Unfinished.

Jayant Uppal

I hate boxes! It really sucks to be boxed into a 1-dimensional cutout, that's never been me, and I'm pretty sure that's never been you. That's the point of Unfinished, these are fragments, snapshots, stories of actual lived lives, of mine, of my friends, of strangers and familiar people. Life is a journey and it meanders, when you're freidns with me, so do those conversations, so here's a glimpse of the globe from my perspective. No agenda, no rules, just a conversation between people, living, growing and changing as it does from all four corners of this beautifully flawed world of ours

  1. 1d ago

    Episode 16: How To Be The Bird with Gee Gee 🇬🇧/🇮🇳

    At the beginning of this year, I didn't have this podcast. I had no idea what the hell I was going to do with 2026. And I didn't know that Gee Gee or Brandon even existed.One month in, a little coincidence called Caleb introduced me to Brandon.Two months in, I found myself cooking in the random kitchen of a spice master in Taiwan with Brandon and his fiancée, Gee Gee.Four months in, I was at their wedding in London and found out me and Gee Gee went to the same uni.Seven months in, Gee Gee and I sat down to record this episode.And ten months in, we're all back in Taiwan for Caleb's wedding.Life is freaking weird.And to quote a good friend quoting a preety cool author, “Journey before destination.”Here's to the winding roads of life, the people we meet along the way, and all the things unplanned and unfinished.I still have no idea what's next...Welcome to Episode 16 of Unfinished. - How to Be the Bird.00:00 Intro: How To Be The Bird01:53 A House Full of Stories06:24 To Tea or Not To Tea17:59 Sense & Sensitivity25:32 Healing Vs. Acceptance28:16 The Curious Case of Being a Beginner39:00 Creating in Captivity48:22 The Art of Fun57:15 The Emptiness at the End of the Road1:03:52 Finding Meaning1:12:38 Permission to Create 1:18:08 To Fail Would Be An Awfully Big Adventure1:25:30 The Stories That Survive UsMEMORABLE QUOTES“That bird, it doesn't really have anything to do today except be a bird.”“The house was a character in that particular story.”“There's something about someone making you and giving you a cup of tea.”“I don't like the idea of trying to sell just one spectrum of life.”“What do I still need to heal versus what do I need to accept?”“I like the idea of not being able to instantly see.”“I feel like I did not become a human being until after twenty, after I got my freedom in a way.”“Why not just the point be fun?”“Are we allowed to do that?”“How are you gonna monetize that?”“We're all living under the illusion that we're one goal or one experience or one relationship away from being fulfilled.”“You're allowed to change.”“If you were gonna fail at every single thing you wanted to do, what would you do anyway?”“My passions don't have to be distorted by what's like financially lucrative.”“No tech, no building, nothing has survived as long as stories.”“Who knows what survives. Who knows what's left in the end?”Intro and Outro Song:Track: The Hero's Journey - Audio Library Beats GroupMusic provided by Audio Library PlusWatch: • The Hero's Journey - Audio Library Beats |... Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/heros-journeyUnfinished Socials:IG: / unfinished.tncs X: https://x.com/unfinished_tncsTikTok: / unfinished.tncs Linkedin: / unfinished-podcast Website: In developmentJay Socials:Linkedin: / jay-uppal IG: / adventures_of_the_scarf Blog: https://substack.com/@tncsGee Gee Socials:IG: https://www.instagram.com/geegeegrewal/

