The SoapyRao Show

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained and published neuroanatomist whose research specialized in understanding how our brain creates our perception of reality. Dr. Jill is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey (published in 2008 by Viking Penguin), which is still often the #1 book about STROKE sold in the Amazo...

SabbyBG is an Indo-Canadian Influencer & Founder of "The SabbyBG Show", the No #1 North American-based Online Entertainment Show targetting people of Indian diaspora from all over the world. "The SabbyBG Show" has seen exponential growth in the last few years, with over a quarter-million Subscribers on YouTube and a highly engaged audience on all other Social Platforms. Sabby has become a know...

Raman Mangalorkar started his career at A.T. Kearney, a leading management consulting firm. Post his management consulting career, he spent some time in the private equity space and then was the CEO of a large hypermarket retailer where he was brought in to lead the company's turnaround. Raman has helped numerous companies get healthier and chose to use his experience as a meta researcher and a da...

Subramani Lakshminarayanan is one of the very few totally blind journalists in India with twenty-three years of experience in reporting, feature writing, copyediting and products/book reviewing. He lost his eyesight aged 18 due to a genetic condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa (R.P.) and was told he'll be useless because of his disability. Also, many told him that he was “crazy” to pu...

Phalgun is working as Co-Founder & CEO at Dice Toy Labs. DICE Toy Labs was founded in 2018 by Phalgun Polepalli and Shwetha Badarinath, a husband and wife duo. DICE Toy Labs is on a mission to create cool board games for India. We are passionate about licensing games from local inventors and are quick to champion the work of other designers. We enjoy telling different Indian stories through bo...

Marc Green is the founder and CEO of Cammellatte, the world's first Natural Camel Milk Skincare Brand. He is also a renowned Polyglot, TedX speaker and lecturer on the topics of innovation and languages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sowjanya Shetty is the founder of Attitude Makeover. Her incredibly diverse career spans 25 years during which she has been a chip-designer, an assembly level programmer, worked in interactive television, been the Chief of Staff at General Electric, worked in product management at Hewlett-Packard, managed a full retail store, been a sales executive at Microsoft, setup and run two of her own busine...

Rev Walter Mwambazi is a Thought Transformation Leader, Networker, Digital & Traditional Marketer, Published Author, Copywriter, Columnist & Blogger, Life, Neural-linguistic & Cognitive Enhancement Coach, Raio & Television Personality, Social Influencer and TEDx Speaker His Social media handles and latest book link: https://linktr.ee/revwalter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Anirudh Kanisetti is the author of Lords of the Deccan. Holding a first-class honours degree from BITS Pilani and having previously worked at the Takshashila Institution, he is currently an Editor at the Museum of Arts and Photography. He has received grants from the Princeton Center for Digital Humanities and the India Foundation for the Arts, and his writings and work have been featured in The H...

Atul Khatri is a Mumbai based businessman who got up late in life and decided to do English Stand-up comedy so that he could tick it off his bucket list. An Indian Computer Engineer and a British Management Scholar who always orders soup one by two even when he is eating alone. CNN-IBN rated him as one of the top 20 Comedians in India to watch out for. He has also won the 'CEOS GOT TALENT' trophy...

Sanjay Manaktala is a stand-up comedian, author, writer, content creator and engineer. He grew up in California, helped build the modern comedy scene in India and now resides in Memphis, Tennessee.   Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sanjayComedy/ YouTube (Over 14 million hits now!) - https://www.youtube.com/sanjaycomedy?sub_confirmation=1 Website - https://www.sanjaycomedy.com/ Twitter-...

Kunal Kamra is a Bombay based stand-up comedian and host of the popular political-comedy podcast Shut Up Ya Kunal. After 8 years in advertising, Kunal started doing stand-up in 2013. He rose through the ranks at blistering pace and is currently well established as one of India's most important and popular voices on stage and social media, known for his fearless, incisive and often polarizing mater...

