MNTQ Podcast - Season 6, Episode 14 The trio turns into a duo as Halimat’s technical difficulties make it difficult for her to join the episode. In this episode the girls talk house clothes, outside to indoors clothing etiquette, snacking on raw chicken and all the reasons why we won’t eat at anybody’s house. Nim : Raw tryna kill us chicken and she stank. I'll never forgive her because that smell pissed me off.Sawda: so she went to M&SNim: she went to either M&S or Sainsbury's, like it w...
Mar 18, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 6Ep. 14
MNTQ Podcast - Season 6, Episode 13 In this episode, Sawda shares her NCS stories and we discuss what would make us go camping. But then I guess that's what - develops humanity. The people that want to push things and change things? And not necessarily just [...] they say, you know, growth happens outside the comfort zone. So if everyone just sits there, like yeah, this is it, then we don't get to a point where we can do more, and there can be more. Our discussion topic for the day is “ Multiple...
Feb 26, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 13
MNTQ Podcast - Season 6, Episode 12 In this episode, Sawda breaks down the reality of working in Cloud and being a junior Software Engineer. sorry, infrastructure so like, okay, let's say you're building a product let's say you're building, i dont know, an app or website there's a software engineering part where like you're building. Okay, so there's frontend so like let's say, if you're building a website, the front end is all the things you see so like the physical elements of the page and the...
Feb 11, 2022•44 min•Season 6Ep. 12
MNTQ Podcast - Season 6, Episode 11 In this episode, we bring you two new F words, fitness and forgiveness. The girls talk looking after your insides and outsides, with Halimat bringing us up to speed on her fitness journey and Nimz going in on people who throw forgiveness around like it’s a sprinkle of salt. For me it's like there's no longevity in this, and I like food with longetivity because it has to go in the freezer ready for defrosting. Bringing us right back to stew. Stew is a Triple Th...
Feb 04, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 11
MNTQ Podcast - Season 6, Episode 10 New year, new job? We definitely think so. In this episode, the girls talk about careers, tech and relocation. Nimz is desperate to “japa” (leave the UK) and has her get out of jail free cards lined up, whilst Sawda shares some realities of the tech industry. so here's the thing, like it goes from business and commerce and like SMEs and whatever they're all called, yeah, to just being Tech. Because you're like, oh, I need to understand my audience. I need to u...
Jan 28, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Inspired by our discussion topic we get into the technicalities of emotional cheating, what counts and what’s disrespectful but not cheating. Does emotional cheating even exist? I don't want to sound disclaimer disclaimer, i don't want to sound like big headed or anything like that, I'm not, I'm a baby girl trying to learn in this life, constant student of life, but you know where people are just like oh my gosh this thing. And you're just like -the thing. It wasn't as deep as, it wasn't as hard...
Jan 21, 2022•2 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 9
MNTQ Podcast - Season 6, Episode 08 Can you even spell vulnerable without MNTQpod? In this episode, we sat down and got reflexive, we looked back at the year 2021 and our relationships with ourself and others. A lot was learnt and do you know what that’s called… “growth” So I was just thinking about kind of like, how one of the major reasons I changed or I actively pursued change this year was because I wanted a different outcome. And I didn't get that outcome. And it was like, I have this minds...
Jan 14, 2022•2 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 7
MNTQ Podcast - Season 6, Episode 07 Let’s talk radioactive spiders and the most repeatedly killed off uncle in the history of dead uncles. It’s here, the Spiderman chat. First Nimz came for Captain America, then she let it off on Superman and now… from the analysis, Tobey Maguire apparently was a bit dark and he was a bit hmm, Garfield is a bit too much like he was overdoing it, but Tom Holland has got the balance. I feel like he's actually the Spiderman. Our discussion topic for the day is “cop...
