59. Maria Niculescu

Jay Mudholkar

Discussion: connecting with humans, US population & politics, INC in Denver, everyday joys How we met: Penn M&T Current whereabouts: Connecticut References made in the episode: INC [https://www.inc24.us/] Independent National Convention Cover art: month 1 freshman year on Philly transit tour, rest of crew cropped for privacy though do miss them! You can find him on X [https://x.com/JayMudholkar/status/1852535383587745983?s=46]

62. Claire Hao

How we met: Troy High school Current whereabouts: Houston Discussion: breaking into journalism, how growing up in Troy & Michigan shaped her, evolution of journalism industry References: Houston Chronicle [https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/] (newspaper),  her X account [https://x.com/clairehao_]

61. Somto Egboga

How we met: HFL Current whereabouts: deciding Discussion: living in 3 different continents, family relationships evolving, turning 25, tuning more into what we want  References: A broken people’s playlist by Chimeka Garricks (book [https://www.google.com/search?q=A+broken+people%E2%80%99s+playlist+by+Chimeka+Garricks&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS961US961&oq=A+broken+people%E2%80%99s+playlist+by+Chimeka+Garricks&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yCAgCEAAYFhgeMgoIAxAAGIAEGKIEMgoIBBAAGIAEGKIEMgYIBRBFGEAyBggGEEUYQNIBBzIzNGowajSoAgCwAgE&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8]), What A Devastating Turn of Events by Rachel Chinouriri (album [https://open.spotify.com/album/1Td1oiZTQFYR7N1QX00uhr]), Tems’ catalogue (music [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6BuIokrjsUNFPH8siI2bCp])

60. Vineet

How we met: Troy high school Current whereabouts: incognito mode Discussion: catch up, loving STEM, creating new diverse social sphere, impact of Troy on ambition & achievement, orchestra & dance, itching to do things during surgery recovery, living alone, similarities between dating & househunting, appraisal riddle (let us know if you know why),  References: Huberman lab podcast [https://www.hubermanlab.com/podcast] Cover pic: us volunteering tog in 2017 (?)

59. Maria Niculescu

How we met: Halma I&D team Current whereabouts: Bucharest, Romania Discussion: moving back to home country after about a decade out, converging & diverging with people, conflicting priorities in life, establishing a happy base wherever in the world, starting a limited series food podcast References made: The House of Focus (food lens podcast [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-house-of-focus-food-lens-podcast/]), Business Wars (podcast [https://wondery.com/shows/business-wars/])