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The Other Banana

The Other Banana

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A generation of impostors brought up on cinema. The Other Banana podcast is primarily Deepauk M(@complicateur), Aditya(@gradwolf), Anantha(@anantha), and Ashoka(@ABVan). We discuss films – mostly Indian – and analyse them in turn, roughly on a bi-weekly basis.
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Doffing the Hat is a podcast talk show hosted by British Journalist Paul Godbold, the founder of Luxurious Magazine. In each episode, Paul talks to exceptional people, leaders, artists, entrepreneurs, visionaries, business owners and more via a general conversation to learn their stories and missions.The show is meant to be light-hearted and informative and is in an easy-listening style, suitable for all ages. As the show is on behalf of Luxurious Magazine, the show will be featuring luxury ...
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In this episode, Arun Kumar reviews Kenneth Anderson's set of 7 books giving us a gist of each book through tales recounted in them, in a very engaging manner. Kenneth Douglas Stewart Anderson was an Indian writer and hunter who wrote books about his adventures in the jungles of South India. Background Music Credit : Olexy from Pixabay…
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This week on The AI Report, Liam Lawson talks with Nick Jain, former IdeaScale CEO and founder of Content Hurricane, about how he used AI to completely replace traditional marketing and scale his funnel 50x. Nick shares how a $25 AI agent outperformed his in-house team, created content that outranked McKinsey on Google, and helped him build one of …
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This week on The AI Report, Liam Lawson is joined by Lindsay Rosenthal, founder of Synnc and one of the leading voices in the B2B creator economy. Lindsay shares how she went from building a presence on LinkedIn to launching a software platform that connects brands and professionals for high-leverage collaborations. She breaks down what’s changing …
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In this episode, 12 year old Saagarika has reviewed the classic "Little Women" written by Louisa May Alcott. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy and their journey from childhood to womanhood. Saagarika has reviewed the book in a beautiful way describing the characters, the plot etc. thereby giving us a glimp…
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This week on The AI Report, Liam Lawson sits down with Celeste Yamile, a personal brand strategist who went from selling Fiverr gigs to building a six-figure business, powered by AI and a loyal LinkedIn audience of 20,000+. Celeste breaks down how she bootstrapped her business using content, systems, and ChatGPT. She shares why most creators fail t…
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In this episode, Kishore reviews an amazing book "Before we forget kindness" written by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. In the fifth book in the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, Kishore tells us about the mysterious café which welcomes four new guests who go into their past to move on their present, finding closure and comfort so they can start on a fresh …
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This week on The AI Report, Liam Lawson is joined by Jake George, founder of Agentic Brain, to cut through the noise on AI agents. Jake shares why most AI agent projects fail, what everyone gets wrong about automation, and why a generalist chatbot will never run your sales team. With experience training agents to act like departments complete with …
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In this episode, 14 year old, Anika Madangeri speaks about this amazing book "Still Alive: A Wild Life of Rediscovery" written by Forrest Galante. A wildlife enthusiast herself, Anika loves exploring the wild side of the planet with her parents and other like minded groups. The book is a part memoir, part biological adventure where Galante takes re…
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This week on The AI Report, Liam Lawson is joined by journalist Kate Farmer to discuss a growing trend in mental health: the rise of AI therapy apps. Kate recently published an investigative piece on Wysa, Woebot, and other mental health platforms that use AI to simulate therapy conversations. In this episode, she shares what it was like to interac…
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This week on The AI Report, Liam Lawson is joined by Matthew Cohn, the founder of Future Flow, to talk about one of the most practical applications of AI today: voice agents. Matt doesn’t write code. He’s not a machine learning engineer. But he’s built a thriving business that automates sales, lead qualification, and customer follow-up using tools …
