ITCHY BRAINS

Show Notes This episode goes into how to get started with reading, if you're a beginner reader or if you've just stepped into the world of Reading Like me, I wanted to throw some helpful tips (probably) out there to get started with Books or to keep going. This is the intro to  Becoming a Better reader. Starting out can be a little daunting/intimidating as there are so many good books out there! So here are some Points that I discuss in this Episode:- 1. Don't read what you don't like. Pick up a Book, Don't Like it, Don't Read it. Move on to the next one it's fine.      - A Quote for Your Reading Room, " Read What You Love, Until You Start to Love Reading" 2. Use a pencil. Something to Guide your Eyes is Really Helpful. It also Improves your Reading Speed. 3. Cut the Inner Monologue. 4. Skip through.  - Books Give you loads of examples to make a point clear. Sharpen your judgement and when you notice something being repeated, Skip It! Also, If a book is good take your time. 5. Read more than One book at a time. 6. Schedule time For reading. Making Reading A Priority.  Books Talked About :-  Philosophy/Fiction - Siddhartha By Herman Hesse   Self Help - Tools of Titans By Tim Ferris  A Thing or Two About Sex :- Come as You Are By Emily Nagoski

Here, Abhishek starts a business that operates for 12 days, We ask Abhishek when he is leaving Nepal, Pragyan asks Modi Ji for Help, the initial struggles of Moving Out,  Work and Friends, and so on.  Pragyan delivers the worlds longest cycle! 

# Spoiler Territory  Seto Surya is one of the few Nepali films that is worth some inspection. We invite, to put it humbly, son of a very very big politician, Swadhin Hang  to understand the political climate that is depicted in the film.  The film is also available on Amazon Prime. 

---Show Notes--- Here we take help from two main sources Well Mind and Psychology Today to help understand some of the reasons about why we forget. These articles provide neatly bundled theories that help us raise the curtain and get a sneak peak behind why our Brains are so good at forgetting.  Points covered in this EP :-  The Interference Theory The Decay Theory of Forgetting The Retrieval Failure Theory The Cue-Dependent Theory of Forgetting Thankfully Pragyan Didn't forget to be on this Episode.

Here I present a case against colleges and things that I think are not going well with their form of education. I play a recorded session from a presentation I had to do for one of my classes. I put together materials from blog posts and books that have discussed the problem that the current education system faces. My Presentation Slides Here.

In Order to get the most out of this episode, here is a short guideline to follow:- Google podcast has been my choice of podcasting app. I like it's clean interface. Plus the links that I mention here displays better on Google Podcast. 1. Download Google Podcast :- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.podcasts&hl=en_CA 2. Subscribe to the podcasts that you find interesting. I recommend subscribing to all of them and have them on your feed, then later if need be unsubscribe to the ones that don't work. 3. Queue the specific episodes that are mentioned so you can dive into them after this episode is over or whenever you want. 4. Feel free to come back to the show notes if you feel like you have missed something. All the links below are still going to be here! Here are the podcasts and their specific episode(s) to get started with:- Podcast Channels :- Specific Episode(s) || Intellectuals || Making Sense :- Brilliant two-part Conversation With Jordan Peterson. The Portal :- Fascinating  Conversation with a 14 year old about Gen-Z Lex Friedman :- A conversation With Mathematician Eric Weinstein. || Self Help || Art Of Manliness :- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu || Sex || Sex With Emily :- Questions and Answers about Sex and Helpful advices.  Girls On Porn :-  Fingering. Two girls reviewing porn...Wild! Curious Kamal :- The Life of A Sex Surrogate. Having Sex with other people as a form of Therapy! ||Comedy|| Flagrant 2 :- New York Style Comedy...My main source of News! Views :- It's Super Clickbaity and Super Fun! Once you know these people and their Personalities, it's insanely funny.  Joe Rogan :- With David Choe. By Far the Most Hilarious and Probably The Best Podcast Of the year from Papa Rogan! || Nepali || Subba Podcast :- Brilliant form of podcasting. I wish there were more podcasts in the similar genre in the Nepali Community. 

