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The 966

THE 966 explores the news, people, and issues that define the Kingdom through conversations and interviews with business leaders, officials, and newsmakers. THE 966 goes beyond the headlines and tackles the complex U.S.-Saudi relationship, discussing topics like oil and energy, security and defense, Saudi culture and society, and much more.

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94:11

The music industry in Saudi Arabia and more with...

The 966 ·

2022/08/12

2:36 - Saudi Ministry of Investment Releases Q2 Investment Highlights Report; 49 Deals Worth More Than $925m Inked. Richard's one big thing is the release 13th edition of ”Investment Highlights.” The report examines investment developments and focuses the tourism sector. MISA says it oversaw 49 major deals valued at $925 million, which are set to create around 2000 new jobs in the local economy. The report includes an opening by H.E. Ahmed AlKhateeb, Minister of Tourism, and includes a

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100:05

Knight Frank's Faisal Durrani on real estate trends...

The 966 ·

2022/08/05

3:31 - Richard's one big thing is a new agreement between IBM and Saudi Arabia’s IT authority that will upskill 100,000 young Saudis in the digital sector. The MoU to implement eight initiatives seeks to “bolster the Kingdom’s position as a hub of technology and innovation in the Middle East and North Africa region,” according to SPA.9:32 - Lucien's one big thing is a look at the latest data coming out on the Saudi economy in 2022, which is one of the fastest-growing globally. Saudi

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96:09

Eyad Albayouk from Flat6Labs talks Saudi VC and KSA's...

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2022/07/29

1:40 - Richard's one big thing is the Kingdom's newly announced national aspirations and priorities for the research, development and innovation sector to enhance the kingdom’s competitiveness and add 60 billion riyals ($16bn) to its gross domestic product by 2040. Dr. Munir El Desouki, president of King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Riyadh, sat down with The National to explain what these plans for the RDI sector entail. The hosts discuss the importance and impact

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113:46

A Special Edition of The 966: Reviewing President...

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2022/07/19

2:00 - First up, The 966 speaks with Hussein Ibish, columnist for Bloomberg and The National and Senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. Hussein discusses his view, shared with the Washington Post, that “[a]nyone expecting a checklist of achievements was looking at the wrong visit. Biden didn’t go with a list but a long-term agenda."33:49 - Next, The 966 welcomes Dr. Jon Alterman to the program to talk about the visit and its significance. Jon notes that

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103:44

Dr. Sean Foley joins The 966 to talk about a changing...

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2022/07/15

Dr. Sean Foley, professor at MTSU and author of the book Changing Saudi Arabia: Art, Culture, and Society in the Kingdom, joins The 966. Dr. Foley specializes in Middle East history and the cultural, political, and religious trends in the wider Islamic World.Before that discussion, the hosts do a small preview of President Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia this weekend, and discuss The 966's plans for next week which include a special format in which the hosts solicit views from many experts on

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70:26

The 966 Episode 51 with economist and longtime...

The 966 ·

2022/07/08

The 966 asks John about the state of the Saudi economy, economic reforms ongoing in the Kingdom, the PIF, and much more.

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83:05

Raghad Fathaddin joins The 966; Oil's price and Saudi...

The 966 ·

2022/07/01

1:50 - The Saudi Ministry of Hajj announced all potential pilgrims from the West must apply through ‘Motawif’ platform. Richard’s One Big Thing is this new disruptive portal became the only place to buy accredited Hajj packages across 57 western countries.8:15 - OPEC+ has delayed a big decision on oil production quotas, but just how much spare capacity does the group and Saudi Arabia in particular have left? Lucien’s One Big Thing is the Saudi-led OPEC+ group of oil producers, which

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110:00

Leading Saudi architect and urban designer Dhay...

The 966 ·

2022/06/24

3:17 - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman landed in Turkey for the first time in several years on Wednesday for talks with President Erdogan, after visiting neighboring Egypt and Jordan as part of a regional tour. The visit to Turkey, a member of NATO, is aimed at fully normalizing ties that were ruptured after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Richard's one big thing this week is the significant changes in Saudi foreign policy in the previous 18 months, including how

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55:53

The drama and opportunities surrounding President...

The 966 ·

2022/06/17

1:46 - Richard's one big thing this week is a new report from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Investment that highlights all the reasons to invest in Saudi Arabia now. In the 12th edition of ''Investment Highlights'', the Invest Saudi team discusses a record-breaking Q1 2022. The deals overseen by MISA are expected to drive investments worth more than $4 billion and create 5,816 new jobs in the local economy, and things are just starting to heat up. Saudi Arabia’s economy is proving to be one of

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104:25

Reacting to the launch of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf...

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2022/06/10

1:43 - Richard's one big thing this week is a new report highlighting how Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 is shifting Saudi Arabia’s global perception.Vision 2030 has become the largest single contributor to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s global media coverage, a recent report indicated.The research, titled “KSA Reputation: How Vision 2030 is Rebranding the Nation,” released last month by global media intelligence provider CARMA, showed that the Kingdom’s "transformative vision had put it in a

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87:00

Saudi-Israeli normalization, women in family...

