![]() And maybe the specifics of what 2020 threw our way is unprecedented, but our human ability to navigate change is not. Because I'm a cognitive scientist, so I was thinking about this from the perspective of psychology, right? Which is like, how do we interact with this change thing that just happens in our lives, whether we like it or not. I think everybody was feeling really overwhelmed by the change happening around them, and I think I realized. So during quarantine, I was feeling really overwhelmed by all the changes that were happening around me. ![]() How did you even get interested in being a podcaster? I have a feeling we both assume that other people would want to be friends with us, and so we don't actually. I have a feeling we share these character traits. We are pleased to inform you of your acceptance. Your application has been reviewed by our committee. So first of all, clearly I don't know how to play hard to get, but thankfully you didn't really enjoy the chase because you wrote back right away. ![]() I'll work with your agent to complete the relevant paperwork. Jimmy Lee and I would like to sign up to be your friend. This is after my husband Jimmy and I hung out with you at Dick birthday party. So I went back into the Gmail chambers and I found something very fun from 2015. And Michael, before we start talking about the podcast, I did want to share, I went down memory lane a little bit around our friendship because we've been friends for like I don't know, five, six years. We talk about the inspiration for my show, and you'll get a little sneak peek of what's to come this season. To help kick things off, I called up my good friend and fellow podcast host, Michael Lewis. We have an amazing season lined up for you where I talk with folks who've navigated remarkable changes in their lives. "I was first and foremost a violinist.Hey, I'm Maya Shankar, host of the new podcast, A Slight Change of Plans from Pushkin Industries. "I was really devastated to lose something that I was completely in love with, and so passionate about, and that had really constituted such a large part of my life and my identity," she says. What followed in the days after her musical career ended was an incredible sense of loss. It's a calling she couldn't have anticipated at Juilliard, where she dreamed of being a concert violinist. Her work in government was far-reaching - helping students get to college, workers save more for retirement and millions of children get access to school lunch. ![]() She served in the Obama administration as a senior advisor at the White House, working to create better policy using insights from behavioral science. Today, Maya has reached a new pinnacle in an entirely different field. She tore a tendon in her hand, bringing her musical career to an untimely end. But not long after, she injured her finger while playing a difficult section of Paganini's Caprice no. Itzhak Perlman had taken her on as his private student at the Juilliard School. As a young girl, Maya Shankar was well on her way to a promising career as a classical violinist. ![]()
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