Pineapple Blunt Rotation

Checking in for the season and giving some big life updates. Talking about taking a career break, about community, and the everyday that makes up most of your life. And some of the usual BS.  Cheers

We are joined by the one and only Valante, a successful music producer AND teacher AND a fan of the podcast since DAY 1 (insane) to talk about how his life, including all the struggles, has molded and inspired his art. We learn a lot about the creative process, life in Sweden, and the joy of existence.

My (Devam's) debut solo episode. Listen at your own discretion. I go through some of the questions y'all asked me like:

- What's it like being single?

- What is the biggest thing I'm working on?

- What is my chipotle order?

- What is the biggest societal change I wish to see in our lifetimes?

AND PLENTY MORE

hope you enjoy my rambling

PEAAACE

We sit down with THE local legend Rishabh Meswani. Shoot the shit and pick Rishabh's brain on his journey, his motivations, and his struggles re: his insanely successful now international nonprofit - Fremont Debate Academy

We're sitting down with Vivek, who's living that double life so many of us know—grinding as a solutions consultant while chasing his real passion as a writer, director, and producer.

Imposter syndrome, maintaining a stable career, legitimizing your art, and into the details of Vivek's very own projects.

In this rotation, we're thrilled to be joined by the one & only Ganesh Ramakrishnan—founder of AVG Coffee Co pop-up in New York—to discuss motivation, procrastination, and the struggle to find your passion. We talk about why it can be so hard to get yourself to do the things you want to do in your life, and our own battles with those issues throughout college & beyond

Just us. We back baby.

Our first episode going into the boof without a plan.

We talk about soo many things including being neurotic, lost in your head, and figuring out where we fit snd what our self worth really is.

Wow, we really are neurotic and surprisingly similar.

Oh man not breakups again. Join us as we reflect with on breakups and our tumultuous but insightful journeys since with our very special guest Gaura.

Art Picks:

Ahir - Candy Necklace by Lana del Rey https://open.spotify.com/track/3MlEryrxCKZkcfX18ZLX96?si=e196c272419a45b6

Devam - On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter, Louisa Fuller, etc https://open.spotify.com/track/56oReVXIfUO9xkX7pHmEU0?si=9d1f6df9c9c644db

Gaura - Jaago by Lifafa https://open.spotify.com/album/0iH6pbUrb45P62B82PHDLb?si=OBVtBlkYSKK6or8dXE_L9g

Most of us have struggled with our body image at times, especially given how we're constantly bombarded with people to compare ourselves against. When we go to the gym to "fix" that, it often leaves us feeling even worse as we struggle to meet our own demands. In this round of the Pineapple Blunt Rotation, we're delighted to be joined by a guest for the first time: Garrett Garrido, a competitive powerlifter who has much wisdom to share from his own struggles developing a healthy relationship with the gym, his body, and himself. 

Art Picks:

Devam - kRAOgotthesauce

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2D93GdQLZxSWecarb2NIY9?si=GfhUcCvrRmGLrPioLWrpKg

Garrett - Goya's Black Paintings

https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-works?ecidoc:p108i_E12_p126_employed_support@@@pm:supportNode=http://museodelprado.es/items/support_125&cidoc:p14_carried_out_by@@@pm:author@@@ecidoc:p131_E82_p102_has_title=Goya%20y%20Lucientes,%20Francisco%20de@en

Ahir - Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2278388/