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In this episode, 13 year old Anish, reviews the book" The Upside-Down King: Unusual Tales about Rama and Krishna " written by Sudha Murthy. A book written by Sudha Murthy is always a pleasure to read and especially when kids talk about stories from the book, it feels like the purpose is fulfilled. That's what Anish does here. He shares few stories …
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On this episode of The AI Report, Liam Lawson sits down with Avi Hacker, founder of the AI Consulting Network and one of the most prolific solo operators in the AI world. Avi doesn’t know how to code, but that hasn’t stopped him from building a business powered entirely by custom GPTs, Airtable workflows, Make.com automations, and a relentless comm…
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In this episode, my guest KMAK reviews the book "The Remains Of The Day" written by nobel prize winning author, Kazuo Ishiguro. KMAK gives us a glimpse into Mr.Steven's world, a butler and the main protagonist of the story which is setup in 1956.She highlights how important issues have been touched upon throughout the story in a very subtle but sig…
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In this episode of The AI Report, Christine Walker joins Arturo Ferreira to launch a new series on the legal side of artificial intelligence. Christine is a practicing attorney helping businesses understand how to navigate AI risk, compliance, and governance in a rapidly changing policy environment. They explore how the shift from the Biden to the …
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It's been some time but we are back with the Bala series. This time we talk about the 2001 film, Bala's sophomore feature Nandha starring Suriya, Laila, Rajkiran, Saravanan, Karunas. This felt like a more assured Bala, more confident in his approach and expanding the definition of mainstream. We have the same team to talk about the film. Hari and A…
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Welcome back to The AI Report, where Liam Lawson speaks with the people shaping the future of AI, one breakthrough at a time. This week’s guest is Adam Biddlecombe, co-founder of Mindstream, the daily AI newsletter that was acquired by HubSpot just 17 months after launch. Adam shares how he went from posting on LinkedIn during his lunch breaks to b…
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🎙️ Welcome back to The AI Report with Liam Lawson — your backstage pass to the builders, thinkers, and creators pushing AI forward. This week, Liam sits down with Alex Banks, the mind behind GrowHub, TribeScaler, and The Signal newsletter. From publishing hooks on Twitter to launching tools that power top LinkedIn creators, Alex walks us through ho…
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In this episode, my guest Anupama talks about this interesting book giving us a gist of the plot, protagonist, other characters and how it was so relatable to her while reading the same. Do listen to the episode and share your thoughts. Background Music Credit : Olexy from Pixabay
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Learn AI in 5 Minutes Per Day: https://www.theaireport.ai/ In this episode of The AI Report, Liam Lawson sits down with Frank Greeff, former chef-turned-tech founder who built and sold Realbase for $180M, to explore how AI, founder relationships, and radical action are reshaping the future of entrepreneurship in the AI era. Frank shares the full st…
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In this episode, my guest Gayathri reviews an amazing book 'Rich Dad Poor Dad" written by Robert Kiyosaki, which talks about the importance of financial education. Gayathri takes us through different aspects of the book in a very interesting way, highlighting important ones as mentioned by the author. Do listen to the episode and share your thought…
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Learn AI in 5 Minutes Per Day: https://www.theaireport.ai/ In this episode of The AI Report, Liam Lawson sits down with Nick Verity, CEO of Cleverly and partner at Axe Automation, to explore how AI, workflow automation, and productized services are reshaping the future of B2B lead generation and outbound sales. Nick breaks down how Cleverly scaled …
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In this episode, Vyjayanthi ma'am talks about one of her favourite authors work " I Have Got You Under My Skin". This book written by American Thriller author, Mary Higgins Clark, is a suspenseful journey into finding out the murderer through twists and turns wherein Vyajanthi ma'am gives us a glimpse of the plot in her words. Do listen to the epis…
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Learn AI in 5 Minutes Per Day: https://www.theaireport.ai/ In this episode of The AI Report,Liam Lawson sits down with Bjion Henry, CEO of Navreo.ai, to explore the AI’s impact in sales and lead generation in today's world. Discover how Navreo.ai transitioned from a general AI automation agency to a niche-focused leader in AI-driven sales strategie…
