Cyrus Says

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Suveer Bajaj and Pratik Gupta, the Founders of FoxyMoron and Zoo Media, one of India's leading digital agencies, how they started FoxyMoron together, going to Pakistan together when they were 17 years old, Suveer applying for an internship at MTV through Cyrus, Pratik interning and working at Balaji while Suveer worked at Indian Express before founding their own...

On this episode, Cyrus does a 2021 Year Roundup in Sports' with Nishad Pai Vaidya, Sports Anchor & Co-founder of Niche Sports. They talk about some of India's biggest sports moments. They talk about Nishad teaching at the International Institute of Sports Management, and more. They talk about the current ongoing India vs South Africa test series, how well or lackthereof that India is playing i...

Cyrus is joined by Vikas Khanna, Celebrity Chef, Restauranteur, Author, Cookbook Writer and Judge on MasterChef India, to talk about his amazing journey and career. They talk about how Punjabi families feed everyone with love and affection, Vikas' new book 'Barkat', what it's about and how he wrote it in the pandemic. They also talk about Cyrus and Vikas being born during the 1971 war, the stories...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by comedians Punit Pania and Abbas Momin, to talk about capsule hotels, the story about the gang war being fought between monkeys and stray dogs in Beed village of Maharashtra, how these monkeys have gotten so intelligent, the gangs of monkeys in Thailand (or was it Indonesia or Myanmar) who started swarming the streets due to lack of tourists who used to feed them...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by long time listener Harvesp Kasad, to talk about what he does, the correct way to pronounce his name, and tons more. Cyrus is also joined by Amit and Silverie (Antariksh), to discuss the new words of the week - 'mereticious' and 'recondite', the two Hindi words sent in by a listener, BMC's mask-drive which is basically functioning as an extortion racket, and lots...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Chaitanya Chitta, Co-founder of SLAY Coffee, to talk about how and why he got into the business of coffee, starting SLAY together with his wife Laxmi, the coffee culture in India, why South Indian coffee is more renowned, the reasoning behind naming their coffee options in fun ways like 'Graveyard' and 'The Wrong Turn', and lots more. They also talk about how SL...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by comedian Aakash Mehta and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about the new regulations around RTPCR tests required for travel, Virat Kohli stepping down as Indian team's captain of the ODIs, why it seems like BCCI botched this entire controversy, Aakash's new music single and album, how he made the music for the songs, and more. They also talk about the ridiculous sto...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by return guest Varun Deshpande - MD at Good Food Institute India and co-host of the Feeding 10 Billion podcast. They talk about the developments and growth that have happened in the plant-based and cell-based meats sector, the kinds of companies GFI is working with to make them aware of this space of products, the need for brutally honest reviews about the taste o...

Cyrus is joined by fitness coach Kunal Rajput, host of the Raw & Organic podcast. They talk about Kunal Rajput being the youngest 'Kunal' that Cyrus knows, how the pandemic has affected people's acceptance of physical fitness, how certain obese people have actually started tackling the obesity through working out, and tons more. They also discuss the advantages of being fit, Kunal being a cert...

Cyrus is joined by comedian Abijit Ganguly and Amit Doshi, to talk about Section 144 being back in effect in Mumbai, Cyrus doing an event with someone who is a friend of basketballer Kevin Durant, Bill Clinton 'taking care of' his friends, the new words Cyrus has gotten this week for the panel - 'spiv' and 'wend', and lots more. They also discuss if a single person dominating a sport is a good thi...

Cyrus is joined by Ashdin Doctor, Host of The Habit Coach podcast and founder of Awesome180, a habit coaching programme. The Habit Coach podcast just completed 3 full years of its run. Cyrus and Ashdin talk about The Habit Coach podcast's journey since its inception, what it means to have fans and listeners who actually follow the habits that Ashdin recommends in each episode, how everything becom...

