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Akshayakalpa is known as India's first certified organic dairy enterprise. But in this conversation, Shashi Kumar makes it clear that the deeper story has always been farming.In this episode of the Prime Venture Partners Podcast, Jerome Manuel speaks with Shashi Kumar, Founder & CEO of Akshayakalpa, about building at the farm level for 16 years, far away from the usual startup playbook of fast growth, quick scale and easy metrics.Akshayakalpa began with dairy because farmers needed reliable cash flow. Once that started working, the model expanded into animal care, soil management, manure-making, beekeeping, backyard poultry and diversified farms.Today, Akshayakalpa is a profitable ₹60-crore-a-month business working with 2,800 farmers, including 1,200 women farmers. Last financial year, the average monthly payout to each farming family was ₹1.28 lakh.The conversation explores:• Why Akshayakalpa raised no institutional money for 9 years• Why Shashi refused to sell investors a hypergrowth story• How Nithin Kamath invested ₹5 crore in 5 days during the pandemic• Why 27 people took equity in the company when it was struggling• Why each cluster takes nearly 7 years to build• How 2,800 farmers produce what would conventionally need nearly 100,000 farmers• Why 45,000 customers visited Akshayakalpa farms• Why premium pricing is a value play• What founders can learn from building with patience and truthFor founders building in India, this episode is a reminder that every great company does not have to be built by chasing the fastest story.Some are built by saying the harder thing early, and still finding the right people to believe in it.Episode Timestamps00:00 - Introduction00:38 - What Akshayakalpa is really building02:06 - Why young people are moving away from farming10:17 - Making farming economically viable again15:37 - Scaling through role models, clusters and culture32:16 - Why Akshayakalpa started with dairy39:13 - The first 9 years: struggle, frugality and survival46:02 - Building customer trust through farm visits48:09 - Why premium pricing is a value play51:08 - Organic food and the challenge of fundraising in farming1:15:42 - Investor expectations, Nithin Kamath and long-term capital1:18:10 - What still keeps Shashi up at nightSubscribe to the Prime Venture Partners Podcast for more conversations with founders building enduring companies in India.#AgriCapital #FarmEconomics #FoodSystems

Check out BeerBiceps SkillHouse Courses Here - https://linktr.ee/bbskillhouseFor all BeerBiceps vlog content Watch Life Of BeerBiceps - https://www.youtube.com/@LifeOfBeerBicepsCheck out my Mind Performance app: Level SuperMindLink:- https://app.level.game/?c=zSbmYnShare your guest suggestions hereMail - connect@beerbiceps.comLink - https://forms.gle/aoMHY9EE3Cg3Tqdx9Join the Level Community Here:https://linktr.ee/levelsupermindcommunityFollow BeerBiceps SkillHouse's Social Media Handles:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeerBicepsSkillHouseInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/beerbiceps_skillhouseWebsite : https://beerbicepsskillhouse.inFor any other queries EMAIL: support@beerbicepsskillhouse.comIn case of any payment-related issues, kindly write to support@tagmango.comIn this special episode of The Ranveer Show, we are joined by Prof Arun Kumar (PhD in Economics), who shares deep insights on the impending global economic crisis, the impact of Super El Niño, AI's threat to mental labor, and the hidden realities of the Indian unorganized sector. This episode takes you into the complexities of global geopolitics, the fertilizer shortage, and the strategic roadmap India needs to navigate the next decade.In this conversation with Prof Arun Kumar, we talk about the Four Major Crises facing India, the displacement of jobs by Artificial Intelligence, the importance of a bottom-up economic approach, and the rising trade deficit with China. We also understand the impact of the West Asia crisis on global oil prices, the reality behind "Stagflation," and how India can achieve true strategic autonomy by investing in R&D and supporting the micro-sector through cooperatives.This episode also covers the Super El Niño's effect on agriculture, the decimation of MSMEs, the new Cold War between the US and the China-Russia-Iran block, the role of black money in hurting productivity, and the future of energy through coal gasification and solar power.This podcast is a valuable resource for anyone interested in Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, AI and Job Security, Indian Agriculture, Global Trade, and the future of the Indian Economy.(00:00) – Start of the episode(01:50) – 4 Major Crises Coming Soon(02:42) – The Super El Niño Threat(04:53) – Real Impact on Indian GDP(06:24) – China's Secret Growth Model(08:32) – The Threat to 11 Crore Jobs(10:43) – Fertilizer & Global Oil Shortage(12:37) – AI: The End of Mental Labor?(15:14) – Will Humans Become Obsolete?(17:39) – Indian Tech vs US Tech(19:22) – The New Global Cold War(22:26) – Why India Fails at R&D(25:54) – Our Dangerous Dependency on China(30:51) – The Reality of Unemployment(34:01) – Black Money & Productivity Loss(38:58) – Harsh Truth of Indian Policy(41:26) – Why You Should Stop Buying Gold(46:45) – Explaining Stagflation & Recession(53:04) – US, Iran, & The Global Oil War(1:00:14) – China's Master 30-Year Plan(1:03:08) – End of the episode#geopolitics #india

Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Substackhttps://substack.com/@theoccultrejects?r=7auau0&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-pageCash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsPart 1 focuses on the drum as an ancient technology of altered consciousness. The argument is not that every beat causes trance, or that neuroscience has proven spirits. The stronger argument is that rhythm enters the human organism through hearing, motor prediction, breath, movement, attention, emotion, expectation, culture, and social synchrony. The drum becomes powerful when sound, body, group, ritual frame, and meaning converge. These sources support the archaeology, neuroscience, EEG research, shamanic studies, possession studies, Indigenous and culturally specific drum traditions, ritual theory, placebo and meaning-response research, ceremonial magic, and modern witchcraft material used in the episode.Core Academic and Scientific SourcesHuels, Emma R., Hyoungkyu Kim, UnCheol Lee, Tirsa Bel-Bahar, Ana V. Colmenero, Alexandra Nelson, Stefanie Blain-Moraes, George A. Mashour, and Richard E. Harris. “Neural Correlates of the Shamanic State of Consciousness.” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 15 (2021): 610466.Gordon, Yoel, Golan Karvat, Noa Dagan, and Ayelet N. Landau. “Neural Tracking at Theta Predicts Drumming-Induced Altered States of Consciousness.” Scientific Reports 16, no. 1 (2026): Article 10204.Aparicio-Terrés, R., et al. “The Neurobiology of Altered States of Consciousness Induced by Drumming and Other Rhythmic Sound Patterns.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2025.Neher, Andrew. “Auditory Driving Observed with Scalp Electrodes in Normal Subjects.” Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 13 (1961): 449–451.Neher, Andrew. “A Physiological Explanation of Unusual Behavior in Ceremonies Involving Drums.” Human Biology 34, no. 2 (1962): 151–160.Maurer, R., V. K. Kumar, L. Woodside, and R. J. Pekala. “Phenomenological Experience in Response to Monotonous Drumming and Hypnotizability.” American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 40, no. 2 (1997): 130–145. Use for monotonous drumming, subjective altered experience, imagery, absorption, and hypnotizability.Maxfield, Melinda C. “Effects of Rhythmic Drumming on EEG and Subjective Experience.” PhD diss., Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 1990. Use as older supporting context on drumming, EEG, imagery, body-image changes, and subjective altered experience. Do not make this the main scientific proof; use it as background.Nozaradan, Sylvie, Isabelle Peretz, and André Mouraux. “Tagging the Neuronal Entrainment to Beat and Meter.” The Journal of Neuroscience 31, no. 28 (2011): 10234–10240. Use for EEG evidence that the brain can track beat and meter. This supports the claim that the brain does not merely hear rhythm as background sound; it can represent rhythmic structure in measurable ways.Nozaradan, Sylvie. “Exploring How Musical Rhythm Entrains Brain Activity with Electroencephalogram Frequency-Tagging.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 369, no. 1658 (2014). Use as broader rhythm/EEG entrainment support. This helps explain frequency-tagging, beat tracking, meter, neural entrainment, and the measurable relationship between rhythmic structure and brain activity.Thaut, Michael H., Gerald C. McIntosh, and Volker Hoemberg. “Neurobiological Foundations of Neurologic Music Therapy: Rhythmic Entrainment and the Motor System.” Frontiers in Psychology 5 (2015). Use for rhythm as motor-system timing information. This supports the claim that a beat can become bodily instruction, not just sound for the ear. Especially useful when discussing rhythmic auditory stimulation, motor planning, gait, entrainment, and the auditory-motor bridge.Ross, Jessica M., John R. Iversen, and Ramesh Balasubramaniam. “Time Perception for Musical Rhythms: Sensorimotor Perspectives on Entrainment, Simulation, and Prediction.” 2022. Use for rhythm, timing, prediction, sensorimotor entrainment, and the way musical rhythm interacts with time perception.Hove, Michael J., and Jane L. Risen. “It's All in the Timing: Interpersonal Synchrony Increases Affiliation.” Social Cognition 27, no. 6 (2009): 949–960. Use for synchrony and social bonding. This helps support the group-body argument: moving or acting in time with others can increase affiliation.Wiltermuth, Scott S., and Chip Heath. “Synchrony and Cooperation.” Psychological Science 20, no. 1 (2009): 1–5. Use for the claim that synchronized movement can increase cooperation and attachment among participants.Tarr, Bronwyn, Jacques Launay, and Robin I. M. Dunbar. “Music and Social Bonding: ‘Self-Other' Merging and Neurohormonal Mechanisms.” Frontiers in Psychology 5 (2014): 1096. Use for music, synchrony, bonding, endorphin/social mechanisms, and why group rhythm can feel like more than private listening.Fancourt, Daisy, Rosie Perkins, Sara Ascenso, Louise Atkins, Fatima Kilfeather, and Aaron Williamon. “Effects of Group Drumming Interventions on Anxiety, Depression, Social Resilience and Inflammatory Immune Response among Mental Health Service Users.” PLOS ONE 11, no. 3 (2016): e0151136. Use for modern group-drumming research showing psychological and physiological effects, including anxiety, depression, social resilience, wellbeing, and inflammatory immune response. Use carefully: this does not make group drumming a cure-all. It supports the more grounded claim that embodied rhythm and group participation can affect mood, social connection, and body chemistry.Bittman, Barry B., et al. “Composite Effects of Group Drumming Music Therapy on Modulation of Neuroendocrine-Immune Parameters in Normal Subjects.” Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 7, no. 1 (2001): 38–47. Use as older supporting material on group drumming and neuroendocrine-immune measures. Keep secondary. Fancourt is cleaner for the main script body.Archaeology and Deep History of DrumsLawergren, Bo. “Neolithic Drums in China.” In Music Archaeology in China. 2006. Use for clay drums in Neolithic China and the deep-history claim that drums are not just poetic symbols of antiquity. They appear in the archaeological record as instruments tied to early sound-making, ceremony, and social order.Both, Arnd Adje. “Music Archaeology: Some Methodological and Theoretical Considerations.” Use as general support for why ancient instruments should be treated as ritual and social evidence, not merely decorative objects.Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Ritual, and TranceRouget, Gilbert. Music and Trance: A Theory of the Relations Between Music and Possession. Translated by Brunhilde Biebuyck. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. Essential source. Use for the caution that music does not mechanically or universally cause trance. Rouget helps keep the argument academically serious by emphasizing culture, ritual frame, meaning, and expectation.Becker, Judith. Deep Listeners: Music, Emotion, and Trancing. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. Use for music-linked trancing, emotional absorption, religious experience, and culturally trained ways of listening. This supports the “hearing versus entering” distinction.McNeill, William H. Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995. Use for marching, dance, drill, muscular bonding, synchronized movement, and rhythm as social glue. This is useful both for Part 1's group-body material and Part 2's war-drum material.Eliade, Mircea. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1964. Use carefully. Eliade's phrase “archaic techniques of ecstasy” is powerful, but the episode should also note that later scholarship criticizes his tendency to universalize shamanism.Winkelman, Michael. Shamanism: A Biopsychosocial Paradigm of Consciousness and Healing. 2nd ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2010. Use for shamanism as a ritual technology involving altered consciousness, healing, social integration, symbolism, and body-brain processes.Winkelman, Michael. “Shamanism and Psychedelics: A Biogenetic Structuralist Paradigm of Ecopsychology.” European Journal of Ecopsychology 4 (2013): 90–115. Use as supplemental background on shamanism, altered consciousness, and comparative models of trance and visionary states.Kontouli, Athanasia, Michael J. Hove, Alexandre Lehmann, Peter Vuust, and Peter E. Keller. “The Rhythms of Trance: Cultural Phenomenology and Neural Mechanisms of Music-Induced Lewis-Williams, David. The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002. Use cautiously for altered states, entoptic imagery, ritual vision, and the relationship between neuropsychology and symbolic culture.Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness.” Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2026. Use for the bridge between cultural phenomenology and neuroscience. This supports the point that music-induced trance is not only acoustics; it involves body, training, expectation, culture, environment, and interpretation.Tart, Charles T., ed. Altered States of Consciousness. New York: Wiley, 1969. Use as classic altered-state background.Hultkrantz, Åke. “The Drum in Shamanism.” Use for classic comparative material on the shamanic drum, especially Arctic, SiberiAlso want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball. A

