Far From Fact

Far From Fact

By Husein Merchant and Keshav NaiduComedy
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Far From Fact episodes

  • 39: PETA against cow milk, Space washing machine, Distance learning
    PETA launched an anti-cow milk campaign and got trolled on Twitter. The lads jump in and share their take on the matter. They also share their take on the newly designed Russian washing machine that helps astronauts wash their dirty linen in outer space. Plus this week, the UGC catches their attention with the new decision to stop agriculture courses for distance education.+ Music credit - Simon D’Souza+ Write to us - [email protected]
    25 min
  • 38: Wanted Chinese baby, Dead bodies of Everest, Lost board papers
    Looks like exam fever has got the lads as well. But first, they must address the story that has the Chinese internet trolling their Police - Mostly ‘cos they posted a baby picture on a Wanted poster - for an adult. But the lads have plenty to laugh about back home as well, as pointed out by this school teacher who lost exam papers in an auto rickshaw. Lastly, they turn their attention to Nepal, where melting glaciers have uncovered bodies of climbers who died on their Everest adventure.

    + Music credit - Simon D’Souza+ Write to us - [email protected]
    26 min
  • 37: PMO’s Twitter faux-pas, IIT-B Food poisoning, Hair grafts
    The lads strike up some lively political banter this week, all thanks to the auto-reply from the PM’s twitter account that had the internet laughing for a few days. Then they move to more serious topics like the man who lost his life due to a shoddy hair graft and lastly, 30 IIT-B girls who had to be hospitalised after eating sweets served in the hostel mess. + Music credit - Simon D’Souza+ Write to us - [email protected]
    27 min
  • 36: PUBG, Fake deaf man, Ambani wedding
    So Rajkot city has decided to ban PUBG and the lads are not taking to it kindly. Catch them break into a tiny rash with their salty quips on the ban and bans in general. They also try to make sense of an 84 year old man who played deaf for 62 years. Say what now? Before finally venturing into the wedding of the month, if not the quarter - The Akash Ambani- Shloka Mehta event that has taken Indian media by storm the last couple of days. 

    + Music credit - Simon D’Souza+ Write to us - [email protected]
    27 min
  • 35: Wng. Cdr. Abhinandan, Cooking robots, 13 Ft. tall sloths
    Wing Commander Abhinandan is back in the country and lads can’t resist a juicy issue to help them go off on a tangent. Next they sink their teeth into the AI robot that can cook delicious one-pot meals, before trying to solve the odd mystery of the extinct giant sloths that disappeared around 10,000 years ago.
    + Music credit - Simon D’Souza+ Write to us - [email protected]
    25 min
  • Episode 34 - ICICI scam, Board exams, Museum artefacts
    The ICICI Videocon scam and the lookout circular issued by CBI in the name of Chanda Kochchar takes centrestage this week. Catch the lads, as they cook up theories with their trademark ill-informed banter. Also this week, they talk Board exams, as the Nation’s youth go to war with the ultimate test of their young careers. Followed by the new-found ethical dilemma being faced by western museums that house artefacts that don’t belong to their national heritage.
    26 min
  • Episode 33 - Missing trains, IST 2, Special listener guest
    They are back from their breaks and are as fresh as daisies. Once again it’s the Indian Railway that gets the lads scratching their beards. Catch them, as they try to make sense of IRCTC punctuality and the proposed new IST 2 time zone for north-east India. Plus, shaking things up this week is a special listener guest, all the way from Australia. 
    + Music credit - Simon D’Souza+ Write to us - [email protected]
    32 min
  • Episode 32 - Naga sadhus, Australia’s 100-Year floods, Queen and Brexit
    The lads wax philosophical as they try to make sense of the Naga Sadhus, before quickly resorting the more familiar territory of unadulterated ignorance in the form of Australia’s once in a 100 year floods. And finally, the showstopper in the form of the Britain’s evacuation plans for the Queen should the no-deal Brexit turn ugly.
    + Music credit - Simon D’Souza+ Write to us - [email protected]
    36 min
  • Episode 31 - The Wisdom Jobs job aspirant scam
    Episode 31 - The Wisdom Jobs job aspirant scamThe lads sink their teeth hard into this one story as we try out a one-story episode for the first time. A job scam start-up from Hyderabad is their target this week. They look at it from more angles, add more speculation, and point out more flaws. Overall, you can say here is an episode with 33% Extra More. Valid till stocks last.
    + Music credit - Simon D’Souza+ Write to us - [email protected]
    24 min

About Far From Fact

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A weekly podcast from India, that is not about Science, Pop Culture, Technology, Sport, News, Sociology, or the Internet, and yet, all at once it is. Far From Fact is designed to cater to your basic need for ignorance. Catch the lads, as they fake-solve real problems on a weekly basis.