Saba Yussouf - Reshaping The Future With Science (E019)

Joining us today is the extraordinary Saba Yussouf, innovator and mastermind behind some of the leading medical and sustainable energy technologies in the world today. Saba’s visionary thinking has fuelled innovations in the areas of water treatment, infection prevention and climate change. Such technologies are being used by organisations such as the US Army and Elon Musk’s ventures. In this episode, Saba gives us an insight into her hectic life as an enterprising woman and offers her expertise on topics such as;
0:00 Introduction
0:40 Sabba’s science and medical background
5:10 Sexual discrimination in the workplace
8:30 Investing; risk, due diligence and trending areas
14:40 The surprising truth about your drinking water
19:45 Saba’s innovation of ‘nanobubbles’
23:30 Is tap water safe?
25:30 Skill sets, creative thinking and disruption
29:00 Female role models, “being yourself” and Islamic culture
34:55 The masculine and feminine dynamic
38:02 Love languages, dating and relationships
43:50 Work ethic and sacrifice
49:00 The importance of taking risks and stepping out of your comfort zone
53:00 Self-belief, hope and the detrimental effect of social media
1:03:10 Turn-offs and
1:11:40 Saba’s new health and wellness business
1:13:40 Optimising your sleep and meditation
1:20:36 The #1 Biohack for better health
1:22:10 Eliminating stress and dealing with fear
1:26:32 Developing patience and muting distractions
1:29:25 Microdosing mushrooms and Saba’s bad experience with Big Pharma
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[@xspireddreams]

Shout out to Mike's team, the editing, lighting, sound, and camera work/angles are all top tier - it's massively underrated how much impact that stuff has to elevate the content, on top of how impressive Mike is as an interviewer. Starting at this level of quality across the board is ridiculous and super hyped to see where you take the pod from here.

[@viktorskarlatov8227]

I started talking to my water and my life improved significantly. Today it started talking back. We're BFFs now.

[@Arjun-or7nx]

It’s pretty ridiculous that she claims to be such a fan of science but says water has memory lol.

[@viktorskarlatov8227]

@@Arjun-or7nx You can literally find "a study" about anything idiotic. Someone did it and they claim they used "the scientific method" therefore it's science. One of my favorite books is "Fads and fallacies in the name of science" by Martin Gardner. It shows many examples of such claims and theories and goes into the actual personalities of the people that develop those. Some are really funny and sad at the same time.

[@quantumXkyle]

The water thing makes me not take anything she says seriously

[@mrsniiper]

Can we all take a quick moment to appreciate how well put together Mike’s podcasts have been from the beginning 🚀 Let’s go bro 🤜🤛

[@blondscientist]

As an actual female scientist with a PhD in immunogenomics I have such issue with language she uses - "I like science", "Science is my expertise." etc.... One can't be expert in "science". The notion is too wide. It's cheap wording and she is not precise in her speech throughout. It doesn't even make her sound smart. The number of suspicious things she says is not small - from EV, water or how she described the blood-brain barrier. If one liked "science" why would they not study it then? Clearly she had means (financial and otherwise). As a woman I find it annoying that she would say "we don't have time to read self help books because we prefer tanning and grooming. WTF???? It just speaks of the rich bubble she lives in, working those 3 days a week. People in these places of concentrated wealth are detached from reality. I don't know, clearly we can't generalise and there are no absolutes. Not to throw away the baby with the bath water I will say I am glad she invests in (bio)tech.

[@reneedebeersaab5854]

Agreed! I got the same impression, she comes from means and had the contacts!

[@quantumXkyle]

Absolutely agree. She’s basically trying to lead people to think she’s a scientist when in reality she just invests her dads money and wants all the credit

[@rhirhi4172]

Yesss - more of this please! More women like Saba and Sadia on your podcasts please!! Real women, pasionate about what they do, driven to help

[@christiancockayne]

Must admit this is one of my favourite episodes of the podcast yet. I've listened to every Thrst pod so far and learnt good things from J Waller and Tristan, had a laugh listening to Matt, resonted with Hamza and also learnt things from other guests, but this one has done something to me where I enjoyed listening to it and could listen again. Saba is a very clever woman, I was never really interested in science at school and other branching sub-topics, however this made for great listening and credit where credit is due to Mike once again for the consistency of quality production. Keep it up.

