An Excuse to Talk to my Friends

In this episode, I talk to Julian (same guy from the Pilot episode!) about our college experiences being heavily involved in an organization that has been accused of being a cult by Berkeley students. Whether or not these allegations are fair (I personally don't think they are), we talked extensively about our experiences, both good and bad, in this organization and ultimately cover why we left. Oh, and we also talked about drugs, and why I decided to go sober. Enjoy! 

An Excuse to Talk to my Friends is a podcast I started to ask my friends interesting questions and to get to know them better. 

Host: Ryan - I'm a Senior studying at UC Berkeley

Guest: Julian - Julian is one of my closest friends at UC Berkeley. He's pursuing a career in teaching for underprivileged youth students, and in this episode we talk about his career aspirations, as well as go into a bunch of other side topics. Timestamps for topics are listed below.

0:00 - Why did I start this podcast?

1:00 - Who's speaking?

2:45 - What do you want to do with your life?

3:30 - Equitable funding in education

4:45 - Interruption: Roommate cooking sausages in the background :/

5:50 - Interruption: My opinions on "Latinx"

10:00 - Why do you want to get into education?

14:40 - What does success look like to you?

22:10 - Taking a gap year after college

25:40 - Tech as a personality trait

32:50 - Are educators underpaid?

37:00 - Government corruption

38:40 - The Almighty US dollar

40:45 - Socialism and America

41:20 - Can anybody can be rich in the United States?

50:30 - The Philippines

50:55 - Interuption: “Developing” is cancelled

56:55 - Pirating

59:00 - Foreshadowing the next episode: Cult, Drugs, and Spirituality