June 11, 2025 • 16 mins
Cut The Tie Podcast with Thomas Helfrich
Episode 263
At just nine years old, Ishara is already making waves as a podcast host, reader, speaker, and future astronaut-neurosurgeon-author. In this heartwarming and inspiring episode, Thomas sits down with the youngest guest ever on Cut The Tie to explore how books—and big imagination—can unlock confidence, creativity, and purpose. With a wisdom well beyond her years, Ishara reminds us that no dream is too big and no age is too small to start chasing it.
About Ishara
Ishara is the creator and host of V Reading Podcast, a show dedicated to helping kids and adults rediscover the magic of books and imagination. Her mission? To give voice to the kids who’ve been told “no” too many times—and show them that the right book can unlock their “yes.” With hundreds of books read, authors interviewed, and an upcoming public speech, Ishara is a rising voice for youth empowerment, curiosity, and creativity.
In This Episode:
- Cutting the Tie to the Pandemic Blues
When COVID closed libraries and canceled skating, Ishara turned loss into creativity—and launched her podcast journey. - The Power of One Book
A Place for Pluto changed everything for Ishara. She shares how one story about not fitting in helped her find her voice. - Why Kids Need Books Now More Than Ever
From ancient cave drawings to ChatGPT, Ishara explains why books still matter—and how her podcast is bringing them back. - Doing What Adults Do—But Better
As a kid speaking to kids and adults, she’s flipping the script on what leadership and impact look like. - From Podcast to Podium
Ishara reveals her next big move: delivering her first public speech on the power of books in Baltimore.
Key Takeaways:
- You’re Never Too Young to Start
If you feel called to do something—do it. Age doesn’t define readiness. - Books Are Keys to Imagination
Some kids lack access to books. Others haven’t found the right one yet. Both need help unlocking their potential. - Support Builds Confidence
With family behind her, Ishara proves that belief at home powers bold moves in the world. - Roadblocks Reveal Strength
Obstacles, from bullying to pandemics, can lead to creative breakthroughs. - Follow What Lights You Up
From ice rinks to graphic novels, when joy leads, growth follows.
Connect with Ishara
📺 YouTube: Isha’s Journey: Science, Skating, and Podcasting
🎙️Podcast: Ishara’s Reading Podcast – Available on all major streaming platforms
🌍 Ideal listeners: Kids who need access to imagination, and adults ready to rediscover it.
🔗 Connect with Thomas Helfrich
🐦 Twitter: @thelfrich
💼 LinkedIn: Thomas Helfrich
🌐 Website: cutthetie.com
📧 Email: t@instantlyrelevant.com
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Cut the Tie.
I'm your host, thomas Helfrich.
We are here to help you cutties to whatever it is holding
you back from success, andtoday's guest is Ishara.
She's nine years old.
She is the youngest guest everon.
Cut the Tie, ishara, how areyou today?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
I'm really good, Mr Thomas.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I like that, mr Thomas.
That's something kids do, and Ilove that, because then I call
their parents Mr Ed or whatever.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Ishara.
Take a moment and introduceyourself and what it is you do.
Hi, I'm Ishar.
I'm the creator of the Ishar'sReading Podcast.
I help kids and adults who havebeen told no so many times.
They feel beat down how, byusing my podcast, I help them
unlock their soul's imaginationand find that, yes, inside
themselves or inside books.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
You read books right on your podcast, is that correct
?
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Yes, I also read books, interview the authors and
illustrators and say what Ilike about the book and why I
chose to read that book.
Because reading is the key toalmost everything you want to do
in life.
Because originally everythingwe started with was reading as
cavemen.
We didn't write words, but wedid draw pictures.
(01:19):
Those were the original bookspictures.
They were the original authorsand illustrators.
But now that we're moving intomore of a digital era, we are
sort of moving away from books,the original things.
So that's what I'm trying to doon my podcast bring books back,
because we need books.
Everything originally came froma book.
(01:41):
I know there isPT, but youstill have to read what ChatGPT
is saying to you.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
You read.
