Mindset EPISODES

For over twenty years, Peter Crone (‘’The Mind Architect’’, ‘’Human Ayahuasca’’), has worked with some of the world’s most elite athletes, CEOs, artists, and Hollywood icons, helping them dissolve the mental constructs that create limitation and suffering. His approach doesn't attempt to offer behavioural fixes or quick-fix strategies, but goes where generic self-help tends to tiptoe around: dismantling the core beliefs underneath accepted constraints in the first place. Recorded with a li...

Sæunn happens to be one of the most respected cellists in the world, performing with orchestras like the Los Angeles Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, and Iceland Symphony, and in venues like Carnegie Hall, Barbican, and Suntory Hall, to name just a few accolades. She’s basically one of the best out there, for those who find language like that easier to understand. But what makes Sæunn stand out beyond her accolades are the challenges she throws at accepted narratives both in the classical music wo...

Professor Miles Miniaci returns to the podcast, with another exchange filled with effortless resonance and curiousity. A mentor writing instructor, we crossed paths serendipitously at the Tate Modern in London right after my master’s graduation ceremony, to launch immediately into the beginning of this sober and astutely honest, ongoing conversation that is made so striking by his wise lens. We begin with zero-sum thinking, the insiduous presumption of someone else gaining something results in t...

Ryan Hurst returns to Tapasya Loading on the launch of his much-awaited book On The Mat Forever (OTMF), with a conversation that leaves as powerful and deep an imprint as our first 3 years ago. Ryan holds four black belts, and spent twenty-eight years in Japan immersed deep in the study of martial arts and its philosophy. (He is also a pretty serious guitar player, even if mostly a quiet one.) The fact that most people have no idea about any of this is a clue towards the brand of humili...

(Rec. 5th March 2025) Some revolutions begin in the mind of someone who never set out to be the loudest in the room. Graham Cochrane’s story is a reminder that the word “rockstar” doesn’t always mean what we were taught it does. When his bandmates in school abandoned the dream for law firms and investment banking, he chose the harder road, ignoring his counselor's insistence on focusing on that 'real job' in college applications. The result? A near-miss record deal in Nashville, the wei...

NYC-based Hungarian drummer Ferenc Nemeth is a Grammy-award-winning musician and educator who continues to push the boundaries of jazz drumming, composition and education with his unique approach of self-development and artistry. Nemeth has been one of the most sought after drummers both, in Europe and the United States with a lineage from a musical family, lending him a unique dynamism and versatility fostered from a very early age. From his early days at the Berklee College of Music in Boston ...

Guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Kavall explores space in his practice that transcends and expands both extrinsic and intrinsic representations of the same in what is arguably an unprecedented manner. Founder of the 'spatial guitar', his signature concert-performance-meets-art installation is an immersive musical experience that surrounds the audience with six, lit speakers connected to individual strings on his customized guitar as it processes tsunami-esque tapestries of emoti...

The importance of discerning between sensitivity and fragility.

How global musicians and artists can overcome toxic criticism and cultural biases.

Multi-instrumentalist & Composer Jens Gebel speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Spanish-German Bassist, Composer-Producer & Educator talks to T.L. Mazumdar.

Guitarist and Solopreneur Corey Congilio speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Dr. John Matthias Speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Violinist, Educator, and Timani Instructor speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Boston-bred Vocal Coach Zachary Daniel Ray speaks to T.L. Mazumdar on his life in India

Indonesian Guitarist & Producer Nikita Dompas speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Conor O'Shea's story is reminiscent of many a young high-performance athelete whose own physical well-being ended up being collateral damage to the brutal demands of his passion. Facing chronic pain challenges in his 20s that were tough enough to have him contemplate leaving a career in the fitness industry, his pivotal decision in 2013 to seek out experts worldwide, learning from yogis in Mysore and more mature and experienced mentors led to a rejuvenation that left him feeling a decade younge...

Madhura Talluri speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Vice President of The German Music Council and Founder of Pop-Akademie Udo Dahmen speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Iconic British-Asian Singer/Author/Coach Sheila Chandra speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Founder of SNS Arts, Shreya Nagarajan Singh talks to T.L. Mazumdar

Professor, technical writing instructor, and consultant Miles Miniaci speaks to T.L. Mazumdar.

Amazon #1 best-selling author and podcaster Emily White speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Grammy-Nominated German keyboardist Bastian Voelkel speaks to T.L. Mazumdar.