Tarun and Ashish

For What It Tells

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Welcome to our podcast! This is a podcast hosted by a non-speaking autistic adult and his friend. Why should podcasts belong only to those who speak? Join us as we discuss things that are of interest to us and hopefully will be to you too. They won't always be big things, serious things, important things. Sometimes, they will just be things. Just some conversations that hopefully, everybody can connect with in some way.

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Tarun and Ashish

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S02 - Ep. 4 Happiness, loneliness, and everything in between. 22.05.2026 18:40

In this episode, Tarun and Ashish discuss their experiences and ideas on happiness. Is it something that is experienced individually or as a collective? How does loneliness affect people's happiness? And there's also a little poem by Rumi.

S02 - Ep. 3 Looking at Happiness only 10.04.2026 10:51

Tarun and Ashish play with some ideas of happiness using parts of an episode from Simon Sinek’s podcast A Bit of Optimism. Sinek and his guest, Mo Gawdat, talk about what they have learnt about happiness through their experiences. Join in as they discuss whether or not there are hacks to happiness. https://youtu.be/47wZCt0YG_A?si=03ZZ1T3O9C5EGKcL

S02 - Ep. 2 Happiness Falls, Meet the Author 25.02.2026 1:40:52

In this episode, Tarun and Ashish are in conversation with the wonderful Angie Kim. Angie is the author of the book Happiness Falls that we have been talking about, and another called Miracle Creek, too, among other things. She spends time talking in this episode about her work, life, and ideas on happiness. https://amzn.in/d/4XutKoRAmazon.com https://a.co/d/46tTM9N

S02 - Ep. 1 Happiness Falls, An Introduction 07.01.2026 10:40

Tarun and Ashish introduce the theme of the second season. The focus is on a book by Angie Kim called Happiness Falls, and about the idea of happiness itself. https://amzn.in/d/4XutKoRAmazon.com https://a.co/d/46tTM9N

S01 - Ep. 4 Finding that Right Name 09.09.2025 14:33

Tarun and Ashish finally get down to explaining what the name of this podcast is all about, and they discuss more about Tarun's journey with autism and the people around him. In this episode, they also reflect upon the biases and misconceptions that often drive the assumptions we make.

S01 - Ep. 3 In Conversation with Hari Srinivasan 06.08.2025 23:27

Tarun and Ashish are in conversation with Hari Srinivasan. Hari is a brilliant researcher and poet, and many other things all rolled into one. The conversation focuses on Hari’s ideas on false binaries as well as his advocacy and interest in poetry.

S01 - Ep. 2 Autistic poetry, poetic autism 10.07.2025 11:40

Poetry and autism are often friends. They understand each other even when some think they are mysterious. Today, Tarun and Ashish are going to read and discuss poetry written by autistic people.

S01 - Ep. 1 Speaking about non-speaking autism 20.06.2025 6:38

In this episode Ashish and Tarun converse about non-speaking autism - what it is and about life as a non-speaking autistic.

Introductory Trailer 09.06.2025 3:15

The introductory trailer to our new podcast which lays out briefly what you could expect from the show.