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00:01 - Introduction

04:08 - CarDekho ad

08:30 - Swayam ad

11:10 - Glucon-D ads

12:48 - Ajeeb Daastaans

25:59 - Subscriber letters

32:50 - Star vs Food

38:36 - Judas and the Black Messiah

50:32 - Letters from listeners

54:15 - Bhima Jewellers ad

57:54 - Faraar by Gurinder Gill 

1:00:30 - Kehnde Rehnde by Neha Bhasin

While talking about getting ‘triggered’:

Abhinandan: I have sometimes started using that word. I think I sometimes use it absolutely incorrectly.

Rajyasree: Like when you do something, you say, “I triggered.”

Abhinandan: Earlier, I used to tell people, “Don’t piss me off.” Now, I say, “You’re triggering me.”

Rajyasree: (laughs) Next fight we have, I want you to tell me, “Rajyasree, you’re triggering me.” I’ll bloody just shoot you, I think, if you say this.

Abhinandan: Don’t make a joke of everything. Don’t mock. You have some shame!

Rajyasree: Then what is left in this friendship if I’m not going to mock you?

Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.

This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the film Judas and the Black Messiah; film anthology Ajeeb Daastaans; celebrity cooking show Star vs Food, and many songs and commercials.

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Talking about Joji: 

Abhinandan: Have you seen the second part of Joji? 

Rajyasree: No, say it...joke bata hi do aap. 

Abhinandan: The second part of Joji is Ta Vahi Sikandar. 

Rajyasree: (Gasps) This is the problem...These are all the side effects of taking the shot (Covid vaccine), I realised. Your humour has become even worse. 

Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.

This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films The Big Bull and Joji; Netflix documentary Seaspiracy; the Cred advertisement featuring Rahul Dravid, and more. 

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Awful and Awesome letters: A brief history of Zack Snyder's Justice League

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0:08 - Introduction

4:12 - The Big Bull

17:17 - Seaspiracy

29:35 - Letters from listeners

36:42 - Joji

46:40 - Letters from listeners

52:32 - Brooklyn 99 Season 7

54:51 - Cred advertisement 

58:44 - Letters from listeners 

1:05:31 - Conclusion

References 

The Big Bull

Seaspiracy

Michael Moore 

Blackfish 

Joji

Derry Girls

Cred (Rahul Dravid)

Cred (Jackie Shroff) 

Brooklyn 99 (Season 7) 

Mere Pyaar Ki Umar Ho Itni Sanam

Didi O Didi 

Newslaundry’s Hindi website and Hindi newsletter

Recorded by Dhyanesh Vaishnav, produced by Parikshit Sanyal and edited by Umrav Singh.

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00:01 Introduction

03:05 Letters from listeners 

07:57 Tenet

18:48 The Great Indian Kitchen

31:44 Letter from listeners

36:43 Sudani from Nigeria

44:21 The Serpent

54:27 Letter from listeners

58:15 & Jara Hatke

1:05:39 Dancing With The Devil

1:11:21 Mrs Sri Lanka pageant

1:14:15 Google ad

Talking about The Great Indian Kitchen in light of the “time inversion” concept from Christopher Nolan’s Tenet:

Rajyasree: I did not see why it was so great because...

Abhinandan: You may not have understood it.

Rajyasree: No, full I understood, okay. It has subtitles. 

Abhinandan: I’m being patronising again.

Rajyasree: Again.

Abhinandan: Like Tenet, this is also...

Rajyasree: This is also temporal, she’s gonna walk in through the other door and that drumstick will not be chewed up. 

Abhinandan: She uncooks. Instead of cooking she’s uncooking.

Rajyasree: So, she uncooks this bad lie that she has.

Abhinandan: (laughing) So, instead of an anda...

Rajyasree: You sound very bad, it better be a good joke.

Abhinandan: Instead of making anda she’s making da, because she’s undone the anda so it becomes da.

Rajyasree: I’m so thankful that you don’t have a humour podcast. At one point, so that everyone knows, Abhinandan thought he could be a standup comic, but all his friends got together and said...

Abhinandan: “People will throw andas at you!”

Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.

This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss Christopher Nolan’s Tenet; Malayalam films The Great Indian Kitchen and Sudani from Nigeria; Marathi film & Jara Hatke; web series The Serpent; documentary series Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil, and more.