It Is your campaign, then, tomake books great again.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Yes, because we need books.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
All right, I always ask this question what's the
differentiator?
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Why should someone listen to your podcast?
Because it's a kid for kids andadults.
I know it's normally adults forkids and adults, but it's the
other way around this time.
It's a kid for something a kidwants to do for kids and adults,
for something a kid wants to dofor kids and adults.
So it's a kid playing the partof what adults normally try to
do I love it.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
I love the inspiration.
What is your favorite?
Speaker 2 (02:35):
book A Place for Pluto, which I have right now.
A Place for Pluto this is theone book that changed my life
for the better.
Actually, it changed everythingfor me.
When I used to go totraditional school I don't now,
but I used to a long time ago Igot bullied.
(02:57):
Some kids said I was too smart,others said I wasn't cool
enough, some said I was too much, me too much, impossible.
Okay, maybe a little true.
And this book was the thingthat cheered me up, because in
the story, saturn and Jupiterhave to tell Pluto the worst
(03:21):
news of his life he was nolonger considered a planet
because he was too small.
Sounds familiar.
So I thought when I read thatbook if Pluto can find his place
, I can too, and others can too.
That's such a great.
That's such a great answer.
I love that.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
And in the simplicity of a book, the metaphor for
life that you've found, wouldgreat.
That's such a great answer.
I love that.
And in the simplicity of a book, the metaphor for life that
you've you've found.
Would you say that's the tieyou had to cut was moving from
school, or how, let me say itdifferently what tie did you
have to cut at nine years old orin your life, to find the
success you've found already?
Speaker 2 (04:00):
It was the pandemic.
I know the pandemic roughed usup a little bit, everyone.
It did everyone.
But see, the pandemic did twothings in my life.
One I couldn't go to thelibrary so I couldn't get new
books.
Two, it took away my happyplace.
(04:23):
It took away reading.
Reading was the thing that mademe so happy and joyful in life.
I had no more fun library playdates with friends.
And it took away my career infigure skating.
I do figure skatingcompetitively and in a way
(04:44):
figure skating was my way fromescaping the world and just
going into my own world,expressing how I felt when the
pandemic hit.
No more figure skating.
So what was the one way that Icould have myself be happy?
I tried Zooming with my friendsand it sort of made me feel
(05:04):
better.
But the thing that started whatI'm doing now is a joke that our
parents said somehow.
That our parents said somehowbecause we because my me and my
friends, kennedy had so many ofthe same books that we read them
together and we used to do thecharacter voices and everything.
(05:26):
And just as a joke, our parentssuggested, hey, we should do a
podcast together and we werelike, what's a podcast?
Sounds fun, let's do it.
Kids curious what it was, andthen she had to move to Japan.
So I was like, okay, so thatthing's over, now what else?
(05:50):
And I discovered I loved doingit so much I wanted to do it by
myself too.
So that's how the Eshar isReading podcast started from the
pandemic.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
I love that and I love that you know the moment.
It's like it was a.
It was a you guys should do apodcast moment and you're like,
yes, we should.
I love in your story that youcontinued even after your friend
was unable to continue with you, because you saw the value of
it.
And I think in life you have tohave three things to be
successful you need a passionfor something.
You got to be good at it.
(06:25):
You have to have performanceand you got to solve a problem
and it sounds like right now yougot all three and you get the
added element of head start.
You're figuring this out.
Most people have to do thisafter they do a midlife crisis.
So good job, you're doing it atan early age crisis.
I'm happy.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Thank you Good.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Thank you, Ishar.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
since starting the podcast and just take it one
step further, since you've takencontrol of it and made it your
own thing.
What's been the impact on yourfriends, your family, your life?
In my life, I have actually hada very supportive family.
Whatever I said I wanted to do,my mother always supported me
on what I wanted to do in life.
