Zed Medium: Recent Episodes
Aamer Khan
We are a podcast that talks to people and about them too! Storytellers that interview people from different walks of life and narrate their journeys, highlighting their failures, successes, turning points, experiences, emotions and more. Imagine skipping to the most intriguing pages of a new book or the most interesting scenes of a new movie but knowing the context that led to those pages or scenes!!! That's how easy we make it for you.
Irina Tsukerman is a human rights activist that has passed the bar in two states, New York and New Jersey and has recently been inclined towards journalism as she raises awareness on issues in The Washington Outsider. But the different hats she wears doesn't compare to the story she told us about this Iranian citizen who wanted to escape his country because... Well, we're not giving it away, are we now?
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Thomas Samuelson is the founder of Bron Investor Network but he's lived a generous life before becoming a tech entrepreneur! His interest in finance began at the age of 9, when he advised his grandfather to buy Exxon shares (they were just pennies). He went on to spend 30 years in a crazy world of its own - Wall Street!
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Sumit Kumar is a computer science engineer turned cartoonist who started Bakarmax, a comics animation company back in 2014. But we don't really know what was more exciting, Sumit's Chacha Chaudhary ad for CRED or his experience at Shark Tank India!
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Two masters, elaborate visits to the doctor, faking a fear of blood to get out of studying medicine and convincing people that she isn’t as smart as they think she is, Arushi H. has done it all. Tune in to find out more!
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Russell Henderson is a British Chartered Architect who moved to Dar Es Salaam 10 years ago and never left. But this story is rather different. Russell is a content creator as well with over 120,000 followers on Instagram and 350,000 on TikTok at the time of the episode. He also has a YouTube channel! His views on the Downtown Circle and The Line in UAE and Saudi Arabia respectively are hilarious but the important question he answers is - what's so interesting about being an architect?
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Ntushar Chowdary is a man of change. He’s changed his name 5 times (courtesy of his mysterious past), his field of interest 17 times and his religion at least 4 times in order to find the perfect fit to his life. Having said that, 200 short films later, here we are, interviewing someone who longs for perfection!
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Ashish Khetan spent more than two decades at Kotak Wealth Management after his friends advised him against joining Kotak because he wasn’t aggressive enough! He’s spent 26 years in a niche that focused on funds syndication and wealth management, building a name for himself in the process. However, a year back, he quit. Why? Let’s find out!
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She started at TimeOut, eventually becoming a Senior Editor, traveling the world at National Geographic, had a short stint at Eros Now before spending 5 years at Arré. Karanjeet Kaur’s progression is unrivaled in the world of literature and that is what makes her journey so bloody interesting!
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Yash Tolani is a youngster who’s managed to make his way into a lot of different things in life. He’s now a Venture Builder at a startup studio called GrowValley but he’s cracked the code of getting what you want in the jobs that he did prior to this one. His journey is short but not limited and he has a long way to go!
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Kapil Tandon is in what he calls - the third innings of his life. In the first, worked at INCAN group of companies, going from Project Engineer to Executive Director. In the second, he went back to Lucknow from Mumbai and incurred a loss of 1.1 crore rupees, starting up his own venture. And now, he’s a freelance consultant. And let us tell you, he’s the happiest now!
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Namrata Kashyap is a renowned landscape architect that started her own firm, NKLD, as a one-woman enterprise back in 2004. She has gone onto to have an impressive clientele which includes ACC Cement, Jindal Steel Works, Goa Marriott Hotel to name a few. What started out as an enterprise to make profits, turned into a sustainable practice, with Namrata now integrating sustainability into her work!
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Up until 2020, Kunal Bambawale was an integral part of the upcoming music industry in India, working for companies like Submerge where he increased their online presence by over 40,000 followers in just a year and a 3-year stint at Jio Saavn as a manager for artist research and development! He’s a hobbyist DJ now with the pandemic having a major shift in his mindset. He got back in the market but in the real estate industry!
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Ishan Dadhich is the co-founder of Reevoy, a one-of-a-kind startup backed by the likes of Better Capital, Anupam Mittal and Kunal Shah. After being dissed by his family for getting a ‘job’ at LinkedIn at the age of 21, he went on to create a start-up with his friends that failed at the strategic level and went belly up in just 10 months. He’s back after a brief job hiatus with Drip Capital to build Reevoy!
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Dr. Chitra Munshi has an M.A., M.Phil and PHD in Psychology and has treated several patients in her 27 years in the field. Specializing in trauma therapy, she talks about causes, symptoms, and potential treatments of a trauma response/reaction as she breaks it down into basic and easy learnings for listeners.
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Sneha Bhandare’s initiative to feed the helpless during COVID-19 turned into a full-fledged restaurant - Café Chai Coffee, after the pandemic subsided. She now aims to fly high with a new perfected recipe, a combination of a Bao and a sandwich, the ‘Baowich’.
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Russian tanks have now entered Kharkiv. The only escape from the city, is a train that takes Basel and his brother inward. Except, the train station is an hour’s walk away. Eight thousand people surround the station in an attempt to escape. Getting into the train, is next to impossible. There is no uncertainty about their destination either. What does Basel do?
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Mohamed Basel got accepted into universities on merit but got rejected by countries because of his nationality. To keep his dream of becoming a doctor alive, he lands in Kharkiv, a city on the border of Russia and Ukraine. Little did he know, he would wake up to Vladimir Putin announcing Russia’s intentions of war one day.
