Manasa loves beaches! Learn about her love for nature, her journey to Tuck, and how she defines happiness.

Isabel is passionate about uncovering truth in the news.

Listen to learn more about: 

• how an education in Arabic Studies and a study abroad journey through Jordan turned into a career covering breaking news in the Middle East 
• Why it is important for business leaders to understand how the world’s geopolitical events are inter-related
• What it meant to take her learnings from her job into her first few months at Tuck
• How getting out of her comfort zone at work helped her grow as a human
• The importance of establishing boundaries between your work and personal life
• Her favorite podcasts (hint: BBC World News and Girls Gotta Eat), books (Empire of Pain), TV shows (Derry Girls)

Nneka Ajewole loves to read. 

Listen to learn more about:

• When she first identified as a reader
• How reading opens up new worlds for her
• Why Literati is the hottest club in town

Ben loves films! Learn about where his passion came from, his decision to get his MBA/MPP, and his ultimate film rec (no pressure)!

Jeremy Cheung loves cars. Listen to learn more about:

• What kinds of cars are considered to have edgy personalities
• How he first started to learn about the car world 
• The ingenuity of car engineers
• The Venn diagram between time, money, and health
• His dream car
• The best car driving music
• Power fukuda (?)
• Cool things that the Automotive Club does and are planning for the upcoming year

Calvin Garay loves music.

Listen to learn more about how many concerts he actually goes to a year, his career journey so far and the role music plays in it, how he found his passion for music, how Jungle Room and manEc at the Disco were formed, why steam-powered aeroplane by leftover salmon should be the one new song you listen to today :)

Yuehan Xiao loves to learn. Listen to learn about:

• Yuehan’s favorite podcasts
• Yuehan’s favorite blogs (including Scott Alexander and his substack, Astral Codex Ten)
• His thoughts on Andy Bernard
• His favorite classes
• His career journey to Tuck
• His experiences growing up in 3 different countries
• Why he doesn’t have an instagram
• What he was most excited about for the end of 1st year

PS this episode was recorded at the end of April 2022 over a couple cans of Makku in case you were wondering 👀

Please enjoy!

If you have any questions or feedback on the podcast, or if you want to be featured in a future episode, please contact us at tuck.if.you.knew.me.podcast@tuck.dartmouth.edu. And make sure to check us out on Instagram under @ifyouknewmepod!

Welcome to Season 5 of If You Knew Me! This season is produced and hosted by T'23s Hanah Bae, Theresa McCartney, and Jasmine Joda, along with T'24s Ben Marshall, Qarim Grira, Nneka Ajewole, Hilde Tineo, and Manasa Buddharaju.