So let's say the impact hasbeen positive on my life in my
(07:18):
mindset, because my family hasalways been really really,
really supportive of me.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
I love that You're finding that support and I think
that's great for yourrelationships in the future that
you'll look for those types ofcharacters in the future.
Let's talk about the future.
A second Fast forward 20 years.
What have you accomplished?
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I think I would be in space, as I might have told you
in the past when we met atpodfest.
Remind our, podfest is wherewhere podcasters are, where
podcasters want to be betterpodcasters.
If anyone accidentally forgot,I think I would be in space or
(08:09):
at the Olympics because I wantto be an astronaut when I grow
up, or I'd be in astronauttraining and go into the
Olympics, one of the twohopefully, I can definitely see
you putting a foot on Mars going.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
ha, I told you I was going to do this.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
29 years old.
I can see that I told you I wasgoing to do this 29 years old,
I can see that or I'd beresearching neurosurgery because
I also want to be aneurosurgeon for some reason.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
I see, the future tie that you'll have to cut is
choosing what you're going tobecome.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
That one's going to be difficult, I'll just do one.
I think I have an idea.
Just do it one book at a time.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
One book at a time?
How?
Speaker 2 (08:59):
many books have you read so far in your life at age
nine?
Over 100,000, I think 100,000books.
No, it's a joke.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
It's like just 1,000, but it's too many.
You've literally read 1,000books.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
No, it's a joke, it's like just a thousand.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
But it's just, you've literally read a thousand books
in my life.
I think you've hit your quotafor your life already, so just
keep it going.
All right, I need a lesson forthe listeners.
I need advice from the nine.
Or what advice do you give toany listener, whatever you?
Speaker 2 (09:25):
think you really want to do in your life.
Whatever you think you reallywant to do in your life, I
suggest you go for it.
It doesn't matter how old youare Going back to Pluto.
It doesn't matter who you are,how small you are, how large you
are or what age you are.
Just do what you think you wantto do with your life, because I
(09:50):
found my happiness in an icerink of all the places you can
find it and inside books, andalso going to some places that I
don't remember right now, but Ican remember through photos
that my mom shared with me.
But it's like I found my placedoing the things I love, and you
(10:14):
can find your place in some ofthe things you want to do in
your life.
So you can find that, yes,inside yourselves.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Can't be afraid.
You got to go for it, our rapidfire question time.
Are you ready?
Yes, here it goes.
Who Are you ready?
Yes, here it goes.
Who gives you inspiration?
Speaker 2 (10:35):
My family Flat out answer because they've always
been supportive of me.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Everyone, or do you have a favorite?
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Everyone, because I can't choose.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Ooh, I can see that's going to be your.
That's going to be your.
Uh, your Achilles heel in thefuture is choosing what to do,
but you shouldn't have to choosea favorite.
I was just being funny Cause,let's say, your mom was off
screen.
She's looking at you.
You better be me, better bejust kind of having fun with
that.
What's the best advice anyone'sever given you?
Speaker 2 (11:14):
dude, my this is the advice my mom's given me.
Whatever you can do, whateveryou put your mind to, because
nothing's impossible when youthink about it, there's.
Every time when you meet a roadblock, that's actually a chance
for you to become better atwhat you're already doing Figure
skating.
You're going to meet those alot.
I'm very serious, coming fromexperience, and in life you're
(11:36):
always going to have roadblocks.
So those challenges are justgoing to make you better at
whatever you're doing or makeyou better yourself.
Sometimes the challenge is areally hard book you're trying
to read or going through a lifeexperience.
Whatever the challenge is,you're always going to push
(11:59):
through because there's alwaysgoing to be someone or some book
that is waiting for you to helpyou.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Surprise question, didn't prepare for this one.
Here it is.
If you're going to write a book, what's the title going to be
and what's it going to be about?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
I mean heroes.
It's a graphic novel.
I'm already in the process ofwriting one.
I mean heroes.
It's a graphic novel about theimmune system and how all the
pathogens in the world sorry, Ialways speed up, but I'm saying
this.
