Simblified

9 years, ~320 episodes.
4 co-hosts, 6 producers, so many folks behind the scenes.
Some 50 guests, thousands (!) of listeners, hundreds of thousands (!!!!) of downloads.

Well, folks, it's time for the curtains to fall on our little show. Simblified started as an exercise to stave off some boredom long back in Malad with nothing more than the voice recorded app on an Android phone, and our idea of sound engineering was turning off the fan. Along the way, we've collected two more co-hosts and apparently many fans! It's finally time to bid goodbye.

But before we go, we owe you one final episode and it's an absolute doozy and dare I say our most emotional one yet. We delve into the reasons why we're stopping the show, what each of us has taken away from hosting it, and importantly, what more we are up to. Because we don't intend to stop creating content anytime soon - the Simblified Cinematic Universe will include new podcasts, newsletters, books (!), and who knows what else. The four hosts remain massive friends and there's no doubt something involving a combination will surface somewhere soon. The episode also features some absolutely touching voice notes from fans and folks who made the show possible. On that note, a massive shout out to our partners at IVM Podcasts, without whom this show would have probably died 300 episodes ago.

Thank you to everyone who listened, and recommended, and wrote in to us. We joke that there were 5 Simblified listeners, but we know there are many more. Some of you have even come up to us at music festivals, some have made joke websites for us, and for many of you it's part of your Monday schedule! We're genuinely humbled and thrilled that we had such an impact on your lives and apparently the entire podcasting ecosystem.

Our social links are below. Follow us to keep up with what we're doing - stuff is going to come really soon :)

Chuck: https://twitter.com/chuck_gopal | https://instagram.com/chuckofalltrades
Naren: https://twitter.com/shenoyn | https://www.instagram.com/shenoynv
Srikeit: https://twitter.com/srikeit | https://www.instagram.com/srikeit/
Tony: https://twitter.com/notytony | https://www.instagram.com/notytony/

Current parts of the Simblified Cinematic Universe:

Tony's cricket podcast, Bits & Pieces: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcIJxVpUbg05A2bAOcX6uqA
Tony & Nitin's fun Simblifiedesque podcast, Leftover Lasagne: https://www.youtube.com/@theleftoverlasagne/videos
Chuck's newsletter, Things of Internet: https://thingsofinternet.substack.com/

(More coming soon - very soon)

Thank you, everyone, once again.
Stay safe, stay ultracrepidarian, stay Simblified.

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After 8 years, we've decided to hit the pause button. A short announcement as to why, and what's coming up.

If you're the type who not just listens to Simblified but actually reads these descriptions, thank you so much.
Please write in at [email protected] with... Anything.

We'll be back. While we can't promise when or in what form... We will be back.

Thank you for listening to Simblified. It's been a great ride.
Stay safe. Stay Simblified. :)

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Remember the 2020-2022? That was one heck of a time - and while we were living through it, it felt like EVERYTHING was changing and would stay that way for ever.
Well, it's now halfway through 2023 and... Things feel like the old normal, not the new one, in many cases.

The Simblified gang try to make sense of this: a discussion that traverses many topics we've spoken about in the last few years: medicine, physicality, remote work, supply chains and a lot more. Join in as we try to make sense of the world we're in now.

Add one part news, one part bad jokes, one part Wikipedia research, one part cult references from spending too much time on the internet, one part Wodehouse quotes, and one part quality puns, and you get Simblified.

A weekly podcast to help you appear smarter, to an audience that knows no less! Your four hosts - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit, and Tony attempt to deconstruct topics with humor (conditions apply). Fans of the show have described it as "fun conversations with relatable folks", "irreverent humor", "the funniest thing to come out of Malad West" and "if I give you a good review will you please let me go".

Started in 2016 as a creative outlet, Simblified now has over 300 episodes, including some live ones, and some with guests who are much smarter than the hosts. Welcome to the world of Simblified!

You can contact the hosts on:

Chuck: http://twitter.com/chuck_gopal  / http://instagram.com/chuckofalltrades Naren: http://twitter.com/shenoyn  / http://instagram.com/shenoynv Tony: http://twitter.com/notytony  / http://instagram.com/notytony Srikeit: http://twitter.com/srikeit  / http://instagram.com/srikeit

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What is consciousness?
What do we know about our selves?
Do we even have selves?
These, and other questions have occupied the minds of fine thinkers over the centuries and now it occupies those of your hosts. If you can call them minds that is. Join Naren, Chuck, Srikeit and Tony as they engage with these weighty matters

Add one part news, one part bad jokes, one part Wikipedia research, one part cult references from spending too much time on the internet, one part Wodehouse quotes, and one part quality puns, and you get Simblified.

