In Common

Here we are again. I’m half inclined to give up and accept that our episodes will always be long. But then I think of you, our listeners, and… I’m still inclined to give up. But never fear, we will keep trying our best to shut up on time.

After a large-ish amount of philosophy sprang out of our taglines, our main topic of conversation was anything that comes out of a tube, which is a weird, broad and surprisingly controversial subject. Turns out, we are tubes, and so are doughnuts. Therefore, we are doughnuts.

Obviously, the next logical step is to mix up and debate the etymology of doughnuts. They originally came from looking like nuts made of dough. Then people started cutting out the middle so it could bake all through. The oil cakes thing is related, but it’s a long story. If you’re interested, you can read up on it. After this, Snigdha regales us with stories of the brave but unhygienic doctors of old (we probably don't have to say this, but DO NOT imitate them, they knew less than your toddler relative).

Then we play - drumroll, please - Tubology! You can qualify as a professional Tubologist simply by playing this game, though instead of a degree you'll have to carry a copy of this podcast at all times.  After the game (where everybody and their cat gets a little too excited), we move on to the FACT OFF. You know the drill.

This week's fact off was less about hard facts and more about unbelievable stories. The Phantom of Heilbronn, the mayor of Cormorand, and accidental almost-vivisepulture.

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Snigdha's argument for why aluminium foil comes out of tubes. What do you think?

Mister Mayor the Good Boy

Essie Dunbar, the lady with spunk (taking the story at face value)

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Welcome to another episode! Yes, yes, it's a lot longer than planned - again - and we apologize. Some people just can't stop chattering once they start, amirite? But seriously, we had a really cool topic this week. Dreams are a fascinating part of our lives and are way weirder than they get credit for. We talk about some of the science behind weird and non-weird dreams (and Snigdha has some trouble with brain-ial anatomy), Devyani comes out to us about her troubled history with potatoes, and some... odd... stories come to pass with her attempts to change the subject. Have you ever been a part of an impromptu family-wide midnight prank aimed towards making a toddler believe she's haunted by the unnamed sister of ragamuffins Chaggu and Maggu?

...Yeah.

Then Snigdha announces a questionnaire (believe it or not, she gave us individual study material a couple hours in advance) about dreams and the generally accepted significance of certain motifs in them. Some heated words afterwards lead to Snigdha accepting the title of a cranky old lady, after which Ardra and Devyani show off their voices (and stop soon, thankfully).

Then the fact-off comes on, bringing facts to light about W's in eyes, the insane extremeness of lightning, and a really cool way of dining out while socially distancing. And about translations, facters, and apologizers.

(You can visit Börd for En's website here.)

Then we have some big announcements - first, we are giving you a chance to be officially recognized on the podcast! If you are feeling shy, we won't bite. I promise. We are just looking for an answer to this - What in the world is a Potato?

Feel free to get philosophical.

You can also tell us about any weird dreams you've had (preferably not 18+ though)

Lastly, we lay to rest the ashes of one of our podcast segments. It's very, very sad. *wipes single tear from eye* Pass the popcorn, will you? 

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Happy belated birthday Devyani! In this yet another longer-than-usual episode (Everything was too funny to cut out!), we talk about boybands. Ardra (who, BTW, is not sponsered by Complexly) picks up an annoying accent (though not for too long) and tweaks the sea shanty "Wellerman", Devyani tells us some not-at-all fun facts about Cleopatra (Who knew she formed a drinking club?) and mistakes Taylor Hanson for a girl (Taylor is not just a female name, Devyani!), Snigdha teaches us about frogs that can hold it in for 8 months and about the process of butt-proofing phones (Let's be honest, we've all sat on our phones while they hide in the back pocket.) and Uma does her regular role of making incredibly hilarious comments - about how difficult it is registering Flubber Points as an official currency, how difficult it is to say "[email protected]" and possibly other difficult things. 

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Uma and Ardra vs Snigdha with Devyani being kinda Switzerland-ish!!! We bicker quite literally about a controversial and "undecidable" topic. Want to hear four crazy girls fighting to the death?? Here's what you have been looking for!

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In this episode, we were supposed to talk about the paranormal, but ended up spending more time discussing how to make the very complicated and impractical dish - the Oranana, a job for MasterChefs, whether Maximilien Robespierre (who caused the Reign of Terror and had thousands guillotined) is "cute" or not, about turtles butts, and bringing random people back from the dead.

The Instagram handle of Pune boy whose moon image went viral: @prathameshjaju

Video on how science explains ghost sightings: https://youtu.be/LFMuLqZ1zaU

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