Your 20s can be the most transformative, turbulent, exciting years of your life. It’s also the decade of tremendous change where you morph into a new version of yourself with each passing year. Long-distance co-hosts Rhea and Shivani are back (albeit, after a long hiatus) with a new episode of Peas in a Pod featuring the bright, shiny, penny Memoli Ward, a Brooklyn-based art director and designer. In this episode, the trio discusses the many versions of their selves through their 20s, the virtues of keeping a diary (3:26), and the age of reflection. (17:06). In the second half of this conversation, they share unfiltered, unedited journal entries from their past selves (25:55), with a final reading of an excerpt from an essay by the bold, beloved writer who laid the inspiration for this entire episode: Joan Didion. We hope you can be the fourth pea in another one of these meandering conversations about our inner lives. Show notes: Eighth Grade On Keeping A Notebook by Joan Didion This podcast is produced by Rhea, a podcast producer and writer currently based in Mumbai; and Shivani, a cultural strategist and writer in New York City. The official soundtrack was composed by Surel Ingale. Special thanks to Diveakssh Schae for mixing + mastering this episode. Got introvert-related stories you want to share with us? Email us: [email protected] 💌 Learn more about us: rheabhambhani.com/peasinapod 🌏 Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/peasinapod ☕️

A third “pea” joins Rhea and Shivani’s transcontinental chat in Season 2’s inaugural episode. Diveakssh Schae a.k.a. Divi is a musician and digital nomad who has spent the past year on the road as a “van lifer”. Originally from India, he moved to Australia when he was 16 and has kept his love for sound alive through the years, from teaching to composing music. In this episode, Rhea and Shivani talk to Divi about career pivots (4:30), alternate living (7:30), making music from a studio on wheels (15:30), material attachments (20:30), befriending loneliness and listening more deeply (30:00), ending with a sweet note about the hidden benefits of mind maps. Note: This conversation was recorded when Divi was producing his first album “Moments of Clarity” from the back of his van in Far North Queensland, Australia, which you can now listen to here. Show notes: How Many Friends Should I Have? by Mona Chalabi What I’m Watching 👀, Reading 📚, and Obsessing Over, by Tina Jordan, Deputy Books Editor, The New York Times Free Mind, free mind-mapping software Platform 1, Moments of Clarity, Diveakssh Schae This podcast is produced by Rhea, a podcast producer and writer currently based in Mumbai; and Shivani, a cultural strategist and writer in New York City. The official soundtrack was composed by Surel Ingale, and the episode was mixed and mastered by Diveakssh Schae. Got introvert-related stories you want to share with us? Email us: [email protected] 💌 Learn more about us: rheabhambhani.com/peasinapod 🌏 Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/peasinapod ☕️

Would you rather be naive and wholesome, or jaded and hopeless? Long-distance co-hosts Rhea and Shivani are back on Peas in a Pod to explore why they’ve been feeling more cynical of late. They discuss qualities they’re not proud of, like people-pleasing and giving in to the pressures of productivity (1:50). In this prelude to Season 2, Rhea and Shivani also talk about their love for windows and handmade neighborhood signs (10:00), and how to mitigate the dissatisfaction of desk-riddled work-life with creativity-fuelling walks. WARNING: Contains spoilers from Ted Lasso (17:00). Show notes: Don’t Underestimate the Power of Silence, Vijay Eswaran, Harvard Business Review Don’t Underestimate the Power of a Walk, Deborah Grayson Riegel, Harvard Business Review You Are Doing Something Important When You Aren’t Doing Anything, Bonnie Tsui, The New York Times The Art of Looking Around with Sameer Kulavoor, Marine Lines with Raghu Karnad What It Means To Be Kind In A Cruel World, George Saunders on the Ezra Klein Show, The New York Times Shivani’s 100 Vital Signs project This podcast is produced by Rhea, a podcast producer and writer currently based in Mumbai; and Shivani, a cultural strategist and writer in New York City. The official soundtrack was composed by Surel Ingale, and the episode was mixed and mastered by Diveakssh Schae. Got introvert-related stories you want to share with us? Email us: [email protected] 💌 Learn more about us: rheabhambhani.com/peasinapod 🌏 Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/peasinapod ☕️

In their fifth and final episode of the season, Rhea and Shivani host a no-holds-barred conversation about taming an overflowing inbox, sharing their favorite listener reviews and declaring Naomi Osaka the poster child for introvertedness. And a hot tip: leave no rotten banana unbaked. This podcast is produced by Rhea, a podcast producer and writer currently based in Mumbai; and Shivani, a cultural strategist and writer in New York City. The official soundtrack was composed by Surel Ingale. Special thanks to Diveakssh Schae for mixing + mastering this episode. Got introvert-related stories you want to share with us? Email us: [email protected] 💌 Learn more about us: rheabhambhani.com/peasinapod 🌏 Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/peasinapod ☕️ Show notes: “Yutori” The Sound of My Inbox, Molly Fischer, The Cut The Creative Independent Longreads Make Good Art, Neil Gaiman 2012 commencement speech The Cook and the Chef, Tim Urban, Wait But Why Rhea’s go-to banana bread recipe It’s OK to not be OK, Naomi Osaka, TIME