[@padraighamilton7633]

Another sick episode Mike, thoroughly enjoyed it. As a Chemical Engineer some of the technical points on EV’s and water treatment etc I am slightly dubious of I must say, but this is the story of the world of science and research.

[@sadiqbxx]

They lost me on the water part 😂😂😂😂

[@john.s]

i love her. finally there are high quality podcasts with her

[@user-uz5cy5kw8b]

It would be interesting to hear her perspective on 9-5 workers and lazy people if she did not come from a wealthy family with successful parents. The average person does not have access to a small loan of 50,000 pounds from their father 😂

[@megriley9841]

It’s a little bit funny isn’t it 😂

[@rachelfitnesss]

1:00:00 as a 23 year old woman, yes im into self help books, learning about finances, self awareness, mindset etc. Because your looks alone wont bring you that far imo 👀

[@eurgaptis]

"How did you start ?" "My dad gave me 50k" oh okay yeah great advice there

[@mashalsdawah]

Why is this such a bad thing didnt Donald trump also get a “small loan of a million dollars”. So ur pissed that she used the resources life had given her ? People are so ignorant it baffles me

[@eurgaptis]

Anyone can succeed with daddy's money

[@richard99cookify]

@@eurgaptis She clearly said it was a loan and that her Dad was hard on her. Loan off parents if they can afford it is nothing different to loans off bank except it makes more sense due to no interest (usually). So no, it's not "daddy's money".

[@sheldonstanley8002]

her intelligence, mannerisms, attitude & maturity is what makes her a beautiful sight, a flex not many woman obtain👀

[@LJCGym]

Keep these coming Mike, you’re a natural at this

[@TomPetoTraining]

Had to tap out when she said water retains bad words so she then can’t drink it. Great podcast channel though, look forward to the next episode 👌

[@benwalker8399]

Another great watch. Loved the conversations and knowledge that was shared. I can see Saba being such a big inspiration to lots of females. Cheers Mike

[@ramintacerneviciute]

I’ve listened to all your podcasts since the beginning and the quality is top notch! Keep them coming 💪🏻🚀

[@Indomation-nv7yo]

I really enjoyed this one. Finally a smart, well articulate woman.

[@amaananwar7337]

Listened in one sitting. Keep it up Mike. Will definitely re listen to this one. Very relatable and needed.

[@ChaziChaz89]

What a breath of fresh this woman is. Great find, great episode. 5 stars!

[@jacobb2010]

One of the best podcasts out there, keep them coming Mike

[@newnightingale623]

thank you, Im part a part Pakistani woman and this was very motivating (from USA)

[@velocirshtr3756]

Such a valuable video. She’s very articulate.

[@Edma.]

I wish her all the success! But somehow she makes me think of Elisabeth Holmes. Health and science is a serious trade - you actually need the hardcore knowledge and experiences. If she herself has done the hard academic work, is a doctor herself, or has a phd in bioscience, I’d take her seriously. Stepping out and decides she wants to be an investor. The courage is great. I’d also like to say, the people who started the science and tech companies, I’m thinking Elon musk with Tesla, or the google founders, Microsoft, Dell computers, the founders are engineers themselves.

[@mrdouche9172]

It helps, but it's not necessary. Tons of CEOs and founders of companies who are just the business guys, not the science guys of the company.

[@dac8939]

You can still do it as an educated investor. They know how to research the market, listen to other experts, analyse the market and financials.

[@MLGskippy]

Lol if u look at most investment firms they have teams of analysts who do that stuff. You don’t have to have direct knowledge yourself to invest an investor is a person who can bring resources and a network and it doesn’t have to be the person conducting the actual research. Just like if u look at most ceos of big companies they might not even have experience in the industry but they understand how to build corporate structures and fixing up companies etc.

[@slapjuice]

100% agreed...she is def full of of herself, and literally has no background in science.

[@janis_lifts]

Great podcast, learned quite a lot 👍🏼 saba was a great guest

[@markmcbride22]

She trying to scam people with water bubble water with no bubbles.😅

[@Handy_Hire]

World needs more good female role models, good work Mike!