Over the past year, I have had the chance to listen to a lot of podcasts. I have experimented with a lot of material and here are the ones that have worked for me, that I think everyone should have on their podcast feed or at least deserve a shot. All of them are brilliant, listen to the ones that works for you or you think sounds interesting and disregard the ones that don't.  In Order to get the most out of this episode, here is a short guideline to follow:- Google podcast has been my choice of podcasting app. I like it's clean interface. Plus the links that I mention here displays better on Google Podcast. 1. Download Google Podcast :- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.podcasts&hl=en_CA  2. Subscribe to the podcasts that you find interesting. I recommend subscribing to all of them and have them on your feed, then later if need be unsubscribe to the ones that don't work. 3. Queue the specific episodes that are mentioned so you can dive into them after this episode is over or whenever you want.  4. Feel free to come back to the show notes if you feel like you have missed something. All the links below are still going to be here! Here are the podcasts and their specific episode(s) to get started with:- Podcast Channels :- Specific Episode(s) 1. ReplyAll :- Long Distance Part 1  2. Radiolab :- Space 3. Invisibilia  :- Emotions 4. Life Kit :- Pick any Topic you need Help With! 5. Caliphate :- From the Beginning! 6. Show me the Meaning :- 2001: A Space Odyssey 7. The Chernobyl Podcast :- From the Beginning! 8. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History :- From the Beginning! 9. The Knowledge Project :- Balancing the Brain Budget 10. The Tim Ferriss Show :- Yuval Noah Harari 11. (Bonus) Philosophy Bites :- Lucy Allais on Forgiveness I think all of these episodes are well worth a Try! 

The Four agreements is a really simple book with 4 ideas that are suppose to help us make our way into subjective wellbeing.  ---Show Notes--- Nepali Podcast ep That Blew My Mind:  https://anchor.fm/givingbackpodcast/episodes/Quantum-Computing-and-High-Energy-Physics---Mukesh-Gimire--Ep-21--givingBack-Podcast-wSanjib-Lamichhane-ejuk1u  Other Podcasts based on AI and Physics stuff: Lex Fridman: https://www.youtube.com/lexfridman The Portal: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL3RoZS1wb3J0YWw?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdkeOA0LXsAhXCg3IEHdanCQgQ4aUDegQIARAC&hl=en App that I mentioned: https://www.notion.so/

This is Prangyan's first solo talk show where he invites himself to talk with. Here Prgyan is joined by Pragyan to talk about social anxiety that Pragyan faces (Not the first Pragyan the second one!). Pragyan shares his thought on why people have social anxieties, what his anxieties look like and some techniques that he uses to better deal with them.

I came upon this idea of Horizontal relationship when I was reading the book The courage to be Disliked. I don't think about the default status of relationship that I build with other humans except. There are only three that I know: romantic, friendship and parent-child relationship,  but there is more to this. This is the topic of todays discussion. As it turns out this concept is something that plays out in our day to day life, how we interact with others and how we build relationship to others. I think Pragyan Got lost in the jungle!! --- Show Notes ----- Links  Book Mentioned:  The courage to Be Disliked: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074TWG8V7/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Other topics: Zero sum game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game https://conceptually.org/concepts/zero-vs-positive-sum Game mentioned: https://store.steampowered.com/app/945360/Among_Us/ 

Stoicism is one of those philosophies that both, Pragyan and I believe has some good to offer to everyone. We've heard about stoicism at some point along the way but what is it really? Who should practice it? Benefits of Stoicism and what are the cardinals that the Stoics value the most. -----Helpful LInks----- Website about Stoicism with loads of info: https://dailystoic.com/ Ryan Holiday's Website: https://ryanholiday.net/ 

Liam (I.G @Liam_farrel87) is currently studying the nuts and bolts of aircraft maintenance. Here I was able to have a conversation about the work that he does, How his side of the military works, the environment of California and how it's different from Butler, the home town he grew up in, I also get to learn about the dating scene in Cali and how difficult it can be even for an Airman to fit the dating world!

In this episode we discuss over how Pragyan's bank account went from Bezos status to not only zero but negative, the problems of having online classes and the perks that make them interesting to say the least and the most important bit of the entire conversation Pragyan's New Crush! 

Everyone understands the importance of the internet but for some reason people are afraid to put themselves out there. In this episode I am trying to convince the listeners to have some sort of online presence, ANY really!! I discuss different mediums to put out content and discuss their benefits.  My thesis here is to try and convince people to have an online presence. Enjoy! --- Show Notes --- Free website to get started with blogs -  https://medium.com/ For me Money is the least of concern when starting out but here's a video explaining the monetary aspects of blogging/writing articles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZqG2ESJUaw --Books mentioned--  Atomic Habits - https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits  Here's Pragyan's Credit card Number : 4851-2256-9956-4872.... JK!!     

