Lucid
62 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Meet Lew and Sid - two random engineers from a small neighborhood in Bangalore sharing the adventures of their small world, yet at every instant trying to taste the vastness of the universe.
Topics discussed so far are across domains of finance, technology, social science, military and business. Lew and Sid are trying to fulfill their curiosities through deep conversations and learning from interesting people.
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Sound : Raajas Ravikumar
Cover Art : Mohith CG & Abhishek Krishna
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#56 - Product discovery with Paypal director Prashanthi Ravanarapu
February 19, 2023 17:17 - 1 hour - 55 MBIn this episode Sid talks to Paypal leader Prashanthi Ravanarapu about her 16 year career journey moving from data to product management. She talks about her journey as a cancer survivor, how she defined her purpose and the best tools for problem discovery to build products that customers value. Follow Prashanthi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pravanavarapu/ Follow Lucid on other platforms: Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.co...
#55 - Building products at Google with Tom Leung
February 04, 2023 21:44 - 1 hour - 65.1 MB**Watch this video at 1.5x for a better viewing experience On this episode, Sid talks to Tom Leung, a product director at @Google and the host of the @firesideproductmanagementp6818 to share his experience of working on the top products in the world such as Youtube, Google health, etc.. Here are the topics we covered : 1. Building Google Health and YouTube 2. Why is coaching important 3. Advice for employees that are laid off Follow Tom Leung - Linkedin : https://www...
#54 - AI models and future of work with Open AI engineer Shyamal Hitesh Anadkat
January 21, 2023 11:19 - 1 hour - 62 MBOn this episode of Lucid, Sid talks to Shyamal Krishna Anadkat who is currently working at OpenAI and helps with Go to market strategies of different applications of the company such as ChatGPT, Dalle, etc.. Here are the list of topics we talks about : 1. How does ChatGPT work? 2. How should companies build products with an AI first approach? 3. Future of Language Learning models (LLMs) that are used in ChatGPT, Dalle 4. How can countries like India move forward with innovation...
#53 - Find your belongingness with Wendy Gates Corbet
January 15, 2023 17:47 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBIn this episode Sid chats with Duke professor Wendy Gates Corbett about her research in belongingness and why she cares so much about it. She also shares her experience of meeting her role model former president Barack Obama and shares tips on how to present effectively with a powerful presence. Learn more about Wendy Gates Corbett here : https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendygatescorbett/ https://wendygatescorbett.com/ Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/a...
#52 - How to think effectively with Duke Prof. Tony O' Driscoll
January 07, 2023 18:03 - 1 hour - 78.7 MBIn this episode, Sid sits down with Duke professor Tony O' Driscoll to go in depth and understand the different types of thinking. They talk about the rapid change in innovation cycles and how it is going to affect government policy. Finally they talk about digital countries and the Metaverse. Tony has spent the bulk of his professional and academic career at the nexus of Business, Innovation, Technology and Learning, creating and implementing strategies that enable organizations t...
#51 - Leadership principles with Prof. Allegra Jordan
December 31, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBIn this episode of Lucid, Sid hosts Prof. Allegra Jordan of Duke University to talk about her leadership philosophy, her life at Harvard, fav leaders and her beliefs in Spirituality and how leaders need to embrace spirituality. Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instag...
#50 - Life of an academic with Ramana Sonti
December 25, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBIn this episode Lew talks to his finance professor at ISB to discuss about his life journey and decision to become a finance professor. His views on the current market conditions and whether AI will take over the world of finance. Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer an...
Sid's experience of landing his first product manager role in USA | F1 APM Podcast
December 10, 2022 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBThis episode is hosted by Shaurya Sethi on F1 APM Podcast. Shaurya is a PM at Boostr and is on a mission to help aspiring PMs find their first product management job. In this episode, Shaurya hosts Sid(Deekshit) about his experience of landing his first PM internship in US and receive a return offer. Here are the main topics that were covered: - Decision to getting into Product Management - Strategies for getting interviews - Taking care of mental health during job search ...
#49 - Treating your career like a product with Varun Athreya
November 21, 2022 18:10 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBIn this episode, Sid chats with Varun about his career progression in product management, setting expectations with your manager and how to progress in one's career and treat it like a product. Connect with Varun here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/varunathreya/ Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https:/...
#48 - Building Jiu Jitsu in India with Rohit Vasudevan
September 07, 2022 18:22 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBLew talks to Rohit Vasudevan, an international Jiu Jitsu Champion, fighter and coach who has a vision to empower India with Jiu Jitsu! He has also done his MSc in Aerodynamics in UK. Listen to his journey of entering Jiu Jitsu and building the scientific method of self defense! Follow Rohit here : https://www.instagram.com/rohit_ijj/ Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify ...
#47 - Building companies in the Metaverse with Sai Krishna VK
August 24, 2022 13:33 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBIn this episode of Lucid, Sid talks to Sai Krishna VK the founder of Scapic - an AR/VR no code tool about his journey into the field of entrepreneurship and how he fell in love with building things. The topics range from building deep tech products, building high trust teams, future of Metaverse and much more! Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spo...
#46 Life and Badminton with Ace Shuttler Ajay Jayaram
August 17, 2022 14:17 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBLew talks to Ajay Jayaram, Former World No. 13, Winner of the Dutch Open, Korean Open, Vietnam Open and many more international badminton tournaments about his journey and relationships in and out of the sport, battling injuries and a flawed sporting system, and about what lies ahead in the future as an MBA graduate!
#45 - The journey to climb Mt. Everest
July 28, 2022 02:33 - 1 hour - 70 MBIn this episode, Sid talks to Keval Kakka an Indian mountaineer who is the first indian to climb Mt. Everest and Mt. Lhotse in 6 days. He is an engineering dropout who has devoted years to climb various high altitude peaks in India and around. Here, we cover his journey into mountaineering. His experiences of climbing dangerous treks and how he prepared to climb the mountains and his future vision. Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?...
#44 - Building a space startup with Tanveer Ahmed
July 21, 2022 21:15 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBIn this episode, Sid talks to Tanveer Ahmed, CTO of Digantara. Digantara is the world's first space based active orbital surveillance platform. In simple terms, they are building a space map that organizations like ISRO, NASA can use to select routes that have minimum probability of collisions with objects in Space. Digantara is one of the two private organizations in India to receive a permit to launch payloads into space. They recently launched their first payload on June 30th. In this ...
Minicast #1 - Markets are down, why?
July 12, 2022 17:23 - 24 minutes - 22 MBIn the first episode of the Minicast series, Sid talks to Adithya Thonse who invests consistently into various assets about the Stock Markets and the reason behind the downfall. The conversation covers the downfall in markets, company layoffs and the potential of a recession. Do check it out! https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/startup-layoffs-cross-10000-mark-as-companies-restructure-attempt-to-reduce-cash-burn-amid-funding-winter-8711621.html https://news.crunchbase....
#43 - Venture Capital and Networking with Jennie Graham
July 12, 2022 15:37 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBIn this episode, Sid hosts Jennie Graham who is a MBA student at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. Jennie has years of experience in supporting underrepresented founder and is focused on building a career around impact investing. In this conversation they talk about, - Jennie's experiences in supporting founders from Myanmar, Afghanistan and the Middle East - Duke MBA experience - Networking and how Jennie approaches it - Everything about Venture Capital - How to get into Venture Capita...
Minicast #2 - The Semiconductor Push
July 06, 2022 14:30 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBIn the second episode of the minicast series of episodes, Lew talks to Arjun Gargeyas, a policy research analyst at The Takshashila Institution who works on analysing semiconductor policy. The quick discussion goes from Lew's interaction with the Hon'ble Union Minister for IT Mr. Ashwini Vaishnav about semiconductors in India to Arjun's evaluation of the said policies. Enjoy! Links to the articles mentioned in the podcast: https://www.firstpost.com/business/why-chinas-post-pandemic-semic...
MC #1 - Markets are down, why?
June 23, 2022 23:07 - 24 minutes - 22 MBIn the first episode of the Minicast series, Sid talks to Adithya Thonse who invests consistently into various assets about the Stock Markets and the reason behind the downfall. The conversation covers the downfall in markets, company layoffs and the potential of a recession. Do check it out! https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/startup-layoffs-cross-10000-mark-as-companies-restructure-attempt-to-reduce-cash-burn-amid-funding-winter-8711621.html https://news.crunchbase....
#42 - The Pangarchulla Trek
June 15, 2022 13:30 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBLew and Sid talk about Sid's recent trek adventure in this episode. They cover the whole trip along with what Sid did before and after the trek. Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny2osv3PTUZDO1slqe1TC Website : https://anchor.fm/lucid123 Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials:...
#41 - Product Design with Abhinav Chhikara
June 01, 2022 15:40 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBLucid talk to Abhinav (@abnux) - a product designer and founder of 10kdesigners - about product design, its importance in today's world, the new age teaching method that is Cohort Based Courses (CBCs), and investing in web3 technologies. Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Follow Abhinav on other platforms: YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/abnux Instagram: https://instagram.com/abnux?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Website: https://www.10kdesigner...