Jan 07, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 5
MNTQ Podcast - Season 6, Episode 06 We start the episode with a kicker, what is a break up insurance and are you down for the cause? So he basically goes, I'm gonna have to be honest with you, because if I don't, I'm going to be in my feels kind of thing. Can you get rid of your breakup insurance guy? And she was like, but everyone has life insurance and health insurance. Like it's not - that's the whole point of it being insurance, like it's supposed to protect you. No discussion topic today it...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 6Ep. 6
MNTQ Podcast - Season 6, Episode 05 It’s another episode on our favourite F word - Food! Tune in as we talk lactose intolerance, food combos that might just kill you and debate just how much unhalal is gelatine really? I started off listening to this and I was like, Oh, it sounds like a communication thing. And then it got to, he don't give me anything on my birthday, talk less of a card. And I was like, ah here we are. And you buy him things that you can't afford. But you both work similar hour...
Dec 19, 2021•53 min•Season 6Ep. 5
MNTQ Podcast - Season 6, Episode 04 Episode Transcript At this point, our billionaire discourse might definitely be seen as hating from outside the clurbb, but us folks on this side of the bouncer really don’t understand the need for this club at all. I don't, I don't want to be a hater. I don't want to be an enemy, because she gets a lot of hate and a lot of whatever. So I always keep my mouth shut. This tweet is just very much like, no, please don't cross my line. Like I'm giving you an imagin...
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 4
S6E3 Episode Transcript --- Last week we came for Architects this week we’re coming for Geography and the whole education system. In this episode, we talk about things we’re doing for ourselves to improve our quality of life, how we would want to improve the education system and get really into our discussion topic for the day. So, my original point is that if you're taught one way of doing something, you're now going out into a world that is ever changing, are you not at a disadvantage? if your...
Nov 26, 2021•2 hr 2 min•Season 6Ep. 3
Episode Transcript --- In this episode, we talk scams. The scam that is architecture, that one shaman on bling empire and the 4k fraudster on Twitter. Also, why are criminals so senseless these days? What are you doing tweeting your crimes babe? Be smarter! It's funny, because this is reminding me of Hushpuppi. Like, I knew of his story, obviously. But then my sister was like, she would see his Instagram account and go "it couldn't have been fraud, because he's so blatantly showing everything of...
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 6Ep. 2
You’ve been blackmailed, are you paying up? This is another rollercoaster episode, we go from talking being repressed, to our desire to go outside, participate in a zombie apocalypse game, what would lead us to pay a blackmailer and much much more. No, no, because I left that girl in 2013, '14, '15! I left her! and you want to bring her back to now?Someone that I buried and killed - I murdered!It's actually impossible. And it's because yeah, I feel like for me as well as like, there's like being...
Nov 12, 2021•1 hr 51 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Is your skin giving what it needs to give? This week it’s all about skincare and the lengths we’ll go to care for our skins. Also, Halimat’s wifi was acting up so there’s a little Virgin media bullying going on and we share the most horrifying Reddit post *gasp*. “No but who sat there and said, “do you know what we're gonna do to revolutionize this already decent oil - We're gonna add glitter!” Yes. And a board of people agreed on it, and they produced it and it was put on the shelves” Gist over...
Nov 05, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Season 5Ep. 18
Episode Snippet: “I don’t know how to say this without sounding depressing but I just think solace and rest -true rest happens in Jannah….I just feel like because we know we're going to be given trials anyway, something is going to come to disrupt something, something is going to come to shift things and shake things and test you and to have you strive in this way or that way something is going to be a temptation - whatever, so it's just very much like I didn't really ask for this - But, okay, c...
Oct 29, 2021•45 min•Season 5Ep. 17
We get super vulnerable as we share our thoughts on our bodies, discuss body image, fat shaming and desirability politics. “I think sometimes it's like we try to - like - we no longer can talk about the fact that obesity is still a clinical diagnosis, it's still a problem. But we can't say that anymore because you're fat-shaming” Tune in as we get real. --- MNTQ (Mantooq) pod is a Brimah and John podcast where 3 Black Muslimah's explore topics around their favourite F words; faith, fashion, food...
