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The Sandip Roy ShowPride Month Special: How has gayness evolved in popular culture?To what extent has gay representation in Indian popular culture evolved? Is it now simply trendy to include gay characters, or are these portrayals also becoming deeper and more meaningful? This week, to kick off Pride Month, we explore how the portrayal of gay lives in Indian popular culture has changed over the decades. Host Sandip Roy speaks to three queer voices from different generations to understand this shift.Sridhar Rangayan is a filmmaker and activist who, along with his partner Sagar Gupta, founded the Kashish Pride Film Festival in Mumbai — the first queer film festival in India to...
2025-06-0157 min
The Anxiety LabEpisode 3.4: Nimesh PatelNimesh Patel enters the Anxiety Lab! Nimesh is a comedian (Tonight Show, Seth Meyers) and is currently enjoying massive success. We discuss how he keeps his head amidst a busy travel schedule, high stakes, healthy vs unhealthy competition, working hard and getting better while maintaining mental health, hinduism, parental pressure, and so much more!
You can find Nimesh at https://findingnimesh.com/ on IG findingnimesh.
SAAFC (South Asian Americans for Change) is at https://www.saaforchange.org/.
As mentioned, my free social gratitude app is landedapp.net, or search “landed mindful audio” on the iP...
2023-07-111h 22The Anxiety LabEpisode 3.3: Drew DowdyDrew Dowdy enters the Anxiety Lab! Drew is a comedian and writer (Flatbush Misdemeanors on Showtime) and one of my favorite people. We discuss looking at yourself in your mirror, overthinking, finding compassion for parents, psychedelics, racism, Miles Davis petting his horse, how getting his comedy dream job affected his happiness, how “everything is simplicity” and so much more!
You can find Drew on IG, drewdowdy.
As mentioned my free social gratitude app is landedapp.net, or search “landed mindful audio” on the iPhone App Store. Recent press in Tricycle Magazine: https://tricycle.org/article/landed-app...
2023-06-271h 22The Anxiety LabEpisode 3.2: Katie Hannigan and Sarah TollemacheSuch a fun and silly yet deep episode. My first with two guests! I’m joined by comedians Katie Hannigan (Colbert, Corden) and Sarah Tollemache (Colbert, Comedy Central), who host the Lady Journey podcast. We discuss maladaptive daydreaming and the ridiculous fantasies that shape our desires (and make us suffer!), the freedom found in quitting, unconsciously dividing people into winners and losers, mental health days, not meditating, the pressures of a “success mindset,” googling old classmates, and so much more!
You can find Katie at https://www.katiehannigan.com/ and her IG is katiehanniganforever. Sarah is at https...
2023-06-061h 28The Anxiety LabEpisode 3.1: Pascal AuclairSo happy to be back in The Anxiety Lab with you! Today I talk to meditation teacher Pascal Auclair. We discuss the practice of literally slowing down, being “absolutely no one,” the fascinating nature of ever-changing mind states, working with craving and desire, changing our relationship to pleasant vs unpleasant experiences, how being HIV positive changed his relationship to happiness, and so much more!
You can find Pascal (and his beautiful teachings!) at pascalauclair.com
As mentioned my free social gratitude app is landedapp.net, or search “landed mindful audio” on the iPhone App Store. Recent pr...
2023-05-231h 34The Anxiety LabEpisode 2.6: Mark Van BurenAuthor and meditation teacher Mark Van Buren enters the Anxiety Lab! Mark leads meditation workshops, silent retreats, and corporate wellness classes. He offers simple tools and practices that can reduce stress, help with anxiety and depression, manage pain, and transform the many difficult aspects of life.
We talked about day-to-day integration of the teachings, the important impact of meditation, the annoying-ness of being told our awakened heart is “already there,” our subconscious sense of entitlement, opening up to our shared suffering, and so much more!
You can find Mark (and his great books) at http://www.a...
2022-09-131h 04The Anxiety LabEpisode 2.5: Ashley Brooke RobertsComedian and writer Ashley Brooke Roberts enters the Anxiety Lab! Ashley is brilliant and had plenty to offer about Anxiety. We talk about FOMO, having conflicting desires, finding that “true” inner voice/desire, clinging to selves, status anxiety, how we think that anything worthwhile should be difficult, gratitude, self-care, and so much more.
