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Culture Current

#CultureCurrent is your connect to pop culture. From cinema and music to literature, politics and beyond, this is your wire to the world. Here, you’ll hear incredible conversations and inspiring insights from the most exciting creatives of our times. Tap into the minds of pop culture’s best with author and journalist Jessica Xalxo as she chronicles how artists are shaping the present. The future is now; hear it on #CultureCurrent!

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31:57

Kirthi Jayakumar

Culture Current ·

2023/07/16

In this episode of Culture Current, artist, author, activist and lawyer Kirthi Jayakumar dives into stepping away from the binary lens of success, how we all actually do start out as multi-hyphenates, the need to acknowledge humanity’s spectrum and more.

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22:25

Jay Anand

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2023/06/03

In this episode of Culture Current, musician and educator Jay Anand speaks about why artists need CEOs and not managers on their team, why creatives should set unrealistic dreams in parallel to realistic goals, why he wants to make quality music education accessible for all, and more.

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31:19

Avanti Nagral

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2022/11/27

In this episode of Culture Current, musician and digital creator Avanti Nagral delves into what it takes to make an authentic and accessible artist brand, how to disrupt existing formulae, using privilege consciously and for the better, as well as the pop music bias and more.

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30:09

Santanu Hazarika

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2022/10/13

In this episode of Culture Current, multidisciplinary visual artist Santanu Hazarika discusses why NFTs are good for the art world, why every artist should pay attention to their mental health and cultivate a disciplined routine, what it’s like to represent Assam and India on a global scale, and more.

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19:31

Amrita Tripathi

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2022/10/04

In this episode of Culture Current, author, journalist and mental health advocate Amrita Tripathi speaks about how her experience of being on the founding team of CNN-IBN shaped her as a journalist, overcoming imposter syndrome, why storytelling is essential to humanity’s narrative and more.

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16:36

Sumeet Samos

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2022/08/07

In this episode of Culture Current, anti-caste hip-hop artist and activist Sumeet Samos delves into how a Facebook rant about a caste-based violence incident led him to become a rapper, why he made the challenging choice to be honest in his music, why we must not adapt a linear lens when reviewing history, why listeners need to become conscious and more.

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16:33

Aditi Ramesh

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2022/07/30

In this episode of Culture Current, singer-songwriter, music educator and former lawyer Aditi Ramesh speaks of the surprising importance of a day job for artists, how to practically scale one’s artistry, laying the building blocks of a career in music and more.

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29:04

Anurag Minus Verma

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2022/07/24

In this episode of Culture Current, satirist, filmmaker, author and podcaster Anurag Minus Verma delves into why society doesn’t know what to do with artists, why boredom is essential to creativity, how consistency can spell survival and more.

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13:27

Natania

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2022/07/17

In this episode of Culture Current, musician Natania speaks about why failure is essential for success, why artists must first make music for themselves, how she wrote her first song at the age of 15 and more.

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27:36

Rahee Punyashloka aka Artedkar

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2022/07/10

In this episode of Culture Current, Ambedkarite artist Rahee Punyashloka aka Artedkar discusses why representation in art is important, how open the field is for DBA artists right now, why he won’t sell his work and more.

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22:11

Kiran Manral

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2022/04/20

In this episode of Culture Current, author, researcher and former journalist Kiran Manral speaks about how you can get your book published, why she centres women in her stories, why the arts are just as important as the sciences and more.

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39:19

Amith Krishnan

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2022/04/05

In this episode of Culture Current, “Enjoy Enjaami” director and Moca Studio’s founder Amith Krishnan delves into how his landmark videos were born out of his work with NGO IGM, what working with legends such as A.R. Rahman has taught him, why he goes with his gut when selecting projects and more.

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27:59

Nirmika Singh

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2022/03/29

In this episode of Culture Current, poetry series #AurSuno’s creator and Rolling Stone India’s executive editor Nirmika Singh discusses the advantages of expertise over experience, straying from the mainstream and carving a memorable artistic mark.

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