Simblified

We've been seeing so many predictions for the world post-coronavirus. Some things will be more popular. Some industries will suffer.
So we had an idea for a shortie: What's the most ridiculous, far-fetched such connection that we could think of?
And then we had another idea: What if we expanded this idea and asked people to join in? Aha!

So on Thursday, 07 May 2020 - join the Simblified quartet as they host a live online recording (OMG yes, you finally get to see what we look like).
And for this - we'd like you, the audience to join in as well! Bring your most outlandish predictions, and we'll add you to the conversation.

Details will be out soon, so keep a watch on our Twitter handles as we finalize things and share the signup links.

https://twitter.com/IVMPodcasts
https://twitter.com/chuck_gopal
https://twitter.com/shenoyn
https://twitter.com/notytony
https://twitter.com/srikeit

Till then, though, enjoy this shortie! We can't wait to see you on Thursday.

Meet your hosts aka The Ultracrepidarians!
Chuck | Naren | Srikeit | Tony
Instagram: @chuckofalltrades | @shenoynv | @srikeit | @notytony
Twitter: @chuck_gopal | @shenoyn | @srikeit | @notytony

Simblified is:
An Indian podcast that takes things that happen around us and deconstructs them in a manner you can understand and impress your colleagues, next interviewer, date or cat. Run by four folks seeking a return to the "good ol' days of Twitter" - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit & Tony, Simblified has the guarantee of "if we can understand it, you can!" and proceeds to look at everything from technology to politics to weird phenomena to questions you never knew you wanted to be answered. Along the way, you'll hear lots of bad jokes, facts, PG Wodehouse references, and more bad jokes. Hopefully, you'll have a laugh.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is one of the most uplifting things you will hear during these times!

The second of our coronavirus-related episodes is a special one, and the first interview we've done in a while.
We chat with Paritosh Pant & Pooja Reddy, who run a community kitchen in one of Mumbai's poorest areas during the pandemic. We talk about how they went about setting it up, the challenges they faced, how they recruited people and of course, how the community reacted and helped. With tales of how even poor people look out for each other, especially those worse off than even themselves. It's a very from-the-ground narrative that cuts across everything you hear on TV and social media, and is, if nothing else, a massively heartening. As of Apr 22, they fed close to 2 lakh meals

We loved this chat with them - rockstars, as we said in our post-recording chat - and we hope you like it too. We hope you'll excuse the audio quality - apart from recording while scattered, Paritosh was actually running the kitchen while we recorded!

Follow Feeding From Far's updates here: https://www.instagram.com/feedingfromfar/
Support what they do and donate to feed Mumbai's vulnerable communities here: https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/FeedingfromfarForCorona

Meet your hosts aka The Ultracrepidarians!
Chuck | Naren | Srikeit | Tony
Instagram: @chuckofalltrades | @shenoynv | @srikeit | @notytony
Twitter: @chuck_gopal | @shenoyn | @srikeit | @notytony

Say hello and tell us what you think! We love your feedback.
We'd love it if you could leave a rating on Apple Podcasts - it really helps boost visibility and our egos.

Simblified is:
An Indian podcast that takes things that happen around us and deconstructs them in a manner you can understand and impress your colleagues, next interviewer, date or cat. Run by four folks seeking a return to the "good ol' days of Twitter" - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit & Tony, Simblified has the guarantee of "if we can understand it, you can!" and proceeds to look at everything from technology to politics to weird phenomena to questions you never knew you wanted to be answered. Along the way, you'll hear lots of bad jokes, facts, PG Wodehouse references, and more bad jokes. Hopefully, you'll have a laugh.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the first of our coronavirus Simblification series, we look at the differences between two terms we properly knew only back in college. Are bacteria and viruses the same? Are all of them bad? Why doesn't a great piece of content go 'bacterial'?
All this and more as Chuck, Tony and Naren get to the bottom of these little critters.

Meet your hosts aka The Ultracrepidarians!
Chuck | Naren | Srikeit | Tony
Instagram: @chuckofalltrades | @shenoynv | @srikeit | @notytony
Twitter: @chuck_gopal | @shenoyn | @srikeit | @notytony

Say hello and tell us what you think! We love your feedback.
We'd love it if you could leave a rating on Apple Podcasts - it really helps boost visibility and our egos.

Simblified is:
An Indian podcast that takes things that happen around us and deconstructs them in a manner you can understand and impress your colleagues, next interviewer, date or cat. Run by four folks seeking a return to the "good ol' days of Twitter" - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit & Tony, Simblified has the guarantee of "if we can understand it, you can!" and proceeds to look at everything from technology to politics to weird phenomena to questions you never knew you wanted to be answered. Along the way, you'll hear lots of bad jokes, facts, PG Wodehouse references, and more bad jokes. Hopefully, you'll have a laugh.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello, we're back! Sorry for the little "break", but we hosts have finally managed to web-conference each other and record! In this episode, we deviate a little bit from the traditional Simblified format - we first all catch up and talk about how we've been dealing with this ruddy pandemic, and then glean a little bit about what the future holds. It's a completely unscripted episode (as you'll hear). Fans of our earliest work will find a bit of nostalgia as we're all recording from home and has lovely ambient sounds like neighbourhood dogs, birds, water bottles being lifted, and more. On the flipside, it's a lot more "raw". And yes, we have an absolute doozy of a profundity this time.

