Chirag Desai


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Excited to announce a new segment called TalkCast with Amaeya Media on Talk 100.3 FM! You can now listen to our shows come to life on the #radio at 100.3 FM in Dubai (and livestream) every weekday morning at 11 a.m. #radio #podcasts

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Puri.

#picoftheweek #panipuri #chaat

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See.

#review #honaaccord #picoftheweek

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Drive.

#picoftheweek #blackandwhite

You’ll find you’ve paid for it and don’t have it

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“If you need a machine and don’t buy it, then you will ultimately find that you have paid for it and don’t have it” – Henry Ford

The timing of coming across this quote (on David Heinemeier Hansson’s blog) couldn’t have been better as we emerged from a rejig of our web properties. It also led me down the rabbit hole to the Harvard Business School’s research piece by Clayton M. Christensen (and his book How will you measure your life) on the long-term impact of marginal cost thinking. It’s something I’ve been running into a fair bit this year incidentally.

Trying to change how we’re going about some of the decisions we’re making takes a lot of stopping yourself from doing the default thing—whether it’s letting a sunk cost prevent us from doing more, how we might use a subscription service to the very simple ‘should I fill up my whole fuel tank now vs later’ ;)

Anyway, the point is, our new website is up, we’ll have more to share in the coming weeks as we unlock some of what we’re building out. For now, it’s back down the rabbit hole for me!

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Phew! #WWDC

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Goof.

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A delightful little surprise from Podiant, our partners since 2017.

#strongerTogether #picoftheweek

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“Win, and help win.”

A powerful shift in philosophy. It might be just a little insight into the brain of Balaji S., but it’s a wealth of information that will explode your worldview.

The Tim Ferriss show ep. 506: Balaji Srinivasan

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Vintage.

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Action.

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Camera.
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Lights.

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Sit.

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Unpacking Amaeya Media’s State of the Industry Report, and the #podcast industry’s movements standardisation including The Podcast Index, and some thoughts on monetisation, on Communicate Middle East.

Thanks Arjun and the CommunicateME team for the chat!

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I spoke to Zaira Lakhpatwala about our State of Industry 2020 report for #podcasts, and some thoughts on the brand opportunity in the medium, on Arab News.

Thanks to Zaira and the ArabNews team for the chat!

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Today, we released Amaeya Media’s second annual State of the Industry Report, covering all things #podcasting in 2020.

A big thanks to everyone who took the survey, Pooja Sagar for rallying us, and to Stefano Fallaha & James Cridland for sharing their insights on our industry.

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Lávvu. #picoftheweek

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🎙️ Excited to unveil What I Did Next, a new #podcast about life’s pivot points and adapting to the forks in the road, and how our guests did it their way.

The show is produced for A&T Media, a new startup based out of Egypt and hosted by Malak Fouad.

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Hydrate.

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Serene.

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A moment in time. 🇮🇳

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Thought The Podcast Index’s Adam Curry & Dave Jones' chat on the de-platforming saga was both insightful & important. Helped extend a lot of thoughts/questions I’ve been having on the implications to us as consumers & creators, and extends to centralization & ownership of our data.

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Perspective.

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Quinoafied.