A weekly podcast to help you appear smarter, to an audience that knows no less! Your four hosts - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit, and Tony attempt to deconstruct topics with humor (conditions apply). Fans of the show have described it as "fun conversations with relatable folks", "irreverent humor", "the funniest thing to come out of Malad West" and "if I give you a good review will you please let me go".

Started in 2016 as a creative outlet, Simblified now has over 300 episodes, including some live ones, and some with guests who are much smarter than the hosts. Welcome to the world of Simblified!

You can contact the hosts on:

Chuck: http://twitter.com/chuck_gopal  / http://instagram.com/chuckofalltrades Naren: http://twitter.com/shenoyn  / http://instagram.com/shenoynv Tony: http://twitter.com/notytony  / http://instagram.com/notytony Srikeit: http://twitter.com/srikeit  / http://instagram.com/srikeit

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We speak to Simblified fan (!) and microbiologist Avraneel Paul on a whole bunch of things related to what happens inside our body! Viruses and bacteria, how vaccines work, how those WBC badasses keep us safe, and so on. Along the way, we also speak about exciting advancements like CRISPR, and explore philosophical questions like whether Covid has changed the field... And what a day in the life of a scientist looks like. There's loads of trivia, loads of simblification and a few bad jokes as well in this two-part episode. We hope you like it and have renewed appreciation for scientists (and your body!) after it!

Add one part news, one part bad jokes, one part Wikipedia research, one part cult references from spending too much time on the internet, one part Wodehouse quotes, and one part quality puns, and you get Simblified.

A weekly podcast to help you appear smarter, to an audience that knows no less! Your four hosts - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit, and Tony attempt to deconstruct topics with humor (conditions apply). Fans of the show have described it as "fun conversations with relatable folks", "irreverent humor", "the funniest thing to come out of Malad West" and "if I give you a good review will you please let me go".

Started in 2016 as a creative outlet, Simblified now has over 300 episodes, including some live ones, and some with guests who are much smarter than the hosts. Welcome to the world of Simblified!

You can contact the hosts on:

Chuck: http://twitter.com/chuck_gopal  / http://instagram.com/chuckofalltrades

Naren: http://twitter.com/shenoyn  / http://instagram.com/shenoynv

Tony: http://twitter.com/notytony  / http://instagram.com/notytony

Srikeit: http://twitter.com/srikeit  / http://instagram.com/srikeit

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak to Simblified fan (!) and microbiologist Avraneel Paul on a whole bunch of things related to what happens inside our body! Viruses and bacteria, how vaccines work, how those WBC badasses keep us safe, and so on. Along the way, we also speak about exciting advancements like CRISPR, and explore philosophical questions like whether Covid has changed the field... And what a day in the life of a scientist looks like. There's loads of trivia, loads of simblification and a few bad jokes as well in this two-part episode. We hope you like it and have renewed appreciation for scientists (and your body!) after it!

Add one part news, one part bad jokes, one part Wikipedia research, one part cult references from spending too much time on the internet, one part Wodehouse quotes, and one part quality puns, and you get Simblified.

A weekly podcast to help you appear smarter, to an audience that knows no less! Your four hosts - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit, and Tony attempt to deconstruct topics with humor (conditions apply). Fans of the show have described it as "fun conversations with relatable folks", "irreverent humor", "the funniest thing to come out of Malad West" and "if I give you a good review will you please let me go".

Started in 2016 as a creative outlet, Simblified now has over 300 episodes, including some live ones, and some with guests who are much smarter than the hosts. Welcome to the world of Simblified!

You can contact the hosts on:

Chuck: http://twitter.com/chuck_gopal  / http://instagram.com/chuckofalltrades

Naren: http://twitter.com/shenoyn  / http://instagram.com/shenoynv

Tony: http://twitter.com/notytony  / http://instagram.com/notytony

Srikeit: http://twitter.com/srikeit  / http://instagram.com/srikeit

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's another episode of Half Pints, where your panelists come in with a fact each. This time, we look at the origins of high heels, Tony's prediction that a marathon record will be broken, and Chuck wondering if indeed we are back to pre-covid days work-wise. As always, the topics are just excuses for your hosts to make random jokes and observations and among them are some commentary puns, Yes Minister references and more.

Also, here's a compilation of all the times Bart prank called Moe in The Simpsons:
https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Bart%27s_prank_calls

Add one part news, one part bad jokes, one part Wikipedia research, one part cult references from spending too much time on the internet, one part Wodehouse quotes, and one part quality puns, and you get Simblified.

