The AROK! guys reunite for the first episode of 2025! Thanks for being patient as we've gotten busy with our personal/professional lives, but welcome to the new channel to go along with the new year! Timestamps:0:00 We're back!1:15 Paying Respects to Tibet Earthquake victims2:10 Los Angeles Fire Facts3:15 Insurance Crisis In The Wake of These Disasters8:28 *First Street:* A Fantastic Tool For Mitigating Financial Risk From Climate Change (Not A Promo)12:18 Will Government Insurance Programs Overtake Insurance Companies? 15:58 Wangjor Lays Down Some Insurance Gospel. 21:06 Washington D.C. Plane Crash25:27 Philadelphia Plane Crash26:24 A.I. Updates: How Does Deepseek Fair Agains OpenAI?30:45 Travel Plans & Recent Travel Experiences31:40 *Gramercy Park:* NYC's Exclusive Members-Only Park.34:57 New York City Food Facts35:15 Best Tibetan Restaurant in NYC37:04 Annual NYC Momo Crawl38:02 NYC Subway Horror Story40:12 Bear Scare At Banff National Park?40:59 Why Are NBA Players Getting Booed in Canada?42:22 Our Current Netflix Binges & Reads ("100 Years of Solitude" (Gabriel García Márquez), "The Terror" (Dan Simmons))51:00 New Coffee Kicks52:35 Shoutout to *Blue Bottle Coffee* and *Foundation Coffee Roasters in Fairfax, Virginia*53:30 Conclusive Remarks: Thank Y'all So Much!!!Two Tibetan American guys in the DMV area are working on a podcast to educates the worldwide audience on fascinating lesser-known facts about a vast array of topics through casual discussion and debate. From artificial intelligence to Tibetan history to book reviews, cinema, and much more.What should we talk about next? https://forms.gle/FDRw2dgFYgJXVRH38~ Episode 8 ~✨LINKS TO OUR PODCAST DOWN BELOW✨» Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/195bM2cLI3igTBWm73JifR?si=95ccc00e541c4643» Instagram: / https://www.instagram.com/arokpodcast» Tenzin Gonsar: / https://www.instagram.com/tenzin.y.g» Tenzin Wangjor: / https://www.instagram.com/wangjor_20