A podcast about things. Lots of things. Controversial things. Inspiring things. Funny things. Silly things.
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"When did we become the moral compass of the world?" - Gabriella Demetriades
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This week we welcome Gabriella Demetriades for a freewheeling chat about what it’s really like to be a social media influencer - to invite hundreds of thousands of strangers into your personal life. Do you still have the right to privacy or do you now have to accept that every move you make will be intensely scrutinised and judged? It’s a conversat…
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"India used to be so free spirited. Now there is this fear" - Sam Relph
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On our season finale, we have a fascinating chat with Sam Relph, former Delhi bureau chief for Barcroft media and someone who has a very unique perspective as a journalist reporting in India for over a decade. Through his stories that have appeared in numerous publications like The Guardian, The Independent and The New York Post, he has witnessed f…
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"It has become a circle jerk of guitar w*nking" - Ananda Sen
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This week we have a boozy, intense and always hilarious conversation with Ananda Sen aka Mumshi. Formerly of The Supersonics and The Ritornellos - he is an original wild child of the early Indian rock scene and arguably one of the most talented musicians of our generation. Not afraid to speak his mind and rant about everything from how Indian artis…
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"Absolute control is dangerous" - Kazim Rizvi
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This episode we have a producer takeover! Karan Ravishankar, producer of the show makes his debut as co-host as we welcome Kazim Rizvi as our guest - Founder of The Dialogue and author of the proposed Data Privacy Framework for the Aarogya Setu App. What happens to our data, who controls it and how terrified should we be? Kazim breaks it down for u…
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"Books need people" - Karuna Ezara Parikh
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This week our guest is Karuna Ezara Parikh, former model and television anchor and now a poet and a writer known widely for her activism. Her first book The Heart Asks Pleasure First releases on 21st September, and she took some time out to have a passionate conversation about the power of the written word, in an age of social media.…
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"If you look at the brain of someone with CTE, you will see actual holes in it" - Nipun Chopra
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This week we are joined by Nipun Chopra - assistant professor of biology at De Pauw University and a PHD in Medical Neuroscience, Nipun & Uday scratch the surface on Alzheimer’s but the crux of the discussion is about the impact of head injuries in sports and how that is changing the way the world looks at concussions, specifically a condition know…
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"I don't think I could ever forget the face of that young girl" - Priyanka Pruthi
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This week our guest is Priyanka Pruthi - former NDTV journalist and now works at UNICEF in New York producing award-winning content to help generate public interest in children’s rights. We discuss the despair and brutality in the very worst of humanity that she has encountered during her various heartbreaking experiences, but most crucially we exp…
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"Elon Musk is more Green Goblin than Tony Stark" - Shiv Ramdas
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This week our guest is Shiv Ramdas - sci fi writer and tech geek.. we discuss the future of AI and the somewhat frightening prospect of a human-robot hybrid. We also debate whether Churchill and Elon Musk are worthy idols or false heroes - but most importantly, Shiv looks into his crystal ball and predicts the future of the human race.…
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"Buddha is the coolest dude that ever lived" - Abi Som
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Abi and Uday discuss their boarding school lives together as they experienced it growing up in the foothills of the Himalayas during their formative years. We talk about the impact of the brutality of bullying and fierce competition of school life and how that shapes the psyche of a young student. - especially how they take some of those insecuriti…
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"My life is like a gay rainbow" - Maanav Dev
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Maanav - lawyer, restaurateur and all-round magnificent beast - and Uday have a freewheeling conversation about the challenges of coming out of the closet in urban India. From his father making Elton John comparisons to being hounded by his bosses for hanging out with girls, we discuss the tragic yet often hilarious tribulations of being gay in a s…
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