1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,880 AFC collaborated with an Australian brand founded by Nick 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:10,040 Murkovich and Alex Tomich to create a unique product inspired 3 00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:13,680 by KFC's iconic 11 herbs and spices. 4 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:18,280 The product was described as biting into a hot, juicy piece 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:23,200 of KFC Original Recipe chicken, and it was marketed as full on 6 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:27,080 Flavour Takeover. Originally conceived as an April 7 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:31,480 Fool's prank for 2025, the real version of the product was 8 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:35,400 priced at $13 per item and quickly sold out after its 9 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,360 release. What product am I talking about? 10 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,720 That is the audience question for today's episode, which we 11 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,560 will answer at the end of it. So stay tuned to the very end to 12 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,360 know what the answer to this question was. 13 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,560 This is Are You Quizzing Me, your favorite quizzing and 14 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,920 trivia podcast show. And this is episode #126 our 15 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,440 year ender for the year 2025. Queue the music. 16 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:04,319 Welcome to our you quizzing me. I am Vineet Nair with my Co host 17 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,360 Aditya Kashyap. This is a quizzing trivia 18 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,480 podcast show. Join us as we dive deep into 19 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,960 history, science, pop culture and so much more. 20 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,560 Let's get quizzing. OK, Aditya, let's start off this 21 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,360 episode by spouting some inane conspiracy theory. 22 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:28,120 I was thinking of some kind of connection between 126 and 2025 23 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,240 or 2026. Do you know what I came up with? 24 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,400 The number 20. 60, no, that's it. 25 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,360 But it's 126 and 12026. We're going deeper, you know, 26 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,480 into the conspiracy of numerology. 27 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,160 Basically, we're going into numerology. 28 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:47,160 Do you know what do you get when you add 1 + 2 + 626? 29 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,960 You get 9. And how much is 2025 when you 30 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,600 add up all those? 9. 31 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,160 Coincidence. I think not. 32 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:58,960 OK, moving on. OK. 33 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,840 So as we mentioned, this is our third year running. 34 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,320 We are going to do a 2025 snapshot show. 35 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,600 All of the questions will be on snapshots from each month of the 36 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:09,960 year and we will have 12 questions. 37 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:14,120 So this will be a longer episode so trap in and enjoy the show. 38 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,720 So let's start off with January. OK, so like you and I were 39 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,480 discussing before we started recording that this year has had 40 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:27,840 Oh my God, so much terrible, just sad, sad news, terrible 41 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:29,920 news. It has been death, destruction, 42 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:35,560 trauma of wars, natural disasters, just so much of that. 43 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:39,080 And our entire episode is going to focus on a sort of like, 44 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,000 let's say, rewind, recap, snapshot, whatever of 2025. 45 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:46,040 In no way are we minimizing the pain of the people who have 46 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:47,240 suffered this year. Yeah. 47 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:52,280 The point is to find maybe some silver lining in the otherwise 48 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:56,360 cloudy year that was 2025 and celebrate those things. 49 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:01,360 So all the news, all the trivia, all the fun little things that 50 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,760 happened here and then it splattered in between is a 51 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,640 reason to sort of look back and smile. 52 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,160 Hopefully that's what you are doing at the end of this 53 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,040 episode. OK, disclaimer out of the way. 54 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:17,480 What better way to start January or this podcast episode than to 55 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,360 do it smiling with all the best comedies ever. 56 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:23,320 Vineet, have you watched Dumb and Dumber? 57 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,760 The original yes, many, many years ago. 58 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:29,280 Jeff Bridges and Jim Carrey. Perfect. 59 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:35,280 The 1994 comedy Dumb and Dumber has a scene where Lloyd 60 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,680 Christmas, which is the name of the character played by Jim 61 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,040 Carrey. He asks his love interest what 62 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,280 the chances are that she would go out with him. 63 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,880 She replies and I'm quoting one in a million. 64 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,840 OK, what was Jim Carrey's response? 65 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,800 Oh dude I saw the movie. Like the last time I saw that 66 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,920 movie was like 15 years ago, 1520 years ago. 67 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,720 Sure. So in 2025, did he say something 68 00:03:58,720 --> 00:03:59,600 like that? OK. 69 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,800 So a lot of my questions are basically going to connect 70 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,160 obviously to something that happened in this year and in 71 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,320 this case happened in January of 2025. 72 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,840 We'll get to that. But just I know it's been a 73 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,160 while and it's a movie more than 30 years ago. 74 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,000 So in in case you don't remember, nothing against you, 75 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,600 but let's say take a wild guess as to what he could have 76 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,320 responded. He was obviously a dib witted 77 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:26,880 character, somebody who who was not very smart and intelligent. 78 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,080 So what do you think he would have responded when his 79 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,560 girlfriend or the girl he liked rather said that chances of her 80 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,360 getting together with him were one in a million? 81 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,720 So I'm guessing because it's 1994, he was he. 82 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,400 And you're talking about January 2025. 83 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,160 I'm guessing when Donald Trump becomes president for the second 84 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:44,800 time or when Donald Trump becomes the president. 85 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:49,000 Oh, that would be really funny. No, it wasn't. 86 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,240 It wasn't anything to do with Donald Trump, OK? 87 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:56,040 It wasn't OK. He says something which you 88 00:04:56,040 --> 00:05:00,160 would consider a ridiculous response in this scenario. 89 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:03,840 Yeah, something. Somebody Really clueless would 90 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:07,280 say that's that's the best hint I would give something clueless. 91 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:11,080 Somebody, some clueless, would say one in a million, right? 92 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,400 So I'm guessing he's going to not know how much millionaires 93 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,160 and going to make something of that sort. 94 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:20,000 It's more of the fact that he says there's one in a million 95 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,440 chance so. Dude, I do not remember this 96 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,080 movie that much. I cannot for the life of me 97 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,640 remember what this could be. OK, you know, this is this is 98 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,240 this is a very unfair question asking you to quote a movie 99 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:33,080 which is not even probably one of a favorite movies. 100 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:35,680 OK, I'll just tell you the answer, he says. 101 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,400 So you're telling me there's a chance that's his response? 102 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,920 OK. Oh, OK. 103 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:44,640 OK. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, no, 104 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:46,000 yeah. That that's from video that 105 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:46,560 seems to. Video. 106 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:52,240 Yeah, it's a very commonly memed instance from a film, in this 107 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,640 case number number Jim Carrey and his Lloyd Christmas look 108 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:57,040 saying. So you're telling me there's a 109 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:01,920 chance for something which absolutely has basically no 110 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:03,640 chance? Yeah, I do remember this now, 111 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,440 yeah. Connect this to something that 112 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,800 happened on January of 16th, 2025. 113 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:14,000 OK, There is a January of 16th, yeah. 16th of January. 16th of 114 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,160 January, 2025. OK, so you want me to connect 115 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,760 the Jim Carrey dialogue? So is it the dialogue itself? 116 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,120 Is the line itself? Is it like a meme thing? 117 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,000 It's very specifically the line. So you're telling me there's a 118 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,760 chance? OK, So what is the connection 119 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,040 between? So you're telling me what is the 120 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:37,880 chance? And so there is a chance and 121 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,800 something that happened on January 16th and 2025, correct? 122 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:45,280 What could be the connect? I you'll have to give me a clue 123 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:46,360 here. I'm not OK. 124 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:50,080 I gave you the date January of 16th 2025. 125 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:55,320 January 16th, 2025. I'll give you a specific time, 7 126 00:06:55,320 --> 00:07:03,400 O 373 AM. 73 AM. 3 minutes past 7:00 in the morning. 127 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:10,000 What happened on 73 AM on January 16th, 2025? 128 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:14,360 Let's finish that hint actually 3 minutes past seven in the 129 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:18,960 morning Eastern Time. So it's. 3 minutes past seven in 130 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,840 the morning Eastern Time on January 16, 2025 and something 131 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:24,640 happened. Eastern Time, in case somebody 132 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,840 is unfamiliar, is the time zone on the East Coast of the US. 133 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,680 You're giving me a very specific time. 703. 134 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:34,600 Like nothing happens that early in the morning. 135 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,680 I'm telling you a very specific time and I'm telling you a time 136 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,760 zone also. So it's not even something that 137 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,720 happened across the world, technically, it was specifically 138 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:46,760 that location, the eastern coast of the United States, of the 139 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,440 continental United States. OK, is it something to do with 140 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:51,800 Donald Trump and his treating it odd hours? 141 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:54,480 No, nothing at all to do with Donald Trump. 142 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,920 I am telling you I have stuck to mostly feel good stories and 143 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,080 most of Donald Trump's tweets aren't exactly feel good, so no. 144 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:04,600 Yeah, OK. No, I don't know. 145 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:05,800 I don't know this. I have no clue. 146 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:07,960 OK, this is a big hint they should take you there. 147 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:13,000 The location specifically was Florida, more specifically Cape 148 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,560 Canaveral. To the Space Flight, correct? 149 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,040 This is the Falcon 9. Oh, OK, maybe maybe you missed 150 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:23,560 this particular thing, but this was Blue Origin, basically their 151 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:28,640 launch of New Glen. OK, New Glen is a heavy lift 152 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:33,600 launch vehicle and it's a family of vehicles and the one that was 153 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,640 launched on January of 16th. What do you keep saying January 154 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:38,280 of 16th? January 16th. 155 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:43,600 Of January 2025 was nicknamed So you're telling me there's a 156 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,200 chance? Oh, OK. 157 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,640 Because it was the first time ever that they were sending one 158 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,800 out and they were hoping to planning to aiming to land it 159 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,840 back. Basically the the launcher, they 160 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,160 wanted to kind of get it back to Earth. 161 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,800 OK, nice. In the case of January 16th 162 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,040 launch, it didn't happen, it didn't go through. 