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The News @ 7.1.25Episode 20: Blasted Be the Past 5This bulletin features:
Three Shirt Buttons.
32 White Horses. Clothing.
Shade. Colour. Genitals.
Ancestors. Pepe’s. Jeans.
Straight. Boring. Gayness.
And Uniform Code of Attire.
Transcript: https://bit.ly/3sZY1mE
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Warning: This of course, is my opinion. If yours isn’t the same as mine and has worked for you, keep it intact. 2023-09-1705 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 19: Blasted Be the Past 4This bulletin features:
A Friend. Parties. Light Beams.
Conversations. Din. Voice Box.
Bullshit. Priority. Battleground.
Father. God. Catholic Marriage.
Mother. Beef. Passive Aggressiveness.
Jesus. Mary. Joseph. Peacemaker.
Catholic Church. Man. And Woman.
Show notes: https://bit.ly/3RjWmlX
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Warning: If you listen to this episode, not even a confession will save your soul. So, walk away right now. 2023-09-1608 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 18: Press Conferences and Show-cause NoticesThis bulletin features:
The NBC. Fuck.
Dickhead. Spokesperson.
Chutiye. Psychological Trauma.
KFC. News Channel. He.
Permission. Bourbon Biscuits.
Genre. News Flash.
News Editor. And RTNSC.
Show notes: https://bit.ly/3Zbn4Pu
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Warning: Hardly meant for the PG-13 audiences. And hardly meant for many from the R and NC-17 categories either. 2023-09-1105 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 17: Blasted Be the Past 3This bulletin features:
Straight. Bisexual.
Sex. Hair. Shoulders.
Christmas. Bombay.
Celebrity. Online Tickets.
Hard Ones. Fuck Friend.
Green Eyes. Sexual.
Heathrow. And Class.
Show notes: https://bit.ly/44GLodi
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Warning: There might be a tremor of truth in this that measures 7.5 on the Richter Scale. If you don’t sense it, chances are you’re either insen...2023-09-1006 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 16: The Goa Buses EditionThis bulletin features:
Tiniest Buses. 560 kms.
Candolim. Paradise.
Hell. Shipping Containers.
Tinpots. Slits. Bum. Acrobatics.
Daddy-long Legs. Dhinchak. Bling.
Passengers. Suffocation.
Dilapidated. And Spirt of Goa.
Show notes: https://bit.ly/3PwnL2B
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Warning: This episode has all it takes to not land anywhere inside a tourism brochure. Besides, it also talks about bums; if you’re tuning in from The Conservatory of India, tune out right now. 2023-09-1005 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 15This bulletin features:
Fuck. Knick-knacks. Shopping.
Indians. Toilet. Bathroom.
Integrity. Lens.
Underwear. Foods. Ex.
Attitude. Upmarket.
Package. Prize catch.
Bourbon. and Romcom.
Show notes: https://bit.ly/3q6eZhO
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Warning:
This episode has no warnings—
unless two men shopping romantically
is the warning you want.
In that case, you are not...2023-05-2206 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 14: This Is Not My Problem 1This bulletin features:
A Woman. Closet.
Furniture. Spread.
Legs. Straight. Hands.
Hip. Manly. Sexuality.
Heterosexual. Bum. Crotch.
Business. And Solution.
Show notes: https://bit.ly/3MNRmmQ
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Warning:
If The Ten Commandments
or Hum Aapke Hain Kaun
is your thing, then you
are not this episode’s thing. 2023-05-2205 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 13: The Simple Facts of Life 2This bulletin features:
Pink. Lizards. Walking.
Black mass. Disguise.
Hydrogen. Conservative.
Throuples. Orgy. Filth. Regime.
Gay naked abandon.
Lesson. Straight-and-narrow.
Etiquette. Desires. And civic sense.
Show notes: https://bit.ly/444KV5q
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Warning: This episode is logically ill. Refrain from tuning in if your intelli...2023-04-2505 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 12: The Simple Facts of Life 1This bulletin features:
Nondescript. Brown.
