Frndship Time
By Parth & Ratik
Frndship TimeJul 29, 2022
ratik's bad juju day and our 'someday' lists
when the vibes just aren't it, chief
wud-zaad-bzd
hbd (kya ho raha hai ft pe?)
cheetos, hot tubs, melting metal, and dosa onion rings
how're the vibes this week?
vibe check
FT Season 2 in Review: What was the plan? What did we learn? What's next?
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Another season comes to a close. Parth and Ratik meet up for the last time in 2022 to discuss what their plans were for the year, what they enjoyed, where they failed, and everything they learned.
Links from the episode
- Ratik's Birthday Special Episode
- Parth's First Business Trip Episode
- The Brownie Bites Show Guest Episode
- The First Date Episode
- College Advice Tier List ft. Jivansh
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#AskFT v2
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If you do something for two years running, can it be called a tradition? It can, right? Welcome to the penultimate episode of season 2 of Frndship Time. As is tradition, the episode before the season finale is our listener's Q & A. We asked you all for questions a few weeks ago and received some amazing ones. Give a listen to this week's episode for our answers. We hope you enjoy! x
Links from the episode
- Noel's fantastic podcast
- Lizzy McAlpine
- The Dark Side of the Moon
- Pink Floyd's The Wall
- Coldplay's Parachutes
- Casey Neistat's Vlog
- Things That Don't Suck
- The Anthropocene Review
- Twenty Whatever
- We're Not Really Strangers
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Rules of Gifting
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Do you struggle to come up with gifts for your loved ones? Could you use a nicely laid out list of rules to help spark ideas for gifts for loved ones this holiday season? Well then, this episode is just what you need!
Frndship Time's gifting era continues for a second week running. This week, Ratik talks to Parth about a fantastic set of "Rules of Gifting" laid out nicely by creator and filmmaker extraordinaire Van Neistat.
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Frndship Time's Guide to Gifting
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With Diwali and Christmas around the corner, Parth and Ratik talk about their approach to getting gifts for their loved ones. They talk about some of the gifts they've given to people and wrap up with the hall of fame of gifts they've received over the years. This is Frndship Time's Guide to Gifting.
We hope you enjoy the listen!
Links from the episode
- Calvin Harris
- Lizzy McAlpine
- FINNEAS
- Freaks and Geeks
- One Tree Hill
- chess.com
- The Ken
- Splainer
- Cometeer Coffee
- Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters
- Aeropress
- James Hoffman's Coffee Gift Guide
- Austin Kleon's Books
- Artemis Fowl
- Hades
- Baronfig
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State of The Boys - Q3 in Review
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Parth and Ratik talk about what they did and learnt in Q3, and what they're excited for in Q4. Grab a snack and enjoy!
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ASK US ANYTHING! #AskFT
How to ask a question?
- Think of a question you’ve been wanting to ask us about the show, a particular episode or make it a complete surprise!
- Record the question as a voice recording on your phone
- Email it to us on frndshiptime@gmail.com
Note: Send int your questions by the 20th October, 2022!
A Day in Our Lives
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We know a lot about each other - but the one fundamental thing we don't know is what a day in each other's lives looks like. Today, we find out!
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Premier League Preview (2022-23) ft. Noel Woodward ⚽️
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Ratik, Parth, and FT-regular Noel talk about all this premier league football this week. They share their thoughts on the PL's "top 6", talk about their own clubs, and finally end with some spicy takes while doing predictions for this season.
Lots of fun in this week's episode. We hope you enjoy! And if you're a football fan, we hope your team brings you only joy this season. ❤️
Who's Noel, you ask?
- Check out these Frndship Time episodes from last season
- Check out Noel's Website for everything else!
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State of The Apps (2022)
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Frndship Time returns with this year's version of State of The Apps. Parth and Ratik talk about the apps they love, the apps they DON'T love, and some new ones they're learning to enjoy. Thanks for listening!
Apps we mentioned
Productivity Stacks
- Things 3
- Apple Notes
- Todoist
- Evernote (don’t use this anymore pls)
- Cron
- Apple Reminders
- iOS Outlook
- Sunrise Calendar
- Linear
- Notion
Creation Apps
- Logic Pro
- Figma
- Final Cut Pro X
- ProCreate
- Blender
Misc.
