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Thinking on ThinkingStory vs Telling Part 2In part 2 of this storytelling series, Kahran and Divya find Divya's story live on the air, or at least the parts that feel most important for her to highlight and share. 2025-06-0430 minThinking on ThinkingStory Vs. Telling Part 1In this episode, Kahran and Divya discuss why Divya doesn't feel like she is able to find her audience or this podcast's audience. Kahran goes deep into exploring different facets of the problem. This is part 1 of the series. 2025-05-2124 minThinking on ThinkingAlmora: Crafting Desire in BusinessDivya and Kahran dive in to the luxury Ayurvedic brand Almora Botanica. How to build emotional connection? How do you engage beyond cognitively? How to choose where to reinforce ideas, where to simplify, and how to ground yourself in an investor deck? Also a jump into looking at colors and how the different components of the form reinforce the storytelling. 2025-05-071h 00Thinking on ThinkingMachPhy: Cool Glide to FundingMachPhy Solutions uses Advanced Thermal Material to transform the economics around cooling -- a revolution for many industries. As they kick off their fundraise, Divya and Kahran break down the strengths and areas for improvement in their investor deck. Curious about how the deck stands today or the details of the fundraise? Get in touch at https://machphy.com/And DM us to be featured in a future podcast -- artifacts or interview! 2025-04-2346 minThinking on ThinkingCranberry.Fit: Diving into StorytellingDivya and Kahran look at the design, messaging, and user experience of Cranberry.Fit's website, the company co-founded and run by our guest from Season 4, Aditi Dimri. We explore the emotional aspects of marketing related to PMS, the importance of community, and how to build trust with users while balancing clinical and caring communication.2025-04-1146 minThinking on ThinkingAnuki Premachandra: Planting the Seeds for UnderstandingDivya interviews Anuki on leadership, working with the development and corporate sectors and leading people to understanding through communication. Anuki talks about leveraging the public discourse, balancing clients while achieve advocacy goals, and how Anuki looks to build a leading creative agency in Sri Lanka. 2025-03-2636 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on the Smiqql Acquisition DeckIn this first video episode, Kahran and Divya break down the deck that Smiqql recently used for their acquisition, looking at what the different parts of the deck are doing and places they could be more successful.In this new running series, we invite listeners to submit artifacts (decks, websites, pitches, etc.) and we love to unpack them on a future episode to hello@joyus.studio.2025-03-1247 minThinking on ThinkingBuilding the Motivation for Success: Part 8Divya and Kahran discuss externalizing motivation and particularly externalizing parts of the hard parts of the creative process, and speak of embodied versus cognitive thinking. And the difference between finding resonance and liking something. Mentions include: the book I'm Very Into You, which is correspondence between two artists, Kathy Acker and McKenzie Wark, the early 2010s TED Talk by Elizabeth Gilbert and Plato's allegory of the cave.2025-02-2635 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Absurdist Successes and 1000xResist - Success: Part 7Divya and Kahran talk about how culture influences your expectations of absurdist elements in storytelling (and success, ofc) , using the discussion with Remy Siu about 1000xResist as a basis for the conversation.Internally consistent and logic are often prioritized by western authors unlike studios like Studio Ghibli. This comes from Enlightenment era thinking that has really engrained itself in western culture. Shout outs given to devised theatre, Kathak, workshops with Srikanth Chicu Reddy.We also workshop Divya's resistance to ephemerality in art, and how new creative methods can lead to new results. Oh, and Kahran...2025-02-1242 minThinking on ThinkingCreating a Successful Game in 1000xResist with Remy Siu of Sunset Visitor - Success: Part 6Remy Siu, Creative Director of 1000xResist, speaks with Divya about the how questions -- how they made such an incredible game that breaks so many molds, how Remy came to run a game studio with a background in composition and dance, how to exist as a performing artists in today, in Vancouver, in Canada, and to an extent in the world, and how to create art across mediums, transposing the lessons from life to new places, to achieve new results and