[@maxplattner6264]

she has a good take regarding water! In case anyone wants more tips for health: - avoid tap water (especially in the US is very bad and full of Fluoride) - drink spring water out of glass bottles or get yourself a reverse osmosis filter - cut Fluoride (in tapwater and toothpaste), it is bad for your health and pineal gland - put minerals into your water (himalayan salt or other natural salts)

[@creamy9626]

you are just saying facts without evidence, u can't just say people what to do, my fkg dentist says to use toothpaste with fluoride and she is good and professinal. She says that's what prevents cavities from happening

[@quantumXkyle]

Her take is so dumb. That research she’s talking about has been debunked regarding water and emotion

[@maxplattner6264]

okay then please send me the link to the article/research you are talking about @@quantumXkyle

[@Connor1992wes]

'I love to take risks' - with dads money xD

[@lee02jepson]

Thank you Saba for saying that a woman can be successful and not be in masculine energy but still in her feminine energy. Thank you, thank you thank you! Its something I've been saying for a long time. Just b/c a woman is successful in some area, like her work life, doesn't mean she is saying I don't need man. Of course, a hetro woman, wants + needs a man, just as a hetro man wants + needs a woman, to have a mentally, physically + spiritually healthy well balanced life. Thank you Mike for this post, I hope you have more like this.

[@hln666]

Im sorry man ,30 mins in and i tried my best to keep going , but this is utter bs ,another case of “small loan of a million dollars from my dad” Not denying that she has some capabilities, but the amount of blaber is just too much Awaiting your next one my man , keep up the good work

[@d1pz9]

Damn I had to scroll too far for this comment. This lady is off the rails respectively

[@jorgecomin2149]

She's full of crap on her "science". It makes much more sense where she comes from once she says what she is selling...

[@franziskaeichner5543]

Soo interesting!! Truly valuable conversation. Thank you for the great work.

[@carlospalma_]

She's a bit delusional

[@AnaidOff]

you're so good at doing this, Mike! Keep up the good work!

[@Albert-gs2jp]

Superinteresting talk. I did not know these great tips about the importance of drinking good water and sleep well...

[@Rakyr]

Very interesting her talking about how water storing energy. Interestingly does it only matter if the energy is recent right before consuming the water? Because when the water is being filtered, it has already been through 5 people's networks!

[@bradleygeorge9178]

Great podcast Mike, good choice of guest. Found it very interesting to listen to!

[@govindershergill6418]

Honestly, I think these two will be great together ❤ you can feel great chemistry between them 🙂 love the podcast.

[@user-pz2vr8ur1b]

yesssss

[@GuidetteExpert]

When she spoke about water having mystical energy and about stem cell shampoo she lost kindof her credibility.

[@laservolcanogaming6943]

Well saying water has mystical energy isn’t saying it literally it’s more noting how many amazing properties it has. Religious people often use words like mystical and spiritual even when they don’t mean it literally

[@GuidetteExpert]

​@@laservolcanogaming6943 She ment it literately that you could bad mouth over water and if you drink it it could do bad things to your body. I dont think she is a real scientist unfortunately.

[@recon30994]

She has no idea what’s she’s talking about

[@zizojaezekeom3565]

​@@GuidetteExpertyou can be a scientist and still have some stupid believes 😂

[@quantumXkyle]

She’s an idiot pretending to be a scientist who only made something of herself because of her dads money and connections

[@itsomaarrr]

Lovely podcast. So much Value! :)

[@sjangtepeltang]

Great epi, Thanks for the wisdom Saba 🍀

[@noorulamin8990]

Mike bring some good guests please rather than these people who don't know what they are talking about .

[@mrdouche9172]

Gifts are her love language, huh? That's a sneaky way to say she goes after the guys with a ton of money.

[@ThewayThetruth]

Was thinking the same 😂

[@lotstosay6359]

Why can’t she get what she want? She is intelligent and successful. Level up fellas.

[@mrdouche9172]

@@lotstosay6359 Sure, but she can just say it, why tiptoe around it?

[@lotstosay6359]

@@mrdouche9172 It’s nothing to tip toe. All women are into dating men with means to provide. Only ones who can’t reach the barometer complain about this. If men can desire slim with a perfect face and perfect body, women can request the perfect income.

[@bahiahamchi5279]

Gifts don't have to be expensive...

[@conormangan_]

This is your sign to start giving affirmations to your water

[@EvgenyAleshin]

Pretty sure the water absorbing "bad energy" is pseudoscience. I do not know which scientists she spoke to, but I cannot find any studies supporting her claim. Really started to question her competence and ability to conduct due diligence on scientific projects.

[@sipal9983]

Yeah. She doesn’t sound credible

[@inferno4419]

She’s just a BS’in snake oil saleswomen.

[@adamek9750]

she did economics what do you expect lol. calling herself a scientist lmao

[@quantumXkyle]

Lol for real. Another fake scientist influencer. Happens in tech a lot too.

[@HoneyBadgarDontGive]

I’ll be real, this was pure wass…felt myself losing brain cells especially on that water bit. Sure Huberman would laugh very much at a lot of that😂

[@yaseerah06]

Can you have Luke Belmar on your podcast?

[@christiantoledo3040]

Frrrr

[@Yako16]

That would be Fireee!💯🔥

[@JAHN..]

If he has Luke it better be 3 hours long!

[@dinosaurperson2349]

Hes a tate wannabe but says nothing of value - he does speak a lot though

[@motiverse1]

They filmed !!! I saw on Luke’s story

[@user-wd2yg7eg2b]

She has a lot of masculine energy and she said she's not. Even with him, she has a confronting correcting energy which is masculine.

[@christ5022]

only a double alpha can handle her

[@zma8080]

Snake oil, Elizabeth Holmes type shit …

[@_Tetis_]

She spoke about Eckhart Tolle's book The Power of Now. This is a really very interesting and useful book!

[@casp8623]

This girl needs a reality check. You are not feminine if a guy needs to “handle you” and there is nothing feminine about interrupting Mike throughout the whole podcast.. and you are 34+ and with the amount of work you have, that lowers your value on the market massively.. Men are looking for other things.. you misunderstand what it means to be feminine.

[@mashalsdawah]

Dear Casper, she is Muslim. There is no value in our women and no age where ur value peaks or decreases. Our religion does not believe in such things. Maybe for u white people that’s something u should be considering as u have no moral standards. And yes even our brothers Andrew Tate and sneako have learned that our religion does not teach nor believe in this. And yes they no longer belong to u guys they belong to us now. They follow Islam and not red pill. She didn’t interrupt him at all I really don’t understand why younger boys seem so triggered by this podcast. Women are not fish and cows sold on the market to have a lower value when they are richer or more educated. Our prophet was the best human god made and the most masculine and manly (defined by the creator himself who refers to him as his best creation ) person who existed and he married a woman who was way over her “peak age” and was older than him, had been married 3 times and had children from those marriages and was wealthier and more knowledgeable than he was. And the men in our religion are forced to respect her more than they respect their mothers as she is one of the women who has one of the highest ranks of any human god created. Our peak value and lower value comes from not following or following our religion and fearing god. Please take ur red pill shit and try following another ideology since u guys are dying to actually follow something. Have a good one bro. Oh ja und falls du deutsch sprichst würde ich dir durchaus empfehlen mal einen Realitätscheck zu haben. Stell dir vor jemand redet so über deine Mutter oder deine Tochter auf diese Weise. Ah ja …. Hab vergessen ihr Heiden habt ja kein Respekt vor Frauen oder eueren Müttern.

[@mrdouche9172]

@@mashalsdawah I mean it can happen. But it will probably happen the exact same day an old short fat broke ugly muslim guy marries a young muslim virgin woman of supermodel physical appearance. Because as you said sexual market value is not a concept in your religion.

[@James-zu1ei]

Bore off. She’s hot and successful, she will date a successful man. Wanna bet? Lol

[@James-zu1ei]

Although I do appreciate that it will be a little harder for her too. Casper. Given that she will need to find and date a more successful man than her- who then becomes her husband. So that he’s not insecure and intimidate that she’s ‘outdoing’ him which he’d no doubt receive comments for and so that her hypergamy doesn’t kick in and she wants someone more successful than him.

[@taym2720]

please tell us which conservative, traditional woman dates@@mashalsdawah

[@TheSpeakerEnder]

"so whats the good kind of water to drink?" "the one i sell of course" the amount of nonsense she has said in the first 15 minutes alone is mind boggling. She is an investor with zero actual scientific education and it shows.

[@selkoa8384]

elizebeth holmes vibes.

[@quantumXkyle]

This woman is so not credible. Dad gave her money

[@hannahr.5653]

I really enjoy listening to these podcasts! Especially the conversations between Mike and a female guest. It’s nice to hear both sides on each topic! More women guests please!

[@chiragdhawan66]

I think she loves science guys

[@jvitta3000]

I enjoyed this very much. I would like to see you interview more successful women.

[@arjunchudasama719]

Keep up the great work Mikey T 👊

[@toddpoindexter767]

Such a fantastic interview and to learn the many beautiful, way, values, wisdom of Saba and how special person she is!

