Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Conversations with experts • Space, physics, and science • History and culture • Music and arts • Philosophy and spirituality • Politics and society • Technology and innovation • Personal stories
This podcast, titled "Know Time," explores a broad array of subjects, appealing to those interested in delving into diverse aspects of the world. Hosted by Shalaj Lawania, the show covers a rich tapestry of themes, including science, history, philosophy, and culture, often weaving these elements together through the lens of both individual stories and expert insights.
Listeners who tune in can expect to encounter a range of topics, from the intricacies of quantum physics and the fundamentals of neuroscience to the nuanced debates within philosophy and the historical complexities of geopolitics. The episodes often feature interviews with renowned experts from various fields, such as physicists, chefs, musicians, and historians, each offering a unique perspective on their area of expertise.
Recurring motifs include the exploration of scientific theories, such as quantum mechanics and astrophysics, along with discussions on technology's impact on society and the future. Cultural and historical topics are also prevalent, with conversations about the evolution of music genres, the intricate history of regions like Israel and Palestine, and the culinary traditions across different geographies.
Philosophical questions about the meaning of life, morality, and consciousness provide a continuous thread throughout the podcast, inviting listeners to ponder deeper existential issues. Additionally, the show frequently examines personal narratives, capturing stories of individuals' struggles, inspirations, and legacies.
Overall, "Know Time" serves as a platform for knowledge seekers eager to engage with a wide array of disciplines and ideas, encouraging a deeper understanding of the world through storytelling and expert discourse.
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Episodes:
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#113: Regenerative Biology, Bioelectricity & Xenobots ft. Michael Levin
2025-Apr-25
55 minutes
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#112: Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial Life, Astrophysics & Venus ft. Sara Seager
2025-Apr-18
83 minutes
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#111: Biology, Evolutionary Development, Genetics & Mutations ft. Sean B. Carroll
2025-Apr-05
118 minutes
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#110: Jazz History, Latin Jazz & Salsa ft. Chris Washburne
2025-Mar-29
85 minutes
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#109: Quantum Theory, Indivisible Stochastic Processes & Philosophy of Physics ft. Jacob Barandes
2025-Mar-21
209 minutes
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#108: Palestine, Israel, History & Gaza ft. Norman Finkelstein
2025-Mar-07
120 minutes
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#107: Quantum Mechanics, Transactional Interpretation & Philosophy of Physics ft. Ruth Kastner
2025-Mar-01
90 minutes
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Know Time For Stories #5: My Sweet Lord of Exit 30
2025-Feb-22
99 minutes
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#106: Natural History, Geology, Origin of Life & Biology ft. Andrew Knoll
2025-Feb-15
82 minutes
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#105: Wealth, Growth, Productivity & Time ft. Sahil Bloom
2025-Feb-01
51 minutes
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#104: Marxism, Capitalism, Geopolitics & Israel-Palestine ft. Vijay Prashad
2025-Jan-25
57 minutes
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#103: Cosmology, Cosmic Inflation, Physics & Nobel Prizes ft. Dr. Brian Keating
2025-Jan-18
54 minutes
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#102: Chess, Mindset & Intelligence ft. GM Maurice Ashley
2025-Jan-11
64 minutes
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#101: Genome Engineering, CoVID Lab Leak Theory & Futurism ft. Jamie Metzl
2025-Jan-04
103 minutes
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#100: Agra, India & Life Stories ft. Mahesh & Sushila Sharma (my grandparents!)