Cyrus is joined by Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about VIPs causing traffic wherever they go, Virat Kohli stepping down as the captain for ODIs and Rohit Sharma taking his place, the rumours around Virat giving up the captaincy of white ball cricket, CEO Vishal Garg of Better.com firing 900 people over a Zoom call and now facing backlash for it, and lots more. Subscribe to the new Cyrus Sa...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by the amazing playback singer, composer and musician Remo Fernandes, who has just come out with his autobiography talking about his extremely colourful life - 'Remo: The Autobiography of Remo Fernandes'. Cyrus and Remo talk about Remo's book, knowing each other for a long time, Remo's love for his home state of Goa, how he always wanted to be a cowboy, when he rea...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about Cyrus' hitting a bike with his car while parking, the Katrina x Vicky Kaushal wedding, some of Amit's book recommendations, Cyrus judging Roadies auditions and the kind of people who would come for those auditions, our original guest Remo Fernandes not being able to make it on this episode, driving with a phone in your...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by the ever present Kashin Shetty, one of our beloved regular listeners, in the second half of the episode. Cyrus talks to Kashin about being a theatre actor, Kashin never having met Kunal Vijayakar eventhough he lives just three buildings down from him, and tons more. Cyrus is also joined by Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) and they discuss the two new words Cyrus ha...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about the new RTPCR test requirements plus travel and quarantine regulations introduced in the wake of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus, the two new words that Cyrus has learnt - 'rongo rongo' and the apparent rules for wedding guests at Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif's wedding, Kunal Kamra having to cancel his shows in...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Celebrity Chef, TV Host and Entrepreneur - the great Sanjeev Kapoor. They talk all about how Sanjeev started out, started out the trend of celebrity chefs in India, and lots more. Tune in for a very fun episode. Follow Sanjeev on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanjeevkapoor Subscribe to the new Cyrus Says YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by filmmaker and screenwriter Leena Yadav, who is the creator behind the acclaimed true-crime Netflix docu-series 'House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths', a series that explores the 2018 case of the Chundawat family in the Burari district of Delhi, 11 of whose members were found dead in their house seemingly as a case of mass suicide. Cyrus asks Leena about this harr...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by his trusted sidekicks Amit and Silverie (Antariksh), to talk about the new COVID-19 'Variant of Concern' - Omicron variant. They talk about how the nomenclature for coronavirus variants works, why they seemingly skipped two of the letters of the Greek alphabet - Nu and Xi, whether this could spell a third wave of the virus in India, and lots more. They also talk...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Ashish Singhal, Founder & CEO of CoinSwitch, to talk about the new Cryptocurrency Bill 2021, what the governement's new regulations for the crypto space could end up being, and tons more. They also talk about how CoinSwitch Kuber has evolved over the years, how crypto companies are solving real world problems, how Ashish ended up starting CoinSwitch with his...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Kaushik Roy, Author of the new book 'Alphabetica: A Satire on Majoritarianism', and the President Brand Strategy & Marketing Communication, Reliance Industries. Cyrus talks to Kaushik about his new book, what made him write it, drawing parallels from the book to real life, the universal themes in the book, and more. They talk about the plot, the different fa...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by comedian Navin Noronha, to talk about club memberships, bells for the wait staff, the fastest fast food, the man who got caught for smuggling Squid Game into North Korea, getting caught watching porn, and lots more. Follow Navin on Instagram & Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/houseofnoronha and https://twitter.com/HouseOfNoronha Also, subscribe to Cyrus' Y...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Ganesh Ramani, Managing Director at Mars Petcare India, to talk about pet ownership, the pet homelessness index, the ForPaws AI driven pet lost-and-found app, and tons more. They talk about how Ganesh got into animal and pet welfare, how ForPaws works, how they were able to return a pet to its owner within the first 4 days of launch, no reported cases of COVID i...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Prachi Gangwani, a writer, founder of Keeping Zen, and author of the new book 'Dear Men: Masculinity and Modern Love in #MeToo India'. She talks about what made her write the book, working at a women's lifestyle magazine, some of the common experiences that women face in relationships, what problems men experience in today's heterosexual relationships, couple dy...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by his trusty sidekicks - Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about actors not wanting to sponsor products like alcohol, paan masala, etc, the New York Times video (correction: Silverie said Business Insider by mistake during the recording; link to the video below) that talks about what Democrats do when they're in power, the term NIMBY - Not In My Backyard, Amit...