Pops in a Pod

Are you a morning lark or a night owl? Do you co-sleep with your kid? How long do are you on the mobile before sleeping? Are you aware of an unwinding process before sleeping? India is the most sleep-starved country in the world - 93% of the population have complained about broken sleep. Nadir Pop and Peter Pop are joined by Dr. Manvir Bhatia on this episode to discuss how parents can improve their sleep. Dr. Manvir Bhatia is Director of Neurology Sleep Centre, New Delhi. She is a Senior Neurologist and Sleep Specialist with 25 years of experience.Dr. Manvir Bhatia shares with the Pop duo the reasons for sleep deprivation, the impact of the lockdown & work from home on sleep and also dispels myths around sleep. Get in touch with the Pops on popsinapod@gmail.com Follow Pops In A Pod on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/popsinapod/  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/popsinapod    Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP3CLTlZuCc9WqgiHjhJ_AQ  Nadir currently leads the Business Development division at a digital agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content and writing.  www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/ Peter is a marketing guy. He has a decade experience with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi

Did you know that each person that has down syndrome is unique?21st March is World Down Syndrome Day and Nadir Pop & Peter Pop fully support this day. On this episode the Pop duo are joined by Kavita Baluni in a candid chat about being a parent to a special needs child. Kavita reminisces her journey with her husband from their courtship to being parents. She also shares the lessons she is learning on a daily basis from Veda.  Get in touch with the Pops on popsinapod@gmail.com  Follow Pops In A Pod  on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/popsinapod/  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/popsinapod    Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP3CLTlZuCc9WqgiHjhJ_AQ   Nadir currently leads the Business Development division at a digital agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content and writing.  www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/ Peter is a marketing guy. He has a decade experience with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi

This week, Nadir Pop and Peter Pop are discussing the current realities of women in the workforce and are joined by Priya Krishnan who sheds more light on it along with some ways that business leaders can encourage more women to join the workforce. Priya Krishnan is currently Sr. VP, Bright Horizons and previously founded the KLAY preschools in India and Founding Years Learning Solutions. She is currently based in Boston, USA and has 2 teenage sons. Get in touch with the Pops on popsinapod@gmail.com Follow Pops In A Pod onInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/popsinapod/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/popsinapod  Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP3CLTlZuCc9WqgiHjhJ_AQ Nadir currently leads the Business Development division at a digital agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content and writing.  www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/   Peter is a marketing guy. He has a decade experience with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi

A new episode of Entrepreneur Parents, this time with an international guest. Nadir Pop and Peter Pop are joined by Basel Anabtawi, CEO, Rising Giants Network, a podcast network based in Dubai, UAE. Basel shared with the Pop duo his journey from a podcaster with Basel Meets to starting the Rising Giants Network, being a parent during the pandemic and more. He also spoke about the future of podcasts and audio. A must listen for for all podcasters and also those who are planning on starting their own podcast. Get in touch with the Pops on popsinapod@gmail.com Follow Pops In A Pod on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/popsinapod/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/popsinapod   Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP3CLTlZuCc9WqgiHjhJ_AQ  Nadir currently leads the Business Development division at a digital agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content and writing.  www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/    Peter is a marketing guy. He has a decade experience with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi 

Every has heard the phrase "Money makes the world go around" and parents would definitely agree with the statement. A year ago Nadir Pop and Peter Pop touched upon the aspect of financial planning before becoming a parent in Episode 3 - Planning Pt. 2, this episode is all about money and financial planning.  The Pop duo are joined by by someone who has more experience in this subject, Mrinal Ghosh. A Chartered Accountant and MBA with over 20 years of work experience working with multi‑national consulting companies in the US and in India. He is also a parent to a 4 year old daughter. Tune in to find out a few effective way to plan finances for your children and also dispel some myths.  Get in touch with the Pops on popsinapod@gmail.com Follow Pops In A Pod on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/popsinapod/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/popsinapod   Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP3CLTlZuCc9WqgiHjhJ_AQ  Nadir currently leads the Business Development division at a digital agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content and writing.  www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/    Peter is a marketing guy. He has a decade experience with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi 

