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The world's largest consumer electronics show of the year happened in early Jan, and it clearly took the gang some time to wrap their head around everything that happened in Las Vegas. From new gadgets to new tech and trends, the boys talk about it all. From potentially planet-saving tech like plant-based meat, to, er, a robot that delivers you toilet paper - it's all here. We also make many bad p...

Simblified upgraded from a rusty bike to a creaky autorickshaw when we got Srikeit on as a 3rd host a few years ago, and now we've traded our beloved tuk-tuk to a sleek electric car zippin' down the highways, turning heads and causing admiration, all while delighting onlookers and generally improving lives of everyone who happens to be within 3 sq km of it. Um, well - at least that's what we told...

And finally, we're at part 4 of the year-end review, even though by the time you hear this episode, 1/12th of 2020 is already over. Hopefully, your resolutions aren't! This is the last part of the 2019 review (phew, finally!). While we've done a ton of topical Simblification, we thought we'd have a look at some of the major themes that kept coming back to bite us in the arse in 2019. The Simblifie...

Oooh, this is a loaded episode! The Simblified gang carries on with part 3 of their 2019 review even though by the time you hear this we're well into the crap 2020 will bring. While we've done a ton of topical Simblification, we thought we'd have a look at some of the major themes that kept coming back to bite us in the arse in 2019. The Simblified gang break have a freewheeling, absolutely unscri...

The Simblified gang carries on with their 2019 review because they have nothing better to do. While we've done a ton of topical Simblification, we thought we'd have a look at some of the major themes that kept coming back to bite us in the arse in 2019. The Simblified gang break have a freewheeling, absolutely unscripted conversation on some key topics that kept hitting headlines through the year...

It's the end of a very eventful year (assuming nothing happens in the last 3 days). While we've done a ton of topical Simblification, we thought we'd have a look at some of the major themes that kept coming back to bite us in the arse in 2019. The Simblified gang break have a freewheeling, absolutely unscripted conversation on some key topics that kept hitting headlines through the year (and... ma...

Short answer - yes. Since time immemorial, smut has pushed technology - from cave paintings to virtual reality and everything in between. The internet has been a particularly rewarded beneficiary of people's desires for the naughty. Join Chuck and Srikeit as they unravel this, while admirably staying away from innuendos. NEW TO SIMBLIFIED? It's an Indian podcast - probably the best to come from Ma...

Anyone tuned in to the constant laughter track (aka News) coming from the US will definitely have heard of Democrats attempts to impeach their Orange Overlord. But what really is impeachment? What are its rules? And when (if ever) does it end? Join Chuck and Srikeit as they attempt to simblify impeachment beginning with what a peach has to do with removing someone from office. NEW TO SIMBLIFIED? I...

This week, we've got you a special crossover episode featuring your very truly Simblified and Post Cards From Nowhere hosted by our good friend, Utsav Mamoria. Some of Utsav's conversation with us on our previous episodes on 'How to Travel on a Desi Budget' have been polished and published on his new podcast ,so we thought of adding those snippets together for you! We hope you enjoy this collabora...

Yes, back in school, Civics was like the token black guy of social studies. Who had time to learn about elected officials while deciduous trees and various dates were waiting to be mugged up! But as we grow older, wiser and more responsible, we find ourselves using the things we were supposed to study in 7th standard more and more useful (no, trigonometry, not you). Meghnad and Shreyas, hosts of a...

On this light-hearted shortie, Srikeit and Naren simblify the figure of speech, Paraprosdokian. Yes, that's one heck of a tongue twister. Join them in this episode as they give you humourous examples and guide you to unexpect the expected. NEW TO SIMBLIFIED? It's an Indian podcast - probably the best to come from Malad West - that takes things that happen around us, and deconstructs them in a lang...

After a series of celebrating our milestone, we are back to continue our normal episodes with mildy researched topics and a little banter, not that it was any different previously. All banter aside, this week, we dive deep into the sensitive topic of behavioural addiction. Srikeit and Naren simblify what behavioural addiction is, the neurochemistry of the brain and how we can help someone sufferin...

