Desperate Times Podcast

About Desperate Times Podcast

Welcome to Desperate Times Podcast – where two hospitality grads turned marketers try to make sense of life, careers, and everything in between. From switching industries to navigating adulthood (and making some questionable choices along the way), we’re here to talk about it all!

Publisher

Desperate Times Podcast

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Apr 2025

Latest episode

11 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

28 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Dec 2025

   #28 - How to Switch from Hospitality to Marketing in Germany | Shaunakk Pilanker on Career Reinvention

   Hosts Sakshi and Varun interview Shaunakk Pilanker about his career transition from hospitality in India to marketing in Germany, highlighting cultural adaptation and career reinvention.

2. 

   16 Oct 2025

   #27 - From 5-Star Hotels to Marketing: Shouvik Dasgupta's Bold Career Pivot in Canada

   Shouvik Dasgupta recounts his career change from hospitality to marketing after immigrating to Canada, highlighting the value of transferable skills and unique experiences gained in the hotel industry in this interview.

3. 

   9 Oct 2025

   #26 - I Want to Go Home: The Desperate Feeling of Homesickness

   The hosts of Desperate Times Podcast examine the intense emotional impact of homesickness, especially during cultural celebrations, and share coping mechanisms for finding connection and building community in a new environment.

Who has been a guest on Desperate Times Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Shaunakk Pilanker
• Shouvik Dasgupta
• Mannan
• Saahil Shah
• Clerisa Varghese

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

4,657,772,725

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

62

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

32