Podcasts

Started learning about the Supply Chain domain today. It’s pretty interesting. I’ve worked on Time series data in the past, but to see this play out in a logistics domain is extremely fun. The thing that stuck with me the most was the realization of how complex something as trivial-seeming as an order fulfilment at McDonald’s can be - right from procurement of raw materials, all the way down to me getting my fries 5 minutes after I’ve ordered it. The course is called “Time Series Forecasting Using R” and I’m looking forward to learning more. ...

Today I heard about this delightfully hilarious BBC Radio Sitcom called “Cabin Pressure” voice-starring Stephanie Cole, Roger Allam, Benedict Cumberbatch and John Finnemore. Every episode is titled a place on the map indicating where they, the chartered plane and its staff, are or are flying to for that episode and the short but funny misadventures they end up having. I only started listening to it because of Benedict Cumberbatch, but I found myself most drawn to the character Roger Allam plays - Douglas Richardson, First Office at the MJN Air. I shouldn’t really have been surprised at how a radio show made me laugh so much, because I do love a good dialogue and witty banter and this show is full of those. But I was pleasantly surprised at the frequency with which this continued to get me going. I remember there was a point on my evening walk when I was grinning broadly as I walked along the rather short circuit in RBI Layout’s park and it suddenly struck me that the reason no one was staring at me for what I can only assume must be a very goofy grin is because we’re all in a pandemic and are wearing masks that save us the embarassment of revealing our satisfied expressions that we cannot explain to everyone on a walk. ...

My current regulars Mythology by Parcast Rationally speaking with Julia Galef The Tim Ferriss Show Naval Ravikant Data Stories On Being with Krista Tippett The Python Podcast.__init Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin Outliers Fall of Civilizations My favorite episodes Literary Is the catholic church a force for good - An Intelligence Squared Debate - With Stephen Fry and Christopher Hitchens What makes us human? - with Stephen Fry The Four Horsemen - Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennet, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris The Tim Ferriss Show - with Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman: How Stories Last Stephen Fry on PG Wodehouse Economics, Psychology, Marketing The Psychology of Advertising with Rory Sutherland Dan Ariely | Payoff Rationally Speaking #178 - Tim Urban on “Trying to live On Data Data Stories : Color with Karen Schloss FlowingData with Nathan Yau Python Podcasts The Real Python Podcast Talk Python To Me Python Bytes Test and Code From Python Import Podcast podcast.init Podcasts by Friends Tales of Time Travel by Gautham Shenoy Kannada Science Fiction by Gautham Shenoy The Forgotten Heritage of the Deccan by Karthik Malli People’s Choice Simblified The Pragati Podcast Paperback The Seen and the Unseen Echoes of India Via Nishant Singh ...

I’ve been trying to develop certain habits for the longest time. One of them is better consistency in writing. On this website alone, this is my 86th post, but I’ve had the site for a little less than 6 years now. And for the last few years, every now and then I’ve had streaks of 1-article-per-month. But at that rate, it’s not quite a habit. Today I was listening to this podcast interaction between Tim Ferriss and the author of Atomic Habits, James Clear and while most of the content was familiar to me the way non-fiction dialogue is, this quote - “Reduce the scope, but stick to the schedule " struck me as extremely effective in conveying that which has been said a million other ways before - “Progress over perfection”, “Don’t break the chain” etc. ...