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Hey, I am Venkatesh Sathya. The host of "Leading Self and Others" podcast. I am an author of inspirational books such as "Rise To Lead You", "Just Reminding You..." etc. This podcast covers some essential skills, qualities and improvement areas that help you lead your self and others around you. I believe this podcast's episodes will inspire and enlighten you to attain the positive change you desire.
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Sudhir Breaks the Internet

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

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The Columbia University sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh studies exclusive worlds by embedding himself — with a crack-selling gang, sex workers, the teenage children of billionaires, and most recently, at the highest levels of companies at the vanguard of the digital revolution, including Facebook and Twitter. And now he’s hosting a podcast. In each episode, Venkatesh will reveal what he learned in Silicon Valley and talk with the people he met along the way who are building and running the digi ...
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ZENPod

Venkatesh Mahadevan

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“ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with a purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life’s pursuit. We at “ZENPod” believe that one person’s journey is another person’s learning. In these talks, we will touch upon spirituality and the intersection in real Li ...
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Enter a conversation where questions are more important than answers. Where curiosity and connection trump certainty and combat. Where history’s great thinkers provide a springboard for us to jump into big questions together. Enter Continuing the Conversation: our college’s antidote to the blustery world just beyond our library doors.
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From an HR Professional to a Champion for Women! “ZENPod”, Season-6, episode 1, featuring Dr. Sulochana Segera, Founder & Chairperson of the global brand Women In Management( WIM). A Mentor, Counsellor and Investor of Goodwill, a member on the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Skill Development, Employment and Labour Relations @ SriLanka. The G…
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From an HR Professional to a Champion for Women! Curtain raiser - Season-6, of “ZENPod”, featuring Dr. Sulochana Segera, Founder & Chairperson of the global brand Women In Management( WIM). A member on the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Skill Development, Employment and Labour Relations @ SriLanka. https://www.womeninmanagement.org https://w…
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In the ancient world, art and religion provided a sense of meaning and order that was upended by science and technology. Today, our world is defined by consumerism, self-expression and a gnawing lack of meaning. Can the contemplative life of the mind play a central role in addressing this void? What about the role of its supposed counterparts—doing…
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This episode takes us through a close reading of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 94, which many consider to be his most enigmatic. Annapolis tutor Eva Brann brings a clear argument to the poem, taking us quatrain by quatrain through the poet’s descriptions of the beloved’s power over the poet through cold detachment and contingent self-mastery. For Brann, the…
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The power and beauty of Homer’s imagery in the Iliad is undeniable, and his scenes of battle often prompt vexing questions about ancient and modern virtues. Can killing and dying in war be beautiful? Is a just cause required for glory to be gained? Is war a courageous way of fulfilling human nature and, ultimately, of embracing the reality that dea…
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Socrates says that the intellectual practice of philosophy is a practice for dying. But what if the body is the vessel that can best prepare us for the end of life? In this episode, martial artists Krishnan Venkatesh and Claudia Hauer, both tutors in Santa Fe, sit down to discuss the problems of a philosophical separation of mind and body. Through …
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If one could perfectly translate a literary work, would that translation make the original idea of the author universally understood by all readers? Or do the greatest translations bring new layers of creativity and meaning to a work, making its latent textures relevant for another culture or time—such as feminist translations of the Odyssey and Ch…
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What is the relationship between sports and war? And what is seminar's relationship to both? In this episode, Santa Fe host Sarah Davis and tutor Julie Reahard talk about Reahard’s passion for sports, her long-running commitment to the St. John's ice hockey team, and whether her experiences on the court are similar to those that play out on the bat…
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Why is it difficult for people to talk to one another? Annapolis tutor Howard Zeiderman proposes a likely culprit: the difficulty that most humans have with listening. In this episode, Zeiderman joins host Louis Petrich to discuss the importance of learning to hear and understand the language of those who are unlike us, of supporting quieter and le…
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In the Gettysburg Address, President Lincoln proclaimed that soldiers gave their life at the Battle of Gettysburg for a “new birth of freedom.” But what did he mean? In this episode, Annapolis tutor George Russell joins host Louis Petrich in a conversation that on the surface explores important Lincoln speeches and ideas within their Civil War cont…
