{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Identity Library","title":"Chapter 24: Starting the Conversation- On Approaching Strangers with Abdullah Najjar","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/7e62e9aa\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":6475,"description":"A new year, a new semester, and it only felt right to start this season with a familiar voice.\nIn this episode, I’m joined by our old and well-known friend Abdullah Najjar for a conversation that feels like coming home. We talk about approaching strangers, starting conversations, awkward silences, curiosity, fear, and the courage it takes to say the first hello, whether in a coffee shop, a classroom, or life in general.\nThis episode is less about having the perfect words and more about showing up as you are. It’s about listening, making mistakes, laughing them off, and realizing that some conversations are meant to last, and some are simply meant to happen.\nIf this new year has you craving connection, this episode is for you.\nWelcome back to The Identity Library.\nLet’s start the season by starting the conversation.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/C3vnMM6k6VUnSaYxfODT8_sVeKd-tD4nLBYjAkPXRD0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMGMx/NjkzNGNlYWFjOTJl/ODMwYjBiMjQyNjdl/YjJkOS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}