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2022/06/03

1:28 - Will Saudi Arabia normalize relations with Israel soon? Richard’s one big thing this week is what people are talking about in Saudi foreign policy this week: “normalization.”Are Saudi Arabia and Israel in fact close to normalizing relations? The hosts discuss the gap that currently exists between Israel and Saudi Arabia and why there’s a lot in the way between the two countries preventing a further warming of ties. ***13:04 - A new study by KPMG surveys the opinions and insights of

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106:41

Spotlight on Saudi at Davos, island diplomacy, and...

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2022/05/27

2:32 - Saudi Arabia's big week at Davos Richard's one big thing this week is Saudi Arabia's presence at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week and how Saudi Arabia is stepping into the limelight with a strong economic start to 2022. Saudi Arabia has one of the few good stories to tell at the WEF in a world struggling to deal with the fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and worldwide challenges with inflation. Saudi Arabia, represented by a host of top-level

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39:26

MBZ takes the reins in the UAE, the PIF's Saudi...

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2022/05/20

1:16 - Richard's one big thing this week - What’s next for the UAE as Mohamed bin Zayed takes the reins?The UAE’s de facto leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan was elected president of the Gulf Arab state by a federal supreme council, following the death of Sheikh Khalifa.MbZ, as he is known, is 61. He had already been in power for years in a period when Sheikh Khalifa suffered bouts of illness, including a stroke in 2014.The hosts discuss the rise of MBZ, the importance of Sheikh

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117:37

Saudi Arabia's tourism sector, carbon capture...

The 966 ·

2022/05/13

2:20 - Richard's one big thing is a discussion on carbon capture including a recent huge investment by Aramco into the space. 12:35 - There’s a lot going on in Saudi Arabia’s tourism sector...This week, there were two events in the region: A major aviation summit in Riyadh, called the Future Aviation Forum, and a tourism and travel event in Dubai, the Arabian Travel Market. Both created significant news in the sector...27:38 - The U.S. State Department's Joshua Yaphe joins The 966 to

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105:24

Jon Alterman from Center for Strategic and...

The 966 ·

2022/05/06

1:00 - Building a Hydrogen Sector: Can the US help Saudi Arabia?Saudi Arabia seeks to become a global supplier of hydrogen and create a home-grown industry. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia should (and already are) working together to help Saudi Arabia realize this goal and to help power the energy transition. 9:50 - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Scholarship Program has a new name and a new, refreshed mandate.The refreshed scholarship program will send 70,000 Saudi students abroad to top-ranked

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48:46

Dr. Mohammed Alhajji from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of...

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2022/05/03

Dr. Mohammed Alhajji is director of the Behavioral Insights & Nudge Unit at the Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia since November 2020 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he develops and implements. He also is co-founder of SaudiGenome, an innovative social entrepreneurship startup in Saudi Arabia to provide genetic testing at low costs with the goal of reducing prevalence of hereditary diseases in the nation.

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106:56

Dr. Fatimah Alhamlan from KFSHRC and founder of...

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2022/04/29

0:38 - Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's first visit to Saudi Arabia in years represents a thaw in Saudi-Turkey relations that hit a low point four years ago. Erdogan hopes the visit will herald a new era of relations after intense efforts to repair strained ties following the aftermath of the Jamal Khashoggi murder in Istanbul in 2018. Before the visit, in a policy reversal, Turkey halted and transferred its own trial of the Saudi suspects in the killing of Khashoggi to Saudi

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43:25

Scratching the surface on the issues affecting...

The 966 ·

2022/04/22

1:43 - Prince Turki al-Faisal's recent op-ed in Arab News is a must-read. The hosts discuss this piece, 'America should laugh with the Kingdom, not scowl’, and why it brilliantly captures outdated American attitudes about Saudi Arabia as a growing nation with strong, deep ties to the United States. "While many challenges face us in the post-corona era, I am amused by the brouhaha in the US media about a Saudi TV comedy sketch that took the mickey out of President Joe Biden. Commentators and

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101:02

Saudi foreign policy, globalization, and the...

The 966 ·

2022/04/15

1:17 - Saudi Arabia made interesting headway in four different foreign policy areas this week. Significant developments in Saudi Arabia’s relationships with and interests in Iran, Lebanon, Turkey and Yemen. The 966 kicks off by talking about each of these for Richard's one big thing this week. 9:19 - The U.S. Navy's new multinational task force will deploy to the waters around Yemen and in the Red Sea to help protect Saudi Arabia and ensure the security of trading routes in the critical

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85:51

Energy, hydrogen, and more with Phillip Cornell from...

The 966 ·

2022/04/08

0:38 - Richard's One Big Thing This Week is NEOM's roadshow event in New York City on Tuesday, which he attended - and said was a success. Executives attending on behalf of the futuristic mega-city and development on the Kingdom's Red Sea coast were enthusiastic about NEOM and what's to come...12:27 - Lucien's One Big Thing This Week is a Saudi UAV company that is hoping to become an exporter of drones in the coming years. Saudi Arabia’s INTRA Defense Technologies CEO Abdulsalam Ghamdi said

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