Episodes

  • 12: Childhood – The TV Shows & Movies that Moulded Us

    12: Childhood – The TV Shows & Movies that Moulded Us
    Nov 19 2020
    Growing up in the 80s in India was quite the experience. You had just 2 TV channels, would rent VCRs to watch movies on VHS tapes, and absorb every bit of entertainment because there was (relatively) so little of it available. Then satellite TV came, you grew up, and decades later revisited those childhood shows, […]
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • #11: Tolerance – Should we argue, or just Unfriend each other?

    #11: Tolerance – Should we argue, or just Unfriend each other?
    Oct 29 2020
    We live in an increasingly polarized world where facts and opinions get tangled up with emotions and identity. How do we navigate all this? Should we be fighting for our beliefs? Or is it smarter to just ‘unfriend’ people and move on? In this episode, Susheel and Rohan explore what ‘tolerance’ looks like (or perhaps […]
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    56 mins
  • #10: Stress in the Time of COVID-19: Why We’re Stressed & How We Can Cope

    #10: Stress in the Time of COVID-19: Why We’re Stressed & How We Can Cope
    Sep 1 2020
    The pandemic is stripping us of many of our coping strategies for stress. We're in lockdown, we're getting crazier deadlines, and there's a virus spreading in our community. But do we need to be spiralling out of control? In this episode, Susheel and Rohan explore these issues and then invite neuropsychologist Anirudh George to share his take on them.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • #9: The Fear of Missing Out [FOMO]: An Amusing (But Very Real) ‘Lockdown’ Anxiety

    #9: The Fear of Missing Out [FOMO]: An Amusing (But Very Real) ‘Lockdown’ Anxiety
    Jun 28 2020
    The COVID-19 lockdown has us swinging between paralyzing anxiety and a gnawing feeling that we should be ‘doing more’ with our newly gifted time at home. But what exactly are we afraid we’re missing out on? And will we really be happier once we find it? 00:00 – Opening question: How do you make […]
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    37 mins
  • #8 Minimalism: “How Many Things Am I Allowed to Own?”

    #8 Minimalism: “How Many Things Am I Allowed to Own?”
    Jun 22 2020
    Is minimalism just about getting rid of stuff? And if you want to be a minimalist, are you allowed only 1 spoon, 1 bowl and 2 t-shirts? In this episode, we debunk some of these mainstream myths, explore what minimalism could be about instead, and offer some real-world examples of how it can change your […]
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    31 mins
  • #7: COVID-19: Sweden’s Response [Good, Bad, or Ugly?]

    #7: COVID-19: Sweden’s Response [Good, Bad, or Ugly?]
    May 17 2020
    “Why has Sweden’s response to COVID-19 been so much less restrictive than the rest of the world’s? Has their strategy worked? And, should India act similarly?” In this episode, Dr. Prathap Tharyan returns to answer these questions posed by a friend of the show. And he unpacks the issues involved in his trademark systematic, comprehensive, […]
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    30 mins
  • Sliding Doors Mini 1 - NVidia RTX Voice

    Sliding Doors Mini 1 - NVidia RTX Voice
    May 11 2020

    As a demonstration of what machine learning and AI can be used for in daily life, NVidia has released the beta version of their RTX Voice application. What this app does is truly amazing. It filters out all audio except for human voice that is spoken into a microphone this means that in most cases, it will also filter out background voices. This makes it a boon for people who are in video conferences, video game streamers, webinar hosts, podcasters and more! In fact, this episode of Sliding Doors was recorded with RTX Voice for both Rohan and Susheel. Listen to it and let us know what you think.

    Video Example of RTX Voice in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-mETIjcIV0

    Download the latest BETA version of the Nvidia RTX Voice application at: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/guides/nvidia-rtx-voice-setup-guide/

    Help Nvidia to develop the RTX Voice application - you can provide them with a voice sample to train their AI at: https://broadcast.nvidia.com/feedback

    And here is how you can get it to work on a NON RTX GPU: https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidia-rtx-voice-works-without-rtx-gpu-heres-how.431781/
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    6 mins
  • #6: Sliding Doors Mini 1 – NVidia RTX Voice

    #6: Sliding Doors Mini 1 – NVidia RTX Voice
    May 11 2020
    As a demonstration of what machine learning and AI can be used for in daily life, NVidia has released the beta version of their RTX Voice application. What this app does is truly amazing. It filters out all audio except for human voice that is spoken into a microphone this means that in most cases, […]
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    6 mins