For the final episode of season 2, we brought back Return the Jewels' very first guest: Sameer Naseem - talented comedian, marketing guru, and man of many other talents. Sameer always brings a unique perspective to our show, and we talk about podcasting, humility vs. confidence, the line where self-deprecating humor goes from funny to a little too much, contrarianism as a marketing strategy, and more.

We're taking a short break after this episode to come back with some new content for you. In the meantime, subscribe and check out any episodes you may have missed.

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🎬 TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro

04:16 Podcasting

15:20 Genuflecting

21:22 Fun & Enjoyment vs. ROI

23:55 Self-deprecating humor - the thin line

25:57 A Bizarre community of broken individuals

30:54 Contrarianism for Views

36:19 Passion of the Contrarian

37:54 The Race Card

44:45 The Truman Show Podcast

46:24 The Royal Family

52:27 Sameer a Bagel

53:10 Outro/Plugs

🌎 SAMEER'S LINKS

🐦 Sameer on Twitter https://twitter.com/Sameermon

📸 Funhouse Comedy Zoom Show: https://www.instagram.com/funhousecomedy/

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This week's episode is kinda weird. We get a little bit introspective about the direction of our personal brands and why. Danish Maqbool, who you may remember from Episode 11, have probably seen on the show Ramy, or maybe you remember him from MLG back in the day joined us to discuss these very weird thoughts. We got into branding, purpose, narrative crafting, the impulse to share, how and why we forge opinions, and so much more. Please like and share this video with everyone you know. We appreciate you helping us grow. Find Danish on all social media @DMaq1

We brought back Sonal Aggarwal for another great episode where we touched on a lot of different topics. Sonal is one of the most interesting people we know, and on this episode we talked about: growing up in the Midwest, moving to India for classical music training, some funny stories from Goa & Italy, the billion dollar yoga industry in which brown people are severely underrepresented, and a lot more.

🎬 TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Intro

00:09:01 Indian Classical Music Training

00:11:47 Pandemic Zoom Comedy

00:15:00 Tokenized or Fetishized

00:35:55 The Michaels - Jackson/Jordan

00:40:31 Queer-baiting Articles

00:43:40 Yamaha Scooter vs. Enfield Bullet

00:49:23 WHERE'S THE KOHINOOR?!?

00:50:01 The Yoga Industrial Complex

00:57:08 Dahler Mehndi, the original meme

01:05:23 White Yoga Instructors vs. Black Yoga Instructors

01:08:39 Sonal's Plugs

SONAL'S LINKS:

📺 Code-Switched the Series https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzr4xnSVQxvLEhzjOVGgxw

📸 Sonal's IG https://www.instagram.com/sonalmedia/

📸 Zoom Comedy Show https://www.instagram.com/gimmethelightcomedyshow/

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