The Right Room

In this episode I sit down with celebrated body builder Ajay Mishael and have an intense conversation on what inspired him to get fit, about being shamed and using that as inspiration, about steroid abuse, about the truth behind being a fitness influencer and about working hard to be somebody that you truly admire. 

In this episode, I sit down with Sandesh Johnny & Bhavneet Singh, two comedians from Hyderabad who embarked on an all India stand up tour by road. Together they've performed at almost every imaginable venue in the country and tell the rough, dirty and engaging story of how they did it. 

Stand Up Comedian Satish Perumal is my favorite comedian when it comes to doing crowd work. In this episode, I sit with him and talk about the Joker, about reading people and about funny stories of audiences that he's roasted at his shows. 

Sudarsan Ramamurthy a.k.a Soda is a stand up comedian, author and storyteller. In my recent trip to Chennai, he came over to where I was staying and talked to me in detail about dating, ghosting, break ups and about the importance of putting yourself first. 

In this episode I sit down with Mumbai based comedian Bhavish Ailani and talk about playing to the back of the room, about recording a new video, about religion and about addictive behavior. 

In this episode I sit down with Hyderabad based stand-up comedian Rohit Swain and talk about bachelor pads, growing up in the 90s and about how hard it is to nail stand-up as an art.

In this episode I sit down with stand up comedian, podcaster and writer, Navin Noronha and talk about his start into comedy, about his solo show 'The Good Child', about talking about his homosexuality on stage, about the positive response to his work and how he sees his comedy as a voice for activism and positive change.  You can follow him on Instagram - @houseofnoronha.  You can also check out his Stand Up Videos on YouTube and listen to his podcasts - keeping it Queer and Varta Lab on your favorite Podcast Streaming Platform. 

Following a Ban on Music at clubs in my city, I started to think if our government is more rural biased as opposed to urban biased. This got me thinking about the possibility that I could be wrong about everything that I expected from the economy from the point of view a 'privileged urban Indian'. So I decided to talk to my friend, Thejas Sundar who is a brilliant Professor of Economics and ask him a few of the questions that were bothering me. We talk about recessions, offices being over-staffed, employees being over-qualified, about the importance of creating and about how we hate to admit to the word 'mediocre'.

In this episode I sit down with comedy buddy Kritarth Srinivasan and talk about what frustrates us. We cover being broke, online dating and talk about people who should not be parents. 

In this solo podcast episode I talk about the increasing surge of fake news, about how people use fear to control other people and about trying to be accountable. 

Kunal Rao is a stand up comedian and writer from Mumbai. In this episode I sit with him and have a conversation about positive self talk, about how the word 'cool' runs the world, about horrible corporate shows and about the value of putting yourself in a good mood. 

In this episode I sit down with Simran and Siddharth who started floh, a singles community after interviewing about 40,000 single people. In this episode we talk about the difficulty of finding meaningful relationships despite the increasing avenues of connecting with people online, the change in the role of women and men in relationships, about not feeling bad about being single, about the importance of healing after a break up and the key to attracting the right people. 

In this episode I sit with Arnav Rao and talk about how people get carried away with trends that are unlikely to last and about the importance of being unique. 

In this solo podcast episode I talk about offensive comedy and about the importance of stepping out. 

In this episode I talk about the ever increasing amount of free time that we are going to have as more and more of our tasks get automated and about learning to be intentional in how we live our lives. This episode is inspired by Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari.