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In the 1920s, physicists like Schrödinger, Heisenberg, Einstein, Planck—and many others—realized something deeply unsettling and beautiful: the universe at microscopic scales is nothing like what we observe in everyday life. This was the era when quantum mechanics was discovered. And I’m intentionally saying discovered, not born, because that word choice matters. Quantum mechanics isn’t just a framework we invented—it’s closer to the idea that we uncovered something that was already true about reality.What makes this discovery so fascinating is that quantum mechanics feels so far away from how we perceive the world… and yet, it is literally what the world is. The universe is fundamentally governed by quantum laws. And what we experience in daily life—objects with definite properties, predictable motion, a world that feels stable and classical—can be thought of as an emergent phenomenon.And the way we’re taught physics reflects that. When we start learning physics in high school, we begin with the rules of the world we directly experience: classical physics. Only later do we “upgrade” to quantum mechanics, and we try to map our classical intuition onto this quantum world. And we do that for a very human reason: from birth, we’ve trained our intuition on the classical world. So when quantum mechanics tells us something that doesn’t match that intuition, it feels non-intuitive.But what if we flipped the script?If the universe is fundamentally quantum, why don’t we start there? Why don’t we build our intuition from the quantum picture first—and then understand classical reality as something that emerges in the right circumstances? That question—this idea of taking a quantum-first approach—is exactly what our guest today, Ashmeet Singh, is thinking about.Ashmeet is a theoretical physicist who completed his PhD at Caltech and is now a professor of physics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Along with being a brilliant physicist, Ashmeet is also an avid science communicator—someone who has a real gift for explaining complex ideas in physics in a way that’s clear, intuitive, and genuinely exciting.In this episode, we also talk to Ashmeet about his personal journey through academia: how he navigated his path from IIT to Caltech to IIT, what that transition felt like, and what he learned along the way about doing research, and finding a place in physics.We’re genuinely grateful to IIT Delhi for hosting us—both giving us this beautiful space to sit in and record and for inviting us to give colloquium talks while we were in India. And a special thanks to Saarthak Parik for being a wonderful host and organizing everything so smoothly.So if you’ve ever wondered what it would mean to understand the universe starting from quantum mechanics—treating classical reality not as the default, but as the thing that has to be explained—then you are in for a treat. Ashmeet's Website: https://www.quantumfirst.space/Ashmeet's Youtube (The Scribbled Equation): https://www.youtube.com/@TheScribbledEquation

Recently, I came across a definition of a good theory: it should explain as much as possible, with as few ingredients as possible, and with as much accuracy as possible. I think that is something every serious physicist can relate to. And really, that is what modern theoretical physics is striving for — not just identifying what the universe is made of, but understanding the mathematical framework that makes the laws of nature hang together. That is why the mathematical formulation of quantum field theory is so important. It reveals the hidden structures behind particles, forces, symmetry, and even space itself, and it opens surprising connections to geometry, topology, and information. That is precisely the kind of frontier our guest explores, through research spanning string theory, gauge theory, Seiberg–Witten theory, matrix models, quantum curves, knot theory, and even biophysics through the topology of biomolecules. We’re thrilled to welcome Professor Piotr Sułkowski, a theoretical physicist at the University of Warsaw and a visiting faculty member at Caltech. He leads the Chair of Quantum Mathematical Physics, and his work explores some of the most elegant and fundamental structures in modern physics. Alongside that, he has also been actively involved in making science accessible to broader audiences through outreach projects like “Ask a Physicist.” Professor Sułkowski, it’s such a pleasure to have you with us today.Important links:Piotr's Website: https://psulkows.fuw.edu.pl/

Most of what we know about the universe actually comes from what we can’t see.Only a tiny fraction of the cosmos is made of “normal” matter—the stuff that makes up stars, planets, and us. The rest is a mysterious combination we call dark matter and dark energy, which, although invisible to our telescopes, is absolutely crucial for how the universe expands and how structures form over billions of years.So how do we even study something we cannot see?One of the most powerful tools we have is weak gravitational lensing. As light from distant galaxies travels through the cosmic web, the gravity of dark matter gently stretches and shears those galaxy images. The effect on any single galaxy is tiny, almost imperceptible. But when you measure this across millions or even billions of galaxies, a pattern emerges—a subtle cosmic fingerprint that tells us how matter is distributed and how fast the universe is expanding.This is what our guest today, Dr. Nikolina Sarcevic, works on. She is a cosmologist working at the intersection of data and theory. Nikolina is part of the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration, and her work focuses on understanding and modelling the systematics that can bias our measurements—things like how galaxies are intrinsically aligned, how we infer their redshift distributions, and how all of that feeds into weak lensing and dark energy constraints.So if you’ve ever wondered how we really know that dark energy exists, or what kinds of experiments are used to learn about this invisible matter, you’re going to be thrilled. So with that, let’s go.

Hello Everyone, welcome to The Knowmads Podcast. I'm your co-host Prachi, and I'm your co-host Bhavay. `Chaos' is one of those words that has escaped physics and entered everyday language. We use it to describe messy rooms, traffic, even our inboxes. But in physics, chaos has a very precise meaning, (or it doesnt). Well, classically,  chaotic systems are those, that even though they are completely deterministic, they are extremely sensitive to their initial conditions. Even the tiniest change in the initial conditions can lead to wildly different outcomes.\\ But when we move to the quantum world, things become a little strange. When there are no deterministic trajectories in the quantum world, how do we even make sense of chaos.Our guest today is Dr. Marine De Clerck, a mathematical physicist at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. Her work lives right at this intersection of chaos, gravity, and how mathematical structure is built upon quantum chaos. So if you’ve ever heard of the butterfly effect and wondered what chaos really means, you are in for a treat.

Imagine: it’s a lazy Sunday morning, you’re sipping your raspberry-flavored iced latte, and an interstellar traveler lands in your backyard. It starts walking toward you—what do you do? Are you terrified or calm? If you’re a scientist stuck on a problem for years, do you ask for help? If you’re an influencer, are you already crafting your next post? If you’re a cook, are you hunting for new recipes? Honestly, with our limited human experience and understanding, it’s hard to even imagine such an encounter.To help us out, today’s podcast guest, Daniel Whiteson—along with Andy Warner—has written an incredible book illustrating exactly this scenario. Daniel is an experimental particle physicist and a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. Anchored by his deep knowledge, Daniel asks in the book: can aliens speak physics? The book hits shelves on November 4, and we got to check out a pre-release copy.In today’s episode, we talk with Daniel about his mindset, the fundamentals and nuances of this alien encounter, and how we might communicate with them—without giving away any spoilers. Also, every new episode comes with its own lessons and the lesson her was to make multiple backups of your files because our SSD got corrupted and while we could recover our video files we couldn't recover the audio files. So the audio you're listening to is the one that got recorded by out camera. So anyway whether you’re dying to meet the green dudes, swear you’ve already seen them, or you’re simply curious about what such questions reveal about us humans, you’re in for a delight. So, let’s go!Daniel Ofir Whiteson is an American experimental particle physicist at University of California, Irvine. https://sites.uci.edu/daniel/He is a co-creator of Elinor Wonders Why, an animated educational television show on PBS Kids. He co-hosts a podcast with biologist Kelly Weinersmith titled Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daniel-and-kellys-extraordinary-universe/id1436616330Check out his new book: “Do Aliens Speak Physics (http://www.alienspeakphysics.com/)” which explores what it might be like to try to talk to advanced aliens about physics. Will they do physics the way we do, or is our most basic science more human than Universal?

The universe is about 14 billion years old. Ever wondered—how do we even know the age of the universe? How can we look up at the sky and read time itself? We do this by studying the afterglow of the Big Bang, called the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR)—relic radiation from the very beginning of the universe. Physicists build ultra-cold microwave telescopes—cryogenic cameras with incredibly sensitive detectors—that can spot tiny temperature changes and faint polarization, and even see how gravity bends that light.In this episode, Dr. Eve Vavagiakis, an experimental cosmologist at Duke University, takes us behind the scenes of how these instruments are designed, built, and calibrated across ACT, the Simons Observatory, CCAT-prime, and CMB-S4. Her expertise spans cryogenic instrumentation, superconducting detectors, and extracting meaningful physics from enormous datasets. She also writes children’s science books that turn big cosmic ideas into playful stories for young readers—bringing neutrinos, black holes, and photons to life. She believes kids should have access to—even if not a complete understanding of—the latest discoveries and complex ideas. If you wonder how we know the universe’s age—or you just like telescopes—you’re in for a delight.About the guestDr. Eve Vavagiakis is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Duke University. She builds instruments and analyzes data for cosmology and astrophysics, and works with the ACT, CCAT-prime, Simons Observatory, and CMB-S4 collaborations. Her interests include cryogenic instrumentation, superconducting detectors, and cross-correlation studies that reveal the physics of galaxy clusters and the universe. Previously an NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell, she’s also the author of the Meet the Universe children’s book series from MIT Kids Press. Students excited about instrumentation or data analysis are welcome to reach out.Website: https://evevavagiakis.com