Christopher C. Doyle is an author who transports the reader into a fascinating world where ancient secrets buried in legends blend with science and history to create a gripping story. His first three novels – The Mahabharata Secret (released in 2013), The Mahabharata Quest: The Alexander Secret (released in 2014) and The Mahabharata Quest: The Secret of the Druids (released in 2016) –...

Neesa Sunar is a clinical telehealth therapist and mental health advocate based in Queens, New York, USA. As a social worker, she is dedicated to transformative, recovery-oriented practice, upholding the values of equity, dignity and worth of the person. Neesa discloses her personal lived experience with the disability of schizoaffective disorder and openly discusses how transformative services ha...

Sydney born and Darwin raised, Asian-Australian, Tsu Shan, is a multiple film, business and community service award winner. An Optometrist turned Actor/Writer/Producer, she is passionate about bringing awareness to issues that matter through telling provoking stories. She was selected as one of Screen Producers Australia's “Ones to Watch” in 2018 and awarded the Charlies Grant Residenc...

Papa CJ is a world-renowned stand-up comedian, executive coach and published author. He holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Oxford. As an Executive Coach, he has worked with 50+ blue-chip companies across the globe. He has been invited to speak at Harvard Business School and written for Harvard Business Review. He has worked across cultures in over 25 cou...

Prof. GovindasamyKumaramanickavel works on ocular genomics - primarily involved in gene mapping, mutational screening and association studies including genome-wide in complex and Mendelian ophthalmic diseases. Was involved in glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and pediatric epidemiological and genetic projects comprising of 35,000 subjects. Was a key member of a successful ocular gene mapping team at...

Arushi Poddar is an Animal and Environmental activist. She's the founder trustee of People for Animals, Bangalore and a friend of many three-legged canines who have adopted her. Arushi works with adults and children and those with special needs through creative expression and therapeutic theatre. She is also the founder of Muktangan, a creative centre for children. She is also been working in the...

Nidhi Jaipuria wears many hats - that of a wordsmith, an English teacher, an education entrepreneur, a writer of children's stories and co-author of a witty cartoon satire on urban India; and more recently, a game creator! When she's not sending people into a Tailspin with her word game, she can be found creating a happy hullabaloo in her Creative English classes at The Brain Gym studio or celebra...

Aakanksha Tangri is the founder and editor-in-chief of Re:Set, one of the world's only news publications dedicated to telling smart, original stories around mental health, inclusion, gender, pop culture and politics. Re:Set also focuses on providing digestible and culturally-sensitive resources and a safe, inclusive space that encourages conversations on issues that matter and inspire change. Than...

Becky Kekula is a motivational speaker living with dwarfism. We talk about her life growing up with this condition, the social elements that she was exposed to, the gaping flaws in our society that little people face, hindrances that labels pose, dating and the struggle in finding a partner. You can follow Becky on Insta @beckymotivates and follow her work on www.beckymotivates.com Thanks as alway...

Arjun Lall is a corporate lawyer turned yoga practitioner. In this episode we talk about his decision to go down the path of law, the resulting lifestyle choices he made, the signs that lead him to move into the space of spirituality and yoga, the concept of attachment and surrendering, the power of the breath, the beauty in finding your purpose and finding a sense of liberation. Arjun doesn't hav...

In this episode I talk about three things; that's it! First, the importance of sitting quietly by the ocean, just to remind yourself of your insignificance, Second, how we have really dirtied all our surroundings from hills to rivers, to beaches; finally, I look at how having money doesn't solely determine how good your experience is. It surely helps, but knowing what you want helps more. Hope you...

Praveen Kumar is a Tamil speaking standup comedian and content creator. In this episode we talk about his formative years in Kanchipuram (a small town in TamilNadu), the mindset that helped him adjust to life in a big city, the obstacles that he faced in the pursuit of standup, understanding the art and business of standup comedy and the decisions that helped him and the moves he regrets. You can...

I just realised that disabled people have less of a carbon footprint than Gretta Thunberg. Welcome to another episode where I talk about an Indian girl who pretended to be African, the stupidity of one way of learning, my experience with reading and writing and other fun stuff. Hope you are well and thanks for listening! Cheers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.