Far From Fact

Far From Fact

By Husein Merchant and Keshav NaiduComedy
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Far From Fact episodes

  • Episode 10 – India Post, Street vendors, Gender bias
    The lads take on the mammoth task of imagining a future for the Country’s postal system and arrive at a solution that is equal parts unsavoury and equal parts hilarious. Next they jump into some observed drama courtesy of the civic authorities of Mumbai, before very deftly manoeuvring a listener query that is fraught with gender drama.
    17 min
  • Health clubs, Vending machines, Surgical robots
    Husein has recently joined a gym and the lads ponder ways to improve his experience, even as they solve a real-world problem sent by a real-world person. Followed by a quick assessment of surgical robots and how they will fare in our beloved nation.
    20 min
  • Episode 6 – News automation, Auto drivers, Petty bribes
    The lads persist with their scrutiny of our surroundings. This week begins with a cursory examination of the way news bots brings us our news, which meanders to a note about auto drivers, before the discussion reaches a rather ethical point - Listen to what the lads have in mind for those pesky situations where you have no option but to pay a bribe.
    19 min
  • Episode 5 – Ride hailing apps, Indian status symbols, Cryptocurrency
    Turns out Uber and Ola drivers have been in the news in Bengaluru, but that's just the starting point to a journey made almost entirely of digressions. Join the lads this week, as they wax insensitive about unruly Uber passengers, street entertainment, and stumble clumsily over to our love affair with gold before ending with a few thoughts on cryptocurrency.
    28 min
  • Episode 4 – Lynching, Superheroes, Weddings of the future
    This is the episode where the lads accidentally encounter the elephant in the room. They address it, poke fun at him, call her names and run away. No seriously, this is the episode where the lads use satire to take on the sinister problem of mob lynching that we face in India today. And if this winds you up in some way, that's good, put the energy to use by trying to solve the problem that is the shame of our nation. There, that's our bit towards a better society.
    But it's not all doom and gloom. There's some lighthearted chatter towards the end, as the conversation switches to evaluate Indian weddings and the path they need to take.
    28 min
  • Episode 3 – Sea sickness, High risk business ideas, Human digestive system
    What begins as innocent banter about barf, hastily elevates into a profound discussion about the value of food. Possibly the smartest the lads have sounded so far, but it’s still early days.
    However, they quickly offset the wisdom of their accidental discovery with some concepts on food delivery and some juvenile fart humour. We think it’s just their defences kicking in, and their instinctive refusal to sound grown-up.
    19 min
  • Episode 2 - Cash back offers, True caller and turtles
    We survived our first week and we are back for a second round looks like. This time, Husein and Keshav dwell upon Husein’s obsession with cash back offers and fear of missing out on them. This balanced with his suspicion of True caller as a good service.
    Eavesdrop into their banter as they go from Do-not-disturb lists to turtles on Velas beach and throw in some organic mangoes for good measure.
    18 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.