#2 Bernie, or Are Friends More Important Than Work?

#10 Private School, or Why Are Nerds Unpopular?: Season One, Episode #10 If getting into the club was as easy as showing the bouncer a picture of your extensive comic book collection, the world might be a better place. But it's not happening anytime soon. On this episode, Mohnish, Kevin, and... by Moonwalk

34 min listen

#1 Hammer, or How Does Social Media Affect Our Friendships?: Season One - Episode #1 Social media is nuts. On this episode, Mohnish, Kevin, and Armi talk about how social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat) affected their lives, talk about some ridiculous stories in the process, and cover: - How,... by Moonwalk

38 min listen

#5 Seven Times, or Understanding Sex and Confidence (with Cam and Karen Poter!): Season One, Episode #5 We're joined with Cam and Karen Poter (a stand-up comedian and his sexually liberated cougar mother) from the podcast Sex Talk with My Mom to deconstruct sex and confidence. The stories get out of control pretty quickly.... by Moonwalk

68 min listen

#3 Moose, or What Do Your Clothes Say About You?: Season One, Episode #3 Whether a Christmas sweater for your mom or a thong for yourself, clothing isn't just a reflection of who we are - it's a reflection of both our aspirations and our insecurities. On this episode, Mohnish, Kevin, and Armi... by Moonwalk

36 min listen

#7 Lebron James, or Reigniting Lost Childhood Dreams: Season One, Episode #7 We talk about the dreams we gave up and cry about it on the podcast. On this episode, Mohnish, Kevin, and Armi cover: - Why are some dreams worth giving up? - How did Mohnish meet the Blue Power Ranger? - If "follow... by Moonwalk

30 min listen

What is Real Talk?: If you have no idea what Real Talk is, this is your episode. Mohnish and Kevin cover the basics, like: - Why is Mohnish so frazzled? - What topics do we cover? - Why did Real Talk even happen? - What's a fanarchy? For more material on this... by Moonwalk

8 min listen

#14 Repeated Exposure, or How Do I Make Friends in a New City?: Season Two Premiere, Episode #14 You're in a new city. You have no idea who anybody is. You're in your apartment shower crying (naked) while eating a soggy burrito because you're lonely. Truth is, you need some friends. On this episode, Mohnish,... by Moonwalk

33 min listen

#8 Grilled, or Being Yourself (with Laura Coe!): Season One, Episode #8 Author, podcaster, and former CEO of a multi-million dollar company (which she sold to the Fortune 500) Laura Coe talks about how to be yourself, and it's almost as complicated as heart surgery. In addition to... by Moonwalk

75 min listen

#4 Camisado, or How Can I Be Funny?: Season One, Episode #4 Imagine a bet: you have to make the classroom laugh, or, you lose a million dollars. If most of us took that bet, we'd probably all be on the streets, in a box, crying softly to ourselves. But here's the question... by Moonwalk

36 min listen

#9 Fifty Shades, or Why Are Kids So Mean?: Season One, Episode #9 Most of us, when we were kids, were the worst human beings imaginable on the face of the planet. But why do kids call each other names like "Butt Pirate"? Why are kids so mean? On this episode, Mohnish, Kevin, and Armi cover: -... by Moonwalk

34 min listen

#6 Unqualified, or What Should I Do the First Week of College?: Season One, Episode #6 If you're about to start college, I guarantee you that you have absolutely no idea what you're doing. On this episode, Mohnish, Kevin, and Armi talk about being absolutely confused their first week of college, and cover: -... by Moonwalk

31 min listen

Inside High School / A Bonus Audio Essay: "We all have stories that we tell ourselves about what our lives are - and those stories are always wrong" - Shawn Coyle Going to high school is kind of like cutting an onion: you have to do it, but you're probably going to cry. In this audio... by Moonwalk

11 min listen

#11 Bugatti Shopping, or How Much Does Money Matter?: Season One, Episode #11 If you're going to college, are under 25, or you post on Facebook about your diamond-encrusted watch, you're probably broke (or are going to be broke) and think money is going to fill the hole in your soul. On this episode,... by Moonwalk

28 min listen

#2 Bernie, or Are Friends More Important Than Work?: Season One - Episode #2 Close, interpersonal relationships matter, and not in some wishy-washy, "everyone-let's-hold-hands-and-cry" kind of way. On this episode, Mohnish, Kevin, and Armi talk about prioritizing friends over work, how to actually do... by Moonwalk

35 min listen

How to Change Someone's Mind, or The Boxing Gloves #25: "We're not designed to know how little we know" - Daniel Kahneman Imagine you made a bet. You get a car, a jet plane, and a pet tiger if you win. And all you have to do is convince your mother that global warming is real. Could you do it? If you... by Moonwalk

39 min listen

Making Season One: If you literally have no idea what this podcast is, don't start here (try previous episodes first). But if you've stuck with us (whether for one episode or the whole season), here's a behind the scenes look at the making of Season One. If you've ever... by Moonwalk