forms.They talk about devised theater and how the experience in performance art helped the team...2025-01-291h 04Thinking on ThinkingSuccess through Achieving vs Authenticity - Success: Part 5Kahran shares stories of his grandfather, SSH Rehman, former director of ITC Limited and leader of ITC Hotels, Divya discusses quality years and Bryan Johnson, Also featured: the graphic novel Sandman, success in academic vs success in life. And there is more unpacking of Pradeep Singh's chasing of success and "big hairy audacious goals."2025-01-1542 minThinking on ThinkingUnraveling Purpose & Success: Part 4Can you find a sense of purpose without pursuing success? In a fireside chat format, Kahran shares with Divya his surprise that his father, Pradeep, had never felt successful, as Pradeep shared in our last episode, and Kahran and Divya articulate some of the emulate-able parts of Pradeep's approach to life, along with the nature of the often revised definitions of success and being successful. 2025-01-0242 minThinking on ThinkingAfter Success, with Pradeep Singh - Success: Part 3What happens after you build a successful company, make a fortune, and achieve the goals you set out to achieve? What is success in the afterwards?In a conversation spanning success, purpose, motivation and satisfaction, Divya interviews Pradeep Singh, the founder and former CEO of Aditi Technologies, Talisma & Vidyanext / Pengala. Pradeep also was the first product manager of Microsoft Excel, and part of the team that grew Microsoft in its decade-long (~1986-1995) domination and explosive growth post-IPO. Pradeep is also co-host Kahran Singh's father.2024-12-1849 minThinking on ThinkingExpectations & Definitions of Success: Part 2Kahran and Divya break down what it means to be successful -- and to have been successful and no longer be so. When do our cultural definitions permeate our feelings about successful? And when do they preclude achievement in success? What does it mean to have achievement in success? This second episode in the series about success is scintillating, provocative and guaranteed to leave your head scratching. 2024-12-0445 min
药不能停26. 痛经、发炎、经前综合症...姐妹们不要再硬撑了！ 恩哥/邹世恩（@恩哥聊健康）复旦大学附属妇产科医院主任医师，900万粉丝的妇产科大V，我们的姐妹 宣贝贝（@宣太医）上海市第一妇婴保健院 麻醉科医生 张慧 将妇科疾病的羞耻感抛之脑后！📢进听友群加：comedian007📖本期介绍本期选题要感谢听友JOYUS！由JOYUS提到的短效口服避孕药聊起，我们和恩哥详细聊了聊女性常见身体困扰对应的常备药，困扰如痛经、月经不调、经期综合症等。最大的感悟就是，有不舒服真的要及时看医生，不需要硬扛，既能避免延迟诊断，也让问题得到解决，很多问题是可以解决的！⏳时间轴 00:29 small talk 痛经： 02:29 长期痛经建议去检查，不要靠经验吃布洛芬 05:00 痛经是否就要硬撑？ 06:46 子宫内膜异位症为什么会被延迟诊断？ 08:00 被低估的短效口服避孕药，就不能换一个名字吗？ 调经止痛、治疗痤疮和多囊、还能辅助生殖？？ 预防子宫内膜癌，唯一有效的卵巢癌预防药 评估了收益和风险（这里口误了朋友们，说成了收险和风益😂） 11:51 服药方式：要吃几个月？ 会不会让体重上升？ 老一代vs新一代区别？ 13:46 考试前不想来例假的科学做法 避孕药不适合什么人群？ 18:07 避孕药的发明，女性的觉醒 月经不调： 20:34 颜色、深浅不一样又怎么样？每个月经都有自己的脾气 月经排毒是危言耸听？ 姨妈红，那你说的是第几天的姨妈红？ 只来一天是不是不正常？ 26天来一次月经，会老得更快吗？ 26:46 总结：哪种月经情况需要上医院？ 29:00 不正常出血 来源非常多：子宫内膜 宫颈出血 阴道壁 剧烈运动后出血，带护腰有用吗？ 31:28 长小肚子能保护子宫吗？？ 阴道炎症： 32:21分类和症状，哪种需要男女双方都治？ 男人：不疼就不想治😠 是否常备：甲硝唑 达克宁 克霉唑，同一种表现可能不一样的菌群 反复发作的可能不是阴道炎，而是宫颈炎！ 手术治疗方式 37:18 泡温泉之后的霉菌性阴道炎 怎么还复发了？？ 一个护士传染整个手术室 内衣洗衣液有用吗？ 沐浴液不适合棉质消菌 43:31 治疗阴道炎期间是否需要少吃甜食？ 44:46 口服益生菌影响阴道微生态是否科学？ 老年性/萎缩性阴道炎的原因 49:04 女性维生素有无必要？ 成分明确的复合维生素vs.号称延缓衰老的产品，小心雌激素成分 植物雌激素大豆异黄酮是否有用？ 买海外保健品的第一人，秦始皇 以信息传播的速度，不存在某个偏方只被少数人群掌握 瑞金血液科王振义 56:00 正规摄入雌激素 59:00 更年期特别门诊 经前综合症和绝经综合症竟然是一回事？ 01:01:00 神器推荐：阴道自动冲洗器 01:03:22 母乳喂养会让母亲老得更快吗？ 可以减少乳腺癌 溴隐亭片 痛经、更年期、分娩，都不要硬撑2024-11-251h 05Thinking on ThinkingThe Confoundedness of Success: Part 1Success: achieving it, the moving goalposts of it, the feeling of it, in a trait, the way we tell ourselves stories of it and, of course, what is it. This discussion deeply jumps into a topic where Divya and Kahran have spent a lot of time, and bring views from their previously divergent, and now, arguably converging views. We’ll be diving deeper into success this season, and bring this focus to all our interviews, as well as our discussions (and interrogations of each other!)2024-11-2039 min
Thinking on ThinkingRevisiting 402 - Careers & Creativity with Computational_MamaAs we wrap up this season of Thinking on Thinking, we revisit one of our favs from last season. Where we talked to Computational mama about her life and her creative process.
Stay tuned we will be back in season 6 with some amazing things. 2024-10-3037 min
Thinking on ThinkingBuilding GenAI for Visual Storytelling with Divya & Dashtoon Co-Founder, Soumyadeep MukerjeeIn this episode Divya talks to Soumyadeep, recently named Forbes 30 under 30 in Asia for Consumer Tech, about learning visual styles as he builds his AI models for his startup, Dashtoon, breaking down computer vision as a technology and the role of media in driving tech.