By now you know you need to stay safe, so we won't say that here again. The MBA of Simblified Listeners are smart enough to know ;)

Meet your hosts aka The Ultracrepidarians!
Chuck | Naren | Srikeit | Tony
Instagram: @chuckofalltrades | @shenoynv | @srikeit | @notytony
Twitter: @chuck_gopal | @shenoyn | @srikeit | @notytony

Say hello and tell us what you think! We love your feedback.
We'd love it if you could leave a rating on Apple Podcasts - it really helps boost visibility and our egos.

Simblified is:
An Indian podcast that takes things that happen around us and deconstructs them in a manner you can understand and impress your colleagues, next interviewer, date or cat. Run by four folks seeking a return to the "good ol' days of Twitter" - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit & Tony, Simblified has the guarantee of "if we can understand it, you can!" and proceeds to look at everything from technology to politics to weird phenomena to questions you never knew you wanted to be answered. Along the way, you'll hear lots of bad jokes, facts, PG Wodehouse references, and more bad jokes. Hopefully, you'll have a laugh.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Naren has read a fascinating book called 'The Social Leap' by William Von Hippel which helps understand the connection between evolution and our social behaviour today. Joining Naren through this transformative journey with additional insights are Tony and Srikeit. With lack of Wikipedia summaries available, the ultracrepidarians talk about evolutionary titbits like why chimps have larger testes than gorillas, the truth about lice and how humans have evolved socially as a species.

Meet your hosts aka The Ultracrepidarians!
Chuck | Naren | Srikeit | Tony
Instagram: @chuckofalltrades | @shenoynv | @srikeit | @notytony
Twitter: @chuck_gopal | @shenoyn | @srikeit | @notytony

Say hello and tell us what you think! We love your feedback.
We'd love it if you could leave a rating on Apple Podcasts - it really helps boost visibility and our egos.

Simblified is:
An Indian podcast that takes things that happen around us and deconstructs them in a manner you can understand and impress your colleagues, next interviewer, date or cat. Run by four folks seeking a return to the "good ol' days of Twitter" - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit & Tony, Simblified has the guarantee of "if we can understand it, you can!" and proceeds to look at everything from technology to politics to weird phenomena to questions you never knew you wanted to be answered. Along the way, you'll hear lots of bad jokes, facts, PG Wodehouse references, and more bad jokes. Hopefully, you'll have a laugh.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happiness is enjoying the little things in life, so we've put together a shortie that'll help you understand how gratification and fulfilment are measured in a country. On this Chuck-less shortie, Naren, Tony & Srikeit chuckle their way to simblify the World Happiness Report, compare it to Bhutan's Gross National Happiness and discuss the factors that contribute to the contentment of a country.

Are you happy listening to our podcast? Then go show us how delighted you are by dropping a review on Apple podcasts - it really helps boost our visibility and definitely adds to the World's Happiness Index.

Meet your hosts aka The Ultracrepidarians!
Chuck | Naren | Srikeit | Tony
Instagram: @chuckofalltrades | @shenoynv | @srikeit | @notytony
Twitter: @chuck_gopal | @shenoyn | @srikeit | @notytony

Simblified is:
An Indian podcast that takes things that happen around us and deconstructs them in a manner you can understand and impress your colleagues, next interviewer, date or cat. Run by four folks seeking a return to the "good ol' days of Twitter" - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit & Tony, Simblified has the guarantee of "if we can understand it, you can!" and proceeds to look at everything from technology to politics to weird phenomena to questions you never knew you wanted to be answered. Along the way, you'll hear lots of bad jokes, facts, PG Wodehouse references, and more bad jokes. Hopefully, you'll have a laugh.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Oprah Winfrey once said, "You get free money, and you get free money, everybody gets free money!"

Based on this totally legit infamous quote, this episode is about UBI - not Union Bank of India as google would mention it but Universal Basic Income. A concept also known as citizen's income, UBI does have some interesting perks which help the average person live a better life. Other famous people have also encouraged the notion of UBI like Martin Luther King Jr, Mark Zuckerberg and Andrew Yang. So we did some research to talk about the yin and yang of UBI and the impact it will have on the global economy.

Meet your hosts aka The Ultracrepidarians!
Chuck | Naren | Srikeit | Tony
Instagram: @chuckofalltrades | @shenoynv | @srikeit | @notytony
Twitter: @chuck_gopal | @shenoyn | @srikeit | @notytony

Say hello and tell us what you think! We love your feedback.
We'd love it if you could leave a rating on Apple Podcasts - it really helps boost visibility and our egos.