2024-Dec-28
61 minutes
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#99: Air Pollution, Purifiers, Entrepreneurship & Deep Tech ft. Angad Daryani
2024-Dec-13
98 minutes
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#98: Aliens, SETI, Origins of Life & UFOs ft. Seth Shostak
2024-Dec-07
81 minutes
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#97: Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness & Computation ft. Joscha Bach
2024-Nov-22
137 minutes
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#96: Jewellery, Design, Fashion & Entrepreneurship ft. Payal Shah
2024-Nov-16
59 minutes
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#95: Comedy, Improv & South Africa ft. Kaneez Surka
2024-Nov-09
62 minutes
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#94: Dance, Movement Therapy & Wellness ft. Swarali Karulkar
2024-Oct-25
80 minutes
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#93: Logic, Philosophy, Paradoxes & Noneism ft. Graham Priest
2024-Oct-11
108 minutes
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#92: Cooking, Indian Cuisine & Identity ft. Suvir Saran
2024-Oct-05
78 minutes
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#91: Quantum Physics, Pilot Wave Theory & Bohmian Mechanics ft. Sheldon Goldstein
2024-Sep-27
78 minutes
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#90: The Mafia, Godfather & Hollywood ft. Gianni Russo
2024-Sep-21
71 minutes
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#89: Malaysian Flight MH370, Mysteries & Journalism ft. Jeff Wise
2024-Sep-13
127 minutes
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#88: Improv, Comedy & Theatre ft. Armando Diaz
2024-Sep-07
96 minutes
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#87: Restaurants, Indian Food & New York ft. Chef Chintan Pandya
2024-Aug-31
89 minutes
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#86: Cricket, Wicketkeeping & Broadcasting ft. Deep Dasgupta
2024-Aug-17
63 minutes
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#85: Tamil Cuisine, Semma & South Indian Food ft. Chef Vijay Kumar
2024-Aug-10
35 minutes
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#84: Particle Physics, Waves, Energy & Higgs Field ft. Matt Strassler
2024-Aug-02
124 minutes
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#83: Cooking, Indian Food, Culture & History ft. Chef Vikas Khanna
2024-Jul-20
56 minutes
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#82: Broadway, SIX The Musical, Theatre & Acting ft. Jasmine Forsberg
2024-Jul-13
47 minutes
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#81: Philosophy, Grounding, Metaphysics & Monism ft. Jonathan Schaffer
2024-Jun-30
77 minutes
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#80: Computation, Physics & Fundamental Theory ft. Stephen Wolfram
2024-Jun-14
86 minutes
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#79: Neuroscience, Fear, Emotions & Psychology ft. Joseph LeDoux
2024-May-31
56 minutes
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#78: Universe, Cosmology & God ft. Lawrence Krauss
2024-May-18
57 minutes
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#77: Morality, Mathematics, Ethics & Philosophy ft. Justin Clarke-Doane
2024-May-04
130 minutes
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#76: Consciousness, Infants & Philosophy ft. Claudia Passos
2024-Apr-22
114 minutes
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#75: Science, Spirituality, Consciousness & Time ft. Alan Lightman
2024-Apr-06
68 minutes
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#74: Space Habitats, Engineering & Design ft. Annika Rollock
2024-Mar-26
82 minutes
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#73: Quantum Physics, Bell's Inequality, Philosophy & Time ft. Tim Maudlin
2024-Mar-09
135 minutes
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#72: Aliens, UFOs & Space Exploration ft. Avi Loeb
2024-Feb-25
77 minutes
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Know Time For Stories #4: The Cricket World Cups Of My Life
2024-Feb-11
59 minutes
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#71: WWE, Saudi Arabia & Professional Wrestling ft. Mansoor
2024-Jan-27
69 minutes
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#70: Maths, Twistors & String Theory ft. Peter Woit
2024-Jan-13
101 minutes
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#69: Multiverse, String Theory & Quantum Physics ft. Matthew Kleban
2023-Dec-15
99 minutes
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#68: Education, Nepal & Rural Development ft. Surya Karki
2023-Dec-02
95 minutes
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#67: Brains, Neuroscience, Memory & AI ft. Gyorgy Buzsaki
2023-Nov-15
90 minutes
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#66: Yoga, Spirituality & Meditation ft. Paola Cruz
2023-Nov-04
69 minutes
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#65: Music, Jazz & The Roots ft. Ray Angry