You can check out dashtoon here : https://dashtoon.com/2024-10-1648 min
Thinking on ThinkingHow to Make Hard Things Easier with Kahran & DivyaAs our motivations change, and especially in doing new things, finding how you can make them slightly easier for yourself can be helpful in accomplishing them. Of course, some things are regardless just hard to do, but between Kahran and Divya there are some diverse approaches and stories abound of how the approaches work in certain situations.2024-10-0231 min
Thinking on ThinkingSatisfaction with Success with Kahran & Alva10's co-founder, Lena ChaihorskyThis week Kahran talks to Lena Chaihorsky, founder of Alva10 not about her business but about how her growth as an entrepreneur has helped her in other areas of her life, in feeling joy and satisfaction as well as how she sees herself as a citizen, and the importance of emotional growth. 2024-09-1846 min
Thinking on ThinkingTrust vs Confidence, in yourself, your skills & your environmentIn this episode, Kahran and Divya break down feelings of trust and feelings of confidence, and look at where they differ and where the nuance is important, especially thinking about consumer businesses and experiences. 2024-09-0427 min
Thinking on ThinkingCaravaning across Africa with Divya & artists Shikhant and ShiviDivya talks to Shikhant and Shivi about their travels, journey with the african caravan, teaching kids art, about collaborating with people who are special to you, and more, in this episode filled with interesting stories. 2024-08-2138 min
Thinking on ThinkingHow to Find Fair Compensation with Kahran & DivyaIn this episode, Divya and Kahran have a meandering conversation starting around compensation and work into compensation for your life. How can you measure compensation beyond straight up money that you get in exchange for your work? How do you value that type of compensation? And why do tornado chasers chase tornados? What is that compensation?2024-08-0727 min
Thinking on ThinkingNavigating Changing Dynamics & Relationships with Kahran and Prem & Andrew, co-founders of HumanlyKahran chats with Prem and Andrew from Humanly about building the company together, growing, creating avenues for growth for themselves, each other and those who work with them.
You can check out humanly here : https://www.humanly.io/2024-07-2449 min
Thinking on ThinkingAuthenticity, Grace & Trust, in Work and with YourselfKahran and Divya talk about authenticity, and get into discussing grace, trust and more.
This one is reminiscent of one of the earlier episodes of Thinking on Thinking where we talk in depth about the nuances of certain ideas. 2024-07-1039 min
Go Call Your Sister#116: Meeting Us Where We Are – Hangovers, Healing, and Protecting Our PeaceYour favorite duo is back for a solo chit-chat episode, catching up on what we’ve been up to lately. Bird is dealing with a hangover and getting ready for a trip to Bali, while Alli is on the move once again. Tune in for our life updates and some encouragement on protecting your peace this week!We would like to thank the sponsor of Today's episode, Jøyus non-alcoholic wine! As you guys know Jøyus is one of our families all time favorite brands and THE drink of Summer 2024. Shop now and enjoy 10% off at chec...2024-07-0238 min
Thinking on Thinking505- Building healthcare in India with RocketHealth's Abhineet and RitikaRitika and Abhineet, founders of RocketHealth, and sibling duo, talk about learnings on their journey of working together as siblings, to leveraging strengths of each other and how they have found a mission that aligns them both together. 2024-06-2643 min
Thriving Alcohol-Free with Mocktail MomEp 75 How to Tap into Bravery With Jess From Joyus Non-alcoholic WinesEver felt like everyone around you thinks you're a little crazy for chasing a dream? Join me for an inspiring chat with Jess from Joyous Non-Alcoholic Wines, where we dive into her incredible journey of bravery and determination. Jess started with just a few lackluster options in the non-alcoholic market and transformed it into a thriving industry of award-winning, alcohol-free wines. Despite working in a high-drinking culture and facing countless naysayers, she persisted and brought her vision to life.This episode explores the magic of celebrating small victories and tapping into your inner bravery, no matter the...2024-06-2540 minGo Call Your Sister#114: Working it with Alyssa Duffy - Social Director, Content Creator and MomToday we are joined by Alyssa Duffy - social media director for Hello Sunshine + The Home Edit, content creator, and mom of twins! We talk about how to balance business and life while pursuing a career you are passionate about. You can follow along with Alyssa's social media HERE! We would like to thank the sponsor of Today's episode, Jøyus non-alcoholic wine! As you guys know Jøyus is one of our families all time favorite brands and THE drink of Summer 2024. Shop now and enjoy 10% off at checkout with code "SISTERS" Support the sho...2024-06-1857 min
Thinking on Thinking504 - Creating comics together with Kahran and DivyaHow do you build things together, especially creative work. As Kahran and Divya embark on experimenting with new mediums and on new projects, they discuss their experience of working together for the first time on making comics.
Like most conversations between them, the discussion meanders into discussion about building companies, creativity, the difference between entrepreneurship and creative collaboration, how they see scaling, and their lessons for this experiment. 2024-06-1227 minGo Call Your Sister#113: It's a Sex And The City Summer...The Girls Are Back!We are back after our summer break and recapping everything you've missed over the last two weeks! From Hawaii to bad shroom trips and everything in between. We are so excited to be BACK at it and with you guys every Tuesday! XOXOWe would like to thank the sponsor of Today's episode, Jøyus non-alcholic wine! As you guys know Jøyus is one of our families all time favorite brands and THE drink of Summer 2024. Shop now and enjoy 10% off at checkout with code "SISITERS" Support the show2024-06-1134 min
Thinking on Thinking503 - Building and selling a food business with Smiqql's Dina HolzapfelIn this episode of thinking on thinking, Kahran talks to Dina Holzapfel about building a food business with her life partner and the intricacies of what you gain when you sell your business. Of lessons learnt from a long journey of entrepreneurship and much more.
