Pops in a Pod

In the 2nd episode of Fathers' month Nadir Pop & Peter Pop are joined by Tuhin Paul.  Tuhin is the artist and storyteller of Menstrupedia, a fast-growing startup that offers high social impact educational materials in the form of comic books, workshops, and animated videos. Tuhin spoke to the Pop duo about the origins of Menstrupedia, his parenting journey, the inspiration behind Gullu, their expe...

Nadir Pop & Peter Pop will be curating Fathers' month all of June.  Their guest in the first episode is Cary Edwards. Cary has played different roles in the media and entertainment industry, last year he became a dad to twins.  The self described multi hyphenate shares with the Pop duo his experience with being a unmarried father and the challenges it had brought so far. Tune in to find out more....

It's June and the Pops are back with Fathers' month. This time around they will be bringing stories of 4 Dads from across India.  Stay tuned for more.  Get in touch with the Pop duo on popsinapod@gmail.com Follow Pops In A Pod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/popsinapod/    Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/popsinapod  Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/PopsinaPod Nadir currently is the Di...

With Father's Day coming up, the Pops will be curating Fathers' month all of June. To preface this is a special episode, Peter Pop speaks to his Pop, Mr. Subramani.  They chat about being a parent in the Middle East in the 80's and 90's and the challenges it brought, being a involved parent then and even some stories about Peter Pop's childhood. Tune in! Get in touch with the Pop duo on popsinapod...

The Pop duo are back with another episode of Parenting in Films. On this episode they discuss the Oscar winning film, King Richard.  King Richard is a biographical sports drama film starring Will Smith as Richard Williams, the father and coach of famed tennis players Venus and Serena Williams. The film highlights the sacrifice and perseverance of Richard Williams and his wife Brandy to make their...

In this Mother's Day special episode Nadir Pop and Peter Pop speak to Zehra Naqvi about her experience as a mother and partner. Zehra Naqvi is an author, independent journalist and mother. She writes on gender, social issues, literature, heritage, culture and parenting and her articles have been published in Indian Express, The Hindu and many other publications. Her memoir The Reluctant Mother: A...

Nadir Pop and Peter Pop both enjoy reading books a lot and have spoken to multiple authors on the podcast over the past couple years. This Saturday, the 23rd is World Book and copyright day Day by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote reading, publishing, and copyright. Interesting trivia, the day is also the anniversary of the death of William Sh...

Conflict and war are a difficult topic to discuss especially with children. Nadir Pop and Peter Pop are joined by 2 guests on this informative episode to better understand how to explain the topic of conflict and war to children, pre-schoolers as well as teenagers. Dr. Swati Popat Vats and Dr. Wilona Annunciation share with the Pop duo their experiences as an educator and psychiatrist respectively...

An episode that Nadir Pop and Peter Pop were not sure would happen when they recorded Welcome to 2022 a few months ago. Their kids attended school in person. The Pop duo discuss expectations before school started, the initial days of school and also how their kids are now.  Every parent will relate to this episode.  Get in touch with the Pop duo on popsinapod@gmail.com Follow Pops In A Pod Instagr...

One of the realizations that Nadir Pop & Peter Pop had on the previous episode To Buy or Not to Buy - Pre school edition was that their kids have too much stuff. This week the Pop Duo speak to Freyan Bhujwala & Kanika Vasudeva from The Share Bear thesharebear.in on sustainable living, mindful parenting and promoting a circular economy, in an easy and convenient manner. Their vision is to normalise...

One of the earliest episode of the podcast was To Buy or Not to Buy, where Nadir Pop and Peter Pop discussed things they had bought for their newborns. Now that their children are in pre school, the Pop duo discuss the expected & unexpected expenses and also learnings that they have had so far.   The articles discussed in the episode are the following :- https://www.livemint.com/money/personal-fin...

Last year on Women's Day, Nadir Pop and Peter Pop spoke to Priya Krishnan, Chief Client & Experience Officer, Bright Horizons about Women in the Workforce.  This year the Pop duo are joined by Aparna Acharekar, co-founder of Eve World, a Web3 platform for women.   Aparna spoke to the Pops about the insight behind the platform, the Eve World creator program, the importance of a community and how it...

