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. 

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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 :- 

Thankfully Pragyan Didn't forget to be on this Episode.

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. 

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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!!

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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/