163 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:07,280 But this is what the CEO had to say when he was asked about why. 164 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,680 Why this particular name? So the name of the CEO is Dave 165 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:14,920 Lim and he said no one has landed a reusable booster on the 166 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,280 first try yet. We are going for it. 167 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:21,280 So the nickname for the booster was. 168 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,160 So you did think this is? A base of this particular Jim 169 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,720 Carrey meme. Blue Origin, Not bad. 170 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,840 Yeah, very bad choices in rocket shapes, but otherwise not bad. 171 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,400 A company and somewhat regrettable choices in who this 172 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,360 end up I remember Katy Perry went up and became all 173 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,400 philosophical she was waxing philosophical about becoming, 174 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,200 you know, seeing the earth from. There, I think there were a lot 175 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,560 of memes about that as well. Yeah, I think what they did 176 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:47,920 recently take up a paraplegic woman to space. 177 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,240 I think that she became the first paraplegic person to go to 178 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:52,560 space. So good for that Lady. 179 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:58,880 Yes, so like yourself, I too was horribly depressed while trying 180 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:02,480 to make questions for this episode because everything was 181 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:07,120 quite depressing this year. So I have tried to find Nuggets 182 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:11,280 of at least feel good and if not just outright sad, you know, 183 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,240 bittersweet or something like that, or trying to find the 184 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,160 silver lining. So this is one of those 185 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:16,080 questions. Right. 186 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,680 In early 2025, most specifically somewhere in early February, 187 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:24,600 Shafiq Hashem, an Indian content creator, turned something most 188 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:29,160 people try to conceal into a short term commercial asset, 189 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:35,280 pricing it not per view or per click, but per surface area and 190 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:39,120 time. The idea involved no costumes, 191 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:43,840 no props and no post production tricks, only a permanent camera 192 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:47,720 facing feature that could not be skipped, blocked or 193 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:52,360 algorithmically downgraded. What began as a joke online 194 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:57,400 became credible when a company from an industry directly linked 195 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:01,320 to the trade itself formalize the agree arrangement, opting 196 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:06,800 for visibility over irony. What unusual advertising medium 197 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:10,560 did this Kerala based based Blogger offer for rent? 198 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,600 Oh, interesting. Yeah, some way of advertising 199 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:19,720 that he offered that was surface area and time related. 200 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,680 Yes, surface area and time. Surface area and time. 201 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:25,480 Maybe because I'm still thinking about the spacecraft. 202 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,880 My first thought was the moon. But then there is no company 203 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:32,840 associated to the moon, no. And I think the deal he got 204 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:34,800 would have been much more lucrative to the moon. 205 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,080 He got around ₹50,000 for three months. 206 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:41,920 OK, that's not the most lucrative deal in history, but 207 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,400 hey, good for him. Yeah, surface area and time. 208 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,600 And you said something about being unskipable as well. 209 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:50,560 You can't skip it, it cannot be algorithmically downloaded and 210 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:53,000 you can't block it like obviously somebody can block a 211 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,240 video, but. So this was a video of sorts or? 212 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:58,600 Yeah, so he no. So basically he's a content 213 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:01,080 creator, he's a Blogger, a YouTube Blogger. 214 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:06,040 OK, some way that you have to compulsorily see it. 215 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,840 Yeah, you can't avoid seeing it. Brain goes to like a safety 216 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:13,200 video in a plane. No, no, no. 217 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:17,280 OK, focus one point that probably may give you a clue or 218 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:18,640 at least two points from the question. 219 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:25,040 He turned something that most people try to conceal into a 220 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:30,320 short term commercial asset and he priced it per surface area. 221 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,200 What do people try to conceal? Something intimate? 222 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,600 Something private. No, this is not something 223 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:40,040 intimate or private. Them sinking in the bathroom. 224 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:41,800 No, no. It's a video, right? 225 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,200 Like you're saying, it's some sort of video on some. 226 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:45,200 No. So this happened. 227 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:46,760 This happened across multiple videos. 228 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,480 OK. Which is why he was paid 50,000 229 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:53,280 for three months. Yeah, this is a bunch of 230 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,280 interesting clues without really giving me too much right now. 231 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,280 No, I'll need something more. See if this helps you out. 232 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,120 The company is called LA Density. 233 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:05,480 Yeah, no, never heard of it. What kind of company will be the 234 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,680 last clue that I give you? Something that he was showing on 235 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:10,440 his video. But again, it's unskippable. 236 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:12,720 So it can't be like on a regular YouTube video. 237 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:14,600 It can't be like an Instagram ad. 238 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,480 I guess TV, but then TV ads. Also, technically you can just 239 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,360 change the channel I suppose. Like I mentioned, people try to 240 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,280 usually conceal this. He also thought of concealing 241 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:27,760 it, but then he decided instead of hiding it that he decided to 242 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,040 monetize it. No, I have no idea right now. 243 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,360 This is completely clueless. OK. 244 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:38,240 So I'm going to tell you what the company is and you can 245 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:42,200 probably then guess from that. So this is a practically A 246 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,000 giveaway. The company that inked the deal 247 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:51,040 with him was LA Density, a Cochin based hair transplant 248 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:52,920 company. His forehead. 249 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,720 I was genuinely going to say forehead space when you started 250 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,760 this question, but OK. Some space on his head, some 251 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,400 bald spot, some forehead. He's he's a bald guy. 252 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:05,040 OK, so his entire head. He shaved off whatever little 253 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:09,000 hair he had, and he rented out his bald head for 254 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,840 advertisements. The deal was for ₹50,000 for 255 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,920 three months, with companies getting prime placement on his 256 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,080 head while he records his YouTube content. 257 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,160 Oh my God. When he offered this, many 258 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,480 people laughed. But then LA Density came and 259 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,840 became the first to drink in a contract with him. 260 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,720 Their advertisement is now temporarily tattooed on Shafiq's 261 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:31,480 head. So basically it was temporarily 262 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,080 tattooed on his head for the duration that he was paid for, 263 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,880 ensuring brand visibility in every frame of his videos. 264 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:40,240 So you cannot, technically, if you're watching his video, you 265 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,920 are forced to see that ad. You cannot skip it. 266 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,040 It cannot be downgraded because there's an ad. 267 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:48,040 Yeah. And this unusual idea was born 268 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,120 when Shafiq himself considered getting a hair transplant. 269 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,040 But instead of hiding his baldness, he decided to monetize 270 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:55,880 it. When you first said this, like, 271 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,240 generally, And I was like, you know what, Let's not say it 272 00:14:58,240 --> 00:14:59,360 because it's going to sound stupid. 273 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,200 And I don't want to increase the runtime of this episode 274 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,680 unnecessarily. This is a joke that has been 275 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,840 going around because I am a guy with a big forehead. 276 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:10,280 And this is a joke that has been going around since college days 277 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,960 where people have just been like, oh, why don't you rent out 278 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,080 your forehead as a billboard like I have. 279 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,160 The number of times I've heard this joke is just, yeah, way too 280 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:19,280 many. And. 281 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:21,680 I. Swear, when you said it, I was 282 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:25,920 like, but OK, let's not say it. And it turns out that was my 283 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:29,760 first instinct. It's usually it was a balding 284 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:31,200 man's problem. I see it. 285 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:32,480 I feel you. I feel you, Shafi. 286 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,760 I'm also probably going to have to use that in a few years, you 287 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,560 know, help people to get some real estate. 288 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:38,680 Let's not, let's not do this, OK? 289 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,800 We are, we are targeting, we are targeting a younger demographic. 290 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:46,760 Let's not do these mid 30s forties problems right now. 291 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,440 Let's let's be young and let's be excited, OK? 292 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,840 Yeah, yeah. So it's all about 6-7. 293 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,360 What the hell is that? I still don't understand what 294 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,120 6-7 is honestly. Speaking. 295 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:02,040 I read some explanations but the explanations did no sense. 296 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,080 That's because you're old. It's because you aren't young. 297 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:06,720 Yeah. You need to feel it. 298 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,280 Be 6-7 in your heart I guess. Yeah. 299 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:11,120 All right. Me. 300 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,520 Yeah. You were talking about somebody 301 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:15,040 who is South Indian, I guess. Yeah. 302 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,000 Well, I this particular guy is not South Indian, but he is 303 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,160 Indian. No, he came from India. 304 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:27,880 Deepak Pandya was an Indian American neuroanatomist best 305 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:32,160 known for his contributions to the understanding of cortical 306 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:36,480 and subcortical brain connectivity in the Maki monkey. 307 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,680 Mackie Mackay, Mackay Monkey. The monkey, the. 308 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:40,640 Mackay. Mackay. 309 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,600 I think that's us, yeah. He was born in Gujarat and then 310 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,160 eventually settled in Massachusetts. 311 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,120 He passed away a couple of years ago. 312 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:51,520 OK, on 16th. April or April of 16th I guess. 313 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:58,400 On 16th April 2007, his youngest child entered the Boston 314 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:02,240 Marathon and completed it in four hours and 24 minutes. 315 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,440 OK. Why was this historic? 316 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,079 Just guessing. His youngest child as in his 317 00:17:08,079 --> 00:17:10,599 actual child or somebody he considered a child? 318 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:12,720 Not a monkey. No, no, no. 319 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,079 OK, that's what I was going to ask. 320 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:20,599 Maybe a fast monkey though. 4 hours and 24 minutes for a 321 00:17:20,599 --> 00:17:22,400 marathon is very fast for a monkey. 322 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:26,400 Yeah, but no, this was a human child person. 