The Bangkok Breakdown's podcast

Season 2. Episode 6: In this episode... Shaikh’s new place is great, but the glass walls of the bathroom seem like it’s made for shooting for bathroom porn. Emin decides that solar panels are a sunny addition to the very hygienic toilet seat dish rack, aka energy production and ass production join forces. They move the dialogue to the one place that feels like home across America- the local diner. The boys reminisce about how every diner has there go-to meals and how it is the staple at the corner of every neighborhood. Emin decides that opening a diner in Bangkok would be as profound as changing the way you open your toilet seat. 

Season 2. Episode 5: Where Shaikh is inspired by his recent move to discuss what makes any house a home. The girls have yet to return home so it’s Emin (@mrhajiyev) and Shaikh recalling their experiences of moving to new places. Emin discusses the lack of upgrades or heating in his Albany apartment. Shaikh is happy to move out of his dorm-style situation but is used to small spaces thanks to life in NYC and his appreciation for a kitchen sink. Emin somehow becomes inventive and decides to issue a patent pending on his collapsible toilet seat dish rack. 

Season 2. Episode 4: Where Emin (@mrhajiyev) has come back from a trip to the grocery store because childhood memories have prompted his need for bootleg sugar-free Oreos. Shaikh and Emin continue the sweet treat talk and segway into their favorite post-drinking binge eats. Shaikh reveals his love for bed, booze, and binge whether it be TV shows or books. He takes this queue to talk about his true guilty pleasure for the written word and his true love for content creation and creativity. Basically, guilty pleasures have become a trip down memory lane for the boys. 

Season 2, Episode 3 - Emin (@mrhajiyev) and Shaikh decide that guilty pleasures would be appropriate since the girls have gone wild in different parts of Thailand. Shaikh expresses his love for British crime drama and it prompts Emin to dissect the categories of guilty pleasures. While his investigation didn’t go that far, he decides he needs to literally go the distance between recording sessions as he reminisces on his love for desserts. Emin also divulges his former weight issues that digest from a love of all things sweet.

Season 2. Episode 2: Shaikh has spent his Sunday with Seema aunty from Indian matchmaking and describes the reality and the openness to arranged marriages. Emin (@mrhajiyev) explains how this has worked for generations in his Azerbaijan. Belen (@belen_nycc) analyzes these narratives and imparts further wisdom as to how it’s like your parents are filtering potential lovers for you. Yulia (@lenshinayulia) wants her parents nowhere near her love life and Zohour (@malayazozo) wants to only be near someone with all the humps.

Season 2, Episode 1: The gang discusses online dating and their collective lack of experiences with the swipe to find love culture.  Belen (@belen_nycc), Emin (@mrhajiyev), and Shaikh are not just skeptical but believe that physical presence is a must when engaging in any relationship. Yulia (@lenshinayulia) has tried the water of Tinder but finds herself just as lost as she is during the podcast group chat and Zohour (@malayazozo) will settle for nothing less than 50 camels.

Episode 11- Season Finale: “Time Travel”

Emin (@mrhajiyev) lost count of the episodes while the gang lost count of what year they'd time travel to. Belen (@belen_nycc) has grazed the crew with the smuggled “Graskaas” cheese from 'how do you call the green stuff' fed cows in her motherland. Yulia (@lenshinayulia) promises to pay attention to the group messages as she will become a new and year older person when midnight strikes. Zohour (@malayazozo) discovers that she needs real European dating experience in the time of the disco. Shaikh 'multitasks' by combing Zumba with nightlife aka being ratchet. Overall time travel conversation went to the dumps but inspired horse shit business ideas.

Episode 10- Pet Peeves: “I can’t stand . . . .” The gang minus Instagram expert Yuliya (@lenshinayulia) starts this week’s discussion without any videos and a very full cheese platter. Belen(@belen_nycc) reveals that she is sensitive to sounds so if you’re chewing too loud, she might just break your jaw. Zohour (@malayazozo) discovers that being stuck in the air with people is a great way to figure out what you can’t stand about them. Shaikh and Emin finally agree on something! They both don’t see why people can’t text back although Emin is guilty of doing it. 

Episode-Bonus. We always have way too much fun recording our podcast, here are some of our bloopers from the first three episodes, more to come.

Episode 8: The gang minus Muay Thai traveling fighter Belen (@belen_nycc) starts this week’s discussion about long-distance relationships while they are all hungover. The effects of a wild night out clearly disorient the conversation to the many layers and thoughts about relationships. Emin sheds some light on becoming habituated with your partner, Yuliya (@lenshinayuliya) needs constant communications, Zohour (@malayazozo) believes there are givers and takers, and Shaikh just won’t compromise.