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The Prakhar Gupta Xperience

Prakhar Gupta fields questions from LSE students on walking away from chartered accountancy to Columbia and podcasting, why intent (not talent) is India's missing link, scarcity psychology and crab-well thinking, a connected reading of Iran, BRICS, Ukraine's drone war, rare earths and H1B backlash, why he welcomes reverse brain drain, courage as the last alpha in the AI age, Goodhart's law in Indian education, the case against glorifying jugaad and the 'spirit of Mumbai,' and his definition of spirituality. FULL COVERAGE: notes span the entire episode (full ~1:00:39 audio transcribed, including audience Q&A). Sponsor: none stated in the episode. Geopolitical and economic readings are the host's personal opinions attributed to him; public figures referenced (Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Aravind Srinivas, Dipinder Goyal, Samay Raina and others) are discussed as the speaker's views as of November 2026. Nothing here is political, financial or career advice.

Figuring Out with Raj Shamani

Raj Shamani with Mel Robbins (best-selling author, The Let Them Theory) on the five-second rule and the knowledge-action gap, why motivation is garbage, her climb out of nearly a million dollars of debt, gratitude and joy as tools for hard chapters, the Let Them theory of control, energy and reciprocity, purpose as what happens in other people, her rules for powerful speaking, and the biggest personal-brand and business mistakes. FULL COVERAGE: notes span the entire episode (full audio transcribed, ~1:43:10). Title sponsor: Porter; styling partner: Levi's (both read in intro). Research and expert references (Dr. K, Kelly McGonigal, Daniel Amen, Angela Duckworth, Seth Godin) are the guest's citations as of November 2026, attributed to her; nothing here is medical, psychological or financial advice.

The Prakhar Gupta Xperience

Prakhar Gupta sits with Anish Singh Thakur (Booming Bulls) for PGX Raw & Real on trading, market psychology and the trading-influencer economy. The conversation is in Hindi/Hinglish; site notes are in English and quotes are faithful translations marked as translated. FULL COVERAGE: notes span the entire episode. Sponsor: none stated (the episode carries a YouTube collab tag with Booming Bulls and plugs the show's own Amazon Music early release). All market levels, statistics and anecdotes - including the SEBI loss data Prakhar cites and Anish's claims about paid Trump-tip groups and Elon Musk - are as stated by the speakers at record time; nothing here is investment, trading or financial advice. Anish opens on war-driven markets: oil's swings around the Strait of Hormuz tensions, why news always lags price, the claim that paid groups sell advance notice of Trump's posts and that hundreds of millions are shorted minutes before announcements, and why markets discount everything - with FIIs and HNIs (he names BlackRock, Bank of America, Chase, and cites Rakesh Jhunjhunwala as the HNI archetype) driving 80-90% of the market while retail are small fish reading the wake. On India: the market is 15% off its high with the PE near COVID levels, FIIs have fled over rupee depreciation, taxes and war, and Nifty sits at the weekly 200 EMA - the same technical level as 2020, 2016 and 2008 - which he calls a good time to invest while insisting viewers do their own research. The core teaching is emotional, not technical: the market's biggest edge is emotions, not information. He tells on himself - the January 31 gold crash where a 5% drop triggered greed, he skipped the stop loss on a fundamental trade and took a heavy loss on a day he says bankruptcies hit even large companies. His system: asymmetric risk-reward (risk 1 to make 3-4, so a 40% win rate still profits), cut losers at the exact planned point, hold and trail winners, 2-3 trades a day, and no trade when there is no setup. He separates trading (income) from investing (wealth) and moves profits into Dubai stocks, crypto and Indian equities. On the influencer industry he is unusually direct: Lambo-Ferrari-cash content with no substance is an extreme red flag, binary trading promotion is the biggest red flag, brand deals and broker referrals (20-30% of spread) are his own first big income - more than courses, which broke even after offline centers - and he describes shady marketing accounts where unlicensed brokers fund fake traders and later refuse withdrawals, which he avoids to protect credibility. He closes on recovery-trap psychology (most people start trading to recover a loss, and never escape it), his own structure (a 15-30 person team running his printed rule sets; his brothers' team holds his money and he keeps only limited funds within reach), Dubai's watch-and-number-plate status culture, and his money philosophy: money is an outcome of what you build inside yourself - plus his upcoming trading reality show.

