Latest Kumar Podcast Episodes
Superbowl Review, NBA All Star Challenge and Chocolate Milk | Floor20
Floor20 - February 05, 2020 03:00 - 1 hourDevon and Prashit sit down for their first podcast of all time. Part I - Sports The Superbowl is covered including the half time show, Patrick Mahomes and more. The lads give their take on Antonio Brown and his antics. Is Zion Williamson all he's hyped up to be? The ultimate NBA All Star cha...
Brunch | Floor20
Floor20 - February 05, 2020 03:00 - 1 hourDevon and Prashit sit down for their first podcast of all time. Part I - Sports The Superbowl is covered including the half time show, Patrick Mahomes and more. The lads give their take on Antonio Brown and his antics. Is Zion Williamson all he's hyped up to be? The ultimate NBA All Star cha...
1. Superbowl Review, NBA All Star Challenge and Chocolate Milk | Floor20
Floor20 - February 05, 2020 03:00 - 1 hourDevon and Prashit sit down for their first podcast of all time. Part I - Sports The Superbowl is covered including the half time show, Patrick Mahomes and more. The lads give their take on Antonio Brown and his antics. Is Zion Williamson all he's hyped up to be? The ultimate NBA All Star cha...
Completely Conspicuous 525: Shakedown Street
Completely Conspicuous - February 05, 2020 00:09 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsI'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead album Shakedown Street. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - First ep of the new decade - Shakedown Street came out in '78 - Lots of musical stuff happening: Disco, punk, new wave, hard rock - Disco wasn't as bad ...
Completely Conspicuous 524: Your Favorite Thing
Completely Conspicuous - December 31, 2019 15:35 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIt's part 3 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we count down our favorite albums of 2019. Show notes: - Recorded at Clicky Clicky world HQ - Breitling's #4 - Former Boston act now relocated to Nashville - Perfecting her sound - Kumar's #4 - Introspective album that toppe...
Completely Conspicuous 523: 10/10, Would Count Down Again
Completely Conspicuous - December 24, 2019 17:20 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIt's part 2 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we count down our favorite albums of 2019. Show notes: - Recorded at Clicky Clicky world HQ - The top 10 - Breitling's #10 - A surprising solo debut from a veteran rock legend - Kumar's #9 - Raw shoegaze effort from Brooklyn...
Completely Conspicuous 522: Hey Nineteen
Completely Conspicuous - December 17, 2019 23:17 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIt's part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of 2019. Show notes: - Recorded at Clicky Clicky world HQ - This program is not affiliated with Moviefone - A decade of talking rock - Near - Breitling: Had time to listen to a lot more music this...
Episode 11: ON NARRATIVES
Nordic By Nature - December 13, 2019 17:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTom Crompton’s research into values shows that the dominant narrative of the selfishness of humankind is deeply flawed. Paul Allen presents a positive and attainable vision of the future, where technology creates smart, localised and integrated infrastructures that help us humans live i...
Completely Conspicuous 521: Content Overload
Completely Conspicuous - December 03, 2019 22:46 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the decade in TV and movies. Show notes: - Going over some of our favorites of the decade - Jay: Haven't seen a lot of critical faves - Both enjoyed Blackkklansman - Toy Story 3 is the best of that series - Matt: Beasts...
Episode 10: ON CONNECTED VOICES
Nordic By Nature - December 03, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWalid founded a ground-breaking news aggregation service in his home country of Yemen, which spurred him onto work with tracking Internet censorship and enabling activists and journalists to bypass government-imposed firewalls to access news and social media websites. He is a member of ...
Completely Conspicuous 520: Streaming for Vengeance
Completely Conspicuous - November 27, 2019 01:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 1 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the decade in TV and movies. Show notes: - This decade has flown by - 10 years ago, Matt was getting ready to move to Ireland - Hard to rank the best movies and TV because there's so much we haven't seen - Recording on th...
Completely Conspicuous 519: Cornell '77
Completely Conspicuous - November 20, 2019 01:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsI'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead bootleg Cornell '77. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Talking about Dead show recorded on 5/8/77 at Cornell University - Phil: Listened to this hundreds of times - Jay: Very impressed by the bootleg - Phil: Th...
Episode 9: ON ART
Nordic By Nature - November 15, 2019 16:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAjay Rastogi works closely with the women of Majkhali village in foothills of the Himalayas, in Uttarakhand, India, where making art is an intrinsic part of everyday life. Ajay set up the Vrikshalaya Centre there to be a meeting place and knowledge hub for the villagers and other commun...
Episode 8: ON KNOWLEDGE
Nordic By Nature - November 14, 2019 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFirst we hear from Ajay Rastogi who works closely with the women of Majkhali village in foothills of the Himalayas, in Uttarakhand, India. He set up the Vrikshalaya Centre there to be a meeting place and knowledge hub for the villagers and other communities in the Himalayan lowlands, as...
