Jul 27, 2026 · 48 min · 13 segments
**Daniel Nour** is an Egyptian-Australian writer and journalist based in Sydney. Last year, he released the memoir…
Daniel NourGuest
Andy GottHost
Tell me about when you felt like you were starting to curate your own taste in music.
But there comes a turning point with most people who are really passionate about music when they are starting to develop their own tastes.
Well, in year eight and nine, I reckon about year nine, is when I was introduced by my good school friend, Channing.
Anything that is not rock, that is not by Green Day, you know, because it did nothing for me.
We're talking about the MTV Unplugged Lauryn Hill album, which I believe was a two-disc album.
Gorgeous.
Sometimes I, I fight myself.
That kind of followed her Miseducation album of years earlier and had her just crooning into maybe a loft in New York about how, you know, Jesus is the way.
She became very Christian in her, you know, kind of in the second half of her life.
And it was powerful music and it came from the soul of And that was the kind of music that kind of gritty sounding, but also heartfelt and, and, and music that came from the guts, you know, there wasn't a lot of percussion instruments so much.
You grew up in, you know, an intensely, well, I don't want to put words into your mouth, but you grew up in a strong Christian community.
But obviously an Egyptian Christian experience is fairly different to an African-American Christian experience.
Andy, I had so much more in common with, say, Destiny's Child and the line, I will not compromise my Christianity, than I could have with anything from, you know, the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Tell me about when you felt like you were starting to curate your own taste in music.
But there comes a turning point with most people who are really passionate about music when they are starting to develop their own tastes.
Well, in year eight and nine, I reckon about year nine, is when I was introduced by my good school friend, Channing.
Anything that is not rock, that is not by Green Day, you know, because it did nothing for me.
We're talking about the MTV Unplugged Lauryn Hill album, which I believe was a two-disc album.
Gorgeous.
Sometimes I, I fight myself.
That kind of followed her Miseducation album of years earlier and had her just crooning into maybe a loft in New York about how, you know, Jesus is the way.
She became very Christian in her, you know, kind of in the second half of her life.
And it was powerful music and it came from the soul of And that was the kind of music that kind of gritty sounding, but also heartfelt and, and, and music that came from the guts, you know, there wasn't a lot of percussion instruments so much.
You grew up in, you know, an intensely, well, I don't want to put words into your mouth, but you grew up in a strong Christian community.
But obviously an Egyptian Christian experience is fairly different to an African-American Christian experience.
Andy, I had so much more in common with, say, Destiny's Child and the line, I will not compromise my Christianity, than I could have with anything from, you know, the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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