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we count down our favorite music of 2026 so far. Show notes: Breitling's #6: Kurt Vile's love letter to Philly KV writes songs about nothing and they're great Kumar's #6: Great album from Chicago's Ratboys Leading the wave of bands with sweet female vocals and rocking instrumentation Breitling's #5: 17-track compilation from the Laughing Chimes It's like a typewriter, retro and satisfying Kumar's #5: Hot indie rock from Philly's Gladie Led by former singer of Cayetana Breitling's #4: First new LP from Broken Social Scene in a decade Reembracing the combustible Freakin' Fanelli Bootlegs became readily available in the early '00s Kumar's #4: Montreal post-punk trio with an excellent release Political lyrics Breitling's #3: The Notwist returns with a sound that combines their different phases Back to basics Documentary captures their weirdness Kumar's #3: Austin synth-punk weirdos Drakulas return with gloriously fun release Featuring members of the Riverboat Gamblers and Rise Against Breitling's and Kumar's #2: We did it! Courtney Barnett with a triumphant album recorded in California Sings about everyday issues in her life Breitling's and Kumar's #1: We did it again! Alex Edkins of METZ with his second Weird Nightmare album Not as dark and heavy as METZ, but exciting and exhilarating Very hooky and uplifting Looking forward to new stuff from Kiwi Jr., Strange Pains, Johnny Foreigner, Afghan Whigs, The Cramps (archival release), The Fall, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Evil Island   Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

On the occasion of International Yoga Day, xMonks Drive sits down with one of India's most extraordinary minds — Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Kumar, Sanyasi Bhargava Ph.D. — Professor of Happiness & Wellbeing, Kundalini Yogi, Tantric Master, Applied Psychologist and S*xologist with over 22 years of experience across India and Europe.In this conversation, Gaurav Arora and Prof. Rajesh Kumar explore the hidden secrets of Kundalini awakening, the real meaning of Tantra, the science of human consciousness, and why ancient Indian wisdom holds the answers to modern mental health and happiness.This is the knowledge they never taught you in school.What we cover:Kundalini explained | Chakras and the body's energy system | Ida, Pingala and Sushumna | The shadow side of Kundalini awakening | Why a guru is essential | Hidden secrets of Kundalini | What Tantra really is | Left-hand vs right-hand Tantra | Why Tantra was suppressed | Desire, consciousness and enlightenment | Can you reach enlightenment through physical intimacy | Shame, guilt and physical illness | Why spiritual gurus fall | Osho — Gyani Yogi or controversial master | Carl Jung and Kundalini | The five states of consciousness | AUM decoded | Om chanting and brainwaves | Ancient healing mantras | Depression through yogic science | How to begin your Kundalini practice | Appo Deepo BhavaChapters:00:00 Can We Enlighten00:35 Brainwaves And Samadhi01:15 Osho And Guru Scandals01:29 Becoming A Yoga Professor04:24 What Is Kundalini05:43 Chakras And Energy Path09:57 Heart Chakra Awakening15:24 Fake Awakening Claims15:46 Meditation Cleanses Mind21:12 Celibacy And Tradition22:56 Shame Guilt And Trauma24:16 Emotions And Illness28:08 Nadis And Hidden Secrets30:01 Yoga Beyond Healing31:08 Shakti Three Gunas31:50 Tamasik Awakening Path32:37 Durga to Saraswati Shift33:58 Tantra vs Yoga Explained35:01 Left Hand Right Hand Tantra36:40 Sex and Moksha Link40:01 Science of Prana Vitality41:28 Carl Jung Consciousness Map44:27 Om and Brainwave States46:29 Healing Mantras Routine48:54 Discipline and Self Love51:40 Closing Thanks FarewellAbout the Guest:Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Kumar — Sanyasi Bhargava Ph.D. Professor of Practice, Manav Rachna International University. Ph.D. in Yogic Science. Master's in Applied Psychology, Applied Yogic Sciences from Bihar Yoga Bharati — the world's first yoga university — and S*xology and Psychos*xual Counselling. Author of Kundalini: Secret of All Secrets and Happiness and Well-being.About xMonks Drive:Deep, unhurried conversations on consciousness, happiness, leadership and the human experience. Founded by Gaurav Arora. Subscribe for new episodes every week.Keywords: Kundalini awakening, Kundalini yoga, what is Kundalini, Kundalini awakening explained, Tantra explained, what is Tantra, left hand Tantra, right hand Tantra, hidden secrets of Kundalini, science of yoga, yoga and neuroscience, chakras explained, Muladhara chakra, Ida Pingala Sushumna, Om chanting brainwaves, alpha waves meditation, delta waves samadhi, Gayatri mantra, Mahamrityunjaya mantra, AUM meaning, five states of consciousness, turiya state, Shiva consciousness, Carl Jung and yoga, science of happiness, professor of happiness, ancient Indian wisdom, Bihar Yoga Bharati, Kundalini tantra enlightenment, how to awaken Kundalini, Kundalini dangers, yoga for happiness, yoga for depression, yoga for anxiety, ancient Indian secrets, hidden secrets yoga, tantra and consciousness, human consciousness explained, self realization yoga, Patanjali yoga sutras, Bihar School of Yoga, happiness professor India, International Yoga Day 2026, Yoga Day special, Indian podcast, xMonks Drive, Gaurav Arora podcast, Prof Rajesh Kumar, Sanyasi Bhargava#KundaliniAwakening #Tantra #Yoga #KundaliniYoga #YogaDay #InternationalYogaDay #YogaDay2026 #Happiness #Wellbeing #Consciousness #AncientWisdom #IndianPhilosophy #Meditation #Chakras #Spirituality #SpiritualAwakening #xMonksDrive #GauravArora #ProfRajeshKumar #SanyasiBhargava #HiddenSecrets #Enlightenment #MentalHealth #Depression #YogaScience #Neuroscience #Om #AUM #GayatriMantra #CarlJung #Osho #BiharYogaBharati #IndianPodcast #podcastindia 

Dipak Kumar Sah is a Member of Parliament from Mahottari–2, representing the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP).

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Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi passed away on June 4. This week, Tim and Kumar recall their initial reactions to that book and talk a bit about her life and legacy. Then, we revisit segments of past episodes in which Tim and Brandon discussed Satrapi’s work: Persepolis review from episode 91, published September 3, 2007. `Persepolis 2 and the film version of Persepolis reviewed in episode 185, published June 22, 2009. Brought to you by: Full Manga Alchemists Our supporters on Patreon

Representing around 30% of the medical workforce in the NHS, SAS doctors are essential to delivering high-quality care. Yet their role is still evolving in terms of recognition and development. In this episode, Dr Jonathan Darling, who has recently completed tenure as RCPCH Vice President for Education and Professional Development, speaks with Dr Kumar Swamy, neonatology specialist and RCPCH SAS Joint Chair about how the RCPCH SAS committee works to amplify the impact and recognition of SAS doctors through consistent and persuasive messaging. The two discuss how leadership rarely begins with a title but with curiosity, involvement, and a willingness to contribute. Kumar reflects on his journey to developing leadership skills organically by stepping forward in areas he cared about and learning along the way. Emphasising the benefits of shared leadership, he explains the co-leadership model he follows as RCPCH SAS Joint Chair. This is persistent, collaborative and meaningful leadership in action. Read Jonathan's reflections and download the transcript from episode 12 - on RCPCH website See related resources about 'Leading the way'- on RCPCH Learning The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast relates only to the speaker and not necessarily to their employer, organisation, RCPCH or any other group or individual. About Kumar Kumar Swamy is a Specialist in Neonatology at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.  He has been involved with the RCPCH SAS committee for over ten years, working first as a regional representative. As a Joint Chair, part of his responsibility is to represent the SAS interests of the College on the Academy of Medical Royal College's SAS meetings. He is also a SAS Tutor for Nottingham University Hospitals and aims to support SAS doctors both locally and nationally.  