  2. Oct 14

    Episode 15: Serendipitous Strangers with Jaume 🇺🇸/🇳🇱/🇲🇽/🇪🇸

    Nothing in Life usually goes the way I expect.So back in May when I first met Jaume at Nordic Games, I thought well just another rando in a business meeting and for a day that's all it was. Then the next day we ran into each other again and this time was a random encounter at the end of the conference. What was likely supposed to be a 5 minute hey and bye turned into a 2+ hour conversation about life, dreams, philosophy, literature and exposing our deepest darkest most personal writings. That is exactly what life is about the little strange moments that you don't see coming and from that came another new friendship. Welecome to Episode 15 - Serendipitious Strangers.Little Easter Egg for you that was actually the og title of this show before I came to my senses that SS is not an abreviation for this wholesome little show but it lasted quite a while till I found unfinished.CHAPTERS00:00 Intro to Jaume02:16 Deutsche Bahn is a Piece of Shit13:15 Peeing Is a Public Right30:20 Unplanned Adventures44:48 Don't Make Your Hobby Work48:03 The Best Days Are the Ones You Don't Plan55:08 Getting Shot by Fireworks is Incredible1:03:13 Capturing Memories vs. Living Them1:07:49 The Lives I Leave Behind1:19:31 From Retail to the Games Industry1:27:19 A Bumble Date Changed My Life1:35:32 A Proposal at SeaMEMORABLE QUOTES04:54 — “It's literally like a horror story. It's Halloween.”14:43 — “It's a basic human right.”25:58 — “The quality's worse because everyone's trying to like eke out as much profit, right?”44:48 — “This is more fun for me than it is for probably anyone who's ever gonna listen to this.”46:57 — “But I think sometimes that sort of devoids you from the creativity of just doing something you love because you make it work.”48:03 — “The world just kinda gives it to you. Like it gives you what you need at that time.”51:56 — “It's the surprises. It's the surprises.”61:20 — “It just feels like the joy gets sucked out of life.”64:39 — “I want to be in the moment. But then I f**k I forget about it.”67:49 — “Every time I leave a place like Berlin or Amsterdam, it's like I'm leaving a life that like a parallel life that I chose to give up.”87:57 — “She changed my life.”97:00 — “She jerks back almost like in a fighting stance.”Intro and Outro Song:Track: The Hero's Journey - Audio Library Beats GroupMusic provided by Audio Library PlusWatch: • The Hero's Journey - Audio Library Beats |... Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/heros-journeyUnfinished Socials:IG: / unfinished.tncs X: https://x.com/unfinished_tncsTikTok: / unfinished.tncs Linkedin: / unfinished-podcast Website: In developmentJay Socials:Linkedin: / jay-uppal IG: / adventures_of_the_scarf Blog: https://substack.com/@tncsJaume Socials:IG: / jaudeix Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaume-molins-1376b8180/

  3. Oct 7

    Episode 14: Kindness is a Rebellion with Karl 🇵🇭/🇺🇸/🇬🇧

    The Hot Boy Summer EpisodeWelcome to sunny England, the land of heat and zero AC. This summer, my friend, and one of London's best builders known for his pink terminals, joined me for a talk all about tech, life, games and all the secrets of Winnie the Pooh.This one was a blast to record, Karl, is all around an awesome dude, and one of the most creative builders in London. We've been friends ever since the first hack we met at, which Karl won for his romance generator. So tune in for a good time about tech and storytelling, and of course the Tao of Pooh!Apologies for the audio sync issues towards the end. The odyssey really messed with us.Next week we head to Germany for Gamescom.CHAPTERS00:00 Intro to Karl01:52 Romance Sims & Gaming09:29 Kingdom Hearts Gave me a Saviour Complex17:33 Hard Techno, Drugs & Festival Culture24:44 Forever Young32:15 Can You Build Without a Toxic Drive?42:08 The Tao of Pooh 49:47 A Pink Diamond54:27 Kindness Is a Rebellion58:47 Does Suffering Build Character?75:39 Why Stories Last87:09 We Fail at ImprovMEMORABLE QUOTES“For me, kindness is a rebellion.” “I think I still have a saviour complex to this day because of that.”“I’m turning 35 this year. Inside, I’m still probably like 23.”“You gotta come into things as a whole person, whether it’s a relationship, a friendship, a job.”“I wanted to prove that I deserved to exist.”“Entrepreneurship is like an art. You’re an artist that is painting a canvas.” “Take time for those little moments of wonder to just enjoy being alive.” “When you’re approaching a situation, you need to come at it with a beginner’s mindset.”“The more of an expert you become, the more narrow minded you are and the less you can actually do.”“Structurally hard but soft in hue.”“I am scared of what I will find if I lose my toxic drive.”“Nothing else on Earth has that staying power, but the story does.”Intro and Outro Song:Track: The Hero's Journey - Audio Library Beats GroupMusic provided by Audio Library PlusWatch: • The Hero's Journey - Audio Library Beats |... Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/heros-journeyUnfinished Socials:IG: / unfinished.tncs X: https://x.com/unfinished_tncsTikTok: / unfinished.tncs Linkedin: / unfinished-podcast Website: In developmentJay Socials:Linkedin: / jay-uppal IG: / adventures_of_the_scarf Blog: https://substack.com/@tncsKarl Socials:IG: https://www.instagram.com/karlnuyda/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roykarlo/

