Panoptic Conversations Tapan and Ishan

For this Panoptic Conversation, our special guest is Disha Paul, a dear friend from school. Having completed her BA and MS in psychology she's a trained psychologist 👩‍⚕️. Through our meandering conversation, we explore the mental health profession, its challenges and relevance in the modern context. Disha also shares how she got fascinated with psychology, her experience as a young professional and also busts a bunch of myths and stereotypes along the way.

👂 Join in on our fun and informative chat, from mental health to city life in various metros (with Disha espousing her undying love for Kolkata 😆).

ToC:

(0:00) Introductions

(3:14) Who are mental health professionals

(6:30) School times; A budding interest

(13:45) College times; What did I learn... 🤔

(18:00) Would I recommend psychologist as a career...

(22:00) Inter-sectional psychology. Therapy with a cause.

(27:15) Money talks 🤑

(34:30) Getting started as a professional

(40:00) State of mental health; an on-ground perspective

(51:00) Should you go for therapy?

(55:30) Bade bade sheher mein, badi badi baatein 😂

(1:02:00) Tech in psychology

(1:09:10) Bade bade sheher once again 🤣

(1:07:30) Hazards and misconceptions

(1:27:00) Saying bye 👋



Music:

Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this episode of Panoptic Conversations, we meet Anu Sharma, part product manager, part Influencer, full traveler 😎. Our free flowing and lively conversation traces her journey (pun!) turning her passion from a once a year trip into a full time gig.

ToC:

(0:00) Introductions

(6:30) Catching the travel bug

(11:30) Taking the leap - moving to Manali 🥶

(19:30) Finding a following on Instagram

(24:00) Are you a digital nomad?

(30:20) Travel vlogging as a full time job

(35:00) Influencer Diaries: Content strategy 📸

(46:00) Influencer Diaries: Rapid fire round

(55:20) Pro lessons in dissecting a travel itinerary

(1:04:00) Safety concerns as a solo female traveler

(1:15:00) Kolkata stories

(1:18:00) Managing as a vegetarian traveler

(1:26:20) Ending thoughts



Checkout her handles and share widely.:

* https://www.instagram.com/thevirgocompass

* https://www.youtube.com/c/TheVirgoCompass



Anu recently crossed 20k followers on her Instagram page! Congratulations! 🎊. 



Music:

Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Welcome to the second season of Panoptic Conversations with Tapan and Ishan. Woohoo, feels good to be back! In this season we will have unscripted discussions with our peers and friends who inspire us and we will try to get a sneak peek into their lives. 

As our first guest we have Aashay Mehta, our dear friend from BITS Pilani. Aashay is that guy in your college with excellent academic record and yet ever so humble. With a perfect score of 340 in GRE, we discuss Aashay's thoughts on GRE preparations, university selections and most importantly, is Masters abroad worth it? We also deep dive into some interesting topics like the higher education system and end it with some sports banter. We had lots of fun during the conversation, hope you enjoy it too. Cheers!

ToC:

(0:00) - Introduction

(1:30) - GRE prep

(19:50) - Choosing university for MS

(34:00) - Measuring up academics and industry

(42:00) - Aashay and sports

(48:00) - Travel experiences (partly ruined by COVID!)

Links:

1. Word Power Made Easy - Norman Lewis

2. How Music Got Free - Stephen Witt

Live Update: Aashay just received admits from top US universities. Congratulations!

It has been a long journey and an exciting one to record and release 10 episodes of Panoptic Conversations. In this episode , the last one of the first season, Tapan and Ishan discuss the purpose of starting this podcast i.e their audio journal. They dive deep into analytics of their podcast and go through various metrics displayed on the distribution platform dashboard. They also discuss about the problem of discovery of podcasts and good content on the web in general.  Stay tuned to get a glimpse of the second season, it's going to be fun.

Tapan and Ishan stumble upon statistical paradoxes in this recording of Panoptic Conversations. They are fascinated by the social network phenomenon that your friends have more friends than you and how, of all things, they'll use this to optimize their LinkedIn connections. They also talk about Simpon's paradox, Zipf's Law, Six degrees of separation and the hilarious Kevin Bacon number. Tune in to this episode and be introduced to an eclectic set of paradoxes and trivia.

Links:


Why your friends have more friends than you
Facebook: Degrees of Separation
Simpson's paradox
Zipf's Mystery
Oracle of Bacon

In this recording of Panoptic Conversations, Tapan and Ishan share their fascination for AI voice technology and it's possibilities. From virtual influencers to podcast editing tools using AI voice and from cloning Amitabh Bachan's voice to startups coming up with innovating ways to protect voices, they discuss everything in between. Tune into this episode to hear this informative conversation on this fascinating new technology.



Links


Guide to synthetic and AI voice
Witcher 3 mod using AI voice
Preventing voice fraud
Virtual influencers
AI Voice actors
Vernacular.ai