On today's special episode of The Modern Wellness podcast, Adrienne speaks with Gopal Kumar, General Manager & Director of Wellness Development at Kamalaya Koh Samui.Visiting wellness retreats has become increasingly popular, but what makes Kamalaya in Koh Samui, Thailand stand out? In this episode Adrienne reflects on her visit along with Gopal, who explains what makes Kamalaya's approach to wellness so unique. Kamalaya Koh Samui is a multi-award-winning Wellness Sanctuary nestled within a lush tropical landscape on the southern coastline of Koh Samui, Thailand. Kamalaya offers a synergistic wellness experience to help people reconnect to life's potential and achieve optimal wellbeing.The cuisine, service style, natural surroundings, and even the architecture have been thoughtfully designed to support and enhance the wellness therapies and services. The land itself is a powerful part of the healing journey, allowing guests to experience the restorative power of nature firsthand. At the heart of Kamalaya lies a centuries-old cave, once used by Buddhist monks as a place of meditative retreat, where Guests are welcome to enter the sacred space for quiet reflection and meditation.Find out more at kamalaya.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Siva Kumar is a non-AI-assisted software engineer. He lives in Sunnyvale.

The tenth installment of Fresh Immigrants, Rotten Fascists introduces us to the Gangoli family - first generation Indian immigrants to America. Familiar faces Irrfan Khan and Tabu play the parents, but the big marketing angle was Kal Penn's dramatic turn as their son, he of the multiple names throughout the movie. THE NAMESAKE, based on a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, directed by Mira Nair, was certainly an important step in Penn branching out from his Harold and Kumar persona, but it's also a gentle, heartfelt portrayal of what it's like to have two homelands.Thank you for checking this new project out, whether you are a long-time Contrarians fan or someone who's just trying to listen to people talking positively about immigrants and negatively about fascism. If you have any recommendations for future entries in the series, let us know!Many thanks to the amazing Jordan Cooper for composing our intro and outro. Fantastic collaborator to work with - and he has a They Might Be Giants podcast: DON'T LET'S START. You can also check out Jordan's band TROUBLE'S AFOOT on Bandcamp!- Interested in more Contrarians goodness? Join THE CONTRARIANS SUPPLEMENTS on our Patreon Page! Deleted clips, extended plugs, bonus episodes free from the Tomatometer shackles… It's everything a Contrarians devotee would want!- Our YouTube page is live! Get some visual Contrarians delight with our Contrarians Warm-Ups and other fun videos!- Our buddy Cory Ahre is being kind enough to lend a hand with the editing of some of our videos. If you like his style, wait until you see what he does over on his YouTube Channel.- THE LATE NIGHT GRIN isn't just a show about wrestling: it's a brand, a lifestyle. And they're very supportive of our Contrarian endeavors, so we'd like to return the favor. Check out their YouTube Channel! You might even spot Alex there from time to time.- Hans Rothgiesser, the man behind our logo, can be reached at @mildemoniospe on Instagram or you can email him at mildemonios@hotmail.com in case you ever need a logo (or comics) produced. And you can listen to him talk about economy on his new TV show, VALOR AGREGADO. Aaaaand you can also check out all the stuff he's written on his own website. He has a new book: a sort of Economics For Dummies called MARGINAL. Ask him about it!

In this episode of SCW for Pharma, Evren Ozkaya welcomes Rajeev Kumar, Vice President at Biological E. Limited, a leading vaccine manufacturer and CDMO. Drawing on nearly three decades of experience across pharmaceutical manufacturing, supply chain management, and digital excellence, Rajeev shares his perspective on the evolution of the Indian pharmaceutical industry and the growing importance of quality, compliance, and digitalization.The conversation begins with Rajeev reflecting on how pharmaceutical manufacturing has changed since he entered the industry in the late 1990s. He explains that early pharmaceutical production focused heavily on antibiotics and APIs, where processes were comparatively straightforward and compliance requirements were less demanding. As the industry shifted toward vaccines, biologics, and other complex therapies, manufacturers faced significantly greater expectations around batch validation, data integrity, and audit readiness.Evren and Rajeev then explore the competitive advantages that have helped India become a global pharmaceutical powerhouse. While lower labor costs and large-scale manufacturing capabilities have historically contributed to India's success, Rajeev argues that the industry's strength today extends beyond cost leadership. He highlights India's growing expertise in producing complex biologics and vaccines at scale, supported by a highly skilled workforce and strong engineering capabilities.The discussion then turns to digital transformation and its role in improving productivity and reducing manufacturing costs. Rajeev explains that for advanced products such as mRNA vaccines and biologics, reproducible processes are essential. Monitoring yield, quality, and operational performance in real time requires digital technologies that support consistent execution and data-driven decision-making. He notes that while India continues to maintain cost advantages, future competitiveness will increasingly depend on talent, innovation, and manufacturing excellence.In the second half of the conversation, Rajeev provides a practical introduction to ALCOA+, one of the foundational frameworks for pharmaceutical data integrity. He explains the principles of Attributable, Legible, Contemporaneous, Original, and Accurate data, along with the additional requirements that data must be Complete, Consistent, Enduring, and Available. Rajeev demonstrates how technologies such as electronic batch records, digital logbooks, e-signatures, automated data collection, IoT connectivity, and cloud-based systems help manufacturers satisfy these requirements while improving operational efficiency.The discussion highlights an important connection between compliance and productivity. Rajeev explains that high-quality, automated data not only supports regulatory requirements but also enables better decision-making across manufacturing operations. As a result, investments in digital technologies often create benefits that extend far beyond compliance alone.Finally, Evren and Rajeev examine the future of digitalization in pharmaceutical manufacturing. While many companies still rely heavily on paper-based processes, Rajeev believes manufacturers must adopt digital transformation strategies that align with their level of digital maturity. Looking ahead, he suggests that as regulatory expectations continue to evolve, technologies such as digital logbooks and electronic batch records may become increasingly necessary—and potentially mandatory—for maintaining compliance and meeting future GMP requirements.Evren and Rajeev conclude their insightful conversation by emphasizing that quality, compliance, and digital transformation are becoming inseparable. As pharmaceutical manufacturing continues to advance toward more complex therapies, organizations that combine strong data integrity practices with modern digital technologies will be best positioned to achieve both regulatory excellence and operational performance.

(Concluding our review of past episodes featuring the work of R. Crumb.) FLASHBACK! Tim and Kumar meet in person for the first time! This calls for a podcast, but… what to review? We discuss the movie Crumb, which features not only the expected discussion of R. Crumb's work (including an objective look at the question of whether some of the … discomforting subjects of his work should really have been published as “art”), but also a fascinating portrait of the dysfunctional family he grew up in. Then, Tim and Brandon clash over Sean Murphy's Punk Rock Jesus, in which a former Irish Republican Army member acts as a bodyguard in a reality show claiming to be creating the clone of Jesus Christ. Is it objective and well-written, or a promo brochure for atheism? (Originally published November 2, 2015)

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about the best music of 2026 so far. Show notes: AI music is apparently a thing on streaming services Saxophone Colossus, mfer (RIP) Blue dot syndrome: Tours getting canceled because of poor ticket sales Who woulda thunk Kiefer Sutherland couldn't sell out concerts? Many artists are trying to fill venues that are too big We're going to a lot of concerts Why is beer so expensive at music venues? What is a walking class? The Osbourne family has licensed an Ozzy hologram for use in ads ABBA does a hologram show of them in their prime Maybe older bands should be replaced by holograms Car Seat Headrest remade their 2016 album, removed swear words and drug references Books are being updated with current references AI is used a lot to make pop and R&B music Young H-Dawg is into grunge now Breitling's honorable mentions: Crooked Fingers, Sleaford Mods, Stomptalk Modstone, Softjaw, Reds Pinks and Purples, Mclusky, Fugazi, Hedge Kumar's HMs: King Tuff, Bevis Frond, New Pornographers, Gord Downie and the Sadies, Damaged Bug, Sub*T, Ecca Vandal, Broken Social Scene Breitling's #10: Philly's Nothing with a different sound Influenced by the singer's neurological disorder Kumar's #10: Mclusky returns with a killer mini-album Recent spate of touring has made the band even better Breitling's #9: Lofi Legs may or may not have released an album this year The time is right for a slacker revolution Kumar's #9: Joyce Manor sings about getting older LA trio makes with the emo pop-punk Breitling's #8: Reunited original lineup of the Grownup Noise Band deserves more props Kumar's #8: Pure pop magic from the Lemon Twigs Reminiscent of Sharp Pins and Redd Kross Breitling's #7: Pittsburgh's Feeble Little Horse persevere without Ryan All killer, no filler Kumar's #7: Canadian artist Daniel Romano continues to bring the heat Split up songwriting duties for this album To be continued    Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Artificial intelligence and robotic surgery are no longer "future medicine" — they're already changing the way physicians diagnose, operate, and care for patients. In this episode of Confessions of a Male Gynecologist, Dr. Shawn Tassone sits down with Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, a gynecologic oncologist, to discuss how AI, robotics, genetic testing, and personalized medicine are transforming women's healthcare — especially in gynecologic oncology. From the evolution of robotic surgery to the growing role of AI in pathology, diagnostics, and cancer detection, this conversation breaks down what these advancements mean for both physicians and patients. Dr. Tassone and Dr. Kumar explore the benefits, limitations, and future possibilities of technology in medicine, while also asking the bigger question: how do we use innovation without losing the human side of healthcare? This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the future of medicine, women's health, cancer care, and how emerging technology may change the patient experience. In This Episode, We Cover: How AI is already impacting healthcare and surgical decision-making The evolution of robotic surgery in gynecology and oncology Why robotics changed the way many gynecologic surgeries are performed The role of AI in diagnostics, pathology, and cancer detection How genetic testing is shaping personalized medicine What patients should understand about technology in modern medicine The benefits and limitations of artificial intelligence in healthcare The future of gynecologic oncology and patient-centered care Why technology should support physicians — not replace them How innovation may improve outcomes, efficiency, and precision in medicine Connect with Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Media Profile | https://www.guestsonair.com/profile/dr-sanjeev-kumar LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjeev-kumar-md-34781a84/ Website | https://www.drsanjeevkumarsurgeon.com/ About Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Dr. Sanjeev Kumar is a gynecologic oncologist and robotic pelvic surgeon whose career has been defined by technical excellence, intellectual rigor, and a clear sense of purpose. Born in India, he completed medical school there, went on to train in England and Wales through the MRCS, and later continued his surgical education in the United States, ultimately building a career that placed him among the country's leading figures in robotic pelvic surgery. That path reflects a career shaped by discipline, international training, and an enduring commitment to surgical mastery. His work sits at the intersection of some of the most demanding questions in medicine: women's cancers, advanced pelvic surgery, and the evolving role of robotics and AI in the operating room. He entered robotic surgery in 2006, early enough to help shape the field rather than merely follow it, and in 2017 was reported as the eighth busiest robotic pelvic surgeon in the United States by volume. That distinction matters not as a statistic, but as evidence of depth, repetition, and mastery in one of surgery's most exacting specialties. Episode Resources: Work with Dr. Tassone | Tassone Advanced Gynecology Dr. Tassone's Book | The Hormone Balance Bible Dr. Tassone's Integrative Hormonal Archetype Quiz | Learn Your Hormonal Archetype Medical Disclaimer This podcast and website represent the opinions of Dr. Shawn Tassone and his guests. The content here should not be taken as medical advice and is for informational purposes only. Because each person is so unique, please consult your health care professional for any medical questions.

For more than 30 years, Dr Atul Kumar Garg has volunteered across Western Australia, supporting multicultural, Indian-Australian and local community organisations. Recognised with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2026 King's Birthday Honours, he reflects on a lifetime of service, leadership and giving back while balancing a demanding career and family responsibilities. In this interview, Dr Garg shares the values that shaped his journey and his message for future generations.

In this powerful podcast episode, conservationist Kumar Paudel shares deep insights into pangolins, wildlife conservation, biodiversity protection, and the illegal wildlife trade affecting endangered animals worldwide. From childhood stories about pangolins to exposing how pangolin trafficking works, this conversation explores why pangolins are considered one of the most illegally traded mammals in the world. The podcast covers important topics, including pangolin conservation, endangered species awareness, wildlife crime, biodiversity conservation in Nepal, pangolin scales and their illegal demand, conservation policies, and how ordinary people can help save wildlife. Kumar Paudel also discusses interviewing poachers, challenges in conservation work, and the need for stronger awareness campaigns to protect endangered animals. You will also learn about different types of pangolin species, how wildlife smuggling networks operate, why pangolins are highly valuable in illegal markets, and what governments and communities can do to stop illegal wildlife trade. This episode is perfect for anyone interested in wildlife conservation, environmental awareness, biodiversity, and animal protection. GET CONNECTED WITH Kumar Paudel: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kmrpaudel.np/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kmrpaudel/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumarpaudel/  

Dave Rubinstein, Editor in Chief of SD Times, discusses with Kumar Vikesh, Senior Product Owner at Progress Data Direct, the challenges of REST connectivity and the introduction of an AI-driven solution to automate the creation of model files for the Autonomous REST Connector. Progress Data Direct offers a standard connectivity platform with over 60 connectors and 100 data sources. The new AI-driven approach uses three agents: a generator, validator, and launcher, to create, validate, and test REST model files, reducing manual effort from days to hours. The solution is currently in an early access program, with plans for future general availability and integration with Visual Studio Code.

Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Substackhttps://substack.com/@theoccultrejects?r=7auau0&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-pageCash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsPart 1: The Road of RhythmPart 1 focuses on the drum as an ancient technology of altered consciousness. The argument is not that every beat causes trance, or that neuroscience has proven spirits. The stronger argument is that rhythm enters the human organism through hearing, motor prediction, breath, movement, attention, emotion, expectation, culture, and social synchrony. The drum becomes powerful when sound, body, group, ritual frame, and meaning converge. These sources support the archaeology, neuroscience, EEG research, shamanic studies, possession studies, Indigenous and culturally specific drum traditions, ritual theory, placebo and meaning-response research, ceremonial magic, and modern witchcraft material used in the episode.Core Academic and Scientific SourcesHuels, Emma R., Hyoungkyu Kim, UnCheol Lee, Tirsa Bel-Bahar, Ana V. Colmenero, Alexandra Nelson, Stefanie Blain-Moraes, George A. Mashour, and Richard E. Harris. “Neural Correlates of the Shamanic State of Consciousness.” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 15 (2021): 610466. Use for the strongest modern EEG anchor. This study used high-density EEG with shamanic practitioners and controls during rest, shamanic drumming, and classical music listening. It assessed altered-state reports alongside brain measures such as power, connectivity, signal diversity, and criticality. Use carefully: the study does not prove spirits or show that drumming mechanically causes trance in everyone. It supports the more careful claim that trained practitioners entering shamanic states with drumming show measurable brain-state differences.Gordon, Yoel, Golan Karvat, Noa Dagan, and Ayelet N. Landau. “Neural Tracking at Theta Predicts Drumming-Induced Altered States of Consciousness.” Scientific Reports 16, no. 1 (2026): Article 10204. Use for the strongest updated drumming/theta/neural-tracking source. This study tested drumming at theta, delta, and alpha-rate rhythms while recording EEG, and found that stronger rhythmic neural tracking at theta was linked to stronger altered-experience reports. Use carefully: this does not mean theta equals the spirit world or that one frequency opens a portal. The serious point is that altered experience may depend partly on how strongly the nervous system tracks rhythmic stimulation.Aparicio-Terrés, R., et al. “The Neurobiology of Altered States of Consciousness Induced by Drumming and Other Rhythmic Sound Patterns.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2025. Use for the newer review literature showing that rhythmic sound is now a serious altered-consciousness research topic. This supports the opening claim that modern academia is examining drumming, rhythmic sound, absorption, relaxation, cognition, and neural activity without reducing the subject to one simple “trance frequency.” The review is especially useful for framing the field as promising but still complex.Neher, Andrew. “Auditory Driving Observed with Scalp Electrodes in Normal Subjects.” Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 13 (1961): 449–451. Use for the historical bridge between repetitive sound, EEG, auditory driving, and early scientific interest in rhythmic stimulation.Neher, Andrew. “A Physiological Explanation of Unusual Behavior in Ceremonies Involving Drums.” Human Biology 34, no. 2 (1962): 151–160. Use carefully. This is useful as an early attempt to connect ceremonial drumming and physiology, but it should be balanced with Rouget because the “drum simply causes trance” argument is too mechanical.Maurer, R., V. K. Kumar, L. Woodside, and R. J. Pekala. “Phenomenological Experience in Response to Monotonous Drumming and Hypnotizability.” American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 40, no. 2 (1997): 130–145. Use for monotonous drumming, subjective altered experience, imagery, absorption, and hypnotizability.Maxfield, Melinda C. “Effects of Rhythmic Drumming on EEG and Subjective Experience.” PhD diss., Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 1990. Use as older supporting context on drumming, EEG, imagery, body-image changes, and subjective altered experience. Do not make this the main scientific proof; use it as background.Nozaradan, Sylvie, Isabelle Peretz, and André Mouraux. “Tagging the Neuronal Entrainment to Beat and Meter.” The Journal of Neuroscience 31, no. 28 (2011): 10234–10240. Use for EEG evidence that the brain can track beat and meter. This supports the claim that the brain does not merely hear rhythm as background sound; it can represent rhythmic structure in measurable ways.Nozaradan, Sylvie. “Exploring How Musical Rhythm Entrains Brain Activity with Electroencephalogram Frequency-Tagging.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 369, no. 1658 (2014). Use as broader rhythm/EEG entrainment support. This helps explain frequency-tagging, beat tracking, meter, neural entrainment, and the measurable relationship between rhythmic structure and brain activity.Thaut, Michael H., Gerald C. McIntosh, and Volker Hoemberg. “Neurobiological Foundations of Neurologic Music Therapy: Rhythmic Entrainment and the Motor System.” Frontiers in Psychology 5 (2015). Use for rhythm as motor-system timing information. This supports the claim that a beat can become bodily instruction, not just sound for the ear. Especially useful when discussing rhythmic auditory stimulation, motor planning, gait, entrainment, and the auditory-motor bridge.Ross, Jessica M., John R. Iversen, and Ramesh Balasubramaniam. “Time Perception for Musical Rhythms: Sensorimotor Perspectives on Entrainment, Simulation, and Prediction.” 2022. Use for rhythm, timing, prediction, sensorimotor entrainment, and the way musical rhythm interacts with time perception.Hove, Michael J., and Jane L. Risen. “It's All in the Timing: Interpersonal Synchrony Increases Affiliation.” Social Cognition 27, no. 6 (2009): 949–960. Use for synchrony and social bonding. This helps support the group-body argument: moving or acting in time with others can increase affiliation.Wiltermuth, Scott S., and Chip Heath. “Synchrony and Cooperation.” Psychological Science 20, no. 1 (2009): 1–5. Use for the claim that synchronized movement can increase cooperation and attachment among participants.Tarr, Bronwyn, Jacques Launay, and Robin I. M. Dunbar. “Music and Social Bonding: ‘Self-Other' Merging and Neurohormonal Mechanisms.” Frontiers in Psychology 5 (2014): 1096. Use for music, synchrony, bonding, endorphin/social mechanisms, and why group rhythm can feel like more than private listening.Fancourt, Daisy, Rosie Perkins, Sara Ascenso, Louise Atkins, Fatima Kilfeather, and Aaron Williamon. “Effects of Group Drumming Interventions on Anxiety, Depression, Social Resilience and Inflammatory Immune Response among Mental Health Service Users.” PLOS ONE 11, no. 3 (2016): e0151136. Use for modern group-drumming research showing psychological and physiological effects, including anxiety, depression, social resilience, wellbeing, and inflammatory immune response. Use carefully: this does not make group drumming a cure-all. It supports the more grounded claim that embodied rhythm and group participation can affect mood, social connection, and body chemistry.Bittman, Barry B., et al. “Composite Effects of Group Drumming Music Therapy on Modulation of Neuroendocrine-Immune Parameters in Normal Subjects.” Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 7, no. 1 (2001): 38–47. Use as older supporting material on group drumming and neuroendocrine-immune measures. Keep secondary. Fancourt is cleaner for the main script body.Archaeology and Deep History of DrumsLawergren, Bo. “Neolithic Drums in China.” In Music Archaeology in China. 2006. Use for clay drums in Neolithic China and the deep-history claim that drums are not just poetic symbols of antiquity. They appear in the archaeological record as instruments tied to early sound-making, ceremony, and social order.Both, Arnd Adje. “Music Archaeology: Some Methodological and Theoretical Considerations.” Use as general support for why ancient instruments should be treated as ritual and social evidence, not merely decorative objects.Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Ritual, and TranceRouget, Gilbert. Music and Trance: A Theory of the Relations Between Music and Possession. Translated by Brunhilde Biebuyck. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. Essential source. Use for the caution that music does not mechanically or universally cause trance. Rouget helps keep the argument academically serious by emphasizing culture, ritual frame, meaning, and expectation.Becker, Judith. Deep Listeners: MAlso want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball. A

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Kal Penn is a good dude.   Kal joined us to talk: -Neil Patrick Harris -His podcast "Earsay" - it's an audio book club -What he "stole" from the White House -Working with Kiefer Sutherland  To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here

Most property investors are panicking over tax changes, but the real shock could come when borrowing power starts collapsing faster than expected. On Property Investing Insights, hosts Phil Tarrant and Victor Kumar from Right Property Group break down the growing fallout from the federal budget and why investors may need to rethink strategy, structure, and portfolio planning. Kumar warns that while negative gearing changes have dominated headlines, the real pressure point could come from reduced lending capacity, with some banks already adjusting calculators and slashing borrowing power dramatically. The episode explores how investors may need to adapt by reassessing portfolio structure, improving cash flow, and diversifying across different property types as the market adjusts to potential policy shifts. Kumar also cautions against panic-driven decisions, arguing that strong portfolios are built on long-term fundamentals, not short-term political noise or speculation. The duo also discusses how the changing landscape could reshape the buyer's agent sector, with increased pressure likely separating experienced operators from opportunistic entrants.

