So grateful to have had @besesky on the podcast! We had the best time chatting and geeking out over @lilly — what a blast! 💥 We dove into everything from being Neurodivergent and Queer to growing up Indian and the importance of representation. So many fun and meaningful conversations in one episode! 🎙️✨

I got the amazing opportunity to talk with Jaya Badiga. She is a trailblazing Indian-American judge serving on the Sacramento County Superior Court in California. Known for her cultural pride and commitment to justice, her historic appointment in 2024 marked a significant milestone for representation in the American judiciary.

Join me and my college roommate and good friend Ramya as we dive into our experiences growing up as Indian-Americans. We'll explore the challenges and joys of navigating two cultures, balancing our parents' Indian heritage with our American upbringing, and figuring out our own identities. We've had countless conversations about this topic off the record, and we're excited to share our thoughts and stories with you. Tune in for a relatable and heartfelt discussion about identity, culture, and growing up between two worlds.

Shalika Neelaveni is a Stanford PhD studying mechanical engineering.

Shalika and I have a conversation about women in stem. Shalika shares her journey.

I got to interview, my childhood friend Vyas.

We talked about being Indian and growing up being neurodivergent!

Vyas has a great podcast, called Bright Colors of Inspiration. Here’s the link to his podcast

https://open.spotify.com/show/1WEOtXyGjLWyd3jUcwRLe5?si=8bClqqhBTrqb7ctfI1vzLA

Interview with Matt Strong, PhD student at Stanford University, studying robotics.

Matt also gives advice to Computer Science students.

Spoiler alert, we give away endings from the movies iRobot and Big Hero 6

A glimpse into life coaching - an unedited life coaching session with my client.

https://nylifecoach4u.wixsite.com/nylifecoaching

My friends are back to discuss another topic. We're talking about cultural appropriation. We appreciate people appreciating our culture, but just in a respectful way, not offensive. We discuss videos on social media.

Lillian Frances is a self-produced indie pop artist based out of Sacramento, CA. She is a sonic collager of sorts - weaving together organic and synthetic sounds to create captivating sonic landscapes. While crafting her music, Frances isn’t bothered by genre, or motivated to create in a particular style. One minute she leads you through a poppy, textured dream-land, the next you tumble into sparse, trappy beats as Lillian glides effortlessly between English and Spanish.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2wNWtyoNoZkC3L5mYJDA2f?si=B7dN9lW0RQK4JY1QHswnDQ

This episode is about suicide. I talk about the movie “A Long Way Down”, it was made in 2014. I give away most of the plot. Four strangers meet on the top of a building and are about to jump, but they don’t because of each other. This is a very serious episode, if this is something that you’re uncomfortable listening to, that's totally OK.  

https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines    -International Suicide Hotlines  

https://www.wellspacehealth.org/services/behavioral-health-prevention/suicide-prevention  -Well space health (Suicide Prevention) 

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/     -The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline  

http://www.suicide.org/hotlines/california-suicide-hotlines.html     -Suicide.org (California Suicide Hotlines) 

https://afsp.org/find-a-support-group/      -American foundation of suicide prevention (Support Groups) 

https://www.crisissupport.org/programs/support-groups/groups/       -Crisis support services of Alameda County (Support Groups). 

http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/bullying-and-suicide.html     -Bullying Statistics