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SEASON 02 — A LIFE IN PROGRESS

EST. NO IDEA WHAT WE WERE DOINGHINGLISH · 2 FRIENDS · 1 MICHOSTED BY EEMAN × VIJU
Mumbai skyline at sunset
the first recording (lost)
Two friends on a rooftop at night
rooftop, 2am
A game controller on a bed
one more game
A coastal highway at dusk
road trip, probably

We started with a simple idea: talk about whatever the hell was on our minds.

Back then, life was simpler. We had time to waste, dreams that made absolutely no sense, and opinions about things we barely understood.

We talked about games, argued about random shit, imagined impossible futures, and somehow managed to turn every conversation into an entirely new conversation.

We didn't know it then, but those conversations were the beginning of something.

Passenger airplane

Then life happened. We grew up. Graduated.

Got jobs. Started showing up to offices, answering emails, sitting through meetings, and pretending we knew what we were doing.

Suddenly, the future we'd spent so much time imagining was here, and it came with deadlines, responsibilities, and a suspicious number of passwords.

Mechanical keyboard

Somewhere between growing up and figuring out how to be adults, we realised something.

We still had a lot to talk about. So we came back to the microphone.

Not as the kids who started this thing, but as two best friends who have seen a little more of the world, learned a little more about themselves, and developed even more opinions than before.

Unfortunately for everyone else, we've also become more consistent. Hopefully.

Robot head
Glass office tower
Game controller
Headphones
Coconut oil bottle
Bunch of bananas
Wireless earbuds
Samosa

05 · THE NOISE — AI

Eeman · AI/ML engineer

Robot head
05 · THE NOISE — ARCHITECTURE

Adityavijayraj (Viju) · Architect

Mumbai chawl building
Brutalist concrete building
Glass office tower
Rolled-up blueprint
T-square
Set square
Scale ruler and pencil
Drafting compass
Architectural scale model

Because the world has gotten weird.

Artificial intelligence is changing how we work, create, and think.

Governments are making decisions that affect millions of lives.

Architecture is reshaping the places we call home.

Video games are no longer just games; they're entire worlds, communities, economies, and occasionally the reason we haven't slept in thirty-six hours.

And that's just the beginning.

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On the table
  • AI
  • Government
  • Architecture
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Also on the table
  • Games
  • Culture
  • ??? (unplanned)
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Season 2 · Episode 2Coming
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One minute we're discussing the future of technology.

The next, we're arguing about politics, dissecting a game, questioning the way cities are built, or getting distracted by something so incredibly stupid that it becomes the highlight of the episode.

There's no master plan. No carefully rehearsed opinions.

No pretending to have all the answers.

Just two friends, a microphone, and the kind of conversations that happen when nobody wants to end the call.

Highway direction board
Winding-road sign

We'll probably disagree. We'll definitely go off-topic.

We'll occasionally say something profound by accident.

And somewhere in all that chaos, we hope you'll find something worth thinking about.

Maybe you'll discover a new perspective.

Maybe you'll disagree with everything we say.

Maybe you'll just listen while commuting, working, gaming, or staring at the ceiling at two in the morning, wondering how the hell we got here.

Whatever the case, you're welcome.

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