#40 - AI, GPT3 and DALLE2
May 25, 2022 19:09 - 1 hour - 57 MBLew and Sid enter the rabbit hole of Artificial General Intelligence, their fascination in the topic and what they think the future holds. They dig deep into the humanitarian layers of OpenAI's GPT3 and DALLE2 in this episode to understand a future to come. Relevant links discussed in the podcast : https://econforeverybody.com/2022/04/18/supply-and-demand-complements-and-substitutes-and-dalle-e-2/ https://twitter.com/_LucasRizzotto/status/1516205625662836739 https://www.youtube.com/wa...
#39 - Breakfast with Lucid: Interviewing Sid - Part 2
May 18, 2022 08:03 - 34 minutes - 78 MBLew and Sid discuss Sid's journey in the US and his learnings in MEM, all the while munching on some Bagels! Join us for a fun-filled episode equal parts entertaining and informative. Sid talks about his experience with the subjects he studied, product management interviews, US job interviews, etc. This is the second part of a two-part series. Link to the strategy palette talked about in the podcast: https://www.bcg.com/capabilities/corporate-finance-strategy/strategy-palette Producer a...
#39 - Breakfast with Lucid: Interviewing Sid - Part2
May 18, 2022 08:03 - 34 minutes - 78 MBLew and Sid discuss Sid's journey in the US and his learnings in MEM, all the while munching on some Bagels! Join us for a fun filled episode equal parts entertaining and informative. Sid talks about his experience with the subjects he studied, product management interview, US job interviews, etc. This is the second part of a two part series. Link to the strategy palette talked about in the podcast : https://www.bcg.com/capabilities/corporate-finance-strategy/strategy-palette Produce...
#38 - Breakfast with Lucid: Interviewing Sid - Part 1
May 11, 2022 04:29 - 44 minutes - 102 MBLew and Sid discuss Sid's journey in the US and his learnings in MEM, all the while munching on some Bagels! Join us for a fun filled episode equal parts entertaining and informative. This is the first part of a two part series. Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.instagram.com/raajassajaar/) Socials: Sid: https://www.instagram.com/dbn_28/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ Lew: https://www.instagram.com/adityamadhavan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adity...
#37 - Into Sales with Varshni Gurumoorthy
May 04, 2022 18:59 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBLucid talk to Varshni Gurumoorthy, a leading sales executive in Paperflite (a SaaS startup) about her transition to sales from engineering, the different facets of sales and how today's world of sales is shifting. Topics discussed in this podcast : - Deep dive into sales - Big tech v/s startup - Learnings as an engineer and as a sales representative - Benefits of Linkedin and networking - Sales x Web3 Production Credits - Raajas R Socials - Lucid - https://www.youtube.com/chan...
#36 - The Road to MBA
April 23, 2022 09:42 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBLew and Sid take us through Lew’s decision-making and application process when he decided to pursue MBA. Lew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityamadhavan96/ https://twitter.com/AdityaMadhavan1 Sid: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/ https://twitter.com/dbn_28
#35 - Web3 with Brandon Galang
April 12, 2022 18:13 - 52 minutes - 119 MBLew and Sid talk to Brandon Galang about web3 - its basics and what it means to understand web3 as a person living in the web2 era. Brandon is Currently, Chief of Staff at Fast Break Labs, a venture-backed web3 gaming startup building the Virtual Basketball Association (VBA), the the first basketball manager gaming experience built for the Metaverse. Previously, Sr. Technical PM at Amazon working on causal inference/ML tech in the Advertising organization. Yale MBA. System Analyst at I...
#34 - Navigating Careers and Politics with Sandilya MV
April 02, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 188 MBLew and Sid invite Sandilya MV (the Associate Director at The/Nudge Institute) to discuss his vivid experiences across different industries and his learnings through public and private sector corporations. Links to the mentioned articles : https://medium.com/@adityamadhavan/the-pothole-infestation-the-silent-disease-in-bengaluru-3b0b902724a3 https://medium.com/@mvsandilya/systemic-reforms-are-the-need-of-the-hour-for-education-not-free-laptops-20bfb5959f41
#33 - Competition
March 30, 2022 17:14 - 45 minutes - 104 MBLew and Sid navigate through their understanding of what competition is, and what individuals need to do to not get overwhelmed by the rapidly evolving competitive world.
#32 - Lew: the policy student
March 22, 2022 13:09 - 39 minutes - 89.3 MBSid decides to interview Lew about his public policy courses at the Takshashila institution.:and his learnings and work. Links to relevant topics discussed in the podcast : Political compass : https://www.politicalcompass.org/test Political mandala : https://www.politicalmandala.in/ Yamini Aiyar - https://twitter.com/aiyaryamini?s=21
#31 - We're Back!
March 14, 2022 12:35 - 10 minutes - 23.6 MBLew and Sid are back with season 3! Where were they for 7 months? What have they been up to? And what's in store this season?
#30 - Lucid Rewinds
July 31, 2021 08:26 - 44 minutes - 101 MBLew and Sid look back on their podcasting journey in the final episode of season 2.
