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Simblified

Add one part news, one part bad jokes, one part Wikipedia research, one part cult references from spending too much time on the internet, one part Wodehouse quotes, and one part quality puns, and you get Simblified.A weekly podcast to help you appear smarter, to an audience that knows no less! Your four hosts - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit and Tony attempt to deconstruct topics with humour (conditions apply). Fans of the show have described it as "fun conversations with relatable folks", "irreverent

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Ep. 176: Announcing a Live Online Show!

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2020/05/04

We've been seeing so many predictions for the world post-coronavirus. Some things will be more popular. Some industries will suffer.So we had an idea for a shortie: What's the most ridiculous, far-fetched such connection that we could think of?And then we had another idea: What if we expanded this idea and asked people to join in? Aha!So on Thursday, 07 May 2020 - join the Simblified quartet as they host a live online recording (OMG yes, you finally get to see what we look like).And for this - we'd

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Ep. 175: Running a Community Kitchen: A Chat with...

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2020/04/27

This is one of the most uplifting things you will hear during these times!The second of our coronavirus-related episodes is a special one, and the first interview we've done in a while.We chat with Paritosh Pant & Pooja Reddy, who run a community kitchen in one of Mumbai's poorest areas during the pandemic. We talk about how they went about setting it up, the challenges they faced, how they recruited people and of course, how the community reacted and helped. With tales of how even poor people

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Ep. 174: Bacteria and Viruses

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2020/04/20

In the first of our coronavirus Simblification series, we look at the differences between two terms we properly knew only back in college. Are bacteria and viruses the same? Are all of them bad? Why doesn't a great piece of content go 'bacterial'?All this and more as Chuck, Tony and Naren get to the bottom of these little critters.Meet your hosts aka The Ultracrepidarians!Chuck | Naren | Srikeit | TonyInstagram: @chuckofalltrades | @shenoynv | @srikeit | @notytonyTwitter: @chuck_gopal | @shenoyn |

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Ep. 173: The inevitable coronavirus episode

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2020/04/13

Hello, we're back! Sorry for the little "break", but we hosts have finally managed to web-conference each other and record! In this episode, we deviate a little bit from the traditional Simblified format - we first all catch up and talk about how we've been dealing with this ruddy pandemic, and then glean a little bit about what the future holds. It's a completely unscripted episode (as you'll hear). Fans of our earliest work will find a bit of nostalgia as we're all recording from home and has

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Ep. 172: Taking 'The Social Leap' of Faith

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2020/03/16

Naren has read a fascinating book called 'The Social Leap' by William Von Hippel which helps understand the connection between evolution and our social behaviour today. Joining Naren through this transformative journey with additional insights are Tony and Srikeit. With lack of Wikipedia summaries available, the ultracrepidarians talk about evolutionary titbits like why chimps have larger testes than gorillas, the truth about lice and how humans have evolved socially as a species.Meet your hosts aka

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Ep. 171: What makes a country happy?

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2020/03/09

Happiness is enjoying the little things in life, so we've put together a shortie that'll help you understand how gratification and fulfilment are measured in a country. On this Chuck-less shortie, Naren, Tony & Srikeit chuckle their way to simblify the World Happiness Report, compare it to Bhutan's Gross National Happiness and discuss the factors that contribute to the contentment of a country.Are you happy listening to our podcast? Then go show us how delighted you are by dropping a review on

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Ep. 170: UBI - Free money for everybody

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2020/03/02

As Oprah Winfrey once said, "You get free money, and you get free money, everybody gets free money!"Based on this totally legit infamous quote, this episode is about UBI - not Union Bank of India as google would mention it but Universal Basic Income. A concept also known as citizen's income, UBI does have some interesting perks which help the average person live a better life. Other famous people have also encouraged the notion of UBI like Martin Luther King Jr, Mark Zuckerberg and Andrew Yang. So

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Ep. 169: The Stoic Way Of Life

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2020/02/24

There have been several stoic philosophers like Seneca the Younger, Marcus Aurelius & Epictetus (Jiggles) who have influenced the school of Hellenistic philosophy. What is stoicism you may ask? How does one become a stoic? Do we suffer more often in imagination than in reality? To put your curiosity out of misery, Naren, Chuck & Tony explain the philosophy and history of stoicism and how one can incorporate stoicism as a way of life.Meet your hosts aka The Ultracrepidarians!Chuck | Naren |

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Ep. 168: Consumed in moderation

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2020/02/17

Facebook, the social network everyone loves to hate has been grappling with the free speech v/s content moderation conundrum for several years now. In the first half of 2020, they are going beyond "Community Standards" and establishing an oversight board. The Simblified gang look at what this 'Supreme Court' looks like and how it might turn out as they discuss Facebook's winter of diss content.Link: A great Radiolab episode from 2018 on how the community standards came into being - Post No

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Ep. 167: The word is Flat - Deconstructing Maradu

