Guest of Honor - Seattle's most diverse podcast.

Nimisha Sharath

In a series of authentic, informative and mildly hilarious interviews Nimisha Sharath while based out of Seattle, brings to you a weekly podcast featuring people from various walks of life, living all over the world. She talks jobs, cities and problems of global interest for which they are finding solutions. Join her in unfolding the lives of baristas, surgeons, writers, nurses and many more leaving you a little less bored and little more informed. This is the podcast you never knew you needed.

Episodes

  1. 12/12/2020

    E12 - Baking, Social Entrepreneurship and Icecreams with The Pastry Project

    Emily Kim and Heather Hodge are the co-founders of The Pastry Project, a Seattle-based social enterprise that provides free baking and pastry training to individuals with barriers to education and jobs in the industry. In this episode, Emily and Heather share their journey from being co-workers at Molly Moons Ice creams to becoming Co-Founders! Heather's baking expertise combined with Emily's background in policy and community outreach, makes The Pastry Project a highly impactful enterprise with a creative approach. Tune in to listen to two very unique perspectives, one from a head chef and the other from a social impact director on how they are creating a space for a greater discussion about impacting the community agnostic of the underlying business model. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Follow us on Instagram: @gohseattle Follow The Pastry project on Instagram: @thepastryproject_ Checkout their website : www.thepastryproject.co Follow us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2t9bifudEBdsxNHPoJNKSn?si=W90dHsnMTT26bUA5Tn3LeA ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************

  2. 12/03/2020

    E11 - Exploring Local Seattle Restaurants with Monica B of the Seattle Foodie Podcast!

    Ordering in but not sure from which restaurant? Listen to this episode! :) A champion of supporting locally owned businesses, Monica B Seattle's most influential food content creator shares what the food scene in Seattle has been like, the past couple of years. With 115+ episodes in 2 years,  "The Seattle Foodie Podcast" which she co-hosts has featuring some of the best local restaurants, the most talented chefs and the best of what Seattle has to offer in terms of food! Be it ordering the right flavour of the most decadent hot chocolate at Fran's or the right time to hit a boba place to get fresh brown sugar boba, Monica  shares LOADS of information with me about getting the right dishes in the right restaurants all over the city.  University District, Downtown, Capitol Hill, Chinatown, Japantown, Fremont, South Lake Union - We visit each of these areas one by one and list locally owned restaurants and their top notch dishes for you to try!  I'm already hungry!  ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Follow us on Instagram: @guestofhonorpod Follow Monica on Instagram: @monybseattle Follow the Seattle Foodie Podcast on Instagram: @seattlefoodiepodcast Follow us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2t9bifudEBdsxNHPoJNKSn?si=W90dHsnMTT26bUA5Tn3LeA ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************

  3. 10/05/2020

    E09 - 2020 Travel, #VanLife stories with a school teacher and an event manager ie AdventuresOfAPlusK !

    Adam and Katheryn are an amazing couple who have packed up their life and are now leading it on the road, whilst travelling all of North America and beyond. They've covered 30+ national parks in the States, mostly via a sprinter van which is also their home !  While caring for their dog Kona and working full time jobs, they also create content in their own blog and on Youtube.  With travel guides, tips and wonderful travel vlogs they explore cities and mountains! In our episode we cover travel during covid,  the essentials of living a van life, preparations and precautions for such a journey and about how they're slowly becoming social media celebrities with 30k+ Youtube subscribers and 10k+ Instagram followers. This one is for everyone who wonders about travelling during these "unprecedented times" and want to learn about living a fully remote #VanLife ! Check them out !  Blog - https://adventuresofaplusk.com/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventuresofAplusK/ Instagram - @adventuresofaplusk

    E09 - 2020 Travel, #VanLife stories with a school teacher and an event manager ie AdventuresOfAPlusK !

  4. 09/23/2020

    E08 - Production Houses, Ad Films and Cinematography with Director of Photography, Anup J Kattukaran.

    Mr Anup J Kattukaran, or Anup J 'Kat' as he prefers, is a photographer, cinematographer and founding partner of 1st December films - a production house based out of Mumbai, which has created several award winning advertisements. 1st December films has worked with some of the biggest agencies and brands in the country, and has won several awards including 7 Cannes lions.  Anup himself is India's first ever Director of Photography to have won a Clio award. Anup has filmed ads for Nike, Star Sports, Google, Sony and other brands starring Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor and other big names in the entertainment industry.  In this episode I try to understand what an ad film shoot looks like, the day to day of a director of photography and fundamentally how production houses function. Anup is also one of the few photographers in the country who dabbles with underwater photography and has done quite a few successful shoots so we also get into the details of that for a bit.  Enjoy! 1st December Films : http://1stdecember.com/ Anup and Atul's Nike ad that won several Cannes awards : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXxKnnZoe_8&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=1stDecemberFilms More about Anup : https://www.anupjkat.com/ Anup's insta : @anupjkat

    E08 - Production Houses, Ad Films and Cinematography with Director of Photography, Anup J Kattukaran.

