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Careers are rarely just one thing anymore. Small Talk: Work, Play, Build is a fortnightly conversation about the work we do, the things we play with for joy, and the things we build on the side. Hosts Subha Chandrasekaran (executive coach) and Hasita Krishna (brand strategist) talk with leaders, founders, and thinkers about ambition, mid-career pivots, women at work, first-time managers, AI and the workplace, and the passion projects that keep us whole.
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Signup to Generate a PitchCareers are rarely just one thing anymore. Small Talk: Work, Play, Build is a fortnightly conversation about the work we do, the things we play with for joy, and the things we build on the side.
Recent episodes include "India's Sports Industry- Careers, Funding & Pathways [Re-release] Saumil Majmudar & Deepthi Bopaiah" (23 October 2026, 94 minutes), "Dance Like Everyone is Watching! [Re-release] Anuradha Vikranth & Parshwanath Upadhye | SmallTalk" (9 October 2026, 67 minutes), and "Season 7 Wrap: We Were in the Room | Small Talk: Work, Play, Build" (25 September 2026, 16 minutes).
Small Talk: Work | Play | Build publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 56 minutes across 113 episodes.
Booking probability for Small Talk: Work | Play | Build is 43%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Small Talk: Work | Play | Build requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Small Talk: Work | Play | Build's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Small Talk: Work | Play | Build are Business & Management Consulting and Business & Professional Training. Small Talk: Work | Play | Build has a business audience and around 480 subscribers on YouTube.
Small Talk: Work | Play | Build is a business podcast with 113 episodes published.
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Small Talk: Work | Play | Build
[While we take a breather and get Season 8 ready, we're revisiting some Season 7 episodes you loved (or might have missed!). Why are most careers in Indian sport invisible — and what does it actually take to build a...
Small Talk: Work | Play | Build
[While we take a breather and get Season 8 ready, we're revisiting some Season 7 episodes you loved (or might have missed!). Kicking things off with dance, with a few more re-releases lined up till December.]Everyone...
Close to 40 episodes. Our first season in video, in studio. And many conversations that happened before the topic hit the headlines or became a meme. In this season finale, Hasita Krishna and Subha Chandrasekaran look...
AI is everywhere. But which AI tool should you actually use for what?In this episode of Small Talk: Work | Play | Build, we stop trying to keep up with every new AI tool and try something more useful: imagine ChatGPT...
Business Storytelling Secrets: Why Facts Don't Change Minds, Stories Do Why do some people command attention the moment they begin speaking, while others struggle to make their ideas stick? In this episode, we explore...
You spent hours perfecting your resume. AI helped you rewrite it. You hit apply... and then nothing.Where did your application go?In this episode of Small Talk: Work Play Build, Subha Chandrasekharan and Hasita Krishna...
More people are showing up to work, doing exactly what's expected, and nothing more.It's being called quiet contribution. But is this really an employee problem, or is it a symptom of something much bigger? In this...
Episode #35
Most Indian girls stop playing sport in their teens. Most never come back. Subha and Hasita speak with Dr. Vijay Krishnamurthy (sports researcher, executive coach) and Swetha Subbiah (co-founder Sisters in Sweat) on the...
Ever lose track of time listening to a stranger's story? This episode is about why podcasts have that power and what they've quietly taught us about curiosity, belonging, and how we think.We spend a lot of time talking...
Episode #32
AI, Layoffs & Relevance at Work: Are We Falling Behind?You may not lose your job to AI. You might just quietly stagnate. Subha and Hasita on the uncomfortable middle ground most of us are sitting in: AI replacing teams...
Episode #32
What does sports psychology really do for elite athletes? In this episode of Small Talk: Work | Play | Build, sports psychologist Dr. Chaitanya Sridhar breaks down how mindset, identity and team dynamics shape...
What if hybrid work quietly destroyed the part of your job that taught you everything? Subha and Hasita unpack what we traded away for Zoom efficiency - the overheard mentorship, the meetings you weren't meant to learn...
The 'safe career' is over. Promotions vanish overnight, AI is rewriting half the job market, and the LinkedIn playbook from 2019 doesn't work anymore. Here are Subha and Hasita on how to transition without blowing up...
Why are most careers in Indian sport invisible — and what does it actually take to build a champion? Subha and Hasita talk with Saumil Majmudar (Sports Village) and Deepthi Bopaiah (ex-CEO, GoSports Foundation) about...
Episode #28
You got promoted because you were a high performer. Now your job has nothing to do with the work that got you here — and nobody told you how to manage former peers, give hard feedback, or stop doing everything yourself...
Episode #27
At some point, if you’re paying attention, you look up and ask yourself: now what?Mid-career isn’t just about being in your 40s. It’s not a milestone defined by age or tenure. It’s that moment when the promotions have...
What happens when men can't afford to be vulnerable? Successful, capable, in-charge — and quietly, privately, isolated. Subha and Hasita speak with Srini Ramaswamy (Men's Circle India) and Nikhil Damle (Iridium...
Episode #25
From the moment we enter the education system, we’re sorted into lanes- science kid, commerce kid, arts kid. Soon after, those lanes turn into job titles. Banker. Engineer. Marketer. Manager.But what happens when the...
Did women ruin the workplace or did the workplace finally have to evolve?In this episode, Hasita and Subha with their long, hard-earned careers unpack why that question keeps resurfacing and why it feels wildly out of...
What does it take to build something that genuinely changes lives — and not lose yourself doing it? Subha and Hasita with Saraswathi Padmanabhan (Diyaghar, education for migrant workers' children) and Meghana Dutta...
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