Prakhar sits down with Joseph LeDoux, a global authority on the neuroscience of consciousness, fear circuit, anxiety and emotions, to talk about his research, the experience of consciousness and the concept of fear.

Sirhud and Prakhar talk about masculinity in India, the social and psychological reasons for distorted masculinity, fitness culture, Sirhud's personal journey, his mentorship program, his social network wesbite, his youtube fame and plans for his future.

Sirhud is a masculinity coach, entrepreneur and media personality from Pune, India.

Youtube Hindi- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWS1rR6bWq_v5wNkzpg-YHA

Youtube English- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkEGf5hzm-mMxGMLvthY2Jw

Ted Talk- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezws4gh-YQM

Instagram- @sirhud.kalra

website- www.thefreeman.org

Prakhar is joined by Patricia Marcoccia and Maziar Ghaderi, the co-creators of the docu-film The Rise of Jordan Peterson, and Parvir 'Perry' Sidhu, the founder president of Colloquia. Patricia and Maziar are the cofounders of Holding Space Films in Canada and are currently touring with the film screening it across the world.

Prakhar, Perry, Maz and Patricia talk about Peterson's influence on their work, the culture wars of our times, the film making process, the interaction of art and activism and objectivity in the domain of artistic activism.

Holding Space Films

Twitter- /holdspacefilms

Instagram- @holdingspacefilms

Facebook- /Holdingspacefilms

Email- [email protected]

Website for the film- riseofjordanpetersonfilm.com

Colloquia

Instagram- @cucolloquia

Facebook- /cucolloquia/

Perry's instagram- @iparvir

Roy is a high energy particle physicist currently involved with the ATLAS project at CERN Large Hadron Collider in Geneva. He has also been part of the T2K project in Japan and is current pursuing graduate work in high energy physics at Technion Israel Institute of Technology. Previously, Roy has studied at Imperial College of London.

Roy and Prakhar talk about CERN LHC, High energy physics, quantum physics and cosmology.

Kirat and Prakhar talk about contemplative sciences, Kirat's journey with Buddhism, the Feminine, the masculine, the dance of the two, mental health, plant medicine, meditation and finding yourself.

Kirat is a certified meditation instructor and contemplative mentor for women. She is also a student of psychology and contemplative sciences at Columbia University. You can find Kirat's mentorship program at https://www.kiratrandhawa.com/services

About Kirat- Kirat is currently a student at Columbia University studying the role of contemplative training within the field of psychology and how associated practices can be used as instruments for individual and societal transformation. From completing research at The Contemplative Sciences Center at The University of Virginia to working with underserved communities across New York City, she works to identify and deconstruct the multilayered conditioning that prohibits human flourishing. Kirat aims to obtain her doctorate in clinical psychology and integrate Buddhist philosophy into a traditional psychotherapeutic framework to support clients on their path toward self-actualization

Prakhar and Scott discuss humor, identity, intelligence, creativity, disability, psychedelics and meditation. 

Scott Barry Kaufman is listed on Business Insider as one of the "50 groundbreaking scientists who are changing the way we see the world". He is a Psychologist, author and podcaster. He is also a professor of psychology at Barnard College at Columbia University. Previously, Scott has been a professor at University of Pennsylvania. He was the Scientific Director of The Imagination Institute in the Positive Psychology Center at UPenn. He is also co-founder of The Creativity Post. Scott's primary research focuses on creativity and redefining intelligence. You can buy Scott's books on Amazon  and his podcast on Spotify and Apple podcasts. 

Website- https://scottbarrykaufman.com/

Podcast- The Psychology Podcast 

Instagram - @scottbarrykaufman

Zach Heckendorf  is a songwriter and musical performer. Zach recently concluded a west coast tour in America and his next album 'Hawk Talk' is out early 2020. Prakhar and Zach pull apart the many facets of being an artist, especially a young artist in these times, and how the artist approaches art and his audience. 

Website- http://www.zachheckendorf.com/

Instagram- @zheckendorf 

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/zachheckendorf/

Spotify- Zach Heckendorf

Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs59QsaciHVxJChBMdITVgg

Zach for Audiotree live- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRFvUS6QJXA

Link tree- linktr.ee/ZachHeckendorf

Prakhar's Instagram- @prvkhvr

@Slantnyc (instagram) is a media company aimed at illuminating the political opinion of America without trivializing or hyperbolizing it. Leo (@leonard_256) and Franco ( @gfrancobello) are the founders of Slant NYC and their mission is to restore a national sanity with respect to political discourse. Their first video series 'The People Speak' is now online on their instagram @slantnyc.

Prakhar and Leo discuss Slant, Leo's vision and a novel set of peculiarities that bother them with respect to democracy and discourse.

On this episode of ASKPG, Avnish and I discuss the many forms of over stimulation and perversion in modern civilization and the shadows this phenomenon casts on social and political spectrums. 

Avnish Mehra is a masters student at Columbia University pursuing his degree in South Asian Studies.

Thomas Li is a student of Philosophy at Columbia University in the City of New York. He grew up in Shenzen, China at the border of Hong Kong and China. Prakhar and Thomas discuss the role of the recent Hong Kong protest in the light of Hong Kong's history with China and try to pull threads together to comment on the similarities of the circumstance with the current communication shut down in Kashmir.