Science and philosophy have always been woven together. Some of history’s greatest minds—Aristotle, Galileo, Aryabhata and even Einstein—were as much philosophers as they were scientists.This has also been true for ancient Indian civilization, where science and philosophy were explored with extraordinary depth, not as separate pursuits, but as complementary paths to knowledge. These insights were preserved in Sanskrit, a language whose precision allowed complex ideas to be recorded with remarkable clarity. But centuriesof invasions and nearly a thousand years of foreign rule made this knowledge less accessible, and its nuance steadily eroded. Much of it was collapsed into the broad label of “spirituality”—a word that has itself lost the rigor and depth it once carried. The central dogma of these ancient Indian texts was an uncompromising commitment to curiosityand questioning. Our guest today, Dr. Ramakrishnan Hosur, apart from being a renowned figure in science, has embarked on the journey of demystifying these texts with that same uncompromising commitment. He believes in building upon that curiosity and using it as an anchor for scientific progress. In his book, Where Science Meets Spirituality, he explores precisely this intersection. Dr. Hosur is a distinguished biophysicist and his remarkable career spans pioneering developments in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, structural biology, and protein folding. His work earned him India’s fourth-highestcivilian honour, the Padma Shri, in 2014. He has spent decades at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai, where he also headed the National Facility for High-Field NMR. And now, he has been inspiring a whole new way of looking at knowledge by demystifying ancient Indian texts and showing how curiosity can bridge science and spirituality. So if you’re someone who finds inspiration at the crossroads of science, philosophy and spirituality, or simply someone who’s just curious, you’re in for a treat. So let's go.His wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramakrishna_V._Hosur

Imagine walking deep into a dense forest without a map or GPS. Initially, you kind of know where you started. But as you wander further, eventually, it's impossible to tell where you came from — every direction looks the same. That's thermalization. The initial state's details get scrambled across all degrees of freedom and as a result local observables settle into a stable, time-independent state called the equilibrium state. The fact that macroscopic objects equilibrate with their environments is such a ubiquitous experience that understanding it doesn't seem very interesting. Although it's absolutely non-trivial. At Equilibrium these local observables are represented by their thermal expectation values. So if one had access to a map or perhaps a GPS which just means keeping track of those initial details such as any non-local correlations or even the entire state, locally thermalization would still occur, but one could easily backtrack to the initial state. In physics it is quite surprising how systems behave collectively, when compared to the behavior of its components. This is known as emergent behavior. We've been taught that evolution of any system should entirely depend on initial conditions but we see that a lack of initial state dependence is what actually gives a consistent behavior macroscopically. For an isolated quantum many-body system, this becomes even more fascinating because even though the full evolution, is unitary and reversible--which means backtracking is guaranteed-- locally, memory seems to be lost. Then how does this classical behaviour emerge from Quantum mechanics? A key idea is the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis (ETH): each non-degenerate energy eigenstate itself can be considered “thermal”.Their expectation values fluctuate little between nearby eigenstates, provided the local operator acts on few degrees of freedom.  Intuitively, a small subsystem of an isolated quantum system acts as if it's in contact with a thermal bath—the rest of the system. So in large, non-integrable systems, thermal behavior emerges without needing a microcanonical average—a single eigenstate often suffices. If ETH is true then if the initial state dependent coefficients are concentrated around some single energy then our TEV will give the desired microcanonical and canonical averages. Our guest today is Pavan Hosur, a theoretical physicist in the Department of Physics and the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston. His research focuses on understanding topological phases of matter, exotic broken symmetry phases, and how to detect them experimentally. He also explores quantum ergodicity, quantum chaos, and more broadly, how concepts from classical statistical mechanics extend into the quantum realm. We’re recording this episode in his lovely office, discussing how our complex yet elegant macroscopic world emerges from the quantum laws that govern the microscopic one. So let’s get started.His website is here: https://sites.google.com/nsm.uh.edu/qmb/home

