How to Become a Graphic Designer (Your Portfolio Doesn't Have to Be Real) - w/ Cynthia
Cynthia Wagner almost quit art in high school. Not because she lacked talent — because building a portfolio felt so intimidating she figured she'd rather not try.
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Bet Weird - 26 Episodes
Art, spirituality, travel, fitness, money, climate, comedy, education, and all the hard-to-file bets that still teach people how to move. 26 wonderfully weird episodes are inside.
How to Get Into Public Policy & Development Economics (Harvard Economist POV) - w/ Jishnu
What do you think the richest 5% of urban India earns in a month? The real number is twenty thousand rupees — about $200.
How To Help Rag-Picker Children in Kolkata Escape Poverty thru Education & Empowerment - w/ Shafkat
The Reality Behind the Viral Video When the world’s biggest YouTuber hands over a check, the internet asks one question: Is it real? Joining us on Ready Set Do is Shafkat Alam, the Joint Secretary of Tiljala Shed and the man who stood face-to-face with MrBeast’s team in the heart of Kolkata’s slums.
How to Plan a Sold-Out Fundraising Event (Step-by-Step) - w/ Roger
If you think running a nonprofit fundraising event is just about booking a venue, finding a caterer, and collecting auction items, you’re in for a rude awakening. The landscape has shifted beneath our feet.
How To Stick To Culture-Centered Nutrition (& Why It Matters for NRIs) - w/ Neha
Are you an NRI, student, or expat living in the USA who feels sluggish, bloated, or heavier despite "eating healthy"? Millions of Indians move abroad and immediately switch to a diet of salads, cold sandwiches, and protein bars, thinking they are making better choices.
How To Take The Most Meaningful Vacation of Your Life - w/ Kimberly
This conversation is not about that kind of trip. This is about the kind of travel that changes what you think a vacation is for.
How To Become A Professional Astrologer & Spiritual Scientist - w/ Poonam
Why Astrology is More Than Fortune-Telling — A Raw Conversation with Poonam Dutta What happens when you put a professional astrologer and spiritual scientist in the hot seat and ask the hard questions? In this episode of the Ready Set Do Podcast I sit down with Poonam Dutta — an expert in the Vedas, Sanatan Dharma, and Vedic astrology — for a multi-faceted, super-raw conversation that cuts past clichés and goes straight to the reasoning behind belief.
How To Organize The Biggest In-Person Event For Skilled Indian Immigrants in The US
What does it take to create the largest gathering ever for skilled Indian immigrants in the United States? In this episode, we sit down with the visionary behind the Open Atlas Summit 2025 , a groundbreaking event designed to connect, empower, and celebrate the Indian professional diaspora in America.
How To (Plan &) Optimise For A Vacation In India (First-time Travel Experiences From An American's POV In FIVE Indian Cities) - w/ Beni
Travel stories get boring fast when they only exist to confirm what the traveler already thought. This one is better because the surprise is the point: what India looks like through the eyes of someone seeing it properly for the first time, and what that says about expectation, culture, and the stories we drag around before we arrive.
How To Start Working Out (For People Who Have NEVER Worked Out Before) - w/ Abhay
For over the past five years, Abhay has been working out consistently - at first at home, and then in an actual gym. The question Abhay and myself have tried to answer here today is "Why should someone that has never worked out start working out and how can they do so?" Beginner-friendly workout plan: Abhay: All my social links:
How To Cook & Eat Home-Cooked Meals To Lose Fat And/Or Build Muscle (Busy Bachelors POV) - w/ Gaurav
Does "healthy eating" mean boiled chicken, tasteless broccoli, and zero happiness? For most busy bachelors, the choice is usually binary: Order takeout and feel guilty, or try to cook "healthy" and end up eating cardboard.
How To Advise Action To Fight The Climate Crisis (Advisor to German Govt Circular Economy Initiatives in India POV) - w/ Jasprit
Jasprit is a climate change advisor at GIZ and a master's degree holder from LSE in climate regulation and policy.
How To Be A Not-Expert At Life (An Eight Year Old's POV) - w/ Ved
Ved keeping with our theme of learning from somebody that’s just two steps ahead instead of an expert, my goal with this episode is to explore the mind and musings of a young boy - and how the timeless optimism of childhood can indeed be discovered by anyone of any age. By the end of this episode, you will walk away with a perspective on why the child-like curiosity is the greatest treasure we possess, and yet something we all discard as we grow this episode we also witness the Conventional Mind in Robert Greene's Mastery, the concept of the Conventional Mind describes how societal pressures, practical demands, and conformity erode the innate openness and curiosity we possess as children.
