Ayush Prakash Podcast

Rockwell Shah is currently the CEO of Ozlo, creators of "Sleepbuds"——ultra-comfortable bluetooth earbuds designed for sleep. Post graduating Cornell University in Economics, Rockwell led and scaled 4PatientCare, a software company in the healthcare space (acq'd by Essilor). He then entered the mobile app world, creating multiple successful apps in the digital wellness space, including Pzizz, Mesmerize, and Sound Machine.

Jeremy Britton started his first financial planning business at age 19. He had "book knowledge" but zero "street smarts" and was broke within six months. He started another business and hired a business coach. A few years later, Jeremy sold a $5000 startup for six figures. He retired from financial planning and spent a couple of years meditating in the tropical paradise of Bali.

Jeremy discovered "the alternative stock market" and later co-founded the world's first diversified crypto mutual fund in 2016. The Bostoncoin crypto portfolio has outperformed Bitcoin for 6+ years and continues to make crypto investing simple for everyone.

A best-selling economic author, Jeremy warned investors of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis in his 2006 book, and warned investors of the 2020 crash, a full six months before the pandemic. He loves to "simplify the complex" and show ordinary people how to become extraordinary investors.

Jeremy believes in adding a lot of value (what you send out comes back to you!). He gives freely of his time and expertise, runs a not-for-profit educational organization and has assisted over 200 000 children in Africa and emerging nations.

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JEREMY'S LINKS:

www.Cryllionaire.com 

www.BostonTrading.co 

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PODCAST INFO: 

Spotify: https://sptfy.com/O2uW

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qXL37W

Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2pSPDElLqX0l4sxOi_l3e-2 

Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2r7cCBdKt0VKWlAn6xMz3E9 

SOCIAL: 

Website: https://ayushprakash.com 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genzdiplomat/ 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@genzdiplomat 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakash-ayush/ 

MY BOOK: 

AI for Gen Z: https://amazon.ca/dp/098118216X/

Robert Plotkin is a leading expert on the impact of AI on innovation. His book, The Genie in the Machine, was the first (and still the only) work to address the impact of creative AI on innovation and the patent system. As an MIT-educated computer scientist, inventor, and patent attorney specializing in software patents for over 25 years, he has unique insights into how to leverage AI in innovation and how to navigate the patent system in the wake of increasingly creative AI.

Shashank Tiwari is the Co-Founder and CEO of Uno.ai.

Richard Hollis is the CEO for Risk Crew a London-based cyber security & testing consulting firm specialising in providing cyber risk management and security testing services. He possesses over 30 years of “hands on” skills and experience in designing, implementing, managing, testing, and auditing enterprise level information security programs.
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RICHARD'S LINKS:
Website: https://www.riskcrew.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/riskexpertrichardhollis/
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PODCAST INFO: 
Spotify: https://sptfy.com/O2uW
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qXL37W
Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2pSPDElLqX0l4sxOi_l3e-2 
Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2r7cCBdKt0VKWlAn6xMz3E9 
SOCIAL: 
Website: https://ayushprakash.com 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genzdiplomat/ 
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@genzdiplomat 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakash-ayush/ 
MY BOOK: 
AI for Gen Z: https://amazon.ca/dp/098118216X/

Your brain adapts to what you repeatedly do. Psychologist Ellis Whyte explains how neuroplasticity works, why short-form content may shape attention and how social-media platforms use unpredictable rewards to keep people checking their phones.

We discuss dopamine, Gen Z’s mental health, climate anxiety, economic uncertainty and the difference between addiction and dependence. Ellis explains why “dopamine detox” is misleading language, how to curate a healthier digital environment and why sleep, nutrition, caffeine and screen habits matter for learning.

The conversation then turns to psychology as a career, online therapy and artificial intelligence. Ellis describes how AI can help some neurodiverse people while producing unreliable statistics and missing the limitations of scientific research. We finish with automated work, universal basic income, the psychological value of employment and why resilience must be practised before a crisis arrives.