Modern physics rests on two foundational frameworks that describe our universe at different scales. The first is General Relativity, Einstein’s theory of gravity, which describes gravity not as a force but as the curvature of spacetime itself. Massive objects bend the geometry of spacetime, and this curvature dictates how all massive objects move,  from planets to black holes.   At the microscopic scale, we have quantum mechanics which describes the probabilistic nature of particles like electrons and photons. Quantum mechanics also laid the foundation for Quantum Field Theory where particles are no longer seen as standalone objects but as excitations of quantum fields that permeate spacetime. This is the formalism behind the Standard Model of particle physics, our best theory to date for describing the electromagnetic, weak, and strong nuclear forces. Individually, both theories aren’t just theoretically robust but also experimentally validated. However, combining them isn’t as easy as it sounds. The mathematical frameworks of General Relativity and Quantum Field Theory are fundamentally incompatible. When we try to apply quantum principles to spacetime itself, like at the singularity of a black hole or during the earliest moments of the universe, the equations break down. One of the most ambitious and mathematically rich attempts to reconcile these two frameworks is String Theory. In string theory, the point-like particlesof the Standard Model are replaced by tiny vibrating strings, and different vibrational modes correspond to different particles. Even though string theory comes with its own challenges, like the need to compactify extra dimensions, it remains one of the most compelling candidates for a unified theory of nature. One of its greatest successes lies in the discovery of dualities which connects seemingly unrelated theories. Among the most powerful of these is the AdS/CFT correspondence, or gauge/gravity duality, which proposes an equivalence between a theory of gravity in higher-dimensional spacetime and a quantum field theory without gravity on its lower-dimensional boundary. Our guest today is Professor Andreas Karch, a theoretical physicist at the University of Texas at Austin, who has played a key role in shaping our understanding of gauge/gravity duality and has made significant contributions to string theory. If you’re someone curious about why we need to quantize gravity, eager to unpack the ideas behind string theory, or simply excited to explore the frontiers of fundamental physics — you’re in for a treat. Before we start the episode there’s something I'd like to mention. We went all the way from Houston to Austin to record this episode in his office, but because tech can be sneaky sometimes, we ended up losing our video footage — mine and Bhavay’s. Thankfully, Andreas’s camera kept rolling It was incredibly heartbreaking but we didn’t want to lose this episode so we got creative. If you're watching this on YouTube, the visuals you’ll see for the hosts are AI-generated avatars. The audio is 100 percent real. We have worked hard to create a compelling visual experience for you, we hope you like it. And like all our episodes, this conversation is raw, unedited, and without any cuts.Andreas Karch is a professor of Physics at UT Austin, where he moved after being on the faculty for close to 20 years at the University of Washington in Seattle. He works on string theory and formal quantum field theory with an eye towards applications in other areas of physics. He did is undergraduate studies at the University of Wuerzburg in Germany, received an MA from UT Austin, his PhD from Humboldt University in Berlin, and did postdocs at MIT and Harvard. He is a fellow of the APS and a PI on the Simons Collaboration on Ultra Quantum Matter.Check out his work here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jO39jLYAAAAJ&hl=en

The world we live in is believed to be divided into two fundamental families of particles--Fermions and Bosons. Today, we're sitting in Dr. Kaden Hazzard's beautiful office at Rice University in Houston, who along with his student, proposed a robust third class of particles called paraparticles. An astonishingly simple operation of swapping any two particles, is what it takes to reveal their nature. We know that Bosons obey BE statistics and Fermions obey Fermi-Dirac statistics. But what about paraparticles? What statistics do they obey? Where do they show up? And what could their existence mean for physics? If you're curious about the foundations of quantum mechanics or just need a reason to chase a wild idea — you're going to love this episode. So, let's go.

