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Episode 57: Akshay Nanavati - USMC Veteran and Author of 'Fearvana'

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Documentary, Politics, News

4.96.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2020

⏱️ 153 minutes

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Summary

What do you get when take a former U.S. Marine from India, who post service gets enlightened and on the level with the Dalai Lama ? You get a super interesting cat named Akshay Nanavati (@fearvana). Incredibly fascinating sit down with the author of the book Fearvana, and we talk about life in many different spectrums.
Sponsored by @jockofuel and @originlabs.
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Table of Timestamps:
Breaking the Ice & The Dalai Lama - 1:33 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_U_dwrDevs&t=93s)
Seven Days in the Dark - 3:45 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_U_dwrDevs&t=225s)
Pride & The Adventure - 14:19 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_U_dwrDevs&t=859s)
How to Meditate & Ultrarunning - 17:33 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_U_dwrDevs&t=1053s)
Born in Bombay - 25:13 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_U_dwrDevs&t=1513s)
Green Card Enlistment & Iraq - 34:33 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_U_dwrDevs&t=2073s)
Seven Months Out & Chasing the Edge - 48:07 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_U_dwrDevs&t=2887s)
Breakpoint Binging & Post-Traumatic Growth - 53:33 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_U_dwrDevs&t=3213s)
Fearvana & Success Victims - 1:04:38 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_U_dwrDevs&t=3878s)
The Three Sections & Sugarcoating - 1:26:23 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_U_dwrDevs&t=5183s)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Like Drop.

0:10.0

Podcasts were relevant to you as dear relevant, and we don't give a shit about your feeling.

0:25.7

Ladies and gentlemen, as always, it's open honor and pleasure to welcome my next guest to the podcast.

0:30.7

He is a former US Marine with a combat deployment to Iraq.

0:34.7

He is the author of Fearvana as well as the founder of Fearvana.

0:39.7

He's an ultra marathoner and adventurer.

0:41.7

He's climbed the Himalayas.

0:43.7

He's trekked 350 miles across the second largest ice cap.

0:47.7

Why not the first largest?

0:49.7

Right now, right.

0:50.7

It's coming.

0:51.7

The Dalai Lama slid into his DMs and he makes Dr. Strange seem like a shallow frat boy.

0:57.7

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the stage.

0:59.7

Akshay Nanabadi.

1:01.7

Thanks for having me, brother.

1:02.7

Did I pronounce your name right?

1:03.7

Yeah, you did.

1:04.7

You did.

1:05.7

Yeah, I should have asked probably before we went on air.

1:07.7

But I'd like to take a quick second to shout out and thank our sponsor for today's podcast.

1:13.7

Origin Labs and Jocco Fuel.

1:15.7

Jocco Fuel is a great product.

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