Check out Ashley at https://www.ashleybrookeroberts.com/ and ashley_brooke_roberts on IG and Ashleybrookeroberts on her amazing TikTok
As mentioned my free social gratitude app is landedapp.net.
You can also get in touch at theanxietylab@gmail.com or on I...
2022-08-091h 06The Anxiety LabEpisode 2.4: Matt SucichOne of my favorite musicians Matt Sucich enters the Anxiety Lab! Matt is an NYC-based singer-songwriter who has played all kinds of places including Bonnaroo, Willie Nelson’s Heartbreaker Banquet, Firefly, and Newport Folk Fest. One review said his latest album, Don't Be So Hard On Yourself, "feels like a good, honest talk with a close friend after a tough year."
Matt was awesome and got incredibly vulnerable. We discuss intentional slowing down vs. laziness, healthy/unhealthy daydreaming and rockstar fantasies, expectations, being hard on yourself, embracing mistakes, how he defines connecting to an audience, and plenty mo...
2022-07-261h 16The Anxiety LabEpisode 2.3: Liz MooreLiz Moore (NYT bestselling author of Long Bright River, The Unseen World, Heft) gets out of her pre-written comfort zone and opens up about her anxiety. Whether you’re familiar with her work or not, this episode is a treat. We discuss the self-consciousness of taking up space to talk about one’s anxiety, the pressure of expectations, forming our artistic identity through adolescence, parenting, forming identities from creative succeses/failures, perfectionism vs. a deep dedication to the craft, and SO much more. You can find Liz at lizmoore.net, and her books are available everywhere.
As menti...
2022-07-121h 16The Anxiety LabEpisode 2.2: Dr. Jud BrewerDr. Jud Brewer (neuroscientist, NYT bestselling author, Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, executive medical director at Sharecare Inc.) brings so much wisdom to the Anxiety Lab. He shares his breakthrough approach to tackling anxiety using mindfulness. We talk about treating anxiety like a habit, a better way to change behavior than “I should,” mindful eating, having imaginary conversations with people in our heads, and not being able to stop worrying about something stupid even when we know it’s something stupid. We also get pretty granular about planning anxiety. You can find Dr. Jud at d...
2022-06-281h 00The Anxiety LabEpisode 2.1: Aparna NancherlaThe Anxiety Lab is back! Season 2 starts with Aparna Nancherla (Netflix, Colbert, The Great North). We discuss defining ourselves through the eyes of others, the creative process, other people’s expectations, being an outsiders/observer, procrastination, being a performer as a defense mechanism vs as a process of healing and SO much more. You can find Aparna on IG and Twitter as aparnapkin.
Sagar’s new mindful social media app: landedapp.net.
Get in touch at theanxietylab@gmail.com or on Instagram @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly. Also, here’s MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/anxiety...
2022-06-141h 13
South Asian VoicesBreaking the Bamboo Ceiling for Health Equity (A talk with Paurvi Bhatt)PAURVI BHATT is the Vice President of Medtronic Philanthropy and President of Medtronic Foundation, leading the philanthropic and social impact strategies of Medtronic, PLC. Paurvi’s unique career spans the corporate, nonprofit, and government sector. In her past leadership roles, she led outcomes-based initiatives at Levi Strauss and Co., Abbott, USAID, US GAO, and CARE. Her technical training is in health systems and economics – with a specific focus on HIV/AIDS, women’s health, and impact measurement. She is known for delivering scalable and sustainable cross-disciplinary solutions deliver results by partnering across commercial, nonprofit, and government stakeholders to improve outcom...
2021-05-2436 min
2021-04-2603 minThe Anxiety LabEpisode 12: Kimberly Brown Returns!Season 1 concludes with same guest we started with, Kimberly Brown. Kimberly and I discuss gratitude, generosity (and working with putting pressure on ourselves to give), fear of the mundane, being present to all joys and sorrows of life, and much more. Kimberly is amazing, and you can find her at meditationwithheart.com. Her book Steady, Calm and Brave is available on Amazon. As always, feel free to get in touch at theanxietylab@gmail.com or on Instagram @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly. Also, here’s MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/anxiety-lab.