The post-WW2 world order is dead. The UN doesn't work. The WTO can't function. Multilateralism has collapsed. And the world is now in a dangerous "interregnum" — a period of fragmentation, conflict, and competing alliances where every country is fighting to shape what comes next. So what does this mean for India? In this conversation with Roshan Cariappa, Ambassador Dr. Mohan Kumar — Former Indian Ambassador to France and Bahrain, India's lead negotiator at the WTO/GATT for nearly a decade, Professor of Diplomatic Practice at OP Jindal Global University, and Chairman of RIS — takes us inside the rooms where India's biggest global negotiations actually happen. This is not theory. This is a 40-year practitioner explaining how it really works. We cover: - Why the liberal world order has "certainly ended" - The non-polar world and India's multi-alignment strategy - "No light at the end of the tunnel" — his honest diagnosis - Can India be a Vishwa Guru? The truth about DPI and AI - The Poverty Veto — why 800M on dole holds India back - What really happens behind closed doors in negotiations - His toughest negotiations: TRIPS Doha and Paris climate - The Nvidia comparison — India's economy = one company - Why India can't have a confrontation with China - Trump-XI "bilateral strategic stability" and India - Jaishankar's "three mutuals" approach with China ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Cold open: The world order is dead 00:54 Are we witnessing the collapse of the post-Cold War order? 02:13 "The liberal international order has certainly ended" 03:42 What changed about globalization 05:05 Was it Trump — or structural factors? 07:00 The "non-polar" world explained 08:13 India's multi-alignment strategy 11:04 Fragmentation of the world order 12:08 "I've never seen this deficit of cooperation in 40 years" 13:25 "There is no light at the end of the tunnel" 14:39 Can India step up as Vishwa Guru? 16:27 "800 million on dole is dragging India down" 17:52 India's 1991 redux moment — bite the bullet 20:26 Multilateralism has collapsed — UN and WTO 21:11 The huge gap between US, China and the rest 23:36 What actually happens behind closed doors 25:35 The brief, the non-negotiables, the tradeables 27:21 The Poverty Veto — Mohan's original concept 31:37 The toughest negotiation: TRIPS in Doha (2001) 33:25 The Paris climate accords — India's red lines 36:20 Is there bipartisan consensus on foreign policy? 38:14 Pranab Mukherjee's all-party meeting idea 40:08 What makes an effective negotiator? 44:33 Why "anyone can become Ambassador overnight" is wrong 45:07 Should India look beyond the IFS cadre? 49:00 Why India can't have a Jared Kushner 49:26 40 years of negotiation — how India's leverage has grown 51:32 India = the size of Nvidia ($4 trillion comparison) 53:00 "9-10% growth for 10 years — the world will be at your feet" 58:43 The final question — US-China dynamics 1:00:00 Trump-XI "bilateral strategic stability" 1:01:44 Why India can't have a confrontation with China 1:02:13 Jaishankar's "three mutuals" with China 1:03:13 Closing thoughts

Discover the inspiring journey of Avi Kumar, Founder & CEO of House of Avi, in this episode of The Brand Called You. Based in Brisbane, Australia, Avi Kumar shares how his global footwear brand blends traditional Indian craftsmanship with modern design, inclusivity, and style. Learn how House of Avi addresses unique gaps in the footwear market by offering sizes from 4 to 20, along with the story behind its renowned Avaras sandals.From operational challenges to opportunities in underserved markets, including the transgender community, and the importance of customer education in sizing, Avi Kumar offers valuable insights for entrepreneurs and lovers of craftsmanship alike.

FLASHBACK! Weirdo was a magazine started by R. Crumb, which featured Crumb's work alongside that of a number of other underground-type comics creators. Crumb's work from Weirdo's 28 issues was collected in 2013 as R. Crumb: The Weirdo Years, 1981-'93, released in the U.S. by Last Gasp. It features an astonishing variety of comics work, from Crumb rants and confessionals to a 1906 psychiatric report on sexual deviancy, fumetti, parodies, and more. This is a book that Deconstructing Comics can't help but review, so this week Kumar and Tim do their podcasting duty! (Originally published December 16, 2013.) R. Crumb's Snapshots: Source Material of the Legendary Comic Artist (TIME.com) Brought to you by: To the Batpoles! podcast Our supporters on Patreon

What happens when getting a client order feels like a burden instead of a celebration? Business strategist Sunita Kumar shares the exact moment she knew her successful health product business had to end-despite still making money. Her story reveals how our bodies send us signals long before our minds catch up, and why pushing through friction isn't always the answer. Sunita brings a unique blend of Cornell engineering, MBA credentials, and human design expertise to help seasoned entrepreneurs recognize when they're operating from an outdated identity versus their authentic design.This conversation dives deep into the difference between effort that energizes and effort that drains, exploring why so many entrepreneurs get trapped in business models that work on paper but feel misaligned in practice. You'll discover Sunita's framework for recognizing when you're in a 'to-do versus get-to' mindset, her 48-hour rule for avoiding shiny object syndrome, and how she helps clients experience what she calls 'clarity that feels like an exhale.' Whether you're questioning your current path or feeling stuck despite doing all the right things, this episode offers a fresh perspective on building a business that truly fits how you're designed to operate.Want to grow your podcast, land more guest appearances, and save hours every week? The Podcast Growth Partner helps podcasters, guests, and podcast teams create stronger content, prepare smarter, and grow strategically.Start your free 3-day trial: PodcastGrowthPartner.comWant personalized podcast strategy support? Book a free clarity call: MeetwithOlivia.me Connect with Olivia Atkin & Achieving Success:Website: Achieving-Success.comFacebook Community: The Podcaster's Powerhouse Community For Business OwnersFacebook: Olivia Atkin | Achieving SuccessLinkedIn: Olivia Atkin | Achieving SuccessInstagram: @_achievingsuccessConnect with Sunita Kumar: Website: linktr.ee/iamsunitakumarPodcast:  Clear Signal: Unfiltered Business Clarity for Entrepreneurs Done With the NoiseBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/achieving-success-with-olivia-atkin--5743662/support.

