Hi. Welcome to the Season Finale. I’m your host Noel Woodward and this is ‘For The Love Of'.

For The Love Of True Crime | Charles Sobhraj: Through the Eyes of The Serpent

The first podcast I ever tuned in to was Serial, which to be honest, is easily one of the best podcasts out there. Now into its third season, Serial set a benchmark has spurred a podcast revolution especially when it comes to True Crime as a genre.

My fascination with this however stems from some fantastic films and tv in Zodiac, Seven, Hannibal, Bates Motel, True Detective and a more recent shift to True Crime with Making a Murderer, The Jinx, Mindhunter, The Keepers, When They See Us, American Crime Story.

To kickstart the segment we’ll be exploring the life of Charles Sobhraj - Crime and Investigation have put it together rather succinctly.

"Variously described as ‘Asia’s premier serial killer’, ‘The Serpent’ and ‘The Bikini Killer’, Charles Sobhraj was an infamous con artist, drug dealer, jewel thief and cold-blooded murderer. Through the 1960s and 1970s, he wove his guileful and lethal web of deceit and crime, evading authorities from numerous countries.

Skilled at befriending people, his victims were usually vulnerable Western tourists in Southeast Asia. In and out of prison, he led a life of risk, manipulation and conspiracy that eventually made him a media celebrity. Never convicted for all his crimes, Sobhraj is estimated by some to have committed over 20 murders, whilst others put this number at 32. 

Rearrested in 2004, he is currently serving a life imprisonment sentence in Kathmandu, Nepal, for a double murder in 1975."

We now look Through the Eyes of The Serpent.

The Episode airs this Saturday! Stay tuned!

Links

Crime & Investigation

Music

Ross Bugden

For The Love Of The Game | Manchester United, Arsenal and The Premier League with Ratik Sharma

Ratik returns for our penultimate episode for the season where we talk about the League as well as the teams we support in Manchester United and Arsenal.

So! Here we are! It’s D-Day! And we couldn’t be more excited! As I’m sure any football fan would be. We’ve seen a very stop start kind of a season but hopefully that’s behind us now and the return of the league brings back a sense of normalcy.

We have a lot to talk about and to look forward to from analysing the previous season, to the players coming in and going out as well as the three new teams entering the league.

Welcome back to the Premier League!

Also, since this is going to be the penultimate episode of the season, I have a small request for all our listeners. I for one would love to hear from you. Please send in your questions/thoughts/ideas/requests in the form of a 30 second (max.) audio clip to [email protected]

Depending on the number of audio clips, I’ll decide to either add them to the end of the last episode or could even put this out as a bonus episode where I address your clips and talk a little about my experience working on the podcast as well! Looking forward to hearing from you all!

Links

Website | Ratik Sharma

Unbox Podcast | Ratik Sharma

Youtube Channel | Ratik Sharma

Medium | Ratik Sharma

Instagram | Ratik Sharma

Twitter | Ratik Sharma

Tifo Football | Youtube

Statman Dave | Youtube

All or Nothing: Manchester City | Amazon Prime

All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur | Amazon Prime

For The Love Of The Game | Manchester United, Arsenal and The Premier League with Ratik Sharma

Ratik returns for our penultimate episode for the season where we talk about the League as well as the teams we support in Manchester United and Arsenal.

So! We are a couple of days away from the League and we couldn’t be more excited! As I’m sure any football fan would be. We’ve seen a very stop start kind of a season but hopefully that’s behind us now and the return of the league brings back a sense of normalcy.

We have a lot to talk about and to look forward to from analysing the previous season, to the players coming in and going out as well as the three new teams entering the league.

So stay tuned. The episode airs this Saturday at 1 pm Indian Standard Time. It’s going to be a long episode, but do tune in before the season opener.

Also, since this is going to be the penultimate episode of the season, I have a small request for all our listeners. I for one would love to hear from you. Please send in your questions/thoughts/ideas/requests in the form of a 30 second (max.) audio clip to [email protected]

Depending on the number of audio clips, I’ll decide to either add them to the end of the last episode or could even put this out as a bonus episode where I address your clips and talk a little about my experience working on the podcast as well! Looking forward to hearing from you all!

For The Love Of The Big Little Screen | I Know This Much Is True with Sampada & Swayam

For our next episode, we have Sampada and Swayam returning for a segment that we have cemented as the first recurring monthly talk show, where we discuss everything that has to do with all the latest films and tv shows called – The Big Little Screen.

With this we’ll share what we’ve been watching over the past couple of weeks and what we are looking forward to in the months to follow.

We’ll be dissecting a particular show or film and even commenting on the work of directors, cinematographers, actors and composers – and we’ll try all this by keeping spoilers to a bare minimum, unless mentioned otherwise.

