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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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55:54

See you later, tech regulator

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2022/04/18

The EU recently passed a set of regulations to reign in Big Tech. Yay! Or... Nay?See that's the thing. Regulating technology companies is so damn complicated and any seemingly good thing, will have a dark side as well. Join the Simblified hosts as they have a freewheeling discussion on this, touching upon some other important topics like whether Meta is actually evil, whether anti-trust will work, and what Chuck's shady hi5 profile pic was. Yes, we discuss hi5. That one. Add one part news, one part

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55:47

What's happening in Sri Lanka?

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2022/04/11

All is not well with our tiny southern neighbour.Worrying news of extreme food and resource shortages have been coming out of Sri Lanka these past few weeks.The Simblified gang delves into the numerous independent and interconnected reasons for the greatest financial crisis in the island country's history. Join us as we unpack this unfortunate and deadly combination of problems ranging from incompetence and failed masterstrokes to just plain bad luck Add one part news, one part bad jokes, one part

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49:58

How form dictates content

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2022/04/04

When music went from blogs to Twitter, it didn't just change how it was consumed, but it changed the blogs to Twitter itself.Similarly, when we went from blogs to Twitter, the language/syntax/grammar itself changed.Chuck has constantly been constantly fascinated by how the form of the medium dictates the content because of consumption habits, economic imperatives etc and brings it as a group discussion topic. Joined by media-hoovering Srikeit and always thoughtful Naren, this made for a fascinating

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37:28

Mimetic theory? Copy that

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2022/03/28

Peter Thiel went from zero to one when he heard the lectures of Stanford anthropologist and philosopher Rene Girard. What were Girard's insights, and how did Peter Thiel interpret them? Join your simblified hosts as they scratch the surface of this fascinating topic and talk about their own views of it.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

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61:20

A group discussion on MBA

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2022/03/14

In the most impromptu pivot ever, the Simblified gang switched topics mid recording and turned this episode into a group discussion about... group discussions and more in an MBA. Tune in for our admissions on admissions.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

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65:02

How will you measure your life?

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2022/03/07

Occasionally on Simblified, the gang resorts to profundity of the actual variety and ponder over the larger questions. Join Tony and Naren for one such episode as we talk through Clayton Christensen's frameworks and theory on how to measure your life.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

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66:06

Board games and much more with Zain Memon

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2022/02/28

This week the Simblified gang sit down for a conversation with the Zain Memon, the creator of the wildly popular political strategy board game - Shasn. We discuss Zain's unique content creation approach, how board games get built, the growing appetite for cerebral content in India and a lot more.A fascinating chat where the hour just flew by!Follow Zain Memon on Instagram (@zain.memon_) and Twitter (@zainmemon_)You can get your copy of Shasn at www.shasnthegame.comAdd one part news, one part bad

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58:49

Simblifying the fuss around American Football

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2022/02/21

In the wake of the most talked-about Superbowl halftime show, the Simblified gang get together to understand the actual sport called American Football that happens around that show. Join us as we try to simblify the rules, culture and oddities of the sport by answering burning questions like, "Why is that hand egg called a football?", "WTF is an oblate spheroid?" Why are they hitting each other so much? and "Do the players even know what's going on?". It's a real touchdown of an episode,

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71:11

AI aye aye: A discussion on Artificial Intelligence...

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2022/02/14

Fill out our brand recall survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6HP2RVBAI aye aye: A discussion on Artificial Intelligence with Kartik and ShivamComplex things like AI, machine learning, data science, deep learning and reverse swing (ok maybe not that one) have been on our collective minds for years now. There's a lot of noise, misconceptions and prejudiced opinion about the whole thing so we did what we at Simblified do when faced with vexing questions: Call in experts. In this two-part interview,

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52:51

AI aye aye: A discussion on Artificial Intelligence...

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2022/02/07

Fill out our brand recall survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6HP2RVBAI aye aye: A discussion on Artificial Intelligence with Kartik and ShivamComplex things like AI, machine learning, data science, deep learning and reverse swing (ok maybe not that one) have been on our collective minds for years now. There's a lot of noise, misconceptions and prejudiced opinion about the whole thing so we did what we at Simblified do when faced with vexing questions: Call in experts. In this two-part interview,

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37:47

Dr Nitin Arora: On Covid & Its Impact On The Medical...