- Nudge
- Cred
- Spark Mail
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smol kindnesses
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Ratik reads Parth a poem about the value of small kindnesses.
Small Kindnesses
by Danusha Laméris
"I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walk
down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs
to let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you”
when someone sneezes, a leftover
from the Bubonic plague. “Don’t die,” we are saying.
And sometimes, when you spill lemons
from your grocery bag, someone else will help you
pick them up. Mostly, we don’t want to harm each other.
We want to be handed our cup of coffee hot,
and to say thank you to the person handing it. To smile
at them and for them to smile back. For the waitress
to call us honey when she sets down the bowl of clam chowder,
and for the driver in the red pick-up truck to let us pass.
We have so little of each other, now. So far
from tribe and fire. Only these brief moments of exchange.
What if they are the true dwelling of the holy, these
fleeting temples we make together when we say, “Here,
have my seat,” “Go ahead — you first,” “I like your hat.”
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Uncovering Ratik Sharma - Birthday Special!
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I've known Ratik for 6 years. He turns 26 this year, which means there are 20 years of Ratik's life I don't know much about. Who was he all this time? How can I get to know him better? I recruit a team of 3 all-stars to learn more about my co-host. This is Discovering Ratik Sharma - a 1-of-1 special edition episode. I hope you enjoy!
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Parth's First Business Trip (Week 2)
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Ratik calls Parth up after week two of his first ever business trip and Frndship Time on the road continues for a second week running!
Regularly scheduled programming returns next week! Stay tuned! Until then, we hope you all are doing good and taking care of yourselves. :)
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Parth's First Business Trip (Week 1)
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Ratik calls up Parth to talk about the first week of his two-week long work trip. The boys catch-up, exchange stories and talk about their feelings about growing older. So, you know, the usual really.
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What's the Best Money We Have Spent?
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Parth has yet another game for Ratik this week. He asks him: "What's the Best Money He's Spent?". The boys discuss and pick winners and give honourable mentions. A fun and chill listen this week for y'all. We hope you enjoy and play along. What's the Best Money You've Spent?
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Which FT episodes changed your life the most?
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Of all the episodes we have done, which ones have had the biggest impact on our actual day-to-day lives?
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How to start a podcast
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This week on Frndship Time, Parth and Ratik answer a long overdue listener question: How to start a podcast?
Broadly, there are 4 things you need to figure out in order to get started with your podcast:
- What is your podcast?
- What gear do you need?
- What tools do you need to use?
- How do you publish?
Find out more about each by listening to the episode!
Links from the episode
Gear
Tools
Publishing
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Is Life Short?
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Just one tiny question leads to 42 mins of chatting. Is life short?
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Age is a fake concept
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Its Ratik's birthday month and he is feeling all the feels. He talks to his best friend Parth about all the feels he is feeling about getting older. Unlike the usual "boo-hoo" narrative around getting older, Ratik actually enjoys getting older.
On the show this week, the boys talk about everything from the evolving nature of interpersonal conversations as one grows older to debating why being "young" is considered "good" by the world at large. Is one's age a limiting factor to doing things one wants to do? Are you ever "too old" to pick up a new hobby or skill?
All this and a lot more on this week's episode. We hope you enjoy!
Links from the episode
- Without Fail x Ira Glass
- Parth’s shiny new website
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Sita Sings the Blues
- Adam Ragusea on Common Sense
- Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware
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Vacations!
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Summer is here, and vacations are happening. Parth and Ratik talk about why they feel the need for vacations, and how they help them get back into day-to-day life in full flow. All this and more, enjoy this week's episode!
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An Extended Mid-year Catch-up
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2022 is almost at its mid-point. The boys are catching up on how they've been, what video games they are playing, what they've been watching and how they're indulging in their hobbies.
Links from the episode
- How to make the best coffee by James Hoffmann
- How to Make the Perfect Coffee w/ James Hoffmann
- Monument Valley 1 & 2
- The Art of Monument Valley
- Playdead's INSIDE
- Hollow Knight
- a short hike
- Severance
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Ryan Trahan surviving on $0.01 for 30 days
Check out Parth's new website! — https://www.psaraswat.com 🎉
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Would you rather...?
