Cyrus Says

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Dr. Ashish Contractor, Director: Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai. Dr. Contractor is an expert in the medical field as well as a marathoner. Cyrus and Dr. Contractor talk about preventive cardiology and sports cardiology, his book called 'The Heart Truth' which talks about living with heart disease, eating eggs af...

On this episode of Cock & Bull, Cyrus is joined by Pavan Srinath (host of The Pragati Podcast and Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast), along with Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about Cyrus' background looking less like a government office with all the files gone, about, Pavan's two podcasts on the IVM Podcasts network, his recent travel to Goa - how he was taken aback by the non-strictness of...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Gaurav Sharma (aka Sharma G), Chief Programming & Digital Strategy Officer for Fever FM, Radio Nasha & Radio One, India’s most successful Radio Network. They talk about Gaurav's journey, how things started out for him, being fond of theatre since his school days, coming across radio in the 90’s, his Planet M venture from the early 2000's, other radio sta...

On this episode of Cyrus Says, Cyrus is joined by Utsav Mamoria, the host of Postcards From Nowhere on the IVM Network, along with Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about Utsav's podcast and the new theme 'alien landscapes' on it, Utsav shifting to Manali for two months, Rihana's tweet about the farmers' protests in India and Kangana (and other celebs') response to them, the military coup in M...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Anant Rangaswami, Advertiser, Author & Editor of MELT on WION TV. They talk about the posters of famous people that Anant has behind him during the recording - from Johnny Depp to Sachin Tendulkar, and then take us back in time and talk about Anant's initial years in advertising, writing two books and what they were about, the best and worst ads ever made, t...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by the great Prakash Bhanu Mehta, celebrated Indian Academician and Contributing Editor & Columnist for The Indian Express. Pratap is also an author, scholar and commentator. Cyrus and Pratap discuss various aspects of the Budget 2021, how a budget is basically a promise by the government which is contingent on lots of 'if this happens, then this promise will b...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about Kunal Kamra's extremely ballsy affidavit in response to the contempt proceedings taking place against him in the Supreme Court, a Congress MLC from Karnataka getting caught for watching 'adult content' during an Assembly session and the ridiculous reason he gave after it came out in the news, Amit takes us through the...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by actor and writer Hemant Kher (Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story), he talks about playing Ashwin Mehta on the show Scam 1992 directed by Hansal Mehta, studying at National School of Drama, Cyrus and Hemant's common friendship with Gopal Dutt, how he got into writing non-fiction shows and also working on them as a creative director, the non-difference between an...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by his dear friend Siddharth Kannan, Radio Host, Emcee, Voice Over Professional & YouTuber, to reminisce about some hilarious stories from the time they worked with each other, how Sid K went from being a ball boy in Lucknow to being such a prominent voice in radio, starting at 14 years of age, meeting Cyrus at age 17, being late for his first day on the job, S...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by entrepreneur and video game developer Vishal Gondal, Founder - nCore Games, Founder & CEO - GOQii, and host of The Vishal Gondal Show podcast on the IVM Network. Cyrus and Vishal talk about Vishal's podcast, Vishal being called the 'father of the Indian gaming industry', how he was obsessed with making games and playing them as a kid, being a national-level...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by British-American author and journalist Aatish Taseer, to talk about how and why his OCI card was taken away by the Indian government, growing up in India and not meeting his father (who was Pakistani) till he was 21 years old, getting blacklisted so he can't even travel to India anymore, why it seems like fascists lack a sense of humour, his book 'Our Freedoms'...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by comedian, improviser and founder of Improv Comedy Mumbai - Adam Dow, along with Amit and Silverie (Antariksh). Cyrus and Adam talk about Adam having trained the likes of Kaneez Surka and Tanmay Bhat in the art of Improv, working with some of the biggest improvisers like Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles from 'Whose Line is it Anyway?', the state of curfews in the Un...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by two guests - author Shantanu Naidu, Deputy General Manager, Office of Ratan N. Tata, and Maharshi Dave, Sparsh Trustee & Partner at DSL Law Associates, along with Silverie (Antariksh), to talk about Shantanu's book 'I Came Upon a Lighthouse: A Short Memoir of Life with Ratan Tata', how he came to write the book, their animal welfare initiative called 'Motopa...