41 min listen

#13 "9 out of 10", or Decoding Tinder and Bumble: Season One, Episode #13 - Season Finale Downloading Tinder and Bumble is the easy part. We cover the hard part (not that hard part). On the Season Finale, Mohnish, Kevin, and Armi talk: - Why do women and men have vastly different experiences on... by Moonwalk

49 min listen

Brothers and Sisters 101 (with Vysali Soundararajan!), or Spider-Man 3 #18: "Our spouses and children arrive comparatively late in our lives; our parents leave us too early. “Our brothers and sisters,” says family sociologist Katherine Conger of the University of California, Davis, “are with us for the whole journey.”... by Moonwalk

37 min listen

Rethinking How to Build Confidence, or Paid Assassin #17: “Before you attempt to beat the odds, be sure you could survive the odds beating you.” - Larry Kersten Everyone - from your grandmother that you never call because she lit the house on fire, to your next door neighbor - wants to be confident. But... by Moonwalk

42 min listen

Season Two Trailer: Higher production. Better music. More people. More segments. Once a week. Better quality. Season Two - next Tuesday. Mark your calendars. More material at www.realtalkstudio.com Credits and Special Thanks Main Host and Editing: Mohnish... by Moonwalk

4 min listen

Living with Your Friends, Reimagined (with Al Jeffery!), or The Roseto Mystery #22: "Have you ever fallen in love with anybody you've lived with, Al?" - Mohnish Soundararajan, Host In America, it goes: you live with your parents, you live with your roommates, you live with your spouse, and then you die. Al Jeffery is trying to... by Moonwalk

31 min listen

Why We Don't Stick to Our Workouts, or The Fitness Expert #24: "Make sure you stay thin...because that's what the boys want" - Armi Legge Sticking to your workouts, day in and day out, is almost as easy as entering an intergalactic wormhole that bends and transcends the physics of time and space. Most of... by Moonwalk

32 min listen

Why Are We Obsessed with Snapchat? or Confessions of a Snapchat Celebrity (with Virginia Salas Kastilio!) #26: "I wish these photos I was sending this girl would just disappear" - Reggie Brown, ousted Snapchat co-founder Everyone is losing their minds. Flat out - we're obsessed with Snapchat. But why? Why do we use it the way we use it? And why did our... by Moonwalk

28 min listen

#12 Wicked Smaht, or Is Intelligence Important?: Season One, Episode #12 Stop crying Matt Damon. On this episode, we talk about smarts - book smarts, street smarts, all the smarts. Mohnish, Armi, and Kevin cover: - Does anyone care about your ACT, SAT or GPA? - How smart is the high school jock? -... by Moonwalk

41 min listen

#15 World of Witchcraft, or How Do Video Games Affect You? (with Devyn Tammons!): Season Two, Episode #15 "I'd like to play a video game where you help the people who were shot in all the other video games. It'd be called 'Really Busy Hospital.” - Demetri Martin From playing Mario Kart to hearing that Jimmy from down the street... by Moonwalk

34 min listen

Outthinking Stress (with Caroline Beaton!), or Into the Jungle #19: "I thought you were going to tell me to go with Mohnish in my closet and shine a flashlight at him" - Kevin Sanji, co-host Stress comes in all shapes and sizes. Thousands of years ago, people stressed out about wild animals attacking them. Today,... by Moonwalk

32 min listen

How to Travel the World Dangerously (with Andrea Wien!) or The Aleppo Pepper #20: "Not all those who wander are lost" - J.R.R. Tolkien Airline tickets. Sights. Sounds. Instagram posts with way too many likes. This can be your life - special guest Andrea Wien (host, author, business-lady, and wine drinker) shows us how,... by Moonwalk

31 min listen

How to Break Into the White House / Engineer Your Own Luck (Season 3, Episode 2): "We can curse all we want, but this is the most explicit thing that's ever been said on our podcast" - Mohnish Soundararajan, to Ted Gonder While your friend Jen is working at the White House, you're on the couch eating Ramen at 4 o' clock in the... by Moonwalk

23 min listen

Saving Thousands on Air Travel (with Tim van der Lee!), or Confessions of a Travel Hacker #21: "There's a guy, a couple years ago....he actually got sued by United because the airlines really didn't like this..." - Tim van der Lee Here's Tim. He's like the guy from Taken - he's got a very specific set of skills that make him a nightmare for... by Moonwalk

26 min listen

#16 John Lennon, or Making Your Relationship Work (with Cam Poter!): Season Two, Episode #16 "Attachments and relationships can bring us pain: as a character in Jean-Paul Sarte’s play No Exit said, “Hell is other people.” But so is heaven." - Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis Being in a relationship takes... by Moonwalk

48 min listen

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#2 Bernie, or Are Friends More Important Than Work?

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