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Panoptic ConversationsDisha Paul: Mental Heath, Psychology and City LifeFor this Panoptic Conversation, our special guest is Disha Paul, a dear friend from school. Having completed her BA and MS in psychology she's a trained psychologist 👩⚕️. Through our meandering conversation, we explore the mental health profession, its challenges and relevance in the modern context. Disha also shares how she got fascinated with psychology, her experience as a young professional and also busts a bunch of myths and stereotypes along the way.
👂 Join in on our fun and informative chat, from mental health to city life in various metros (with Disha espousing her undying love for Kolkata 😆).
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Panoptic ConversationsAnu Sharma: Traveller, Digital Nomad, and thevirgocompassIn this episode of Panoptic Conversations, we meet Anu Sharma, part product manager, part Influencer, full traveler 😎. Our free flowing and lively conversation traces her journey (pun!) turning her passion from a once a year trip into a full time gig.
ToC:
(0:00) Introductions
(6:30) Catching the travel bug
(11:30) Taking the leap - moving to Manali 🥶
(19:30) Finding a following on Instagram
(24:00) Are you a digital nomad?
(30:20) Travel vlogging as a full time job
(35:00) Influencer Diaries: Content strategy 📸
(46:00) Influencer Diaries: Rapid fire round
(55:20...2022-04-241h 34Panoptic ConversationsAashay Mehta: GRE, Masters and SportsWelcome to the second season of Panoptic Conversations with Tapan and Ishan. Woohoo, feels good to be back! In this season we will have unscripted discussions with our peers and friends who inspire us and we will try to get a sneak peek into their lives.
As our first guest we have Aashay Mehta, our dear friend from BITS Pilani. Aashay is that guy in your college with excellent academic record and yet ever so humble. With a perfect score of 340 in GRE, we discuss Aashay's thoughts on GRE preparations, university selections and most importantly, is Masters a...2022-02-131h 08Panoptic ConversationsContent discovery and introspectionIt has been a long journey and an exciting one to record and release 10 episodes of Panoptic Conversations. In this episode , the last one of the first season, Tapan and Ishan discuss the purpose of starting this podcast i.e their audio journal. They dive deep into analytics of their podcast and go through various metrics displayed on the distribution platform dashboard. They also discuss about the problem of discovery of podcasts and good content on the web in general. Stay tuned to get a glimpse of the second season, it's going to be fun.2021-09-1242 minPanoptic ConversationsMaking LinkedIn connections and statistical paradoxesTapan and Ishan stumble upon statistical paradoxes in this recording of Panoptic Conversations. They are fascinated by the social network phenomenon that your friends have more friends than you and how, of all things, they'll use this to optimize their LinkedIn connections. They also talk about Simpon's paradox, Zipf's Law, Six degrees of separation and the hilarious Kevin Bacon number. Tune in to this episode and be introduced to an eclectic set of paradoxes and trivia.
Links:
Why your friends have more friends than you
Facebook: Degrees of Separation
Simpson's paradox
Zipf's Mystery
Oracle of Bacon
2021-08-2940 minPanoptic ConversationsAI voices and virtual celebritiesIn this recording of Panoptic Conversations, Tapan and Ishan share their fascination for AI voice technology and it's possibilities. From virtual influencers to podcast editing tools using AI voice and from cloning Amitabh Bachan's voice to startups coming up with innovating ways to protect voices, they discuss everything in between. Tune into this episode to hear this informative conversation on this fascinating new technology.
Links
Guide to synthetic and AI voice
Witcher 3 mod using AI voice
Preventing voice fraud
Virtual influencers
AI Voice actors
Vernacular.ai
2021-08-1544 minPanoptic ConversationsElon Musk, Tesla and Green TechElon Musk. The name needs no introduction. In this recording of Panoptic Conversations, Tapan and Ishan discuss about the companies led by this social media hype machine. They focus on Tesla and how it has ushered us into an era of "Electronic Cars" from traditional "Mechanical Cars". However, is this fairy tale success story a coverup PR operation? Is there any trouble in paradise? Tapan and Ishan go through the latest criticisms faced by Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk. They also delve into Green Tech and progress made in India with some examples from around the world.
