Recorded Sessions

Thyagu returns to the pod crew to discuss movies, some cricket, some politcking and a lot of autos. The sound quality still continues to be subpar but work and investment is being done. Or so one hopes.

The pod is back. Some might argue that the pod never went anywhere in the first place but juvenile arguments aside, the pod is back, and back with mostly the same nonsense and some new. Trump, Cricket, Movies are all covered, as ever, and well of course, the L&T Chairman makes an appearance.

Where the pod - along with a very special guest - delves into the World Cup.

Where the pod finally returns, discusses hiatus reasons and then delves into Leo.

Where the pod goes back to being a general-purpose pod, starting with Maamanan, touches upon a man not payting his bills, shines a spotlight on Soren Iverson and his comedy, stealthily approaches Coding Ninjas, discusses leaving movies half way through before moving on to the top topic of the week - the Apple Vision Pro, before finally finishing up on some cricket.

Where the pod delves deep into PS2.

Where the pod goes into Vetri Maran's Vidudhalai Part 1 in depth.

Where the pod embarks on a new season with more of the same nonsense, traversing through a non-review of Pathu Thala, a review of Nanpagal Nerathu Mayakkam, some discussions on Kailasa's UN expedition and some other myriad topics. Links: https://food.ndtv.com/news/wait-what-man-sues-restaurant-chain-for-serving-boneless-chicken-wings-3862583/amp/1 https://food.ndtv.com/news/list-of-most-fast-f...

Where the pod starts off with the Ukraine war, meanders striahgt into the chip war, and then takes a sharp turn into Thunivu, Mallu movies, and Mari Selvaraj on Kamal before settling on some silliness at Twitter. 

Where the pod meanders - rather unpreparedly - through the budget, wades into the Hindenburg row, samples some bloody sweet Leo, plays through the Asia and indeed the World Cups and finished on the passing of Gen. Musharraf and Vani Jairam.

Where the pod continues to look back at 2022. Why, is as yet unknown. Lack of content, most likely.

Part 1 of where the pod looks back at 2022 through the lens of wins and fails in sport and tech.

Where the pod starts with a wrap (not the edible kind), meanders all over the Middle East in the guise of discussing the World Cup, making detours in Iran as well, before turning to matters closer to home with some politics, some movies and some lament on the current state of the media.  Links to stuff: Spotify Wrapped Breaking Buddh Naai Sekar returns Opposite of Raghavan instinct Uniform PM...

Where the pod finally gets around to discussing VTK. And then closes with some world cup related news. Stuff from the pod: Qatar Bans Beer Sales at World Cup Stadiums - The New York Times (nytimes.com) E. Deepak is beaten Paid fans Pound Road

Where the pod delves into Ponniyin Selvan. Links to stuff: Aravind Krishnamoorthy on the Other Banana pod : https://whereistheotherbanana.com/2022/10/10/episode-118-the-sound-of-ponniyin-selvan-with-anand-krishnamoorthi/ FM on Rupee/Dollar : https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/fm-nirmala-sitharaman-says-indian-rupee-is-weakening-because-the-dollar-is-strengthening-and-she-...

Where the pod has an anti-movie agenda with topics as diverse and broad-ranging as the India Pakistan match, the tensions between Rohit and Virat fans, RaGa's yatra, Stalin and PTR and DNA tests in Gujarat. Oh and happy deepavali, folks. Belatedly, anyway.

Where the pod moves with the stars to unravel Ranjith's latest. 

Where the pod starts off with RaGa and the RSS, veers into Xi amongst other international news and, of course, talks a bit about some movies including PS1 and other myriad nonsense. 

Where the pod pays respects to the departed Queen (long live the Queen), talks about the eternal Indian prince-in-waiting, moves around the non-burning jungles looking for cheetahs, and then talks about other bits and bobs, mostly nothing. 

Where the pod tries to stick to 30 minutes but fails uncatastrophically (though without the intro and the outro, the content is still less than 30 minutes - and, per usual, less than 2 minutes of anything non-nonsensical). Lincoln records, Sun news and indeed all and sundry are discussed. 

Where the pod returns amidst rejoicing amongst few (perhaps the hosts only, perhaps) and widespread facepalming amongst the many (perhaps the audience) with a meta episode that discusses what the new season will look like, and how money may be made. Not that anyone cares, of course. 

Where the pod begins with PS1 (not the Sony or the gundumani one), moves on swiftly to India's Oscar entry (not Ravichandran) and then to Varisu, Rajith, Ayeshari, Coimbatore, DD News and British politics. The end note is a rather solemn note with a nod to the passing of Pratap Pothen with a fitting outro tribute. 

Where the pod starts with an innocuous whatsapp greeting and then goes full politico with fiery discussions on Agnipath and, religious rabble-rousing about the RSS and great opinions about Maharashtra, finishing with some onion rings which, contrary to popular belief, are just so.

Where the bigguns, Mr. Kumar joins the pod to discuss the recoming of the Nayagan with all the big guns of the latest installment of the LCU - Vikram.

Where the pod begins in legandary fashion, veers on to Vikram-related topics, looks back at 35 years of Nayagan, jumps in and out of short reviews of an assortment of movies and shows before finishing with the replacement for Valimai update.