In Part 2 of Valentine's day special, Nadir Pop and Peter Pop are joined by another couple, Shruti Seth & Danish Aslam. The episode can also be viewed here - https://youtu.be/9EueCGoMAcg  Actor Shruti Seth has starred in films like - Slumdog Millionaire, Fanaa and Rajneeti, TV shows like Shrarat, Suite Life of Karan and Kabir, Comedy Circus and recently in Mentalhood a show on parenting. Director Danish Aslam is  best known for the film Break Ke baad and recently the web series Flesh. They are proud parents to their 5 year old daughter, Alina. Shruti & Danish share about marriage, parenting and much more in a candid conversation with the Pop duo. Get in touch with the Pops on popsinapod@gmail.com Follow Pops In A Pod on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/popsinapod/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/popsinapod  Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP3CLTlZuCc9WqgiHjhJ_AQ  Nadir currently leads the Business Development division at a digital agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content and writing.  www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/    Peter is a marketing guy. He has a decade experience with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi

For Valentine's day, Nadir Pop and Peter Pop decided to do something a bit differently and get couples as guests. To talk about not  just their love stories but also their relationship post becoming parents.  The first set of guests are Jishnu and Shreya Dasgupta. Jishnu is well known as the bassist of Bangalore based rock act Swarathma and his wife Shreya is an electrical engineer. Jishnu and Shreya share with the Pop duo their love story which is straight out of a Bollywood movie minus the disapproving parents and villain. They speak about their relationship post becoming parents, the realities of it especially in the last year during the lockdown. Tune in to hear some hilarious stories and anecdotes from Jishnu and Shreya.  Get in touch with the Pop Duo with feedback, questions and more  on popsinapod@gmail.com Follow Pops In A Pod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/popsinapod/    Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/popsinapod  Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/PopsinaPod Nadir currently leads the Business Development division at a digital agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content and writing.  www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/   Peter is a marketing guy. He has a decade experience working with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi

On the first episode of Parenting in Bollywood Films this year, Nadir Pop and Peter Pop watched the 2016 release Kapoor & Sons. The Pop duo discuss the characters of Harsh (Rajat Kapoor) & Sunita (Ratna Pathak Shah) and their relationship with their sons, Rahul (Fawad Khan) and Arjun (Sidharth Malhotra). Tune in to find out more. Get in touch with the Pops on popsinapod@gmail.comFollow Pops In A Pod on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/popsinapod/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/popsinapod Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP3CLTlZuCc9WqgiHjhJ_AQ Nadir currently leads the Business Development division at a digital agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content and writing.  www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/   Peter is a marketing guy. He has a decade experience with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi

The Pop duo are join on this episode of Entrepreneur Parents by Priyanka Loonker of MyCoup - mycoup.in, a platform with news and current affairs for children.  Priyanka shares with Nadir Pop and Peter her journey from a fashion writer to entrepreneur, the response received by MyCoup so far, her future plans for the platform and much more.   Get in touch with the Pops on popsinapod@gmail.com  Follow Pops In A Pod on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/popsinapod/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/popsinapod  Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP3CLTlZuCc9WqgiHjhJ_AQ  Nadir currently leads the Business Development division at a digital agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content and writing.  www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/     Peter is a marketing guy. He has a decade experience with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi 

Fitness resolutions are synonymous with the new year. Nadir Pop and Peter Pop are joined by fitness trainer Ishav Mehta Lamba to discuss ways that parents can start their fitness journey, the different aspects that impact health, how to introduce fitness to kids and most interestingly the role that social media plays on your apparent fitness, especially to others.   Ishav also dispels some common myths around health and fitness.  Get in touch with the Pops on popsinapod@gmail.com  Follow Pops In A Pod on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/popsinapod/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/popsinapod Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP3CLTlZuCc9WqgiHjhJ_AQ Nadir currently leads the Business Development division at a digital agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content and writing.  www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/    Peter is a marketing guy. He has a decade experience with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi