Cyrus Says

This week on Cyrus Says, Cyrus is joined by Sarang Sathe and Paula McGlynn, creators of the popular Marathi YouTube channel Bharatiya Digital Party or BhaDiPa. Sarang & Paula talk about their first meeting at the Toronto film festival, the car ride to Pune years later which birthed the idea of BhadiPa, the need and opportunities for regional content in India, the urban youth that consumes American...

Every once in a while we pack in not one, not three but FIVE people on Cock & Bull and this week is one such episode. Joining Cyrus Broacha this week are TV producer and host Rajiv Lakshman, comedians Siddharth Dudeja and Sriraam Padmanabhan and IVM "proprietor" Amit Doshi. Together they discuss whether watching porn in the assembly is anti-national, the Chandrayan-2 ordeal, Trump calling off peac...

This week on LANSO Cyrus is joined by comedian and podcaster Siddharth Dudeja to talk about how despite various cricket tournaments happening simutaneously, the Ashes are still clearly grabbing the most eyeballs. They also briefly talk about the excellence of Steve Smith, the English crowd's reaction to him and their favourite frankie rolls. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week On Cyrus Says, Cyrus Broacha is joined by Srishti Arya - Director of international originals at Netflix India. Cyrus does away with the "formal" questions in the first half trying to find out how Netflix green lights original content, what are some trends that point towards success, and whether he can star in a Netflix original with Priyanka Chopra. In the second half he talks to Srishti...

This week on Cock & Bull Cyrus is joined in the studio by restaurateur & podcaster Gauri Devidayal, Amit and Abbas. In the fist half Gauri breaks down the stand off between food delivery apps like Zomato and restaurants and how it is affecting the restaurant business at large and what she thinks might be a way out. In the second half the four of them discuss the economic slowdown, the final NRC li...

On this week's LANSO Cyrus and Abbas talk about how the West indies team crumbled against India in the test series and how the empty stands were disappointing, which is in deep contrast to the Ashes where some quality cricket is taking place in front of house full crowds. Cyrus also briefly touches upon the New Zealand's tour of Sri Lanka and how that series is turning out to be a competitive one....

It's an IVM podcasts crossover on Cyrus Says this week as hosts of the show 'Football Shootball' Gaurav Sapre, Kartik Iyer and Sivaram Parameswaran join Cyrus for a fun chat about why Indian urban kids root for EPL teams, will India ever host the football world cup, how much is technology helpful to the sport and what binds football, advertising and Bollywood together. You can listen to all episod...

It's time for another Cock and Bull! Joining Cyrus Broacha in the studio this week are comedian and podcaster Mikhail Almeida, Amit who's back from his US trip, and Abbas who is in the studio as always. The four of them discuss the Amazon fires and the possible political angle to them, former finance minister Chidambram's arrest, the debate over how soon is 'too soon' to criticize a recently decea...

On this week's 'Cyrus Says' cricket special LANSO, Cyrus is joined by comedian and podcaster Mikhail Almeida. They talk about the magnificent 3rd test between England and Australia and the superb summer that Ben Stokes is having. They try and trace the incident that got him into form and also discuss what changes the English and Aussie teams should make to get an upper hand in the next test. They...

On this week's Cyrus Says making a comeback in the studio is Rytasha Rathore but this time around she's brought her best friend Ayushi Amin along. The 2 of them talk to Cyrus about their new podcast 'Agla Station Adulthood', the perils of growing up, dealing with responsibilities and try to dig into why our education or society does not prepare us for it. They also share some funny dating stories,...

On this week's Cock & Bull Cyrus is joined by Aakash Mehta and Abbas Momin. Cyrus and Aakash score Abbas' choice of discussion topics throughout and while they're at it the three of them discuss celebrities getting trolled because of political opinions, the post prime minister ship career of Indian PM's, memorial plaques for glaciers, and what makes for permissible evidence in court in light of th...

On this week's Left-Arm-Not-So-Orthodox Cyrus is joined by comedian and podcaster Aakash Mehta. The 2 of them talk about what might be in store in the upcoming India-West Indies test series and also the devastating spell by England fast bowler Jofra Archer against Australia in the second Ashes test. How was cricket history made because of Steve Smith's concussion? Find out by tuning into the episo...

On episode 414 of Cyrus Says, Cyrus is joined by pastry Vinesh Johny, co-founder and executive chef at Lavonne academy of baking science and pastry arts. Vinesh and Cyrus will talk about how him and his partners chose the name 'Lavonne', growing up in Bangalore, getting interested in hotel management, how competitive the pastry school entrance procedure is, the secret behind 'black forest', what a...