323 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,760 OK, what is his name again? What is the scientist name? 324 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,440 The neuroanatomist Deepak Pandya. 325 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:37,440 So Deepak Pandya's youngest child ran the Boston Marathon, 326 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,200 correct in 2007. April 16th to answer, we haven't 327 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:45,880 gotten to the 2025 Connect yet. Oh, OK, OK, yes, youngest child, 328 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:47,680 was it like it's not the fastest, right? 329 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:49,640 4 hours? No, no, not even close. 330 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,480 They're obviously not the youngest person. 331 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:52,560 I don't think they'll be the youngest. 332 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:53,880 Not even at all. OK. 333 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,560 Can you try connecting it to 2025 so that I can probably kind 334 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,520 of reverse engineer the answer? That was the intention. 335 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,840 But before we get there, just to tell you that this was historic 336 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,000 because it was a historic first, OK? 337 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:08,760 And since then it has been done one more time, OK? 338 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,920 So this particular achievement has been achieved twice only so 339 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,840 far, OK. Now the connection to 2025 is 340 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,960 not nothing to do with that, with that historic record, the 341 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:19,600 historic first. It has got nothing to do with 342 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:23,400 that, but it has got to do with the youngest child. 343 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,960 And I'll again go with the hint of the date first. 344 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:31,880 OK, the date is March 18th, 2025, or by the way, March of 345 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,120 18th, 1 + 8. Also nine my. 346 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:40,480 God, something is a coincidence. March is also the third month. 3 347 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:42,160 ^2 is also nine. OK, never mind. 348 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:49,640 The March 18th, 2025 event happened in Gulf of Mexico near 349 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:51,520 Tallahassee, FL. OK. 350 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:56,400 Or Gulf of America, I guess, for our American friends. 351 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,720 No, I refuse to call it the Gulf of America. 352 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:00,920 I refuse to call it the Gulf of America. 353 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,680 Something happened in the Gulf of Mexico, Yes, on March 18th, 354 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,560 2025. And it somehow links to 355 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:12,040 something that happened on March 16th of 2007, Yes. 356 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,520 Any other clues that you could possibly give me? 357 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:19,200 Ideally, March 18th, 2025 shouldn't have been. 358 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:23,040 March 18th, 2025. It should have been somewhere in 359 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:26,920 August of 2024. It was delayed massively. 360 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:32,600 Oh, this is this is a Boeing screwed up. 361 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:36,160 And Sunita Williams was in. Well, this is Sunita Williams. 362 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,600 Sunita Williams was in space. Longest thing ever. 363 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:44,120 And then she splashed down finally, after, you know, months 364 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:45,440 overdue in the industrial picture. 365 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:46,160 Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah. 366 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,240 This is Sunita Williams. Perfect, perfect. 367 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,040 You got that right. Sunita Williams and Butch 368 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:56,160 Wilmore, the two astronauts who were stuck way beyond their 369 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,800 mission parameters, were, which is initially supposed to be only 370 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,640 8 days. They went up in 24. 371 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:03,400 They came back nine months later. 372 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,360 March of March of. What is wrong with the 18th 373 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:08,400 March 2025? OK, OK. 374 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:13,440 To the audience, I think the reason that Aditya has been, you 375 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,560 know, butchering dates this way is I am fairly confident he's 376 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,880 been reading George RR Martin, who also suffers from the same 377 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,640 disease. For him, everything is of the 378 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:26,440 something, the hand of the king. Great. 379 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,320 It's never anything else. It's the hand of the King, the 380 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:31,160 this thing off, the something else and whatnot. 381 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,960 Which probably means that this episode will never end. 382 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,320 It'll keep going on for four hours or five hours. 383 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,360 So yeah. OK, cool. 384 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,960 Coming back to the coming back to the piece of trivia, can you 385 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,120 connect it now? I hope it'll be easy to connect 386 00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:48,240 it to the piece of trivia that I mentioned about the marathon. 387 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,600 Yeah, so she she's his daughter. So she would have been the 388 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,520 youngest child. So she's the first astronaut to 389 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:57,560 win the Boston Marathon. She didn't win. 4 hours 24 390 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,680 minutes is not winning in that time. 391 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:04,160 Yeah, not a great time, but then she must have first astronaut to 392 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:05,720 complete. No. 393 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,880 The Boston Marathon. Not precisely. 394 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:12,440 OK, take another guess. You said it's it's happened once 395 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,320 before, right? Once after that. 396 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,160 OK. That was the first time it 397 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:17,640 happened. That was a Boston Marathon. 398 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,280 The second time it happened was a few years later. 399 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,080 It was a London Marathon. OK. 400 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:25,280 What do you think was that? Did she immediately go to space 401 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,480 the next day? So close, so close, so close. 402 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,360 She didn't go to space the next day. 403 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:33,320 She was. She was already in space. 404 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:37,040 She ran this aboard the ISS. She was part of the Boston 405 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:40,480 Marathon aboard the ISS. Oh, she ran it up. 406 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,040 OK. Hey, that's cheating. 407 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:44,560 You can't call it the Boston Marathon. 408 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,080 That's just a marathon. Sunita Williams was listed as an 409 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,440 entrant for the 2007 Boston Marathon. 410 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:50,120 No, no, no. I. 411 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:53,560 Was given a completion time of four hours 24 minutes. 412 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,560 No, this is this is just marketing bullshit. 413 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:59,480 This is marketing BS. I will let the Boston Marathon 414 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,440 people know. You can't call it the Boston 415 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,560 Marathon unless she's specifically on the Boston 416 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,000 Marathon in Boston. If the ISS were in 417 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,320 geosynchronous orbit, locked to the position of the Boston 418 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,760 Matter of Boston like directly above, I could still consider 419 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:16,920 it. But it's not, so I reject it. 420 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,840 I reject your premise. That implies that Boston is a 421 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:23,240 fixed point in space. Unfortunately, the frame of 422 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,760 reference that you're referring to is very localized. 423 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:29,640 If you're outside of Earth, Boston is a continuously moving 424 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:34,960 point in space, so who knows where Boston is technically. 425 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:36,360 You know what? I'm just wasting time now. 426 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,520 OK. So she was the first astronaut 427 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:41,920 ever, the first person ever to have run that. 428 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:44,720 OK, another man did it many years later, I'm forgetting the 429 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,240 exact here, but he ran the London Marathon a few years 430 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:48,400 later. And those are the only two 431 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:49,960 people who have ever run a marathon. 432 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:54,920 I call bullshit. OK, so moving on to April of 433 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,400 2025, this is a little bittersweet. 434 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:05,240 X was born on New Year's Eve and passed away on April 1st. 435 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,200 Birth and death happened on notable dates. 436 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,840 Death obviously happened on April 1st in 2025. 437 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,320 So I'm going to give you a bunch of trivia about this person and 438 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:14,680 you have to tell me who this person is. 439 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:20,280 He grew up riding horses on a ranch once owned by Roy Rogers, 440 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:24,080 which later became infamous at the site of the Manson Family 441 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,400 murders. He famously once broke his arm 442 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,600 when he jumped into a crowd in an attempt to crowd surf. 443 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,120 OK. Known as something of a 444 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:36,520 Casanova, his list of alleged romantic partners included 445 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:41,040 Michelle Pfeiffer, Cher, Cindy Crawford, Daryl Hannah, Angelina 446 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:44,280 Jolie, Ellen Barkin, Carly Simon, among others. 447 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,720 He also dated actress Mayor Winningham. 448 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:52,120 Fun fact, he once dreamed that she was cheating on him, kissing 449 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:55,480 someone else to be exact. After he woke up, he borrowed 450 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,880 someone's car in order to drive at least 300 miles to find her. 451 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,800 He found her at her swimming club kissing someone else. 452 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:04,920 So it was a very prophetic dream. 453 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:10,600 X also had a legendary feud with Marlon Brando, who was this 454 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:16,000 legend of the 80s and 90s, who was Sean Spencer's idol and who 455 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:22,920 passed away in April of 2025. That was a pretty impressive is 456 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:24,760 not the politically correct word to use. 457 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:28,320 Somebody use some other word. There's a pretty notable list of 458 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:34,960 people that he has dated. I know Warren BT has a pretty 459 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,360 impressive list of dating history as well. 460 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:40,960 Yeah, you couldn't go by just the list because, you know, 461 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,360 there are a lot of people. Leonardo DiCaprio comes to mind. 462 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,320 And BT is, as far as I know, he's alive. 463 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:49,400 So yeah, somebody from the 70s and 80s who passed away this 464 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:51,280 year. I would ask you to focus on the 465 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,600 80s and 90s. They became famous in the 80s 466 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:58,720 and the 90s. OK, so he was also at some point 467 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,600 attempting to crowd surf, you said yes, broken arm. 468 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,520 Yes. Crowd surfing makes me think of 469 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:10,320 some sort of rock star, some sort of musician. 470 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,640 No. So then the other alternative is 471 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,280 an actor who dabbled in music, I guess. 472 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:20,040 Actually, I should clarify, Is it an actor? 473 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,040 Am I supposed to be looking at the acting? 474 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:23,960 Yes, it is an actor. It is an actor. 475 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:29,760 An actor, what do you say is also the inspiration for Sean? 476 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:30,160 Who? No. 477 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,720 No, he was Sean Spencer's idol. Okay. 478 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:34,880 That's a deep cut clue, you know. 479 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,080 If you know you don't, it doesn't mean anything to you. 480 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,320 Yeah, no, that that meant absolutely nothing to me. 481 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,600 Those who are who those who knows for Sean Spencer have 482 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,360 immediately blurted out the answer while listening to this 483 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:49,320 podcast, which is probably an audience of maybe like. 484 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:53,400 Two, you underestimate no. No, I even though I've 485 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,680 recommended the show multiple times on this podcast over the 486 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,800 past 125 something on episodes. I don't think many people have. 487 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:01,520 Actually gone and watched it so well. 488 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,600 People will take. Note after this question, you 489 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,320 said Sean Spencer, and the only person I could think of was Sean 490 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:12,320 Spicer, who was I think the the spokesperson for Trump in his 491 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:16,160 first term. Funny guy, but OK. 492 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,880 No, that's not who Sean Spencer obviously refers to. 493 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:21,280 Sean Spencer. OK, you know what? 494 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,280 Never mind that that rule doesn't lead me anywhere. 