My First Million

My First Million episode 870, in which host Shaan Puri tells three stories of embarrassment and what he took from each: a personality test result after he sold a company, a failed pitch to a restaurant-industry figure that left him feeling pitied, and a personal story that led to starting his podcast. Sponsor: HubSpot, named in the episode description. PARTIAL COVERAGE: this note covers the first story in detail, part of the second story about a failed pitch, and the closing, and does not cover every part of the roughly 22 minute episode, including most of the third story. Puri's account of the test and of his own traits is his personal view and is not a psychological assessment. This is a summary of his storytelling, not medical, mental-health or business advice.

Figuring Out with Raj Shamani

Raj Shamani asks author Robert Greene how presence, restraint and absence shape influence. Greene discusses the psychology of attraction, the difference between loving a fantasy and knowing a real person, and the years of effort behind his books. These notes describe his ideas about power and human behavior, not universal rules or a license to manipulate others.

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Kip Tindell joins Guy Raz for three founder calls: CoolaWand on making a new product understandable without a large ad budget, Hazel Grove Customs on expanding profitable wholesale, and Kaomi Sleep on turning viral attention into a lasting brand. Opening reflections cover retail service, growth constraints, retirement and the later fortunes of The Container Store. The hosts’ bankruptcy, acquisition, transaction-value and store-count statements are dated attributed comments, not checked current company news. Kip is a former executive, not the current operator. His historical 20% growth ceiling is an example from his business, not a universal safe rate or forecast. Main theme: retail entrepreneurship, customer service, channel economics and durable demand. Brief AI-shopping remarks, health/sleep references and caller anxiety origin story are incidental, not the episode’s main theme. No medical, psychological, product-safety, BPA/material, cooling, or sleep-benefit claim is validated or adopted. Demonstration advice does not endorse involving children with hot drinks or treating bumps, aches or a medical condition. Product tests, adult supervision, regulatory checks and qualified advice remain separate. The stones, fabrics or borders of a product do not establish health benefits. Patent, trademark, copyright and DMCA comments are attributed discussion, not legal advice; do not treat a provisional filing as granted protection. Commission representatives still require agreed costs and terms; they are not literally risk-free. The claim that trade shows are fading is Kip’s view, not verified industry data. Revenue, views, sales and margins are caller-reported historical figures, not current performance or guarantees. Whole-episode eligibility assessed from the complete audio. FULL COVERAGE: downloaded publisher audio47:44reviewed in48sequential chunks; sparse final047also checked in halves. RSS43:50; dynamic ad edition differs from third-party timing. Publisher-audio coverage only, not equivalent video coverage. Ads/promotions heard: Stripe Atlas/Treasury, Upwork, Anthropic/Claude, Justworks (repeated), Framer, NPR Machine Gods, American Express Corporate, State Street/SPY, Indeed, Brex, Philadelphia cream cheese and Odoo. Own-show promotions include Advice Line submissions, the2024ContainerStore interview/archive excerpt and Guy Raz’s newsletter. Untimed sections reflect this edition. Guest portrait from JUST Capital board biography downloaded and visually inspected. Exact RSS/Apple date isSeptember3,2026; a third-party September10reference is not used. Informational only, not personalized financial, legal, medical or safety advice. PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.

Figuring Out with Raj Shamani

Figuring Out episode FO543 in which Raj Shamani speaks with Sunil Bajpai, chief trust officer of Tanla Platforms and a 30-year Government of India veteran who wrote the anti-spam rules at TRAI, about why fraud calls work on smart people. Walking a board of real cases, Bajpai shows the same elements every time: a friendly authority figure, a problem, urgency, and an irreversible action, from the 7-crore digital arrest of a Padma Bhushan textile owner to the fake emergency that cost a mother her life. He explains the scam industry's supply chain - data procurement for a rupee or two per number, toolkits, voice cloning, distribution by SMS and social media - the sunk-cost psychology that keeps victims paying, and the perverse incentives, from toll-booth telecoms to inaction having no consequence, that let the industry reach about 1 trillion dollars a year. His defense advice is simple: hang up. This episode features the guest's own company and carries no separate sponsor read. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the captions cover most of the conversation, but this summary highlights the scam mechanics and defenses only. These are the guest's figures and views, not independently verified; consult official channels if you receive such a call.

