In this episode, Govind and Prasad bust the myths surrounding Jagannath temple at Puri in India. They make a distinction between appreciating artisanship and architecture of historical cultural sites versus blindly believing in every outrageous myth surrouding them.

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In this episode, Govind, Prasad and Sarath answer listener's questions about exoplanets and gravitional lensing. They also discuss about panchangam, a Hindu almanac and how it is so overrated among general public given the anchaic but ludicrous and nonsensical predictions it makes, like how price trends of chickpeas, betel nuts, flowers, ghee, jaggery, salt and jute bags are going to be.

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In this episode, Govind, Prasad and Sarath discuss the recent proposal by National Medical Commission to replace modern Hippocratic oath with Maharshi Charak shapath to be taken by medical students in India. They also discuss the compulsory yoga programs in their induction program with a silly claim that it alleviates suicidal tendencies, depression and prevents ragging activities. They talk about how the Charak shapath has casteist connotations and is antithetical to medical ethics expected in today's age. They also point out the irony with all this given that India had a glorious ancient system of medicine.

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In this episode Govind and Prasad take questions from audience and debunk some pseudoscientific myths associated with Temples in India. They talk about changing colors of the statue of Nandi in Mysore, perpetual flame in Jwalamukhi Devi temple, and temples designed to make sunrays fall at the feet of the deity.

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In this episode, Govind, Prasad and Sarath discuss the recent Statue of Equality built in Hyderabad and debunk the false claims of yagnas producing oxygen for life and removing pollutants from air around. They also talk about the business model built around performing yagnas and rituals and the bombastic propaganda that is constructed around them to make money. They also take questions and comments from callers.

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In this episode Govind, Prasad and Sarath discuss the recent calendar published by IIT Kharagpur about painting Indus Valley Civilization as a Vedic culture and flowery interpretation of the artifacts found in Mohenjadaro. They also unpack the evidence from archeology, linguistics and genetics on Indus Valley Civilization, what we know and what we don't know about people who lived then and what we should be cautious about while listening to narratives about them.

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In this episode Govind, Prasad and Sarath bust myths around the power of music in making plants grow better and sound and mantras curing diseases and healing people.

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In this episode Govind, Prasad and Sarath talk about meditation and its relation to spirituality. They discuss kundalini meditation which claims there's hidden energy inside human body that can be awakened with meditation and can be used to understand the universe better. They bust myths related to these claims

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In this episode Govind, Prasad and Sarath talk about 'Gotra' which lists the founding sages of the patrilineal lieange among Hindu brahmins. They bust the pseudoscience frequently claimed about the relation of Gotra system with genetics. They also talk about how this system that used to be confined to brahmin caste became prevalent among other castes as a form of social signaling and how marital exclusions based on the Gotra system is actually a pain for those in brahmin castes today.

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