2021-04-2057 minThe Anxiety LabEpisode 11: Jesse Giunta RafehDecision anxiety with therapist Jesse Giunta Rafeh! Jesse and I talk about my favorite type of anxiety, big and small decisions, along with lots of other things like needs for approval, anxiety serving an evolutionary purpose, and EMDR. At one point Jesse coaches me through some real time anxiety. You can find Jesse at www.jesse-giunta-rafeh.com, and her book, Life Launch, is available on Amazon.
As always, feel free to get in touch at theanxietylab@gmail.com or on Instagram @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly. Also, here’s MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/anxiety-lab.
2021-04-1352 min
2021-04-0603 minThe Anxiety LabEpisode 10: Myq KaplanMyq Kaplan (The Tonight Show, Conan, Letterman) enters The Anxiety Lab, and he is a tightly wound coil of brilliance and depth and humor and compassion. We spend some time unpacking the following quote by Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki: “Each of you is perfect the way you are... and you can use a little improvement.” Myq and I also discuss impermanence, psychedelics, what it means to say that someone “is trying their best,” and many other things. Myq is at @myqkaplan on twitter/IG, and his latest album, “A.K.A.” is one of the best I’ve heard in recent memo...
2021-04-061h 06The Anxiety LabEpisode 9: Koshin Paley EllisonHonored to bring Koshin Paley Ellison into The Anxiety Lab. Koshin is an author (most recently, Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up), Zen teacher, psychotherapist, chaplain, and co-founder of New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care (zencare.org). We discuss our addiction to our phones, the regrets of the dying, the importance of real relationships, the usefulness in mining one’s history when it comes to anxiety, and lots of other things.
As always, feel free to get in touch at theanxietylab@gmail.com or on Instagram @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly. Also, here’s MERCH: https...
2021-03-301h 02
Bollywood TalksBollywood Talks - This Week March 28, 2021 Episode 17Enjoy our entertaining episode of Bollywood film news about your favorite stars. In this episode listen to the full teaser of KANGANA RANAUT’s long awaited film THALAIVI based on former movie star turned politician Jayalalithaa. Who were the winners of the 67thNational Film Awards? AAMIR KHAN tests positive for COVID-19. Famous writer-filmmaker Sagar Sarhadi has passed away. Is actor RANBIR KAPOOR and ALIA BHATT tying knot soon? RANBIR KAPOOR and BIPASHA BASU working on screen once again. OPRAH WINFREY interviews actor PRIYANKA CHOPRA on Super Soul. What is RANVEER SINGH up to these days? Tune in and listen to...
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2021-03-2502 minThe Anxiety LabEpisode 8: Emma VarvaloucasEmma Varvaloucas, executive director at The Progress Network and former executive editor at Tricycle Magazine, joins me! We talk about catastrophizing, worst case scenarios, how trying to figure out where anxiety comes from can sometimes cause more anxiety(!), volatile childhoods causing a need for control, how to accept reality AND work for change, and other stuff. You can find The Progress Network at theprogressnetwork.org. Highly recommend. As always, feel free to get in touch at theanxietylab@gmail.com or on Instagram @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly. Also, here’s MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/anxiety-lab.
2021-03-2356 min
2021-03-1601 minThe Anxiety LabEpisode 7: Ayo YetundeI’m thrilled to present this conversation with Ayo Yetunde, co-editor of Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us About Race, Resilience, Transformation and Freedom. Ayo and I discuss some of the complexities arising at the intersection of Buddhist principles and the effort to rehabilitate racial trauma. We also discuss her experience in hospice work and a few other things. Ayo is a Community Dharma Leader, Zen student, chaplain, pastoral counselor, and professor, and you can find her at centerforheart.org. For more on her work with The Buddhist Justice Reporter/the George Floyd Trials, go here: https://com...
2021-03-161h 15
9XM SoundcastEEp.93: 9XM SoundcastE ft. HariharanPadma Shri Hariharan graces this episode, as he shares some of the milestone chapters from his incredible musical journey, his learning and his creative discipline that has been an inspiration for every aspiring singer. From singing iconic hits for Ilayaraja & A.R. Rahman to winning National award for his songs in Anu Malik’s ‘Border’ & Ajay-Atul’s ‘Jogwa’, Hariharan is equally loved for his ghazals. Apart from his soulful singing in ‘Tu Hi Re’ (Bombay), ‘Nahin Saamne’ (Taal) to ‘Jhonka Hawa Ka’ (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam), Hariharan ji holds a unique and an unrivalled position, not only in th...