  4. Sep 30

    Episode 13: Someone Else’s Life with Dan 🇷🇺/🇰🇿/🇰🇷 & Taehee 🇰🇷

    The Korean Relationships Episode.Welcome to part two of the Dan/Taehee episode! In this episode Taehee joins and we deep dive into relationships of all sorts and therapy life. I'm a little nervous about this one, I'm not gonna lie, it was also around 3/4am when this was being recorded. With this the korea arc comes to an end, next week we are heading back to the UK and I am still travelling around China!CHAPTERS00:00 The End of the Korea Arc02:09 Dan’s “Stable” Relationships09:52 “I Want to Fix Them.”16:48 Finding Love in the 21st Century22:56 Boundaries, Friendship Breakups & Cutting People Off30:04 What Actually Makes Someone Attractive?39:12 Ideal Types?44:12 We All Want Parallel Play47:20 When Helping Friends Goes Too Far54:47 You Can’t Want For Someone More Than They Do61:11 Living Somebody Else's Life74:45 Curiosity Is LifeMEMORABLE QUOTES“Your status can change. It can go overnight. The wealth, your job, everything can disappear.”“I want to save them. I want to fix them.”“I don’t think you can love with the list.”“If the building blocks of your friendships and relationships are based on status, what happens when that disappears?”“You show curiosity about people, you listen to them carefully. That’s always attractive.”“You don’t need to speak. It’s just a mutual comfort.”“I have my world, you have your world, and we’re bringing them together because we’re choosing that.”“You can’t make somebody else achieve something if they don’t want to.”“You’ve got to give them ownership over their own life.”“You guys are putting more effort and energy into his future than he is.”“You can’t live somebody else’s life for them.”“What’s interesting in a conversation with another person is the discovery of that person and their values.”Intro and Outro Song:Track: The Hero's Journey - Audio Library Beats GroupMusic provided by Audio Library PlusWatch: • The Hero's Journey - Audio Library Beats |... Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/heros-journeyUnfinished Socials:IG: / unfinished.tncs X: https://x.com/unfinished_tncsTikTok: / unfinished.tncs Linkedin: / unfinished-podcast Website: In developmentJay Socials:Linkedin: / jay-uppal IG: / adventures_of_the_scarf Blog: https://substack.com/@tncsDan Socials:IG: https://www.instagram.com/un_defined1/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-kim54321/Taehee Socials: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taehee-kim321

  5. Sep 23

    Episode 12: The Price of Freedom with Marco 🇮🇹/🇰🇷

    An Italian in Seoul. A wanderer searching for his place. In this episode I sat down with my friend Marco. I met Marco through my friend Dan, who you heard last week. In this episode we explore what it means to be a foreigner in a strange land. What we want from our lives and how to gather your pack of monkeys around you. Marco is a crypto influencer on X, Law Business owner in the Uk, Personal trainer/Fitness guru, Ambassador for Italy and so much more. Next week, we finish up our Korea adventures for now with the final part of the Dan/Taehee arc. It’s the big Korean relationships episode so stay tuned, it’s a juicy one! CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro to Marco 05:28 Accidentally in Korea 09:11 Stable, Not Successful 12:21 How AI Lost its Soul 18:23 Humans in an AI-Slop World 21:48 The Power of Friendship 25:47 Broken Feeds 30:09 China, Tea & Travel 34:08 Shanghai vs Seoul 38:54 Working to Live 44:16 Are You the Owner of Your Own Time? 48:00 The Price of Freedom 52:15 Building A Better Businesses 55:40 Everything Can Be Crap If the Core Is Good 60:58 Pokémon Cards & Lost Charizards MEMORABLE QUOTES: “There’s these studies that say that a pack of more than 50 monkeys cannot stick together without a rule.” “I’ve been trying to make a very small pack of monkeys so we can live without rules.” “I try to surround myself with people that I can trust - not just as friends, but people that I know will do the right thing in the right situation.” “I have my own life here.” “It was completely random, man. I didn’t plan it.” “Stable, not successful. Stable.” “I feel like AI in the early days was much more abstract and much more free-thinking.” “It wasn’t perfect. It was kind of a mess — but it was a mess in an interesting way.” “Now it’s getting to the point of just basic slop where it’s an expert.” “If you didn’t even take the effort to write your own content, why should I bother?” “My first thought is: it probably took you one minute to generate and it’s taking me five minutes to read.” “I think friendships are relationships that we’ve ignored a lot as we’ve grown up.” “We’ve lost a lot of the acceptance of the broader world without needing to fit into labels.” “Once they find that something germinates, they’re just gonna make it bloom.” “I don’t think there is a good feed anymore.” “I worked to enjoy life. So I worked to live, not live to work.” “I feel like I’m wasting my life. I’m not doing anything productive here.” “If you’re more efficient and you’re doing a good job, you should get your time back.” “I am not the owner of my own time.” “When you cannot compartmentalize, you lose control of things.” “You’re just absent whatever you do.” “When you’re in charge of your own time, it’s up to you to be productive.” “No one’s being productive 365 days a year.” “I loved being able to have ownership over my time - to travel, to meet people, to make my friends.” “It took more out of me to not do anything and pretend I was doing something than to actually do something.” “If there’s no inefficiency, there’s no space for me.” “If it does a price, the price moves, it can be traded.” “My grandma threw away all my first-series Pokémon cards.” Intro and Outro Song: Track: The Hero's Journey - Audio Library Beats Group Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: • The Hero's Journey - Audio Library Beats |... Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/heros-journey Unfinished Socials: IG: / unfinished.tncs X: https://x.com/unfinished_tncs TikTok: / unfinished.tncs Linkedin: / unfinished-podcast Website: In development Jay Socials: Linkedin: / jay-uppal IG: / adventures_of_the_scarf Blog: https://substack.com/@tncs Marco Socials: IG: https://www.instagram.com/marcotesta._/

