EP 175: Kabir Sehgal’s (Infinite) Creations
LISTEN ON APPLE LISTEN ON SPOTIFY LISTEN ON STITCHER
Kabir Sehgal is a many things: A bestselling author of sixteen books (across nonfiction and fiction). A multi-Grammy-winning jazz musician. A producer and writer of documentaries on immmigration an work. Kabir and his work have been featured in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, PBS, NPR, C-SPAN, National Geographic and many more places. He’s done work with the late Congressman John Lewis, Muhammad Yunus, Andrew Young and many more. Sehgal is a US Navy veteran and reserve officer who served on active duty with special operations in the Middle East, and he received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal. He served as a speechwriter on presidential campaigns. But despite NOT being related (that we know of), Raman discovered him years ago...when someone gifted his daughter the book “The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk” - a book that has become a family favorite, and that we’ve gifted to friends with new kids around the world. So how does someone go from Wall Street and the Military to jazz music and kids books? One cup of chai and samosa at a time.
LEARN ABOUT KABIR
instagram.com/kabir.cc // twitter.com/kabirsehgal
FILM PRODUCER https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8903549/
MUSIC PRODUCER: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kabir-sehgal-mn0002637161/credits
AUTHOR: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1285051.Kabir_Sehgal
BOOK: The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk: goodreads.com/en/book/show/24885579
HBR: “Why You Should Have (at Least) Two Careers” https://hbr.org/2017/04/why-you-should-have-at-least-two-careers
ALBUM: American Dreamers Project (won 3 Grammys:): https://open.spotify.com/album/2mAJfyyvdfRuraIVqjUQJA
MENTIONS
TV: Succession - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7660850/
BOOK: Bullshit Jobs (David Graeber) - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34466958
BOOK: Daily Rituals: How Artists Work (Mason Currey) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15799151-daily-rituals
BOOK: The Omni-Americans (Albert Murray) - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/174142
PERSON: Trey Young (Atlanta Hawks) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trae_Young
PERSON: Lebron James - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeBron_James