495 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:27,600 An actor from the 80s and 90s, Yeah. 496 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:29,280 You mean maybe something else? Maybe. 497 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,160 A genre of films or something? OK, so no. 498 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,040 He's who whose genre is wide and varied. 499 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:36,480 Oh wow. OK, so. 500 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,080 Let me just tell you this. The The incident where he broke 501 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:43,920 his arm while trying to crowd surf was because he was playing 502 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,160 a famous musician playing a famous. 503 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:49,640 Musician, yes. To the famous. 504 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,800 Musician and this I'm assuming. A biopic that I would have heard 505 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,520 of if not seen. You may not have seen the. 506 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:59,360 Biopic, but you definitely know who this is the actor and the 507 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:02,240 musician that he was portrayed got it he. 508 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,600 Broke his arm because he. Jumped into the crowd to crowd 509 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,720 surf but nobody caught him. This. 510 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,080 This is I think this is a scene. That Oh yeah, this is a Jack 511 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:15,040 Black seed in School of Rock. In the reopening of the film, he 512 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,160 does that. X had a legendary. 513 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:22,360 Feud with Marlon Brando, who once told X that his problem is 514 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:25,440 that he confuses his talent with the size of his paycheck. 515 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:31,080 Marlon Brando was. Not known to be the nicest of or 516 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:34,000 the kindest of people, at least in his later years. 517 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:35,920 Yeah. Did a musician. 518 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:37,280 OK, I'll give you a few other other. 519 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:43,080 Roles that he has played He has played a DC superhero, he has 520 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:49,080 played a multi actor franchise James Bond like character who 521 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,280 was once featured on a question in this podcast. 522 00:27:51,720 --> 00:28:00,240 He has played a very one of the giants of music, and he was also 523 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:04,840 1/2 of the. Duo. 524 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:10,480 That defined 80s masculinity. It is. 525 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,000 Masculinity is. Sylvester Stallone and 526 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:14,720 Schwarzenegger both are very much alive. 527 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,960 No, no, not, not. OK, no, I maybe that was a 528 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,560 little overreaching too much. You can. 529 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,120 Say there's. This robust kind of masculinity 530 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,440 that was defined by Stallone and Schwarzenegger. 531 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:33,120 And then there's the kind of, you know, macho, lean, mean, 532 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,680 machine kind of masculinity. Very. 533 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,920 Specific. Shirtless scenes. 534 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,240 Jean Claude Van. Damme is alive. 535 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:42,760 No, no. OK, so this. 536 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:44,160 Scene. I mean like there is a very 537 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,680 specific scene that the reason I'm talking about this very 538 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:48,040 specific scene in a very famous movie. 539 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:50,560 This is a shirtless scene. Oh my God, you're talking about 540 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:56,720 Val Kilmer. Oh God, so you meant homoerotic 541 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,280 masculinity is what you meant in that yes. 542 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,560 What Top Gun was entirely yes, but then. 543 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:03,520 See. Come on, it's not. 544 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:08,000 Just that I mean, like it's it was a fantastic movie and very 545 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,560 memorable scene. Oh no, no, 100%. 546 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:13,120 I'm I I'm I like Top Gun. I like the sequel also. 547 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,920 And I loved the way they brought Val Kilber back also. 548 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:18,280 Yeah. So this is. 549 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,400 Val Kilber let me just put everything together. 550 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,440 The Casanova part doesn't need further explanation. 551 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:28,960 He basically played Jim Morrison in the Doors biopic. 552 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,640 The Doors film, yes. He played Batman. 553 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,320 In Batman Forever in DC, yeah, you mentioned OK. 554 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:38,320 DC superhero. And he played Simon Templar, the 555 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:42,840 Saint who was featured in a question in this podcast before. 556 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:44,400 Oh, yeah, yeah. I. 557 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,680 Remember his name coming up in that context? 558 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,920 Oh my God, I've forgotten again. Yeah, yes, and. 559 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:55,200 He has also he acted with Marlon Brando, the island of Doctor 560 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:59,520 Morrow, just where he had this big kerfuffle with him. 561 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:04,000 And Sean Spencer is the protagonist of the show Psych, 562 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,680 which I have mentioned a million times on the show. 563 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:10,920 OK. Val Kilmer is 1. 564 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:14,640 Of Sean Spencer's idols, he brings up Val Kilmer like 100 565 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:20,400 times throughout the series. During the series finale, Val 566 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:22,880 Kilmer makes like a blink and you miss it cameo. 567 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:24,800 OK, so yeah, so this was Val Kilmer. 568 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,440 He passed away quite tragically too early actually. 569 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,240 He was in his late 60s on April 1st. 570 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,760 And it was not an April Fool's joke, unfortunately. 571 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:38,320 Joke on us, I guess. Taking away a very talented man. 572 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,960 The first movie that I remember him from is none of these 573 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,880 classics, none of these these famous ones. 574 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,600 I remember him from Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. 575 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,480 One of my absolute favorite films. 576 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:52,040 Oh yeah, yes. But that's that's his 2000s. 577 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,160 That's after he kind of lost his motive prime. 578 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,960 He's not He's. Not in his leading man day 579 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,960 anymore. And yet, my God, he's so good 580 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,320 because Robert Downey Junior again, fantastic. 581 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:04,480 Not yet the. Iron. 582 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:08,080 Man fame, he's still kind of just come back from his recovery 583 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,360 from, from addiction and, you know, kind of making his 584 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,160 comeback and he's phenomenal in the film. 585 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:17,560 I I love RDJ in that film, but Valconvar is such a good, good, 586 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,560 just integral part of the film. I know you like the film as 587 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:21,280 well. Yeah. 588 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,680 And then of course, I went and saw the other films. 589 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,240 I saw your top guy and then whatnot. 590 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,600 So yeah, he's, he's quite the actor, actually. 591 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,880 New York Times did a lovely tribute to him when he passed 592 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,680 away and they were talking about his spiritual journey and stuff. 593 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,680 And he just sounded like a very interesting man to the point 594 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:41,400 where he was like, I think everything in life is good for. 595 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,120 You even this. Cancer is good for me or 596 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:44,720 something like that. Like he had a very interesting 597 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:50,000 philosophy on life, of course took a lot away from him the. 598 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,320 Obituary. That New York Times ran was 599 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:55,800 about talking about how he was very good looking and so people 600 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,240 typecast him as that, just a good looking guy. 601 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,520 But then he wanted to do serious roles. 602 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,520 So he was trying to fight that also at all points of time, also 603 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:07,040 trying to do these crazy indie films and some of them worked, 604 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:08,880 some of them didn't work. But he was obviously very 605 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,240 talented as an actor. Like genuinely. 606 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:15,000 Top Gun, yes, 100%. Tom Cruise, my God, amazing. 607 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,800 But Val Kilmer, when he's facing off against him in that scene, 608 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,560 when they're in the changing room and they're just standing 609 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,960 and he does the bite. Oh, God. 610 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:28,280 Like I, I get it. Two men, very hot men. 611 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,040 Just like this is a sexual tension between that. 612 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:36,080 I love it, okay? And just a pop culture 613 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,760 recommendation, I believe you watched Airplane, right? 614 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,480 I have, I have. There was a team of directors, 615 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:46,040 Jim Abrams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, who made multiple 616 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:49,400 such very kind of slapstick movies through the 70s and the 617 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,760 80s. There's included Airplane, the 618 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:55,480 Kentucky Fried Movie, Naked Gun was them. 619 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,880 Hotshots which featured Charlie Sheen, of course. 620 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:01,120 So these are the kind of ones that. 621 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:03,240 Are more famous. What many people don't know is 622 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,400 there's a movie they did with Val Kilmer called Top Secret The 623 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,120 Writer. Which is also. 624 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,120 Very funny. It spoofs mostly World War Two 625 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:13,560 kind of movies. OK, I. 626 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:17,120 Would definitely recommend. Go watch Top Secret, which start 627 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:19,200 very, very young. Val Kilmer. 628 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:20,560 Interesting. Yeah. 629 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,480 And generally the Top Gun Maverick, The cameo that he 630 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,960 played props to Tom Cruise or whoever the writer or director 631 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,000 were there was a creative person behind that choice was just the 632 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:34,160 perfect way to bring back that character and sort of give him 633 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:37,480 the the rightful space that he his his character deserved in 634 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:38,880 the sequel. That was very well done. 635 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,720 I really like that. Very well done. 636 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:41,440 Yes, I. Agree. 637 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:47,000 OK, on to you for I believe it is may we are in. 638 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,880 May, and specifically I'm going to give you the date to begin 639 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,640 itself, May of third, OK, it's the 3rd May. 640 00:33:56,160 --> 00:34:00,360 On 3rd May. Lady Gaga hosted the biggest 641 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:06,440 ever concert that has ever been attended by a female artist. 2.1 642 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:07,640 million. There were some numbers which 643 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:12,520 suggested 2.5 as well, but let's go with the lower end of it. 2.1 644 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,520 million people were in attendance. 645 00:34:15,159 --> 00:34:19,639 The question is very simple, where was this concert? 646 00:34:20,199 --> 00:34:21,440 So. Lady. 647 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:25,600 Gaga's concert on May 3rd attended by 2.1 million people. 648 00:34:26,159 --> 00:34:28,880 Where was this concert and the record being? 