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In this episode, 15 year old Prayag Prem reviews an amazing book, "The Divine Comedy" written by Dante Alighieri as a poem in 3 volumes. The epic poem, The Divine Comedy, is about the author's journey which has three parts: Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Heaven).Prayag takes us through the different levels of the poem in a ve…
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Over 400,000 OpenAI, Apple & NASA professionals read The AI Report. We'll teach you how to leverage AI to make money/save time in just 5 minutes.Join our free community now: https://www.skool.com/the-ai-report-community/about In this episode of The AI Report, we dive deep into the future of AI-powered sales automation with Zayd, founder of Valley, …
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Over 400,000 OpenAI, Apple & NASA professionals read The AI Report. We'll teach you how to leverage AI to make money/save time in just 5 minutes. Join our free community now: https://www.skool.com/the-ai-report-community/about In this episode of The AI Report, Liam Lawson and Ashley Gross dive deep into OpenAI’s Operator, the groundbreaking AI agen…
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In this episode of The AI Report, Liam Lawson sits down with Lindsay Rosenthal, founder of Cred Marketing, to explore how AI is disrupting content creation, video marketing, and personal branding in 2025. Lindsay breaks down how AI-powered content workflows are helping CEOs, entrepreneurs, and marketers produce high-quality video and social media c…
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In this episode, my guest, Digangana Mukherjee talks about a beautiful book "The Home And The World" written by Rabindranath Tagore. She takes us through the character setup,setting of the plot,giving us a glimpse into Tagore's writing and the way how he brilliantly shaped them weaving amazing stories. Digangana also throws light on "Geetanjali",se…
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In this episode, author and book lover, Prasanthi has reviewed the amazing book "Ahalya's Awakening" written by Kavita Kane. Prasanthi has very well brought out the essence of the book by taking us through Ahalya's story in an interesting way.She also mentions that reading this book and reviewing it has given her immense joy as this was her first K…
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In this episode of The AI Report, Liam Lawson sits down with Tom Winter, co-founder of SEOwind, to explore how AI is transforming SEO, content strategy, and search rankings in 2025. Tom breaks down how AI-powered SEO is reshaping the way businesses rank on Google—revealing the rise of AI agents, predictive keyword analysis, and automation-driven co…
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A new Director Series at The Other Banana We have long debated a series on director Bala. You could say that Bala is not Bala anymore and his films are increasingly becoming difficult to meaningfully engage with but, the Bala 1999-2010 was something else. A new voice broke out in Tamil cinema in 1999 with Sethu. One of the several assistants of Bal…
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In this episode, my guest Upasana wonderfully captures the essence of 3 books written by Matt Haig. The first one is Midnight Library,second one "The Life Impossible" and the last one " The Comfort Book".Each one is different in the kind of stories potrayed but with similar themes and a focus on Mental Health. Do listen to the episode and share you…
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AI is Reshaping Business—Here’s What You Need to Know In this episode of The AI Report, Liam Lawson sits down with Isar Meitis, founder of Multiplai.ai, to explore how AI is revolutionizing business strategy, automation, and decision-making. Isar shares how AI adoption has evolved from 2024 to 2025—highlighting the rise of AI agents, enhanced large…
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In this episode, my guest Parinitha talks about the book "Kim" written by Rudyard Kipling. She gives us a glimpse into Kim's world and describes few characters involved in the story. The novel is known for its detailed portrait of the people, culture, religions, and superstitions, and the life of the bazaars and the road during those times in India…
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In this episode of The AI Tool Report, Liam Lawson sits down with Ruben Hassid, founder of EasyGen, to explore how AI is disrupting content creation and changing LinkedIn strategy for professionals. Ruben shares his journey from ghostwriting in fintech to building an AI-powered content engine that helps users create high-quality LinkedIn posts at s…
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In this episode of The AI Report, Liam Lawson sits down with Jérémy Grandillon, founder of TC9, to explore how AI is disrupting the sales landscape and changing how businesses approach growth. Jérémy shares his journey from corporate sales to building an AI-driven agency that automates prospecting, personalizes outreach, and drives meaningful resul…