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Is it important to feel when we read literature? Or when we learn math and science? On a related front, what is the role of order and disruption in literature, in life, and in our observation of the universe? In this episode, Santa Fe host Sarah Davis and tutor Grant Franks explore the meaning and value of feeling, then launch into a wide-ranging c…
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Why do writers travel? Why do some authors write their most influential works in foreign countries? Does the unknown bring new insights and transformation, or do new lands provide nothing more than romantic myths for the imagination? In the essay Self-Reliance, Emerson says "Traveling is a fool's paradise . . . My giant goes with me wherever I go."…
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Annapolis tutor Chester Burke has spent many years teaching and shaping the laboratory program of St. John’s College, where mathematics and science are studied as liberal arts. This means that all students read the foundational texts of some of history’s greatest mathematical and scientific minds, in their historical order, while performing origina…
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Sophrosyne is the ancient Greek word for moderation, which is one of the four classical virtues. But what does Socrates’ definition of moderation really mean and how is it connected to another classical virtue: courage? Santa Fe tutor Michael Golluber explores this question by juxtaposing Plato’s Charmides against his own passion for the good life,…
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What is home? Santa Fe tutor Paola Villa, Italian by birth, begins this episode with the Elvis Presley cliché “Home is where the heart is,” and then clarifies to host Sarah Davis that the heart is the crossroads between the stomach and the brain. From there, Villa shares French poet Ponge’s poem “Snails,” which describes the way that snails devour …
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Is a book dead or alive? Can one be friends with a book or with the author behind the book? What are the promises and hazards of such friendships? Should we seek stability, loyalty, and reassurance of our deepest convictions and impulses? Or do real friends provide conflict, mystery, and depth, challenging and surprising us continually with new ins…
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“ZENPod”, Season 5, episode 10 featuring Ms. Savitha Rao Founder of “India Positive Citizen” & “Tulsi Shakti” initiative, An Activist and Fashion Entrepreneur, a Sustainability Champion, Fashion Designer, an Artist & an Explorer of Environment space. “Spirituality is an Awareness that there is something greater than oneself. Something more to being…
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From A Fashion Entrepreneur to a Sustainability Champion Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Savitha Rao, Founder of “India Positive Citizen” & “Tulsi Shakti” initiative, An Activist and Fashion Entrepreneur, a Sustainability Champion, Fashion Designer, an Artist & explorer of Environment sapce. https://www.indiapositivecitizen.co…
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Liberal education is education for freedom. What kind of freedom does it or should it cultivate? Freedom without discipline is anarchy, and life without freedom is tyranny—or so says Annapolis tutor David Townsend, who joins host Zena Hitz in this probing conversation into the nature of freedom, the ways in which individuals and communities can cul…
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What is it to write? What roles do ceremony, beauty, and material play in the act of writing? Not only is The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon an early classic of Japanese literature, written in the 10th century by a lady of the Heian-era court, it is also—five hundred years before Montaigne— the world's first sustained portrayal of an individual self a…
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Does a contemplative life bring us closer to the divine, as Aristotle believed? Is it the highest form of human life or is it self-centered and lived at the expense of others? Can one lead a contemplative life while living in the real world? Philosophers, artists, mystics, and students have long pursued lives of solitude, contemplation, and creativ…
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Can an ideal human community ever be achieved? Socrates believed such a community would only be possible if and when humans develop an “erotic zeal for philosophy.” Santa Fe tutor Patricia Greer was a founding pioneer of the intentional community and ecovillage of Auroville, India, where she witnessed first-hand the tension between philosophical id…
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Family is an inexhaustible source of conflict for dramatists, novelists, and filmmakers—perhaps more inexhaustible than war. From Greek dramatists Aeschylus and Sophocles to Confucius, Vyasa, and Ozu, family is a problem, a question, and a source of both self-destruction and self-actualization. In this episode, Santa Fe host Krishnan Venkatesh is j…
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What are the limitations and possibilities of perception—and what do ancient mathematics and modern literature have to say about this question? Written in 300 BC, Euclid’s Optics is a foundational work of mathematics on the geometry of vision, while Swann’s Way, the first book in Proust’s multi-volume Remembrance of Things Past, published in 1913, …
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The college has launched Continuing the Conversation, an original web and podcast series which features faculty members engaged in one-on-one conversations about the ideas that animate them, often emanating from the Great Books of both the West and the East. Available as a web-based video series and a multi-platform podcast series, 20 episodes will…