How all the pathogens in theworld sorry, I always speed up,
but I'm saying this how all thepathogens viruses, bacteria,
fungi and parasites team up totry to defeat the immune system.
(12:38):
But it's going to be a bigbattle.
Only free, only free books foreveryone to know.
So it's not going to be a lot,but each book is going to talk
about the stages on what yourbody goes through when it gets
sick.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Of course you already have a book written or go on
the prowl Like.
I can't even surprise you.
You're too prepared.
All right, If you had to startover today, I know you're only
nine years old.
When in your life would youstart over?
If you would, and what wouldyou do differently and what
would you?
Speaker 2 (13:08):
do differently.
I think it would be four yearsold and what would be?
If this is a question that Ithink about and it goes into two
questions in my head, it splitsapart what is the thing I'd
(13:33):
want to restart and do over mylife life?
Going to national, going tonational book festival, visiting
nasa which is actually morerecent but still counts.
Going to nasa, visiting thenational book festival several
times in my life, and that's top10.
I'll also also go to the RubeGoldberg Space Center where you
get to launch your own rocketthat you make.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Tell you what, if you can keep, those are the worst
two regrets you ever have.
You're on a solid path to afantastically awesome life, like
an A-plus, honors and advanced.
Whatever subject.
Life Be great, I love it Allright.
If there's a question I shouldhave'd be great, I love it All
right.
If there's a question I shouldhave asked you today and I
didn't.
What is that question and howdo you answer it?
Speaker 2 (14:19):
What is the next event?
That's coming up for a SharsReading Podcast.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Oh, how would you answer that?
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Well, on April 26th in Baltimore, Maryland, I am
giving my very first speech.
That's the question.
That's the thing.
I'm already working on it everySaturday, so I'm doing it?
What are you going to be itspeaking about why books are
important, because, as I saidearlier, we're drawing away from
(14:53):
books.
So I'm giving a talk to try tohelp get less away.
You get more close.
I really don't know the wordphrasing, so I just thought of
something.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
Ironically, you could use chat PT to help you with
that.
You can have your mom dive inand have her get some good
nickel and dime.
Big word, maybe $1.50 word inthere.
Throw a word in there that notonly no one in the room will
know and they'll be like whatword in there?
Throw it.
Throw a word in there, then notonly no one in the in the room
will know and they'll be likewhat I have.
(15:28):
I want you to do a shamelessplug now for yourself.
How do people get a hold of youand who should listen?
Speaker 2 (15:35):
well, you can find me on all your favorite streaming
platforms and on youtube.
You can find me over ishar'sjourney science, Science Skating
and Podcasts, also underEshar's Club.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
And who should listen in.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
This is something that makes me really sad.
In the world right now, somepeople do not have access to
books, so that's how my podcasthelps.
And also, some people haveaccess to books but not their
imagination, because theyhaven't found the book that will
unlock their imagination sothey reach their true potential.
(16:15):
So that's what my podcast helpswith.
I read books to help those whohaven't found the book or do not
have access to books.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Azhar, thank you so much for coming on here today.
You rock.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
You're welcome.
You're welcome, Mr Thomas.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Everyone listening.
Listen.
I want you to get out there.
Go cut a tie to somethingholding you back.
Find your way to success.
Let nothing stop you.
In the meantime, go unleash thebest version of yourself.
Thank you for listening.
Welcome to Cut the Tie.
I'm your host, thomas Helfrich.
We are here to help you cutties to whatever it is holding
you back from success, andtoday's guest is Ishara.
She's nine years old.
She is the youngest guest everon.
Cut the Tie, ishara, how areyou today?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
I'm really good, Mr Thomas.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I like that, mr Thomas.
That's something kids do, and Ilove that, because then I call
their parents Mr Ed or whatever.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Ishara.
Take a moment and introduceyourself and what it is you do.
Hi, I'm Ishar.
I'm the creator of the Ishar'sReading Podcast.
I help kids and adults who havebeen told no so many times.
