Olympic Stars, Maha Gurus and the Cult of Hero Worship

Big Story: We’re talking about the big brouhaha over butt-naked Ranveer Singh.

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Food for Thought: We’re looking at a startling new study on the roots of depression.

Link: https://splainer.in/posts/2022/Tangled-Up-In-Blues

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1) A strange way to get high

2) Big tech wants to change time.

Fave:

1) Flung pickles are high art

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jul/27/pickle-flung-on-gallery-ceiling-artist-asks-10000-for-mcdonalds-burger-ingredient

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Big Story: We take a look at dreaded Indian competitive exams and their unreasonable rules in the context of candidates being asked to remove their bras before entering the exam hall.

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https://www.firstpost.com/india/out-of-frame-no-credit-for-photographer-who-clicked-the-iconic-bihar-cheating-photo-2168483.html

Food for Thought: We unpack the racist side of wildlife conservation.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-38909512

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1) The big brouhaha over photos in the trash

Fave:

1) The bizarre Delhi arrest of an American woman

2) The IG user trying out gravestone recipes

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Big story: We’re unpacking what the hell is happening in Sri Lanka.

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Food for thought: We decode authenticity in high art. * puts on hoity-toity hat *

Link- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/arts/design/chagall-sothebys-expert-panel.html

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Fave:

1) Fave: “Eat the Rich” popsicles

Link- https://www.thrillist.com/news/new-york/mschf-launches-eat-the-rich-ice-cream-pop-up

2) An elaborate Fake IPL

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Big Story: We’re unpacking all the narratives about the brutal killings by Muslim men in Udaipur and Amravati.

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Food for Thought segment We’re asking the important question: Can fashion really be sustainable?

Link- https://splainer.in/posts/2022/Fashionably-Bad

Accra: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-12/fast-fashion-turning-parts-ghana-into-toxic-landfill/100358702

https://hbr.org/2022/01/the-myth-of-sustainable-fashion

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Least fave: It's raining fish in the Bay

Fave:

1) IndiGo employees call in sick

2) Gentleminions enter Cinemas

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Big Story: We look at the arrest of Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News.

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Food For Thought: We talk about the accessibility and safety of abortions in India in context of the rollback of abortion rights in the US.

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Fave:
1) A brief history of women's eyebrows in art

2) How an arrest uncovered an illegal Chinese club in Greater Noida

Least Fave:
The hottest boozy trend in London

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Big Story: We’re looking at how the porn industry and big name websites like PornHub treat non-consensual videos.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-anti-porn-evangelicals-hoodwinked-the-new-yorker

Food for Thought: We’re talking about the how India became a hub for the illegal trade of “exotic” wildlife.

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https://india.mongabay.com/2022/05/trafficked-kangaroos-rescued-in-north-bengal-en-route-to-indore-turn-the-spotlight-on-indian-zoos/

Roast or Toast:

Least Fave:

1) The Chaise Longue Airplane Seat

2) Madhya Pradesh government's genius solution for illegal mining

Link-

Chaise Longue Airplane seat https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce6jvqOMvCN/?hl=en

Fave:

1) What's really behind King Tut’s curse?

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Big Story: We’re looking at the government’s new Tour of Duty model of recruitment to the triservices.

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Food for Thought: We’re talking about the debacle over a Google engineer being convinced that a chatbot generator is “sentient.”

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Roast or Toast:

Least Fave:

1) NASA's botched moon landing program

Fave:

1) A made-in-heaven collab: Coca Cola and Jack Daniels

2) Couple vows to be together in death, but not really

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Big Story: We're talking about the controversy around former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma's hateful comments. We look at the diplomatic row it caused and examine if it really is fringe.

Food For Thought: In context of New York state passing a law in favour of electronic repair rights, we look at the global right to repair movement.

Roast or Toast:

Fave:

1) John Oliver offers to buy a demonic banana sculpture

‘Fallen Fruit’ banana sculpture https://www.adam-stone.com.au/

2) A bizarre plagiarism suit against Mariah Carey

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The drought in the American west and its connection to Las Vegas’ mob past

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Big Story: In context of Texas school massacre, we look at gun laws in the US and India

Food For Thought: We talk about the memeification of the Depp v Heard trial.

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Fave: Climate anxiety and the people who fight it

Least fave: An entitled IAS couple and their punishment posting.

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Big Story: We’re looking at the rising tide of demands from Hindu quarters to worship in current or erstwhile mosques in the country.

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https://splainer.in/posts/2021/Temple-Run

https://shows.ivmpodcasts.com/show/press-decode-udzw-RNePZBI15p0bis1T/episode/balle-balle-the-attack-of-the-punjabis-g3v0-IVNOZAsqfPOnlshi

Food for Thought: We’re talking about the use of ‘like’ in our speech… you know like..how we go like.. ‘Like’.. all the time?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/may/15/why-do-people-like-say-like-so-much-in-praise-of-an-underappreciated-word

Roast or Toast

Least fave: The bizarre case of an NFT 'kidnapping'

Fave: Coca Cola’s sustainability hack

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