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“ZENPod”, Season 5, episode 9 featuring Ms. Lakshmi Mohanbabu, First Singaporean Artist to send her art to the Moon, an Architect, Fashion Designer, an Artist & a NFT Creator. Two of her sculptures are on the International Space Station, orbiting Earth and will reach the Moon by 2025 as part of the Moon Gallery, the first extra-terrestrial art gall…
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Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Lakshmi Mohanbabu, an Architect, Fashion Designer, an Artist & a NFT Creator. Two of her sculptures are on the International Space Station, orbiting Earth and will reach the Moon by 2025 as part of the Moon Gallery, the first extra-terrestrial art gallery.She started her career as an Architect, …
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TECHIE who also makes MUSIC! Season-5, episode 8 of “ZENPod”, featuring Shri HK Venkatram – “HKV”, a Violin Vidwan, a “Ganakala Shree”, “Gaanavaradhi”, “Satyashree” and recipient of “Parur Sundaram Iyer Award for Senior Violinist“. HKV is also an ‘Asthana Vidwan’ of Sri Kanchi Kamokoti Peetam, Kanchipuram.A Techie, Social Evangelist, HKV has also p…
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A Techie who also makes Music! Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Shri HK Venkatram – “HKV”, a Violin Vidwan, a “Ganakala Shree”, “Gaanavaradhi”, “Satyashree” and recipient of “Parur Sundaram Iyer Award for Senior Violinist“. HKV is also an ‘Asthana Vidwan’ of Sri Kanchi Kamokoti Peetam, Kanchipuram.A Techie, Social Evangelist, HKV h…
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Nepali entrepreneur turns trash into cash..... Season 5, episode 7 of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Aayushi KC, A Social Entrepreneur and Founder, CEO of Khaalisisi , ️ A socially inclusive waste management platform dedicated to transform Nepal’s waste dumping sector to Waste Management sector. Aayushi is a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree in Asia, & Asia 21 Y…
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Nepali entrepreneur turns trash into cash Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Aayushi KC, A Social Entreprneur and Founder, CEO of Khaalisisi , ️ A socially inclusive waste management platform dedicated to transform Nepal’s waste dumping sector to Waste Management sector. Aayushi is a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree in Asia, & Asia 21 …
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Season-5, episode 6 of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Ranjani ~ Gayatri Ranjani & Gayatri, the sister duo are world-renowned versatile musicians whose musical contributions include studio recordings, television performances, radio programs, concerts, festivals and lecture demonstrations. Ranjani & Gayatri gave their debut performance at the prestigious In…
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Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Ranjani - Gayatri, Ranjani & Gayatri, the sister duo are world-renowned versatile musicians whose musical contributions include studio recordings, television performances, radio programs, concerts, festivals and lecture demonstrations. Ranjani & Gayatri gave their debut performance at the presti…
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Social Media intro for Ms. Julie Lewis - Season 5, episode 5 “ZENPod”, Season-5, episode 5, featuring Ms. Julie Lewis, Julie Miles Lewis is a British motivational speaker, author, personal leadership specialist and founder of Mountain High. An Author of the C-Suite Best Seller book “Moving Mountains – Discover the Mountain in You” Julie has been be…
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Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Julie Lewis, Julie Miles Lewis is a British motivational speaker, author, personal leadership specialist and founder of Mountain High. An Author of the C-Suite Best Seller book “Moving Mountains – Discover the Mountain in You” Julie is a Professional speaker, an Adventurer, Entrepreneur, Resilie…
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“ZENPod”, Season 5, episode 4, featuring Shri Amarjeet Singh, also known as the “Sporty Sikh”, the only 60 year old blind person in the world to run 101 half marathons. Amarjeet has till date done over 200 plus runs and that is the official tally. Sighted till age 13, he started losing vision gradually and attained the condition of Total Blindness …
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Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Shri Amarjeet Singh, also known as the “Sporty Sikh”, the only 60 year old blind person in the world to run 101 half marathons. Amarjeet has till date done over 200 plus runs and that is the official tally. Sighted till age 13, he started losing vision gradually and attained the condition of Total B…
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Season-5, episode 4,(Part 2) featuring a Teacher and Champion of Children, Ms. Sharanjeet Shan, a globally recognised social entrepreneur, and recipient of the Schwab Foundation’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year award and a recipient of the first Chancellor’s award from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Her work has reached about 500 K learne…
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“ZENPod” - Season-5, episode 3, featuring a Teacher and Champion of Children, Ms. Sharanjeet Shan, a globally recognised social entrepreneur, and recipient of the Schwab Foundation’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year award aned a recipient of the first Chancellor’s award from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Her work has reached about 500 K le…
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