How I Built This with Guy Raz

2023 archive reissue: interview first aired March 2023; new Guy intro/outro. Outro update: Tom's newer brand-design work for Made by Dentists (two Irish dentist sisters), including kids' toothpaste flavors 'alien blood' and 'eyeball juice.' Sponsors and promotions: [{"brand": "Anthropic (Claude)", "type": "presenting sponsor, top of show", "copy": "Guy's first-person 'hard questions' read; Anthropic as public benefit corporation; his own question about what separates builders when everyone has AI tools. CTA: claude.ai/hibt."}, {"brand": "American Express (Amex Corporate)", "type": "top of show", "copy": "Cards, expenses and payments in one platform; 'built to simplify, designed to scale.' CTA: go.amex/amexcorporate (terms apply)."}, {"brand": "Criminal (Phoebe Judge live tour)", "type": "mid-roll promo", "copy": "Phoebe Judge announces a live tour of personal stories about secrets and forgiveness. CTA: thisiscriminal.com/live."}] ["SC Johnson purchase price is 'reportedly $400 million' per Guy - keep attributed as reported.", "Taco Bell litigation is recounted by Tom as a party; verdict figures ($30.1M + $12M interest) match his account - attribute to him, no independent legal conclusions; settlement terms not disclosed.", "Sun Bum's 2013 Psychological Science study citation (design > price) is Guy's narration; revenue figures ($100K, $1.1M, ~$70M) are Tom's or Guy's, time-stamped.", "The Christian-video venture was a registered nonprofit; described as brand work, not ministry - keep that framing.", "ASR name notes: agency rendered both 'Rinks Kennedy' and 'Ringside Creative'; 'Michael A. Sera' spelling unverified; 'Vivian Dreyer/Dryer' varies; 'Paron' screen printing unverified; 'Rene/Renee' varies (Rene Kennedy). Quotes chosen to avoid corrupted tokens."] PREPUBLICATION: Check existing published and unpublished editions, including original/reissue aliases, before creating or publishing this conversation again. Confirm the chosen cover and guest portrait against the intended edition. A generic show cover or a guest photo is not verified main-video artwork. Figures, roles and opinions describe the historical interview. Product, health, legal and financial claims are not independent conclusions.

Figuring Out with Raj Shamani

Aliia Roza, who describes training in a secret Russian intelligence program, joins Raj Shamani to reveal the psychology of espionage-grade influence: active listening, similarity bridges, seduction as social engineering, historical honey traps, and the red flags that expose manipulation in love and business. Accounts and claims are the guest's own. Sponsor: this episode is brought to you by travel partner Goibibo (stated in the episode). Notes based on the publisher's full audio edition. FULL COVERAGE: these notes cover the complete episode from start to finish.

Figuring Out with Raj Shamani

A Figuring Out with Raj Shamani conversation with Chris Williamson, host of the Modern Wisdom podcast, about the mindset of champions, vulnerability, status, strategically managing suffering and why outsiders often win. Sponsor: Gobo, a travel partner named at the start. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the episode runs about 144 minutes and the available caption text is cut off, so this summary covers roughly the first third and the opening teaser, with some jumps within it, and not the rest. Williamson's views on attraction and on his drink business are his own and are not summarised here as fact. This is a summary of his views, not medical, psychological or financial advice.

Think School: Indian Business Podcast

A Think School conversation with Nir Eyal, author of Hooked, on why consumer startups with good products fail and how to build products people come back to using the Hook model (trigger, action, variable reward, investment). PARTIAL COVERAGE: the episode runs about 69 minutes and the available caption text is cut off, so this summary covers the first part, including the Fitbod case study, and not the final section. Examples and figures are the speakers' own claims and are unverified. This is a summary of Eyal's views, not advice.

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Lenny's Podcast episode, presented by season sponsor WorkOS, in which Lenny Rachitsky speaks with Nikhyl Singhal, former Meta and Google executive, four-time founder and leader of the Skip communities for product leaders, about the changing product manager career. Singhal describes the old PM role as moving information with responsibility without authority, and says builders are now having the time of their lives while the information mover becomes a dinosaur. He cites his job market report showing the most open PM roles globally in over three years, predicts companies shedding and rehiring smaller builder-heavy staffs, and explains why mid-career people in their power years find reinvention hardest - the exhaustion, the moving target, and the shadow superpower of having mastered the old game. His core advice: cross the mental threshold, find the joy of building by solving your own problems with agents, and stay modern. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the captions cover most of the conversation, but this summary highlights the job market read, the reinvention psychology and the tactics only, so the lightning round is not summarized. These are Singhal's own views and survey observations, not independently verified, and nothing here is career or financial advice.