A chair. A table. Legs.
Drama queen. Moan. Fucked up.
Real estate. Six million.
Spinal cord. Tongue.
And sleeping on the table.
Show notes: https://bit.ly/3mYTmyx
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Warning: Certified fit for those who think 1 + 1 might also be equal to 3 or 4.2023-04-2403 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 11: Blasted Be The Past 2.2This bulletin features:
Fanatical Catholic.
The New Testament. Alleluia.
God. Fuccccccck! Jeremiah.
Corrupting Talk. Bitch.
Crude Joking. Gaslighting.
Indians. And Humiliation.
Show notes: http://bit.ly/3UfvoLN
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Warning: Certified unfit for Cha...2023-04-0707 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 10: Blasted Be The Past 2.1This bulletin features:
Gourmet. Catholic faith.
Accent. Birthday. Belch.
Cackle. Jeers.
A Call Centre.
American. Jeans. Ice. Prick.
Divine incarnations. Beer. Wine.
Love. Throat. And attack.
Show notes: http://bit.ly/3zDlGJy
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Agnus Dei X - Bitter Suite by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Com...2023-04-0710 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 09This bulletin features:
Live. Press. Conference.
NBC. Changes. English.
Seriously. Society.
Talk. Don’t matter at all.
Facts. Chutiye. Idiot.
And questions.
Show notes: http://bit.ly/3luCuPx
Warning: We have no idea where we’re going. With this, I mean. 2023-03-2002 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 08This bulletin features:
Phone company. Ambassador.
Yellow. Country cousins.
Parasite. Ingrateful.
Ungrateful. ABC. Self-trading.
Fake. Trauma. 1.5 billion. Car. Plane.
Hotel suites. And my trash can.
Show notes: http://bit.ly/3LzUfYa
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Warning: If you think this episode reeks of privilege, chances are that it does. 2023-03-2006 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 07This bulletin features:
Mattresses. ChatGPT.
Rags. Suicide. Hell.
After the funeral.
Father. Mother. Sex.
The middle of the road.
Seas of saffron. My boyfriend.
And the hell that is to come.
Show notes: http://bit.ly/3J5f6ju
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2023-03-1008 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 06This bulletin features:
The table from Episode 01.
The NBC. A self-imposed exile.
Some action. Grant Road.
Ubers. Mount Mary’s Church.
Fancy degrees from the UK.
Drawers. Bathrooms.
Icy bitches. And networking.
Show notes: http://bit.ly/3KHVq7x
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Warning: If I have offended you, I apologize. Which, of course, because it’s conditional, is nowhere close to being an apology at all.2023-02-2609 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 05: Blasted Be The Past 1.0This bulletin features:
The fuck up. Jeans.
Aila. The Bullying Tiger.
Eyeliner. Money.
Maila. Bombay.
Cockroaches. The Seminary.
Children. And her choice.
Show notes: http://bit.ly/3ks1Uwz
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Warning: No permissions were taken for this segment simply because no one took mine to say what they did.2023-02-2609 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 04This bulletin features:
One headline. The media.
My washing machine. Mother.
Porn. Froth. A hand wash.
Curtains from Episode 03.
A rundown factory. A favour.
And the question of the rings.
Show notes: http://bit.ly/3xRW3Ui
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Warning: Do I need to tell you what it is. You’re clever enough, aren’t you?2023-02-2605 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 03This bulletin features:
Laws. Bums. Boots.
Sweet talk. A Journalist.
Ass. Cubicles. Curtains.
Cosmetic Surgery.
The table from Episode 01.
And some more dirt.
Show notes: http://bit.ly/3SxGsmz
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Warning: Contains Eritas. You know what that is by now. Consult your physician before consumption.2023-02-2604 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 02This bulletin features:
Three hours. My window.
Roads. Sludge. Sex.
Mader#$%^. Mother Dearest.