Chapters:

00:00 What neuroplasticity actually means
01:49 How technology shapes a developing brain
02:57 Is short-form video changing attention spans?
04:38 Dopamine, pleasure and reward
05:48 Why social media works like a slot machine
06:56 Is Gen Z’s dopamine system being hacked?
08:17 What mental health really includes
09:48 Why Gen Z is under more pressure
13:14 Are youth mental-health problems increasing?
14:16 Psychological safety and supportive environments
15:31 How to build a healthier digital life
19:30 Addiction versus dependence
22:14 Does a dopamine detox work?
25:40 Ellis’s path from music to psychology
29:59 How sleep, food and caffeine affect learning
34:09 Technology’s impact on psychology
36:05 How AI can support neurodiverse people
37:47 Why AI-generated statistics can’t be trusted blindly
39:31 Could AI replace scientific peer review?
41:51 Automation, UBI and the loss of purpose
45:01 Can the metaverse replace human connection?
45:44 Ellis’s advice for Gen Z
47:29 Where to find Ellis

PODCAST INFO: Spotify: https://sptfy.com/O2uWApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qXL37WFull episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2pSPDElLqX0l4sxOi_l3e-2 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2r7cCBdKt0VKWlAn6xMz3E9 SOCIAL: Website: https://ayushprakash.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genzdiplomat/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@genzdiplomat LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakash-ayush/ MY BOOK: AI for Gen Z: https://amazon.ca/dp/098118216X/

Dating apps can introduce us to people outside our existing circles, but what happens when romance becomes a game of photos, swipes and frictionless rejection? Philosopher Gwendolyn Dolske explains how digital dating changes vulnerability, empathy and the social cost of treating another person badly.

We discuss ghosting, mourning a breakup, healthy relationships, self-respect and why beginning the day on your phone puts you into response mode. Gwendolyn also examines pornography as an unofficial form of sex education, the reported decline in partnered sex and the difference between building character and managing an image.

The conversation then turns to philosophy, knowledge and artificial intelligence. Gwendolyn argues that information becomes wisdom only when people slow down and wrestle with ideas, and that writing and thinking cannot simply be outsourced to ChatGPT. We finish with creativity, Gen Z’s changing relationship with work and the political power young people can build online.

Chapters:

00:00 Can dating apps be healthy?
03:57 Rejection, vulnerability and ghosting
07:40 Can parents teach healthier digital dating?
08:25 Why stories teach more than rules
11:03 What makes a relationship healthy?
15:06 Social media and the relationship with yourself
16:21 Why Gwendolyn still loves TikTok
17:07 Character, purpose and the morning phone habit
20:49 How swiping makes people feel emptier
22:16 What dating profiles cannot show
22:35 Pornography and modern relationships
23:53 When pornography becomes sex education
30:22 What happens to the next generation?
31:29 Pain, consent and the “Taco Bellization” of sex
38:18 Can friends help us date better?
38:37 Practising ordinary human connection
40:22 How pornography can shape expectations
42:03 Learning to speak to strangers again
44:19 Stop doing what leaves you empty
45:16 What Gen Z can learn from philosophy
49:07 ChatGPT and the loss of critical thinking
52:26 Why people will keep making art
52:55 What Gen Z gets right
56:30 Social media as political power
57:29 Where to find GwendolynGWENDOLYN'S LINKS:Podcast: https://www.goodisinthedetails.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodisinthedetailspod/X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/GDolskePODCAST INFO: Spotify: https://sptfy.com/O2uWApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qXL37WFull episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2pSPDElLqX0l4sxOi_l3e-2 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2r7cCBdKt0VKWlAn6xMz3E9 SOCIAL: Website: https://ayushprakash.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genzdiplomat/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@genzdiplomat LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakash-ayush/ MY BOOK: AI for Gen Z: https://amazon.ca/dp/098118216X/

Why are so many young people anxious about the future and moving from social-media activism into the streets? Documentary filmmaker Liz Smith argues that Gen Z is responding to climate risk, economic insecurity and a political system many no longer believe will protect them.

We discuss how smartphones changed the experience of growing up, why personal willpower is rarely enough to resist constant notifications and what parents should teach children about persuasive technology. Liz also explains how social media can connect isolated people while intensifying polarization, conspiracy theories and harmful mental-health content.

The conversation then turns to democratic backsliding, restrictions on protest and press freedom, the loss of attainable futures and the responsibility every user carries when sharing information. We finish with the value of long-form conversations, why Liz deleted most of her social-media accounts and the relief she felt after leaving.