2023-Oct-20
50 minutes
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Know Time For Stories #3: The Train From King's Cross
2023-Oct-07
54 minutes
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#64: History, New York & Tour Guides ft. Megan Marod
2023-Sep-23
95 minutes
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#63: Stoicism & Philosophy ft. Massimo Pigliucci
2023-Sep-09
76 minutes
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#62: Journalism, History, Politics & Civil Rights ft. Samuel Freedman
2023-Aug-19
106 minutes
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#61: Architecture, Design, Disability & Nature ft. David Gissen
2023-Aug-05
55 minutes
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#60: Acting, Broadway & New York ft. Viveca Chow
2023-Jul-21
73 minutes
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#59: Illusions, Reality, Consciousness & Free Will ft. Pascal Wallisch
2023-Jul-08
138 minutes
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#58: Goals, Psychology & Perception ft. Dr. Emily Balcetis
2023-Jun-24
56 minutes
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#57: Bronx & Community Development ft. Majora Carter
2023-Jun-03
75 minutes
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#56: Dance, Choreography & Creativity ft. Kyle Abraham
2023-May-12
59 minutes
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#55: Chess, Intelligence, Psychology & AI ft. Ben Johnson
2023-Apr-29
92 minutes
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#54: Comedy, Fame, TikTok & AI ft. Sean Millea
2023-Apr-15
69 minutes
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#53: Broadway, Aladdin, Theatre & Guam ft. Heather Makalani
2023-Apr-01
51 minutes
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#52: Dance, Spirituality & Choreography ft. Billy Griffin
2023-Mar-11
58 minutes
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#51: Art, Comics, UFC & Martial Arts ft. Gian Galang
2023-Feb-26
53 minutes
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50th Episode Special: Reflections, Part Five
2023-Feb-19
87 minutes
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50th Episode Special: Reflections, Part Four
2023-Feb-12
87 minutes
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50th Episode Special: Reflections, Part Three
2023-Feb-05
59 minutes
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50th Episode Special: Reflections, Part Two
2023-Jan-15
65 minutes
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50th Episode Special: Reflections, Part One
2023-Jan-09
68 minutes
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Know Time For Stories #2: The Lost Kingdom Of New York
2022-Dec-10
48 minutes
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#49: Classical Music & Piano ft. Kimball Gallagher
2022-Nov-06
83 minutes
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#48: 9/11 & New York Firefighters ft. Niels Jorgensen
2022-Oct-16
108 minutes
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#47: Pizza, History & New York ft. Scott Wiener
2022-Sep-24
64 minutes
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#46: Hadestown, Broadway & Theatre ft. Alex Puette
2022-Sep-10
44 minutes
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#45: Improv, Acting & Comedy ft. Patrick Darwin Williams
2022-Aug-14
60 minutes
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#44: Skiing, Olympics & Moguls ft. Olivia Giaccio
2022-Jul-23
36 minutes
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#43: Storytelling, Dreams & UK ft. Steve Rawling
2022-Jun-26
62 minutes
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#42: Public Speaking, Leadership & Mountaineering ft. Chuck Garcia
2022-Jun-05
69 minutes
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#41: Pakistan Cricket & History ft. Osman Samiuddin
2022-May-14
79 minutes
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#40: Singing, Music Therapy & Miss South India ft. Samrudha Sunil Kumar
2022-Feb-27
55 minutes
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#39: Money, Economics, Inflation & Decentralisation ft. Richin Kabra
2022-Feb-13
79 minutes
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#38: Singing, Bollywood, Jalebi Baby & Dubai ft. Shweta Subram
2022-Feb-01
64 minutes
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#37: ISKCON, Monkhood & Spirituality ft. Arjunananda Das
2021-Dec-26
91 minutes
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#36: Magic Of Cricket, Sports Writing & Tarantino ft. Jarrod Kimber
2021-Dec-10
75 minutes
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#35: Books, Reading, Mindset & Habits ft. Daksh Jindal
2021-Nov-27
75 minutes
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#34: Ghosts, Growing Up In Bur Dubai & Hyderabad ft. Raveena Kandregula
2021-Oct-02
59 minutes
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#33: Magic, Mentalism, Hypnosis & Emirati Culture ft. Moein Al Bastaki
