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This week on Cock & Bull Cyrus is joined by writer-director Raj Kaushal, host of Gaybcd - Farhad Karkaria and Amit Doshi. They have a heated conversation about the festival of lights, Diwali followed by the air and noise pollution caused by it. They also talk about the recent elections in Maharashtra, the process behind it and the concept of NOTA. The conversation flows through the Infosys whistleblower controversy, Aarey forest situation and followed by the AMAs.

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This week on Cock & Bull Cyrus is joined by writer-director Raj Kaushal, host of Gaybcd - Farhad Karkaria and Amit Doshi. They have a heated conversation about the festival of lights, Diwali followed by the air and noise pollution caused by it. They also talk about the recent elections in Maharashtra, the process behind it and the concept of NOTA. The conversation flows through the Infosys whistleblower controversy, Aarey forest situation and followed by the AMAs.

This episode of Cyrus Says is sponsored by Intel. Check the website at: https://www.intel.in/vpro

Do send in AMA questions for Cyrus by tweeting them to @cyrussaysin or e-mailing them at whatcyrussays@gmail.com

Don't forget to follow Cyrus Broacha on Instagram @BoredBroacha

In case you're late to the party and want to catch up on previous episodes of Cyrus Says you can do so at: www.ivmpodcasts.com/cyrussays

You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcasts App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios

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Is it rational to vote? Is it rational for us to think about government as a benign entity? Amit Varma is back on Episode 92 of The Pragati Podcast to talk about public choice theory and how it can inform our thinking about governments and public decision-making.

The Pragati Podcast is a weekly talkshow on public policy, economics and international relations hosted by Pavan Srinath.

Amit Varma hosts The Seen and the Unseen podcast and was at the helm of Pragati for the last two years.

Suggested readings:

Amit Varma's BloombergQuint column that uses public choice theory: https://www.bloombergquint.com/author/473427/amit-varma

Public Choice: A Primer, by Eamonn Butler. Full text: https://iea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IEA%20Public%20Choice%20web%20complete%2029.1.12.pdf

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For our second interview this week we welcome Dr. Simon Pardoe, director of "Vote Or Vote NONE" (VoteNone.org.uk), who joins us to discuss the hopes, aims and merits of that campaign as we approach the UK General (S)election on the 7th of May 2015. "Faced with the overwhelming public anger at UK politics, and determination not to vote, I found myself suggesting people Vote NONE as the only potential form of participation. Surprisingly, it shifted those conversations from anger about UK politicians to a shared concern about how to revitalise UK democracy and improve UK politics. I realised that whereas not voting can be an end to thinking and engagement, the option to Vote NONE can re-engage people in thinking about politics and democracy. Suddenly there’s no reason to be silent, and every reason to think about what to do." (Simon Pardoe) (For show notes please visit http://themindrenewed.com)