  5. 09/05/2020

    E07 - Designing Board Games with James Earnest, creator of over 100 games !

    ** Monopoly,  Ludo,  Catan,  Dominion,  Poker,  Scythe, Scrabble ** James Earnest condenses almost 3 decades of his experience in the board gaming industry for us in this extremely informative episode. While I ask a million questions about  board game ideation, themes, styles and game mechanics,  James more eloquently adds to his answers his perspective of having been a freelancer, having started his own company ie Cheapass Games, starting a new company ie Crab Fragment Labs and finally even helps me design a quarantine board game! We also cover play testing, marketing, distribution and how Kickstarter has had an enormous influence in this industry. If you like playing board games or would like to create one, definitely stay tuned till the end of the episode where James talks about the pros and cons of dipping your toes into this industry in 2020.  About James: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjCmpvtkNPrAhVmFTQIHfSbBP8QFjAAegQIAxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJames_Ernest&usg=AOvVaw28UNSVy4D6jH3w1FHmK9gD More about James: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/61/james-ernest Crab Fragment Labs: https://www.crabfragmentlabs.com/ Follow James on Twitter: @cheapassjames

    E07 - Designing Board Games with James Earnest, creator of over 100 games !

  6. 08/23/2020

    E06 - Training for the NFL with Danny Van Dijk, Asst Coach, Seattle Seahawks

    Introducing  Mr Danny Van Dijk, strength and conditioning assistant coach for the Seattle Seahawks.  In this episode we get into Danny's journey all the way from being a high school sports coach in Australia, to coaching at the collegiate level for the USC Trojans in LA and finally working with some of the greatest coaches and players amidst the Seahawks.  Here are some points we cover that I've cherry picked for ya ! Workout regimes On and off season coaching strategies in US football How training has changed during Covid Seahawks team culture Use of technology to leverage analytics for better strategies in football As a coach, how Danny stays updated with recent research Go Seahawks, see ya'all at the playoffs!  #12thMan

    E06 - Training for the NFL with Danny Van Dijk, Asst Coach, Seattle Seahawks

  7. 08/10/2020

    E05 - Bengaluru Slang with Ikyatha Yerasala, Features Reporter, Journalist, Deccan Herald. ( English + Kannada )

    *This episode has a mix of English and Kannada. You can take the person out of Bangalore but not the slang out of the Bangalorean. Ikyatha Yerasala has worked as been a movie reviewer, a journalist, a features reporter and a sub-editor in prominent publications like Midday, Deccan Chronicle and Deccan Herald  and most recently started "Slangaluru" an Instagram/Twitter based social media brand which captures Namma Bengaluru's spirit.  This episode has 2 blue Bangaloreans reliving their childhood days in the Garden city. We talk about the Bangalore we grew up in, darshini culture, playing cricket in vataras, the period before Christ College got a dress code, the period after Forum was constructed, eating capsicum bhajji at VV Puram and more about being 90s kids in Bangalore. It's a lovely trip down memory lane for those of you who miss 'Luru from the early 2000s. Get off one cup of maggi and settle in, this is going to be a nostalgic one. Ikyatha's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Slangalorean Slangaluru's Twitter: https://twitter.com/slangaluru Slangaluru's Instagram: @slangaluru Checkout their merch and order some: slangaluru@gmail.com

    E05 - Bengaluru Slang with Ikyatha Yerasala, Features Reporter, Journalist, Deccan Herald. ( English + Kannada )

  8. 07/22/2020

    E04 - 40 years of golfing with MaryLou Mulflur, Head coach of UW Women's Golf Team

    While golfing has been stereotyped to be the old white man's game,  it's actually one of most involved, difficult sports of all time.  In today's episode we decontruct MaryLou Mulflur's 40 year stint in golfing out of which she spent 37 coaching the UW women's golf team. Her players are phenomenal and have gone on to win the NCAA National Championship in 2016.  We cover the rules of golf, how it has evolved over the years, life as a coach, her coaching philosophy, borrowing strategies from game plays and creating a winning team year on year. We also learn about physical and mental fitness for players and preparation leading upto golf tournaments.  As a UW alumni and former husky, it was an absolute pleasure talking to MaryLou.  Go dawgs!  TLDR; If "Tiger Woods" is all you can remember about golf, this is the podcast episode you never knew you needed.  Brb ordering golf clubs on amazon. The marvellous Ms MaryLou Mulflur : https://gohuskies.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/coaches/mary-lou-mulflur/5287

