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09/10/2023

20: How to become Layoff-Proof

Description Have you found yourself surprised when you were laid off from your company? Or have that nagging feeling you might lose your job when the economy takes a turn for the worse? In this short episode, Vikram breaks down his 2-year framework for staying prepared, honing your skills, staying sharp and being ever prepared for your next gig or interview. With the proper mindset, you will notice when your job stops providing you value or realize how you can elevate yourself to the best version of you. Avoid walking in the footsteps of others and stay on the path of true success and personal fulfillment. Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:57 Story of the Thanksgiving Turkey 01:57 Layoffs in tech companies 04:15 The near layoff experience 05:29 Average employment tenure 06:39 The 2-year employment framework 08:53 Going beyond your job description 09:57 Read textbooks 10:51 Ask questions to learn 11:20 Keep a work journal 12:15 Outro Let's Get Social Twitter Instagram Youtube Website

13 min
08/16/2023

19: Rebooting Your Health - Part 2

Description In part part of this two-part series on rebooting health, Subbu and Vikram talk about the importance of diet and nutrition for health, and share their methods for keeping calories under check, getting enough protein, foods to absolutely avoid, how to get back on track when our diets fall off the wagon, and how to deal with challenges and temptations that arise regarding foods in our day to day lives. Links Subbu's diet and nutrition spreadsheet Open Food Facts Chapters 00:00 Intro 04:30 Setting diet and nutrition goals 10:10 Designing a practical diet you can follow 16:41 Learning intuitive eating 20:14 Protein, fat and fiber 34:50 Reasons to use a nutrition spreadsheet 39:00 Cutting sugar intake 41:15 Falling off the bandwagon 43:20 Enjoying cuisines 47:20 Supplementation 52:40 Outro Let's Get Social Twitter Instagram Youtube Website

54 min
07/19/2023

18: Rebooting Your Health - Part 1

Description In part one of this two-part series on rebooting health, Vikram and Subu talk about the importance of consistent exercise as we age, describe tools and frameworks that they use to get started on exercise especially strength training, and ways to develop consistency. They talk about workout programs that work, and those that do not, and why, how different programs are suited to different people, and how to design a 21-day workout challenge for yourself. Links BowTiedOx - Your guide to baseline optimization Peter Attia - Outlive Fitbod.me - App for workouts Chapters 00:00 Introduction 04:35 Getting started with exercise 09:56 Frameworks for being consistent 21:11 Designing a 21 day challenge 25:47 Walks are under appreciated as exercise 28:33 Why strength training is essential 31:57 Starting strength training: The buddy system 39:55 Starting strength training: Join a 1hr strength session 43:32 Starting strength training: Fitbod app 45:10 Starting strength: Other considerations 48:21 Conclusion Let's Get Social Twitter Instagram Youtube Website

50 min
01/28/2023

17: Dead in 2000 Weeks

Description In this episode Subu and Vikram distill down ideas from the book Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. They discuss better ways to organize your productivity and time, and the importance of not getting distracted and spending your attention wisely. Links Amazon book link Vik’s book notes An interactive book summary 5 ways to create time Chapters 0:00 Introduction 2:24 Productivity 13:45 Time 25:32 Attention 35:10 The Middle Path Let's Get Social TwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteLet's Get Social Twitter Instagram Youtube Website

41 min
01/16/2023

16: New Year Resolutions Never Work

Description Inspired by the Cortex Podcast, this episode is about why new year resolutions don’t work and a better approach to setting your intent for the new year. Subu and Vikram reflect on how 2022 was and talk about their yearly theme for 2023. Links Last year’s yearly themes episode Cortex Podcast - Our inspiration for Yearly Themes Alan Watts Lecture on Taoism Wu Wei Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman Fitbod App for Resistance Training Chapters 0:00 The Concept of Yearly Themes 5:14 Subu's Yearly Theme 15:10 Vikram's Yearly Theme 22:51 Core Principle: Restrict 25:23 Core Principle: Focus 29:37 Core Principle: Minimize 30:45 Core Principle: Optimize Let's Get Social TwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteLet's Get Social Twitter Instagram Youtube Website