They feel beat down how, byusing my podcast, I help them
unlock their soul's imaginationand find that, yes, inside
themselves or inside books.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
You read books right on your podcast, is that correct
?
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Yes, I also read books, interview the authors and
illustrators and say what Ilike about the book and why I
chose to read that book.
Because reading is the key toalmost everything you want to do
in life.
Because originally everythingwe started with was reading as
cavemen.
We didn't write words, but wedid draw pictures.
(01:19):
Those were the original bookspictures.
They were the original authorsand illustrators.
But now that we're moving intomore of a digital era, we are
sort of moving away from books,the original things.
So that's what I'm trying to doon my podcast bring books back,
because we need books.
Everything originally came froma book.
(01:41):
I know there isPT, but youstill have to read what ChatGPT
is saying to you.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
You read.
It Is your campaign, then, tomake books great again.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Yes, because we need books.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
All right, I always ask this question what's the
differentiator?
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Why should someone listen to your podcast?
Because it's a kid for kids andadults.
I know it's normally adults forkids and adults, but it's the
other way around this time.
It's a kid for something a kidwants to do for kids and adults,
for something a kid wants to dofor kids and adults.
So it's a kid playing the partof what adults normally try to
do I love it.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
I love the inspiration.
What is your favorite?
Speaker 2 (02:35):
book A Place for Pluto, which I have right now.
A Place for Pluto this is theone book that changed my life
for the better.
Actually, it changed everythingfor me.
When I used to go totraditional school I don't now,
but I used to a long time ago Igot bullied.
(02:57):
Some kids said I was too smart,others said I wasn't cool
enough, some said I was too much, me too much, impossible.
Okay, maybe a little true.
And this book was the thingthat cheered me up, because in
the story, saturn and Jupiterhave to tell Pluto the worst
(03:21):
news of his life he was nolonger considered a planet
because he was too small.
Sounds familiar.
So I thought when I read thatbook if Pluto can find his place
, I can too, and others can too.
That's such a great.
That's such a great answer.
I love that.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
And in the simplicity of a book, the metaphor for
life that you've found, wouldgreat.
That's such a great answer.
I love that.
And in the simplicity of a book, the metaphor for life that
you've you've found.
Would you say that's the tieyou had to cut was moving from
school, or how, let me say itdifferently what tie did you
have to cut at nine years old orin your life, to find the
success you've found already?
Speaker 2 (04:00):
It was the pandemic.
I know the pandemic roughed usup a little bit, everyone.
It did everyone.
But see, the pandemic did twothings in my life.
One I couldn't go to thelibrary so I couldn't get new
books.
Two, it took away my happyplace.
(04:23):
It took away reading.
Reading was the thing that mademe so happy and joyful in life.
I had no more fun library playdates with friends.
And it took away my career infigure skating.
I do figure skatingcompetitively and in a way
(04:44):
figure skating was my way fromescaping the world and just
going into my own world,expressing how I felt when the
pandemic hit.
No more figure skating.
So what was the one way that Icould have myself be happy?
I tried Zooming with my friendsand it sort of made me feel
(05:04):
better.
But the thing that started whatI'm doing now is a joke that our
parents said somehow.
That our parents said somehowbecause we because my me and my
friends, kennedy had so many ofthe same books that we read them
together and we used to do thecharacter voices and everything.
(05:26):
And just as a joke, our parentssuggested, hey, we should do a
podcast together and we werelike, what's a podcast?
Sounds fun, let's do it.
Kids curious what it was, andthen she had to move to Japan.
So I was like, okay, so thatthing's over, now what else?
(05:50):
And I discovered I loved doingit so much I wanted to do it by
myself too.
So that's how the Eshar isReading podcast started from the
pandemic.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
I love that and I love that you know the moment.
It's like it was a.
It was a you guys should do apodcast moment and you're like,
yes, we should.
I love in your story that youcontinued even after your friend
was unable to continue with you, because you saw the value of
it.
And I think in life you have tohave three things to be
successful you need a passionfor something.
You got to be good at it.