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2020/02/10

On 11th and 12th Jan 2020, 4 apartment complexes in Maradu (in Kochi, Kerala) were brought following a longdrawn legal battle. This story was fascinating enough for the Simblified gang to read the actual Supreme Court order and so they had to let people know about their glorious achievement. In this shortie, the quartet try to present a very simblified version of what happened, what it means, and what you should keep in mind if you're in the market to buy a flat. Also, they stumble over the

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Ep. 166: We see, you see, we all CES 2020

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2020/02/03

The world's largest consumer electronics show of the year happened in early Jan, and it clearly took the gang some time to wrap their head around everything that happened in Las Vegas. From new gadgets to new tech and trends, the boys talk about it all. From potentially planet-saving tech like plant-based meat, to, er, a robot that delivers you toilet paper - it's all here. We also make many bad puns, but that's par for the course, innit?This is also our first actual episode with Tony as an official

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Ep. 165: Welcome, Tony

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2020/01/27

Simblified upgraded from a rusty bike to a creaky autorickshaw when we got Srikeit on as a 3rd host a few years ago, and now we've traded our beloved tuk-tuk to a sleek electric car zippin' down the highways, turning heads and causing admiration, all while delighting onlookers and generally improving lives of everyone who happens to be within 3 sq km of it. Um, well - at least that's what we told Tony in the brochure. So yes, we have decided to get Tony Sebastian on as our 4th co-host. Fans will

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Ep. 164: The 2019 recap part 4: Amazon, Brexit, Gully...

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2020/01/20

And finally, we're at part 4 of the year-end review, even though by the time you hear this episode, 1/12th of 2020 is already over. Hopefully, your resolutions aren't!This is the last part of the 2019 review (phew, finally!). While we've done a ton of topical Simblification, we thought we'd have a look at some of the major themes that kept coming back to bite us in the arse in 2019. The Simblified gang have a freewheeling, absolutely unscripted conversation on some key topics that kept hitting

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Ep. 163: The 2019 recap Part 3 - Climate activism,...

Simblified ·

2020/01/13

Oooh, this is a loaded episode!The Simblified gang carries on with part 3 of their 2019 review even though by the time you hear this we're well into the crap 2020 will bring. While we've done a ton of topical Simblification, we thought we'd have a look at some of the major themes that kept coming back to bite us in the arse in 2019. The Simblified gang break have a freewheeling, absolutely unscripted conversation on some key topics that kept hitting headlines through the year (and... made many heads

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Ep. 162: The 2019 recap Part 2 - Supreme Court...

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2020/01/07

The Simblified gang carries on with their 2019 review because they have nothing better to do. While we've done a ton of topical Simblification, we thought we'd have a look at some of the major themes that kept coming back to bite us in the arse in 2019.The Simblified gang break have a freewheeling, absolutely unscripted conversation on some key topics that kept hitting headlines through the year (and... made many heads fall on desks, too). We'd reveal the topics in this description, but... Then

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Ep. 161: The 2019 recap Part 1 - Big Tech, Cricket WC...

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2019/12/30

It's the end of a very eventful year (assuming nothing happens in the last 3 days). While we've done a ton of topical Simblification, we thought we'd have a look at some of the major themes that kept coming back to bite us in the arse in 2019. The Simblified gang break have a freewheeling, absolutely unscripted conversation on some key topics that kept hitting headlines through the year (and... made many heads fall on desks, too). We'd reveal the topics in this description, but... Then what's the

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Ep. 159: The Impeachment Process

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2019/12/16

Anyone tuned in to the constant laughter track (aka News) coming from the US will definitely have heard of Democrats attempts to impeach their Orange Overlord. But what really is impeachment? What are its rules? And when (if ever) does it end? Join Chuck and Srikeit as they attempt to simblify impeachment beginning with what a peach has to do with removing someone from office. NEW TO SIMBLIFIED? It's an Indian podcast - probably the best to come from Malad West - that takes things that happen around

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Ep. 158: The PFN-Simblified crossover episode

Simblified ·

2019/12/09

This week, we've got you a special crossover episode featuring your very truly Simblified and Post Cards From Nowhere hosted by our good friend, Utsav Mamoria. Some of Utsav's conversation with us on our previous episodes on 'How to Travel on a Desi Budget' have been polished and published on his new podcast ,so we thought of adding those snippets together for you! We hope you enjoy this collaboration and see you next week with a fresh new Simblified episode! How to travel on a desi budget part 1

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Ep. 122 (Rebroadcasting): Do you really need civics?...

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2019/12/02

Yes, back in school, Civics was like the token black guy of social studies. Who had time to learn about elected officials while deciduous trees and various dates were waiting to be mugged up! But as we grow older, wiser and more responsible, we find ourselves using the things we were supposed to study in 7th standard more and more useful (no, trigonometry, not you). Meghnad and Shreyas, hosts of a new podcast called "How to Citizen" tell us about this and how we can become better citizens (or at

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