Simblified is:
An Indian podcast that takes things that happen around us and deconstructs them in a manner you can understand and impress your colleagues, next interviewer, date or cat. Run by four folks seeking a return to the "good ol' days of Twitter" - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit & Tony, Simblified has the guarantee of "if we can understand it, you can!" and proceeds to look at everything from technology to politics to weird phenomena to questions you never knew you wanted to be answered. Along the way, you'll hear lots of bad jokes, facts, PG Wodehouse references, and more bad jokes. Hopefully, you'll have a laugh.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There have been several stoic philosophers like Seneca the Younger, Marcus Aurelius & Epictetus (Jiggles) who have influenced the school of Hellenistic philosophy. What is stoicism you may ask? How does one become a stoic? Do we suffer more often in imagination than in reality? To put your curiosity out of misery, Naren, Chuck & Tony explain the philosophy and history of stoicism and how one can incorporate stoicism as a way of life.

Meet your hosts aka The Ultracrepidarians!
Chuck | Naren | Srikeit | Tony
Instagram: @chuckofalltrades | @shenoynv | @srikeit | @notytony
Twitter: @chuck_gopal | @shenoyn | @srikeit | @notytony

Say hello and tell us what you think! We love your feedback.
We'd love it if you could leave a rating on Apple Podcasts - it really helps boost visibility and our egos.

Simblified is:
An Indian podcast that takes things that happen around us and deconstructs them in a manner you can understand and impress your colleagues, next interviewer, date or cat. Run by four folks seeking a return to the "good ol' days of Twitter" - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit & Tony, Simblified has the guarantee of "if we can understand it, you can!" and proceeds to look at everything from technology to politics to weird phenomena to questions you never knew you wanted to be answered. Along the way, you'll hear lots of bad jokes, facts, PG Wodehouse references, and more bad jokes. Hopefully, you'll have a laugh.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Facebook, the social network everyone loves to hate has been grappling with the free speech v/s content moderation conundrum for several years now. In the first half of 2020, they are going beyond "Community Standards" and establishing an oversight board. The Simblified gang look at what this 'Supreme Court' looks like and how it might turn out as they discuss Facebook's winter of diss content.

Link: A great Radiolab episode from 2018 on how the community standards came into being - Post No Evil
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/post-no-evil

Meet your hosts aka The Ultracrepidarians!
Chuck | Naren | Srikeit | Tony
Instagram: @chuckofalltrades | @shenoynv | @srikeit | @notytony
Twitter: @chuck_gopal | @shenoyn | @srikeit | @notytony

Say hello and tell us what you think! We love your feedback.
We'd love it if you could leave a rating on Apple Podcasts - it really helps boost visibility and our egos.

Simblified is:
An Indian podcast that takes things that happen around us and deconstructs them in a manner you can understand and impress your colleagues, next interviewer, date or cat. Run by four folks seeking a return to the "good ol' days of Twitter" - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit & Tony, Simblified has the guarantee of "if we can understand it, you can!" and proceeds to look at everything from technology to politics to weird phenomena to questions you never knew you wanted to be answered. Along the way, you'll hear lots of bad jokes, facts, PG Wodehouse references, and more bad jokes. Hopefully, you'll have a laugh.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 11th and 12th Jan 2020, 4 apartment complexes in Maradu (in Kochi, Kerala) were brought following a longdrawn legal battle. This story was fascinating enough for the Simblified gang to read the actual Supreme Court order and so they had to let people know about their glorious achievement. In this shortie, the quartet try to present a very simblified version of what happened, what it means, and what you should keep in mind if you're in the market to buy a flat. Also, they stumble over the difference between an apartment and a flat.

Feat: Thaikkudam Bridge.

Link: Supreme Court Order helpfully highlighted by a Reddit user - https://imgur.com/a/vHCNt0a

Meet your hosts aka The Ultracrepidarians!
Chuck | Naren | Srikeit | Tony
Instagram: @chuckofalltrades | @shenoynv | @srikeit | @notytony
Twitter: @chuck_gopal | @shenoyn | @srikeit | @notytony

Say hello and tell us what you think! We love your feedback.
We'd love it if you could leave a rating on Apple Podcasts - it really helps boost visibility and our egos.

Simblified is:
An Indian podcast that takes things that happen around us and deconstructs them in a manner you can understand and impress your colleagues, next interviewer, date or cat. Run by four folks seeking a return to the "good ol' days of Twitter" - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit & Tony, Simblified has the guarantee of "if we can understand it, you can!" and proceeds to look at everything from technology to politics to weird phenomena to questions you never knew you wanted to be answered. Along the way, you'll hear lots of bad jokes, facts, PG Wodehouse references, and more bad jokes. Hopefully, you'll have a laugh

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.