How To Be A Spiritual Hindu Guru In The Digital Age (Chief Lineage Authority Of A 17,000 Years Old School Of Yoga POV) - w/ Guru Pashupati
Most people talk about yoga like it is either wellness content or a neat philosophy deck. This conversation goes into the messier middle: what happens when a tradition gets flattened for the internet, how someone actually becomes a guru, and why criticism of Hinduism does not fit into the tidy little boxes people like.
How To Quit Your Job To Follow Your Passion & Find Freedom In The Process - w/ Arjun (TheAJSound)
Arjun is an IT-professional turned singer/producer/songwriter known for his hit indie songs. Join us for an intimate journey through the life of a musician who traded corporate stability for artistic passion.
How To Sustain A Livelihood As A Full-Time Artist in 2025 - w/ Zhanna
"Born to make art, forced to produce content." It’s the meme that haunts every creative in 2025. We all marvel at the beauty of a masterpiece, but when it comes to the business of art, most of us are clueless.
How To Write Comedy (Fiction Novel + Material For Stand Up Comedy) - w/ Rohan
Most people think funny people are just born with it, which is a nice way to avoid the awkward part where you actually have to learn timing. This conversation gets into how to write something sharp without trying to cosplay as a comedian, which is usually where the whole thing goes off the rails.
How To Kickstart Your Singing (& Music Composition) Career In Bollywood - w/ Trishita
Trishita is an award-winning playback singer and songwriter whose work has been featured on Netflix, HotStar and Zee5 among other notable places such as live events and concerts. Perhaps like most of you all out there, one of my longest-standing loves in life has been my love for music.
How To Kickstart Your DJ Career (Self-Taught DJ PoV) - w/ Mayya
Originally from Moscow, Russia, Mayya recently graduated from a Masters of Arts degree from DePaul University but for the purposes of this episode - we’ll be deep-diving into how Mayya kickstarted her DJ career from scratch. We go over the onset of Mayya’s musical pursuits, how she learnt mixing - which is the fundamental skill every DJ must learn, and how she landed her first gigs.
How To Teach Economics & Game Theory (Indian Institute Of Mgmt Ahmedabad Prof POV) - w/ Viswanath
A lot of diversity talk gets flattened into slogans and conference-panel language. This one is better because it stays close to the actual arguments: CAT, economics, reverse brain-drain, and what people mean when they say they want a better pipeline but never explain the pipeline.
How To Write, Publish & Launch Your First Non-Fiction Book - w/ Soundarya
Soundarya is a founder at and the author of two books - Unshackled and Admitted. Today’s discussion is for anyone who wants to write and publish a non-fiction book today, although we do briefly touch on Soundarya’s next novel which falls into the realm of some fiction as well.
How To Write A Viral Research Paper - w/ Aditi
Aditi is an ex-tenured professor, published author, and founder of Dr. Paul & Co., where she helps Indian immigrants take charge of their immigration journey - by means of securing the EB1 visa, which she holds; and other talent discuss:- Aditi’s journey moving from STEM field to non-STEM field for higher education- Getting her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Communication- Breaking Bad- How her research paper on dating, after being fired from her department during her PhD, led to being featured on major news channels- The psychology of immigration- How Indian immigrants can assimilate to the culture in the US- Importance of self-awareness for immigrants and realizing how the US is a PR machine- How anyone can build their profile to get an EB1 visa and WHY?
How To Optimize Your Travels (Costs & Experiences) - w/ Melissa
In this episode, my guest is Melissa Weinmann. Melissa is a huge travel enthusiast, with her current tally of countries and territories visited being 44 at the time of recording.
How To Make Short Films - w/ Akshansh & Harshita
Akshansh and Harshita are computer science engineering students at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology. Perhaps more notably, they’re also actors and film-makers - having taught themselves how to make short films for their YouTube channel ( and the Film Society at KIIT.
How to Make Accurate Life Decisions - w/ Utpal
Utpal is a co-founder at Digger, but perhaps more notably, a life-long cricket fanatic. He has played semi-professionally in India and continues to play club cricket in the UK as of May 2024, and has also co-founded The Cricket Revolution, which is a product for cricketers to leverage to get better at the sport.
How To Invest (and Spend) Money - w/ Raghav
In this episode, my guest in this episode is Raghav Taparia . Raghav is a financial investment aficionado who has successfully built out robust systems for making strides towards his financial goals.