(06:25):
You have to have performanceand you got to solve a problem
and it sounds like right now yougot all three and you get the
added element of head start.
You're figuring this out.
Most people have to do thisafter they do a midlife crisis.
So good job, you're doing it atan early age crisis.
I'm happy.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Thank you Good.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Thank you, Ishar.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
since starting the podcast and just take it one
step further, since you've takencontrol of it and made it your
own thing.
What's been the impact on yourfriends, your family, your life?
In my life, I have actually hada very supportive family.
Whatever I said I wanted to do,my mother always supported me
on what I wanted to do in life.
So let's say the impact hasbeen positive on my life in my
(07:18):
mindset, because my family hasalways been really really,
really supportive of me.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
I love that You're finding that support and I think
that's great for yourrelationships in the future that
you'll look for those types ofcharacters in the future.
Let's talk about the future.
A second Fast forward 20 years.
What have you accomplished?
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I think I would be in space, as I might have told you
in the past when we met atpodfest.
Remind our, podfest is wherewhere podcasters are, where
podcasters want to be betterpodcasters.
If anyone accidentally forgot,I think I would be in space or
(08:09):
at the Olympics because I wantto be an astronaut when I grow
up, or I'd be in astronauttraining and go into the
Olympics, one of the twohopefully, I can definitely see
you putting a foot on Mars going.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
ha, I told you I was going to do this.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
29 years old.
I can see that I told you I wasgoing to do this 29 years old,
I can see that or I'd beresearching neurosurgery because
I also want to be aneurosurgeon for some reason.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
I see, the future tie that you'll have to cut is
choosing what you're going tobecome.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
That one's going to be difficult, I'll just do one.
I think I have an idea.
Just do it one book at a time.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
One book at a time?
How?
Speaker 2 (08:59):
many books have you read so far in your life at age
nine?
Over 100,000, I think 100,000books.
No, it's a joke.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
It's like just 1,000, but it's too many.
You've literally read 1,000books.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
No, it's a joke, it's like just a thousand.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
But it's just, you've literally read a thousand books
in my life.
I think you've hit your quotafor your life already, so just
keep it going.
All right, I need a lesson forthe listeners.
I need advice from the nine.
Or what advice do you give toany listener, whatever you?
Speaker 2 (09:25):
think you really want to do in your life.
Whatever you think you reallywant to do in your life, I
suggest you go for it.
It doesn't matter how old youare Going back to Pluto.
It doesn't matter who you are,how small you are, how large you
are or what age you are.
Just do what you think you wantto do with your life, because I
(09:50):
found my happiness in an icerink of all the places you can
find it and inside books, andalso going to some places that I
don't remember right now, but Ican remember through photos
that my mom shared with me.
But it's like I found my placedoing the things I love, and you
(10:14):
can find your place in some ofthe things you want to do in
your life.
So you can find that, yes,inside yourselves.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Can't be afraid.
You got to go for it, our rapidfire question time.
Are you ready?
Yes, here it goes.
Who Are you ready?
Yes, here it goes.
Who gives you inspiration?
Speaker 2 (10:35):
My family Flat out answer because they've always
been supportive of me.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Everyone, or do you have a favorite?
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Everyone, because I can't choose.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Ooh, I can see that's going to be your.
That's going to be your.
Uh, your Achilles heel in thefuture is choosing what to do,
but you shouldn't have to choosea favorite.
I was just being funny Cause,let's say, your mom was off
screen.
She's looking at you.
You better be me, better bejust kind of having fun with
that.
What's the best advice anyone'sever given you?
Speaker 2 (11:14):
dude, my this is the advice my mom's given me.
Whatever you can do, whateveryou put your mind to, because
nothing's impossible when youthink about it, there's.
Every time when you meet a roadblock, that's actually a chance
for you to become better atwhat you're already doing Figure
skating.
You're going to meet those alot.
I'm very serious, coming fromexperience, and in life you're
(11:36):
always going to have roadblocks.
