I’ve never been someone who enjoys reading much

I’ve never been someone who enjoys reading much.
Books feel heavy — like a chore.

But I’ve always loved learning.
And I found my way to it through podcasts.

They’ve become my classroom, my reflection space, and often my creative spark.

🎙️ The Joe Rogan Experience
I love this podcast because it never sticks to one subject. One day it’s astrophysics, another it’s archaeology, another it’s MMA. I love all three — science, history, and fighting.

Joe’s conversations are long, raw, and unfiltered — sometimes four hours of pure honesty. I learn about people, their struggles, their resilience, and their philosophies. It reminds me that understanding others is as important as mastering your craft.

🎙️ Lex Fridman Podcast
Lex is thoughtful, calm, and deeply curious. He talks to AI pioneers, scientists, historians — from the minds behind innovation to those who’ve studied world wars. Through him, I’ve learned about leadership, systems, and how people think under pressure.

Listening to Lex helps me understand mindsets — whether in technology, military strategy, or life — and how purpose drives every decision.

🎙️ StarTalk by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Cox, and Mindscape by Sean Carroll
These podcasts remind me how vast the universe really is — and how small we are within it.

They give me perspective: that our egos, our stress, our achievements are just specks in the grand cosmos.

🎙️ Rick Shiels & Dan on Golfshow
Golf has always been my balance. It teaches me focus, patience, rhythm — qualities that mirror the weaving process itself.

When I listen to these, I’m reminded that mastery is never loud. It’s quiet repetition, just like the rhythm of artisans tying knots, day after day.

🎙️ Veritasium & Andrei Jikh
They spark my curiosity — science, systems, psychology, and finance. They teach me how to look at the world differently, how small observations create big impact.

These voices, from science to golf, from AI to astrophysics, all shape the way I think, work, and lead.

When I sit with my father — our Creative Director — reviewing designs at Understorey, I often find myself applying lessons from these conversations.

When I walk through the dyeing factory, I think of the precision and patience scientists talk about. When I speak to artisans who’ve been weaving with us for generations, I think about resilience — the same grit I hear in fighters on Rogan’s show.

For me, podcasts are not background noise — they are threads of thought that quietly weave into everything I do.

Because learning doesn’t only come from books — it comes from curiosity.

And that curiosity is what keeps our 100-year-old family craft alive, relevant, and evolving.

That’s why I listen.

What’s one podcast that’s changed the way you see the world?