Trong khuôn khổ chính sách "Hướng Đông" của Ấn Độ và nhằm đối phó với ảnh hưởng ngày càng tăng của Trung Quốc ở Đông Nam Á, thủ tướng Narendra Modi đã thảo luận với tổng bí thư, chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm trong chuyến thăm Ấn Độ đầu tháng 5 vừa qua về việc tăng cường hợp tác quốc phòng Ấn Độ - Việt Nam, bao gồm cả việc bán tên lửa hành trình siêu âm BrahMos cho Hà Nội.  Thương vụ bán tên lửa BrahMos cho Việt Nam cũng đã là một trong những chủ đề chính trong chuyến thăm Việt Nam của bộ trưởng Quốc Phòng Rajnath Singh trong hai ngày 18 và 19/05. Theo báo chí Ấn Độ, hai nước "đang tiến gần" đến thỏa thuận trị giá 700 triệu đôla để cung cấp tên lửa BrahMos cho Việt Nam. Các cuộc đàm phán được mô tả là đang ở giai đoạn "nâng cao" và thỏa thuận có thể sẽ được ký kết trong những tháng tới. Từ nhiều năm qua, Việt Nam đã đàm phán mua tên lửa siêu thanh BrahMos của Ấn Độ, loại tên lửa mà ít nhất 15 quốc gia khác, nhất là các nước Đông Nam Á, cũng đang quan tâm. Tuy nhiên, vì nhiều lý do, trong đó có vấn đề chuyển giao công nghệ, đàm phán giữa Hà Nội và New Delhi đã kéo dài. Tên lửa BrahMos ngày càng hấp dẫn với các nước Đông Nam Á là nhờ có hiệu năng vượt trội và khả năng chiến đấu đã được chứng minh. Lần ra mắt trên chiến trường của tên lửa siêu thanh này là trong “Chiến dịch Sindoor” vào tháng 5/2025, chiến dịch quân sự của Ấn Độ chống Pakistan sau một cuộc tấn công của phiến quân ở vùng Kashmir do Ấn Độ quản lý, khiến ít nhất 26 thường dân thiệt mạng. Các cuộc tấn công cho thấy khả năng của BrahMos xuyên thủng hệ thống phòng không chủ động .  Trên trang mạng của nhật báo Hồng Kông South China Morning Post ngày 10/05/2026, Gaurav Kumar, một nhà nghiên cứu tại một viện nghiên cứu quốc phòng của Ấn Độ, cho biết tên lửa BrahMos bay với tốc độ hơn Mach 3. Theo ông Kumar, vận tốc và độ cao tương đối thấp của BrahMos khiến “hệ thống phòng không của đối phương có rất ít thời gian phản ứng. Các hệ thống có thể theo dõi tên lửa này, nhưng việc đánh chặn vẫn cực kỳ khó khăn, đặc biệt là trong các cuộc tấn công hàng loạt.”  Trả lời phỏng vấn RFI Việt ngữ ngày 14/05/2026, nghiên cứu sinh Nguyễn Thế Phương, chuyên về an ninh hàng hải và các vấn đề hải quân, Đại học New South Wales, Canberra, Úc, cho biết thêm: “BrahMos là loại tên lửa đa dụng, tức là không chỉ gắn lên xe phóng ở trên bờ, ta có thể gắn tên lửa lên máy bay chiến đấu. Triển khai máy bay đó ra ngoài bờ biển cũng tạo ra một sức ép rất lớn với đối thủ tiềm tàng, hoặc là đặt trên bờ và di chuyển tên lửa đó đến những vị trí mà mình muốn, tạo ra cái mà Việt Nam gọi là "khả năng răn đe" đối với một đối thủ tiềm tàng nào đó trong trường hợp xung đột xảy ra.  Thứ hai là tính hiện đại. Tên lửa này có tốc độ rất cao, Mach 3, tức gấp ba lần vận tốc âm thanh. Công nghệ siêu thanh này Việt Nam chưa có.  Thứ ba, quan trọng nhất, là giá thành. Các loại vũ khí tương tự của Nhật hay của Châu Âu có giá tương đối cao, trong khi BrahMos có giá tương đối thấp. Đối với các nước Đông Nam Á có nguồn lực quốc phòng không đủ mạnh, không đủ nhiều, lựa chọn này là một trong những lựa chọn “affordable”, tức là có tính kinh tế nhất, cho việc phát triển và hiện đại hóa năng lực phòng thủ không chỉ của Việt Nam, mà còn của các nước như Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, những nước đang có tranh chấp trên biển.  Thứ tư, đây là một sản phẩm quốc phòng của Ấn Độ dựa trên công nghệ của Nga. Nếu nói về một trong những loại công nghệ phòng thủ bờ biển vừa hiệu quả mà vừa rẻ tiền, đầu tiên người ta nói tới Nga. Nhưng chiến tranh Ukraina từ 2022 tới nay khiến cho việc tiếp cận công nghệ vũ khí, khí tài của Nga trên thị trường thế giới rất khó. Sản phẩm đó của Ấn Độ ngẫu nhiên trở thành lựa chọn hấp dẫn, vì đó là công nghệ Nga nhưng được làm ở Ấn Độ và được đăng ký bản quyền ở Ấn Độ, cho nên sẽ không bị những rào cản về cấm vận, hay bị các nước phương Tây để ý, giúp cho các quốc gia Đông Nam Á tiếp cận một loại công nghệ phòng thủ tốt nhưng rẻ và không vướng vào những khúc mắc liên quan tới cuộc chiến Nga - Ukraina. Xét về mặt công nghệ tên lửa hiện nay hầu như toàn bộ các quốc gia Đông Nam Á, chứ không riêng Việt Nam, đều chưa có một loại vũ khí nào có thể đối phó hiệu quả trong một cuộc chiến với Trung Quốc, đặc biệt trong bối cảnh xung đột trên các đảo đang tranh chấp ở Biển Đông, một kịch bản giả định một cuộc xâm lược từ hướng biển. Kịch bản này là một trong những kịch bản mà Việt Nam liên tục cập nhật. Về các loại vũ khí tàu chiến, ngoài Mỹ, một số nước Châu Âu và Nhật Bản, BrahMos là một lựa chọn tương đối là phù hợp, tuy không phải là phù hợp nhất, đối với các nước Đông Nam Á trong việc cải thiện năng lực phòng thủ bờ biển.” Nếu thỏa thuận được ký kết, Việt Nam sẽ trở thành quốc gia thứ ba sở hữu hệ thống tên lửa hành trình siêu thanh BrahMos, sau hợp đồng trị giá 375 triệu đô la của Philippines vào năm 2022 và thỏa thuận của Indonesia vào tháng 3/2026 để hoàn tất hợp đồng trị giá ít nhất 340 triệu đô la. Nhưng theo Nguyễn Thế Phương, có một số lý do khiến đàm phán giữa Việt Nam và Ấn Độ về mua tên lửa BrahMos kéo dài: “Thật ra hợp đồng BrahMos là hợp đồng mà Việt Nam và Ấn Độ đã đàm phán rất lâu, từ cách đây cũng khoảng 10 năm. Cho tới nay thực tế thì tỷ lệ phần trăm mà Việt Nam có thể mua BrahMos từ Ấn Độ vẫn là 50/50, chứ chưa phải là điều gì chắc chắn cả. Hai bên vẫn đang đàm phán với nhau. Có nhiều lý do khiến cho tên lửa này hấp dẫn, nhưng chưa đủ để cho đàm phán đó tiến nhanh.Thứ nhất là Việt Nam hiện đang trong quá trình xây dựng một nền công nghiệp quốc phòng lưỡng dụng, tự chủ và cho tới nay đã đạt được một số thành tựu nhất định, đặc biệt là đã tự chế tạo được loại tên lửa tạm gọi là “phòng thủ bờ biển”. Cách đây hai năm, Việt Nam cũng đã cho ra mắt một số loại tên lửa nội địa. Đây cũng là một phần khiến cho sự mặn mà của Việt Nam đối với BrahMos chưa phải là cấp thiết lắm. Thứ hai là tỷ lệ nội địa hóa của Ấn Độ đối với BrahMos chưa phải là cao. BrahMos là một dự án liên doanh hợp tác chuyển giao công nghệ giữa Ấn Độ và Nga. Ở thời điểm hiện tại, theo một số nguồn tin, tỷ lệ mà Ấn Độ nội địa hóa trong tên lửa BrahMos là vào khoảng 60 tới 70% thôi, còn 30 tới 40% còn lại thì vẫn dựa vào công nghệ của Nga. Việt Nam vẫn lo ngại là trong bối cảnh chiến tranh Nga - Ukraina hiện nay, liệu thành phẩm hoàn chỉnh BrahMos có đáp ứng đầy đủ các tiêu chuẩn kỹ, chiến thuật hay không? Hiện giờ Nga đang bị cấm vận và chính sách quốc phòng của Nga đang hướng nội, tập trung cho việc xây dựng nguồn lực cho cuộc chiến với Ukraina nhiều hơn là hợp tác với nước ngoài. Việt Nam lo ngại nếu nhập khẩu thì liệu hệ thống tên lửa đó có vận hành đúng như những gì mà Việt Nam mong muốn không? Ngoài ra còn có những điểm liên quan đến chuyển giao công nghệ nữa. Đây là một trong những điểm mà hai bên chắc đang phải tập trung đàm phán. Đối với Việt Nam hiện nay, một trong những trụ cột của chính sách phát triển quốc phòng và đặc biệt là chính sách phát triển các loại vũ khí là mong muốn được đối tác nước ngoài chuyển giao công nghệ. Việc nhập khẩu tên lửa BrahMos có một hàm ý quan trọng là liệu Ấn Độ có cho phép Việt Nam tiếp cận công nghệ động cơ đó hay không? Đây là một điểm khá là khúc mắc, bởi vì thường thì đứng về góc độ của người bán vũ khí, họ sẽ lưỡng lự và cũng rất khó khăn trong quyết định có nên chuyển giao công nghệ cho đối tác nước ngoài không.  Việt Nam hiện đang tổ chức lại lực lượng tên lửa và tăng cường hệ thống phòng không, cho nên cũng quan tâm đến các loại tên lửa khác của Ấn Độ, theo lời Nguyễn Thế Phương:  Ngoài BrahMos, có thông tin là Việt Nam cũng quan tâm đến các loại tên lửa phòng không của Ấn Độ và một số loại công nghệ tên lửa đạn đạo trong bối cảnh Việt Nam đang tái cấu trúc lại tên lửa, pháo binh thành Bộ tư lệnh Pháo binh - Tên lửa. Trong việc hiện đại hóa năng lực pháo binh cộng với các loại tên lửa đất đối đất tầm ngắn và tầm trung trong tương lai, Ấn Độ là nước có năng lực phát triển tên lửa đối đất thuộc hàng top ở châu Á. Thứ hai là về phòng không, Việt Nam cách đây khoảng một năm đã đưa ra một khái niệm “Vòm phòng không bền vững”, tương tự như "Vòm Sắt" của Israel . Nói đến vòm phòng không là nói đến các loại vũ khí liên quan tới phòng không, nhiều tầng nhiều lớp. Đây là mảng hợp tác cũng tương đối tiềm năng giữa Ấn Độ và Việt Nam. Ấn Độ đã phát triển một số loại tên lửa phòng không, mà theo quảng cáo, về mặt lý thuyết tương đối là có năng lực. Nhưng các loại tên lửa phòng không của Ấn Độ là có công nghệ của Israel.  Trong bối cảnh hiện nay, quan hệ hợp tác Việt Nam và Israel đang chậm lại, vì Israel vướng vào cuộc chiến Gaza, cuộc chiến với Iran, nguồn lực của Israel phải tập trung vào các cuộc chiến đó, khiến cho việc Việt Nam tiếp cận công nghệ của Israel cũng có vấn đề." Theo Nguyễn Thế Phương, ngoài việc mua sắm vũ khí, Việt Nam còn cần đến kinh nghiệm của Ấn Độ trong việc vận hành các loại vũ khí có công nghệ của Nga. Sau chuyến thăm của chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm, Ấn Độ cho biết sẽ tiếp tục giúp Việt Nam huấn luyện thủy thủ tàu ngầm và tiếp tục hỗ trợ Việt Nam đào tạo phi công cũng như kỹ sư vận hành các loại máy bay chiến đấu đang trong biên chế của Việt Nam là Su 27 và Su 30.

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Recently on BAT BITS we talked about what went into writing the recap we see at the start of part two of many Batman episodes. Then we noticed that the recap of "The Joker Goes to School" is considerably longer than any other Season One recap. This time, we look for clues as to why this recap lasts 2 and a half minutes, when all of the others are less than 2:00! Subscribe to our Patreon for $2 a month for bi-weekly examinations of Batman 66 on BAT BITS, or, for $4 a month, get that AND our monthly discussion of silver age Batman comics, as Paul or another in our stable of co-hosts joins Tim to examine individual Batman stories from the 1950s and '60s — most recently, Tim and Kumar discussed the origin of Killer Moth from BATMAN issue 63! So slide down your Batpole and join today!

On this week's episode, host Caryn Antonini is joined by Brittney Lim and Sashi Kumar, Co-Founders of award-winning Tamarind Heads BBQ Sauce. Their barbecue sauce replaces traditional tomato and vinegar bases with tangy, nutrient packed tamarind, offering a globally inspired flavor profile and often described as a “better for you” condiment with simple, natural ingredients and no preservatives. Tamarind Heads' mission is to celebrate the cultural richness and culinary versatility of tamarind by bringing its bold, global flavor to American kitchens.###Get great recipes from Caryn at https://carynantonini.com/recipes/

Nathan Wrigley interviews Lovekesh Kumar, a WordPress engineer at rtCamp, about WPM, a new, secure, Go-based package manager for WordPress plugins and themes. Lovekesh explains the pain points of managing plugins in enterprise environments, especially regarding premium plugins and security. WPM centralises package management, resolves dependencies, handles private and public plugins, and verifies packages with cryptographic signatures. The episode covers the motivation behind WPM, its features, adoption process, and its focus on improving supply chain security and workflow efficiency for WordPress developers and agencies.

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Join host Rebecca Norris along with guests Asit Kumar Mishra and Robert Bean as they explore why there are more myths associated with thermal comfort than other areas of HVAC&R.

