Thoughts Between Shots: A Storytelling Podcast
Thoughts Between Shots: A Storytelling Podcast
Podcast Description
Thoughts Between Shots is a storytelling podcast hosted by communications coach, Nammy Sirur. Each episode starts with a powerful question and a true, rarely told story. Then we break it down—what made it stick? Why did it work?
Learn how to ask better questions, tell better stories, and improve your communication skills at work and in life. Whether you’re a curious human, aspiring speaker, or just someone who loves a good story, you’ll walk away entertained and a little wiser.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of communication skills and storytelling with episodes centered around how to ask effective questions and share compelling narratives, such as the episode featuring Andy Uhler discussing how the Wu-Tang Clan influenced his approach to reporting, delving into deep human experiences and lessons learned from storytelling in personal and professional contexts.
Thoughts Between Shots is a storytelling podcast hosted by communications coach, Nammy Sirur. Each episode starts with a powerful question and a true, rarely told story. Then we break it down—what made it stick? Why did it work?
Learn how to ask better questions, tell better stories, and improve your communication skills at work and in life. Whether you’re a curious human, aspiring speaker, or just someone who loves a good story, you’ll walk away entertained and a little wiser.
In this episode of Thoughts Between Shots, host Nammy Sirur sits down with longtime public radio reporter Andy Uhler, whose voice you might recognize from NPR’s Marketplace or BBC’s Business Matters.
These days, Andy’s digging deep into energy and climate issues as a journalism fellow at the University of Texas at Austin’s Energy Institute, where he also produces the podcast Phases and Stages: The Texas Energy Story.
🎙️ Listen to Andy's podcast: Phases and Stages on Spotify
WHAT IS THOUGHTS BETWEEN SHOTS?
This is not your average storytelling podcast …
Hosted by communications coach Nammy Sirur, Thoughts Between Shots is where one good question leads to one unforgettable true story. Every episode starts with a thoughtful question and unfolds into a story rarely shared publicly—funny, deep, messy, human. Then we zoom out and break it down:
What made the story so engaging?
What can we learn from how it was told?
How can we use these storytelling tools in our own lives?
Whether you're a curious listener, an aspiring speaker, or a professional who wants to level up your communication skills, this podcast helps you get better at two of the most powerful tools in human connection:
How to ask better questions
How to tell better stories
WHY THIS MATTERS
In her work coaching immigrant professionals, emerging leaders, and executives, Nammy has seen firsthand how storytelling can help people build trust, connection, and confidence. This podcast is your front-row seat to that magic—served with a side of laughter, curiosity, and real talk.
WANT TO GET INVOLVED?
We’d love that! Here’s how:
✔️ DM Nammy on LinkedIn with a great question to spark a future guest’s story
✔️ Pitch yourself (or someone awesome) as a future guest
✔️ Listen, watch, and share with your friends, coworkers, and that one cousin who always tells great stories but never hits “record”
🎙️ Thoughts Between Shots is where good questions meet great stories.
Hit play—and let’s get better at being human.
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