  6. Sep 16

    Episode 11: The Ghost of Joseon with Dan 🇷🇺/🇰🇿/🇰🇷

    It's spring time in Seoul!In this episode I sat down with my friend Dan. Dan is one of my best friends, from chance encounters in a Busan bar to joint adventures across the globe, and finally my place in Seoul. In this episode we explore everything Korea life, namely how much it kinda sucks for foreigners and all the little things that you don't really see. This is a bit of a two parter but the two eps are very different in vibe and topics. See you next week as we stay in Korea to meet Marco the Italian!CHAPTERS:00:00 Intro to Ep 1101:23 Growing Global05:48 Korea’s Invisible Rules for Foreigners13:55 Nobody Works in Government16:13 G-Star34:54 The Hierarchy42:13 Is Korean Work Culture Actually Toxic?50:28 Priced on Looks - IRL Korea53:47 Why Dan Hates Gangnam60:06 “I Spent $20K on Scotch”MEMORABLE QUOTES:“He thought that the number of Slack messages is how hard people work.”“Korea is not foreigner friendly.”“You worked so hard to get in, now I can rest.”“If you’re developing a game, you should all come together and discuss new ideas.”“What’s the point of going to the office then?”“Best meetings happen randomly.”“If you don’t make it to an in-Seoul four-year college, you’re not gonna get a good job.”“You get into a job and then you have to run the rat race again.”“Korean work culture is toxic AF.”“You only see a subset of people.”“If you’re super ugly, you won’t get in.”“The uglier you are, the more expensive bottle you have to buy.”“They only care about appearance.”“I do like fancy shit, but I don’t like it because it’s fancy. It has to be good.”“You just told me you spent over twenty K on whiskey.”“The only expensive hobby I have is Scotch.”Intro and Outro Song:Track: The Hero's Journey - Audio Library Beats GroupMusic provided by Audio Library PlusWatch: • The Hero's Journey - Audio Library Beats |... Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/heros-journeyUnfinished Socials:IG: / unfinished.tncs X: https://x.com/unfinished_tncsTikTok: / unfinished.tncs Linkedin: / unfinished-podcast Website: In developmentJay Socials:Linkedin: / jay-uppal IG: / adventures_of_the_scarf Blog: https://substack.com/@tncsDan Socials:IG: https://www.instagram.com/un_defined1/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-kim54321/

    Episode 11: The Ghost of Joseon with Dan 🇷🇺/🇰🇿/🇰🇷

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I hate boxes! It really sucks to be boxed into a 1-dimensional cutout, that's never been me, and I'm pretty sure that's never been you. That's the point of Unfinished, these are fragments, snapshots, stories of actual lived lives, of mine, of my friends, of strangers and familiar people. Life is a journey and it meanders, when you're freidns with me, so do those conversations, so here's a glimpse of the globe from my perspective. No agenda, no rules, just a conversation between people, living, growing and changing as it does from all four corners of this beautifully flawed world of ours