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Lucid

by Deekshit BN

Meet Lew and Sid - two random engineers from a small neighborhood in Bangalore sharing the adventures of their small world, yet at every instant trying to taste the vastness of the universe. Topics discussed so far are across domains of finance, technology, social science, military and business. Lew and Sid are trying to fulfill their curiosities through deep conversations and learning from interesting people. Follow Lucid on : https://linktr.ee/wearelucid Sound : Raajas Ravikumar Cover Art : Mohith CG & Abhishek Krishna

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Latest Episodes

Feb 19, 2023 · 1h 0m
In this episode Sid talks to Paypal leader Prashanthi Ravanarapu about her 16 year career journey moving from data to product management.  She talks about her journey as a cancer survivor, how she defined her purpose and the best tools for problem discovery to build products that customers value.  …
Feb 4, 2023 · 1h 11m
**Watch this video at 1.5x for a better viewing experience  On this episode, Sid talks to Tom Leung, a product director at  @Google  and the host of the  @firesideproductmanagementp6818  to share his experience of working on the top products in the world such as Youtube, Google health, etc..    Here…
Jan 21, 2023 · 1h 7m
On this episode of Lucid, Sid talks to Shyamal Krishna Anadkat who is currently working at OpenAI and helps with Go to market strategies of different applications of the company such as ChatGPT, Dalle, etc..    Here are the list of topics we talks about :    1. How does ChatGPT work? Follow Shyamal…
Jan 15, 2023 · 1h 6m
In this episode Sid chats with Duke professor Wendy Gates Corbett about her research in belongingness and why she cares so much about it. She also shares her experience of meeting her role model former president Barack Obama and shares tips on how to present effectively with a powerful presence.  Le…
Jan 7, 2023 · 1h 25m
In this episode, Sid sits down with Duke professor Tony O' Driscoll to  go in depth and understand the different types of thinking. They talk  about the rapid change in innovation cycles and how it is going to  affect government policy. Finally they talk about digital countries and  the Metaverse.  …
Dec 31, 2022 · 1h 5m
In this episode of Lucid, Sid hosts Prof. Allegra Jordan of Duke  University to talk about her leadership philosophy, her life at Harvard,  fav leaders and her beliefs in Spirituality and how leaders need to  embrace spirituality.    Follow Lucid on other platforms :    Instagram : https://instagram…
Dec 25, 2022 · 1h 16m
In this episode Lew talks to his finance professor at ISB to discuss about his life journey and decision to become a finance professor. His views on the current market conditions and whether AI will take over the world of finance.  Follow Lucid on other platforms : https://instagram.com/andweareluc…
Dec 10, 2022 · 37 min
This episode is hosted by Shaurya Sethi on F1 APM Podcast. Shaurya is a  PM at Boostr and is on a mission to help aspiring PMs find their first  product management job.   In this episode, Shaurya hosts Sid(Deekshit) about his experience of  landing his first PM internship in US and receive a return …
Nov 21, 2022 · 1h 7m
In this episode, Sid chats with Varun about his career progression in product management, setting expectations with your manager and how to progress in one's career and treat it like a product.  Connect with Varun here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/varunathreya/ Follow Lucid on other platforms : ht…
Sep 7, 2022 · 59 min
Lew talks to Rohit Vasudevan, an international Jiu Jitsu Champion, fighter and coach who has a vision to empower India with Jiu Jitsu! He has also done his MSc in Aerodynamics in UK. Listen to his journey of entering Jiu Jitsu and building the scientific method of self defense! Follow Rohit here : h…
Aug 24, 2022 · 1h 11m
In this episode of Lucid, Sid talks to Sai Krishna VK the founder of  Scapic - an AR/VR no code tool about his journey into the field of  entrepreneurship and how he fell in love with building things.    The topics range from building deep tech products, building high trust  teams, future of Metaver…
Aug 17, 2022 · 51 min
Lew talks to Ajay Jayaram, Former World No. 13, Winner of the Dutch Open, Korean Open, Vietnam Open and many more international badminton tournaments about his journey and relationships in and out of the sport, battling injuries and a flawed sporting system, and about what lies ahead in the future a…
Jul 28, 2022 · 1h 16m
In this episode, Sid talks to Keval Kakka an Indian mountaineer who is  the first indian to climb Mt. Everest and Mt. Lhotse in 6 days.  He is  an engineering dropout who has devoted years to climb various high  altitude peaks in India and around.   Here, we cover his journey into mountaineering. Hi…
Jul 21, 2022 · 1h 33m
In this episode, Sid talks to Tanveer Ahmed, CTO of Digantara. Digantara is the world's first space based active orbital surveillance platform. In simple terms, they are building a space map that organizations like ISRO, NASA can use to select routes that have minimum probability of collisions with …
Jul 12, 2022 · 24 min
In the first episode of the Minicast series, Sid talks to Adithya Thonse  who invests consistently into various assets about the Stock Markets  and the reason behind the downfall.  The conversation covers the downfall in markets, company layoffs and the  potential of a recession. Do check it out!   …
Jul 12, 2022 · 49 min
In this episode, Sid hosts Jennie Graham who is a MBA student at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. Jennie has years of experience in supporting underrepresented founder and is focused on building a career around impact investing. In this conversation they talk about, - Jennie's experiences in support…
Jul 6, 2022 · 23 min
In the second episode of the minicast series of episodes, Lew talks to Arjun Gargeyas, a policy research analyst at The Takshashila Institution who works on analysing semiconductor policy. The quick discussion goes from Lew's interaction with the Hon'ble Union Minister for IT Mr. Ashwini Vaishnav ab…
Jun 15, 2022 · 1h 1m
Lew and Sid talk about Sid's recent trek adventure in this episode. They  cover the whole trip along with what Sid did before and after the trek.  Follow Lucid on other platforms : Instagram : https://instagram.com/andwearelucid?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter : https://twitter.com/wearelucid123 Spo…
Jun 1, 2022 · 1h 24m
Lucid talk to Abhinav (@abnux) - a product designer and founder of 10kdesigners - about product design, its importance in today's world, the new age teaching method that is Cohort Based Courses (CBCs), and investing in web3 technologies.  Producer and Audio Engineer: Raajas Ravikumar (https://www.in…
May 25, 2022 · 1h 2m
Lew and Sid enter the rabbit hole of Artificial General Intelligence,  their fascination in the topic and what they think the future holds.  They dig deep into the humanitarian layers of OpenAI's GPT3 and DALLE2  in this episode to understand a future to come. Relevant links discussed in the podcast…