It's Independence day and it's brand new Cock & Bull day as well! Stand-up comic and co-host of the podcast 'How to Citizen' Shreyas Manohar joins Cyrus and Abbas and they start off by recollecting their most horrible stand-up stories. The 3 of them then discuss Sonia Gandhi's return as Congress chief, the Haryana CM's 'Kashmiri women' jibe and whether the outrage is political correctness gone hay...

On this week's 'Left-arm-not-so-orthodox' Cyrus is joined by comedian and podcaster Shreyas Manohar. The two of them talk about the India-West Indies ODI, Virat's century, the change in cricketing season in the Caribbean, and discuss Rakheem Cornwall and some other plus sized players in the past. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Cyrus is joined in the studio by renowned filmmaker, writer, and producer Anees Bazmee. Anees talks to Cyrus about being in a unique position of having worked with the legends as well as newcomers of the Indian film industry, his work as a child artist, his memories of working with Raj Kapoor, his string of successful comedies in the latter part of his career and his illustrious writing...

It was a major news week and we on Cock and Bull try to make sense of it with our limited knowledge. Cyrus is joined in the studio by Kunal Vijaykar, Amit Doshi and Abbas, We discuss the very convoluted abrogation of article 370 in Kashmir, Zomato getting embroiled in religious politics, Ravish Kumar winning the Magsaysay award and Kunal Kamra's show in Surat getting cancelled due to threats from...

On this week's LANSO Cyrus is joined by his producer Abbas Momin and they both fawn over one of the best cricketing comebacks of modern times- that of Australian batsman Steve Smith. The two of them discuss how the first Ashes test put on display everything great about test cricket and whether England could've batted through the 5th day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's Cyrus Says, Cyrus is joined by Eva Bhatt - host of the podcast 9XM SoundcastE, and head of Bollywood content at 9XM media. Eva talks to Cyrus about watching him on TV while growing up, getting to hang out in Mannat while she waited to interview Shah Rukh Khan, growing up in Bhuj, working on the Great Indian Comedy Show, breaking in to 9XM, her new podcast 9XM SoundcastE and to top i...

It's Cock and Bull time, and this week joining Cyrus, Abbas and Amit in the studio is comedian and writer Mukesh Manjunath. The four of them discuss tracing ancestry, Boris Johnson, PM Modi with Bear Grylls, Rahul Bose's five star banana drama, and Jio overtaking Vodafone as India's largest telecom network. Follow Mukesh Manjunath on instagram at  @mukeshmanjunath Do send in AMA questions for Cyru...

On this week's LANSO Cyrus is joined by comedian and writer Mukesh Manjunath. The two of them give their opinion and analysis of the Edgbaston test that kicks off the Ashes, how England is expected to perform in the light of the recent England-Ireland match, and Mukesh makes an argument about why Australia are the favourites to dominate the Ashes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

This week on Cyrus Says we have a crossover episode. Aniruddha Guha and Janice Sequiera of the podcast 'Mr. & Mrs. Binge-Watch' join Cyrus in the studio. The three of them talk about Janice's online show 'social media star' and put the stars she's interviewed through the Cyrus scanner, argue over what counts for an 'official remake', discuss about how spouses with different tastes in film and TV g...

On this week's Cock & Bull Cyrus is joined in the studio by start-up guy Varun Mukerji, Amit and Abbas. In the first half Varun talks about his wishberry campaign of 'Mantri Cards' - trump cards with politicians, his app ' besides.in ' which shares bit-sized, verifiable facts and and his company 'Reach' (find all the relevant links below). They later discuss the tussle between Priyanka Gandhi and...

In our first post world cup LANSO Cyrus is joined by journalists, film/tv critics & sports enthusiasts Aniruddha Guha & Janice Sequeira. Aniruddha has some strong opinions about Dhoni's place in the team and the Indian team's performance in the latter stages of the world cup and Janice notes how MS might be a victim of the 'senior cleansing' he brought about in the Indian team when he was captain....

This week Cyrus is joined by Harshit Kohli, lawyer and founder of Swayam Farmer Foundation. Harshit talks about how he got started with Swayam, why more people in urban areas should care about farming and farmers, sharing his surname with the Indian cricket captain, and his beginnings in Kanpur. Find out more about Swayam at:  http://www.swayamfarmer.org/ Do send in AMA questions for Cyrus by twee...