In their first in-studio episode, Nadir Pop and Peter Pop are joined by power couple Varun Duggirala and Pooja Jauhari. Varun Duggirala is co-founder and content chief, and Pooja Jauhari is CEO of, The Glitch, India's leading full-service creative agency. Varun also hosts 3 podcasts, and is the author of Everything Is Out of Syllabus – an instruction manual on optimising life for happiness and hig...

Nadir Pop and Peter Pop are joined by writer, illustrator and educationist, Deepa Balsavar. Winner of the 6th edition of the Big Little Book Awards (BLBA) instituted by the Parag initiative of Tata Trusts, Deepa has many award-winning books to her name such as ‘The Seed’ and ‘The Lonely King and Queen’.Deepa shared with the Pop duo the importance of children's literature, the changes in Indian lit...

Nadir Pop & Peter Pop are back again talking about one of their favourite subjects, education. They are joined by Amrita Patwardhan, head of education portfolio at Tata Trusts. The Pop duo spoke to Amrita Patwardhan about the recently announced 6th Big Little Book Awards (BLBA), organised by the Parag initiative of Tata Trust, the proposed hybrid model of learning at schools, implementation of the...

In the past couple years, Nadir Pop and Peter Pop attended a few parties and even weddings via Zoom because of restrictions due to Covid-19. Recently they spoke to a couple who not only got married during this pandemic but met and fell in love during it. Meet Anurag Tagat and Jaanam Dewan. The Pop duo speak to them about the unconventional story across the country that originated through a social...

In August last year, Nadir Pop and Peter Pop discussed dating the Digital Age with journalist Samreen Tungekar and digital marketer Aditya Rao. On this episode they discuss dating and marriage across India with author Vivan Marwah. Vivan is a user researcher and the author of What Millennials Want. He traveled more than 30,000 kilometers across 13 Indian states to interview more than 900 millennia...

Nadir Pop & Peter Pop are back with another episode on Finance. This time they are joined by 2 moms, Binal Gandhi & Soneera Sanghvi. Binal & Soneera are authors of the recently released book, “From Piggybank to Portfolio - How to Raise Financially Smart Kids”. They spoke to the Pop duo about their book, introducing kids to the concept of money, their own experiences with finance growing up and as...

On this episode of Entrepreneur Parents, Nadir Pop and Peter Pop are joined by serial entrepreneur Sean Li. Sean shares with the Pop duo, his entrepreneurship journey, interest into podcasting that led to launching 2 businesses in the space, balancing being a parent and running a business and more.  Sean Li is a serial entrepreneur having launched and sold multiple businesses over the past 10+ yea...

New Year. New Trailer.  Get in touch with the Pop duo on popsinapod@gmail.com Follow Pops In A Pod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/popsinapod/    Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/popsinapod  Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/PopsinaPod Nadir currently leads the Business Development division at a digital agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – prod...

The Pop duo are back!  In the first episode of 2022, Nadir Pop and Peter Pop discuss how the year has been for them so far, their things there are unsure about in the coming months and also what they are really looking forward to.   What are you looking forward to in 2022? Let the Pop Duo know on popsinapod@gmail.com Follow Pops In A Pod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/popsinapod/    Faceboo...

It’s December already and it’s been quite a year for Pops in a Pod. The recent Spotify Wrapped campaign gave Nadir Pop and Peter Pop quite a few data points about the podcast. They share some of it on this episode along with discussing the episodes from the past year that have stood out in their memory. Tune in to find out more.  Links to episodes mentioned -  An episode that the Pops think that e...

The Pop duo are back with Part 2 of the Science of Dads with Dr. Rakesh Kapur, a management consultant and director of the NGO BambooTree. Dr. Rakesh shared the changes in involvement of fathers in India, the barriers faced by fathers and the impact of involved fathers on the life of a child. Tune in to find out more.  Get in touch with the Pop Duo with feedback, questions and more  on popsinapod@...

On this episode Nadir Pop & Peter Pop discuss the science of Dads, yes it exists. They are joined by Dr. Rakesh Kapur, a management consultant and director of the NGO BambooTree. In Part 1 of their chat, Dr. Rakesh Kapur shares some interesting studies about parenting with the Pop duo along with some anecdotes. Tune in to find out more. Get in touch with the Pop Duo with feedback, questions and mo...

This month is observed as Movember around the world. Men are encouraged to grow moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men's health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men's suicide. This movement started in 2003. On this episode, Nadir Pop and Peter Pop are joined by Dr. Vashistha Maniar to discuss cancer among men. They discuss the early symptoms of can...