2021-Sep-18
80 minutes
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#32: Method Acting, Adler vs. Strasberg, Theatre & Films ft. Mario Silva
2021-Sep-04
73 minutes
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#31: Women’s Health, FemTech & Entrepreneurship ft. Sophie Smith
2021-Aug-21
58 minutes
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Know Time For Stories #1: The Fortress Of Dreams
2021-Aug-09
25 minutes
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#30: Agra, NRIs, IIT & Parenting ft. Jyotsna & Anil Lawania
2021-Jul-24
75 minutes
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#29: Radio, City 1016, Theatre & Mental Health ft. Meghana Mundkur
2021-Jul-17
51 minutes
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#28: Identity Crisis ft. Shalaj Lawania
2021-Jul-10
6 minutes
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#27: Screen Addiction, Early Childhood & Digital Well-Being ft. Anisa Ismail
2021-Jul-03
69 minutes
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#26: Fame, Podcasts, Impressions & Accents ft. Ali Rifai
2021-Jun-26
79 minutes
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#25: Rap, Hip Hop, Music & Syria ft. Moh Flow
2021-Jun-19
58 minutes
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#24: Universe, Creation, God, Mars & Aliens ft. Dr. Nidhal Guessoum
2021-Jun-11
59 minutes
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#23: Music Technology, AI, Drumming & Future Of Music ft. Adi Chan
2021-May-21
60 minutes
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#22: Acting, Theatre & Spoken Word Poetry ft. Farzana Palathingal
2021-May-14
57 minutes
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#21: Radio, The Kris Fade Show & New York ft. Priti Malik
2021-May-07
41 minutes
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#20: Storytelling, Lucknow, Bollywood & Poetry ft. Roshan Abbas
2021-Apr-30
84 minutes
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#19: Music, R&B in Dubai, Songwriting, Creativity & Iraq ft. Shébani
2021-Apr-16
88 minutes
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#18: Meditation, Consciousness, Yoga, Identity & Martial Arts ft. Anjaan
2021-Apr-02
79 minutes
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#17: Theatre, Directing, Acting & Vipassana Meditation ft. Gautam Goenka
2021-Mar-26
84 minutes
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#16: Modelling, Aging, Growing Up in UK & Fitness ft. Caroline Labouchere
2021-Mar-19
47 minutes
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#15: Speculative Design, Design Fiction, Future of Work & Science Fiction ft. Suneet Pansare
2021-Mar-12
60 minutes
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#14: Dubai Architecture, History & Urban Design ft. Sahil Latheef
2021-Feb-19
91 minutes
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#13: Sales, Real Estate in Dubai, Investment & Beirut ft. Anthony Joseph
2021-Feb-12
66 minutes
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#12: Dinosaurs, Origin Of Life, Fossils & Evolution ft. Nirmal Rajah
2021-Feb-05
82 minutes
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#11: Virgin Radio, Indiana, Dubai & Life Stories ft. Brent Black (& Lloyd)
2021-Jan-29
72 minutes
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#10: Radio, Dating In UAE, America, Tinder & Podcasts ft. Nugget
2021-Jan-22
93 minutes
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#9: Coaching Celebrities, Athletes, Football, Stoicism & Canada ft. Coach Nic St-Maurice
2021-Jan-15
51 minutes
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#8: Poetry, Hypnotherapy, Bahrain & Trauma ft. Shereen Ahmed
2021-Jan-08
59 minutes
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#7: Dance, Bollywood, Social Media & Fame ft. Nidhi Kumar
2020-Dec-19
46 minutes
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#6: Forensic Psychology, Free Will, Adolf Hitler, Mental Health & CoVID-19 ft. Dr. Kirin Hilliar
2020-Dec-12
120 minutes
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#5: Entrepreneurship, UAE & Leadership ft. Ray Dargham
2020-Dec-04
88 minutes
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#4: MMA, UAE, Khabib & Morocco ft. Anas Siraj Mounir
2020-Nov-21
75 minutes
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#3: Comedy, Ghosts, TikTok, Growing Up In Sharjah & Simulations ft. Fahad Kaleem
2020-Nov-14
87 minutes
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#2: The Universe, Aliens, Theatre in UAE, Education & Burning Man ft. Lara Matossian
2020-Nov-06
125 minutes
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#1: Growing Up In Dubai, Gulf NRIs, Governments & Philanthropy ft. Anurag Ram Chandran
2020-Oct-31
109 minutes
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it's Know Time!
2020-Oct-10
4 minutes
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