2021-08-0139 minPanoptic ConversationsThe Rashomon EffectHow do you know what's true? Is there a single truth? In this recording of Panoptic Conversations, Tapan and Ishan discuss the critically acclaimed movie, "Rashomon", directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1950. They talk about the confusing yet engaging story which gave birth to a number of "firsts" in the film industry. With an open ended plot, the only conclusion that can be drawn from the movie is about the fallibilities of human nature. They observe Rashomon's influence in modern cinema and compare it with various Hollywood as well as Bollywood releases. This also leads to a possible solution to...2021-07-1832 minPanoptic ConversationsBiofuels, Healthcare and What data can't doIn the early 2000s UK hospitals gamed the very policy made to govern them, how did that happen? What could have caused the COVID figures misreporting in many Indian states? Do we really know if bio-fuels are carbon neutral? Tapan and Ishan discuss these questions in the context of the Hannah Fry's article "What data can't do". They don't find a lot of answers, but still uncover interesting insights about the shortcomings of data.
Links:
"What data can't do" by Hannah Fry - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/29/what-data-cant-do
"The truth about biofuels"...2021-07-0438 minPanoptic ConversationsThe exciting world of indie gamesIn this phone call, Tapan and Ishan talk about the games they've played last year. They share some of their favourite indie games that they cherish and highly recommend to everybody.
Games
Baba is You - a critically acclaimed, highly awarded but most importantly super fun and challenging 2d puzzler game
Katana Zero - an slick atmospheric, hack and slash, rogue-like platformer that makes the player feel like a true samurai god
Super Hot - a unique game that pushed the boundaries of what an FPS can be with it's unique time-bending mechanics and meta story...2021-06-2736 minPanoptic ConversationsDisneyland, Fortnite and digital theme parksIn this recording of Panoptic Conversations, Tapan and Ishan talk about their experience playing sandbox games like Minecraft and Roblox. Their conversations leads them to the idea of digital theme parks, which is incepted by Matthew Ball's excellent blog post on that topic. They discuss the nature of digital theme park platforms, from it's historical context in physical theme parks to its modern relevance for media businesses built around intellectual property, as a space where people can create anything and every experience is unique.
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Digital Theme Park platforms...2021-06-2038 minPanoptic ConversationsInternet fame, meme NFTs and million dollar webpageIn this episode of Panoptic Conversations, Tapan and Ishan share their fascination of internet culture, cryptocurrencies and people who have on rare occasions brought these two together. They talk about Zoë Roth who auctioned her photograph using NFTs, popularly recognized as the "Disaster Girl" meme template, for about $500,000 and about Alex Tew who sold every single pixel of a webpage for $1 million in 2006. This led them to an interesting conversation around the internet fame, ideas around virtual assets, NFTs with their problems, and the famous Winklevoss twins.
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Woman in Disaster Girl meme sells original p...2021-06-1340 minPanoptic ConversationsFirst 1000 and 1000 true fansIn this episode of Panoptic Conversations, Tapan and Ishan discuss how Instagram and Discord got their first 1000 customers as covered in the "First 1000" newsletter by Ali Abouelatta. They also relate this with the "1000 True Fans" article by Kevin Kelly.
Primary Links:
"First1000" by Ali Abouelatta: https://first1000.substack.com/
"1000 True Fans" by Kevin Kelly: https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/
Secondary Links:
Instagram's First 1000: https://first1000.substack.com/p/-instagram-in-1-minute
Discord's First 1000: https://first1000.substack.com/p/-discord
Early Adopter Effect in Social Media: https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/the-early-adopter-effect-social-marketing-strategy-isnt-as-important-as-getting-there-first/articleshow/34487150.cms
Hackers hack...2021-06-0639 minPanoptic ConversationsAudio Journal sounds coolDuring one of the phone calls, Tapan and Ishan decide to record their conversations and thoughts behind their wide-ranging discussions. "Panoptic Conversations" is born.2021-06-0501 min
BITS Cast : College Life And MoreAn Ode to My Unsung Hero Tapan Sir w/ Harsha, Anubhav & RuchaThis week we remember our Late English Teacher, Mr. Tapan Bose. We discuss some of our memorable moments with him and also some of the best lessons he's taught us. I hope y'all will learn something from this. Make sure to lemme know on Instagram @ishansharma7390, to Harsha @iridescent_lyn, to Anubhav @anubhavvyas, to Rucha @rucha.k2020-04-2129 min
The Ishan ShowAn Ode to My Unsung Hero Tapan Sir w/ Harsha, Anubhav & RuchaThis week we remember our Late English Teacher, Mr. Tapan Bose. We discuss some of our memorable moments with him and also some of the best lessons he's taught us. I hope y'all will learn something from this. Make sure to lemme know on Instagram @ishansharma7390, to Harsha @iridescent_lyn, to Anubhav @anubhavvyas, to Rucha @rucha.k2020-02-2329 min