Hello everyone, welcome to season 2 of the Knowmads podcast. Since Season 2 was long overdue, we had to start with someone who’s not just had a remarkable academic journey in physics, but also someone who’s been a great mentor to all his students and really, to everyone who walks into his office. So in this episode, we’re sitting in the office of Professor René Bellwied — a leading experimental physicist and a core member of the ALICE collaboration — which stands for A Large Ion Collider Experiment — one of the major experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider or the LHC. A few days ago, along with his colleges, he recieved the 2025 breakthrough prize in fundamental physics, which is one of the most prestigious award in science. We talk about the early universe, the beauty and chaos of large-scale collaborations, and what the future of physics might hold. Whether you're someone who thinks deeply about the universe or someone who just loves hearing how big science gets done, there's something for everyone. 

Hi Everyone, This is Episode 15 of The Knowmads Podcast.The mother’s Mental health during the time of pregnancy is extremely crucial. Studies suggest that prenatal stress and trauma have the capacity to propagate through generations. Our guest today is a UH graduate student at the Laboratory of early experiences and development studying cognitive and behavioral neuroscience. Livia Merrill’s  research studies the impact of prenatal stress on the cognitive development of the new born. She has strong opinions about policies surrounding such tangible research and the dissemination of scientific findings. You’re all in for an extremely illuminating conversation.So let's go.xoxo The KnowmadsYou can find Livia on Instagram @the_liv_lifeYou can find The KnowmadsPrachi Garella: Website: https://www.prachigarella.comLintree: https://linktr.ee/prachigarellaBhavay: Website: https://www.bhavaytyagi.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhavaystyagi/To reach us you can email us at: [email protected]

Hi Everyone, This is Episode 14 of The Knowmads Podcast.Whether you're a parent searching for that delicate equilibrium between responsibilities and aspirations, or someone looking for a force of motivation to go back to school, start a different journey, or simply someone seeking a tale of inspiration, you're in for a treat.From her humble beginnings, serving tirelessly for a non-profit organization in the vibrant heart of Latin America, to the classrooms where she ignited young minds as an educator, and now juggling between being a grad student and a mother. Kristen's journey has been a tapestry of inspiration.This is a beautiful conversation where we talk about her challenges, and the invaluable lessons she's gathered along the way. So let's go.xoxo The KnowmadsYou can find The KnowmadsPrachi Garella: Website: https://www.prachigarella.comLintree: https://linktr.ee/prachigarellaBhavay: Website: https://www.bhavaytyagi.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhavaystyagi/To reach us you can email us at: [email protected]

Hi Everyone, This is Episode 13 of The Knowmads Podcast.Most of us who grew up in bilingual or a multilingual homesoften wonder if the new babies in the family will be able to understandthese different language(s). In this episode we dive deep into the fascinatingworld of early language development in children. Our guest todayChristina Diaz Griep is a psychologist from University of Houston where her research involves understanding how children growing up in bilingual and monolingual households navigate the intricate journey of language acquisition. So let's go.xoxo The KnowmadsYou can find Christina:@Christygriep on InstagramYou can find The KnowmadsPrachi Garella: Website: https://www.prachigarella.comLintree: https://linktr.ee/prachigarellaBhavay: Website: https://www.bhavaytyagi.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhavaystyagi/To reach us you can email us at: [email protected]

Hi Everyone, This is Episode 12 of The Knowmads Podcast.Long after abolishment of Slavery in the US, in the late 1800s the effects are still seen in different forms. The unbalanced dynamics of power between prison authorities and prisoners illustrates hints of slavery even today and remains ignored. Our guest today is a historian from Rice University and in her research she particularly highlights the oppressive experiences of incarcerated black women in the late 20th century in jails in Texas. She talks about various forms of abuse that is witnessed even today in Texas Jails. It’s a very illuminating and thought provoking podcast, I’m sure you’ll like it. xoxo The KnowmadsYou can find Nina:@Nina.nevill on InstagramYou can find The KnowmadsPrachi Garella: Website: https://www.prachigarella.comLintree: https://linktr.ee/prachigarellaBhavay: Website: https://www.bhavaytyagi.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhavaystyagi/To reach us you can email us at: [email protected]