649 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:32,159 That's the biggest of a concert, the largest of our audience, by 650 00:34:32,159 --> 00:34:37,520 a female artist I remember. Something about this but I can't 651 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,679 remember the location give me. A clue I'll. 652 00:34:40,679 --> 00:34:42,920 Probably kind of. It will kind of jog my memory. 653 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:47,520 OK, so let. Me give you some some related 654 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:51,719 information. OK, the record is for the 655 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,960 highest number of concert attendees by the number. 656 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,360 You would have imagined that this is a free concert, ticketed 657 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,360 concert. The number is is much lower. 658 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:06,280 It's 485,000. So it's the fraction of the 2.1 659 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:07,080 million number. OK. 660 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,280 And that also, by the way, happened this year, 5th of July 661 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:12,960 2025. Yeah, but in this case, it's a 662 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,200 free concert. It is the highest ever 663 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:20,400 attendance by a female artist. This was on 3rd of May 2025 by 664 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:21,920 Lady Gaga. I have asked you what the 665 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,880 location is. The reason I mentioned that it's 666 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,360 a free concert is for a few reasons. 667 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:30,080 OK, Firstly, this place would be a little difficult to have a 668 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:33,760 ticketed concert at. I couldn't find any obviously 669 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,040 any source which said that no, definitively there has never 670 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,120 been a ticketed concert here. But I imagine that there has 671 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:42,800 probably been very few ticketed concerts, if at all, and it 672 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,800 would be very difficult to have a large ticketed concert at a 673 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:47,120 location like this. OK. 674 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:51,400 Next that I'm going to give you. Is that out of the top? 675 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:53,960 Five most attended. Concerts and all of these are 676 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:57,200 the free concerts or the top five most attended concerts. 677 00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:00,760 This location has been featured 3 times on that list. 678 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:04,600 OK out of the top ten, this location has been featured five 679 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,800 times on that list and every other location is featured only 680 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,680 once. So you can imagine just how 681 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:13,440 popular this this location is for for concerts I guess. 682 00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:14,960 Can you tell me who are the other? 683 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,720 Artists who are featured at the same location, sure. 684 00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:20,800 So the. Highest ever attendance recorded 685 00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:24,840 is apparently a tie between the two, but whatever. 686 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:28,400 Take a pick Rod Stewart at the same location and this is number 687 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,680 one spot is 3.5 million attendees. 688 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,040 OK and. Tied with him also. 689 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,320 At 3.5 I'm going off of Wikipedia by the way. 690 00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:42,160 Tied with him 3.5 million Jean Michael Jarre OK, who had. 691 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:44,640 Not heard of but he's. A French composer, performer and 692 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:49,000 record producer and his was at Moscow State University. 693 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:51,560 OK, so that is 3.5 million as well. 694 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:56,000 Then coming to #3 would be also same location. 695 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:00,920 Jorge Ben, who is a. Brazilian Popular. 696 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,160 Musician has been performing since the 1980s, also at the 697 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,760 same location. 3 million people. This is in 1993 by the way. 698 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:10,040 Rod Stewart was 1994 same location. 699 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:15,920 Jorge Ben 1993 same location. Lady Gaga I already mentioned, 700 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:20,480 3rd of May, same location 2.52 point 1,000,000 Somewhere there 701 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:24,520 she broke the record of Madonna. Also same. 702 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,320 Location. Almost exactly a year before 703 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,280 that, which is the 4th of May 2020. 704 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:32,800 Four 1.6 million. When I said the highest ever 705 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:36,600 attendance for a female artist. Lady Gaga set the record this 706 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:38,280 year. The previous record was held by 707 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:41,280 Madonna, which was literally last year at 1.6 million, same 708 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:44,960 location. The Rolling Stones in 2006, 1.5 709 00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,920 million, same location. I've told you 5 artists were 710 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,720 performed at the same location. The Rolling Stones thing kind. 711 00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:53,280 Of rang a bell. So I'm going to go for it 712 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:58,000 because I'm kind of also buoyed by the fact that you mentioned 713 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,840 Jorge Ben, who's a Brazilian recording artist. 714 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:02,320 Go for it. Go for. 715 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,360 It crack it. Is it the? 716 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:07,760 Copacabana beach on in Rio. Oh good. 717 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:13,720 Lord, my man, he is on a roll. Copacabana. 718 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:17,440 Yes, Copacabana Beach. Which I assume is a difficult 719 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,400 location for a ticketed concert. Yeah, I don't think. 720 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:21,720 Any beach would be a difficult one. 721 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:26,640 Yeah, as I read the most. Number of free concert or 722 00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:28,800 highest attended concert in the top ten list. 723 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:34,240 It's insane. At #1 at #3, at #5 #7 at #9 and 724 00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:37,440 every other location is only featured once on that list, in 725 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,600 the top 10. So to me this is just bonkers. 726 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,640 The fact that Copacabana Beach has been so popular. 727 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,080 I was going to give you more hints. 728 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:48,840 And Copacabana Beach has also been the most popular location 729 00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:51,840 of choice for a specific FIFA event. 730 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:54,600 The. Belongo. 731 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,800 No, no, no, literally. At what they call it the World 732 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:00,480 Cup, but it used to be called a world championship before FIFA 733 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:03,000 to Cova. It's basically beach, beach 734 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,800 football. Oh, OK, OK, so. 735 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,800 Copacabana Beach. Has been the most popular 736 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,680 location that is just. Insane. 737 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:13,720 Number of attendees for concerts 2.1 million people is. 738 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:17,600 Just blows my mind I. Remember. 739 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:22,040 Vaguely that there was a like. After the Soviet. 740 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,320 Union kind of reserved. There was a concert in Russia 741 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,320 somewhere which was attended by like some 2 million people. 742 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:27,960 It was, was it a Metallica or who? 743 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,240 Who was that? So there is a 1.6. 744 00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:33,800 Million attendance by various artists. 745 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,880 This was in Moscow. This was in Tuscino airfield. 746 00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:38,720 It was called the Monsters of Rock. 747 00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:41,280 This was September 28th, 1991, so I'm assuming that's the one 748 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:42,680 you're talking about. Yeah. 749 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:43,720 OK. OK, OK. 750 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,040 OK, so maybe the because I remember something about 751 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,800 Metallica or somebody performing and maybe they were part of it. 752 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,480 I'm not. Sure, but that's the other one 753 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,440 in Moscow maybe. Yeah, no, just. 754 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:54,640 Going through this Wikipedia. Page I was just surprised going 755 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:58,200 to the ticketed concert list. Oh yes, I. 756 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,760 Did not recognize. Anybody in the top five? 757 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:02,920 And again, I'm not the most knowledgeable when it comes to 758 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:05,440 music, but tell me if you know these people, OK, And I might be 759 00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:09,000 messing up the names, OK? Marco Perkovic, Thompson. 760 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:11,120 Prokovich. Probably a Prokovich. 761 00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,400 Have you heard of this person? No Croatian guy. 762 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,920 OK. He performed in Zagreb with 763 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:17,920 close to half a million. This is ticketed concerts. 764 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:21,520 OK then. Vasco Rossi No. 765 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:26,280 Italian singer-songwriter. And Poet 225,000 People Modena 766 00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:30,600 in Italy, Bhelo Dugeme, Bosnian rock band. 767 00:40:31,240 --> 00:40:34,320 This was in Belgrade, 220,000. Yeah. 768 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,000 I'm just like, who are these? Like, it's so surprising to me. 769 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:38,800 These are the highest ever added concerts. 770 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,880 Wait, isn't there a Michael? Jackson on the list or a 771 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:44,240 Coldplay? I just came to number. 772 00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:47,200 Three OK be hello to game. The 4th 1 is Glee. 773 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:51,160 Have you heard of Glee? Japanese rock band. 774 00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:54,000 This was in 1999. Two 100,000 people attended it. 775 00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:56,040 India Solari. Have you heard of India? 776 00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,880 Solari No. Argentinian musician. 777 00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:03,400 And singer, dear God. OK, so far there is not a. 778 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:07,520 Single English musician, English singer, English. 779 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,960 English band. Not not a single one in American 780 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:10,800 or English. English. 781 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,960 I mean language, yeah, Then. Comes finally. 782 00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,320 Paul McCartney, One name I recognize. 783 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,440 Ah, yes. Paul himself. 784 00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:22,880 Paul McCartney. Tina Turner, Frank Sinatra, 785 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,240 there in order. These are at least three people 786 00:41:25,240 --> 00:41:28,320 I recognize the names of. I'm very surprised that. 787 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,000 There isn't a Michael Jackson on this list. 788 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:33,400 Let me just quickly. Read out the names. 789 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:37,160 Luciano Ligabue, who is an Italian singer. 790 00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:38,600 Bruce Springsteen. Thank God. 791 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:39,920 Know that name? American. 792 00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:44,320 OK, there's a Serbian singer by the name of Seka. 793 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:45,400 Keka. Seka. 794 00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:48,400 How do you pronounce it again? Marko Perovich. 795 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,160 You too. You know that? 796 00:41:51,240 --> 00:41:52,240 Yes. Yes. 797 00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:52,960 You too. Yeah. 798 00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:57,280 Roger Waters, English. Musician Kiss also know them. 799 00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:59,760 American rock band. Yes, Yes, Robbie. 800 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,240 Williams, you would know. That English singer-songwriter. 801 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:03,720 Yes. Yes, let. 802 00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:08,240 Me entertain you, Queen. Features on this at #17 and 803 00:42:08,240 --> 00:42:13,200 there was at Sao Paulo in 1981, Helen Fisher, then Madonna. 804 00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,920 Finally at #20 is The Rolling Stones, and #21 is Michael 805 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:21,360 Jackson #21 and #22 both yeah, and #24 as well. 806 00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:25,360 There's the the Americans and the British singer. 807 00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:28,160 Songwriters and musicians come way down on the list frequently. 808 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,520 But further down the list. Yeah, it perhaps. 809 00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:32,680 Has to do. With the fact that their fanbase 810 00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:34,560 is a lot more spread out, I guess I don't know. 811 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:36,760 I'm not sure. I don't know what the reason is, 812 00:42:37,080 --> 00:42:38,760 but it's so surprising to the top five. 813 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:41,720 I had not even heard of these people and these are the most 814 00:42:41,720 --> 00:42:44,320 attended concerts ever. Mind blowing, frankly. 