Links

I Know This Much Is True (Disney+ Hotstar)

The Truth Within the Story: Interview

Malcolm Gladwell

Film

Blue Valentine

About Time

Step Brothers (Netlfix)

Hot Rod

The Koker Trilogy 

Greyhound (Apple TV+)

Palm Springs

Blow The Man Down (Amazon Prime)

Midsommar

Incendies

Private Life (Netflix)

Mr. Jones

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The Candyman

The French Dispatch

TV

Barry (Disney+ Hotstar)

Succession (Disney+ Hotstar)

Preacher (Amazon Prime)

Transparent (Amazon Prime)

The Terror (Amazon Prime)

Lovecraft Country (Disney+ Hotstar)

Music

Ross Budgen

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Hi. Welcome to the 8th Episode. I’m your host Noel Woodward and this is ‘For The Love Of.’

For The Love Of The Big Little Screen | I Know This Much Is True with Sampada & Swayam

For our next episode, we have Sampada and Swayam returning for a segment that we have cemented as the first recurring monthly talk show, where we discuss everything that has to do with all the latest films and tv shows called – The Big Little Screen.

With this we’ll share what we’ve been watching over the past couple of weeks and what we are looking forward to in the months to follow. 

We’ll be dissecting a particular show or film and even commenting on the work of directors, cinematographers, actors and composers – and we’ll try all this by keeping spoilers to a bare minimum, unless mentioned otherwise.

So stay tuned. The episode airs this Saturday!

Hi. Welcome to Episode 7. I’m your host Noel Woodward and this is For The Love Of.

For The Love Of Photography | Through the Lens with Nipun Prabhakar (Part II)

In the first part of the episode, Nipun speaks about his life as a photographer and architect, chronicling the numerous events that led him towards his passion for photojournalism.

If you haven’t heard it as yet, I suggest you listen to that first and then tune in to Part II. 

Nipun Prabhakar is an independent photographer and architect based in Kutch and Delhi. He works on long term photo-documentary projects. Besides that, he designs, researches and documents the intersections of built environments and communities.

He has been working with the nomadic pastoralist communities of India, documenting their lives in the context of migration, climate change, conflicts, and displacement. As an Architect, he has worked with various South Asian communities dealing with disasters and conflicts.

His thesis on the rehabilitation of the riot-hit community in Muzaffarnagar won him a National Award by the Council of Architecture and Tamayouz International Award for the Best Graduation Project.

Nipun has been engaged in multiple rehabilitation projects in Nepal which also involved him extensively documenting public spaces and architectural heritage. He has since worked on photo essays for various national and international organizations.

He was the co-recipient of the Berkeley Essay Prize 2014 and was the Cornell South Asian Fellow for 2019-20 for his project on Doors of Kathmandu.

Links

Instagram | Nipun Prabhakar

Medium | Nipun Prabhakar

LinkedIn | Nipun Prabhakar

Studio Bimb

Living Lightly

A Kutch Magician’s Disappearing Act During Lockdown

The Taragaon Museum: One of Nepal’s First Modern Buildings

The Doors Of Kathmandu

The Lockdown Portraits

Marg Magazine

Revisiting the Life of Revathi Kamath: The Torchbearer of Vernacular Architecture

Music

HearWeGo (https://goo.gl/nDS3zR)

Artist: VonnBoyd

Title: Sway

Listen on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NgubQpCDPT8

Hi. Welcome to Episode 7. I’m your host Noel Woodward and this is For The Love Of.

For The Love Of Photography | Through the Lens with Nipun Prabhakar (Part II)

In the first part of the episode, Nipun speaks about his life as a photographer and architect, chronicling the numerous events that led him towards his passion for photojournalism. 

If you haven’t heard it as yet, I suggest you listen to that and gear up for the second part this Saturday. 

See you then!

Hi. Welcome to the 7th Episode. I’m your host Noel Woodward and this is ‘For The Love Of'.

For the Love of Photography | Through the Lens with Nipun Prabhakar

This one is close to me one – because I’ll be talking to a friend of mine from college - about him, his work and his tryst with the camera. I have always known Nipun as an extremely passionate individual and I welcome him to the show.

Nipun Prabhakar is an independent photographer and architect based in Kutch and Delhi. He works on long term photo-documentary projects. Besides that, he designs, researches and documents the intersections of built environments and communities.

He has been working with the nomadic pastoralist communities of India, documenting their lives in the context of migration, climate change, conflicts, and displacement. As an Architect, he has worked with various South Asian communities dealing with disasters and conflicts.

