Brunch with Pri: Recent Episodes
Priyansh Parekh
Welcome to Brunch w/ Pri - The Podcast!
I started this off to allow people to get to know more about me apart from my work at The Prunch Kitchen. While cooking has my heart, there is so much I love to do and explore and I want to express that through this podcast. Thank you for being here and supporting me, I really hope you enjoy all that we have in store!
Hosted by: Priyansh Parekh Produced by: Vaidehi Patel Cover art by: Sophia Gawan-Taylor
my friend tanishk is back to close the first season of brunch with pri.
we discuss the podcast's spotify wrapped, my eventful summer and future plans for the podcast as well as prunch.
thank you so much for listening to brunch with pri this year - see you in season 2
tanishk's book recommendations are:
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
This week I sit down with Sarah Curtis, co-founder of Pop Comms (@popcomms), a communications agency. We discuss the importance of social media in PR and marketing, how to get brands to notice your instagram accounts and how to make money on social media platforms. Sarah also spills some tea on working with influencers in Dubai.
Sarah's book recommendations are:
Fibre Fueled by Will Bulsiewicz
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Sarah Frier
This week I sit down with Shipra Goel (@thepuristvegankitchen and @sage_ae), a chef and entrepreneur. We discuss her early career as a UN human rights lawyer, following her passion for food and standing up to your doubts and fears.
Shipra's book recommendations are:
How To Win Friends A nd Influence People by Dale Carnegie
This week I sit down with Joumana Saber (@joumanayoga), a yogi, a vegan mother and an overall legend. We discuss her spiritual ties to yoga, veganism during pregnancy and raising vegan warriors!
Joumana's Book Recommendations are:
Yoga Sadhana for Mothers by Anna Wise and Sharmila Desai
How not To Die by Gene Stone and Michael Greger
How Not To Diet by Micheal Greger
Joumana's Favourite Food Creators are:
Ellen Fisher (@ellenfisher)
Hannah McNeely (@hannah_mcneely)
Plant-Based Juniors (@plantbasedjuniors)
This week I sit down with Zara Hovelsas (@superswede2.0), a personal trainer, animal welfare activist, and entrepreneur. We discuss her life from high fashion to animal activism and how it has changed her lifestyle. We suggest you listen to this podcast on your Hot Girl Walk as we discuss what it is like to follow your passions, believe in yourself, and how to incorporate more movement into your day-to-day life.
Zara's book recommendations are:
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
My Gentle Barn by Ellie Laks
Zara's podcast recommendations are:
YOU are a BADASS by Jen Sincero
This week marks Fashion Revolution Week, so I sit down with Rhea Lobo (@rheathedesigner), a fashion design student focused on sustainable and low waste practices in the industry. We discuss the misconceptions about being sustainable, bust myths about how to lead a low waste life, and talk about fast fashion as well as what it's like being in design school.
Check out Fashion Revolution on Instagram @fash_rev
Rhea's book recommendations are:
Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard
Consumed by Aja Barber
I also mention The True Cost, which is a documentary available on YouTube.
As we celebrate 2 years of The Prunch Kitchen, I brought my friend Tanishk to come and do a q&a pilot episode as a way of introducing the podcast.
I have some amazing guests lined up to talk about various topics that I am so excited to share with you all. Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please hit the follow button so you don't miss any future episodes and leave us a rating!
Tanishk's Book Reccomendation - Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari