

Alice Albright, the chief executive of the Global Partnership for Education talks to The National about the GPE calling on the international community to not take children's education for granted. Alice also spoke about the impact that the pandemic has had on education.

Gene Simmons on 'Kiss 2020 Goodbye'

Saeed Saeed talks to Gene Simmons of Kiss about their upcoming New Year’s Eve concert in Dubai and why they are taking no chances when it comes to safety and will fly to the emirate on a custom jet.

UAE visa amnesty

Haider Hussain, a partner at Fragomen, an immigration services company, spoke to The National for an overview of the rules. 

Going beyond with the emerging talent at Abu Dhabi Art

In this episode of Recorded, we hear from the three artists participating in this year’s Beyond programme – who they are, why they create and the ideas behind their work for Abu Dhabi Art.

24: 30 years of The Undertaker

Wrestling legend The Undertaker sits down with Evelyn Lau of The National to talk about his 30-year career, his favourite wrestling moments - and unfinished business in the ring.

World Diabetes Day: Close to your heart for T2 diabetes

People with Type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of heart disease and stroke and despite advances in care, cardiovascular diseases are the top causes of death. Added to this, is that the relationship between diabetes and cardiovascular diseases is not always well understood.

To help people know more, for World Diabetes Day 2020 on Saturday November 14, The National and leading pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, hosted an expert discussion exploring the link between Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. For World Diabetes Day our expert panel includes:

• Dr Mohamed Hassanein, a senior consultant in endocrinology
• Dr Abdallah Shehab, a consultant cardiologist
• Ousama Al Haj, general manager and head of human pharma, at Boehringer Ingelheim, Gulf.

The discussion is hosted by The National’s assistant editor-in-chief Mustafa Alrawi.

In this episode:
What is T2 diabetes? (1m 14s)
Why is the ME region more affected? (7m 25s)
Can you cure T2 diabetes? (9m 39s)
How does Covid-19 affect you if you are diabetic? (12m 54s)
The link between diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (14m 42s)
Raising awareness (18m 34s)

Xbox Series X v PlayStation 5

PlayStation loyalist and social media journalist Faisal Salah goes toe-to-toe with Xbox aficionado and deputy chief sub-editor Michael Coetzee for a discussion on the coming console wars. Will Sony or Microsoft win the hearts, minds, and, ultimately, wallets of the public? Which exclusive games are going to rock the gaming world? Will Xbox's Netflix-style subscription service entice people away from PlayStation? And what are teraflops and will they make the difference?

21: Breaking period taboos

Menstruation is a subject that many people are squeamish about so when an Indian cricket team placed a sanitary pad advertisement on  their jersey, people sat up and listened. The Rajasthan Royals is a cricket club playing in the wildly popular IPL or Indian Premier League tournament in the UAE. Their campaign Let’s Talk Periods in which cricketers call on men and women not to be embarrassed about menstruation has been seen by millions of cricket fans who tune in from across the globe. It has sparked conversations on social media about the shame surrounding the menstrual cycle and lack of access to menstrual products.

Ramola Talwar Badam speak to three women about periods. Suzanne Al Houby, is the first Arab woman to have climbed Mount Everest (amongst a team of all men), Dr Rasha Rady is an assistant lecturer of paediatrics at Cairo University Children’s Hospital and Sarah Zipp, a lecturer at the University of Stirling in Scotland, who runs a project to coach the coaches. Zipp says talking about menstruation will stop young girls around the world from dropping out of sport.