On this month's episode of the podcast, we talk about, um, when and where it's appropriate to use speakerphone, er, corporate holiday parties, the joy children bring, I think...look, I'll level with you, it's been a while since we recorded this

Episode 14: Insert Default Condolences Here

Dec 30th, 2018

Back from hiatus just in time for our two year anniversary (well, sort of...), this month's episode touches on cover letter experiments, holiday catch up sessions, condolence etiquette, celebrity interactions, improvised game show segments, an

Episode 13: Hotline Bling

Aug 24th, 2018

On this month’s episode of the podcast, we talk about issues as wide-ranging as: telephone-based customer service, public image rehabilitation, Outkast’s “Stankonia,” the predominant discourse around mental health, and much much more. Along the

Episode 12: Carly Rae Jepsen For Republicans

Jul 30th, 2018

On a special episode of the podcast, your hosts get together to celebrate K.V.'s birthday, ramble semi-coherently as per our usual tradition, and offer up a fun surprise that ultimately doesn't pay the necessary dividends to warrant the hype we

Episode 11: Don’t Follow Your Dreams!

May 7th, 2018

On this month's episode of the podcast, K.V. and Hershal return to Waterloo for a long-awaited encounter, discuss overly aggressive intramural sports players, dissect the validity of debatable microaggressions, and more! As you will no doubt he

Episode 10: Toxic Masculinity

Mar 9th, 2018

On this month's episode of the podcast, your hosts travel down a rabbit hole--like many great philosophers before us--to ultimately discover that the unexamined life is not worth living. By this, we mean that K.V. unleashes his inner motivatio

Episode 9: Tide Pod(cast)

Jan 28th, 2018

Second episode back after our mini-hiatus, and we shook off the rust like the--ahem--professionals we are. On this month's episode, K.V. offers an update on the unique relationship he shares with his roommate, Hershal tells a story about an unf

Episode 8: The Tweets Demanded It

Dec 24th, 2017

Don't call it a comeback! Your illustrious hosts have returned after a rather prolonged hiatus to celebrate our one year anniversary (sort of), explain our recent absence, and get into the holiday spirit. On this episode, K.V. talks about a bud

Episode 7: Digital Communications Class

Jul 29th, 2017

This month's episode marks our return to the not-so-illustrious University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus. On this episode, we talk about Hershal's social struggles as a lifelong vegetarian, common instances of inadvertent condescension, and sh

Episode 6: Sunday Bloody Sunday

Jun 20th, 2017

On this month's episode of the podcast, K.V. and Hershal revisit the wedding territory we covered on the first episode, talk about race for an excessively long period of time, and ensure to make up for last month's lack of Lupe slander by doubl

Episode 5: Drop It Like It’s Lukewarm

May 12th, 2017

In a slightly belated episode, K.V. and Hershal walk through the weeds on issues like public shaming, the tricky etiquette of professional networking events, and oversharing service sector employees. We also draw a brief and very ill-advised co

Episode 4: The APC Manifesto

Mar 25th, 2017

Four episodes in the vault, and your hosts are still trying to figure out how to start an episode organically and segue casually between segments. This month's episode is a bit of a freewheeling affair, where we bounce back and forth between ta

Episode 3: Dopamine Lit

Feb 23rd, 2017

On this episode of the APC podcast, your illustrious hosts discuss the art of basketball court small-talk, the conventions of social media etiquette, and we take our very first listener submission! We also tell you about why you should avoid th

Episode 2: Improv Isn’t For Everyone

Jan 22nd, 2017

On the second episode of the APC Podcast, your infamous hosts (HAH) unpack the pleasantly surprising and often contradictory feedback from our first episode, the intricacies of first-time meetings (including troubling occasions where we've prob

Episode 1: Introduction

Dec 20th, 2016

In this introductory episode of Awkward Party Conversations, K.V. and Hershal give listeners an idea of what to expect from this podcast, and discuss a multitude of topics, including: the art of effective neighbourly conversation, the intricaci