35 min
11/12/2022

15: Priyanka Shetty: Art, Music & Theater

In this episode Subu and Vikram talk to Priyanka Shetty, an actor, director and playwright who left her secure software engineering job to pursue a life of acting and theater performance. Her latest touring play is the Elephant in the Room, which was recently premiered in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, and is a solo performance, a one woman show, which is a tale of a search for identity with deeply embedded Indian roots, and finding context and common ground in America. We hear tales from Priyanka show on the road, the things that go wrong, and how the show must go on no matter what. We also go back in time to discuss how exactly Priyanka transition from software into a life she always dreamed about as an actor. We talk about how to deal with criticism constructively, and the power that words have in people's lives. And how inspiration takes many forms. It takes a lot of courage to pursue our dreams. And we are always in awe of people who do, especially when they do it for the love of art. Links Priyanka's website Supporting Priyanka's work Edinburgh Fringe Festival Wacken Open Air Festival Gojira Band Raghu Dixit Project Black Earth Band Chokher Bali by Rabindranath Tagore Chapters 0:00 Art, Music and Theater with Priyanka Shetty 1:33 The show must go on 10:49 Being in the moment 16:12 The Elephant in the Room, #Charlottesville and The Wall 29:33 Theater Trends, Heavy Metal Music and Society 37:32 Education for a Career in Theater 46:53 Appetite for Art in India 49:07 Priyanka's path to a Theater Career 55:48 Taking Criticism Constructively 1:02:50 Being inspirational to others 1:06:02 For the love of the craft 1:15:41 Ways to support Theater as an art form 1:23:50 Outro Let's Get Social TwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteLet's Get Social Twitter Instagram Youtube Website

1h 25m
07/23/2022

14: Dr. Harish Vedantham: A Journey to the Stars

In this episode, Subu and Vikram talk to Dr. Harish Vedantham, a radio astronomer and professor at the University of Groningen, about the exciting world of research in exoplanets - or planets in solar systems other than our own, possibility of alien life, building radio telescopes on the moon, the James Webb space telescope and fast radio bursts from the universe. They discuss what it is like to be in an astronomers shoes, places they go, and what the teaching and research life feels like. While we are but a grain of sand in the vast universe, they ponder the meaning of life, and how it ultimately lies within. Links Episode TranscriptFast Radio Bursts (Wikipedia)Discovery of Cosmic Microwave Background RadiationMathematical Probability of Alien Life - The Drake equationMurchison Widefield Array in Western AustraliaDr. Harish Vedantham's website Chapters 0:00 Introduction 1:07 Importance of Good Teachers 8:33 The workings of Radio Astronomy 14:38 Mysteries of the Universe 20:33 Discovering Exoplanets and Alien Life 30:26 James Webb Space Telescope 36:23 We are all Stardust 41:16 The need for Fundamental Research 47:01 A Telescope on the Moon 56:01 Are we alone in the Universe? 59:46 Cool Tales from a Life in Astronomy 1:08:49 A Day in the Life of a Radio Astronomer 1:14:29 Research styles across continents 1:20:33 Views on the education system 1:26:40 Advice to young people 1:37:18 Prof. Vedantham's Book Recommendations 1:43:58 The Meaning of Life Let's Get Social TwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteLet's Get Social Twitter Instagram Youtube Website

1h 52m
06/26/2022

13: Dr. Sidharth Mohan: Discovering New Drugs

Description In this edition, Dr. Sidharth Mohan, a biophysicist and an expert in protein biochemistry, heavy metal drummer and indie music promoter, talks about the fundamental building blocks of life, the wonders and secrets that Mother Nature won’t reveal to us, and the implications of learning those secrets on the future of humanity. He talks about drug discovery and how the entire scientific community came together as one to develop and deliver Covid-19 vaccines to the world. Subu and Vikram also talk about his personal journey, his inspirations and influences which got him to where he is today. Dr. Sidharth Mohan is on Instagram at @sidmogram Links Full episode transcriptLevinthal's Paradox: Youtube, BlogProtein Folding at HomeWhat's the Scene, India - Instagram, Facebook Chapters 0:00 Discovering New Drugs with Dr. Sidharth Mohan 4:01 Protein folding and Levinthal's paradox 22:53 Experimenting with Protein Folding 31:00 How drugs work 34:46 Developing new drugs 46:02 A primer in molecular biology: DNA, RNA and Vaccines 56:49 Solving the COVID crisis 1:01:30 Tools used in drug discovery 1:07:25 PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction 1:19:37 SidMo's personal jouney into science 1:32:36 Inspiring figures in SidMo's life 1:45:01 Music, Drumming and WTS 2:03:33 Outro Let's Get Social TwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteLet's Get Social Twitter Instagram Youtube Website

2h 5m

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1: Pilot

Vikram and Subu are heavy metal musicians disguised as tech nerds who obsess over living life to the fullest while balancing family, career and personal hobbies. In this podcast, they discuss a layman's approach to living a meaningful life, with anecdotes and inspirations from their own experiences. After realizing they spend half their waking lives at work, Subu and Vikram embarked on a quest to find ways to enrich their other half-life - the one they have control over and filled with things that matter most - to make life a memorable journey. Episode Links WebsiteTranscriptSocial TwitterInstagramYoutubeLet's Get Social Twitter Instagram Youtube Website

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