The Drawing Board

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Hey Guys! Maq and Krish here, this is our Podcast, The Drawing Board. We decided that we wanted a way to capture the conversations we had in a way that we could look back in 5-10 years time and see what our frame of thinking was and what things were going through our heads, rather than lose them to the abyss of forgotten history. No real format, we're just gonna talk about whatever is on our minds, whether it be recent world news, ideas we find interesting, sports, comedy or anything about life in general.

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Episode 31 - Med School Interview Reflections, Existential AI Dread, Robotics and Project Hail Mary 04.04.2026 1:30:02

Med School Interview Reflections, Existential AI Dread, Robotics, Project Hail Mary, Dune, Marty Supreme

Episode 30 - Whistler & Sunshine Skiing, Becoming a Better Teacher, Interview Prep and Athletic Goals 25.02.2026 55:24

Episode 30 - Whistler & Sunshine Skiing, Becoming a Better Teacher, Interview Prep and Athletic Goals

Episode 29 - Kushal's Career Journey, 3 Types of Friends and Relationships Deep Dive 14.12.2025 1:22:20

Episode 29 - Kushal's Career Journey, 3 Types of Friends and Relationships Deep Dive

Episode 28 - Riftrader.gg, Avoiding Burnout and Breaking Bureaucracy 02.09.2025 55:23

Episode 28 - Riftrader.gg, Avoiding Burnout and Breaking Bureaucracy

Episode 27 - The Power of Asking, AI Researcher Free Agency, Wearable Tech and Can Ambition Be Taught? 16.07.2025 48:27

The Power of Asking, AI Researcher Free Agency, Wearable Tech and Can Ambition Be Taught?

Episode 26 - AI Art Debate and Prodctivity Life Hacks 01.05.2025 1:00:21

Following the release of OpenAI's image generation model, and a controversial tweet from Krish about AI Art which went viral, we decided to do a deep dive into what exactly constitutes art, the arguments for or against the use of Art, the role of artists within society and the fear of "ensloppification" of art. We also took a look at some productiviy and workflow "life hacks&quo...

Episode 25 - Artists Taste Gap, League Stock Market Project, Global AI Arms Race and The X Community Notes Algorithm 20.02.2025 1:03:33

Episode 24 - Bodybuilding Journey, Becoming A Fitness Influencer, Confidence and Discipline ft. David Chen 01.02.2025 45:06

Episode 23 - 2024 Reflections, O3 and The Impending AI Takeover 27.12.2024 1:08:29

Episode 22 - MCAT Reflection, Visa Beuracracy and Spanish Culture Shock 25.09.2024 45:48

Episode 21 - Top 1% Podcast, Essence of Personhood, Power of Anki and the Immigrant Parent-Child Gap 02.07.2024 40:51

Episode 20 - Skydiving, Quality vs Quantity, Reliability and Aliens 26.06.2024 51:14

Episode 19 - How We've Grown, Exchange, Storytelling and The Three Body Problem w/Saptarshi 17.04.2024 1:20:38

Episode 18 - Becoming Secret Agents, Photography, Meta Shifters and Starting A School 13.03.2024 1:22:57

Episode 17 - New Years Resolutions, Podcasting Skills and Co-op Reflection 10.01.2024 1:16:17

Episode 16 - 1 Year Anniversary Special: Hacksmith Industries Co-Op, Work-Life Balance, Personality Tests and Financial Planning 31.10.2023 1:11:49

Hey Everyone! Welcome back to Episode 16 of The Drawing Board. We are excited this week to enter a new chapter in this book of The Drawing Board, as today marks the 1 Year Anniversary of the Podcast and the end of season 1! 15 Episodes, 10 Special guests and a whole lot of podcasting later we have finally crossed this milestone. A special thank you to anyone who has ever listened to us nobodies an...

Episode 15 - Oil, Octagons and the Future of Fort McMurray ft. Mayor Sandy Bowman 07.10.2023 39:37

Hey Everyone! Welcome back to episode 15 of The Drawing Board. We are back this week with another special guest. We are pleased to host 30 year resident of Fort McMurray, business owner, 7th Degree Taekwondo Black Belt and 1st Degree BJJ Black Belt, current Deputy Chair of the RMWB Combative Sports council, and Mayor of the largest Municipality in Canada, the RMWB, Mayor Sandy Bowman. Anyone who h...

Episode 14 - Luck Surface Area, Oppenheimer, Writing and Underrated Advice 07.09.2023 45:57

Episode 13 - Japan Trip Recap, Lost Class of Engineers, Motivation and Peter Pan Maximalism 23.07.2023 50:53

Hey Everyone! Welcome back to episode 13 of The Drawing Board. We began this week by recapping our personal lives over the past little while, talking about Maq's MCAT Plan and Krish's trip to Japan. From there we touched on a point we covered in a previous episode, about finding our "Why" and where we are in this self-reflection journey. We talked a little bit about the co-op Kri...

Episode 12 - Teaching Journey, Resource Aggregation, 4 Keys to Inspiring Students, Comp Sci Education and Life Advice ft. Said El Mejdani 12.06.2023 54:40

Hey Everyone! Welcome back to episode 12 of The Drawing Board. We are back again with another special guest. We are pleased to host another veteran of Westwood Community High School, the founder of the world-famous Westwood Computer Science program, a passionate teacher, and multiple-time national teaching award winner, Mr. Said El-Mejadani. The experiences we had in Mr. Said's classroom are o...

Episode 11 - Having Kids, Parenting Styles, Role Models and The Price of Success 12.06.2023 44:41

Hey Everyone! Welcome back to episode 11 of The Drawing Board. Just us hosts again today with a quick catchup episode. We began by touching base on Krish's now infamous Visa problems and where we want to live in the future. Then we talked a bit about if we want to be parents in the future and what parenting styles we would employ. We transitioned into a quick discussion on how social media imp...

Episode 10 - Life Story, The Education System, Eastern vs Western Teaching and The Future of Westwood ft. Maher Ahmed 11.04.2023 1:15:27

Hey Everyone! Welcome back to episode 10 of The Drawing Board. We have a very special episode this week, because of one very special guest. We are pleased to host a 20-year veteran of Westwood Community High School, a passionate physics and math teacher and above all a personal inspiration and hero of ours, Mr Maher Ahmed. Mr Ahmed was our physics and math teacher during high school and is one of...

Episode 9 - Vancouver vs SF Culture, GPT-4/AI, Loneliness and Simulation Theory 11.04.2023 56:59

Hey Everyone! Welcome back to episode 9 of The Drawing Board. We are joined today by a long-time friend, Heet Shah who is a SE Student at UWaterloo. We began by talking about the cultures of some west coast cities, specifically San Francisco and how the startup scene impacts the overall culture. We touched a bit on the SVB Crash and how it's impacted startups in the area, and then dove into GP...

Episode 8 - Immigrant Parents, University Culture, Nostalgia and Lucid Dreaming 07.03.2023 1:03:03

Episode 7 - AOT, Anime vs Manga, Streaming Services and Music Design 07.03.2023 46:49

Hey Everyone! Welcome back to episode 7 of The Drawing Board. No Krish today but Muhammad is joined by Navraj and Wassim. Navraj you've met before and Wassim is a long-time friend and engineering student at Keyano College/UofA. A more laid-back episode today, we began by talking about Attack on Titan and some of the shortcomings of its ending, some of our favourite pieces of cinema, the upsides an...