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Pratiksha Sinha is the brains behind marketing at Broker Network & Cult. An ambitious engineer from Patna, Bihar - one internship at Reliance and she said, “This is not it.” She opens up about gender inequality in the workplace, societal pressures and how she rejected Infosys to work for a startup.
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Simran Jat, is a celebrity choreographer that danced first at the age of 11 months. She catapulted to fame with an Instagram that garnered over 30 million views, turning her into an influencer overnight. Fame is a two-sided coin that resulted in negative comments, focusing mainly on her size. Did that stop her? We don’t think so.
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Isha Keskar is a renowned name in Marathi cinema who debuted in the popular show, Jai Malhar, at the age of 23! She clears the air around her exit from Mazhya Navrachi Baiko, talks about the demise of her father and reveals how Jai Malhar's audition was her last chance at acting.
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Asif Somji is a private client stylist at Farfetch. He's a two-time cancer survivor who left his family business to venture out on his own in the world of fashion. He is Kenyan and Canadian citizen, born in the UAE who has wants to lead a shackle-free life.
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Simran Samtani, now a senior partner at Xcel Accounting and Bookkeeping, spent 9 years at Citibank before quitting. She has about 27 years of experience in the financial world and is passionate about strategy and marketing. Oh, by the way, she is a pharmacist by education.
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Lincia Rosario is an award-winning emcee and a TV presenter. Having risen from poverty where locked food jars stopped the family from starving the next day, she went on to host more than 800 shows in the past 10 years!
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Apurva Shah is the managing director of TSA Process Equipments Pvt. Ltd. He talks about the origins of TSA, how he never wanted to work for the family business, a $100,000 scam and his obsession with movies.
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Shiraz Ahmed is renowned name in the film industry and has earned the trust of the audience with movies like Race, Humraaz, Aitraaz and more. He once wrote a 25-minute episode for a series in one night and never in his career approached a producer with his work.
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Beenish Batool Haider is the managing partner of Lex Consortia Legal Consultancy. She has been exposed to since birth, went on to attend National University of Singapore and United Nations and managed to get over 70 clients for her law firm in just 2 years!
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Jaideep Ahlawat has been in the film industry for over 10 years but only got the well-deserved spotlight with the series - Paatal Lok which released on Amazon Prime. He talks to us about his unfulfilled dreams of becoming an Indian Army Officer, his first day on the sets of his first signed film and how he got Paatal Lok, a series that changed his life.
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Hemali Shah is the founder and managing director of City One Tourism & Travel. She was a beautician for a good chunk of her life in Mumbai before it call came crumbling down when her family moved to Uganda...
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Salman Yusuff Khan is the winner of the dance reality show Dance India Dance who starred in movies like ABCD and Street Dancer 3. He talks to us about his journey from Saudi Arabia, how he pursued dancing and how he was never going to audition for Dance India Dance, a show that turned him into a superstar overnight.
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Ashish Agarwal manages a private equity fund at Edelweiss now but he talks to us about his 5-year stint in Silicon Valley, why INSEAD is truly one of the best places to do an MBA and his summer internship at Navis Capital Partners in Hong Kong.
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Naeem Maniar built his wholesale and retail startup from the ground up, turning it into a multi-millionaire dollar business, without ever attending high school. He talks to us about his childhood in Dongri, Mumbai, how he migrated to Ireland at the age of 15 and his journey to riches.
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Ajeeth Kumar is the business head of a healthcare company who never officially studied Biology. An accident could have left his legs paralyzed but that didn't stop him. He tried his hand at entrepreneurship and was the star of the healthcare industry at one point but...
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Kapil Mathur is the Vice President of Business Protection at Holborn Assets. He studied in a school built for the royals, changed industries from robotics to lubricants to insurance with ease and found his meaning in life when he lost someone very important to him.
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Naresh Karmalker is a resource development consultant for a non-profit called Habitat For Humanity India. He's travelled to over 25 countries to help build houses and is now starting an accelerator for startups in India.
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Bilal Zaidi is the founder and executive director of a political crowdfunding platform called Our Democracy. He was a journalist prior to being an entrepreneur, having interviewed the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi and campaigned for Bernie Sanders in the US.
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Dr. Bharat Nain is a facilitator of life turned author who now acts as an agent of change in society by helping youngsters find their education path. Apart from living in Nigeria and London and having a near death experience, he completed his arbitration course at the age of 61.
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Dr. Tufail Patankar is a renowned intervention neuroradiologist who once lived in one of the most dangerous localities in Mumbai at the time - Dongri. He talks about his mentors in the US and UK, Tae Kwon Do, his outlook on life after achieving success and obtaining the state of 'flow'.
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Hasib Shaikh shifted from being a founding member of a fashion brand in Pakistan to working for an investment group in the world's tallest building - The Burj Khalifa. His vision is to create a million millionaires throughout his journey.
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Sello Rathete is an alcohol brewing technician turned lecturer turned doctor turned IT company founder. Sello is a champion of change who's adapted to different situations like a chameleon changing colors.
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Navroz Mahudawala is an investment banker who has worked for the big ones, Lazard India, KPMG and Ernst and Young. He quit EY right after he was promoted to start his own venture. If he hadn't, he would've remained just another cog in a machine.
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Sant Advani is a mechanical engineer who prides himself on being efficient because he is lazy. We bet you've heard this before - 'you must be the hardest worker in the room'. Yeah, well... Sant doesn't agree with that.
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Karina Varma is a brand strategist and a founder of three companies. She didn't get into her dream college because of a documentation issue and after all these years, she's grateful she didn't. Why? Because she truly believes that your passion is garbage. What is it that worked for her then?
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