You can find more about Dina here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dinaholzapfel
https://www.instagram.com/iamsparklestheunicorn
You can find out more about Kahran and Joyus at our website Joyus.studio . 2024-05-2936 min
Thinking on ThinkingKahran & Divya on Continuing ProjectsTopical for this season, co-founders and hosts Divya and Kahran find themselves in some tension, with Kahran questioning his commitment to the podcast, and wondering about how the rewards in doing something change over time. Also how preconceived notions influence our ability to see options.
Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you find him @btrptmusic. Editing by @beatnyk.2024-05-1530 min
Thinking on ThinkingBeing Co-Travel Influencers with Divya & the SearatsRashmee & Anant, aka the Searats, are married travel influencers. We talk about what it's like to build a business with your partner, being instinct-driven, and how happiness comes from being cringe. And how it feels create a space people feel they can judge you and your relationship, but also maintaining your privacy.
You can follow the Searats on Instagram @travelwithsearats
Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you find him @btrptmusic. Editing by @beatnyk.2024-05-0142 minThinking on ThinkingRevisiting episode 29 : Thinking on LLMs and GenAIAs we take a break between the seasons, we revisit episode 29, where we discussed about generative AI and how it has changed out ways of thinking and doing work. 2024-04-1846 minThinking on ThinkingCreating & Game Design with Kahran & DivyaWe dive deep into the creative process, and our roadblocks and success there, before pivoting into game design, and the wealth of games that came up in Divya's conversation with Anurati Srivastva and the fascinating ideas from Kahran's conversation with Katieann Vogel.
Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you find him @btrptmusic. Editing by @beatnyk.2024-04-0331 minThinking on ThinkingAnurati Srivastva on Games and Game Design with DivyaA fascinating discussion of different games, game design, and approach to creation with Anurati Srivastva.
You can find her collages @mixcontexcual and her website www.anuratisrinivastva.com.
Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you find him @btrptmusic. Editing by @beatnyk.2024-03-2447 minThinking on ThinkingKatieann Vogel on Unblocking Yourself, Finding Fulfillment & Creating Art with KahranKatieann Vogel, an ocean poet, speaks with Kahran this week on the path from computer science to becoming an ocean poet, what it means to spend your life in nature and creating, and how to find a sense of stability and centeredness.
You can find Katieann on her website, https://vogelian.com/
Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you find him @btrptmusic. Editing by @beatnyk.2024-03-0738 minThinking on ThinkingKahran & Divya on the Learnings from Meghana Srinivas & Samhita ArniDivya & Kahran come back together on the interesting ideas we learned from Meghana Srinivas & Samhita Arni in episodes 7 & 8 of this season 4: rituals, success, perception and identity.
Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you find him @btrptmusic. Editing by @beatnyk.2024-02-2232 min
The Hard Part with Evan McCannAndrew Kim from SHAREAndrew Kim is the CEO and Co-Founder of SHARE.
SHARE is a real estate investment company that streamlines the end-to-end process of buying and managing high-return single-family rental homes on behalf of investors in the US, Canada, and abroad. They make investing in and owning real estate as easy as stocks by enabling investors to reap the benefits of real estate ownership without the burden of full-time landlord duties.
Takeaways
Share aims to make the US single-family rental market more accessible to retail investors by providing institutional-grade asset management.
His early...2024-02-1941 minThinking on ThinkingMeghana Srinivas on Rituals, Feeling Safe and Finding your TribeDivya and Meghana discuss about Meghana's journey from being a cancer researcher to a startup founder, and her experience of working in an industry that requires a lot of emotional labour and how she finds her balance through rituals. They also discuss her uncanny ability to bring the most nurturing and safe groups together.
Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you find him @btrptmusic. Editing by @beatnyk.2024-02-0759 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Being Successful with Samhita ArniWhen you write your first NY Times bestseller at the age of 8, do you feel successful all your life? Is there a successful identity? Or is chasing success a Sisyphean task?
Kahran and Sam Arni have an incredible conversation, talking about culture, what it means to add value, and how you feel successful, for yourself and also for those around you.
Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you can find him @btrptmusic. Editing by @beatnyk.2024-01-2549 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on the Careers & Identity of Fran Dunaway and Aditi DimriKahran and Divya come back together to share their thoughts on our two remarkable guests -- Aditi and Fran -- and how both seem to share a very different view of the notion of identity, and how that has shaped their lives.
Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you can find him @btrptmusic2024-01-1136 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Finding your Path, Making a Startup & Walking Away from Academia with Aditi DimriDivya talks this week with Aditi Dimri, co-founder of http://cranberry.fit, about starting her career in academia and microeconomics before finding her desire to for fulfillment took her to more direct desires to help — first to more actionable projects, and then to starting a company herself! Fascinating to see how small a role a sense of identity played a role in her life, as different then computational mama or Manasi K in our first two episodes this season!
Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you can find him @btrptmusic2023-12-2744 min
Thinking on ThinkingThinking on Careers & Work with Fran DunawayKahran talks this week with Fran Dunaway about her careers before she she started her company, TomboyX, and how she has found her identity outside of her career, or perhaps, better said, found her identity in all of her careers.
Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you can find him @btrptmusic2023-12-1355 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Manasi K & Computational MamaDivya and Kahran come together to share their insights from the interviews with Manasi Khare in episode 31, and Computational Mama in episode 32.
Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you can find him @btrptmusic2023-11-2927 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Coding, Creativity & Culture with Computational MamaDivya talks with Computational Mama about her journey into coding; finding herself as a coder after being a designer; ideas of identity; how art, culture and coding intersect, as well as Computational Mama's journey in the moniker being born, having a son, and introducing coding and design to many others, from museums to live streams to workshops in GenAI and also to teaching other mothers about coding and the possibilities for fun within the coding world.
Theme music is by Steve Combs, available here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Steve_Combs_Premium_Preview_EP_1325/06...2023-11-1537 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Patriotism, Law & Life with Manasi KKahran & Manasi Khare have a sweeping conversation about law, pretending to be someone else, systemic thinking in the Indian context, and what it means to be a patriot.
Manasi Khare is an in-house advocate and formerly was a practicing litigator at a law firm. She has been involved in public policy research with a standing parliamentarian.
She is a lover of the mountains, and lives in Bangalore with her husband Harsh. She can be reached on LinkedIn and loves to connect with people who work for a better India.
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With...2023-11-0149 minThriving Alcohol-Free with Mocktail MomEP 41 Mini-Episode: October Wrap-Up and Sober Vibes WisdomHey friends! I'm back from vacation, and it's time to check in as we wrap up the month of October and gear up for Halloween! You know, Halloween can be a spooky season for some folks with all the drinking traditions. I remember strolling through the neighborhood with my kids for trick-or-treating while sipping on some wine. But here's a little reminder – you can still have a blast tonight (or any night) without the alcohol!I also recently connected with my membership group, and we had a fantastic chat about Courtney Andersen's book, "Sober Vibes". We uncovered so...2023-10-3117 minThinking on ThinkingRevisiting Episode 16: Thinking on Designing Spaces (and changing your mind!)In the interlude before starting Season 4, we pull ep 16 from the archive this week. There's some interesting ideas about how to think about sightless, how vignettes shape your experience, and, as always, the role of expectations in outcomes.
We weren't quite as good at editing or audio production back then, but rest assured, Akshay, our sound engineer, will be back for Season 4!2023-10-1841 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Accepted Truths, Defaults and How We Got HereAs engineers we do not learn to take responsibility for our users' attention -- and in fact we learn the opposite -- grab more market share at all costs! Where has this perspective taken us? We explore this idea from the view of Meta's choices, but also from the perspective of defaults, and how when we perceive something as a constant, it completely changes our frame of reference when we problem solve.
We end season 3 with this episode, and will be back in 4 weeks with season 4!
Theme music is...2023-10-0533 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on How LLMs (& GenAI!) have Changed Our ThinkingWe've started to seeing difference in the way we think and create since we started using LLMs. From tactical things like remembering ear-worms, to abstract things like how we value ideas, we've found ChatGPT & Midjourney & GenAI have changed the way we think, work and create.
Kahran and Divya also discuss thieves cant, translation, learning, curating and accessibility of information.
It's one of our first impromptu recordings, and we hope you love it as much as we did recording it!
Theme music is by Steve Combs, available here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Steve_Combs_Premium_Preview_EP_1325/06__Steve_Com2023-09-2046 minGo Call Your Sister#84: Don’t Call me a Girl Boss - Banter, Busyness, and Over TreatingAre you tired of wearing busyness like a badge of honor? Yeah, us too. Alli + SarCar are back together for a casual banter episode to discuss everything that's been going on in their lives recently. From girl math to psychic dreams and more... Also, big thank you to our two incredible sponsors, Joyus & Lulu's Oxford, two female-founded brands we LOVE! Joyus is our favorite brand of non-alcoholic wines, and you can use our code SISTERS for 10% off! Go to www.drinkjoyous.com or check them out on Instagram at @drinkjoyous.Lulu’s is our go-to spo...2023-09-1947 minGo Call Your Sister#83: Winn’s Story: The Darkness of Addiction and Depression + The Beauty in Recovery w/ our Brother - Winn BridgersToday we are joined by a VERY special guest… our brother, Winn Bridgers. Winn is here to share his raw and vulnerable story of addiction, getting sober at 20, mental health, shame, and much more. Winn is now 22, two years sober, and living in Nashville, TN. We are so grateful to have the platform to share these stories and open up space to talk about addiction and mental health. The more we can talk about topics like these the more people feel safe and comfortable seeking help. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction please see...2023-09-131h 06Thinking on ThinkingThinking on the Creative ProcessMotivating yourself, especially on self-driven projects, can be hard. Once you finally have something works, how do you keep evolving it?
We talk this week on breaking out of creative ruts and how to evolve, using the podcast as a meta example.
Theme music is by Steve Combs, available here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Steve_Combs_Premium_Preview_EP_1325/06__Steve_Com2023-09-0736 minGo Call Your Sister#82: ASK US ANYTHING - Sister EditionGet ready to LOL... Alli and SarCar are back with a solo "Ask each other anything" episode! From first kiss to Hinge profiles, nothing is off limits. As always we would like to thank our incredible Sponsors Joyus & Lulu's Oxford, two female-founded brands we LOVE! Joyus is our favorite brand of non-alcoholic wines, and you can use our code SISTERS for 10% off! Go to www.drinkjoyous.com or check them out on Instagram at @drinkjoyous.And don't forget that the best way to support Go Call Your Sister is by leaving a review! You can...2023-09-0545 minGo Call Your Sister#81: Get your Hormones in Check: The Power of Seed Cycling and Understanding Your Body w/ Kate Morton Founder of Funk It WellnessAre you feeling out of wack? Or just want to better understand how to thrive during each stage of your menstrual cycle? Kate Morton, founder of Funk it Wellness + Registered Dietitian, is here to talk all things cycle synching. From what to eat, how to exercise, and understanding what our bodies are trying to tell us. She shares about what went into founding a business and her journey of starting Funk It Wellness. You can connect with Kate through her Instagram, and find Funk it Wellness here or through their website! Also, big thank you to our...2023-08-3058 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Describing What You Do and How You Do ItHow do different understandings of 'what you do' affect the course of a company? How do they affect you as a person? Kahran and Divya talk about how they got to joyus studio's single line vision, and share ideas to help others get there with their learnings.
