What Makes Us...

About What Makes Us...

A podcast exploring in how we develop as people through our experiences and connections between individuals, with groups, and amongst society. Our guests will choose the topic of discussion and share their journey of becoming who they are. Join us as we explore What Makes Us...

Publisher

Brian Hooks

Category

society & culture · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Feb 2025

Latest episode

11 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

24 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Aug 2026

   Seek Freedom At 50 with Geetika Goyal

   Turning 50 has a way of stripping things down to what’s real. Not in a dramatic, movie-scene way, but in the quiet moment where you realize you’ve spent decades meeting expectations, holding it together, and playing roles that once made sense but now feel too small. Brian Hooks sits down with return guest Geetika Goyal, a life coach who works with women in major transition phases, to unpack what “seeking freedom at 50” actually looks like. We talk about the mindset shift that comes when you ...

2. 

   16 Jul 2026

   Uncomfortable with Prakash Nathan

   A single sentence at a graduation ceremony can rearrange the way you see your whole life: “Learn to be uncomfortable.” That line hit our guest, Prakash Nathan, so hard that it sent him back through decades of decisions where discomfort wasn’t just present, it was the engine of growth. We talk through the moments that shaped him, starting with a childhood leap into an English-medium school where he felt lost, scared, and behind, then slowly built fluency, friendships, and confidence. From the...

3. 

   4 Apr 2026

   Start Again At 50 with Geetika Goyal

   Fifty can sneak up like a question you can’t ignore: if the roles that shaped me for decades start to change, who am I now? Brian Hooks sits down with his friend and fellow coach Geetika Goyal, who works with women in transition, to dig into what makes us start again at 50 and why that “again” often feels less like an ending and more like a return to self. We talk about the empty nest shift, the emotional whiplash that can come when kids need you less, and why planning matters years before t...

Who has been a guest on What Makes Us...

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

• Sonia Brantley
• Sweta Kumari
• Susannah Lawrence
• Sue Ann
• Shailendra Aswal

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 21 / 100

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

Quality

28

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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