who let the dawgs out

How we met: Penn M&T

Current whereabouts: suburbs of SF

References made in the episode: Fairlife chocolate milk, Huberman Lab (podcast), Dissect (podcast)

Cover art: Philly 

Discussion: living suburb life in the 20s, 4.5 year long relationship throughout college, covid, post grad transition, powerlifting, growing up with 3 older brothers, product operations at Uber

How we met: learning Chinese Friday nights with other Taiwanese families 

Current whereabouts: Seattle

References made in the episode: Pine Knob (ski/snowboard slope near where we grew up in Troy, MI), financial things like Roth IRA/401K/IRA, How to win friends and influence people. (book)

Cover art: May 2017 post quartet in Detroit for someone’s proposal (whose? idk)

Discussion: growing up in Troy, intentionality in all parts of our lives especially hobbies work & friends, life on a rotational program switching roles every 6 months though he’s moving yearly within Amazon and me every 6 months within Halma, future of humanity & doing what we can

How we met: our mom birthed us

Current whereabouts: NYC

References made in the episode: Fleabag (tv show), so many techno recommendations that you have to know him to know, Survivor (tv show), American Ninja Warrior (reality), America’s Got Talent (reality), America’s Funniest Home Videos (reality), The Voice (reality), Pokermon Go (app), Pokemon Sleep (“video game”), Radian & NCH (buildings on Penn campus)

Cover art: Iceland in May 2018, perhaps our most recent pic tog lmaooo

How we met: our mom birthed us

Current whereabouts: NYC

References made in the episode: Fleabag (tv show), so many techno recommendations that you have to know him to know, Survivor (tv show), American Ninja Warrior (reality), America’s Got Talent (reality), America’s Funniest Home Videos (reality), The Voice (reality), Pokermon Go (app), Pokemon Sleep (“video game”), Radian & NCH (buildings on Penn campus)

Cover art: backyard of our first home in 2003?

Thank you! Dropping more age & experience diversity in the upcoming weeks, including former awesome work teammates/mentors, high school seniors like my cousins, and my brother & me too. Would love to get some pairs going on this episode, reach out if you're interested! Thanks again for all your feedback, keep em coming :) ROCK ON, CHEERS!

Cover art: smacking some amazing ice cream at Kopenhagen with awesome Cardios work mates

How we met: Penn (ultimate frisbee & computer science)

Current whereabouts: Boston

References made in the episode: Haley Nahman (Brooklyn writer), The Last of Us (tv show)

Cover art: TA (teaching assistant) together in CIS 160

Discussion:  living alone, hobbies in Boston like running & writing, traits valued in partners and ourselves, debating impact of Penn’s environment on ourselves & others, Last of Us

How we met: Friday night Chinese school at Niles in Troy, though we became much closer in high school

Current whereabouts: NYC

References made in the episode: Daniel Caesar’s most recent album, Ted Lasso (tv)

Cover art: Taiwan AID summer camp 2016

Discussion: living abroad, hard work & evolution from high school to Stanford to work, milestones in the 20s, girl scout cookies, zebras, parents expectations

How we met: Troy High School (Afriti was class of 2018, me 2017)

Current whereabouts: Ann Arbor for dental school

References made in the episode: NY Times The Morning newsletter, Lagaan (movie), more movies that she mentioned that I should text her about, Mary Kom (Bollywood movie that Priyanka is in), Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (movie), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (movie)

Cover art: 2017 prom

Discussion: dental school, being humbled throughout high school, evolution of high school friends, mixing friend groups, Bollywood movies

How we met: Troy high school (orchestra)

Current whereabouts: NYC

References made in the episode: Vanderpump Rules (reality show), Bloomington Illinois (Medaramatla fam lived there for a bit before Troy Michigan), Somerset apartments (where Dhruv lived in Troy for a while), Panidem (village in India where Dhruv’s parents grew up) non-repeating geometric shape in tessellation, Candide (book), 

Cover art: Philly in Jan 2023 when Eagles won NFC

Discussion: the most varied topics so far including pop culture, his mom’s birth story, doing whatever the heck we want in our 20s, growing up in Troy, his love for math, having kids, enjoyment of meeting random people but also wanting people who you care for more deeply, butterfly effect, aperiodic tesselation, dating, and room decor

How we met: Milwaukee GE healthcare summer internship 2018

Current whereabouts: Austin, TX

References made in the episode: By way (band), Alyssa Gillen music

Cover art: Milwaukee summers (underrated)

Discussion: settling down in new city knowing no one, family & values, hobbies & creative production, personality in a corporate role, and human needs