Chapters:

00:00 Should Gen Z be loud and proud?
02:01 Following Just Stop Oil activists
03:37 Why activism moved into the streets
06:24 Is climate anxiety an overreaction?
08:16 How I Am Gen Z began
12:11 Using technology with intention
14:47 Setting boundaries when phones run our lives
19:18 The technology talk parents should have
21:26 Habits, automatic behaviour and free will
24:27 Why digital change has to be collective
26:45 Protest, asylum and conspiracy documentaries
33:30 What is driving democratic backsliding?
35:22 Economic insecurity, algorithms and polarization
38:17 The strongest case for social media
40:34 Mental health and harmful normalization
42:59 Is technology causing a mental health crisis?
48:07 Why long-form conversations still matter
51:45 More information, lower confidence
53:00 Misinformation, disinformation and critical thinking
55:31 Everyone is now a publisher
58:35 Why Liz left social media
01:01:13 Where to find Liz

LIZ'S LINKS:

Personal: https://liz-smith.com/

Company: https://page75productions.com/

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/smithliz/

PODCAST INFO:

Spotify: https://sptfy.com/O2uW

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qXL37W

Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2pSPDElLqX0l4sxOi_l3e-2

Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2r7cCBdKt0VKWlAn6xMz3E9

SOCIAL:

Website: https://ayushprakash.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genzdiplomat/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@genzdiplomat

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakash-ayush/

MY BOOK:

AI for Gen Z: https://amazon.ca/dp/098118216X/

Floyd Marinescu is the Co-founder & CEO of C4Media (QCon & InfoQ.com), an Angel Investor, and the Non-profit founder of CommonWealth.ca & UBI Works.

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FLOYD'S LINKS:

Twitter, Youtube, TikTok : @floydmarinescu

UBI Works (Twitter and Youtube): @UBI_Works

Common Wealth Canada (Twitter and Youtube): @commonwealth_ca

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PODCAST INFO: 

Spotify: https://sptfy.com/O2uW

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qXL37W

Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2pSPDElLqX0l4sxOi_l3e-2 

Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2r7cCBdKt0VKWlAn6xMz3E9 

SOCIAL: 

Website: https://ayushprakash.com 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genzdiplomat/ 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@genzdiplomat 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakash-ayush/ 

MY BOOK: 

AI for Gen Z: https://amazon.ca/dp/098118216X/

Apologies for the long time in between podcast episodes, scheduling has been quite chaotic. I also have stopped highlighting a word in the thumbnail with a different colour, as I felt I was copying Chris Williamson's format too much. He is a competitor (since he is one of the best in the space) but adopting my own style feels a little more mature and sensible, especially early on. I am going to try my best to retain a consistent schedule of once per week, and aim to even backlog some episodes in case guests/I need to reschedule. Cheers to the future, can't wait for episode 173!

What happens when a generation has more tools than it knows how to use? Jamie Meyer argues that technical progress has outpaced psychological development, leaving many young people surrounded by opportunity but struggling to build judgment, identity and self-trust.

We discuss social-media validation, influencer culture, automation and ChatGPT in education. Jamie explains why outsourcing essays and emails can also outsource the process of learning how to think, while arguing that a stagnant school system often rewards shallow outputs too.

The conversation then turns to Jamie’s decision to leave conventional success behind, travel alone and question the stories she had inherited. We examine college, startups, trades, failure, social-media addiction and the difference between watching life and observing your own behaviour. We finish with practical advice for separating other people’s expectations from what you actually want.

Chapters:
00:00 The state of Gen Z
02:42 Having tools without knowing how to use them
05:57 Influence, validation and meaningful change
10:57 Automation and the future of work
13:36 AI, education and outsourced thinking
17:29 Blame, responsibility and technological power
18:47 Attention, victimhood and self-trust
24:22 Jamie’s path beyond external success
27:00 Money, meaning and leaving convention behind
30:45 Travelling alone and questioning inherited stories
35:31 College, startups, trades or experience?
42:02 How social media shapes young people
43:10 What Gen Z is getting wrong
46:52 Stop watching and start observing
50:59 Where to find Jamie

JAMIE’S LINKS:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/jamiemeyer.ent/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/jamiemeyer.ent/

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jamiemeyer-ent/

Nine Carat Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ninecarat.success/

Nine Carat Instagram: https://instagram.com/ninecarat.success/

Nine Carat Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ninecaratsuccess/

PODCAST INFO: 

Spotify: https://sptfy.com/O2uW

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qXL37W

Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2pSPDElLqX0l4sxOi_l3e-2 

Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2r7cCBdKt0VKWlAn6xMz3E9 

SOCIAL: 

Website: https://ayushprakash.com 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genzdiplomat/ 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@genzdiplomat 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakash-ayush/ 

MY BOOK: 

AI for Gen Z: https://amazon.ca/dp/098118216X/