After spending time in the Obama White House, Kumar Garg came away with a toolset of skills to help drive change, spotlight good ideas and scale them. Now he's applying those ideas to philanthropy. As the co-founders of Renaissance Philanthropy, Kumar and Tom Kalil have built an organization around a deceptively simple idea: What if philanthropy could help scientists, technologists, and innovators think bigger — and then actually fund the work at the scale required?Kumar and Claudia dive into:Renaissance Philanthropy's approach: time bound and thesis driven fundingHow Kumar would spend $500 million on health right nowHow public health and academics could think biggerKumar's intriguing ‘open notebook' idea:“It's very valuable to me if a researcher has the equivalent of an open notebook. These are all the ideas… Here's my active research projects. Here's all the interesting sort of experiments I've done… you can imagine then sending an agent out and read[ing] people's open notebook.. it would be a way to discover people's work.”Relevant LinksLearn more about Renaissance PhilanthropyGet info on the Big If True Science Accelerator (BITS)See a photo of Kumar's White House white board on TwitterAbout Our GuestsKumar Garg is the President at Renaissance Philanthropy.Kumar has helped to shape the science and tech landscape for almost two decades. Working with Eric Schmidt, he helped design and launch moonshot initiatives in education, provided early support to game-changing ideas and pioneers, and built ongoing multi-donor and multi-sector collaboratives.Prior to that, he helped set budget and policy priorities for the Obama Administration as part of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and drove progress on topics ranging from education and workforce issues, biotechnology, entrepreneurship, space, advanced manufacturing, broadband, nanotechnology, behavioral sciences, digital media, incentive prizes, and broader innovation policy.In particular, he led the Obama Administration's efforts to bolster science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, including development of major budget and policy initiatives in the State of the Union to train 100,000 excellent STEM teachers and bring computer science to all K-12 students, development of the Educate to Innovate campaign with over $1 billion in in-kind and philanthropic investment, and creation of iconic events such as the White House Science Fair.Prior to his time in government, Kumar worked on behalf of parents and children seeking educational reform as an education lawyer and advocate. Kumar received a B.A. from Dartmouth College and a law degree from Yale Law School.SourceConnect With UsFor more information on The Other 80 please visit our website - www.theother80.com. To connect with our team, please email claudia@theother80.com and follow us on twitter @claudiawilliams and LinkedInSubscribe to The Other 80 on YouTube so you never miss our video extras or special video episodes!

At last we complete our look at Alan Moore‘s Swamp Thing run, looking at Swampy’s battle with Gotham City, his seeming death, and his travels through space. Along the way, Tim and Kumar have totally different takes on a certain issue, and Tim finds a fact about it that scandalizes Kumar. Join us as we traverse The Saga of the Swamp Thing issues 51-64! What are those folks on Rann saying? Brought to you by: Checkered Past podcast Our supporters on Patreon

He is best known for writing The Family Man and Farzi, but his journey to being a storyteller was far from smooth. Suman Kumar joins Amit Varma in episode 444 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss the highs and lows of his life, as well as the craft of writing, directing and telling stories. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Suman Kumar on IMDb, Instagram, LinkedIn and his own website. 2. The Family Man -- Season 1 :: Season 2 :: Season 3. 3. Guns and Gulaabs -- Season 1. 4. Farzi -- Season 1. 5. Raghu Thatha -- written and directed by Suman Kumar. 6. Ranga Half-Pants -- Suman Kumar. 7. Scientific Advertising -- Claude Hopkins. 8. The Ghost and the Darkness -- Stephen Hopkins. 9. You've Got Mail -- Nora Ephron. 10. Angrezi Medium -- Homi Adajania. (CHECK) 11. The return of small-town creators on Instagram -- Shephali Bhatt. 12. lifeofpuja on Instagram. 13. Gangs of Wasseypur -- Anurag Kashyap. 14. On Writing -- Stephen King. 15. The Refreshing Audacity of Vinay Singhal — Episode 291 of The Seen and the Unseen. 16. Stage.in. 17. Gopallapurathu Makkal -- K Rajanarayanan (Ki Ra). 18. Madhu Babu and his audiobooks on YouTube. 19. Yandamuri Veerendranath on Amazon and YouTube. 20. Yerramsetty Sai. 21. Ilaiyaraaja on Spotify and YouTube. 22. The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction -- Pritham Chakrabathy and Rakesh Khanna. 23. Advanced History of India -- KA Nilakanta Sastri and G Srinivasachari. 24. Sowmya Dhanaraj Is Making a Difference — Episode 380 of The Seen and the Unseen. 25. Pehla Nasha and More Than Words. 26. The Design of Everyday Things -- Don Norman. 27. Phantoms in the Brain -- VS Ramachandran. 28. The Reith Lectures -- VS Ramachandran. 29. Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale. 30. Aranyer Din Ratri — Satyajit Ray. 31. Days & Night In The Forest -- Sunil Gangopadhyay. 32. Train Dreams (the book) -- Denis Johnson. 33. Train Dreams (the film) -- Clint Bentley. 34. As Good as It Gets -- James L Brooks. 35. Crime and Punishment -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky. 36. The Vigil Idiot. 37. The Dream Is No More a Dream -- Suman Kumar. 38. Notting Hill -- Roger Michell. 39. All the President's Men -- Alan J Pakula. 40. Hrishikesh Mukherjee on Wikipedia and IMDb. 41. Adolescence — Created by Stephen Graham & Jack Thorne. 42. Oppenheimer -- Christopher Nolan. 43. Tumbbad -- Rahi Anil Barve. 44. Mayasabha -- Rahi Anil Barve. 45. On Film-Making --  Alexander Mackendrick. 46. Maheshinte Prathikaaram -- Dileesh Pothan. 47. Trance -- Anwar Rasheed, 48. Manjummel Boys -- Chidambaram S Poduval. 49. Romancham -- Jithu Madhavan. 50. Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey -- Vipin Das. 51. Su From So -- JP Thuminad. 52. No Country for Old Men -- The Coen Brothers. 53. The Shawshank Redemption -- Frank Darabont. 54. The Devil's Own -- Alan J Pakula. This episode is sponsored by The Six Percent Club. Join them to go from content idea to launch in just 45 days! Amit Varma runs a course called Life Lessons, which aims to be a launchpad towards learning essential life skills all of you need. For more details, and to sign up, click here. And have you read Amit's newsletter? Subscribe right away to The India Uncut Newsletter! It's free! Also check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing. Episode art: 'Story' by Simahina.

Fresh out of the studio, Bernard Leong sits down with Kiren Kumar, Deputy Chief Executive of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) Singapore, for a conversation on how Singapore is building trusted AI at national scale. Kiren traces IMDA's arc from the 2018 Model AI Governance Framework to the Agentic AI framework launched at Davos this year, the four AI missions — advanced manufacturing, finance, connectivity, and healthcare — anchoring the next strategic bound, and the programs moving enterprises from pilots to production. He argues the real blocker is leadership rather than policy, that trust is Singapore's enduring competitive moat, and that the country must shift from 10% productivity gains to 10X transformation. The conversation closes with a preview of ATx Summit 2026 and what great looks like for Singapore's AI economy by the early 2030s."What would be amazing to see in Singapore is, number one, we have our large companies truly transforming themselves and becoming way bigger than they are today in the global competitive landscape—in manufacturing, in finance, in healthcare, and in connectivity. That's one. The second one is we are known globally as an economy where everybody in our workforce is AI-ready. Yeah, is AI fluent. The third thing I'm hoping to see is we have amazing AI native startups being born in our ecosystem, which are global in the niche areas that they can play in. We may not have the next OpenAI, but I'm hoping that we have a lot of new AI native technology companies that are developing products and services and solutions enabled by AI, powered by AI, transforming industries and creating a lot of growth." - Kiren Kumar Episode Highlights: [00:00] Quote of the Day by Kiren Kumar from IMDA Singapore[02:24] Origin story — Singapore, Stanford, dotcom crash[05:00] Digital economy now 19% of Singapore's GDP[08:08] Career advice — start at a startup first[09:04] IMDA's four core mandates explained[11:47] Trust as Singapore's enduring brand advantage[12:48] Co-create with industry rather than regulate[14:09] Why agentic AI changes the governance equation[15:18] Pilots versus production — the hard transition[17:18] Forward deployed engineers as scarce commodity[18:55] Why agentic AI needed a separate framework[20:23] SME AI adoption tripled in a single year[21:36] From 10% productivity to 10X transformation[24:20] SME Go Digital — 100,000 SMEs in ten years[25:40] Leadership, not policy, is the real blocker[30:46] National AI Impact Program upskills 100,000[34:50] Four missions — manufacturing, finance, connectivity, healthcare[35:49] Owning the global AI standards layer[38:01] ATx Summit 2026 themes and headliners[41:07] What Singapore must get right by 2030[42:05] AI is a contact sport — just start[44:36] What great looks like — companies, workforce, startups[46:52] ClosingProfile: Kiren Kumar, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Infocomm Media Development Authority (or IMDA), Singapore (LinkedIn) Podcast Information: Bernard Leong hosts and produces the Analyse Podcast show. The proper credits for the intro and end music are "Energetic Sports Drive." G. Thomas Craig mixed and edited the episode in both video and audio format.

Send us Fan MailKumar Garg is the President of Renaissance Philanthropy, where he leads thesis-driven philanthropic funds focused on major global challenges. Previously, he worked in the Obama White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and helped build Eric Schmidt's science and tech initiatives.

Today's guest is Dr. Kimti Kumar, a rheumatologist living in New Zealand and completing her PHD at the University of Adelaide. Dr. Kumar's research caught my attention for its focus on non-drug strategies to address the significant challenges faced by scleroderma patients with Raynaud's. As many of you know, I'm always drawn to more holistic approaches to health, and I think you'll find this conversation very insightful. 

Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. “Doc, I just don't feel like drinking alcohol anymore." Addiction psychiatrist Dr. Nishant Kumar kept hearing it. Patient after patient, unprompted. And nothing in their lives had changed… except one thing. They'd started a GLP-1. What does that tell us about the brain, addiction, and our relationship with food?In this episode, Dr. Kumar unpacks exactly that. We talk about what GLP-1s are revealing about cravings and the brain, how to recognize when your relationship with food has become a problem, how to find the right help, and the lifestyle factors that matter more than you might expect.ReferencesOvereaters AnonymousGet the free podcast roadmap for The Obesity GuideSubscribe to my Youtube channelAll of the information on this podcast is for general informational purposes only. Please talk to your physician and medical team about what is right for you. No medical advice is being on this podcast. If you live in Indiana or Illinois and want to work with doctor Matthea Rentea, you can find out more on www.RenteaClinic.com Not Sure Where to Start With the Podcast? I've Got You.Get my free Podcast Roadmap—a simple guide to help you find the episodes that matter most to your journey. Whether you're on GLP-1s, navigating plateaus, or just starting out, there's something here for you.Support the show

In this episode, we explore how shopping is moving beyond the traditional website into AI chats and social feeds. Kumar Senthil, Co-founder and CEO of Firmly, explains how his platform helps brands sell everywhere without needing complex engineering or manual updates. He also shares how real-time data and AI agents are shortening the path from discovery to checkout for modern shoppers.Topics discussed in this episode:  How shopping is moving from websites to AI agents. What agentic commerce means for small online brands. Why real-time product data is critical for AI search. How to sync inventory across many different channels. What causes nearly half of online products to be out of stock. How buying directly in chat doubles customer conversion. Why keeping the merchant of record status is important. What makes bespoke integrations a nightmare for sellers. How to scale to new marketplaces with zero engineering. Why merchants must not sit on the sidelines of AI. Links & ResourcesWebsite: https://www.firmly.ai/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumarnsenthil/Get access to more free resources by visiting the show notes at https://tinyurl.com/3tubkj94I'd love your feedback. Tap the the link to send me a text. ______________________________________________________LOVE THE SHOW? HERE ARE THE NEXT STEPS!Follow the podcast to get every bonus episode. Tap follow now and don't miss out!   Rate & Review: Help others discover the show by rating the show on Apple Podcasts at https://tinyurl.com/ecb-apple-podcasts   Join our Free Newsletter: https://newsletter.ecommercecoffeebreak.com/   Support The Show On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EcommerceCoffeeBreak   Partner with us: https://ecommercecoffeebreak.com/partner-with-us/

What does it take to build a company that industry giants want to buy?Poojan Kumar built and exited two enterprise infrastructure companies, PernixData to Nutanix and Clumio to Commvault.He began his career at Oracle, where he wrote the original code for Exadata and helped scale it into a billion-dollar product line. But his real founder journey began when he left the corporate world to chase what he calls the “Discontinuity Thesis.”At PernixData, that discontinuity was the shift from hard disks to flash storage. The company scaled to $25 million in revenue before being acquired by Nutanix. At Clumio, the discontinuity was public cloud. Clumio went on to raise $186 million to build a cloud-native backup and cyber resilience platform before being acquired by Commvault, where Poojan now serves as GM of the business line.If you want to understand how enduring enterprise companies are actually built and acquired this episode is for you.0:00 - Trailer0:48 - 25 Years in Enterprise03:02 - Founders Should Look for Discontinuity04:25 - $25M ARR, $60M Funding & an Exit in 6 Years06:28 - The Thesis Behind Clumio's Acquisition07:36 - The Landscape of Data Backup09:08 - What Should Founders in Security & Data Build?11:48 - Cloud vs AI: The New Data & Storage Stack13:59 - The Unanswered Questions Enterprises Have Today16:38 - How Infra Changed Between Pernix, Clumio & Today18:31 - Scaling to $25M Before Acquisition, Twice20:43 - Why is AI Adoption Bottom-Up, Not Top-Down?21:26 - Claude vs Codex vs Copilot22:34 - When Cloud Outgrew the Backup Playbook25:41 - Are Fragmented Clouds Silent Killers?28:06 - Fundraising Takes You from Point A to Point B32:29 - Selling to Commvault vs Nutanix34:33 - What Leads to an 8-Figure Exit?36:55 - How a Technical Founder Excelled at Sales-------------India's talent has built the world's tech—now it's time to lead it.This mission goes beyond startups. It's about shifting the center of gravity in global tech to include the brilliance rising from India.What is Neon Fund?We invest in seed and early-stage founders from India and the diaspora building world-class Enterprise AI companies. We bring capital, conviction, and a community that's done it before.Subscribe for real founder stories, investor perspectives, economist breakdowns, and a behind-the-scenes look at how we're doing it all at Neon.-------------Check us out on:Website: https://neon.fund/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneonshoww/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beneon/Twitter: https://x.com/TheNeonShowwConnect with Siddhartha on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthaahluwalia/Twitter: https://x.com/siddharthaa7-------------This video is for informational purposes only. The views expressed are those of the individuals quoted and do not constitute professional advice.Send us Fan Mail

Kumar Garg, President of Renaissance Philanthropy, rejoins host Mike Palmer for his third appearance on Trending in Ed, earning his highly coveted refrigerator magnet. Kumar discusses RenPhil's growth and its mission to help donors invest effectively in science and technology research areas like AI, climate, and education. Big If True: The conversation explores the concept of "Big If True" and the Big If True Science (BITS) accelerator. This framework focuses on transformative ideas that can have a tangible impact on a field within a three to five-year timeline. Rather than funding incremental research, BITS encourages researchers to identify the biggest goals that would make a real difference in the world if achieved. LEVI Literacy Initiative: A major focus of the episode is the Learning Engineering Virtual Institute (LEVI) Literacy Initiative. This $100 million program aims to cut the number of struggling early readers in half within the school districts where it operates. Kumar explains how improved AI diagnostics can identify speech impediments and learning disabilities much earlier than current methods, allowing for intervention before students fall behind in the third grade. A key technical challenge involves improving Automated Speech Recognition (ASR) for children. Current models are significantly less accurate for younger voices and noisy classrooms compared to adult speech. By building better datasets and benchmarks, researchers can create AI tools that serve as screeners to help speech pathologists and educators provide more tailored services early on, to ensure kids are on track by key 3rd grade literacy milestones. Learning Engineering: The episode also covers learning engineering, a field that treats the act of instruction as a systems-level challenge. Kumar highlights the dynamic dosing model from Carnegie Mellon, which combines human tutoring with digital AI tools to provide personalized learning. This hybrid approach allows students to advance at their own pace while keeping a human instructor available to manage motivation and technical hurdles. Time Stamps: 00:00 Welcome back to Kumar Garg and the refrigerator magnet 03:55 The Big If True Science accelerator framework 05:48 Launching the LEVI Literacy Initiative to help early readers 08:18 Fixing the speech recognition gap for young children 14:48 Applying learning engineering to system-level breakthroughs 22:15 Safety as an accelerant for technological innovation 30:23 Dynamic dosing and the future of human and AI tutoring Subscribe to Trending in Ed on your favorite podcast platform to stay updated on the future of learning. Visit Renaissance Philanthropy at renphil.org to learn more about their newly launched LEVI Literacy Fund and other initiatives.

In November 2025, Neal Kumar Katyal was asked to do what no US Supreme Court litigator had ever done: convince the justices to strike down a sitting president's signature initiative. After enlisting the help of four unlikely coaches — and one secret weapon he hasn't told anyone about until now — he walked into the courtroom ready for anything. What he discovered about winning and connecting might just change how you think about performing under pressure.Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In their years of podcasting about Batman 66, Tim and Paul have covered a number of parodies and ripoffs of the show, from MAD magazine to Batfink. But a listener has informed them of another one, b from the March 1988 issue of Cracked magazine. Even more than a year out from the 1st Michael Keaton Batman movie, interest was running high with still very little known about the film, so cast reunions and flashbacks to the '66 show were numerous. How does this parody stack up with the others we've discussed? Find out by listening to Bat Bits! Subscribe to our Patreon for at least $2 a month, or, for $4 a month, you'll get that AND our monthly discussion of silver age Batman comics, as Paul or another in our stable of co-hosts joins me to examine individual Batman stories from the 1950s and '60s — most recently, Kumar and I discussed the origin of Killer Moth from BATMAN 63! So slide down your Batpole and join today!

Welcome to Nerd Alert, a series of special episodes bridging the gap between marketing academia and practitioners. We're breaking down highly involved, complex research into plain language and takeaways any marketer can use. In this episode, Elena and Rob explore how AI shopping agents make purchase decisions and what the results mean for brands that aren't optimized to be found, chosen, or endorsed by an AI. Topics covered: [01:45] "What Is Your AI Agent Buying? Evaluation, Biases, Model Dependence, and Emerging Implications for Agentic E-Commerce"[05:30] AI agents pile onto winner products and ignore everyone else[07:00] Which AI model does the shopping changes everything[08:00] How models respond differently to product position on the page[09:00] Why "Overall Pick" badges dramatically boost selection rates[09:45] How rewriting a product title drove market share from 0% to 41% To learn more, visit marketingarchitects.com/podcast Resources: Allouah, A., Besbes, O., Figueroa, J. D., Kanoria, Y., & Kumar, A. (2025). What is your AI agent buying? Evaluation, biases, model dependence, & emerging implications for agentic E-commerce. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2508.02630  Get more research-backed marketing strategies by subscribing to The Marketing Architects on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.  

What if your stress isn't just affecting your mood—but quietly shortening your life and weakening your decisions? In this episode, Santosh Kumar reveals how managing your heart rate and releasing stress can unlock clearer thinking, better leadership, and a longer life.   In this episode, Dean Newlund and Santosh Kumar discuss: The concept of a lifetime “heart rate budget” and how it affects longevity The difference between physical stress and emotional stress How calmness directly impacts decision-making and leadership effectiveness The role of wearable technology in tracking stress and improving self-awareness Practical ways to release stress and prevent long-term health and performance decline   Key Takeaways: Leaders can improve both longevity and performance by managing how they “spend” their heart rate budget and investing in habits like exercise. Unreleased emotional stress is more harmful than physical exertion because the body generates energy that isn't used. Calmness improves decision-making, while stress narrows thinking and drives short-term, reactive choices. Simple actions like movement or breathing can release stress in real time and restore clarity. Wearable tools can build awareness of stress patterns today, while team-level stress visibility is feasible but not yet released.   "You don't get to control what is your budget, but you get to control how you spend that budget.” — Santosh Kumar   About Santosh Kumar: Santosh Kumar is the Lillian & Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence Professor in Computer Science at the University of Memphis and CEO & Cofounder of CuesHub. He is also Director of NIH-funded national research centers in Wearable AI called the mDOT Center and the MD2K Center of Excellence. He has been recognized as America's Ten Most Brilliant Scientists by Popular Science magazine, has been invited to give a talk on the Future of Biosensors at the White House, and has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from The Ohio State University.   Connect with Santosh Kumar:   Website: https://cueshub.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/santoshkumar4/       See Dean's TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.

Colon cancer is no longer just a concern for older adults. More and more younger people are being diagnosed — often at later stages. In this episode, I sit down with board-certified medical oncologist Dr. Avishek Kumar to talk about why this shift is happening and what people need to start paying attention to. We explore how symptoms are often dismissed or misdiagnosed, the patterns he's seeing firsthand, and the critical warning signs that should never be ignored. This is a conversation about awareness, advocacy, and learning how to listen to your body before small signals become bigger concerns. In this episode, we discuss: Why colon cancer is increasing in younger adults The "too young" mindset that delays diagnosis Symptoms that are often overlooked or minimized The importance of early detection How to start advocating for your health If something feels off in your body, it's worth paying attention to.