Tondeltitnu Podcast

Disclaimer: a huge chunk of this episode was generated by ChatGPT, the OpenAI chatbot that has taken the internet by storm. We're joined by new guests Damian and Vic, as well as returning cast members Faizaan, Thibaut, and Nico as we push ChatGPT to its limits. We test its boundaries by making it write alternative histories (featuring Nico's brilliant impressions), code, fictional stories of the cast, impersonations of celebrities and more!

On the eve of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Faizaan, Sean, Faniki, and Roshyan joined us to preview the tournament and try their hand at the impossible task of predicting its results. Besides making predictions, we also shed light on Qatar's murky bid to host the tournament by discussing the appalling treatment of migrant workers and expressing concern on how Qatar would handle the tournament logistically. Seeing as this was a World Cup of upsets, join us to see what we got right and hear our takes that aged horribly as the tournament progressed. 

We're finally back with new weeb talk guests! We're joined by Levi, Josette, Shifa, and Ren Keat as we go over the anime we liked from the summer season and talk about the manga and manhwa adaptations we've been excited about such as Heaven Official's Blessing, Spy x Family, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Charlotte, To Your Eternity, Death Note, Solo Leveling, Summertime Render, Ao Ashi, and more! We also discuss how we got into anime, our media consumption habits and how our love for the genre has forged lasting relationships with like-minded fans.

Listen here, Jack. That's some malarkey right there. We're joined by Nico, a self-professed "Romeaboo" and history buff, as well as regular contributors, Sean and Thibaut to relaunch our conspiracy theories series. With some of the wildest tangents we've had on record, we discuss everything from Californian weather, racist overtones in the Bored Ape NFTs and Minecraft, the formation of the ESRB, presidential slip-ups featuring Nico's immaculate Trump and Bush Jr. impressions, Julius Caesar getting kidnapped by pirates, Persian Among Us and lots more!

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Timestamps

Featuring a cast of alumni from the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa (AKAM), regular contributors Faizaan, Jai, and Faniki are joined by new guests Josette, a medical student and triathlon athlete studying at the University of Nairobi, and Levi, a computer engineering major at the University of San Francisco. We discuss at length about Josette's daily grind balancing her athletic and academic aspirations, Levi's love for enginerring and the cool contraptions he's built during his freshman year, Jai's "Zoom University" experience, Faniki's eventful gap year as well as talk about the cast's love for their homeland of Kenya in which they highlight the beautiful beaches and nature, street food delights like "chapati burritos" and even debate the public transport situation and the role of tuk-tuks and matatus in evading endless traffic jams. You won't wanna miss this eventful episode featuring a diverse set of college experiences from 5 unique individuals with a shared love for their homeland of Kenya!

Back by popular demand, Amir joins us to talk about being invited to the Google I/O event in Kuala Lumpur. We discuss his experience of being the youngest attendee at the event, signing a non-disclosure agreement, reviewing the choice of food at the event, teaching Google's AI how to differentiate between different types of traditional Malaysian food, receiving free Google swag, meeting Google's regional leads, and more!

We're joined by Sean and Victor to recount Sean's and regular host Rishven's trip to Ireland to visit Kishor. While the bulk of the episode focuses on Kishor's controversial Yeezy Foam Runners, we talk about the time we spent in Dublin, Athlone, and Galway. We discuss whether Irish Guinness is really all that, talk about the recent influx of American tourists and comment on how loud they are, talk about all the food we tried and why that did not include "Irish food", Dublin's similarities to the UK at large, why Galway was the highlight of the trip, minimum wage working conditions in Ireland, Gaelic football, Irish taxi drivers, walking past a crackhouse at night and loads more!

Amir joins us in this ambitious crossover of our Tech Talk and Conspiracy Theories series to talk about a variety of conspiracies in the tech world. We discuss the rationale behind some of Elon Musk's tweets, revisit the US' ban on Huawei amidst a "tough on China" stance, talk about the fear that the FAANG companies will become bigger monopolies and the need to regulate them, the Nothing phone, virtual reality, Web3, and a deeper discussion on what the future holds as the tech industry seemingly reaches its peak.

Erica and Markus are back to talk about moving away from home and living in a foreign land. Erica specifically reflects on spending around 9 months living in the US while Markus gives us his first impressions of life in Australia. We discuss the hardest aspects of making this transition, making new friends, assess our adulting skills as well as safeguarding our mental health.