The India vs Australia Test Series just ended with a historic victory for India on many levels. On this episode, Cyrus is joined by fellow 'cricket deewanis' and comedians Abijit Ganguly and Siddharth Dudeja, to discuss some of the major highlights from the series, Cyrus' hate of '15min cricket lovers', Abijit's similarities with the other famous Ganguly, Rahul Gandhi holding a press conference th...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by comedian Kajol Srinivasan, along with Amit and Antariksh, to talk about Trump's last day in the White House, Biden's inauguration and Trump not attending it, comedian Munawar Faruqui still being in jail for jokes he didn't even crack - 20 days without bail, the movie Tandav and the 'controversy' regarding it supposedly 'hurting Hindu sentiments', what Kangana Ra...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Dr. Mickey Mehta, Global Leading Holistic Health Guru & Corporate Lifecoach, to talk about health and wellness during lockdown times, practising yoga for over 51 years now, Dr. Mickey shows us a couple of yoga postures, the tenet in Jainism called 'santhara', the need to program ourselves to be better, and then discuss news stories like the COVID vaccination...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by the fascinating man that is Amish Tripathi. Amish is a bestselling author and diplomat who has just released his latest book 'Dharma: Decoding the Epics for a Meaningful Life' co-authored by Bhavna Roy. Cyrus and Amish talk about how London and England are doing with the pandemic as compared to India, the city of London having more cases per day than all of Indi...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by comedian and beloved ex-producer of the show Abbas Momin, along with Amit and Antariksh, to talk about what Abbas has been upto lately, and get into some crazy news topics like a Republic politician shouting 'Heil Hitler' at a protest and then correcting herself saying that she had actually meant to say 'Mein Fuhrer', a South Korean city paying couples to have k...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by his close friend, fellow comedian and food writer Kunal Vijayakar, along with Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about alcohol consumption among women in Gujarat, Trump and his 2nd impeachment, whether it'll actually make any difference, how some Republicans are in favour of the impeachment this time around as well, the conspiracy theory that states that Hele...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by comedian Abijit Ganguly, along with Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about the biggest news stories of the day - Trump supporters, who barged into the US Capitol in Washington DC on the 6th of Jan, being arrested from their homes and landing up on no-fly lists of airlines, Sourav Ganguly suffering from a heart attack, the Indian cricket team and it's lack o...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by journalist, author and board game designer Abeer Kapoor, along with Amit and Silverie (Antariksh). Cyrus and Abeer talk about Abeer's career, writing the book 'The Most Notorious Jailbreakers', being a Kapoor from UP, his love for crime and detective stories, how he designed his board game, the notorious smuggler Daniel Hailey Walcott Jr. who stumped Indian poli...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Sanjoy Roy, Managing Director - TeamWork Arts, and the force behind some amazing cultural festivals like the Jaipur Literature Festival. Also joining them are Amit and Silverie (Antariksh). Cyrus and Sanjoy talk about the online version of the Jaipur Literature Festival, the White House presenting Sanjoy with the US President’s Committee of Arts and Humanities A...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by comedian Punit Pania, along with Amit and Antariksh, to talk about the craziness behind comedian Munawar Faruqui's arrest, give updates on the case and the fact that he's still not been granted bail, the Capitol Hill seige in Washington DC, whether Trump will actually be removed from office before the transition date of 20th January, and lots more! Tune in for p...

On this episode of Cyrus Says, Cyrus is joined by renowned and accomplished Psychiatrist Dr. Kersi Chavda, (along with Amit and Silverie (Antariksh)) to talk about how Dr. Kersi got into the field of psychiatry, the fear and misunderstanding around the coronavirus outbreak, the problem with not wearing masks correctly, the anxiety of going back out when things like local trains open back up, the r...

Cyrus Says is now livestreamed every Monday to Friday at 10.00am on YouTube. Don't miss out on all the fun! On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Nirmika Singh, poet, lyrics & Executive Editor at Rolling Stone India, along with Amit and Antariksh. Cyrus and Nirmika talk about Rolling Stone India, the music scene in the country, shout-out a tribute to the great AR Rahman on his birthday, Nirmika...