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2022/01/31

A few months back, we had intensivist Dr Nitin Arora join in and tell us what happens at an ICU, with special focus on this ruddy bug doing the rounds now. This time he joins us back for a freewheeling conversation on Covid and its impact on the medical fraternity: From what young residents are going through right now, to what the larger impact might be. It's a wide-ranging conversation and one we think you will enjoy!Follow Dr.Nitin Arora on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aroradrnAdd one part news,

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43:33

Dr Nitin Arora: On Covid & Its Impact On The Medical...

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2022/01/24

A few months back, we had intensivist Dr Nitin Arora join in and tell us what happens at an ICU, with special focus on this ruddy bug doing the rounds now. This time he joins us back for a freewheeling conversation on Covid and its impact on the medical fraternity: From what young residents are going through right now, to what the larger impact might be. It's a wide-ranging conversation and one we think you will enjoy!Follow Dr.Nitin Arora on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aroradrnAdd one part news,

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41:14

Simblifying The James Webb Telescope

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2022/01/17

Recently, NASA shot up a massive telescope so that we can all figure out where we came from. The James Webb Telescope is the culmination of decades of work, and will do things that no other telescope has done before. It will apparently use fancy things like Infrared technology to look back 13 billion years (!) and perhaps even see if there's life on other planets. No pressure, JW! Join the Simblified gang as they launch themselves into this spacey topic, only for Chuck to annoy Srikeit with a

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57:26

Web3, NFTs And All That: With Ekalavya (Part 2)

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2022/01/10

If you've been paying attention online, you might hear a lot of noise being made about something called web3... And NFTs... Not to mention cryptocurrencies. We tried our level best to make sense of them but decided this was too heavy a topic to leave to the feeble minds hosting the podcast, so we decided to bring on an expert - Ekalavya Bhattacharya. Eka is an entrepreneur in the web3 space, and also runs a fashion tech company. In the past, he's been heavily involved with various web ventures -

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55:43

Web3, NFTs and all that: With Ekalavya

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2022/01/03

If you've been paying attention online, you might hear a lot of noise being made about something called web3... And NFTs... Not to mention cryptocurrencies. We tried our level best to make sense of them but decided this was too heavy a topic to leave to the feeble minds hosting the podcast, so we decided to bring on an expert - Ekalavya Bhattacharya. Eka is an entrepreneur in the web3 space, and also runs a fashion tech company. In the past, he's been heavily involved with various web ventures -

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54:04

A Look back At Our 2021s

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2021/12/27

Well, it's the end of another year (wait, what, already?). The Simblified gang looks back at how the last 12 months have been for them, personally. That's right - no Simblification, no news, no breaking down tech jargon, none of that. It's just an unscripted, personal conversation between the 4 hosts, with some help from audience questions.The four of us and everyone at IVM podcasts wish you a happy 2022 - may it be less 2021 than 2021.Add one part news, one part bad jokes, one part Wikipedia

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48:59

Creating something around the creator economy

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2021/12/20

So what is the creator economy, exactly? Is it just some fancy new term applied to something that always existed, or is it actually a new paradigm, as some VCs might say?Our Simblified quartet gets together to talk about it, their advice for creators, examples of content that they've come across, and some ideas for content you (yes, you dear listeners!) can explore. You can thank us later.Also, we've been told we have "new" listeners by our producer so we try very hard to get a proper intro going

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51:17

Nudge Theory And Social Change

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2021/12/13

When Social Purpose Organizations get down to do their work, they sometimes find themselves having to beg people to change. Suman Srivastava, author of 'Don't Beg. Inspire.' begs to differ! Join your Simblified hosts in their conversation with Suman about the book, the principles of nudge theory, and lots of fun and wisdom. Links: Dan Pallota's Ted talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong?language=en "Don't Beg. Inspire." - The book

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49:24

Elon Musk And The Billionaire Tax

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2021/12/06

Elon Musk decided to ask his Twitter followers if he should sell his shares to pay the tax due on the vesting of his stock options. And it looked as if this was prompted by the Biden Administration's proposed 'Billionaire Tax' Join your Simblified hosts as they try to find out how distressing it is for billionaires to contemplate losing some of it to taxes and what could happen if they really do. Add one part news, one-part bad jokes, one part Wikipedia research, one part cult references from

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48:43

Delhi Pollution - Simblified

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2021/11/29

Simblified correspondent Srikeit is on ground in our nation's capital to give a first-hand account of Delhi NCR's politics news-channels patriarchy intense air-pollution. Join the Simblified trio (Chuck got lost in the smog) as we break down the complex causes, effects, politics and cricketing mishaps caused by the haze in Delhi. 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

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