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This week, the boys make difficult choices. Coke or coffee? Nintendo Switch or PS5? The stress is real.
Join us!
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"Interesting": The Nothing Word
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Ratik tells Parth about a word he has beef with: "Interesting". He's has been trying to avoid using the word to enable him to have more honest and specific conversations.
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Summertime!
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What time is it? Summertime!
The boys are talking all things summer!
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The Secret to Hosting GREAT Dinner Parties
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Ratik and Parth talk about Jeffersonian Dinners and how they can be made relevant to 21st century dinner parties. If you like hosting wholesome dinners for friends and family then this episode is a must listen for you. Enjoy!
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How Ratik became an Android App Developer
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Ratik does not have a degree in Computer Science. He didn't 'formally' study anything to do with code. Today, he makes Android apps for a living. How did that happen?! Ratik shares his story.
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"Can we pls be frnds? 🥺" ft. Brownie Bites Show
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Last year's guest (from #31) Vishakha is back on the show this week and this time she's brought along her friend Rajvi. Rajvi and Vishakha are two best friends that also make a podcast together. It's called the Brownie Bites Show (BBS). Sound familiar?
This week on Frndship Time, we put a spotlight on Rajvi, Vishakha, their frndship, and the Brownie Bites Show. How did they meet? What even is the Brownie Bites Show?! What do they love and hate about podcasting? Listen in to find out all the answers. We hope you enjoy!
Links from the episode
- Brownie Bites Show (BBS)
- Talking Long Distance Friendships with BBS (coming soon...)
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You are not special... yet
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"Stop thinking that you’re special. The fact is, right now, you’re not special. You’re another completely inexperienced young person who doesn’t have all that much to offer yet. You can become special by working really hard for a long time."
Parth and Ratik discuss. 👀
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What do you do when...? #2
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What do Parth and Ratik do when...
...they want to unwind after a long week?
...they feel life is getting monotonous?
...they feel confused about life?
...they want to plan a fun time for their frnds?
The second edition of the in-house 'What do you do when...?' game is here!
Enjoy the listen, friends! x
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Should we make a Discord?
Link to the form: https://forms.gle/EreG7YJWxWougspj8 😆
Parth and Ratik go on a First Date
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On this week's episode of Frndship Time, Parth takes Ratik on a first date. They get to know each other from the ground up, talk about their childhoods, friends, and try out pre-prepped pick-up lines on each other.
Hilarity and nostalgia ensue.
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Fast software is the best software
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Do you use Notion for note taking? Or do you prefer something like Google Keep or Apple’s Notes app for your notes. Have you ever wondered why you pick one over the other?
There are of course a myriad of factors that go into choosing what software you use for work. “Speed” (of the software) tends to be one such important factor in our opinion.
Listen in on this week’s Frndship Time to know more about why we think so while we go over one of Ratik’s favourite essays on the topic of the speed of software: Fast Software, the Best Software by Craig Mod.
Links from the Episode
- Evernote
- Apple Notes
- Notion
- Technology & Delight
- The Missing Semester
- Figma
- Todoist
- Things 3
- Final Cut Pro
- Discord
- Affinity Photo
- Cron
- Outro music
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Why do we make Frndship Time?
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The boys answer one simple question - why do they make Frndship Time?
Links from the episode
- What makes an ideal workday?
- Release Trains
- How do you get out of a rut?
- Individual Projects vs Team Projects
- The first ever FT episode
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Boys and their Toys
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Ratik and Parth talk about that one thing they are completely and totally nerding out about these days.
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The Frndship Time Guide to Rituals
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Parth and Ratik talk about the rituals they have set up in their lives. What makes a good ritual? Why are rituals so damn good? Why is the 'quirk' of a ritual so important? All this and more on this week's episode of Frndship Time!
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Possible by Default
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Ratik talks to Parth about a fresh perspective of looking at ideas: the "possible by default" mindset. As we grow up and go through school and work, we’re conditioned into an "impossible by default" mindset, where the assumption about any particular difficult task is that it would be impossible, and we place the burden on ourselves to try to prove that it’s in fact possible, alongside the burden of actually doing it.