A weekly podcast to help you appear smarter, to an audience that knows no less! Your four hosts - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit, and Tony attempt to deconstruct topics with humor (conditions apply). Fans of the show have described it as "fun conversations with relatable folks", "irreverent humor", "the funniest thing to come out of Malad West" and "if I give you a good review will you please let me go".

Started in 2016 as a creative outlet, Simblified now has over 300 episodes, including some live ones, and some with guests who are much smarter than the hosts. Welcome to the world of Simblified!

You can contact the hosts on:

Chuck: http://twitter.com/chuck_gopal  / http://instagram.com/chuckofalltrades

Naren: http://twitter.com/shenoyn  / http://instagram.com/shenoynv

Tony: http://twitter.com/notytony  / http://instagram.com/notytony

Srikeit: http://twitter.com/srikeit  / http://instagram.com/srikeit

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For 2 months a year, most of India is glued to a strange love. In this ep, Chuck and Tony are joined by Nitin Sundar to help understand how to learn to stop worrying and start loving the IPL.

Add one part news, one part bad jokes, one part Wikipedia research, one part cult references from spending too much time on the internet, one part Wodehouse quotes, and one part quality puns, and you get Simblified.

A weekly podcast to help you appear smarter, to an audience that knows no less! Your four hosts - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit, and Tony attempt to deconstruct topics with humor (conditions apply). Fans of the show have described it as "fun conversations with relatable folks", "irreverent humor", "the funniest thing to come out of Malad West" and "if I give you a good review will you please let me go".

Started in 2016 as a creative outlet, Simblified now has over 300 episodes, including some live ones, and some with guests who are much smarter than the hosts. Welcome to the world of Simblified!

You can contact the hosts on:

Chuck: http://twitter.com/chuck_gopal  / http://instagram.com/chuckofalltrades

Naren: http://twitter.com/shenoyn  / http://instagram.com/shenoynv

Tony: http://twitter.com/notytony  / http://instagram.com/notytony

Srikeit: http://twitter.com/srikeit  / http://instagram.com/srikeit

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Simblified gang has always been fascinated with the concept of content moderation. They revisit the two sides of the argument in a time where books by authors from the past are being updated for the times we live in and propaganda movies claim to represent “facts”. Join Chuck, Naren, and Tony as they try to make sense of it all.

Add one part news, one part bad jokes, one part Wikipedia research, one part cult references from spending too much time on the internet, one part Wodehouse quotes, and one part quality puns, and you get Simblified.

A weekly podcast to help you appear smarter, to an audience that knows no less! Your four hosts - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit, and Tony attempt to deconstruct topics with humor (conditions apply). Fans of the show have described it as "fun conversations with relatable folks", "irreverent humor", "the funniest thing to come out of Malad West" and "if I give you a good review will you please let me go".

Started in 2016 as a creative outlet, Simblified now has over 300 episodes, including some live ones, and some with guests who are much smarter than the hosts. Welcome to the world of Simblified!

You can contact the hosts on:

Chuck: twitter.com/chuck_gopal / instagram.com/chuckofalltrades

Naren: http://twitter.com/shenoyn  / instagram.com/shenoynv

Tony: http://twitter.com/notytony  / instagram.com/notytony

Srikeit: twitter.com/srikeit / instagram.com/srikeit

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you wondered why your partner no longer looks at you with starry eyes? Your Simblified hosts try to figure out this enormously important and vexatious question by dissecting the bestselling book "5 Love Languages" by Gary Chapman. Drop everything you are doing and listen. Yours might become one of the world's immortal love stories, and at worst, you will get all the wisdom of the book without actually reading it. Or even needing it.

Add one part news, one part bad jokes, one part Wikipedia research, one part cult references from spending too much time on the internet, one part Wodehouse quotes, and one part quality puns, and you get Simblified.

A weekly podcast to help you appear smarter, to an audience that knows no less! Your four hosts - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit, and Tony attempt to deconstruct topics with humor (conditions apply). Fans of the show have described it as "fun conversations with relatable folks", "irreverent humor", "the funniest thing to come out of Malad West" and "if I give you a good review will you please let me go".

Started in 2016 as a creative outlet, Simblified now has over 200 episodes, including some live ones, and some with guests who are much smarter than the hosts. Welcome to the world of Simblified!

You can contact the hosts on:

Chuck: twitter.com/chuck_gopal / instagram.com/chuckofalltrades

Naren: twitter.com/shenoyn / instagram.com/shenoynv

Tony: twitter.com/notytony / instagram.com/notytony

Srikeit: twitter.com/srikeit / instagram.com/srikeit

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.