Leftover Lasagne with Nitin & Tony

In the Catch all 22 episode of Leftover Lasagne, Nitin and Tony throw back to their previous avatar - as talkshow hosts who discuss some of the amusing news from around the world. Join our intrepid explorers along the queues to Tirupati, Coldplay, Wimbledon, and more. We wade into the cognitive dissonance of Hanumankind, and a BJP supporter in an immigration queue, and discuss the correct way to h...

We feel this podcast has veered into far more serious, philosophical and ... dare we say... performative territory than we'd have liked. Episode 21 is an attempt to get back to our comfort zone - being silly. From cryptic shower controls, to inexplicably slow traffic, Tony and Nitin torture each other with their favourite irks. Identify with this list of things that bug us? Drop us a line @kni...

Evolution is a contest between life and nature, and between one species and other species. By subjugating nature and moving to the top of the food chain, have human beings found a cheat code out of the contest? From Olympics to Ozempic, from philanthropy to philosophy, this episode takes you on a Blinkist you will miss mishit ride through specious speakeasy pronouncements on the human condition. S...

In this catchall episode of Leftover Lasagne, Nitin and Tony ponder about the meaning of life. How do we like our coffee and eggs? What does the corporate ladder mean? Who do we look up to? And most importantly - what picture of us would we want other people to remember us by after we're gone? Our intrepid duo tackle these tough questions with zero expertise and full confidence. Hop on!

Imane Khelif's Olympic story got us thinking and we spread our net far and wide this time as we waded headlong into the wildly messy topic of gender. Why do the Olympic games perform a Fosbury Flopshow of a manoeuvre to come up with an arbitrary demarcation separating male from female? And that, at a period in history when we also know that gender is a continuum and not a binary construct? Why...

In this episode involving splashbacks and flashbacks, Nitin and Tony consider some important questions. Is Atheism necessarily superior to following a Religion? Is there a difference between religion and one's own moral code? Does morality come from God? What is the moral code of an atheist? All this and more in yet another deep episode with a light touch on Leftover Lasagne (not lasagna). Fol...

What's the distinction between nationalism and patriotism? Does having words in your national anthem make you more likely to win at football? What does the Delhi metro have in common with the Euro zone? Aren't nurses bigger heroes than armymen? Join Tony and Nitin as they take the scenic route past Kamala Harris and Kamal Haasan, past Donald Trump and Saul Goodman, past Simbu and Mohanlal....

If smart people are susceptible to believing falsehoods and half-truths, how do we find a way to make better decisions? Nitin and Tony explore how thinking in bets can help challenge many of our biases, and how we can grow up to be a little better every day. Also, a new challenged emerges for the title of "whiskey honey voice". Follow us Nitin: https://twitter.com/knittins Tony: https://...

On the 4 month mark of Leftover Lasagne, Nitin and Tony explore the concept of merit. We talk about our own progression on the understanding of merit, privilege, the Ovarian lottery, and what ideal societies could look like.

A week after Father's day celebration, we turn Leftover Lasagne into a Dadpod of Dadbods. Resident dads Nitin & Tony take a look at what fatherhood means. We look at our journey through being dads, and sons of dads and how that has evolved over time. Follow us: Nitin: https://x.com/knittins Tony: https://x.com/notytony

After taking a week off to celebrate the dance of democracy, and the fugues of flu, Nitin and Tony are back with another probing episode. This week our intrepid inquisitors explore the messy planet of cancel culture. Why is death penalty still a thing? Why are we embracing encounter culture instead of counter culture? Is cancel culture just performative? Can our way back media find a way back? And...

Sam Altman got into trouble with Her this week, prompting Nitin and Tony to ask the question - what is copyright, what are its contours, and how do we deal with it? Surely, derivative content based on original art enhances it - but on the other hand, lawyers can get you hard cash for your IP. Which way do we lean? And what has our own journey been? All this and more, in ep 11 of Leftover Lasagne....

Sam Pitroda waded into controversy a few days back with his comments on the physical resemblance the people of India have to Africans, Arabs, Chinese and Europeans. Tony and Nitin dive into the complex manner in which we process, react to and practice (yes, we all do!) racism. What makes human beings innately racist? Is it our animal instinct, or is it just human nature? Why do we break into accen...

Godwin's Law states that "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1". Thankfully, this podcast hasn't descended into that particular type of madness. Yet! In episode 9, Tony and Nitin ponder upon the challenges of content moderation that the open internet faces, and how that challenge shapes online discourse, and...

In episode 8 of LoL, Nitin and Tony bring the Latin, the Pig Latin, and the highfalutin. We layer on the phrase ad hominem, to talk about fallacious arguments and false advertising, the science of communication, and the communication of science.  We explore why we’re prone to consuming the world around us through badly framed headlines, and what we can do about it. And why the best paradox involvi...

Have you ever wondered why self-aggrandising LinkedIn posts never get called out? Aren't we all guilty, contributing to the glut with our own complicit C4BRs? What's it about the corporate world, that makes us dress up, speak and behave so differently from 9 to 5 on weekdays? Does the term 'work-life balance' imply that work is ... the opposite of life? It's a complicated world...

Why does the West look at the developing world with a unhealthy mix of condescension and hypocrisy? In Episode 6, Tony and Nitin try to find out. They row their kayak through the rivers of recent history, encountering patches of surreptitiously exported garbage even as they make stops along the banks to regard the bounteous fauna, notably the Namibian rhino and the Botswanian elephant. And when th...

In episode 5 of Leftover Lasagne, we finally decide it's time to explain what the show is about. With an episode that's nothing like anything we've done before, we realise that the true motto of the show can be summarised as "Fuck around and find out". Join us, Nitin and Tony, as we talk about why we like a good argument. And try to deconstruct how and why we outrage, using t...

How do you prepare for an episode on which you discuss serendipity? Our intrepid hosts Nitin and Tony have decided to just show up and hit the I'm feeling lucky button on Google. Along the way, they discover life's mysteries and weird histories, strange lands, and science's strands, and much more. What do Japanese bread rolls have to do with cancer detection? Join in and find out. Sinc...

Robert F Kennedy once said, " Some men see things as they are and ask, "Why?" Tony and Nitin look at things as they are, and ask - why don't we make a podcast episode?" (Citation needed) So here we are, in Episode 3, in which we question silly conventions. Why are people referred to with their surnames and not their first names? Why do perfectly sane human beings wear ties,...

In our second episode, Tony and Nitin dive into the pettest of their many pet peeves - cliché central! Come join us for a never-before-seen tete-e-tete... Laugh with us until the cows come home to the bulls in the china shop. Watch this space for more, and meanwhile send us your favourite cliches in the comments section.

What connects CAPTCHAs to Elon Musk's progeny, and Swiggy refunds to PM Modi singing Tamil songs? Find out in In Episode 1 of Leftover Lasagne, where Tony and Nitin stack up layers upon layers of stories involving interactions between human intelligence and artificial intelligence. Hopefully at the end of this episode, none of your questions around the dangers of too much tech will be left &#3...

In the pilot episode of Leftover Lasagne, Nitin and Tony come up with the name for the show, and hop around the khau galis of their minds to talk about food culture, running, Instagram, and tribalism. In parts provocative, profound, and profane, Leftover Lasagne will be a weekly diversion that's always fully pro-fun. Hop in.