The table from Episode 01.
And some more dirt.
Show notes: http://bit.ly/3Z2r9op
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Warning: Contains Eritas. Find out what that is, consult your dictionary, and refrain from calling the moral police. They’ve enough on their plate.2023-02-2604 minThe News @ 7.1.25Episode 01This bulletin features:
Porn. The restaurant. 2:00 am.
A book club meeting.
A table. And some dirt.
Show notes: http://bit.ly/3SxkVKK
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Warning: Listener discretion is recommended.2023-02-2607 min
About What You SaySeason 1, Episode 9: Bitch—Part 3Part 3 of Episode 9 continues the conversation we began in The People’s Corner in Part 2 and then draws to a close. Here are the questions we asked them and the timestamp at which they appear at in Part 3:
00:31: When a woman uses the word ‘bitch’ to describe herself, what is the message she’s trying to convey?
08:19: Do you think the word ‘bitch’ signifies power and strength these days? In what context?
16:11: From where and from whom did he learn the meaning of the word ‘bitch’?
22:57: Do you think the meaning of this word will change in the future? What wil...2021-07-3041 minAbout What You SaySeason 1, Episode 9: Bitch—Part 2In Part 2 of Episode 9, in The People’s Corner, we speak to a delightful mix of people about the word ‘bitch’. We ask them about the way it seeped into their lives, how they handled it, whether it took over their lives, how they managed to keep it in control, and whether and how it put them in quite a magnificently awkward spot! Here are the questions we asked them and the timestamps they appear at in Part 2:
00:31: Introduction
02:53: What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word ‘bitch’?
05:07: When a man calls a woman ‘a...2021-07-3026 minAbout What You SaySeason 1, Episode 9: Bitch —Part 1Powerful. Denigrating. Demeaning. Domineering. Bitch is all of that when it wants to be—and more! Part 1 of Episode 9 charts its origins and the way 'bitch' morphed from being a simpering simmering insult to a fashionable greeting and then settled on being both—and came to imply authority AND weakness as well!—when in the hands and on the tongues of men and women across quite a handful of decades.
Here are the timestamps for each section of Part 1:
00:00: Introduction
01:35: Origins
03:35: The Insult
04:16: The Closet of Meanings
06:22: Ernest Hemingway
08:39: The Bitch Manifesto
The show notes for Pa...2021-07-3011 minAbout What You SaySeason 1, Episode 8: GirlIt has a naive—almost spiritually innocent—look about it. And yet, the word ‘girl’ can be quite malicious and vicious when in the hands of people who don’t care two hoots about being humane.
This episode takes a look at how ‘girl’ was once a leveller and its tendency to find itself in the midst of verbal assault.
Warning: This episode contains explicit language. Listener discretion is advised.
The show notes for this episode are here: https://cutt.ly/6bKY0A6
And as always, do write to us. We’re accepting pra...2021-05-1411 minAbout What You SaySeason 1, Episode 7: SexySome think it’s all over the place while some think it’s cooled off into oblivion. Say what you may, ‘sexy’ perks up a conversation, description, or even a deadpan expression like no other. This episode takes a look at its origins, the sensation it tickled Bollywood with, and whether talk—especially in India—will involve 'sexy' in the future.
The episode comprises the following sections:
00:00 - Introduction and Origins
03:44 - The Bollywood Connection
09:49 - The People’s Corner
Please note: I conducted several telephonic interviews for this episode. Consequently, the audio for this episode might...2021-05-0836 minAbout What You SaySeason 1, Episode 6: FillersYou can use them to buy time, while away time, and pretend you’re having a conversation even when you don’t want to. Fillers—quite literally—fill in for you in conversations almost all the time.
In this episode, we speak to a number of people to find out what particular filler word is their all-time favourite and how they make use of fillers when faced with controversial topics, questions whose answers they know nothing about, and conversations they’d like to keep away from or merely play spectators to.