His thesis on the rehabilitation of the riot-hit community in Muzaffarnagar won him a National Award by the Council of Architecture and Tamayouz International Award for the Best Graduation Project.

Nipun has been engaged in multiple rehabilitation projects in Nepal which also involved him extensively documenting public spaces and architectural heritage. He has since worked on photo essays for various national and international organizations.

He was the co-recipient of the Berkeley Essay Prize 2014 and was the Cornell South Asian Fellow for 2019-20 for his project on Doors of Kathmandu.

Links

Instagram | Nipun Prabhakar

Medium | Nipun Prabhakar

LinkedIn | Nipun Prabhakar

Aagaur

Studio Bimb

Post-Riot Rehabilitation using a Gandhian Framework | Tamayouz International Award

Spaces To Grow In - A Comparative Study of Two Orphanages by NIPUN PRABHAKAR AND SUKRUTI GUPTA | Berkeley Essay Prize Competition

In photos: Inside the United Nations headquarters building in New York | Round City

Music

HearWeGo (https://goo.gl/nDS3zR) 

Artist: VonnBoyd 

Title: Sway 

Listen on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NgubQpCDPT8

Hi. Welcome to the 7th Episode. I’m your host Noel Woodward and this is ‘For The Love Of'.

For the Love of Photography | Through the Lens with Nipun Prabhakar

This one is close to me one – because I’ll be talking to a friend of mine from college - about him, his work and his tryst with the camera. I have always known Nipun as an extremely passionate individual and I welcome him to the show.

Nipun Prabhakar is an independent photographer and architect based in Kutch and Delhi. He works on long term photo-documentary projects. Besides that, he designs, researches and documents the intersections of built environments and communities.

He has been working with the nomadic pastoralist communities of India, documenting their lives in the context of migration, climate change, conflicts, and displacement. As an Architect, he has worked with various South Asian communities dealing with disasters and conflicts.

His thesis on the rehabilitation of the riot-hit community in Muzaffarnagar won him a National Award by the Council of Architecture and Tamayouz International Award for the Best Graduation Project.

Nipun has been engaged in multiple rehabilitation projects in Nepal which also involved him extensively documenting public spaces and architectural heritage. He has since worked on photo essays for various national and international organizations. 

He was the co-recipient of the Berkeley Essay Prize 2014 and was the Cornell South Asian Fellow for 2019-20 for his project on Doors of Kathmandu.

So stay tuned as I connect with the man behind the lens and discuss his journey over the past couple of years.

The Episode airs this Saturday. See you then!

Hi. Welcome to episode 6 Part II. I’m your host Noel Woodward and this is 'For The Love Of'.

For The Love Of Tech | Creating, Learning and Sharing with Ratik Sharma

Ratik, has always been someone who loves technology. This love has materialized into various things over the years. As a kid, it was all about playing Pokemon crater or club penguin on the computer after a school. As a teenager, he was jailbreaking people’s iPod devices, teaching himself Photoshop on the internet and running a (moderately successful) tech blog and YouTube channel to teach people what he knew.

While the title does say tech, it takes an unconventional path as we talk about Ratik’s mantra of creating and sharing content all the while learning along the way. The episode focusses on his passion for podcasting, music, programming and all the tech that has inspired and influenced him along the way.

Part II of the episode takes the discussion forward as we explore the future of gaming when it comes to the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5.

If you haven’t heard Part I, I suggest you head back now and check that out first.

Links

Website | Ratik Sharma

Unbox Podcast | Ratik Sharma

Youtube Channel | Ratik Sharma

Medium | Ratik Sharma

Instagram | Ratik Sharma

Twitter | Ratik Sharma

PS5 Reveal

Xbox Series X Reveal

Pixel 4A Reveal

Games

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Ori and The Blind Forest

Ori and The Will of The Wisps

The Last of Us Part II

Podcasts

Without Fail

Dissect 

The Seen & The Unseen

Carrier

Blackout

Books

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman

Figuring by Maria Popova

The Ride of A Lifetime by Robert Iger

Stories of Your Life & Others by Ted Chiang

Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman

TV & Film

Mr. Robot

Barry

Parasite

Moonlight

Music

Mattia Cupelli

So that was our 6th episode. Ratik will be back us as we expand the segments on the show. So stay tuned.

Our next episode brings aboard an independent photographer and architect based in Kutch and Delhi. He works on long term photo-documentary projects. Besides that, he designs, researches and documents the intersections of built environments and communities.

To keep up to date with whatever’s going on, you can follow us on Instagram - @fortheloveof.podcastor you could even write to us with your thoughts/ideas and feedback at [email protected]

Subscribe to us on Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts and wherever else you listen to your favourite Podcasts.

See you next week and stay safe. 

This is ‘For The Love Of’.