We are finally done with our 150th episode special, yes we swear this time it's over and it took us only 6 parts to end it. We hope that you enjoyed this interactive journey and would like to thank each and every one of you who took the time to write to us and patiently listened throughout this series. It has been an amazing journey so far! Alright, enough with the acceptance award speech and let'...

Will this ever end? Perhaps not soon. We've received an overwhelming response from you guys and want to try and answer all of your questions! So yes, we've put together another 150th episode. On this Srikeitless episode, Chuck and Naren break down the dying question, why is sion called shiv and why do the local cabs in Mumbai have certain surburbs mentioned at the back of them but will go anywhere...

Goodness, another 150th episode? This is a running joke now which we hope carries through till our 200th episode. Yup, we crossed 150 recently, and to celebrate, we asked our fans to send in some questions and boy did we get a lot! In this episode, Chuck & Srikeit simblify Brexit (always a hilarious topic) and Dubai. Thank you to @Clytone (Instagram), @siddharthdudeja (Instagram) and everyone who...

What, yet another 150th episode? Well, yes. We got way too many requests from our listeners- so you have only yourselves to blame, actually. This week, we have only the young scallywags Chuck and Srikeit, as Naren was... well... contributing to the economy. In this episode, we look at the effect of various intoxicants on the brain (purely from theoretical research of course), the importance of spa...

In this second part of our 150th episode (whatever that means), we continue what we did with the first part. As you know, we asked our listeners to send in ideas for things we can Simblify to celebrate this little milestone. Once again - thank you for the overwhelming response. If you don't like these episodes, you now have only yourselves to blame. Once again, we have a whole bunch of kickass que...

That's right, you let us ramble on unchecked and we'll eventually hit a milestone. So we collectively raise our podcasting bats (or... mics) to acknowledge the deafening cheers that accompany our 150th episode! To celebrate (or... finding a way out since we were too lazy to do anything) - we asked our dear listeners to send in ideas for things we can Simblify! Thank you for the overwhelming respon...

Hey Simblified listeners! We would want to inform you that there will be no episode this week. However, we will be celebrating our 150th episode milestone next week. Hurray! In the meantime, please do send in concepts, theories, anything you can think of, for us to simblify and with our expert analysis and persisting banter, we will have them deconstructed within the limited time. Tune in next wee...

Hey Simblified listeners! We would like to inform you that there won't be any episode out this week or next week. We're extremely sorry and we understand that some of you can't do without your regular Simblified programming. However, we are planning something big over the next few weeks to celebrate our 150th episode milestone and will need your help! That's right! We will require you guys to send...

This shortie has everything - drugs, lots of sex and the resulting hippos. To make sense of that, join Chuck and Srikeit for this fascinating story of how Pablo Escobar's bizarre legacy continues to bother the Colombian government nearly 30 years after his death. This episode is just like one of Escobar's hippos: short, plump and bloody hilarious! NEW TO SIMBLIFIED? It's an Indian podcast - probab...

We've seen a lot of action in the space of financial technology in the last few years. Satyen Kothari knows a thing or five about the space, having started multiple companies, including Citrus Payments and Cube Wealth, his newest venture that aims to make investing simple and relateable. Srikeit and Chuck have a chat with him, traversing lots of terrain - including startup stories, life at Stanfor...

Apartheid. South Africa. Cricket World Cup. Somehow, those three terms seem to be linked uncomfortably together - so the Simblified gang (or, 2/3rds of it anyway) have a look at how South African cricket got themselves in a spot of trouble in the first place. It's a fascinating story of a cricketer called Basil D'Oliviera, racist politicians, some bribery and a lot of circumstances falling in plac...

Crosswords - those quaint old things, delighting pun lovers since time immemorial - are notoriously difficult things to put together (let alone solve). So the guys who make them must be some other-level geniuses only. Your hosts aren't - but luckily, we managed to get someone on the show! Tony Sebastian is a cruciverbalist (yes, that's what they're called) who has set crosswords for The Hindu, and...

HOWZAAAAAAAT! Sorry, we had to catch your attention. In this episode, the Simblified guys look at the fascinating technology that is Hawkeye, how it works and how it's used in other sports (including, for some reason, golf, which, for some reason, thinks it's a sport). Anyway, this shortie episode also tells you some fascinating trivia like when the first time it was used was, and how much it cost...