Lucid

In this episode Sid talks to Paypal leader Prashanthi Ravanarapu about her 16 year career journey moving from data to product management. She talks about her journey as a cancer survivor, how she defined her purpose and the best tools for problem discovery to build products that customers value. Follow Prashanthi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pravanavarapu/ Follow Lucid on other platforms: Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

**Watch this video at 1.5x for a better viewing experience On this episode, Sid talks to Tom Leung, a product director at @Google and the host of the @firesideproductmanagementp6818 to share his experience of working on the top products in the world such as Youtube, Google health, etc.. Here are the topics we covered : 1. Building Google Health and YouTube 2. Why is coaching important 3. Advice for employees that are laid off Follow Tom Leung - Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/toml/ Youtube : @firesideproductmanagementp6818 Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

On this episode of Lucid, Sid talks to Shyamal Krishna Anadkat who is currently working at OpenAI and helps with Go to market strategies of different applications of the company such as ChatGPT, Dalle, etc.. Here are the list of topics we talks about : 1. How does ChatGPT work? 2. How should companies build products with an AI first approach? 3. Future of Language Learning models (LLMs) that are used in ChatGPT, Dalle 4. How can countries like India move forward with innovation through AI? 5. Applications of ChatGPT in work, creativity, education, etc.. Follow Shyamal Hitesh Anadkat : Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/zostale/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/shyamalanadkat Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

In this episode Sid chats with Duke professor Wendy Gates Corbett about her research in belongingness and why she cares so much about it. She also shares her experience of meeting her role model former president Barack Obama and shares tips on how to present effectively with a powerful presence. Learn more about Wendy Gates Corbett here : https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendygatescorbett/ https://wendygatescorbett.com/ Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

In this episode, Sid sits down with Duke professor Tony O' Driscoll to go in depth and understand the different types of thinking. They talk about the rapid change in innovation cycles and how it is going to affect government policy. Finally they talk about digital countries and the Metaverse. Tony has spent the bulk of his professional and academic career at the nexus of Business, Innovation, Technology and Learning, creating and implementing strategies that enable organizations to realize the full potential of their most valuable asset: Human Beings. You can find Tony on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-o-driscoll-5bb46b5 Checkout his latest book - https://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Superhero-Inspire-Everyone-Create-ebook/dp/B098JL1TC2 Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Youtube : https://youtube.com/@andwearelucid Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

In this episode of Lucid, Sid hosts Prof. Allegra Jordan of Duke University to talk about her leadership philosophy, her life at Harvard, fav leaders and her beliefs in Spirituality and how leaders need to embrace spirituality. Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

In this episode Lew talks to his finance professor at ISB to discuss about his life journey and decision to become a finance professor. His views on the current market conditions and whether AI will take over the world of finance. Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

This episode is hosted by Shaurya Sethi on F1 APM Podcast. Shaurya is a PM at Boostr and is on a mission to help aspiring PMs find their first product management job. In this episode, Shaurya hosts Sid(Deekshit) about his experience of landing his first PM internship in US and receive a return offer. Here are the main topics that were covered: - Decision to getting into Product Management - Strategies for getting interviews - Taking care of mental health during job search - Networking and receiving return offer from internship Link to F1 APM podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/78Iy8tHpRNA6ZPMZIik4Nq?si=e29061b382a34244 Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

In this episode, Sid chats with Varun about his career progression in product management, setting expectations with your manager and how to progress in one's career and treat it like a product. Connect with Varun here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/varunathreya/ Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

Lew talks to Rohit Vasudevan, an international Jiu Jitsu Champion, fighter and coach who has a vision to empower India with Jiu Jitsu! He has also done his MSc in Aerodynamics in UK. Listen to his journey of entering Jiu Jitsu and building the scientific method of self defense! Follow Rohit here : https://www.instagram.com/rohit_ijj/ Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

In this episode of Lucid, Sid talks to Sai Krishna VK the founder of Scapic - an AR/VR no code tool about his journey into the field of entrepreneurship and how he fell in love with building things. The topics range from building deep tech products, building high trust teams, future of Metaverse and much more! Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

Lew talks to Ajay Jayaram, Former World No. 13, Winner of the Dutch Open, Korean Open, Vietnam Open and many more international badminton tournaments about his journey and relationships in and out of the sport, battling injuries and a flawed sporting system, and about what lies ahead in the future as an MBA graduate!

