TPR Pod

What! Video! A podcast recorded with people in the same room?? They said it couldn't be done but here we are. It only took 3 years of the show being air, Irfan Junejo reaching +800k subscribers on YouTube and 3 weeks of the videos sitting around and finally having to be exported 8 times and uploaded twice! But here we are. Rizwan, Ali and of course Irfan got together in Karachi and talked about...stuff. Lahore's smog, Irfan's career, weddings, pizza places and who knows what. Check it out! Share, like, subscribe, SEND MONEY.

Shock of all shocks, one episode on Climate Change wasn't enough to solve the damn thing. As promised, we're back with another update and some more depressing stats. The news has been full of doom and gloom with the recent smog and air-quality crisis in Lahore and we sat down with returning guests Ahmad Rafay Alam & Dawar Butt to get to the bottom of it all. Give it a listen!

Things discussed in this episode:

1. Impact the Climate Change marches have had

2. How the 2019 smog has been worst so far & real contributors to smog are vehicles

3. People ending up in hospitals quickly made the blame game meaningless

4. Smog is not just a Lahore issue, will move south

5. Why Climate Change's effects on lowering crop yields directly cause crop burning to still go on

6. Language barrier in spreading climate change info among the masses

The boys are back! Taking a break between Irfan Junejo episodes, we got together to discuss our own recent meetups and just hang out like we do. Give it a listen!

Things discussed in this episode:

1. Sarkhail lost a tooth!

2. Rizwan got a new camera!

3. Ali went to Karachi

4. Ali & Rizwan met!

5. Airport hatred

6. Haramkhor bachay in flights

7. "halki si ulti ayi aur bacha hogaya"

We're back! Unplanned Halloween week hiatus later, Sarkhail and Ali are back to check in with your, our, everybody's favourite Pakistani YouTuber Irfan Junejo. Our boy's been through a fair bit quite recently and he stopped by our virtual studio to chat and we spoke at length in this pod about where he's at in his career. After his pseudo"cancellation" over the Kashmir non-issue & subsequent absence from YouTube, we discussed his experience so far, fame, mental health and general outlook on his future on YouTube.

Give it a listen!

It's the Halloween weekend! Or as we call it in Pakistan, Holwin. In that spirit we're re-releasing our first ever Jinn Stories episode! Racing ghosts, wall jinns and more! Do it up!

Things discussed in this episode:

1. Street racing ghosts in Karachi!

2. Jinns doing origami with heater pipes!

3. They're jumping over canals!

4. UAE roundabout jinn story from the 90s!

5. Takkhar Bros vs the undead!

6. Nightmatch mein trespassing on jinn territories!

We finally got him. Shaheryar Popalzai is on the show. A super informative talk that we'd be trying to setup for a while, Shaheryar is pro in the digital journalism space. He's worked for Tribune and now is with Dawn, one of the creators of Siasatbot and if you're familiar with the Pakistani political news space you've seen his amazing breakdowns of manufactured Twitter trends and hashtags. A great episode for everybody interested in the news, journalism and current affairs and how they interact with social media today.

Things discussed in this episode:

1. How a Computer Science major with an MBA got into digital journalism, then Tribune & now strategy at Dawn

2. How new organizations fail to utilize digital/social media to improve news presentation

3. How to analyze Pakistani politics' fake twitter trends

4. What the hell is @SiasatBot

Sarkhail's back from Iceland! The three lads are back together to talk about twitter drama, a random conversation Rizwan overheard, Sarkhail's massive trip to Iceland and creepy goings on in Rizwan's house!

Things discussed in this episode:

1. @RizwanPehelwan overheard a conversation

2. Doodhwala ethics

3. Bitching about twitter deep types

4. Detailed discussion on @Sarkhail7Khan's Iceland trip!

Plus this whole pod has a backdrop of there maybe being a jinn outside Rizwan's room so there's a slight air of tension through the episode!

And we're back! Another unexpected 1-week hiatus. Life is tough when you're coordinating with 3 main hosts PLUS guests, all in different countries and timezones. Things get worse when you throw in real life problems in the mix. But we're back! This time Nadir Shahzad of Sikandar ka Mandar is with us! Sarkhail is in Iceland so he bailed and we had the opportunity to fill his chair with our weird and talented friend.

Things discussed in this episode:

1. Nadir is here!

2. Our favourite cannibal

3. Nadir work on a documentary for Al Jazeera!

4. Jinn story or mental disorder?

5. RANTS ON PAKISTANI MAINSTREAM MUSIC

6. Rizwan walked out of a haircut

7. PIA is horrible

Also we totally bitch out about Coke Studio and Pepsi's Battle of Bands.

Part 2 is out! This was an enormous recording session so it made sense to split the episodes up. This part is Rizwan talking about his trip to Dubai and Ali talking about his trip to China. Give it a listen!

Things discussed in this episode:

1. Rizwan went to Dubai to sleep

2. What is Captive Autonomy>

3. 9ft tall Pakistani bouncer in Dubai

4. All people in China are tall??

5. "Sarkhail haleem khata hai chopsticks se"

6. Abhinandan moustache duo in China!

The boys have been travelling! Check out part 1 of our two part episode. We talk about Sarkhail going to Europe, checking out Manchester, Amsterdam and Brussels. Part 2 comes out next week with Ali & Rizwan's travels!

Things discussed in this episode:

1. Chicken is a fruit.

2. Chacha Cricket in Manchester on 14Aug!!

3. The Peep Room

4. K'naals in Amsterdam

5. Being Frank with Anne

6. MayoCHOOP

7. Manchester is the Faisalabad of the UK

8. Childhood underwear check story!?