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Add one part news, one part bad jokes, one part Wikipedia research, one part cult references from spending too much time on the internet, one part Wodehouse quotes, and one part quality puns, and you get Simblified.A weekly podcast to help you appear smarter, to an audience that knows no less! Your...
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9 years, ~320 episodes.
4 co-hosts, 6 producers, so many folks behind the scenes.
Some 50 guests, thousands (!) of listeners, hundreds of...
Aaaaand we're taking a break.
After 8 years, we've decided to hit the pause button. A short announcement as to why, and what's coming up.
If you're the type who not just list...
Covid was supposed to change everything - has it?
Remember the 2020-2022? That was one heck of a time - and while we were living through it, it felt like EVERYTHING was changing and would stay that wa...
Consciousness - A User's Guide
What is consciousness?
What do we know about our selves?
Do we even have selves?
These, and other questions have occupied the minds...
Advances in biology & biotech: With Avraneel Part 2
We speak to Simblified fan (!) and microbiologist Avraneel Paul on a whole bunch of things related to what happens inside our body! Viruses and bacter...
Advances in biology & biotech: With Avraneel Part 1
We speak to Simblified fan (!) and microbiologist Avraneel Paul on a whole bunch of things related to what happens inside our body! Viruses and bacter...
Half pints: High heels, marathon records and quietly quitting quiet quitting
It's another episode of Half Pints, where your panelists come in with a fact each. This time, we look at the origins of high heels, Tony's prediction...
Biting the IPL hype pill
For 2 months a year, most of India is glued to a strange love. In this ep, Chuck and Tony are joined by Nitin Sundar to help understand how to learn t...
Sense and Censorability
The Simblified gang has always been fascinated with the concept of content moderation. They revisit the two sides of the argument in a time where book...
A Simblified look at the Five Love Languages
Have you wondered why your partner no longer looks at you with starry eyes? Your Simblified hosts try to figure out this enormously important and vexa...
Somewhere I belong
"The opposite of belonging is fitting in." Having chanced upon this quote, Tony did the logical thing and brought it to the Simblified gang to share t...
Half pints: Cricket facts, stories and stats
We've never done a cricket episode mostly because 3/4 of the panel doesn't really care for the sport anymore. But that's not to say we never cared for...
What motivates us humans?
A question that turns out to be quite hard to answer. What motivates you to do better? Money? Glory? That warm glow inside? Join your Simblified hosts...
Many money thoughts
Chuck recently read Morgan Housel's bestseller, The Psychology of Money. It's a fascinating book that speaks about the mental aspects of saving, wealt...
Half-pints episode: 10000 steps, reverse dowry in China and more
It's a new episode of Simbified half pints, the monthly affair where we come to the table with four random facts. This week:
Why are brides in...
Celebrating 300 episodes, with Amit Varma
Wow, our little show has crossed a triple century! (Waves mic to audience) (gets scolded by producer)
Er... Anyway. In 2015 when Chuck and Nare...
The Flynn Effect and why smart people should know about it.
Moral Philosopher and Intelligence Researcher James Flynn wanted to debunk a racist article by UC Berkely professor Arthur Jensen (who was concluding...
Growing up with Sidin Vadukut
In a special episode for Simblified, we turn the spotlight on Sidin Vadukut. Join us as the OG funny man of the internet who can turn travails of sout...
Our Canada correspondent reports
Our boy Srikeit has successfully made it to the West. As he acclimatises, he reports in with his findings from his first 10 days in a new country. Wha...
A fun conversation about subversion, innovation and disruption
It all started when Chuck read a book. He thought it would be a fun topic to bring onto the show to have one of those random fun discussions.
J...
Lithium - A quick once over
From being a quiz question answer about 4 decades ago to being part of our everyday lives, Lithium is likely to be the most important thing in the nea...
Bye Srikeit :'(
What a clickbait title, no?
Don't worry. Srikeit is not leaving Simblified, just our shores. Our man is relocating to more western pastures.
Non Profits - Making a Difference
We have often wondered what drives people to take up causes other than enriching oneself monetarily. Today we talk to one such person, Rohit Sar, and...
Simblifying Economics with Ashish Kulkarni Part -2
The mark of a truly good teacher is when their former students invite them as experts on their podcasts" - Plato [citation needed]
The Simblifie...
Simblifying Economics with Ashish Kulkarni Part -1
The mark of a truly good teacher is when their former students invite them as experts on their podcasts" - Plato [citation needed]
The Simblifie...
2022 updates: Technology, supply chains, electric vehicles and more
As we move into another revolution around the sun, we'd like to take a moment to look at some of the topics we spoke about over the last year,...
The World Cup, James Webb Telescope and more
2022 updates: The World Cup, James Webb Telescope and more
As we move into another revolution around the sun, we'd like to take a moment to look...
Simblified Live : Go forth and create content!
A few weeks back, the Simblified gang were asked to do a live show for a podcasting event. We've captured the audio of the same to give you, our OG li...
BS simblified!
We are living in a world with constantly increasing levels of BS. Some of it is probably amusing but more often than not, BS irritates, distracts and...
The death of Big Tech is greatly exaggerated
Layoffs, plummeting market caps, ambitious plans stalled, bad press... It looks like the majot tech firms just can't catch a break right now. Perhaps...
Simblified Half-Pints
Four fun things. Many random discussions.
So sometimes, we have a fun story, news story, fact or piece of trivia which we think is good Simblifi...
The transformative power of live music
For a music fan, there's nothing quite like a live performance. Whether you're the sort that zones out at a classical music show, enjoys happy vibes o...
Friendships
We've all had friends. Great friends, irritating friends, friends we don't know how we became friends with, in the first place. But what is it about t...
The united chaos of a divided Britain
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Is ONDC really the UPI of ecommerce?
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The Calorie Jamboree - Part 1
The fundamentals of nutrition can be boiled down to the calorie. In this 2 part episode, the Simblified gang takes an amateur dive into how calories w...
Non Violent Communication
How often have you felt the need to yell your head off at someone or reach out and slap someone? But surprisingly, this is not the best way to deal wi...
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Simblifying AI-generated art Part 2 [the implications]
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