815 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:47,120 Because I, I think it might be a cultural thing that, you know, 816 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:52,520 maybe the Latin American or the non-english Romance speaking 817 00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:56,720 languages, people are more likely to go to concerts or 818 00:42:56,720 --> 00:42:59,400 something like that. Maybe I. 819 00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:02,160 Guess I don't know, but like, there is also a Japanese rock 820 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,320 band in it. Yeah, in terms. 821 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:05,360 Of Asian. Music. 822 00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:08,160 I was more familiar with Korean or I've heard of a little bit of 823 00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:10,360 Chinese pop, but that's probably because I was in Singapore, so I 824 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,760 was exposed to more of that. I did not know Japanese rock was 825 00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:16,600 this big a deal that it's #4 on the list. 826 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:20,160 Do you want to know how you? Can beat this like easily. 827 00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:24,320 You tell me, bring down somebody. 828 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:29,040 Like. Coldplay or the Backstreet Boys 829 00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:33,280 or you to to Goa and have a free concert on the beach. 830 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:36,160 Oh, hundred. Percent this is there that's not 831 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:38,880 even going to but honestly, you know what? 832 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:42,160 If anybody from Coldplay is listening, don't do it, OK, just 833 00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:43,760 just it's going to be a nightmare. 834 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:46,640 You know, nightmare for everybody attending is going to 835 00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,760 nightmare for you. Just it's going to be the worst 836 00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:50,120 thing that has ever happened, So don't do it. 837 00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:53,440 But yes, and people will die of. Starvation while they wait for 838 00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:55,520 the traffic to clear from the Baga Beach Rd. 839 00:43:55,840 --> 00:44:00,560 Let's not even go to the. The possible genuine risks of 840 00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:02,200 that, it's not even a joke at this point. 841 00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,600 The genuine human risks of doing it eventually. 842 00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:09,280 By the way, since that Coldplay. They are at #32 and 33, both at 843 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,400 Narendra Modi Stadium, both in January of this year. 844 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,520 Nice. Going on to a little more 845 00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:19,200 serious note, moving to the month of June. 846 00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:22,800 In a development that. Will go down in aviation 847 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:26,160 history. An Air India flight from Delhi 848 00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:30,760 to Dubai witnessed A dramatic courtroom style execution. 849 00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:36,680 With the official record. Stating the execution, it was by 850 00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:42,360 being hanged till death. Who was the offender who was 851 00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:44,360 executed? Somebody. 852 00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:47,240 Was hung to death. On a flight, yeah, Delhi to. 853 00:44:47,240 --> 00:44:48,960 Dubai. I'm assuming it's not a. 854 00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:51,800 Person. I'm assuming this is some. 855 00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:53,600 Some sort of? A creature because it's a 856 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:55,240 person. I want to skip this question. 857 00:44:55,240 --> 00:44:56,760 I don't want to even answer this question. 858 00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:00,360 It's too depressing. Yes, you're right, it's. 859 00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:04,440 Not a person. This is Was there a snake on the 860 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:10,200 plane? Traumatic reenactment of the. 861 00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:14,080 Film. OK, so is it some sort of an 862 00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:16,840 animal, some sort of a creature? It is a creature, yes. 863 00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:21,680 But it was not a monkey fighting snakes on a Monday to Friday 864 00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:24,360 plane. Okay, it's not something in 865 00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:25,800 fiction, right? We're just talking, still 866 00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:27,120 talking about something that happened. 867 00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:28,320 No, this is real. This is real. 868 00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:32,040 This actually was reported in the Gulf News, but 869 00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:34,000 strangulation. Especially for an animal. 870 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:37,720 Sounds rather gruesome. Yeah, the record says hang 871 00:45:37,720 --> 00:45:39,440 tilted. Hang tilted sounds pretty 872 00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:42,800 gruesome. Yeah, the only animal that I'm 873 00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:45,240 OK imagining in that kind of situation is like maybe a 874 00:45:45,240 --> 00:45:47,320 cockroach, I guess. So I'm going to guess like to 875 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:49,760 hang a cockroach that I don't know. 876 00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:51,480 I don't know. What part of a cockroach would 877 00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:55,920 you hang to death? Like which organ is supposed to 878 00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:58,080 be hung? OK, now that sounds. 879 00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:01,040 Really absurd. That sounds really absurd, but 880 00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:02,800 it's true. It is a cockroach. 881 00:46:03,240 --> 00:46:06,160 I love this piece of news. I love this piece of news. 882 00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:10,600 OK, listen this, listen this so you know for every flight there 883 00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:15,040 is a cabin defect logbook. OK, now those are usually filled 884 00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:18,640 with boring notes about broken entertainment systems, 885 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:22,280 flickering lights. But this time it turned into a 886 00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:26,160 true crime thriller when crew members recorded and I quote 887 00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:31,360 Cockroach Found alive by guest hyphen Cockroach hang till 888 00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:35,080 death. Passengers and netizens. 889 00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:38,640 Alike were left equal parts horrified and entertained as the 890 00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:42,560 insect's brief but turbulent journey aboard Air India flight 891 00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:47,520 AI315 came to an abrupt, abrupt and legally binding end. 892 00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:52,240 According to a Gulf News report, the incident took place in 2025 893 00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:55,440 when a traveler spotted a live cockroach mid flight. 894 00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:58,000 While pest sightings aren't unheard of, it's the airline's 895 00:46:58,000 --> 00:46:59,600 decisive response had made headlines. 896 00:46:59,920 --> 00:47:02,240 The maintenance engineer, evidently channelling both 897 00:47:02,240 --> 00:47:06,040 Sholay and CSI, recorded the incident with impeccable flair. 898 00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:10,680 The now viral entry declared that the case was conclusively 899 00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:14,800 closed, adding a dramatic flourish, class Dubai style. 900 00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:22,960 So the cockroach was. Doing the Dharander viral reel 901 00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:27,280 before it was good. First year spy. 902 00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:33,120 In the Middle East. Considering the amount. 903 00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:37,920 Of just depressing airline news from this year and from last 904 00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:40,160 year. And I'm glad you found something 905 00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:41,720 which was lighthearted. Yeah. 906 00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:43,360 Well chosen. So well chosen. 907 00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:45,480 Thank you. Well, you gave me a perfect 908 00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:47,640 segue because you were talking about a flight. 909 00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:49,760 I'm going to talk about a flight as well. 910 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:53,560 In my case, though, this flight is from 1983. 911 00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:56,000 OK. What is that with you today? 912 00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:59,680 And like, just giving me something from the extreme past. 913 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:01,080 I love it. OK? 914 00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:02,880 On the one hand, I was struggling to find good 915 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,640 interesting trivia, which is which is not related to sad 916 00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:08,360 depressing news from this year. On the other hand, when you try 917 00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:11,200 hard enough, such interesting trivia shows up, and this is a 918 00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,160 perfect example. So cut 2. 919 00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:18,720 OK, 1983 Air France flight from Charlotte. 920 00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:23,680 There was a woman, Jane, on it, but Jane had a bunch of things 921 00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:27,640 she was carrying, including diapers for her one year old 922 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:33,520 daughter, Lou Dolo. Lou Dolo, Lou Dolo just. 923 00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:37,000 As a reference, Lou. Dolo is famous in and of her own 924 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:40,000 regard. She is now known as a French 925 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:43,040 British singer and actress. Yes. 926 00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:47,840 But coming back to. The 1983 flight, so Jane was 927 00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:50,760 with her daughter carrying a bunch of things, was annoyed at 928 00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:54,760 the kind of mess that she had. She was also famously known to 929 00:48:54,760 --> 00:48:58,120 carry a Wicker basket with her wherever she went, so in this 930 00:48:58,120 --> 00:49:01,120 case, she was carrying her stuff in her Wicker basket. 931 00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:04,480 However, there was too much of it, including the diapers, and 932 00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:07,960 it was almost spilling out. It spilled out onto the 933 00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:13,080 passenger sitting next to her next to Jane, and at that point 934 00:49:13,240 --> 00:49:16,760 she started ranting to this person sitting next to her. 935 00:49:17,160 --> 00:49:21,640 She mentioned how her favorite brand doesn't make bags, which 936 00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:25,400 would be the right size for her. Either they're very small or or 937 00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:28,080 they're extremely big. They're not the right size for a 938 00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:31,440 woman like her, a mother, young mother like her and the needs 939 00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:33,320 and and the kind of things that you'd be carrying. 940 00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:35,760 Yeah. What did this? 941 00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:39,000 Encounter and I feel like you've cracked this like 5 sentences 942 00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:42,080 ago. What did this encounter lead to? 943 00:49:42,560 --> 00:49:45,520 OK, so. The person in question that 944 00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:47,280 you're talking about is Jane Birkin. 945 00:49:47,720 --> 00:49:51,560 And when she was ranting to the person right next to her, she 946 00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:57,400 was like, I will carry a bag when Hermes makes 1. 947 00:49:57,880 --> 00:50:02,120 And that's when the gentleman sitting right there, Madam, I am 948 00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:04,400 Hermes and that. Was. 949 00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:07,920 The origin story behind the Hermes Birkin the bag. 950 00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:10,560 Perfect. You got it absolutely right. 951 00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:14,680 There are versions of the story, obviously this is the my 952 00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:17,160 preferred version, but apparently, and this is based 953 00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:20,000 off of what she has said in interviews, she knew she had 954 00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:22,800 kind of figured out who this person was next to her and 955 00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:24,560 that's why she was ranting to him specifically. 956 00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:28,040 It wasn't like I'm just going to rant about her mess to this rant 957 00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:30,840 of stranger, but as I prefer the version where she was ranting 958 00:50:30,840 --> 00:50:35,880 about her mess to the CEO. And the CEO's name is Joe Louis 959 00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:36,880 Duma. Yeah. 960 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:40,000 And he was the CEO of the luxury band A mess. 961 00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:46,000 A mess used to make a smaller bag and that was not obviously 962 00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:47,600 enough for needs. And then Hermes had bigger 963 00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:50,000 suitcases and stuff and she was like, why does Hermes not make 964 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:54,560 this right bag size? So the CEO, the legend goes, 965 00:50:54,560 --> 00:50:57,520 asked her to show him what the bag would look like. 966 00:50:57,800 --> 00:51:01,080 So she took out one of those those vomit bags in the plane 967 00:51:01,360 --> 00:51:04,600 and she drew it on it. She drew a prototype of what she 968 00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:09,600 wanted and 1985. Two years later, Miss presented 969 00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:12,440 Birkin with the prototype of her ideal bag as a gift. 970 00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:16,640 But there was one request that the bag should bear her name. 971 00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:22,640 She graciously agreed. And Birkin bags, For any fan of 972 00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:26,920 luxury goods and fashion goods would know, Birkin bags are very 973 00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:29,000 valuable are collectors items also. 974 00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:32,160 And this was the first ever Birkin bag. 975 00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:36,000 Now, keen listeners might realize that I have not really 976 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:39,120 mentioned 2025 yet. Vineet, you want to tell us how 977 00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:42,200 is related to 2025? I have no clue you'll. 978 00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:44,480 Have to give me a question to answer. 