[@user-fw3zq2ho4v]

Loove it! Saba is amazing! love her vibes! Thank you Mike for another deep conversation podcast! More please :)

[@LauraGoico]

Loved her story!

[@bjbyaw]

Loved this one

[@Chillin007]

“I date really manly men” referring to men who constantly buy her gifts 😂

[@ViewsOfLB1]

This one was crazy good👌

[@Su_Dadra]

Ten minutes in and loving this 🤩👌

[@christiancockayne]

Guest suggestions: Mo Samuels - Talking about his life changing injury but how he has inspired others by continuing to train Joe Fazer - Hardgainer to one of the most respected young fitness influencers

[@LeyftOrRayt]

I am subscribing after watching her and tristan tate on same channel, my afternoon spent on same podcaster. Does this girl have a podcast herself?

[@evavandclubbercise6821]

Very good and interesting interview. She knows what she’s talking about and obviously have worked her as off to get there. Very empowering for women so thank you because there are not enough « role models « like her in this world and on your podcast 😅

[@LinacaroDesign]

She’s great! why are people hating at her saying she loves gifts?

[@outeraxxr6s270]

Love the podcast

[@fitness_aroosa]

I heard this earlier today I think you asked some great questions in this one. There was a lot discussed. When she said don’t look like that when she was talking about bad energy in water I would have reacted similar to you. I was like huh ?? Most especially when she was saying well you’re just basic so of course you wouldn’t be on reality tv I think that was rude. I don’t also agree with her views on women and not understanding they like to do just as much as alpha males because I am all about that life. But aside from that she is an intelligent women with good moral ground…

[@kandels3195]

Mike this podcast ist reeeally good.

[@AlySidd]

Love this ep ❤🎉

[@Pearlsena]

1:28:51 since your hiring have them organise every minute of calendar till you sleep and wake up. That’s a way to stay focused. And this is not a to do list. Vishen the founder of mindvalley shares a lot about this.

[@AC-vp8hi]

Saba should definitely set up her own KZbin Channel. Insta doesn't appeal to me. She is smart, msA. Your dad's parenting was tough, love, and look where you are now. It would be good for you to share knowledge on finance with women esp Muslim women who want financial security,

[@elinabek2373]

Great interview

[@kas6017]

Saba said loads of very interesting things we could all learn off from, but she also contradict herself a lot.

[@poojamall2049]

I was thinking the same thing about contradictions

[@NeoLuci]

I know for a fact after the pod daddy mike controlled the convo

[@LuyomiSouza]

Great content, love it 😊

[@maikdelrio4431]

Great Interview, Great humans

[@DeeCeeDees]

Love you Mike!

[@leonkosinac3101]

Awesome

[@Anatorisa]

Amazing ❤ loved it

[@BrijanbMentalIron]

Hi Mike, could you try to get Huberman on the podcast ?

[@ninaaurel08]

As a woman, I found it difficult to listen to her and had to stop several times. I can't take her seriously. I find her Instagram dance videos just as cringe as her statements in the interview: gifts are my love language; the self-help about our eyebrows; the independent woman thing.

[@estrup9615]

YES PLEASE!!! GOTTA CATCH CHRIS WILLIAMSON!!! 900k HERE WE COME!!!

[@aishaa9143]

I’m so inspired

[@willbergmann_]

Iman and Sebastian Giorgiou would be great guests next

[@nilowfar1473]

You both have such a great chemistry 😊👍

[@Sarahsthoughts111]

great video! bringing on great people

[@kasimov3544]

High level content!

[@Pearlsena]

47:14 I love how she is not delusional.❤❤❤

[@markc2622]

I enjoy Mike's pods but this one was hard to listen too, I had to switch off after the water waffle. She really is living in the clouds on daddy's money.

[@shahrouzkhan200]

Mike just be bringing anyone on here 😭

[@RAHMAN-qb5ed]

think he just wants to smash

[@johncole3602]

She has a great personality

[@alinamunir6933]

Second female and also Pakistani, appreciate it Mike ❤

[@Susanrogers-pt9mf6hx1w]

What a charming, flirtatious, eloquent confident (con??) Woman - water energy hocus-pocus etc

[@gamebot3458]

fire podcast i liked the old intro better tho

[@cosmicbaggy9637]

Science!

[@gk1556]

Mike bro you have to use more sun blocker in Dubai

[@spongebozz8704]

i really want the sources of that water thing