Theme music is by Steve Combs, available here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Steve_Combs_Premium_Preview_EP_1325/06__Steve_Com
2023-08-2435 minGo Call Your Sister#80: OLE MISS RUSH Revealed: What really went on during our recruitment process + what we actually think about sororities w/ Alli and SarCarWelcome to Ole Miss rush tok! Alli + Sara Caroline are together for a solo episode talking all about their experiences going through recruitment at The University of Mississippi: the good, the bad, and the crazy. In this real and raw episode, Alli and SarCar share their unfiltered views on recruitment and sorority life like never before. Also, big thank you to our two incredible sponsors, Joyus & Lulu's Oxford, two female-founded brands we LOVE! Joyus is our favorite brand of non-alcoholic wines, and you can use our code SISTERS for 10% off! Go to www.drinkjoyous.com or check...2023-08-2346 minGo Call Your Sister#79: The Secret to Cultivating and Sustaining a Well-Balanced Life w/ Lauren Hubert, Sorority NutritionistToday we are joined by Lauren Hubert, also known as The Sorority Nutritionist! Lauren is here to talk with us about how to live a healthy and happy life. She helps women all over the world "lose fat and never gain it back" by establishing lifelong healthy habits! talks all things nutrition, low-calorie Starbucks orders, how to be healthy on the go, and more. You can find Lauren's Instagram here or connect with her through her website. Alli and Bird also recap their sister weekend together in LA exploring Alli's new CITY! We would like to...2023-08-171h 12Thinking on ThinkingThinking on Designing ExpectationsHow do you create pre-experiences to put people in the right mindset for your experience? How do those create expectations you can exceed?
In this wide reaching conversation we discuss Seth Godin, activation energy, fine dining (including Mesa, Eleven Madison Park, and other Michelin 3-star restaurants, tho not by name!) and what it means to create expectations (and how we as designers create them for other people).
Theme music is by Steve Combs, available here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Steve_Combs_Premium_Preview_EP_1325/06__Steve_Com2023-08-1043 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on how Different Learners Solve Problems, Buy Goods and Go on their Customer JourneysWe know different learners learn differently, but how do different learners create works, get inspiration, or decide products or services are right for them? The customer journey changes for different types of learners.
This week we look at how we use wish lists, how we solve problems, and how we buy things, both products, goods, and services.2023-07-2746 min
Youniversalife PodcastEp. 15: Confidence Part 2Ep. 15: Confidence Part 2Weird is GoodEmbrace our weirdness.Take inventory of what we do that is unique. Be detailedWeird should not get labeled personally as a stigma, but a strength.Weird usually brings new ideas and creativity to the world.Things that remain the same or fit the mold don’t move the world forward.A band you like that eventually everyone falls for.Those tha...2023-07-1726 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Work after Covid-19Is it right to have work from home when not everyone can? How do we resolve moral questions about fairness in a post-COVID world?
This week we explore post-COVID work, thinking about how local governments, small businesses, and larger businesses, including tech companies, can navigate questions of costs, morals and what values are worth paying for.2023-07-1239 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Serendipity & Making Life Work For YouHow do things work out for successful people? How do you make things work out for yourself? Is it positive psychology, or can you actually influence outcomes just by trying to make it happen?
We explore these questions, and others, in this episode -- though we start off with Divya doing an amazing job of explaining nuclear physics! Like who knew that every element with an atomic number higher than lead was likely to eventually break down into lead! :-)
Theme music, as always, is by Steve Combs available here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve...2023-06-2937 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Ethics and Affording your MoralsWhat values are you willing to pay for? Does it change for your personal life, versus your work persona? When does ethical stop feeling ethical? This week, Divya and Kahran explore these questions in the context of today’s society, today's technology and the nature of late capitalism. 2023-06-1429 min
Thinking on ThinkingThinking on Personal Finance and Saving vs InvestingKahran shares some of the lessons and thinking that guide his attitudes towards investing, saving and other types of finance in this wide reaching episode that looks at how to leverage your skills and assets to create more freedom.
Theme music is by Steve Combs, available here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Steve_Combs_Premium_Preview_EP_1325/06__Steve_Com2023-06-0138 minThinking on ThinkingRevisiting Episode 8: Thinking on AI, the Future of Work, and the Commoditization of High(er) Skilled LaborWhat will happen when we have more and more AI systems as our co-pilots? This week we revisit episode 8 from season 1 to see how our thoughts have changed in the last 6 months, and its incredible to hear how we had to look up Stable Diffision, and GPT3, versus today when these terms just roll off the tongue! (Our conversation on AI continues in the last episode of season 2 - episode 20: Working in Partnership with Generative AI) .
We will be back in 2 weeks with a new episode for Season 3 !2023-05-1744 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Working in Partnership with Generative AI (GenAI)Where can we apply GenAI to our work to accelerate progress? We talk about this in conjunction with drugs! and marketing tools! and more! and also touch on the incredible progress in AI of the past few weeks. For our previous thinking on AI, check out ep 8, last season.