979 00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:49,160 I have actually. Mentioned the link already in my 980 00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:52,840 explanation just now. It's a collector. 981 00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:54,960 'S item. Well, yes, yes it is. 982 00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:57,480 A collector's item did a Birkin bag. 983 00:51:57,880 --> 00:52:02,120 Sell for an outrageously high price in 2025 a Birkin. 984 00:52:02,120 --> 00:52:07,000 Bag was auctioned for the most expensive handbag ever auction. 985 00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:10,800 I guess whoever is keeping record though, specifically the 986 00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:15,040 original Birkin bag that was given to Jane Birkin was 987 00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:21,960 auctioned on 10th July 2025 for a cool €8.6 million or $10.1 988 00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:24,520 million. Oh, 10. 989 00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:28,640 Million. Dollar handbag, do you know? 990 00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:31,400 What the name? Of that bag was please help me 991 00:52:31,720 --> 00:52:32,880 it was. Bag worthy. 992 00:52:35,680 --> 00:52:37,120 It is the original. Bagwati. 993 00:52:37,480 --> 00:52:41,880 That is the original Bagwati. Yeah, Yeah, but you got. 994 00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:46,280 That very, very accurately and just to kind of tie it with a 995 00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:49,760 bow on top. Jane Birkin was the name and she 996 00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:52,480 was an English actress, singer and designer. 997 00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:56,320 She had a prolific career as an actress but was mostly in French 998 00:52:56,320 --> 00:52:58,280 films. So maybe most of her English 999 00:52:58,280 --> 00:52:59,960 speaking audience has not seen her work. 1000 00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:04,360 She passed away in 2023, so not that long ago and first ever 1001 00:53:04,360 --> 00:53:08,280 Birkin bag that was given to her was auctioned off. 1002 00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:10,640 She actually gave it off to charity many many years ago. 1003 00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:15,120 So it's probably been passed from person to person over the 1004 00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:17,640 years. And recently was part of an 1005 00:53:17,640 --> 00:53:20,560 auction where there was apparently a very heated ten way 1006 00:53:20,560 --> 00:53:23,040 bidding war. Like there are multiple people 1007 00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:30,240 interested and it went finally for 10.1 million U.S. dollars. 1008 00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:33,480 On 10th of July 2020. 5 that's that's. 1009 00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:36,240 A lot of money. That's a lot of money. 1010 00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:38,920 Hey, we finally did. 6-7 We are done with June. 1011 00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:40,920 July. Oh God, you were. 1012 00:53:40,920 --> 00:53:45,000 Waiting to say. That oh, OK, Moving on to 8. 1013 00:53:45,280 --> 00:53:47,560 This is August. OK, this is a. 1014 00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:49,560 Very easy question. Frankly speaking, because I 1015 00:53:49,560 --> 00:53:51,760 couldn't find anything good in August. 1016 00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:55,480 So Aditya, you're going to track this fairly quickly. 1017 00:53:55,480 --> 00:53:58,000 I'm far confident, but I'm going to ask it anyway because we have 1018 00:53:58,000 --> 00:53:59,800 to get through to August to get together once. 1019 00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:01,960 OK, this was. The first. 1020 00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:05,840 Netflix film to open at #1 at the box office, earning $18 1021 00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:08,840 million, it also. Became the. 1022 00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:13,200 Most watched movie on Netflix, and this was the first film 1023 00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:18,120 soundtrack in history to have 4 songs in the top ten of the 1024 00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:22,600 Billboard Hot 100, surpassing Saturday Night Fever and Waiting 1025 00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:25,960 to Exhale, each of which had three songs in the top 10 1026 00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:28,760 simultaneously. So which movie? 1027 00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:31,480 Wow, that is. Actually something I don't know, 1028 00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:34,840 I thought this will be cracked in like. 2 seconds flat Netflix 1029 00:54:34,840 --> 00:54:37,040 film. That was the biggest opening 1030 00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:40,120 ever, became the most watched. Movie on Netflix. 1031 00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:47,200 The previous record was held by Red Notice, which got 231 1032 00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:52,600 million views in the 1st 90 days of release. 231 million views. 1033 00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:59,520 This movie got 325 million views within the 1st 90 days. 1034 00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:02,520 That's a big number. Yeah, I wonder how Netflix. 1035 00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:03,920 Calculates. Its views by the way. 1036 00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:06,640 I'm curious like do they count it like you have to finish it 1037 00:55:06,640 --> 00:55:10,320 till the credits or something or like the 1st 10 minute or rather 1038 00:55:10,320 --> 00:55:12,400 maybe they'll just count. The entire viewing time of this 1039 00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:14,560 and then divide it by the length of the movie and they'll be 1040 00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:17,240 like, oh there's many views. I would be surprised. 1041 00:55:17,240 --> 00:55:20,280 If that is the case, I I I don't think because again based off of 1042 00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:23,800 what other social media platforms do like YouTube, 1043 00:55:24,560 --> 00:55:27,840 you're counted as view. If you have seen like the 1st 10 1044 00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:31,000 seconds of the video, some some serious number, yeah, that could 1045 00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:33,120 be an hour long video doesn't matter 10 seconds you've seen 1046 00:55:33,120 --> 00:55:37,800 it, you're a view. OK, anyways, for this biggest 1047 00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:41,120 film ever, I I definitely would know of it, even if I haven't 1048 00:55:41,120 --> 00:55:43,080 seen it. You would have heard of it. 1049 00:55:43,080 --> 00:55:44,960 You would have. Definitely heard of it, but I 1050 00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:47,560 think the reason it may not immediately pop to mind is 1051 00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:53,320 because you though you claim to run in a younger crowd, you 1052 00:55:53,320 --> 00:55:57,800 don't actually run with the same demographic as which kind of, 1053 00:55:57,800 --> 00:56:01,920 you know, this movie targets. Ouch. 1054 00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:03,440 I do. Not appreciate that. 1055 00:56:04,840 --> 00:56:06,880 That was very. Made of you. 1056 00:56:08,240 --> 00:56:13,680 Dude stop it man you you can't speak the Janafa lingo. 1057 00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:15,880 Maybe just embarrassing assaults. 1058 00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:17,960 Yeah. Yeah, OK. 1059 00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:19,880 Move on. This feels. 1060 00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:21,640 Like I know this. Because I remember reading that 1061 00:56:21,680 --> 00:56:24,560 it has surpassed the Red Notice. I was also surprised at the fact 1062 00:56:24,560 --> 00:56:28,360 that Red Notice was the previous record holder because I remember 1063 00:56:28,360 --> 00:56:30,440 thinking that that's a pretty bad movie. 1064 00:56:30,840 --> 00:56:33,360 Oh yeah. It's a bad movie. 1065 00:56:34,040 --> 00:56:36,560 No, Give me something else. OK, so I will. 1066 00:56:37,320 --> 00:56:40,480 Give you a couple of names from the cast list. 1067 00:56:41,000 --> 00:56:42,960 So that will probably maybe help you. 1068 00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:49,440 So there is Ken Jeong. Daniel Day Kim. 1069 00:56:49,680 --> 00:56:51,440 OK, Lisa. Koshi. 1070 00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:53,800 OK. Those are probably the only 1071 00:56:53,800 --> 00:56:55,200 names. You'd recognize on this list. 1072 00:56:55,480 --> 00:56:59,240 Wait, these are the. Most famous names on that cast. 1073 00:56:59,840 --> 00:57:02,480 I know the the. I think there are much more 1074 00:57:02,480 --> 00:57:05,680 famous people, but not people that we have heard of. 1075 00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:07,920 They have, they've been seen. There are a lot of famous people 1076 00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:10,040 that we've not heard of. Wow, no completely blank right 1077 00:57:10,040 --> 00:57:10,640 of. Kenji. 1078 00:57:11,680 --> 00:57:13,440 No. Wow, no idea at all. 1079 00:57:13,880 --> 00:57:17,600 It's a musical. Like I mentioned the soundtrack, 1080 00:57:18,520 --> 00:57:21,360 4 songs in the top 100, something that's not been done 1081 00:57:21,360 --> 00:57:23,960 by any movie. I was going to say like some. 1082 00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:29,320 BTS film you, you said. BTS so think along the same 1083 00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:31,400 lines. Oh my God, it's. 1084 00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:35,640 K pop demon hunters. Oh, of course, yes. 1085 00:57:36,880 --> 00:57:39,920 I'm trying to picture these. People I'm trying to picture oh 1086 00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:42,840 God, this is my problem like every time you say film I'm like 1087 00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:47,040 what's the visual of the OK makes sense because anime very 1088 00:57:47,040 --> 00:57:48,800 popular. I did not watch it, but I heard 1089 00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:50,120 good things. I definitely heard great things 1090 00:57:50,120 --> 00:57:52,320 about the soundtrack. The soundtrack was decent, Yeah. 1091 00:57:52,320 --> 00:57:53,560 I couldn't escape the. Soundtrack. 1092 00:57:54,720 --> 00:58:00,200 OK, my neighbor has twin. Girls and they are obsessed with 1093 00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:02,960 K pop demon hunters. No, I I like the soundtrack. 1094 00:58:02,960 --> 00:58:04,200 I. I was a final soundtrack. 1095 00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:05,320 I like some of this. I don't. 1096 00:58:05,320 --> 00:58:09,360 I think I heard like 2 of them. I like both of them but I didn't 1097 00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:11,120 watch the film. I have no idea what the film was 1098 00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:14,200 like, but I think brief period. Of time, anytime you open social 1099 00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:17,160 media or anything else, there'll be something related to these 1100 00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:19,200 songs, something related to this. 1101 00:58:19,200 --> 00:58:22,840 And then I've, I've seen the craze around like in kids my 1102 00:58:22,840 --> 00:58:25,760 son's age and slightly older, you know, they want everything 1103 00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:27,600 and anything related to K pop demon hunters. 1104 00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:30,640 It's hugely, hugely popular. I mean, it was no. 1105 00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:34,080 Nadania. Why? 1106 00:58:34,240 --> 00:58:36,640 Why would you do this? Why would you do this? 1107 00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:39,760 That's no, yeah. No, no, move on, Move on 1108 00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:41,360 quickly. Quickly before you get 1109 00:58:41,360 --> 00:58:44,760 cancelled. Cancel for mentioning Nadania. 1110 00:58:45,320 --> 00:58:48,240 Yes, you ought to be. Speaking of Indian. 1111 00:58:48,240 --> 00:58:50,360 Things. Let's come back to India for my 1112 00:58:50,680 --> 00:58:54,640 September question. Oh my God, we are at 9 Vineet 9. 1113 00:58:54,640 --> 00:58:59,080 Yes, yes. 99. 99. Don't. 1114 00:58:59,080 --> 00:59:01,360 No, don't do that. German Nazi. 1115 00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:02,160 Joke. Forget it. 1116 00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:03,520 No, no Nazi jokes. You're. 1117 00:59:03,520 --> 00:59:07,200 Keeping it light. OK, so I'm going to mention a 1118 00:59:07,200 --> 00:59:09,000 person. Chandrapuram. 1119 00:59:09,360 --> 00:59:11,240 Please tell me you've not cracked that question. 1120 00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:14,120 As soon as I've said the name, that's a person, OK? 1121 00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:15,480 Thank God. I was worried. 1122 00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:17,320 You'll crack it immediately. OK? 1123 00:59:17,560 --> 00:59:22,400 Chandrapuram was born on 4th May 1957. 1124 00:59:22,880 --> 00:59:24,880 Yet again, we go back to history. 1125 00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:31,000 Yes, 4th May 1950. Seven 4 + 5 is 9 again. 1126 00:59:32,040 --> 00:59:35,120 Chandrapuram. Was born on 4th May 1957 in 1127 00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:39,440 Tirupur, Tamil Nadu. OK, The story goes that he was 1128 00:59:39,960 --> 00:59:48,760 currently named after X OK X was very soon thereafter reelected 1129 00:59:49,040 --> 00:59:53,160 to a prestigious position. This happened on 13th May, 1130 00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:56,680 literally 9 days later, right? 4th May 1957. 1131 00:59:56,960 --> 01:00:02,920 Chandrapuram was born. 13th May X got that prestigious position 1132 01:00:03,480 --> 01:00:08,240 12th September 2025, quickly connecting it to 2025. 1133 01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:12,320 Twelfth September 2025. Chandrapuram would go on to 1134 01:00:12,320 --> 01:00:16,480 achieve the same thing as X. What am I talking about? 1135 01:00:17,120 --> 01:00:18,360 South. I'm guessing Chandrapuram is. 1136 01:00:18,360 --> 01:00:20,000 Not his full name. That's not his first name. 1137 01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:23,360 I'm guessing that's your abbreviating his name somehow. 1138 01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:27,320 So Chandrapuram. Is his, Yeah. 1139 01:00:27,520 --> 01:00:30,600 First part. Of his name, the being named 1140 01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:32,760 after X part. Obviously I'm not giving you the 1141 01:00:32,760 --> 01:00:37,960 name, OK? So someone named Chandrapuram 1142 01:00:38,280 --> 01:00:42,240 was elected to a prestigious position on 12th of September 1143 01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:44,640 this year, correct? No, you'll have to give me some 1144 01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:46,440 other clue. Well, interestingly. 1145 01:00:46,440 --> 01:00:49,400 There is a very strong connect to this person on another date 1146 01:00:49,400 --> 01:00:51,880 in September. You do realize that when? 1147 01:00:51,880 --> 01:00:56,280 People name certain people, especially in South India, the 1148 01:00:56,280 --> 01:01:00,200 initials are not always named. You tell me. 1149 01:01:00,200 --> 01:01:03,080 What the answer is don't, don't, don't give me all this random 1150 01:01:03,080 --> 01:01:04,960 stuff. Give me the answer you're 1151 01:01:04,960 --> 01:01:06,800 talking about Sarvepulli. Radhakrishnan. 1152 01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:08,560 Yes. Oh God. 1153 01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:11,520 My God, man. Chandrapuram isn't is not his 1154 01:01:11,520 --> 01:01:13,800 name Chandrapuram. Listen, listen, listen. 1155 01:01:14,120 --> 01:01:16,360 Chandrapuram Ponnusamy. Radhakrishnan is his full name. 1156 01:01:16,360 --> 01:01:18,800 And of course, Chandrapuram is not his first given name. 1157 01:01:19,040 --> 01:01:21,360 He says that I can't give you Radhakrishnan now I can't give 1158 01:01:21,360 --> 01:01:23,360 you Radhakrishnan. It'll be too easy. 1159 01:01:23,480 --> 01:01:25,000 No, you could have given me Ponnusamy. 1160 01:01:25,080 --> 01:01:26,560 Oh, OK. Ponnusamy. 