We're joined in Conversation in this episode by Shamit Desai, a native of India who's also lived in the Houston, Detroit, London, Hong Kong, and Washington, DC, areas.

Currently back in India, Shamit's an active cricket player (he's a bowler) so we naturally chat him up about cricket attempting to build our knowledge of this sport.

More over, we discuss how his fandom for the NBA and MLB flourished once arriving in the United States and how he learned about football. (Shamit might be our first guest to have seen the Houston Oilers play in the Astrodome.)

He's also a big motor sports fan (NASCAR, Indy Car, F1, MotoGP, and the Le Mans) and shares this passion with us.

Shamit also drops a few legendary names from his time working in downtown Detroit: Jamie Foxx, Shaquille O'Neal, Barry Sanders, and Brett Hull.

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