Aashrit's Tipping Points

Aashrit Parvangada's Tipping Points
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Aashrit's Tipping Points is a podcast where I explore historical moments that have an outsized impact on me, and probably you, personally

  1. The Reality of Being Mixed Race in South Korea - French Korean Sheds Light on Workplace Culture, Life, and Korea's Demographic Crisis

    07/23/2025

    The Reality of Being Mixed Race in South Korea - French Korean Sheds Light on Workplace Culture, Life, and Korea's Demographic Crisis

    In this candid interview, we sit down with a French Korean living in South Korea to get her unique perspective on life, culture, and some of the country's most pressing issues. We dive deep into: What it's like working as a mixed-race person in Korea. The Korean perception of their demographic crisis. The surprising similarities between Indian and Korean cultures. The evolving acceptance of foreigners, immigration, and marrying outside of the Korean ethnicity.

    1h 35m
  2. Stat Cats - India Vs 20th Century USA - 02

    03/02/2025

    Stat Cats - India Vs 20th Century USA - 02

    In this episode of Stat Cats I compare household appliance and electricity penetration between India and 20th century USA, adding some fun stories about power cuts in India during childhood vacations.

    19 min
  3. Stat Cats - India vs 20th Century USA - 01

    02/16/2025

    Stat Cats - India vs 20th Century USA - 01

    How does India today compare with the USA of 100 years ago? What can we learn from this about where India is going? Check out this season Stat Cats to find out.

    22 min
  4. Dark and Deep - 07 - Mr. Five Percent

    02/09/2025

    Dark and Deep - 07 - Mr. Five Percent

    Calouste Gulbenkian, also known as Mr. Five Percent, sets up the biggest oil deals in the 21st century and becomes one of Europe's wealthiest people in the process.

    53 min
  5. Dark and Deep - 06 - Petro Bros

    08/23/2024

    Dark and Deep - 06 - Petro Bros

    Two British businessmen influence the fate of the Middle East. The first is Paul Julius Reuter, founder of the Reuters news agency, who started life as a Jew in Germany and ended life as a lord in the British Empire and owner of both a global news corporation and Persia's central bank. The second is William Knox D'Arcy, a rags to riches entrepreneur who gambled on land to find gold in Australia, and gambled on oil exploration to find the first commercial quantities of oil in the middle east, crossing paths with spies, The Rothschild Family, Winston Churchill, British Petroleum and more.

    28 min
  6. Dark and Deep - 05 - Pax Britan-Arabica

    07/27/2024

    Dark and Deep - 05 - Pax Britan-Arabica

    Britain's early forays into the middle east weave threads of spirit with the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia. Aashrit also colours the episode with personal stories from his childhood in Dubai.

    43 min
  7. Dark and Deep - 04 - Changing Tides

    06/28/2024

    Dark and Deep - 04 - Changing Tides

    Horses give way to horsepower. The allies float to victory on a wave of oil.

    24 min
  8. Dark and Deep - 03 - World Eater

    05/25/2024

    Dark and Deep - 03 - World Eater

    The United States of America discovers oil in the 1800s and quickly ascends to its status as the world eater.

    15 min
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Aashrit's Tipping Points is a podcast where I explore historical moments that have an outsized impact on me, and probably you, personally

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  • Creator
    Aashrit Parvangada's Tipping Points
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Explicit
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