2021-03-1033 minThe Anxiety LabEpisode 6: Mona ChopraMy dear friend and teacher Mona Chopra joins me as we get back to basics and talk about the qualities of mindfulness and how they offer relief from anxiety. Mona also offers a wonderful guided meditation to help put the conversation into practice. In addition to teaching meditation, Mona is an acupuncturist and yoga teacher, and you can find her at www.peopletreewellness.com. As always, feel free to get in touch at theanxietylab@gmail.com or on Instagram @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly. Also, here's some sick merch: https://teespring.com/stores/anxiety-lab.
2021-03-0946 min
2021-03-0604 minThe Anxiety LabEpisode 5: Joe ListComedian Joe List joins me and we talk about hating ourselves, anxiety (surprise), the toxicity of social media, green tea, Sam Harris, getting grandiose when listening to music, and lots of other things. We also get into some Jack Kornfield and discuss the opposition between Buddhist notions of dropping identity and the pursuit of “self” that’s involved in stand-up comedy and self-promotion. Joe has countless credits including Letterman, Conan and Netflix. His latest special “I Hate Myself” is on Youtube. You can find him at comedianjoelist.com or on his podcast Mindful Metal Jacket. As always, feel free to get in t...
2021-03-0257 min
2021-03-0101 minThe Anxiety LabEpisode 4: Ari Goldfield Part 2Ari Goldfield joins me again to unpack some of the major wisdom he dropped in Episode 3. We discuss the importance of direct experience vs. intellectualizing. We also get into spiritual bypassing, which John Welwood details as follows: “While still struggling to find themselves, many people are introduced to spiritual teachings and practices that urge them to give themselves up. As a result, they wind up using spiritual practices to create a new “spiritual” identity, which is actually an old dysfunctional identity—based on avoidance of unresolved psychological issues—repackaged in a new guise.” I plead guilty. You can find Ari at https...
2021-02-2348 minThe Anxiety LabEpisode 3: Ari GoldfieldBuddhist teacher Ari Goldfield joins me to explore the deeper messages that are contained within feelings of sadness and depression. So often in Buddhism, people talk about awakening through suffering, and I wanted to flesh this out a little. We also discuss clinging to identities, when stories are useful and when they are not, and some other things. At one point, Ari gently calls me out for spiritual bypassing and he's 100% right. Ari has an extensive background in Buddhist philosophy and meditation. He’s also versed in western modalities of counseling psychology. You can find him at https://wisdomsun.or...
2021-02-1643 minThe Anxiety LabEpisode 2: Sondra KornblattI’m thrilled with this episode. Sondra is a sleep specialist but even if you don’t have sleep issues (congrats, btw), she still offers deep wisdom around the nature of thoughts and worrying, shame, and the value of self-compassion. Personally, I’ve slept better since we’ve talked. Sondra is also a health writer and author, and you can find her at https://restfulinsomnia.com. As always, feel free to get in touch at theanxietylab@gmail.com or on Instagram @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly. Thanks for listening. Also, it's way too early for merch, but we like what we...
2021-02-0951 minThe Anxiety LabEpisode 1: Kimberly BrownKim was my first meditation teacher and the person I wanted to start the podcast with. As we hopefully head towards the end of the pandemic, I want to be careful not to forget this time. It has revealed something that has always been true: that our normalcy is propped up on a delicately arranged set of circumstances. Kim and I examine the feeling of groundlessness, and how it can lead to a deeper sense of ease. Among other things. You can find me, Sagar Bhatt, at sagarbot on IG, and you can find Kim at meditationwithheart.com and...
2021-02-0252 min
The Anxiety LabThe Anxiety Lab - Teaser/IntroThe Anxiety Lab explores how the (often confusing) world of mindfulness can help with anxiety and possibly uncover deeper truths about the mind. Hosted by comedian and neurotic meditator Sagar Bhatt. Thank you. Be well.
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Comedy's Best Kept Secret TourGlens Falls NY: Sagar BhattDan Frigolette and Sagar Bhatt talk neurosis, relationships, comedy and have a foot race.
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