My First Million

My First Million episode 799, in which Sam Parr and Shaan Puri talk with Starter Story founder Pat Walls about selling his company to HubSpot and about business ideas he has seen lately. Pat says the deal had not yet closed at recording, describes the psychology of waiting for it to be signed, closed and wired, and says that of 12 founders he talks to each week, about six are doing well with iPhone apps, such as one that blocks scrolling until you do push-ups. He explains how Starter Story builds each video around one big idea, why he built his company around asynchronous systems rather than urgency culture, and tells the story of a think week where he concluded that he is his own greatest obstacle. Sponsor named in the description: HubSpot, which was buying the guest's company. PARTIAL COVERAGE: this note draws on the opening, app ideas, video format, systems and think week sections, and may miss parts of the roughly 47 minute video. Revenue figures and deal details are the speakers' own claims and not independently checked. Nothing here is financial, investment or legal advice.

Modern Wisdom

Morgan Housel on spending, identity, independence, purpose and the comparison trap. Selected early discussion, not the later inheritance, housing, parenting or storytelling sections. Anecdotes and generalizations are his perspective, unverified here; not investment advice. Untimed editorial topics are not video chapters.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Alison Wood Brooks on the conversational compass, everyday nerves, apologies and kindness. Selected coverage only, not the full TALK framework, neuroscience or negotiation sections. Research claims are her unchecked account. Untimed editorial sections are not video chapters.

My First Million

My First Million episode 775 in which hosts Sam Parr and Shaan Puri talk with Ryan Deiss about building systems so a business runs without its founder. Ryan says the more valuable you are, the less valuable the company is, and describes a four step process: establish defaults, identify constraints, map business processes, and use a high output team canvas. He says every business makes, sells and fulfills, and that problems are either supply or demand constraints. Sponsors and promotions named in the description: Somewhere and Mercury, plus Ryan's Scalable operating system link. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the captions cover the conversation, but this summary highlights the four step process and common ideas only, so the later segments on mistakes, Scalable and the psychology of money are not fully summarized. All views are the speakers' own and are not independently verified. Nothing here is financial, legal or investment advice.

Think School: Indian Business Podcast

Kunal Shah and Ganesh Prasad discuss sales learning, useful feedback and making company values visible in hiring and everyday decisions. Selected business coverage from approximately the first 50,000 characters of third-party captions, not the full interview; the unseen ending is not summarized. Later AI remarks, broad psychological generalizations, manipulative sales tactics and promotional pitches are omitted. Commercial anecdotes are guest accounts, not independently checked. Captions contain errors and no named speakers; attribution follows the exchange. Topics are untimed; metadata follows YouTube. Source: https://youtubetotranscript.com/transcript?v=gLeMTK3PeC8

The Ranveer Show

Neurologist and neuroscientist Dr. Sid Warrier returns to The Ranveer Show for a neuroscience special built around one question: how is a high achiever's brain actually different, and can anyone become one? FULL COVERAGE: notes span the entire episode. Sponsor: none stated. Everything here is the guest's explanation of brain science as discussed on the episode; it is educational content, not medical, psychological or career advice - consult a qualified professional for personal health concerns. His answer: yes, anyone can, because all high performance is problem-solving, and the two ingredients are motivation and time. The molecule in the middle is dopamine - not the happiness chemical but the motivation molecule, the glue that directs neuroplasticity. What you are motivated for rises in value in your brain, attention follows value, and dopamine plus serotonin rank everything competing for your time, from cricket to Netflix to your family. His bottom line for professionals: choose a job you enjoy - and if you cannot, reverse-engineer enjoyment through identity, the way he hooked his self-image as a curious puzzle-solver onto medicine. The episode then dismantles the buzzword version of neuroplasticity: your synaptic wiring is uniquely yours, coded by childhood experience (the twins-and-the-dog thought experiment), and it is always running - you cannot make your brain more plastic, you can only choose what it is learning, because a lazy brain has simply learned that laziness works. The prefrontal cortex, the CEO of the brain, holds information long enough to learn from mistakes, but it does not mature until about 25 - so problems faced earlier can sit unresolved for decades until suppression turns into behavior. Therapy, in his one-line definition, is outsourcing your prefrontal cortex: borrowing a trained one until yours can do the job, which is also why you are wise about your friend's relationship and a mess in your own. On healing: there is no appropriate time to get over a breakup - recovery depends on the depth of the wound and the health of the whole system, which is why sleep, family, finances and fitness decide recovery speed. The practical core is his good-strokes-versus-bad-strokes frame: bad strokes are external dopamine spikes (alcohol, hookups, binge-watching, sad music on loop) that run out and leave you lower; good strokes are movement and community. His most quoted rule of thumb: whenever you are feeling low, don't take any decision until you go for a walk - and take the fight with your partner on three rounds around the building before you keep talking. He closes with the physiology of stress: the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, why scrolling is not rest, how chronic threat posture shows up as neck and back pain with perfectly normal scans, why stretching can release stored emotion, and why suffering and growth are the same road.