Theme music is by Steve Combs, available here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Steve_Combs_Premium_Preview_EP_1325/06__Steve_Combs_Through__Theme/.2023-05-0320 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Obedience (and Discipline)As free-thinkers and believers in agency, we were very surprised to realize in this conversation that we believe obedience has its place -- and can be required to create big, complex things that take belief, when sometime's logic and data would tell us something else.
Join Kahran and Divya to explore where to use discipline, where to use obedience, and how compliance comes into this mix in this week's episode, one of our favorites.
Theme music is by Steve Combs, available here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Steve_Combs_Premium_Preview_EP_1325/06__Steve_Com2023-04-1927 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Courage vs DaringWe always applaud courage but not always daring? Daring is for rogues and courage is for knights, whether they choose to be good or evil. Do we always want to foster courage, but not always daring?
Divya and Kahran explore this topic, and share stories, tidbits and a sprinkle of joy of life in-between.
Theme music is by Steve Combs, available here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Steve_Combs_Premium_Preview_EP_1325/06__Steve_Combs_Through__Theme/ .2023-04-0526 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Leverage: What it Means and How you Do itHow leveraged are you, and how afraid are you of looking at your assets in your life as being leverage-able?
In this episode we think on the word leverage, both from a personal finance side and a social side. How can you leverage what you have, and what does it mean to leverage social connections, as different from capital assets?
In our exploration of the word and the concept, we spend some time to define the word, and also define how its typically used. We think about how you can value a company based on how leveraged they are, and...2023-03-2234 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Designing Spaces (and changing your mind)This episode we talk about spaces and how Divya has a resistance towards designing them because of a lack of heuristics and Kahran shares how he thinks about spaces. A major part of being open to changing your mind is the process through which you change your mind and reorient yourself in a new direction. Fortunately we were recording this time when we came across something that one of us changed our mind on.
This is a different than usual episode where we do a lot of active problem solving collaboratively, and arrive at some actionable items by the end...2023-03-0941 min
Thinking on ThinkingThinking on Building TrustWhat leads to you building trust? Where do you start from in trusting things? Are you like Divya, and start from 0, or like Kahran, and start from +10? Does it change for you depending on the context?
We talk this week about the Westin in Paris, the Oberoi hotels, and other moments that have gone wrong and how those moments have built emotional trust. We also talk about how brands can delight you, including some luxury clothing brands in New Delhi and one of our perennially favorite examples, Nike and the Nike Run Club.
Kahran shares some stories about working with...2023-02-2239 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Loyalty & Customer ExperiencesWhat drives loyalty? Why do we spend lots of time with some brands, but don’t feel loyalty towards them? What about the opposite — sometimes we feel very loyal to brands we may rarely purchase from?
This week we talk about BTS, Nike and other brands that drive lots of loyalty among their customer base. We quickly agree that having multiple points for people to “meet” the brand is important, but what happens after that — what drives a customer down the path of loyalty? Is it always necessary that the customers feels they have disproportionate value being given to them from the r...2023-02-0827 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on caring and being investedHow do we grow to care about things? Does a sense of care result in loyalty? What is the difference between caring and being invested?
This week we set off to talk about how people grow to care about brands, things and other people, but end up spending more of the discussion on the why question -- why do people start caring about those brands, things and other people? We also spend some time talking about how we think about what we will grow to care about in the future.
We spend a little time on OCD vs OCPD, briefly...2023-01-2536 min
The Host by Tori ShowEverything You Need to Know About Non-Alcoholic DrinksEverything you need to know about non-alcoholic drinks! Sharing recap of the recommendations and links to buy online.Non-alcoholic spiritsAperitif: GhiaThree base spirits: Seedlip's Garden, Grove, and SpiceFun optional spirit: Lyre's Orange SecBitters: All the BitterNon-alcoholic wineSparkling wine: Joyus, NoughtyWhite wine: Studio Null, GiesenRose: Joyus Red wine: Studio Null Non-alcoholic beersAthletic BrewingBest Day BrewingMixers/Canned drinksTonic: Fever Tree, Betty BuzzAvec drinksPARCHCrisp & CrudeBarware: cocktail shaker, muddler, big ice cube tray, peeler juicerGlassware: rocks glass, coupe or...2023-01-1932 min
Alcohol-Free RadioFinding the joy in not drinking alcohol with Jessica Selander (Ep. 25)In today’s podcast, Daniel Stiller virtually sat down with Jessica Selander, the founder of Jøyus. Jessica saw a gap in the market and after seven years of pushing her brand, she created a non-alcoholic wine to help her and others stay sober. Learn how Jøyus puts a positive spin on not consuming alcohol. Throughout the community of alcohol-free consumers, Jessica explains why this award-winning brand is a fan favorite.
Listen and learn how Jøyus is giving people more options to celebrate drinking wine without the hangover.
We invite you to listen to th...2023-01-1229 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on decision making when you lack certaintyHow can you better prepare yourself to make decisions, especially when you have been putting off that decision?
This week we talk about strategies for making decisions with uncertainty, and share our hypothesis for making what keeps us from making decisions and how (we think) we can get past those key decision points. We also share some thoughts about how we’ve struggled with our own marketing and branding, how cool we think potatoes are, and the idea of having a decision day — a particular day when you know you will make a decision (or multiple decisions) about something.
