The Twenty30 Podcast is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Lucien Zeigler and Dr. Hanaa Almoaibed. Each podcast features Zeigler and Almoaibed discussing current events in Saudi Arabia and interviewing Saudi Arabian changemakers. The podcast premiered April 21, 2024.
Lucien Zeigler (born 1985) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and defense industry executive. He is co-founder and General Partner of MASNA Ventures, Saudi Arabia’s first defense-focused venture capital firm, and Chief Executive Officer of REDSALT Defense, a U.S.–Saudi defense technology and industrial acceleration platform . He is also the creator and co-host of The Twenty30 Podcast, an English-language series examining Saudi Arabia’s economic transformation and global innovation trends .
Pradip Vinubhai Zalavadiya (born 8 October 1999) is an Indian politician who has been in office in India since 2017. Pradip Zalavadiya has been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat from 2017 to 2026. Currently, the VICE PREDENT "Puna East- YOUTH BJP(SURAT)" .
Michael Walsh (born Nuku'alofa, Tonga 1963) is a New Zealand diplomat. Walsh was appointed the High Commissioner of New Zealand to Kiribati in August 2011 to replace former High Commissioner Robert Kaiwai. Walsh also serves concurrently as the Ambassador of New Zealand to the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. (All High Commissioners to Kiribati are accredited to those three Micronesian countries as well).
A career diplomat, Walsh previously served as the Deputy High Commissioner in Pretoria, South Africa; the Deputy Head of Mission in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and the Second Secretary at the Embassy of New Zealand in Apia, Samoa. Walsh held the position of Deputy Director of the Pacific Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade at the time of his appointment as High Commissioner to Kiribati in 2011.
Walsh's appointment as High Commissioner to Kiribati was announced by Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully. He replaced former High Commissioner Robert Kaiwai, who left the High Commission to become Consul General of New Zealand in Hong Kong.