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In this episode, Jaya Siva Murthy talks about her latest book, " The Curse Of the Vedic Code", an edge-of-the-seat thriller. She discusses about the writing process, inspirations involved, her first book. Do listen to the episode and share your thoughts. Background Music Credit: Olexy from Pixabay
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In this episode of The AI Report, Liam Lawson sits down with Jake George, founder of Agentic Brain, to explore the world of AI agents—digital employees transforming how businesses operate. Jake shares his experience building AI-powered tools that automate repetitive tasks, optimize sales processes, and supercharge business efficiency. From explaini…
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In this episode, my guest Sreekaruna, a storyteller by profession, talks about her favourite book "The Prophet" by Khalil Gibran. She talks about the author and how this book influenced her personally. Sreekaruna reads lines from few of the chapters to give us a gist of Gibran's profound writings. Do listen to the episode and share your thoughts. B…
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In this episode of The AI Report, Liam Lawson sits down with Michael Houck, founder of Megaphone and the Founding Journey newsletter, to discuss how AI is disrupting the startup ecosystem. Michael shares his journey from building Launch House, a global community for founders created during the pandemic, to scaling ventures using AI-driven strategie…
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In this episode, my guest Cdr Sugunakar talks about this amazing book "Butterflies,Parathas and The Bhagavad Gita".He gives us a sneak peak into the characters and stories woven around them.He also tells us how this book inspired him and gave courage when he needed it the most. Do listen to the episode and share your thoughts. Background Music Cred…
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Summery In this episode, Sooz Young shares her journey from teaching in Japan to becoming an entrepreneur focused on digital education. She discusses the importance of a digital mindset, cultural differences in education, and the role of AI in modern learning. Sooz emphasizes the need for continuous professional development (CPD) and how businesses…
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Summary In this episode, Liam interviews Philip Alm, co-founder and CEO of Norditech and Viss.AI. They discuss Philip's entrepreneurial journey, starting from his early days programming Minecraft servers to founding Norditech, a company focused on making AI accessible for everyone. The conversation covers the challenges of starting a business, find…
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Dr. Sumanth C. Raman is a well known media personality withregular appearances on National and Tamil television channels as a political analyst, anchor, and sports commentator. In this episode, Dr.Raman talks aboutsome of the most important issues prevalent in the Indian Medical System, giving us a glimpse into his book which is a must read for all…
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In this episode, my host Sreevalli Sreenivasan, talks about her book “Let the Elephants Bee”, the first in her Living with Nature series. Sreevalli is pursuing her PH.D in systems engineering. She is also an artist, loves nature and greatly inspired by her grandfather Sir M.A. Parthasarathy who was knighted by the Dutch Monarch and advocated for na…
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In this episode, my guest Rohit Mishra reviews an amazing book "The Eye Of Shiva" Beyond the Quantum Universe, written by Prashant Saxena. Rohit gives us a glimpse into the book through different concepts like existence, relative conciousness, maya, Brahman and many more. Do listen to the episode and share your thoughts. Background Music Credit : O…
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In this episode, my guest Arun Kumar Sir reviews an interesting book "Veerappan's Saga : Rise and Fall" written in 4 Volumes. He brings out the essence of the book in such a way that the review looks like story being retold through his words and author P.Sivasubramaniam's thoughts keeping the listeners glued to the episode. The author, an investiga…
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Summary In this episode, Liam Lawson interviews Richard White, founder and CEO of Fathom, the leading AI note-taking tool. Richard shares his entrepreneurial journey, experiences with Y Combinator, and the evolution of AI technology. He discusses the ideation process behind Fathom, its unique features, and the importance of branding. Richard also r…
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Summary In this engaging conversation, Grant Hushek shares his journey from being a furnace operator in a family business to becoming an entrepreneur and owner of Grantbot Process and Consulting. He discusses the importance of responsibility, family, and the drive to create a better work-life balance. Grant reflects on his experiences at Hampton Me…
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