Here we speak with Bipina Upadhayay (I.G @bipina_timsina) to understand the fundamentals of getting started in the medicine degree. We touch upon the scene of Veganism, Medical Mafias ( I didn't even know that there were mafias in the medical community), the problems that medical students are facing, why SHE thinks watching a baby being born is exciting and what is the scene around dating in the medical community. I don't recommend anyone to watch human birth videos unless they know what they are doing.  -- Show Notes--  App to talk with random Strangers: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ly.omegle.android&hl=en_US  Books Mentioned: https://www.amazon.com/Courage-Be-Disliked-Phenomenon-Happiness/dp/1501197274 ----------------- College Mentioned: http://www.cmc.edu.np/  News Surrounding Medical Mafias: https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/cmc-students-continue-protest-seeking-refund-of-extra-fee/ Info on Placenta : https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/placenta-delivery#placenta-options  -------------- Pragyan's Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/pragyan.bimali Prajash's Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/prajash_33/ Email: [email protected]

Here the concept of Parkinson's Law and Pareto's Law is introduced. In my belief, these productive laws expand beyond getting things done to understanding ones happiness. Coming clean I don't consider myself a productive person but introducing these terms can help people understand the basics of why certain things take longer than they should and why some days feel wasted. Being aware of problems is crucial to finding solutions.  --Show Notes-- Parkinson's Law : https://impossiblehq.com/parkinsons-law/ Pareto's Law : https://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-pareto-principle-the-8020-rule/ -- Movies Mentioned-- Hot Girls Wanted : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4382552/ Midsommar : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8772262/ -- Books Mentioned-- The 4 Hour Work Week : https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357 The Checklist Manifesto : http://atulgawande.com/book/the-checklist-manifesto/ -- Video Mentioned (Contains Graphic Images) -- Dolphins : https://www.instagram.com/p/ByS29Awhm3Q/?hl=en

Here we bring in Kennny Havier Burgos (I.G @Kenny12_) to talk about his home town country Dominican Republic (DR). Kenny has been a roommate of mine (Prajash) during the first year of college at Greensburg. He is bulky looking so you don't wanna mess with him. On this episode Kenny talks about how he got to the United State, His lifestyle in DR, The dating culture that he comes from, Having close friends and Happyness. I think that Keeny is good with girls and there is a segment where he shares how not to talk with girls. I really had a fun time getting to know his Culutre on the podcast,I hope you guys do as well.  Enjoy!

There are about 500 Hours of YouTube Video uploaded every Minute. There is so much content out there that no human can possibly consume in their finite lifetime. Here In this episode, We (Pragyan and Prajash) share a life changing way to look at these contents and how to consume it. In the end, its going to be up to the listeners whether or not they wanna use this method but nonetheless we still want everyone to give it a shot and encourage other fellow humans to try this approach as well. if you find the content valuable, you can also share this episode (or the whole podcast) with them.......Why not?  Enjoy!

We've tried something different for this episode. There's no specific topic we're talking about, just random stuff from our experiences that we found to be interesting.

Here, We continue to review the book named Great Mental Models By Shane Parrish. If you haven't listened to Part One of this book review, it could help visiting that episode first. Apart from the book review if Pragyan's parents are listening  to the episode, I highly recommend that you take notes from the beginning because he has a story in this episode that you should listen very carefully!  Enjoy!! --Show Notes-- Book Used : https://www.amazon.com/Great-Mental-Models-Thinking-Concepts-ebook/dp/B07P79P8ST Helpful Links  Shane's Blog : https://fs.blog/ Shane's Blog on Mental Models (Vol 1) : https://fs.blog/tgmm/#volume_one

We wanted to know more about the situation and the role of media in shaping our society specially in this time. So we called in One of our common friend Atul Pokharel (I.G @atul_pokharel) to join us and share his thoughts on Media Imperialism.  We touch upon what Imperialism is and how it affects us. Why Atul chooses to stay single for the next 5 years. How Imperialism can be Understood in terms of Nepal. Also, Pragyan usually does a lot of weird scientific explanation on the episode that I have to edit out so don't worry you don't have to listen to any of it. And lastly, What is the Future of Media in General. -- Show Notes-- Helpful Links  Media Imperialism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_imperialism