Oct 22, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Sawda caught the Rona which leads us to talk; health, vaccines and social distancing. We also got into it about our girl Rih and her Billionaire status? Just how easy is it to become a billionaire in this new social media era? Tune in as we chop it up. --- MNTQ (Mantooq) pod is a Brimah and John podcast where 3 Black Muslimah's explore topics around their favourite F words; faith, fashion, food, finances, friendships and much more. Catch new episodes every Friday 16:30 GMT. Join the Brimah and J...
Oct 01, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 5Ep. 15
Changes, changes and more changes. Sawda has a big announcement, The pod isn't a safe space for Halimat today as we come for customer service reps and Nimz wants to how Karen she has to get before she'll get the service she paid for? Tune in, it's a hoot. --- MNTQ (Mantooq) pod is a Brimah and John podcast where 3 Black Muslimah's explore topics around their favourite F words; faith, fashion, food, finances, friendships and much more. Catch new episodes every Friday 16:30 GMT. Join the Brimah an...
Sep 24, 2021•56 min•Season 5Ep. 14
We talk quirky habits, pick me's, people assuming their reality is the only reality, invasion of privacy and Nigerians and how you're only really one shimmy away from being TikTok cringe. Tune in, it's chaotic. --- MNTQ (Mantooq) pod is a Brimah and John podcast where 3 Black Muslimah's explore topics around their favourite F words; faith, fashion, food, finances, friendships and much more. Catch new episodes every Friday 16:30 GMT. Join the Brimah and John family www.brimahandjohn.com...
Aug 20, 2021•1 hr 51 min•Season 5Ep. 13
We're doing things a little differently! We've each recorded a portion of the episode separately and then passed it on. Tune in to our Ramadan relay where we answer questions submitted by each podcast host. The questions/talking points for this episode are: 1. Qur’an: Are we keeping up with it? Reading? Have your feelings changed in this month? 2. Did you have Ramadan goals and if so how are they going? 3. As Ramadan comes to an end, what would you like to continue moving forward? --- MNTQ (Mant...
Jun 04, 2021•53 min•Season 5Ep. 12
We're doing things a little differently! We've each recorded a portion of the episode separately and then passed it on. Tune in to our Ramadan relay where we answer questions submitted by each podcast host. The questions/talking points for this episode are: 1. How do you get yourself out of a slump in Ramadan? 2. What are you most grateful for in Ramadan? 3. What benefits (spiritual or other) have you experienced? --- MNTQ (Mantooq) pod is a Brimah and John podcast where 3 Black Muslimah's explo...
May 31, 2021•35 min•Season 5Ep. 11
We're doing things a little differently! We've each recorded a portion of the episode separately and then passed it on. Tune in to our Ramadan relay where we answer questions submitted by each podcast host. The questions/talking points for this episode are: 1. A memorable moment you’ve experienced this Ramadan 2. Du’as you’re loving 3. A character trait you’ve realised is really you and not shaytaan now that the gates of hell are closed --- MNTQ (Mantooq) pod is a Brimah and John podcast where 3...
May 17, 2021•48 min•Season 5Ep. 10
S5E8 This is one of those episodes where you just have to listen to it yourself to understand, it's a mess! p.s Please do not misunderstand us, we're not here for the objectifying of women - ever! At all! --- MNTQ (Mantooq) pod is a Brimah and John podcast where 3 Black Muslimah's explore topics around their favourite F words; faith, fashion, food, finances, friendships and much more. Catch new episodes every Friday 16:30 GMT. Join the Brimah and John family www.brimahandjohn.com...
Feb 26, 2021•2 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Season 5, Episode 7 and we continue with the dramatics. Listen as we talk Bling Empire and Christine's L. Honestly what gave her so much confidence? Sawda woke up and chose violence, Nimz said not for me, but I gotchu. Halimat brought the sense and we all came with gist.
Feb 12, 2021•2 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 7
We're bizzackkk! Truthfully we never left, we've been recording and hoarding and now we're mass releasing. We took a year off, brought in a new host and we're now continuing the conversations. In this episode, we talk dating sites, the pressures of marriage and our commitment to never settling. Enjoyyyy
Feb 11, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 5Ep. 6