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00:01 - Introduction

01:08 - Kanika Kapoor - 2 Seater Car

05:33 - Pagglait

20:12 - Subscriber mails

23:29 - Operation Varsity Blues

32:55 - Subscriber mails

36:13 - Zack Snyder’s Justice League

51:21 - Subscriber mails

53:20 - Disney+ Hotstar VIP ads

55:12 - Filmfare Awards

While talking about the film Zack Snyder’s Justice League:

Abhinandan: Zack Snyder came back, re-shot a lot of it as it’s clear from this film and much of it is CGI, which is computer graphics.

Rajyasree: Like you’re saying that because you think that I don’t know what CGI is? 

Abhinandan: Yeah.

Rajyasree: I’ll just hit you with the mic. Why did you say CGI computer graphics?

Abhinandan: You may think it’s Chowringhee Institute.

Rajyasree: Please! What rubbish. I like the way you explained that.

Abhinandan: I’m mansplaining.

Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.

This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Pagglait and Zack Snyder’s Justice League; Netflix documentary Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal; commercials, and more.

Song: Rail Gaddi 

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00:01 - Introduction

02:08 - Letters from listeners

05:45 - Tanishq and Vimal ads

14:22 - Madam Chief Minister

26:33 - Letters from listeners

30:38 - The Illegal

47:09 - Letters from listeners

58:58 - Red Nose Day telethon

1:07:03 - 67th National Film Awards

While talking about the film The Illegal:

Abhinandan: The one thing I liked about this film is that it made me think of...

Rajyasree: (laughs) That in itself is a miracle.

Abhinandan: Why are you laughing? 

Rajyasree: “That it made me think.” (laughs) You get the joke?

Abhinandan: No.

Rajyasree: The film made you think, full stop. 

Abhinandan: That’s the joke? 

Rajyasree: That’s the joke! I’m crying with laughter. My allergies and laughter.

Abhinandan: Clearly your eyes are allergic to your bad sense of humour.

Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.

This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films The Illegal and Madam Chief Minister; the 67th National Film Awards; the Red Nose Day telethon hosted by Comic Relief; commercials, and more.

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00:01 - Introduction

03:43 - Nike ad

09:39 - The Married Woman

22:13 - Subscriber letters

23:01 - Drishyam 1 & 2

30:57 - Subscriber letters

33:36 - My Octopus Teacher

47:58 - Subscriber letters

59:41 - NCPCR on Bombay Begums

While talking about the web series The Married Woman:

Rajyasree: But it’s quite progressive. There’s a lot of...

Abhinandan: Progressive?! (laughs)

Rajyasree: Bahaut hi progressive hai lesbian relationship, then they are kissing and all. I was like nowadays, actresses and all...

Abhinandan: You’re such a...you remind me of my dadima. 

Rajyasree: That’s why I wore a sari today.

Abhinandan: “It is very bold. There is kissing, kaafi bold hai.” Dude! How do you talk? I’m the uncle here.

Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.

This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss Malayalam thriller film Drishyam and its sequel Drishyam 2; Netflix documentary film The Octopus Teacher; ZEE5 web series The Married Woman; Nike’s The Toughest Athletes ad, and a lot more.

Song: Khyaal Rakhya Kar

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00:01 - Introduction

08:03 - Faber ad

11:04 - Normal People

24:57 - Subscriber letters

27:13 - Bombay Begums

42:54 - Subscriber letters

49:44 - Honest Government ad

51:34 - PayTM ad

53:43 - Levis ads

56:54 - MTV ad

58:41 - Subscriber letters

1:02:35 - Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

While talking about the Faber dishwasher ad:

Rajyasree: Next time, when you’re having those interviews you have every Sunday, where you interview girls [to] get married to? You just ask, “Do you like cooking?” Then she’ll say, “Yes, yes, I make samosa, shepherd’s pie..." You’ll say, “But will you wash the dishes?”

Abhinandan: Do you like washing dishes?...That toh she will, but do you like?

Rajyasree: That toh she will?!

Abhinandan: Because you don’t want to force anyone.

Rajyasree: What is “that toh she will”? Tell me. That’s what you have to do if she gets married to you? Khaana de...wo saaf karo! You’re quite an emancipated man, I must say.

Abhinandan: So, if I don’t get married, I’m getting a Faber washing machine.

Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.

This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the web series Bombay Begums and Normal People; Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle; advertisements for International Women’s Day, and more.

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00:01 - Introduction

02:12 - Subscriber mails

07:11 - Kappela

16:56 - Allen v Farrow

24:55 - Subscriber letters

27:42 - Call My Agent

32:41 - Subscriber letters

39:19 - Prince Harry’s appearance with James Corden

43:25 - Dove ad

49:55 - Redbull ad 

53:41 - Subscriber letters

While reading a letter from a subscriber about the song Ei Raat Tomar Amar:

Abhinandan: You know, Rajyasree often does this. If I say something about anything like, you know, “This is a dhol".

"It was invented in Bengal!”

Rajyasree: But most of the things are...your speakers are.

Abhinandan: I’ll say sarso ka saag...

"It was invented in Bengal."

Rajyasree: Sarso was invented in Bengal.

Abhinandan: Or if I were to say this is how Sikhs tie their turbans. 

“They learned it from Bengal.”

Rajyasree: The cloth came from Bengal.

Abhinandan: But you [subscriber] have actually sent a video clip showing that the original is a Bengali. So you get 10/10.

Rajyasree: Proof! Proof! He’s given proof.

Abhinandan: Rajyasree, the thing is that you claim everything came from Bengal and you’ve never given me any proof.

Rajyasree: Because you don’t need to show proof for the obvious, na? This is like saying do you know the moon is round when it is a full moon.

Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.

This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the film Kappela; Season 4 of web series Call My Agent!; HBO docu series Allen v Farrow, controversies, and commercials.

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00:01 - Introduction

02:23 - Subscriber mails

03:37 - Yeh Nayan Dare Dare by Amruta Fadnavis

07:15 - Hustlers

13:49 - I Care a Lot

21:50 - Subscriber letters

30:24 - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

40:01 - Subscriber letters

43:10 - The Girlfriend Experience 

47:06 - NHS vaccine ad

51:38 - Subscriber letters

While talking about the docuseries Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel:

Rajyasree: All that this documentary showed me was that people on the internet have a lot of time...

Abhinandan: Really?

Rajyasree: To band together...

Abhinandan: Are you getting the irony of you saying this?...Have a lot of time to watch two shit films...See the metaness of this! So, this four-part series, 50 minutes each, the only thing that demonstrates to you is that people have a lot of time. So, 50×4, 200 minutes you spent in figuring out people on the internet for a long time, while watching on the internet for 200 minutes. Uff, the irony would make Shakespeare proud.

Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.

This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films I Care a Lot and Hustlers; the docuseries Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel; the web series The Girlfriend Experience; Amruta Fadnavis’ song Yeh Nayan Dare Dare, and a lot more. 

Song: Gabru Ta Vairi Nu Vi Mitha Bolda & Bhabi

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00:01 - Introduction

03:38 - Framing Britney Spears

21;05 - Subscriber letters

30:04 - Soulmates

41:21 - Super Bowl 

46:00 - Subscriber letters

53:29 - Mia Khalifa

1:02:02 - Christopher Plummer and Rajiv Kapoor

While talking about Super Bowl commercials:

Abhinandan: When the public pays, the public is served, so we don’t want anyone else to bankroll Newslaundry.

Rajyasree: But they can at least outfit all of you. 

Abhinandan: Why, what’s wrong with my outfit?

Rajyasree: Nothing. I don’t want to say. Foriegn things you’re wearing. Oh Doon school!

Abhinandan: Dude you know, you always make fun of my clothes. She says I’m not a snob. “Nikku, you wear the same clothes every day...” 

Rajyasree: No, nowadays I’ve said you started dressing up. 

Abhinandan: “...you have no new clothes, you look like you got out of bed.”

Rajyasree: I never say. I say, “Nikku, you’re looking so handsome. I can’t concentrate on the podcast.”

Abhinandan: You’re always commenting on “you only have three shirts, you only wear the same shoes. You only have the...”

Rajyasree: Do you not wear the top three shirts?

Abhinandan: I will wear the same clothes everyday in my life. What goes off anyone’s mother? 

Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.

This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss The New York Times documentary Framing Britney Spears; the web series Soulmates; the lives of Rajiv Kapoor and Christopher Plummer; Super Bowl commercials and more.

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