Mental Models are a set of frameworks that we can use to understand the world around us better. We know Models like Supply and Demand, which relates to economy, Game Theory which could explain human Interactions but are there Mental Models that can guide our day to day decision making? After all the purpose of Mental Models is to help us make good decisions. So, What are some great Mental Models that can be Implemented to make better decisions? That is Exactly what we find out with a book written by a Canadian Intelligent agent Spy Shane Parrish named, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts. Shane has one of the few brilliant resources that I like to visit Frequently called Farnam Street which proceeds with the idea of helping us understand the world better. The idea of this book originated when Shane's Kids asked him about Mental Models, so he proceeded to search for a book to hand over about great Mental Models only to realize that there is no such book out there, so he wrote one!  -- Show Notes --  Helpful Links  Book Used : https://www.amazon.com/Great-Mental-Models-Thinking-Concepts-ebook/dp/B07P79P8ST Mental Model Blog Post : https://fs.blog/tgmm/

Obi was Born and Raised in Ghana, currently he Resides in the US and has been for the past 8 years. What is it like moving from an African country to America. How different are they from one another? How are people in Ghana Different from US? How is ones death celebrated in some parts of Africa? is American food the best? We wanted answer to these questions and Obi delivered with the use of his delightful accent. Enjoy!! 

Here We talk about a popular article by Kevin Kelly called 1000 true fans. We breakdown the concept of what it means to be a true fan. People may have assumption that one needs millions of followers to be able to make A Living On The Internet but that concept is being put to a trial in this episode. Can one make a living without 4-figure or 5-figure following? Here we find out!! -Show Notes- Links Used: https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/ 

YouTube is a massive platform! To get a hold of what the platform actually looks like when we need  put it in terms of numbers and thats exactly what we have done. We have taken help from OMNICORE website to gather data about the platform. We have also broken down YouTube In terms of gender demographics and where are these views going? Why is YouTube MALE dominated? Do MEN and WOMEN even watch similar content? And lots More....Enjoy!!

Inception is a movie directed by well acclaimed Christopher Nolan, It is simply a Masterpiece! But the movie is not an easy watch, it has a lot of narrative going on at once and can be hard to keep track of... that could be the beauty of the movie but that indeed causes a lot of confusion. In this episode we called in one of our friends, Ronak Rajwanshi (IG: @swardnor) to help us breakdown the movie so that we can catch whats going on and in the process understand the movie better. If you have not watched the movie yet (Yes, there is always someone who hasn't) All of us have it on our top recommendation for a proper watch. So yeah Enjoy! 

In this solo Episode , I, Prajash talk about the mental model that I have found most effective to think about embarrassment. Embarrassment is something that none of us are Immune to, We have to deal with it as part of being humans. When we go through these moments what are we supposed to do, If anything. Here We find out!!  Oh and there is also a Concentrated Weed (Wax) story in this episode. 

Here we discuss about the advantage/disadvantage that we (Pragyan and Prajash) have experienced after moving to western country. What kind of flaws does one experience after moving to such developed countries? Why does one move here anyways?.. Here we find out!!

I (Prajash) had a discussion with my 12 year old brother about racism in United States. I followed a recent article by Vox media called How To Talk To Your Kids About Racism to help me communicate better about this sensitive issue with my brother.

In this Epiosode, We have Isiah on the podcast who is also the first guest ever!! He helps us understand the situation that is going on all over America with the protest, why this is all going on right now and what is it that the protesters really want? 

On this episode of the Itchy Brains podcast we discuss about the experience of moving from Nepal to USA. What is it like to be a DV winner? What are the changes that can be noticed in the first glance  of moving to a new country and much more unraveling.

In this Epiosode of the Itchy Brains Podcast, Pragyan takes us on a ride of his travel from Nepal to Australia. We dive into Pragyan's experience from the day he decided to leave his country, his conversation with friends and family, his expectations and so forth. What exactly goes through ones head when they decide to move away, here we find out from Pragyan himself.

In this episode of the podcast we (Pragyan and Prajash) dive into the culture of being independent at 18 from both western and eastern point of view. We break down some historical context of why we landed at 18 as independent age, what exactly makes a person an adult, What are the pros and cons of having  younger Independent age and lots more!!!

We like to try different stuff to see what works best and since we couldn't fixate on one primary language, we decided to make a Nepali trailer as well for all the Nepali folks out there.  

This is the trailer for itchy Brains podcast. We just wanted to kick things off by saying hello to you guys! We talked a little bit about why we are starting a podcast and how things are going to go on from here.