Hi Everyone, This is Episode 11 of The Knowmads Podcast.Have you ever wondered why do we dream, are we conscious whilewe are sleeping? How is our brain able to generate a 3 dimensional visual image every night while our eyes are closed? Our guest today Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez is a philosopher, from University of Glasgow. In new recent work. She talks about objectless sleep awarenessand compares the ideologies of western philosophy regarding consciousness while onesleeps with various different philosophical traditions from other parts of the world.This is an extremely intriguing conversation where Adrian explains some of the interesting concepts in philosophy. Since we recorded this online the quality of audio may not be the best but I assure you that, the quality of the conversation is immaculate.So let's goxoxo The KnowmadsYou can find Adriana:@Hawally_ on X (twitter)Website: http://www.adriana-alcarazsanchez.xyz/You can find The KnowmadsPrachi Garella: Website: https://www.prachigarella.comLintree: https://linktr.ee/prachigarellaBhavay: Website: https://www.bhavaytyagi.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhavaystyagi/To reach us you can email us at: [email protected]

Hi Everyone, This is Episode 10 of The Knowmads Podcast.Political discussions and associated ideologies almost always resolve in thinking about national leaders and the large scale effects of policies that finally lead to geo politics. The conversations often lack the microscopic details and the penetrative effects of policies at the lowest local level, where ‘in principle’ it actually matters. Studies suggest that such discussions ,amongst young students, who are these future leaders, are completely missing in recent times. The drive and necessity of social acceptance and the high sensitivity surrounding these topics renders the young mind extremely hesitant and sometimes completely helpless. In todays episode we aim to break this notion apart. Our guest today is a 3rd year physics graduate student at the University of Houston. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and astronomy from Emory University. His research is in experimental particle physics he specializes in designing and building equipment and systems for highly sensitive particle detectors. Daniel shares with us his true opinions about recent American Educational Policies and how that affects lives of graduate students and since it’s not possible to not talk about physics on The Knowmads Podcast, we talk about the current state of Dark Matter detection in the community.xoxo The KnowmadsYou can find Daniel at: https://www.instagram.com/here_comes_duffEmail: [email protected] can find The KnowmadsPrachi Garella: Website: https://www.prachigarella.comLintree: https://linktr.ee/prachigarellaBhavay: Website: https://www.bhavaytyagi.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhavaystyagi/To reach us you can email us at: [email protected]

Hi Everyone, This is Episode 9 of The Knowmads Podcast. Right before getting into the double digits of episodes we decided to do an ask us anything episode. Although we weren't able to answer all the questions that you guys had asked we answered ones that were most interesting and kind of captured many details in the questions that we missed. We would like to thank you all for the wonderful questions and support and we're truly grateful. We'll keep doing the ask us anything episodes since it is a great way to get feedback from our audience and for us to gauge what is it that you all like. We hope you enjoy this episode it's one of the longer ones. xoxo The KnowmadsYou can find The KnowmadsPrachi Garella: Website: https://www.prachigarella.comLinktree: https://linktr.ee/prachigarellaBhavay: Website: https://www.bhavaytyagi.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhavaystyagi/To reach us you can email us at: [email protected]

Hi Everyone, This is Episode 8 of The Knowmads Podcast. During the academic stages of our lives we spend most of our time developing tools and skills that aid our research and problem solving ability and this is true for all fields of study. Now most students think that this is it! This is how you can essentially get your dream position. Well what is often missed are the soft skills that are absolutely crucial to provide us that edge over others when applying for jobs. Our guest today is almost at the end of his PhD and has effectively picked up on some of these skills throughout his journey and we understood the essence of sharing it with the world. In this conversation we talk about the effect of time management, having a platform to showcase yourself, networking, a functional relationship with your advisor and much more. It was truly an honest and candid conversation with a lot of perspectives hope you enjoy it.xoxo The KnowmadsYou can find Aymen at: https://www.instagram.com/thelifeandtimesofaymenWebsite: https://www.aymenshamoon.comYou can find The KnowmadsPrachi Garella: Website: https://www.prachigarella.comLintree: https://linktr.ee/prachigarellaBhavay: Website: https://www.bhavaytyagi.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhavaystyagi/To reach us you can email us at: [email protected]

