The Thought Café Podcast

Happy Valentine’s Day! This week, Nikhil, Mira and Donna reveal their worst romantic trials and tribulations as they explore the world of teenage love. Crushes are tough, and your favorite hosts are here to complain about them together. Doing their absolute best to stop Donna from making the conversation depressing, Mira describes her perfect man (Yon Gonzalez), while Nikhil shares his hilarious (almost) first kiss story.

It’s happened. They’ve finally snapped. Seven episodes in, they’ve come in with nothing but their camp horror stories and middle school math class trauma. We guarantee you a solid forty-minutes of nonsense.

Welcome to our series, Unplugged! This is the first episode where we go completely off-script: no plans, no preparation. It’s a little bit of a train-wreck, but we promise you’ll enjoy it.

New year, new president! In this episode, The Thought Café discusses their hopes for the Biden administration, and their political wishes for our country. Through extensive discourse on Covid-19 and national polarization, we find out who Nikhil’s favorite white man is: Biden or Fauci? Sit back and relax as three teenagers spend a solid forty minutes gushing about our new leaders.

So, it turns out Nikhil has an obsession with Vogue that none of us knew about. This week on The Thought Café, Nikhil, Mira, and Donna decide to finally introduce themselves and actually share some personal anecdotes with everyone. We can’t vouch for its educational quality, but at least they figure out their preferred tactical strategies if they’re ever tasked with fighting elephant sized-chickens.

Welcome to Capitalist Hell! This week, Nikhil, Mira and Donna finally do enough research to have a comprehensive discussion on antitrust lawsuits. From Silicon Valley to Washington DC, they examine the complex relationship between big tech and big government. Regrettably, Mira forgets to insult Mark Zuckerberg’s hair partway through, but at least they discover something new about oligopolies.

In this episode, join Nikhil, Mira and Donna as they explore the psychology and economics behind strict parenting, knowing full well that they are possibly the least qualified individuals in the world on this specific subject matter. It’ll be an awesome ride anyway.

Welcome to the first episode of The Thought Café! Nikhil, Mira, and Donna explore the depths of political satire and its drawbacks, all while realizing that Nikhil doesn’t know any late night hosts! From Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles to John Oliver, your favorite hosts take a critical look at the role of political satire in US policy.

In this episode of The Thought Café, Nikhil, Mira and Donna unravel conspiracy theories about the universe and break down some of their own (weirder) ideas about the world around us. Does fate exist? Is there a natural order to the universe? Are Russian elves evil? We do our best to take on these big questions.

What is revenge? Apparently eating ice cream sandwiches and poop drawings. Follow Nikhil, Mira, and Donna as we explore the dark corners of Reddit. From cancel culture, to revenge stories, to Phillipe v. Phillipa (Team Phillipa all the way!), join us in this episode of The Thought Café.