Modern Wisdom

Naval Ravikant and Chris Williamson discuss happiness, desire, fame, changing one’s mind and cooperation. These notes cover the early part of the conversation, not its later parenting and culture-war sections. Ravikant’s reflections are personal philosophy, not established psychological findings or guarantees of fulfillment.

Dwarkesh Podcast

A Dwarkesh Podcast conversation with Joseph Henrich, professor of evolutionary biology at Harvard and author of The Secret of Our Success and The Weirdest People in the World, on how cultural evolution let humans out-compete smarter species, how brain size changed, and why some societies became so psychologically distinctive. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the episode runs about 113 minutes and the available caption text is cut off partway through the Weirdest People thesis, so later topics are not covered. These are Henrich's research arguments and opinions, summarised here without endorsement.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Rick Rubin joins Steven Bartlett to discuss personal expression, labels, creative risk and the four phases of making work. He describes meditation, comparison and the difference between a dream and a single job. His creative philosophy is presented as his experience, not a guarantee of commercial success or a universal life prescription.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Content warning: childhood abuse and violence. Druski talks with Steven Bartlett about reading rooms as a child, forgiveness, college, depression and finding a direction in comedy. He describes the personal decisions and early work behind a career that can look like overnight success. His experiences are not a universal recovery path or a replacement for mental-health support.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Dr Andy Galpin joins Steven Bartlett to discuss sleep disorders, wearables, morning light, sleep temperature and energy, before turning to training and fat loss. He argues for finding individual constraints rather than adding endless optimization. This is a summary of the conversation, not medical advice; persistent symptoms and possible sleep disorders warrant clinical assessment.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Chris Williamson joins Steven Bartlett on The Diary Of A CEO for a year-end conversation about choosing fewer goals, subtracting commitments and reviewing what actually matters. Recorded for planning2026, the ideas can be read as a historical goal-setting discussion. This summary excludes health claims and does not treat motivation advice as clinical guidance.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Simon Cowell on respect, the post room, early business setbacks, music taste and television. Focused early-career coverage only; this summary does not cover grief, family loss, One Direction or later sections. Career anecdotes are his own recollections.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Simon Sinek returns to The Diary Of A CEO after his first appearance became one of Steven Bartlett’s most-downloaded interviews. They discuss why a person’s “why” remains fixed while its expression changes, the role of mutual help, workplace expectations, and the connection costs of remote work.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Physicist Brian Greene joins Steven Bartlett to discuss string theory, simulation, emotions, mortality and the search for meaning. He offers a physical account of consciousness and personal views on free will, religion and AI. Speculative and philosophical positions are attributed to Greene rather than presented as settled science.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Alex Honnold reflects on trying rather than being stopped by perfectionism, a climbing-focused early life, his experience of fear and the value of sustained small efforts. He favors changing views when evidence changes. These are personal reflections, not instructions for hazardous climbing, medical conclusions or guarantees of success.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Ed Zitron gives Steven Bartlett a critical view of generative AI, arguing that capability claims and financial expectations are overstated. The conversation examines token pricing, subsidy, errors, demand and the data-centre build-out. This is a one-sided critique: accusations, figures and predictions are Zitron's claims, not independently verified findings or investment advice.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Dana White tells Steven Bartlett how he moved from a steady hotel job into the fight business and helped build the UFC. He discusses taking responsibility, hiring a team that fits, loyalty, criticism and intense focus. These notes describe his personal business philosophy, not a universal rule that every founder must follow.