The Bhangra Podcast

Sup y'all. On this episode of The Bhangra Podcast, we kick off Bhangra Panga, our march-madness-style bracket of the best sets of the decade! This week we're running through the first 5 years and dropping our picks for the bracket. Keep an eye out for a link to fill out your brackets, and check our social media pages for how to get some of that cash money for the winning bracket.

Link to Bracket Entry

Link to Lineup Video

All the Performances mentioned in this video

Bhangra Panga Performance Finalists

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On this episode of the podcast we dive deep with Dr. Gibb Schreffler of Pomona College on his new book, Dhol - Drummers, Identities, and Modern Punjab.

A link to the book and an overview can be found here from the Illinois Free Press: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=53qpg7tm9780252044076

A link to audiovisual examples from the book can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/c/dholbook

0:00 - 3:30 - Intro

3:30 - 6:15 - How Gibb gets into Dhol

6:15 - 8:20 - Working with a mentor - Garib Dass

8:20 - 11:00 - Inspiration for writing this book

11:00 - 14:30 - The journey of the instrument in culture

14:30 - 16:22 - What does it mean to be a dholi vs a dhol player

16:22 - 20:35 - Exploring Cultural Nationalism

20:35 - 22:15 - Becoming a Dholi in Punjab

22:15 - 24:55 - Observations on Modern day Punjab

24:55 -37:00 What does it mean an dhol ustaad, what does an Ustaad represent, and observations of Ustaads

37:00 - 41:40 - Dhol, Dhol as Art, and Upliftment through Dhol

41:40 - End - Major Takeaways and Closing thoughts

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Sup y'all, on this bonus episode of The Bhangra Podcast we're dropping the full, unedited judges deliberation directly from the judges. Apologies for the choppy audio, it wasn't exactly recorded in a sound treated room.

Performances from Bhangra in the Burgh Playlist

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On this episode of The Bhangra Podcast we talk to the judges of Bhangra in the Burgh 2021 about their placings!

Performances from Bhangra in the Burgh Playlist

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On this episode of The Bhangra Podcast, we speak with David Castro about the controversy surrounding BFunk's release of dance fundamentals tutorials for "Hip Hop" and Bhangra.

Umer's article about BFunk

Castro's IG Live about BFunk

BFunk and Tanishq Hip Hop Tutorial Ad

BFunk Bhangra Tutorial Ad

Our episode with Gibb Schreffler

Castro's IG @castroreg

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00:00 -0 1:30 - Intro

01:31 - 02:16 - Kerina's Background

02:17 - 03:26 - Kerina's Bhangra Background

03:27 - 04:34 - Staying strong in other part's of your body

04:35 - 06:12 - Typical Dance Injuries

06:13 - 08:40 - Preventing Injuries

08:41 - 11:30 - Best practices to stay healthy

11:31 - 12:59 - Dealing with different types of injuries

13:00 - 16:30 - Top five things to keep in mind

16:31 - Fin - When Physical Therapy and Thank you!

Sup y'all, on this episode of The Bhangra Podcast we're interviewing the captain and founder of Shaan Punjab Dee (SPD), Prabh Saini.

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Performances and Videos Referenced in this Episode:

SPD at Bruin Bhangra

SPD at Bhangra Arena

SPD at Bhangra Fever

SPD at Big 10 Bhangra

SPD at Motor City Bhangra

SPD at Windy City Bhangra

SPD at Big Apple 2014

SPD at Chak De Bhangra

Bhangra Arena Placing Debacle

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On this episode of The Bhangra Podcast, we tell you what we've been up to in the time since our last episode, and the plans we have for our show and the new exciting ways we're going to be telling stories going forward.

Reach out and let us know what you'd like to see more of as our show continues to grow!

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Sup y'all, on this episode of The Bhangra Podcast we talk to Dr. Irfan Nooruddin, Director of the South Asia Center at the Atlantic Council and Professor of Indian Politics in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University

02:28 - Quick tldr about what's going on in India

03:30 - Explanation of the background behind the bills and how they will damage the farmers

14:27 - How and why did these bills come to be?

20:40 - The Green Revolution and relevant history

33:47 - The water crisis and farmer suicide crisis

39:12 - What can we do?

Intro Music by First Class Beats (Ram Mahalingam)

Outro Music Kisaan Anthem

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Links

Dr. Irfan Nooruddin's website

Who's your US representative

The Atlantic Council

Save Indian Farmers

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Sup y'all, on this episode of The Bhangra Podcast we sat down with the judges to get a behind the scenes look for judging eBhangra.

00:53 - Reflecting on their experiences as a judge for an online competition

06:36 - Brigade vs Furteelay in Round 1

13:50 - Bruishtey edging out FCB in Round 3

18:20 - Brigade vs Furteelay in Round 3

22:30 - Take aways for teams and competitions from eBhangra 1.0

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