#29 - The Intricacies of Hiring
July 14, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 81.1 MBLew and Sid are back with tales of their Pondicherry trip, their new found love for sports - F1 and tennis; and finally about Sid's novel early career experience of hiring people for product managerial roles. Follow Aditya's Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/adimadhudbzhp
#28 - Favourite Musical Genres
June 23, 2021 14:16 - 33 minutes - 60.6 MBLew and Sid try to discover Sid's favourite musical genre.
#27 - Sid’s Guide to a Master’s Program : Part 2
June 18, 2021 11:46 - 1 hour - 150 MBLew and Sid bounce back from where they left off along with Praagna Prasad, a B.E. student from RVCE and our good friend who is contemplating the decision to pursue a master’s program. The discussion winds and bends through the admission process, the mindset’s required to find the right college, on whether a person needs a consulting firm to help them and the processes after getting the admit!
#26 - Sid's Guide to a Masters Program : Part 1
June 07, 2021 08:42 - 58 minutes - 111 MBLew and Sid discuss Sid's journey to writing the GRE and TOEFL and the reasons we need to look at before jumping into the masters train.
#25 - Lew's Current Obsession Part - 2 : Tarkovsky
May 30, 2021 06:01 - 1 hour - 101 MBLew and Sid start off talking about Sid's new job in a startup and then wind up next to complete the discussion on art films by deep diving into the films and ideas of Andrei Tarkovsky. Aditya's youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/user/adimadhudbzhp Andre Tarkovsky's film Nostalgia : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gH1cprEg0w
#24 - Lew's Present Obsession Part-1
May 23, 2021 06:47 - 30 minutes - 58.7 MBLew and Sid discuss Lew's biggest new obsession - Art Films. Lew narrates the recent movie he watched called Tamaash and recommends people to watch it so that they can understand the daily life of Kashmiris.
#23 - Time Capsule 2 - Goals for 2022
May 17, 2021 03:08 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBLew and Sid discuss what their 2022 should be like.
#22 - Time Capsule 1 - Goals of 2019-2021
May 09, 2021 10:31 - 38 minutes - 72.2 MBLew and Sid discuss their goals through the years 2019 and 2021, navigating through their college, work and pandemic journeys and the crucial impact it has had on the things they want to pursue in life.
#21 - The Chadar Trek
May 02, 2021 02:49 - 1 hour - 110 MBLew and Sid reminisce about their second Himalayan trek - Chadar.
#20 - The Brahmatal Trek
April 17, 2021 17:22 - 32 minutes - 60.8 MBLew and Sid reminisce about their first Himalayan trek - Brahmatal.
#19 - The Gokarna Story
April 10, 2021 16:13 - 23 minutes - 42.6 MBSid narrates his recent Gokarna experience, while jealous Lew listens on.
#18 - Untitled 2
March 28, 2021 07:08 - 21 minutes - 48.5 MBLew and Sid talk about being old, the one year anniversary of sitting at home, Sid getting into Duke University, making connections on LinkedIn and an update on Project DNA.
#17 - Social Sciences with Arjun P Gargeyas
March 20, 2021 17:28 - 1 hour - 217 MBLew and Sid meet their dynamic and supremely knowledgeable friend - Arjun P Gargeyas. The discussion goes down the past through the Indus Valley Civilization, World History, modern Indian History, Politics, the Constitutions of the World, the Farm Bills, Policy Making.
#16 - Captain Anirudh Gururaj Rao
March 13, 2021 07:57 - 1 hour - 152 MBLew and Sid are back with an exciting guest who has travelled all over India, been the guard of honor to the Prime Minister and Vice President and is currently living his dream in the Indian Army - Anirudh Gururaj Rao.
#15 - Untitled 1
February 21, 2021 07:22 - 38 minutes - 89.1 MBLew and Sid discuss two types of cold showers, the books Laws of Human Nature and Into Thin Air and some cinema while diving into what they can make better for later
#14 - Narratives with Arvind Rishi
February 15, 2021 06:09 - 48 minutes - 89.3 MBLew and Sid have their second guest, Arvind Rishi, talk about his interesting ideas on the structure of thought as a narrative device and narrative devices as structures of thought.
#13 - Running through the Wilderness of Films and Budgets
February 05, 2021 15:05 - 37 minutes - 70.8 MBLew and Sid talk about their new projects and interests in 2021 - running, reading, filming, mountaineering and the Indian budget to complement and complete the financial narrative of episode 12.
#12 - Compounding with Adithya Thonse
January 30, 2021 19:44 - 50 minutes - 115 MBLew and Sid bring in their first guest to the podcast - Adithya Thonse! The trio discuss fitness and finance and how both compound in ways we don’t normally imagine!