Why not flip this conditioning on its head? Why not operate on a much more ambitious assumption of things being possible by default? All of this and a lot more in this week's Frndship Time!
Links from the episode
- Ratik's Stack Overflow Question
- Meraki Foundation
- Cj Hendry mini documentary
- Learned Helplessness
- Refactoring by Martin Fowler
- Outro Music
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College Advice Tier List ft. Jivansh
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Ratik's brought his younger brother Jivansh on the show this week transforming Frndship Time into a special Family Time episode.
On the episode, Parth, Ratik and Jivansh look at popular college advice from everyone's favourite listicle provider: Buzzfeed. They react to the advice, share stories with each other and then finally arrange the advice into a tier list.
Lots of jokes and laughs in this week’s episode. Enjoy! :)
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We literally just chill for 40 minutes
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Self explanatory title! The boys take a break from high effort episodes and record a super laid-back session where they talk about gaming consoles, how they have been relaxing recently, and a bunch of other tangents.
This week, it truly is friendship time :)
Links from the episode
- Astro’s Playroom
- Alexotos
- The West Wing
- Euphoria
- Sex Education
- FT Coffee episode
- FT S1 finale
- Marvelous Mrs Maisel
- Atlanta
- Bridgerton
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Conversational Shortcuts
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In this week's episode of Frndship Time, Parth and Ratik talk about how they approach starting conversations with people they know and people they don't. They try to figure out if there are any shortcuts they use when doing so. The episode ends with the boys talking about a few alternatives to the famous conversational starter: "How are you?".
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What makes a podcast "good"?
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Parth and Ratik talk about their favorite podcasts and what makes them great.
Links from the episode
- Heavyweight
- StartUp
- Food but we Digress
- The Butterfly Effect
- Public Health on Call
- Colin and Samir
- MKBHD
- Casey Neistat
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Some Lessons on Happiness
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Ratik talks to Parth about one of his favourite YouTube videos, a video by Nathaniel Drew about happiness in the Netherlands.
Links from the episode
- Nathaniel's video
- ICYMI: FT S2 Trailer
- Pick Up Limes
- Radical Candor
- Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug
- The thing from Sweden: "Fika"
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What energizes/drains you?
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Parth and Ratik talk about activities that energized or drained them throughout their week. Insights ensue, and lessons are learnt!
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A cozy new year catch-up
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Parth and Ratik catch-up after a long break away from the show. Season 2 baby, here we go!
Links from the episode
- IKEA's ALEX Drawers
- Shark Tank India
- Rohan Joshi x Shark Tank India
- Alexotos's Twitch
- Wordle
- Wordle Is a Love Story
- Viva La Vida
- Ghost Stories
- Black Beatles
- The Brook & The Bluff
- I THINK — Tyler, The Creator
- Coastin' — Victoria Monét
- Jugnu — Badshah
- Developer Tea
- Heavyweight
- This American Life
- The Seen and the Unseen
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Ozark
- C'mon C'mon
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Season 2 Trailer — We're Back!
Frndship Time is back!
Get ready for more guests, bigger and better episodes, and most importantly - the show you know and love.
S2E1 drops February 11, 2022. New episodes every Friday.
Check out Frndship Time's brand new website!
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— Parth + Ratik
FT In Review — Things We’ve Learnt, Our Favorite Moments & Plans for the future
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It's finale day! Parth and Ratik close out the inaugural season of Frndship Time by reflecting over the year gone by. The boys talk about things they've learnt over the last year. They tell each other their favourite moments from season one. Finally, they close out the episode (and season!) by sharing (some) plans for the show's future. If you're an avid listener, make sure you have tissues handy while you listen to this week's episode. It's certainly one of those ones.
Links from the episode
- Pocketcasts
- Jack Conte with Colin and Samir
- How Parth edits podcasts
- Finneas O'Connell
- Gimlet Media
- Alex Blumberg
- Individual Projects vs Team Projects
- A Conversation about Conversations
- Ira Glass
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The #AskFT Afterparty: we have questions for each other
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This episode was recorded right after the FT QnA from last week. Here, Parth and Ratik ask each other 3 questions each. What would an alternate career path for you be? What are you obsessed with these days? How do you like podcasting? All this and more on this week's episode. Enjoy!
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