The Podcast Compendium

Reference Podcast: ON PURPOSE with Jay Shetty; Episode 97, 13-January-2020 I guess it’s very natural for most of us to share with the world what appeals to us the most. Going by this philosophy, I did not even have to blink while deciding which podcast episode I would choose as the very first to analyze and share with you all. It had to be this one, because this very episode became my inspiration to start my new initiative ‘The Podcast Compendium’, in which I plan to share the analysis of one podcast episode on a weekly / once-in-two-weeks basis. So, here I am, starting with sharing my first one. Happy reading! This episode mainly revolves around the latest book titled ‘The 5 AM Club’ by Robin. Personally, for me, it is one of the best treatise on how to serve others. That’s what precisely prompted me to take this initiative. Since this episode is pretty long (total listening time of 1:03:20), I’ve decided to present it in two parts, starting with Part 1 as this blog. T...

I had never planned to listen to a podcast. To be honest, I had never heard about a podcast until in the middle of 2018, on a lazy mid-afternoon, I visited one of my cousins in downtown Mumbai. While I was appreciating the collection of books in his library, he mentioned that lately he had started spending more time listening to podcasts than devoting hours to reading. Initially I thought he was talking about listening to audio books, so I avidly nodded more like in an agreement, and named the latest one which I had been listening to at that time. He smilingly clarified that he was talking about podcast and not an audio book, and I was looking at his face wondering I should again nod, indicating we are in agreement on this too, or sheepishly admit that I didn't know what he was talking about. My cousin realized that this episode was becoming a little bit embarrassing for me, more so because I had always claimed to be in tune with the times, especially when it came to anything ...