Avenue M

Dr. Abdallah Rothman is a leader in the field of Islamic psychology and has authored numerous books and academic papers on the subject. He is co-founder, along with the late Professor Malik Badri, of the International Association of Islamic Psychology. He’s currently Head of Islamic Psychology at Cambridge Muslim College and the Founder and Clinical Director of Dar al-Shifaa. Dr. Rothman holds an MA and a PhD in psychology and is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Board Certified Registe...

Today, we’re doing something a little different. We’re swapping feeds with In Good Faith, a podcast from BYUradio. In Good Faith seeks to discover how God is working in the world and in our lives. Host Steven Kapp Perry talks with believers from all walks of faith as they share stories and accounts in their own words. The hope is to listen with an open heart, celebrating the power of faith and belief, and what those stories mean to the ones who tell them. In today’s episode Haroon sits ...

This rich and intimate conversation centers on Peter Block, a long-time organizational development thinker, and his reflections on mortality, loneliness, freedom, and purpose. Peter Block is an author and citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the co-founder of Designed Learning, a training company that offers workshops designed to build the skills outlined in his books. Peter is part of the Common Good Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and was a member of his local neighborhood council. His b...

Aatish Taseer is the author, most recently, of A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile, as well as the memoir Stranger to History: A Son’s Journey Through Islamic Lands and the acclaimed novels The Way Things Were, a finalist for the 2016 Jan Michalski Prize, The Temple-Goers, short-listed for the Costa First Novel Award, and Noon; and the memoir and travelog The Twice-Born. He is also the translator of a volume of Saadat Hasan Manto’s short stories from Urdu, Manto: Selected Stories. His books...

This week’s guest, Steve Brusatte, is a paleontologist and professor at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He grew up in Illinois and has traveled the world studying dinosaurs, naming several new species. He is a keen communicator of science and has written several pop science books. His next book will be on the origin and evolutionary history of birds. He is also the paleontology consultant for the Jurassic World film franchise. Things Referenced in This Episode: Steve Brusatte first c...

If you believe in heaven, do you have to believe in hell? A few weeks back, Joey and Haroon sat down with Washington Post columnist, author of multiple books, including The Case for American Power, and fellow podcaster Shadi Hamid for an unexpectedly candid and sincerely searching conversation. If you already know Shadi from his writings, like you can find at Wisdom of Crowds, well… there’s a lot you’ll love. We’ve got Shadi talking about America’s place in the world, about democracy and abou...

Avenue M is hosted by Joey Taylor and Haroon Moghul. We’re two men on a journey of faith and meaning. In each episode we speak with remarkable guests to help us unpack the moments that shape us, the struggles that build us and the questions that intrigue us. Are men in crisis? Joey and Haroon sat down with Richard Reeves, Avenue M’s first guest — and for very good reason: Reeves blew the whistle on what’s now a widely-acknowledged (or, at least, hotly-debated) crisis of masculinity, even as R...