    E04 - 40 years of golfing with MaryLou Mulflur, Head coach of UW Women's Golf Team

  9. 07/02/2020

    E03 - Marion Leary : Philadelphia Geek of the Year, Resuscitation Science Researcher, Healthcare Innovator

    So you find someone in cardiac arrest on the side of the street, what do you do? Would you hesitate if it were a woman? What if it's a child? Before you re-watch that episode [S05E15] of The Office, let's catch up with the multi-faceted Marion Leary, who is the Director of Innovation at University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing. She was Philly's Geek of the Year in 2017,  Philadelphia Inquirer's Health Influencer in 2019 and has been a resuscitation science researcher for many years now. We talk about innovation, design thinking, how Philadelphia is more than just the Rocky Memorial and her attempts to reduce the social and economic disparity in healthcare offerings in the US.  Be it TikTok videos or Improv, Marion has adopted creative ways of getting across research and findings to the general public! Somewhere in the middle of the episode is also a clip of Michael Scott grooving to the BeeGees as Marion explains briefly about how to perform CPR. Tune in to this interesting, fact-based yet mildly funny episode which Marion refers to as "her best podcast interview" ever. This is definitely the podcast you never knew you needed!  Follow Marion on Twitter: @marionleary A guide to performing CPR: https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/cpr/performing-cpr/cpr-steps A video guide to performing CPR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cosVBV96E2g A video guide to performing CPR on babies aged 0-12 months: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWyw-XvaL4c

    E03 - Marion Leary : Philadelphia Geek of the Year, Resuscitation Science Researcher, Healthcare Innovator

  10. 06/25/2020

    E02 - Ishan Wijewardana : Doctor Turned Corporate Strategist, Mental Health Entrepreneur, Management Consultant in UK

    In this episode Dr Ishan reflects on his journey from studying to become a practicing doctor to switching to a management consulting job to finally finding himself thrive in the startup arena.  In Part 1/2 of this podcast episode we breakdown stages of studying medicine in the UK, startups and what it means to be a doctor putting together power point presentations at work. We also cover the stages he went through in piecing together his latest startup, Hello Eeva, which is solving the problem of loneliness, all over London. Take a walk and listen to Dr Ishan school us about making career choices at 17 and being definitely okay with not sticking to them.  Ever heard from someone who went from holding a scalpel to making an elevator pitch? This is information you never knew you needed!  Dr Ishan's startup: https://try.helloeeva.com/

    E02 - Ishan Wijewardana : Doctor Turned Corporate Strategist, Mental Health Entrepreneur, Management Consultant in UK

  11. 06/18/2020

    E01 - Theresa Brown : Nurse, NYT Best Selling Author, Cancer Survivor!

    2020 has had calamities of epic proportions and this pandemic has beaten us to a pulp.  We have gotten ripped apart yet are learning to come together. People across the globe have never been more united and we couldn't have done so without the examples set by healthcare workers on the front lines. This episode has Dr Theresa, a nurse who is also a writer giving us the deets on the reality of being a nurse.  Apart from the daily  7PM cheers from our balconies the least we can do is empathize with these amazing people who are risking their lives to save ours. Nurses are strong, compassionate and champions of working under pressure. Let's celebrate them with this epic episode filled with details you never knew you needed!  Theresa's wesbite: http://www.theresabrownrn.com/ Theresa's Twitter:  @TheresaBrown Theresa's books: http://www.theresabrownrn.com/books

    E01 - Theresa Brown : Nurse, NYT Best Selling Author, Cancer Survivor!

  12. Season 1 Trailer

    Introductory Episode - Hello !

    Hi there! Welcome to GuestOfHonor,  your weekly podcast hosted by me, Nimisha Sharath. By day I'm a data scientist and by night I work on creating epic content for a refreshing change of pace in your life. It's informative, it's edgy, its controversial and it's the podcast you never knew you needed. Tune in !

    Introductory Episode - Hello !
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In a series of authentic, informative and mildly hilarious interviews Nimisha Sharath while based out of Seattle, brings to you a weekly podcast featuring people from various walks of life, living all over the world. She talks jobs, cities and problems of global interest for which they are finding solutions. Join her in unfolding the lives of baristas, surgeons, writers, nurses and many more leaving you a little less bored and little more informed. This is the podcast you never knew you needed.

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