Completely Conspicuous 518: Terrapin Station
Completely Conspicuous - November 13, 2019 00:33 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsI'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead's 1977 album Terrapin Station. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - The Dead's 9th studio album - Band had signed with Clive Davis and Arista - Album was produced by Keith Olsen, later known for slick AOR albums by E...
Episode 7: ON ETHICS
Nordic By Nature - November 10, 2019 22:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBoth Ajay Rastogi and Dr John, as his students call him, are part of an growing movement that calls for a new kind of ethics that views all places as part of our home, all generations and beings as part of our scope of responsibility, and all actions as potential expressions of human ca...
Completely Conspicuous 517: Top of the Heap
Completely Conspicuous - November 05, 2019 00:07 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIt's part 3 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we conclude our countdown of our favorite albums of the decade. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Kumar's #3 of the decade: Parquet Courts cements their post-punk presence (2014) - Impressive body of work with an art-roc...
Completely Conspicuous 516: Tally It Up
Completely Conspicuous - October 28, 2019 23:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIt's part 2 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of the past decade. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Breitling's top 10 aren't ranked in order - JB's #10: 2014 compilation of singles by Cookies - Experimental stuff, hooks galore - JK...
Episode 6. ON BELONGING
Nordic By Nature - October 23, 2019 09:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFirst you hear the words of Andrew and Kayla Blanchflower, tipi dwellers and makers whose way of the life can be an inspiration to all of us to live lighter. Andrew and Kayla met and fell in love in Oregon in the States, and decided to raise their family ‘off the grid’ with a closer con...
Completely Conspicuous 515: Be Kind and Rewind
Completely Conspicuous - October 23, 2019 00:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIt's part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of the past decade. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - We did this 10 years ago, a little differently - Ten years is a long time inside a car - The shift from downloads to streaming - Not...
Episode 5. ON HAPPINESS
Nordic By Nature - October 10, 2019 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFirst, we hear Tim Kasser, currently a professor of psychology at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, USA. He has authored over 100 scientific articles and book chapters on materialism, values, goals, well-being, and environmental sustainability, among other topics. In 2018, he collabo...
Completely Conspicuous 514: A Punk Rock Future
Completely Conspicuous - September 30, 2019 03:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsI'm joined by guest Steve Zisson as we discuss the new sci-fi short story anthology he compiled, A Punk Rock Future. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Take 2 of our conversation after the first one didn't record - A Punk Rock Future is available on Oct. 8 - Book mashes up Ste...
Episode 4. ON TRANSFORMATION
Nordic By Nature - September 17, 2019 12:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTomas is the author of the book The World We Create and the co-author of The Nordic Secret. He is a founding member of the Swedish youth association Protus for lifelong learning and philosophical exploration. In 2016, he founded the Research Institute Perspectiva in London together wit...
Episode 3: ON INNER RESILIENCE
Nordic By Nature - September 02, 2019 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNordic By Nature is a mindful podcast inspired by the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess who coined the term deep ecology. In this episode, ON INNER RESILIENCE, you will hear from Ajay Rastogi, is the co-founder of the Foundation for the Contemplation of Nature (foundnature.org). Togeth...
Completely Conspicuous 513: Blues for Allah
Completely Conspicuous - August 27, 2019 23:53 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsI'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead's album Blues for Allah. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - The Dead's 7th studio album, came out in September 1975 - The band's highest-charting album until 1987 - Very non-commercial record - Jay: The best thing...
Episode 2: ON SURVIVAL
Nordic By Nature - August 22, 2019 21:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNordic By Nature is a mindful podcast with a global perspective, inspired by the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess, who coined the term Deep Ecology. Nordic By Nature is created for you to listen with your headphones. Culinary curator Monika Kucia from Poland talks about how she takes ...
Completely Conspicuous 512: From the Mars Hotel
Completely Conspicuous - August 22, 2019 01:38 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsI'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead's album From the Mars Hotel. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ on the 13th birthday of the podcast - The Dead's 7th studio album, came out in June 1974 - Watergate hearings were the big news story - Beer was a lot c...
Completely Conspicuous 511: On With the Show
Completely Conspicuous - August 13, 2019 01:35 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Gary Barth as we discuss the concertgoing experience. Show notes: - Recorded in Gary's car on the way to the show - Driving before and briefly after an Iron Maiden concert at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, MA - Jay: Big fan of club shows - Like to ...
Completely Conspicuous 510: Maiden Voyage
Completely Conspicuous - August 05, 2019 23:39 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsCelebrating 13 years of podcasting with part 1 of my conversation with guest Gary Barth as we discuss the concertgoing experience...while we drive to a concert. Show notes: - Recorded in Gary's car on the way to the show - Driving to an Iron Maiden concert at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield...
Completely Conspicuous 509: The Good Stuff
Completely Conspicuous - July 02, 2019 03:41 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIt's part 3 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of the year so far. Show notes: - Recorded at Clicky Clicky world HQ - Breitling's #6 - Changing his take on "Steve Miller Band for millennials" - Kumar's #6 - Band recently relocated to Nashville ...