Please note: I conducted several te...2021-05-0233 minAbout What You SaySeason 1, Episode 5: The Common HouseA piece of clothing and a drink: What could they have in common? Well, let's find out!
The show notes for this episode are here: https://cutt.ly/Pv80GDg
And as usual, here I am, begging you to write to us. :-) We are still accepting bouquets, brickbats, and everything in between at: aboutwhatyousay@icloud.com.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aboutwhatyousay/message2021-04-2608 minAbout What You SaySeason 1, Episode 4: ShallowFrom measuring depths to assessing friendships and relationships to finding its way into kitchens to getting airtime with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, ‘shallow’ has mingled with some rather quirky bedfellows.
This episode tracks people’s opinion about how shallow (or not) is its usage and whether we use it at all these days—and why?
Please note: I conducted several telephonic interviews for this episode. Consequently, the audio for this episode might sound a bit uneven. You may want to begin listening at relatively lower sound levels; you may also want to adjust the sound le...2021-04-1622 minAbout What You SaySeason 1, Episode 3: PreponeMention the word ‘prepone’ and you have got to mention the Indians. For they are always the ones who take the credit—or the blame!—for coming up with that word, so much so that Shashi Tharoor, an Indian politician, at one point in time, believed he was the one who concocted it. Well, he didn’t—as he himself clarified later—but really, are the Indians responsible for it at all?
This episode pulls the veil off ‘prepone’ and tells you all…
If you’d like to take a look at this episode’s show notes, they’re here...2021-04-0917 minAbout What You SaySeason 1, Episode 2: VaxholeVaxhole: Vaccines + @$$hole.
Need I say anything more to cajole you into finding out more? :-)
As usual, should you want to take a look at the show notes, they’re here: https://cutt.ly/fcv1UEJ
And, yes, please do feel free to write to us at aboutwhatyousay@icloud.com.
We’d love to hear from you! :-D
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aboutwhatyousay/message2021-04-0411 minAbout What You SaySeason 1, Episode 1: PodcastHello there! And welcome to Episode 1! :-)
Since this is part of a podcast,
We thought we’d start at the very beginning:
We thought we’d begin with ‘podcast’!
This episode takes you through the origins of the word ‘podcast’. We also talk to people from diverse backgrounds and professions to find out what they think about the word and why, in their opinion, it survived the shifting sands of an ever-dynamic language that absorbs, drops, and re-defines words ever so often.
If you’d like to take a look at this...2021-03-3010 minAbout What You SaySeason 1: TrailerAllo allo, people! It’s out! It’s here! And it's available!
The Audio Trailer for Season 1 is here! :-)
The first episode releases on the 31st of March 2021.
Do tune in!
You can download this episode's show notes here: https://cutt.ly/HxGpciw
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-> Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Lice...2021-03-2603 minAbout What You SaySeason 1: Excerpts From InterviewsHere's a sneak preview of responses from interviews I conducted for a word that I'll be featuring in Season 1 of the podcast. As I talked with people about the words they said they used, I noticed the reasons why they used--or stopped using--words were downright serious, absolutely funny, and surprisingly practical!
Tune in on the 31.03.2021 for the very first of the several episodes that mirror those very reasons.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aboutwhatyousay/message2021-03-2601 minAbout What You SayTeaser #3Some more of what you’re gonna hear… while I chip away the loose ends in post-production! :-D As I mentioned to a friend the other day, post-production can be such a Brutal Icky Tedious Capricious Hell! But, I’m getting there sooner than you and I think! :-D
See you soon for the grand gala release this month-end!
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aboutwhatyousay/message2021-03-2200 minAbout What You SayTeaser #2Here's more of what’s to come your way! At this point in time, I’m supposed to say that it’s all very exciting! But I will, very bravely, allow you to choose what you think about it! :-D
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aboutwhatyousay/message2021-03-0800 minAbout What You SayTeaser #1A bouquet of snippets of what's to follow in the days to come...
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aboutwhatyousay/message2021-03-0500 min