In this episode, Sid talks to Keval Kakka an Indian mountaineer who is the first indian to climb Mt. Everest and Mt. Lhotse in 6 days. He is an engineering dropout who has devoted years to climb various high altitude peaks in India and around. Here, we cover his journey into mountaineering. His experiences of climbing dangerous treks and how he prepared to climb the mountains and his future vision. Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

In this episode, Sid talks to Tanveer Ahmed, CTO of Digantara. Digantara is the world's first space based active orbital surveillance platform. In simple terms, they are building a space map that organizations like ISRO, NASA can use to select routes that have minimum probability of collisions with objects in Space. Digantara is one of the two private organizations in India to receive a permit to launch payloads into space. They recently launched their first payload on June 30th. In this episode, we cover Tanveer's journey of starting the company , convincing the world about their credibility of building the technology, funding, company culture and much more. Read more about Digantara - https://www.digantara.co.in/ https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/bengaluru-space-startup-team-digantara-modi-mann-ki-baat-7996954/ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bengaluru-digantara-hyderabad-startup-dhruva-become-first-to-get-in-space-authorisation/articleshow/92460375.cms https://yourstory.com/2021/12/tech50-digantara-spacetech-startup-/amp Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

In the first episode of the Minicast series, Sid talks to Adithya Thonse who invests consistently into various assets about the Stock Markets and the reason behind the downfall. The conversation covers the downfall in markets, company layoffs and the potential of a recession. Do check it out! https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/startup-layoffs-cross-10000-mark-as-companies-restructure-attempt-to-reduce-cash-burn-amid-funding-winter-8711621.html https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/tech-layoffs-2022/ https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/finance-ministry-sees-low-risk-of-stagflation-for-economy-despite-price-surge-global-crisis-8709701.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTWVyFFpGXQ Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Adithya Thonse : https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbusy_thonse/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adithya-thonse-41a121147/ Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

In this episode, Sid hosts Jennie Graham who is a MBA student at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. Jennie has years of experience in supporting underrepresented founder and is focused on building a career around impact investing. In this conversation they talk about, - Jennie's experiences in supporting founders from Myanmar, Afghanistan and the Middle East - Duke MBA experience - Networking and how Jennie approaches it - Everything about Venture Capital - How to get into Venture Capital Follow Jennie's career on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennie-graham/ Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

In the second episode of the minicast series of episodes, Lew talks to Arjun Gargeyas, a policy research analyst at The Takshashila Institution who works on analysing semiconductor policy. The quick discussion goes from Lew's interaction with the Hon'ble Union Minister for IT Mr. Ashwini Vaishnav about semiconductors in India to Arjun's evaluation of the said policies. Enjoy! Links to the articles mentioned in the podcast: https://www.firstpost.com/business/why-chinas-post-pandemic-semiconductor-rise-is-essential-to-watch-out-for-10868181.html https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G9sDdQrLNSwRYJ9jZuDG71veofk-gLVM/view?usp=sharing Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Post Production : Nithya Shree Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

Lew and Sid talk about Sid's recent trek adventure in this episode. They cover the whole trip along with what Sid did before and after the trek. Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

Lucid talk to Abhinav (@abnux) - a product designer and founder of 10kdesigners - about product design, its importance in today's world, the new age teaching method that is Cohort Based Courses (CBCs), and investing in web3 technologies. Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Follow Abhinav on other platforms: YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/abnux Instagram: https://instagram.com/abnux?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Website: https://www.10kdesigners.com Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

Lew and Sid enter the rabbit hole of Artificial General Intelligence, their fascination in the topic and what they think the future holds. They dig deep into the humanitarian layers of OpenAI's GPT3 and DALLE2 in this episode to understand a future to come. Relevant links discussed in the podcast : https://econforeverybody.com/2022/04/18/supply-and-demand-complements-and-substitutes-and-dalle-e-2/ https://twitter.com/_LucasRizzotto/status/1516205625662836739 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1G5b_2PYj0 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3 https://beta.openai.com/playground/p/default-chat https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CdqnHXCFXnL/ Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Youtube : https://youtube.com/channel/UCPyyRPyrOH-oXP1lOjwvfGg Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

Lew and Sid discuss Sid's journey in the US and his learnings in MEM, all the while munching on some Bagels! Join us for a fun-filled episode equal parts entertaining and informative. Sid talks about his experience with the subjects he studied, product management interviews, US job interviews, etc. This is the second part of a two-part series. Link to the strategy palette talked about in the podcast: https://www.bcg.com/capabilities/corporate-finance-strategy/strategy-palette Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

Lew and Sid discuss Sid's journey in the US and his learnings in MEM, all the while munching on some Bagels! Join us for a fun filled episode equal parts entertaining and informative. This is the first part of a two part series. Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/

Lucid talk to Varshni Gurumoorthy, a leading sales executive in Paperflite (a SaaS startup) about her transition to sales from engineering, the different facets of sales and how today's world of sales is shifting. Topics discussed in this podcast : - Deep dive into sales - Big tech v/s startup - Learnings as an engineer and as a sales representative - Benefits of Linkedin and networking - Sales x Web3 Production Credits - Raajas R Socials - Lucid - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPyyRPyrOH-oXP1lOjwvfGg Varshni: https://www.linkedin.com/in/varshni-gurumoorthy/ Lew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/ https://twitter.com/AdityaMadhavan1 Sid: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ https://twitter.com/dbn_28

Lew and Sid take us through Lew's decision-making and application process when he decided to pursue MBA. Lew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/ https://twitter.com/AdityaMadhavan1 Sid: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ https://twitter.com/dbn_28

Lew and Sid talk to Brandon Galang about web3 - its basics and what it means to understand web3 as a person living in the web2 era. Brandon is Currently, Chief of Staff at Fast Break Labs, a venture-backed web3 gaming startup building the Virtual Basketball Association (VBA), the the first basketball manager gaming experience built for the Metaverse. Previously, Sr. Technical PM at Amazon working on causal inference/ML tech in the Advertising organization. Yale MBA. System Analyst at Intel and Epic Systems. Brandon - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandongalang/

Lew and Sid invite Sandilya MV (the Associate Director at The/Nudge Institute) to discuss his vivid experiences across different industries and his learnings through public and private sector corporations. Links to the mentioned articles : https://medium.com/@adityamadhavan/the-pothole-infestation-the-silent-disease-in-bengaluru-3b0b902724a3 https://medium.com/@mvsandilya/systemic-reforms-are-the-need-of-the-hour-for-education-not-free-laptops-20bfb5959f41

Lew and Sid navigate through their understanding of what competition is, and what individuals need to do to not get overwhelmed by the rapidly evolving competitive world.

Sid decides to interview Lew about his public policy courses at the Takshashila institution.:and his learnings and work. Links to relevant topics discussed in the podcast : Political compass : https://www.politicalcompass.org/test Political mandala : https://www.politicalmandala.in/ Yamini Aiyar - https://twitter.com/aiyaryamini?s=21

Lew and Sid are back with season 3! Where were they for 7 months? What have they been up to? And what's in store this season?

Lew and Sid look back on their podcasting journey in the final episode of season 2.

Lew and Sid are back with tales of their Pondicherry trip, their new found love for sports - F1 and tennis; and finally about Sid's novel early career experience of hiring people for product managerial roles. Follow Aditya's Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/adimadhudbzhp

Lew and Sid try to discover Sid's favourite musical genre.

Lew and Sid bounce back from where they left off along with Praagna Prasad, a B.E. student from RVCE and our good friend who is contemplating the decision to pursue a master's program. The discussion winds and bends through the admission process, the mindset's required to find the right college, on whether a person needs a consulting firm to help them and the processes after getting the admit!

Lew and Sid discuss Sid's journey to writing the GRE and TOEFL and the reasons we need to look at before jumping into the masters train.

Lew and Sid start off talking about Sid's new job in a startup and then wind up next to complete the discussion on art films by deep diving into the films and ideas of Andrei Tarkovsky. Aditya's youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/user/adimadhudbzhp Andre Tarkovsky's film Nostalgia : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gH1cprEg0w

Lew and Sid discuss Lew's biggest new obsession - Art Films. Lew narrates the recent movie he watched called Tamaash and recommends people to watch it so that they can understand the daily life of Kashmiris.

Lew and Sid discuss what their 2022 should be like.

Lew and Sid discuss their goals through the years 2019 and 2021, navigating through their college, work and pandemic journeys and the crucial impact it has had on the things they want to pursue in life.

Lew and Sid reminisce about their second Himalayan trek - Chadar.

Lew and Sid reminisce about their first Himalayan trek - Brahmatal.

Sid narrates his recent Gokarna experience, while jealous Lew listens on.

Lew and Sid talk about being old, the one year anniversary of sitting at home, Sid getting into Duke University, making connections on LinkedIn and an update on Project DNA.

Lew and Sid meet their dynamic and supremely knowledgeable friend - Arjun P Gargeyas. The discussion goes down the past through the Indus Valley Civilization, World History, modern Indian History, Politics, the Constitutions of the World, the Farm Bills, Policy Making.

Lew and Sid are back with an exciting guest who has travelled all over  India, been the guard of honor to the Prime Minister and Vice President and is currently living his dream in the Indian Army - Anirudh Gururaj Rao.

Lew and Sid discuss two types of cold showers, the books Laws of Human Nature and Into Thin Air and some cinema while diving into what they can make better for later

Lew and Sid have their second guest, Arvind Rishi, talk about his interesting ideas on the structure of thought as a narrative device and narrative devices as structures of thought.

Lew and Sid talk about their new projects and interests in 2021 - running, reading, filming, mountaineering and the Indian budget to complement and complete the financial narrative of episode 12.

Lew and Sid bring in their first guest to the podcast - Adithya Thonse! The trio discuss fitness and finance and how both compound in ways we don't normally imagine!

Lew and Sid talk about the final trip in 2020 - The Sandakphu Trek, their immediate adventures in January 2021, and finally make an announcement!

Lew and Sid talk about their break from the routine, finding solace.

Lew and Sid talk about social conforming and it's positives and negatives. Are their opinions their own?