Theme musi...2023-01-1136 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on designing for the EndAre there always more customers? Is there always more attention? Is this way of marketing, and life, sustainable?
This week we think about time-bound behaviors! When is a solution right for now, and how does having an end-date make it easier to deal with difficult things? What keeps us from designing with an end date in mind? How does it change when its a personal habit versus a product or a company solution?
We discuss this from both of those lenses -- personal and product-design focused -- and think about off-boarding experiences that are done well, and not so well. W...2022-12-2849 minThinking on ThinkingSeason One Wrapped!We have loved publishing the first season of Thinking on Thinking. We will be back in Jan 2023 with Season 2, where we will dive deeper in ideas around motivation, behavior and more! Also stay tuned to see some our special guests in Season 2!2022-12-2400 min
A Sober Girls Guide PodcastJessica Selander: Joyus Non Alcoholic WinesJessica Selander is here to share her story of 17 years sober and how she wanted to create a non alcoholic wine she wanted and needed when she first got sober. Joyus wines are all award winning non alcoholic wines and Jessica explains how to make it as a female entrepreneur and sober mom.
2022-12-021h 04Thinking on ThinkingThinking on Making Better DecisionsHow do you make decisions? What helps and what doesn’t? What stops you from making said decisions and what aids you in making them faster?
How do you get your creative work done? Is art never finished, only abandoned or Is it just a matter of removing the pieces of the stone that are not a part of the sculpture.
This week we discuss things that we look for when we are making decisions, what mental models we use for that, some small asides on inductive and deductive reasoning, and then get into questions of platonic ideals for ourselves, an...2022-11-3031 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Kindness vs. NicenessCan taking blood on your hands be a kindness? Is it a niceness? What does it mean to be nice vs. kind? Can kind things be done in a polite way, or is politeness and niceness tied at the hip?
This week, we briefly talk about kindness (vs niceness) in ending relationships before getting deeply caught up in kindness in death before turning our attention to unpacking the interplay between niceness and kindness, and have some very interesting insights about how niceness shapes our constructs about motivation and what people “like us” do.
We also brin...2022-11-1639 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on AI, the Future of Work, and the Commoditization of High(er) Skilled LaborWhat will happen as we have more and more AI systems as our co-pilots? How will we value things when AI has been involved in the creation? And is this the same trend towards commoditization of higher and higher skilled labor?
This week, we talk different AI systems we have met in our lives — DALL-E, the image creation AI, Github’s Copilot, the AI peer programer, and GPT3, the AI text generation tool. We get very excited about the potential for new kinds of art and artists because of these tools, and also spend a few minutes talking about the valu...2022-11-0344 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Confidence & Feelings of Success, Failure and AchievementWhat leads to you feeling successful ? Are they the things the same things that lead to you feeling confident ?
This week, we continue the discussion from Episode 3, “Cognitive and Emotional Experiences & Models for Failure,” and discuss what events in our lives have led to feelings of confidence, how other people’s perceptions of us and those events influenced the feelings of confidence, and whether those events were a success or a failure.
We illustrate this with some personal anecdotes, and briefly gossip about Adam Neumann and Mark Zuckerberg.
Also discussed in this episode are Ma...2022-10-1933 min
BY VOLUME 🎶 🍹 🎙Celebrate 🎉 with Jess of JøyusWe're baaaaaaaack.Co-hosts *Danny and Laura* continue their season 1 ride with Jessica Selander, booze-free babe (for 17 years!) and founder of Jøyus non-alcoholic wines. Our Jøyus playlist, with songs from Danny, Laura, and Jess.Follow Jøyus on IG: @drinkjøyus Follow By Volume on IG: @byvolumepodcastCo-host Danny Frounfelkner is the co-founder of Sipple in Houston.Co-host Laura Silverman is founder of Zero Proof Nation and2022-10-1159 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Learning to Change our ThoughtsIs the way you do one thing, the way you do everything? It’s a common Buddhist saying but this week, we examine if it is actually true, and we talk about how we learn things: from the people around us, from practice, from exposure and from adapting models from culture. We also explore how persistence and learning are connected to our expectations of outcomes.
This was a super fun conversation because we end up diving into things that are core to what joyus is about, and we discuss how we have arrived at some of those le...2022-10-0533 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Pain & Emotional Signaling, Learning and Brain PathwaysWhy is pain helpful? How do we distinguish between different kinds of pain? How can we be cognizant of when we’re acting to protect ourselves, and when those protective instincts becomes routines that guide our thinking? And why does the world have so many golf courses?
In this episode, Kahran and Divya discuss pain and the ecosystem that exists around it, both why pain is needed for learning, and where pain and addiction start to intersect. The idea of the mind-body connection comes up in the context of Kahran’s experiences with Forrest Yoga, and Divya talk...2022-09-2126 minThinking on ThinkingThinking on Podcasts & How We ListenWhat are the expectations of your audience? Can you support those expectations? Are those expectations uniform across the audience?
In this episode, Divya and Kahran begin by talking about the presumed expectations of their audience, but quickly realize they themselves have different ways of listening to podcasts. Divya is nearly as taken aback to hear that Kahran binges podcasts, as Kahran is shocked to hear that Divya has a rotating pattern by which she listens to podcasts of different cognitive and emotional intensity.
We discuss Matt Walker's podcast, The Matt Walker Podcast, about sleep, available at...2022-09-0725 min