So those challenges are justgoing to make you better at
whatever you're doing or makeyou better yourself.
Sometimes the challenge is areally hard book you're trying
to read or going through a lifeexperience.
Whatever the challenge is,you're always going to push
(11:59):
through because there's alwaysgoing to be someone or some book
that is waiting for you to helpyou.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Surprise question, didn't prepare for this one.
Here it is.
If you're going to write a book, what's the title going to be
and what's it going to be about?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
I mean heroes.
It's a graphic novel.
I'm already in the process ofwriting one.
I mean heroes.
It's a graphic novel about theimmune system and how all the
pathogens in the world sorry, Ialways speed up, but I'm saying
this.
How all the pathogens in theworld sorry, I always speed up,
but I'm saying this how all thepathogens viruses, bacteria,
fungi and parasites team up totry to defeat the immune system.
(12:38):
But it's going to be a bigbattle.
Only free, only free books foreveryone to know.
So it's not going to be a lot,but each book is going to talk
about the stages on what yourbody goes through when it gets
sick.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Of course you already have a book written or go on
the prowl Like.
I can't even surprise you.
You're too prepared.
All right, If you had to startover today, I know you're only
nine years old.
When in your life would youstart over?
If you would, and what wouldyou do differently and what
would you?
Speaker 2 (13:08):
do differently.
I think it would be four yearsold and what would be?
If this is a question that Ithink about and it goes into two
questions in my head, it splitsapart what is the thing I'd
(13:33):
want to restart and do over mylife life?
Going to national, going tonational book festival, visiting
nasa which is actually morerecent but still counts.
Going to nasa, visiting thenational book festival several
times in my life, and that's top10.
I'll also also go to the RubeGoldberg Space Center where you
get to launch your own rocketthat you make.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Tell you what, if you can keep, those are the worst
two regrets you ever have.
You're on a solid path to afantastically awesome life, like
an A-plus, honors and advanced.
Whatever subject.
Life Be great, I love it Allright.
If there's a question I shouldhave'd be great, I love it All
right.
If there's a question I shouldhave asked you today and I
didn't.
What is that question and howdo you answer it?
Speaker 2 (14:19):
What is the next event?
That's coming up for a SharsReading Podcast.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Oh, how would you answer that?
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Well, on April 26th in Baltimore, Maryland, I am
giving my very first speech.
That's the question.
That's the thing.
I'm already working on it everySaturday, so I'm doing it?
What are you going to be itspeaking about why books are
important, because, as I saidearlier, we're drawing away from
(14:53):
books.
So I'm giving a talk to try tohelp get less away.
You get more close.
I really don't know the wordphrasing, so I just thought of
something.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
Ironically, you could use chat PT to help you with
that.
You can have your mom dive inand have her get some good
nickel and dime.
Big word, maybe $1.50 word inthere.
Throw a word in there that notonly no one in the room will
know and they'll be like whatword in there?
Throw it.
Throw a word in there, then notonly no one in the in the room
will know and they'll be likewhat I have.
(15:28):
I want you to do a shamelessplug now for yourself.
How do people get a hold of youand who should listen?
Speaker 2 (15:35):
well, you can find me on all your favorite streaming
platforms and on youtube.
You can find me over ishar'sjourney science, Science Skating
and Podcasts, also underEshar's Club.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
And who should listen in.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
This is something that makes me really sad.
In the world right now, somepeople do not have access to
books, so that's how my podcasthelps.
And also, some people haveaccess to books but not their
imagination, because theyhaven't found the book that will
unlock their imagination sothey reach their true potential.
(16:15):
So that's what my podcast helpswith.
I read books to help those whohaven't found the book or do not
have access to books.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Azhar, thank you so much for coming on here today.
You rock.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
You're welcome.
You're welcome, Mr Thomas.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Everyone listening.
Listen.
I want you to get out there.
Go cut a tie to somethingholding you back.
Find your way to success.
Let nothing stop you.
In the meantime, go unleash thebest version of yourself.
Thank you for listening.
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