Hi Everyone, This is Episode 7 of The Knowmads Podcast. Every rational human has once in their life thought about the implications of porn on oneself and the society. Gail Dines, an anti-porn sociologist and professor at Wheelock college claims in her work that due to the adverse implications of pornography, it has become a public health issue and perhaps a solution is to enforce a complete ban on the porn industry. Our guest today Andrew Baldassarre is a philosopher and his current work is in response to this idea. He believes that it is important to acknowledge the pedagogical power of porn and to harness this aspect for the betterment of our society. xoxo The KnowmadsAndy Baldassarre - a Houston-based philosopher and beekeeper is a recent graduate of Northeastern University in Boston, MA. In the Spring of 2022, he received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, with a double major in Philosophy. You can find Andrew at: https://www.instagram.com/really_me_andrewbWebsite: https://www.andrewbaldassarre.comYou can find The KnowmadsPrachi Garella: Website: https://www.prachigarella.comLintree: https://linktr.ee/prachigarellaBhavay: Website: https://www.bhavaytyagi.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhavaystyagi/To reach us you can email us at: [email protected]

Hi Everyone, This is Episode 6 of The Knowmads Podcast. The path to self-exploration is very unique for everyone. Our passion, ambition and relationships play an instrumental role in shaping our lives. Our guest today found his true expression and self in literature. His humility and empathy allowed him to overcome all the challenges that life threw at him. With exploring literature, friendships, love, life and lots of laughter, this was one of the most heartfelt conversation in a very long time. P.S. This was an online podcast so the listener may experience some glitching once in a while but the heart of the conversation is preserved. xoxo The KnowmadsDeepak is a marketeer & content creator. He started his professional journey as a content creator through his Instagram page “Empty House of Literature”. Now he markets books at an e-commerce company. He was a math major in  undergrad and has masters in Statistics. You can find Deepak at: https://www.instagram.com/emptyhouseofliterature/You can find The KnowmadsPrachi Garella: Website: https://www.prachigarella.comLintree: https://linktr.ee/prachigarellaBhavay: Website: https://www.bhavaytyagi.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhavaystyagi/To reach us you can email us at: [email protected]

Hi Everyone, This is Episode 5 of The Knowmads Podcast. A lot of students all around the worldleave their home country and move to anothercounty to prsue higher education. We oftentalk about their learnings and success but inreality what goes behind all that enlightenment is mostly never talked about. Our guest today has a PhD in physics who left his country, his familyin Nepal, to pursue his career in the states.Even though this journey was not ideal, hissanguine nature lead him to where he is now. Hope you enjoy the episode.  xoxo The Knowmads 

Hi Everyone, This is Episode 4 of The Knowmads Podcast. We all know PhD one complete adventure like none other. There exist factors that we don't know anything when we begin our PhD. You can never expect how drastically the research project, advisor and the overall situation can change. Our guest today faced all such challenges and it only made him more strong, mature and confident. From having material science as his primary interest he now works in the Quantum Gravity Group.  Hope you enjoy the episode.  xoxo The Knowmads 

Hi Everyone, This is EP3 of The Knowmads Podcast. In Life one finds it difficult to find what truly makes them happy. Our guest today is someone who did not have such a problem. He is a physics graduate student, but that's not how his journey began.  Caleb Broodo left his basketball career, his dream to play in the NBA and his engineering pursuit to pursue his other dream of becoming a physicist.Hope you enjoy the episode.  xoxo The Knowmads 

Hi Everyone, This is EP2 of The Knowmads Podcast.  Have you ever found yourself in a situation when you you're passionate about something, you love something and you've learn to appreciate it from a very very young age but then life happened. Our guest today did his undergrad in mechanical engineering and physics but had to make a circumstantial switch to the finance industry. He then spent more than six year and found his was back to physics. This is a fun, fascinating and a very exciting episode. We hope to inspire people in similar situations and we want to let them know that they're not alone and all hope is not lost. Hope you enjoy the episode. xoxo The Knowmads 

Hi Everyone, This is EP1 of The Knowmads Podcast.  You've already seen our Vlogs and enjoyed our nomadic side. We have been planning to do this Podcast for a very long and finally we found the time to make it happen. We finally justify the 'Know' of Knowmads and we kickstart this podcast by addressing a common question that we always get: "How do you manage your relationship being in the same profession? How do you manage your personal and professional life? and much more.." We come out completely honest about what bothers us and how we actually make it work. We would love to inspire those in a similar situation and we hope that others can also take something from this. We hope to have ya'll along this journey of exploring not just ourselves but also the world around us. We also look forward to expand our knowledge along with you. We will try to bring unique stories and research that will definitely help people in graduate school. xoxo The Knowmads