The SoapyRao Show

Rijula Das received her PhD in Creative Writing/prose-fiction in 2017 from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where she taught writing for two years. Rijula is a recipient of the 2019 Michael King Writer's Centre Residency in Auckland and the 2016 Dastaan Award for her short story Notes From A Passing. Rijula Das's debut novel SMALL DEATHS was published in September 2022. It was previously published as A DEATH IN SHONAGACHHI by Picador India in July 2021, where it received the Tata Lit Live First Book Award 2021.

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Lael Stone is an educator, TEDx speaker, author, mother, and parenting counsellor who has been working with families for over 20 years. As a Parenting Educator, she facilitates workshops and support groups that empower parents to create connections and stronger relationships with their children.
She is the co-creator of Woodline Primary School, an innovative new school based on emotional well-being and connection. Lael is the co-host of The Aware Parenting Podcast.

You can find out more about her work at:
http://www.laelstone.com.au/
https://www.facebook.com/laelstone/
https://www.instagram.com/laelstone/
https://www.woodlineprimary.com.au/
https://www.aboutbirth.com.au/

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Dr. Mathieu Morlighem is a glaciologist, ice sheet numerical modeler and professor of Earth Sciences at Dartmouth. His research is focused on predicting how much Greenland and Antarctica will contribute to sea level over the following centuries. Dr. Morlighem has received several awards, including the 2014 NASA Cryospheric Sciences Most Valuable Player award, and the 2018 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists of the European Geosciences Union. He is also in the Guinness World Record (2020) for finding the deepest point on land, which was under the Denman Glacier, in East Antarctica (https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/605292-deepest-point-on-land).

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As a trombonist, composer-arranger and bandleader, Ed Neumeister is a musician’s musician. Raised in the Bay Area, he was a professional musician by his mid-teens. He backed such iconic vocal stars as Frank Sinatra and Sarah Vaughan there, performed in various symphony orchestras. As a leader, Neumeister has recorded nine albums, ranging from large ensembles to small groups to solo trombone. He has released many of them via his own label, MeisteroMusic, including his latest: 3 for the Road, presenting his trio with vocalist Jay Clayton and the late pianist Fritz Pauer.

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Sudha Menon is the author of six books and a former journalist. She is also the founder of possibly India's longest-running writing workshop, Get Writing. A speaker on gender, diversity and inclusion and leadership at corporate houses and eminent educational institutions, Sudha's work is largely about the journeys of path-breaking, trendsetting women.
Sudha is also an actor and model and has been on the list of influential women in media publications including Femina. 

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Eve Lahijani is the owner of Vitamineve Inc. where she helps people from all over the world heal their relationship with food. She has a TEDx talk entitled Trust Your Hunger and Make Peace with food. Eve specializes in helping people heal their relationship with food and ultimately with themselves. Prior to her private practice Eve was the UCLA Campus Nutrition Health Educator, educating students and staff about nutrition, body image, mindfulness, and other wellness topics.

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Owen Brian Toon is a professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences. He is a fellow at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received an A.B. in physics at the University of California, Berkeley in 1969 and a Ph.D. in physics at Cornell University in 1975 under Carl Sagan. His research interests are in cloud physics, atmospheric chemistry, and radiative transfer. He received the 2011, Roger Revelle Medal, from the American Geophysical Union.

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Meghna Pant is a multiple award-winning author, feminist, speaker, journalist and columnist.
​​Known as one of India’s best writers, Pant’s books have been published to critical and commercial acclaim. She’s published eight books, including BOYS DON'T CRY, FEMINIST RANI (Penguin Random House, 2018) and more.
Pant has been felicitated with various honours and shortlists for distinguished contribution to literature, gender issues and journalism, including the Bharat Nirman Award, Laadli Media Award, FICCI ‘Young Achiever’s Award’.

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No one knows you better than you. 
In this episode, I talk about the importance of talking to yourself and why I think the planet is waging a war against humans. 
Thanks for listening and hope you are well. 
Cheers!

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Frederik Imbo is an expert in communication and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), an actor and a popular keynote speaker.
Frederik Imbo (1975) graduated as an actor from the Royal Conservatory of Ghent and has since acted in numerous television series. He is the founder of Imboorling, and has been stimulating and guiding people for more than 15 years.
His TED talk "How not to take things personally?" has been viewed more than 13 million times.

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