Stoicism – 2,300-year-old philosophy or the latest lifestyle trend? In this episode, Rhea and Shivani share nuggets of wisdom from this dude called Seneca and whether they are built for the Stoic way of life. Shivani only writes when she’s sad, while Rhea is determined to defy the troubled artist trope. Bonus: an amateur movie review of Nomadland. This podcast is produced by Rhea, a podcast producer and writer currently based in Mumbai; and Shivani, a cultural strategist and writer in New York City. The official soundtrack was composed by Surel Ingale. Special thanks to Diveakssh Schae for mixing + mastering this episode. Got introvert-related stories you want to share with us? Email us: [email protected] 💌 Learn more about us: rheabhambhani.com/peasinapod 🌏 Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/peasinapod ☕️ Show notes: 50 rules of living from the Stoics, Ryan Holiday Nomadland (movie) Pure Heroines: essay in Jia Tolentino’s Trick Mirror exploring the sad and mad literary heroine trope Currently unattributed: “The best years of your life are also your worst.”

Anxiety, dissociation, serotonin – memes and online self-therapizing have changed the lexicon around mental health. In this episode, Rhea and Shivani discuss the “rightness” of the English language, sharing our vulnerabilities and why Ocean Vuong will save us all. Plus, a game from Michelle Zauner to measure your work-life balance. This podcast is produced by Rhea, a podcast producer and writer currently based in Mumbai; and Shivani, a cultural strategist and writer in New York City. The official soundtrack was composed by Surel Ingale. Questions? Suggestions? Introvert-related stories you want to share with us? Find us. 🌏 Email us.  💌 Buy us a coffee. ☕️ Show notes: Cooking Without My Mother, Michelle Zauner on The Cut On Being with Krista Tippett and Ocean Vuong at the On Air Fest On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong Dissociation memes Treasures from Food Instagram: olive oil cake with orange zest, courtesy of @pierceabernathy On Hope, Fire Escapes and Visible Desperation by Ocean Vuong in The Rumpus Jumper by Third Eye Blind The Third Self: Mary Oliver on Time, Concentration, the Artist’s Task, and the Central Commitment of the Creative Life, Maria Popova, Brain Pickings

The passion to create can often come up against the pressure to make it as a creative. In this episode, Rhea and Shivani explore their writing journeys and read aloud unedited journal entries like button poetry. They discuss the business of creating vs. the joy derived from it, and how the two can often feel like separate endeavours. They are also in the market for a literary-themed bakery. Care for some synonym buns? This podcast is produced by Rhea, a podcast producer and writer currently based in Mumbai; and Shivani, a cultural strategist and writer in New York City. The official soundtrack was composed by Surel Ingale. Questions? Suggestions? Introvert-related stories you want to share with us? Find us. 🌏 Email us.  💌 Buy us a coffee. ☕️ Show notes: Joy and On Optimism and Despair by Zadie Smith The I in Internet by Jia Tolentino Saoirse Ronan in Ladybird So We Won’t Forget, by Khruangbin

A place is so much more than a place. In our inaugural episode, Rhea and Shivani revisit the cities that have shaped them. They open up about the loss of leaving a place behind, returning anew, and knowing when it’s time to get experimental. Bonus: discoveries from the Search History Slot Machine. This podcast is produced by Rhea, a podcast producer and writer currently based in Mumbai; and Shivani, a cultural strategist and writer in New York City. The official soundtrack was composed by Surel Ingale. Questions? Suggestions? Introvert-related stories you want to share with us? Find us. 🌏 Email us.  💌 Buy us a coffee. ☕️ Show notes: Mumbai New York Scranton and Stupid Arbitrary Goal by Tamara Shopsin More books about single female protagonists in NYC: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh, Severance by Ling Ma “We are having the thickest conversation possible in the thinnest mediums possible,” Ezra Klein in conversation with University of North Carolina sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom, The Ezra Klein Show The Inner Landscape of Beauty, John O'Donohue, On Being with Krista Tippett 15 Movie Scenes That Show A New York City That Simply Does Not Exist

Introducing our new podcast for introverts in a world designed for extroverts. Meet Rhea and Shivani, your hosts who’ll talk about what they’ve been reading, eating, watching or making lately. They promise to release at least three episodes before getting distracted and pursuing other creative endeavors. This podcast is produced by Rhea, a podcast producer and writer currently based in Mumbai; and Shivani, a cultural strategist and writer in New York City. The official soundtrack was composed by Surel Ingale. Questions? Suggestions? Introvert-related stories you want to share with us? Find us. 🌏 Email us.  💌 Buy us a coffee. ☕️