Growing Up In A Bubble And Going To Jail ft. Jonathan Shokrian

We Met At Acme

Dear Media, Lindsey Metselaar

Education, Society & Culture, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.2 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we talk to Jonathan Shokrian aka Shok, the founder and CEO of MeUndies. We discuss Persian weddings, new relationships, Shok's experience in prison, the flaws of the system, bonds that Shok built with the other inmates, growing up in a bubble, creating scenarios where we can give back, showing up for one another, and so much more!

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a deer media production.
0:02.8	Hey guys, welcome back to We Met It Acme.
0:06.2	I am so excited to be here with Jonathan and Shokran,
0:11.3	the founder and CEO of Me Undies.
0:14.6	Thank you for having me.
0:15.9	What's up? What's your nickname?
0:18.0	My close friends call me Shok.
0:19.8	Shok, that's what it is.
0:21.6	Yeah, but then every once in a while,
0:23.1	random people will be like, hey, shock.
0:26.3	So it's kind of funny.
0:27.9	That is funny because they're dumb or they're being funny.
0:30.8	No, I think they just see my social handle as Shokran.
0:34.3	Right. Shokran.
0:35.3	So they don't know me well.
0:37.1	They don't get it.
0:38.1	They don't get it.
0:38.9	And they think they're like in the inner circle.
0:40.5	That's like my sister.
0:41.5	She has this Instagram called Healthy Alibi.
0:44.5	But people who don't know her are like,
0:47.2	Healthy Alibi.
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