He Didn’t Expect This Question | Know Your Host - Gurasis Singh [New Segment]

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What happens when podcast roles reverse and the host becomes the subject of questions? Our newest segment "Know Your Host" creates an intimate space where guests get to ask whatever they're curious about – and the results are surprisingly profound.

The first question cuts straight to emotional vulnerability: "When was the last time you cried?" This opens a candid reflection on a challenging year filled with self-doubt, health struggles, and professional setbacks. Through honest sharing about reaching emotional saturation points and developing new coping mechanisms, we witness the real person behind the microphone navigating life's difficulties with the same uncertainties we all face.

The conversation takes a fascinating turn with a thought-provoking hypothetical: "If you could time travel to witness three moments in history without interfering, which would you choose?" Rather than selecting famous historical events, the responses reveal deeply personal curiosities – seeing parents in their youth to understand their formative experiences, witnessing the establishment of Sikhi by Guru Nanak Dev Ji, and experiencing the collective hope and excitement at the turn of the millennium. These choices illuminate how our interests in the past often connect directly to our present identities and values.

Have you ever wondered what you would ask if you could know the person behind your favorite podcast voice? What moments in time would you choose to witness if given the chance? Join us for this uniquely revealing conversation that transforms conventional podcast dynamics and reminds us of the power of asking unexpected questions.

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Episode Transcript

Gurasis (00:03):
okay, so before we get into the final segment, I've
added this new segment in thisseason.
I call it know your host, whereI give my guests an opportunity
to ask me any question youmight have.

Rafael (00:13):
So go ahead so I can.
It should be quick questions orcan be more philosophical
questions, whatever you feellike, you know, okay, and how
many?
one or two, or

Gurasis (00:26):
well, okay, I'll let you choose.

Rafael (00:28):
Let's just say two okay, okay, I would be one very easy,
another more deep.
When was the last time youcried?

Gurasis (00:38):
oh wow, it is a deep question, um, so I'll tell you
honestly, my last year, 2024,was such a roller coaster of
emotions.
I think the first quarter, thefirst four months of 2024, were
like it was testing everything Ihave learned in the previous

(01:00):
years of my life.
You know my patience, my skillsor my abilities, everything I
have questioned and I think thathave led to a lot of self-doubt
and crying.
And then, I think in the middleof the year 2024, I got a
little better.
But my year ended on a veryweird and sad note as well,

(01:20):
because I was sick.
I was not able to excel in myjob, I lost my job as well, so
it really made me question a lotof things and and I was getting
sick also back to back.
So that was my last year a fullroller coaster of emotions, and
I've cried multiple timesthroughout that year.
But this year I actually made apromise to myself for more of

(01:43):
like, a again, like a reminderto myself that things gonna be
fine, and I have avoided or sortof like uh, try to somehow not
cry at each and every moment,like that's what I have done
that this year, but I think Idid have this uh moment where it
was the saturation you knowthere was.
There was like a back-to-backmultiple things were happening

(02:06):
and it was.
I reached a saturation pointand I I didn't cry cry, but I
did sit and I took a deep breathand I I just like felt that I'm
on the verge of it and it was Ibelieve it was, uh, a week and
a half ago.
That's where it happened, butit wasn't to the extent how it
was last year I'm so glad it'snot to that extent but it was

(02:28):
just like a pent-up emotions ofmultiple things back to back and
that's where, um, it happened.

Rafael (02:34):
So okay, okay, perfect okay and the second one.
It will be very easy, but it'svery curious if you could go
back on time to witness, towatch any event of the world, of
the history of the universeokay and you could choose three.

(02:55):
I'll give you three so you cango, be there just to watch and
see, and you cannot interfere inthe timeline.
Just go see and come back,which will be the three
happenings or three situationsthat you could go back and see
that you would like to witnessthat's a very thought-provoking
question.

Gurasis (03:16):
You know, it's uh, I don't know about historical
moment, but I think I would loveto go back and see my, my
parents, when they were youngerokay because I feel like my
father has a certain stancewhich is very like affirmative
and keeping his emotions tohimself and not expressing.

(03:38):
I just want to see my father.
How was he when he was younger?
And it might not be thehistoric even, but that's
something I've always thoughtabout, like I now I think I have
come to that uh, uh, sort oflike a report with my father,
where I questioned him abouteverything you know, maybe I
have come at a certain age butand he tells me about the

(04:00):
stories and the times of hisupbringing and his formative
years and everything, and and Ifeel very fascinated by it.
So I would love to see that,how he was able to handle all
that and how he was able to dothat okay, that's one yeah,
that's the one I'm able to thinkyou have two more
give me a moment, I'll thinkabout it.
Okay, this is actually areligious one, okay, so so many

(04:24):
of the first gurus, guru nanakdevji he was basically
established and formed thisreligion of mine, which is, you
know, sikhi, and I have heard alot of stories of his time where
he has got again gotten againstthe system.
He has questioned a lot ofthings and he was born in a
certain family and his parentsweren't approving of his

(04:44):
ideologies and what he wastrying to achieve.
So I'd love to see that, like,how did that actually was shaped
and it turned into this today,where all of us seeks follow,
which is, you know, the Sikhi.
So I would love to see that youknow how that was sort of
transitioned and became intothis religion sort of, or the

(05:07):
way of life we follow.

Rafael (05:08):
Okay so.

Gurasis (05:09):
I'd love to see that.
Yeah, that would be a veryfascinating time.
I never thought about it, butthanks for that, yeah.

Rafael (05:14):
And the last one.

Gurasis (05:16):
And the third one.
Let me think about it again.
I think this one time Iremember my cousins and my
sisters and everybody tells methat the time when this 21st
century started, you know thetransition that happened from
that when 2000 came, that waslike a big event and a that
happened from that when 2000came, that was like a big event

(05:38):
and a lot happened at that time.
It was like a certainexcitement of it.
I would love to witness that.
Maybe, if I can, you know whenthat transition happened towards
, when it was 12 and the newyear started, the new century
started.
There was certain sort ofexcitement and the hope that was
there in people.
That's what I have heard.
You know, I would love towitness that, that.

(05:59):
How did that?

Rafael (06:00):
yeah, pan out.

Gurasis (06:01):
You know, live that moment getting into the future
like that hopeless exactly likeyou know, so I'd love to
experience that, if I can, yeahokay, that's very nice.

Rafael (06:12):
That's my question.
Was my questions to you.

Gurasis (06:15):
Oh my God, I love that no.
I would have never thoughtabout this and I love how these
questions provoke me andencourage me to kind of like,
reflect and see.
You know what I can say.
So I love that.
Very, very unique questions,Absolutely love that.

Rafael (06:28):
Yeah, I love your answers also, thank you.