1161 01:01:26,560 --> 01:01:29,200 Is his first. Name Chandrapuram Ponnusamy 1162 01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:31,720 Radhakrishnan would literally mean Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan 1163 01:01:31,720 --> 01:01:33,760 from Chandrapuram. That makes more sense, yeah. 1164 01:01:37,320 --> 01:01:38,760 That makes a lot more sense. My bad. 1165 01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:42,600 Hey, listen, you don't have been targeted by by my South Indian 1166 01:01:42,600 --> 01:01:45,240 friends a little bit recently and very justifiably. 1167 01:01:46,480 --> 01:01:48,960 This is another black mark on my record. 1168 01:01:49,120 --> 01:01:51,280 Yeah, if. CP Radhakrishnan was. 1169 01:01:51,280 --> 01:01:53,840 Filling out a form which said usually it says first name, 1170 01:01:53,840 --> 01:01:55,600 middle name, last name, right? A first name, middle name, 1171 01:01:55,600 --> 01:01:57,600 surname. What would he put? 1172 01:01:57,600 --> 01:01:59,560 Vendor put Pulusami as the first. 1173 01:01:59,560 --> 01:02:00,760 Name. OK, OK. 1174 01:02:00,760 --> 01:02:02,800 And Radhakrishnan C would be put as the last name. 1175 01:02:03,080 --> 01:02:06,520 Radhakrishnan C Yeah, so C would be part of his. 1176 01:02:06,520 --> 01:02:10,520 Last name so I'm correct. I mean, OK, fine, OK. 1177 01:02:10,680 --> 01:02:13,560 It's not his. Name I'm not trying to explain. 1178 01:02:13,560 --> 01:02:16,520 Explains how the name conditions to a Mallu person. 1179 01:02:16,800 --> 01:02:19,440 I'm just saying for. A. 1180 01:02:19,480 --> 01:02:23,480 Broader understanding it for broader understanding. 1181 01:02:23,480 --> 01:02:26,680 Let me just clarify this. Right now in South India, we 1182 01:02:26,680 --> 01:02:29,600 have this thing of appending. Basically, we're just attaching 1183 01:02:29,840 --> 01:02:32,680 the name of the place or the name of the family or whatever. 1184 01:02:32,680 --> 01:02:35,840 Basically, those don't technically count as your name. 1185 01:02:36,040 --> 01:02:38,240 You can't categorize them as your first or last name. 1186 01:02:38,240 --> 01:02:42,040 They're initials, sure. When my dad went to. 1187 01:02:42,040 --> 01:02:44,200 Bahrain for the first time. When he went to Bahrain for the 1188 01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:47,840 first time, his boss Muhammad Ali was an out and out Arab who 1189 01:02:47,840 --> 01:02:49,360 said that I cannot pronounce your name. 1190 01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:52,000 He's like, I cannot pronounce pronounce the first three names, 1191 01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:53,080 so I'm going to call you by the last name. 1192 01:02:53,080 --> 01:02:55,680 So he was like Nair. From then on, for 25 years he 1193 01:02:55,680 --> 01:02:57,600 was known as Nair. Being called by a last name is 1194 01:02:57,600 --> 01:02:59,760 not. Uncommon, but then you realize. 1195 01:02:59,760 --> 01:03:01,680 That Nair is one of the most common surnames in Kerala. 1196 01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:06,280 We like calling a. Chinese person Lee just because 1197 01:03:06,280 --> 01:03:08,680 the last name is Lee. Yeah, exactly. 1198 01:03:08,880 --> 01:03:14,040 OK, we deviated. So hard, and I don't know how 1199 01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:17,040 much of this will end up in the final cut, but coming back to 1200 01:03:17,040 --> 01:03:20,400 the trivia. Chandrapuram Ponnuswamy. 1201 01:03:20,400 --> 01:03:23,080 Radhakrishan is the name that is mentioned on Wikipedia. 1202 01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:27,160 CEP Radhakrishan is the current Vice President of India. 1203 01:03:27,520 --> 01:03:31,520 He was elected to that position on 12th of September 2025. 1204 01:03:31,840 --> 01:03:34,200 Yes. The story goes that he was born. 1205 01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:38,400 4th May 1957 and when he was born, his parents CK Ponnuswami 1206 01:03:38,400 --> 01:03:41,240 and K Janaki Janaki. My bad. 1207 01:03:41,240 --> 01:03:43,440 K Janaki. From Tirupur in Tamil Nadu, they 1208 01:03:43,440 --> 01:03:47,680 decided that they're going to name them after S Radhakrishan 1209 01:03:47,880 --> 01:03:50,600 Sarva Pele. Radhakrishan Sarva Pele. 1210 01:03:52,200 --> 01:03:54,280 I'm going to be brutal to you now. 1211 01:03:56,240 --> 01:03:59,680 I said with play Radhakrishan. S Radhakrishan, You can make my 1212 01:03:59,720 --> 01:04:01,720 life easier. The First Vice President of 1213 01:04:01,720 --> 01:04:06,080 India, who was in that post for two consecutive terms, was in 1214 01:04:06,080 --> 01:04:09,760 the position for two consecutive terms from 13th of May 1952 to 1215 01:04:09,760 --> 01:04:13,480 12th May 1962. The next day he became the 1216 01:04:13,480 --> 01:04:16,040 President of India and he was in that position for five years. 1217 01:04:16,040 --> 01:04:21,360 So one of the most illustrious people from the early 1218 01:04:21,360 --> 01:04:25,520 independent Indian history. And I mentioned as a hint that 1219 01:04:25,600 --> 01:04:29,520 he's related to a day in September as Radhakrishnan's 1220 01:04:29,520 --> 01:04:32,880 birthday obviously is also Teachers Day in India, 1221 01:04:32,880 --> 01:04:35,200 celebrated as Teachers Day in their 5th September. 1222 01:04:35,480 --> 01:04:37,560 Yeah, yeah, as. Radhakrishnan. 1223 01:04:37,840 --> 01:04:41,920 Was the person that apparently CP Ravi Krishnan was named after 1224 01:04:42,120 --> 01:04:45,640 and CP Ravi Krishnan got to be or well deserved to be or 1225 01:04:45,640 --> 01:04:48,280 whatever he found his way to becoming the Vice President of 1226 01:04:48,280 --> 01:04:53,480 India in September of this year. And that is the Long story short 1227 01:04:53,480 --> 01:04:55,120 of it all. That was a. 1228 01:04:55,560 --> 01:04:59,360 Good question. I feel like I. 1229 01:04:59,360 --> 01:05:02,360 Just was put through a lesson. I don't think that felt like a 1230 01:05:02,360 --> 01:05:04,960 question anymore, you know? I appreciate being taught when 1231 01:05:04,960 --> 01:05:08,000 I'm wrong, it's just I don't think I learnt much in the 1232 01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:10,600 process. I'm still very confused. 1233 01:05:10,600 --> 01:05:11,120 Yeah. OK. 1234 01:05:11,280 --> 01:05:12,120 Let me move on. Move on. 1235 01:05:12,800 --> 01:05:16,880 Moving to October. In 2025, the same young 1236 01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:20,560 performer, or let's say a young performer, became a case study 1237 01:05:20,760 --> 01:05:25,680 in how social media, critical reception format and venue can 1238 01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:27,920 completely invert commercial outcomes. 1239 01:05:28,480 --> 01:05:32,360 In one instance she fronted a big budget studio film aimed at 1240 01:05:32,360 --> 01:05:35,200 a global audience, heavily marketed, digitally saturated 1241 01:05:35,520 --> 01:05:39,960 and tied to an iconic IP. Yet it collapsed theatrically, 1242 01:05:40,200 --> 01:05:43,160 becoming shorthand for modern day box office. 1243 01:05:43,680 --> 01:05:46,800 Within months. She achieved the opposite result 1244 01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:50,840 in a radically different medium, an old fashioned stage revival 1245 01:05:51,200 --> 01:05:55,440 mounted in a single historic London theatre where demand was 1246 01:05:55,440 --> 01:05:59,920 so high that performances sold out and ticket scarcity replaced 1247 01:05:59,920 --> 01:06:02,920 marketing spend. The production concluded it's 1248 01:06:02,920 --> 01:06:07,160 run in September 2025, but it's cultural afterlife extended 1249 01:06:07,160 --> 01:06:11,160 further when a live cast recording released weeks later 1250 01:06:11,160 --> 01:06:15,960 in October unexpectedly topped the UK Singles Chart, a rarity 1251 01:06:15,960 --> 01:06:17,960 for musical theatre in the streaming era. 1252 01:06:19,160 --> 01:06:20,360 Taken. Together the 2. 1253 01:06:20,360 --> 01:06:23,600 Outcomes sparked debate about star power, medium specificity 1254 01:06:23,920 --> 01:06:27,680 and the power of social media. Which stage? 1255 01:06:27,680 --> 01:06:29,440 Musical. Revival produced this chart 1256 01:06:29,440 --> 01:06:31,880 topping success. And which actress am I talking 1257 01:06:31,880 --> 01:06:33,800 about? It can't be wicked. 1258 01:06:34,360 --> 01:06:36,120 Because the film didn't do that badly. 1259 01:06:36,280 --> 01:06:38,640 No, no, the film did very well. Wicked did very well and you 1260 01:06:38,640 --> 01:06:40,560 mentioned the film did badly. Right in this case. 1261 01:06:40,600 --> 01:06:41,880 Oh really? Really. 1262 01:06:41,880 --> 01:06:43,880 Badly. And this is the same movie and. 1263 01:06:44,000 --> 01:06:45,680 Rather from the same source material, right? 1264 01:06:45,920 --> 01:06:49,600 No, the movie is a different. IP the but musical's a different 1265 01:06:49,600 --> 01:06:51,080 IP. When was the movie? 1266 01:06:51,720 --> 01:06:56,080 So the. Movie released on March 21st 1267 01:06:56,960 --> 01:06:58,200 earlier. This year, some. 1268 01:06:58,200 --> 01:07:04,360 Sort of a musical film that did badly, but again, let me 1269 01:07:04,360 --> 01:07:07,760 clarify. The musical theatre and this 1270 01:07:07,760 --> 01:07:11,080 movie. Two different IPS I mentioned. 1271 01:07:11,080 --> 01:07:13,200 That they're two different first materials? 1272 01:07:15,040 --> 01:07:19,680 No idea at all. OK, so the lead. 1273 01:07:19,680 --> 01:07:22,640 Actress The actress in question when it. 1274 01:07:22,640 --> 01:07:24,760 Came to the movie. That we're talking about, which 1275 01:07:24,760 --> 01:07:26,400 like I said, was a box office bomb. 1276 01:07:26,960 --> 01:07:28,960 There were a lot of controversies associated with 1277 01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:32,280 the movie way before it released, and one of it was 1278 01:07:32,280 --> 01:07:34,600 caused by the lead actress herself. 1279 01:07:34,920 --> 01:07:37,800 Like she said something or did. Something, this movie that we're 1280 01:07:37,800 --> 01:07:40,160 talking. About was a remake and the 1281 01:07:40,160 --> 01:07:44,680 actress openly criticized the original movie, so her comments 1282 01:07:44,680 --> 01:07:49,040 were condemned by many viewers who categorized her as shaming 1283 01:07:49,040 --> 01:07:53,080 anyone who liked the original film, while others described her 1284 01:07:53,080 --> 01:07:55,360 as a walking PR disaster. Very. 1285 01:07:56,440 --> 01:07:58,360 Good with life fingers. It's a live action film. 1286 01:07:58,360 --> 01:08:01,560 Was it animated film? Yes, it's a live action. 1287 01:08:01,560 --> 01:08:03,920 Film live action. Was it? 1288 01:08:05,840 --> 01:08:09,600 Was was that? The mermaid film you're on the 1289 01:08:09,600 --> 01:08:13,360 right. Let's say tall house or the 1290 01:08:13,360 --> 01:08:15,480 right castle. Right Castle. 1291 01:08:15,480 --> 01:08:17,760 OK, so it's a it's a Disney film. 1292 01:08:18,120 --> 01:08:20,240 Yeah. I feel like I've completely lost 1293 01:08:20,240 --> 01:08:23,000 track of Disney films. No, this was impossible. 1294 01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:27,520 To miss, there were a lot of things in the Internet, OK, 1295 01:08:27,720 --> 01:08:29,000 because I'll give you another clue. 1296 01:08:29,000 --> 01:08:32,680 The Israel conflict also played a role in this movie bombing. 1297 01:08:33,120 --> 01:08:36,160 Or was it some? Anti-Semitic or pro Palestinian 1298 01:08:36,160 --> 01:08:38,680 or anti Palestinian? Sort of like I mentioned, there 1299 01:08:38,680 --> 01:08:41,439 were two. Major actresses in the movie 1 1300 01:08:41,439 --> 01:08:45,279 obviously made problematic comments about the previous 1301 01:08:45,279 --> 01:08:50,600 movie on which it was based, and the other was roundly criticized 1302 01:08:50,600 --> 01:08:54,240 for her. Views on the. 1303 01:08:54,240 --> 01:08:56,800 Israel, Palestine, conflict. Well, to be honest. 1304 01:08:57,120 --> 01:08:58,960 Literally, you could be on either side and you'll probably 1305 01:08:58,960 --> 01:09:01,439 be criticized, especially in the US. 1306 01:09:01,680 --> 01:09:05,800 Yes, yes. Yeah, but in this case it was 1307 01:09:06,160 --> 01:09:09,760 because this person, and again this may be a giveaway, had 1308 01:09:09,760 --> 01:09:13,840 actually served in the IDF. Gal Gadot. 1309 01:09:14,479 --> 01:09:19,439 Yes, Oh yes, this is. Did Snow White? 1310 01:09:19,479 --> 01:09:20,479 Snow White? Was it Snow White? 1311 01:09:20,840 --> 01:09:22,080 Yes, it's snow. White. 1312 01:09:22,080 --> 01:09:24,200 Yes, yes. OK, so you've got Snow White out 1313 01:09:24,200 --> 01:09:26,960 of the way now. You have to tell me who the. 1314 01:09:26,960 --> 01:09:30,319 Actress was and which musical theatre performance are we 1315 01:09:30,319 --> 01:09:32,520 talking about? I can I can picture her. 1316 01:09:32,520 --> 01:09:35,120 Face, I can't remember her name. I'll give you the name. 1317 01:09:35,439 --> 01:09:36,840 It's. Rachel Ziegler, of course. 1318 01:09:36,840 --> 01:09:39,520 Yes. So which musical? 1319 01:09:39,520 --> 01:09:41,800 Which went. Viral, I mean. 1320 01:09:41,800 --> 01:09:45,680 Like the IT was sold out almost throughout its run and later 1321 01:09:45,680 --> 01:09:48,080 when it was released it topped the charts and whatnot. 1322 01:09:49,000 --> 01:09:50,120 I'm. Pretty sure I don't have. 1323 01:09:50,120 --> 01:09:52,840 No idea about this. You definitely know this. 1324 01:09:53,160 --> 01:09:56,840 The Musical is a song through musical with music by Andrew 1325 01:09:56,840 --> 01:09:58,520 Lloyd Webber. OK. 1326 01:09:59,400 --> 01:10:03,200 Yeah, it began. As a rock opera concept album in 1327 01:10:03,200 --> 01:10:07,800 1976, it's success led to productions in London's West 1328 01:10:07,800 --> 01:10:10,680 End. In 1978 it won the Laurence 1329 01:10:10,680 --> 01:10:15,080 Olivier Award for Best Musical and on Broadway a year later 1330 01:10:15,080 --> 01:10:18,320 where it was the first British musical to receive the Tony 1331 01:10:18,320 --> 01:10:20,440 Award. OK. 1332 01:10:21,360 --> 01:10:23,360 It's been followed. By a string of professional 1333 01:10:23,360 --> 01:10:26,720 tours and worldwide productions, numerous cast albums, as well as 1334 01:10:26,720 --> 01:10:31,400 a 1996 film adaptation, the musical was revived in London's 1335 01:10:31,400 --> 01:10:37,720 West End in 2006, 2014, 2017 and 2025. 1336 01:10:38,520 --> 01:10:39,680 I don't know why the first name that came. 1337 01:10:39,680 --> 01:10:42,600 To mind was Fiddler on the Roof. No, no it's not. 1338 01:10:43,200 --> 01:10:44,600 Andrew Lloyd Webber, I probably heard. 1339 01:10:44,720 --> 01:10:47,480 Of I've heard of it, but no I can't recall right now. 1340 01:10:47,480 --> 01:10:49,000 OK, I'll give you another clue. It's based. 1341 01:10:49,000 --> 01:10:51,280 On a real historical figure, Hamilton, of course. 1342 01:10:51,280 --> 01:10:51,920 No, I'm. Kidding. 1343 01:10:52,040 --> 01:10:55,280 No. No, no idea at all. 1344 01:10:56,080 --> 01:10:58,720 One last chance I. Told you there was a 1996 movie 1345 01:10:58,720 --> 01:11:01,680 adaptation. It won the Academy Award for 1346 01:11:01,680 --> 01:11:04,680 best original song. It won 3 Golden Globe Awards for 1347 01:11:04,680 --> 01:11:08,120 more Best picture, Best picture comedy, Musical, Best original 1348 01:11:08,120 --> 01:11:10,680 song, and Best Actress. OK. 1349 01:11:11,280 --> 01:11:15,080 The actress. Was Madonna OK and the. 1350 01:11:15,080 --> 01:11:19,560 Movie also. Starred Antonio Banderas oh. 1351 01:11:19,560 --> 01:11:26,080 My God, yes, I know this. This is a Latin American, some 1352 01:11:26,080 --> 01:11:29,440 South American person, right? That this based on a woman that 1353 01:11:29,440 --> 01:11:31,640 it is based on? Yes, yes. 1354 01:11:31,640 --> 01:11:33,360 Yes, yes. Is it Brazilian? 1355 01:11:33,360 --> 01:11:34,480 Is it? Argentinian. 1356 01:11:34,760 --> 01:11:35,960 Yes, it is. It is. 1357 01:11:35,960 --> 01:11:38,480 Argentinian or the musical is Evita. 1358 01:11:38,880 --> 01:11:39,920 Oh my God. OK. 1359 01:11:40,040 --> 01:11:42,720 It's too late in the night. How would I not get that? 1360 01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:45,080 Yes, it is Evita. Evita. 1361 01:11:45,160 --> 01:11:47,520 Based on the life of Eva Peron. Eva Peron, Yeah. 1362 01:11:47,800 --> 01:11:50,280 Yes, yeah. I knew it took the Madonna. 1363 01:11:50,280 --> 01:11:52,800 Thing yeah, that's that's Mike. I don't think I've seen the film 1364 01:11:53,120 --> 01:11:55,760 or I know too much about the musical either, but I know of 1365 01:11:55,760 --> 01:11:59,280 course, of the person and I know that Madonna and Oscar for that 1366 01:11:59,280 --> 01:12:01,000 yeah. So it was sold out, Rachel. 1367 01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:06,080 Ziegler played the titular role of Eva Peron or Evita in the 1368 01:12:06,080 --> 01:12:09,080 musical revival in 2025, and it was sold out. 1369 01:12:09,080 --> 01:12:11,880 Like it was massive, massive crowds and massive performance, 1370 01:12:12,920 --> 01:12:13,960 but. Her. 1371 01:12:13,960 --> 01:12:17,520 Movie earlier in the year which she was partly responsible for 1372 01:12:17,520 --> 01:12:19,840 bobbing, apparently. If you can trust social media 1373 01:12:19,840 --> 01:12:22,680 and Reddit there. Were a lot of other factors 1374 01:12:22,680 --> 01:12:23,840 there. Was the whole Israeli 1375 01:12:23,840 --> 01:12:26,480 controversy with Gal Gadot? There was fact that there was a 1376 01:12:26,480 --> 01:12:28,680 lot of controversy about not choosing. 1377 01:12:29,280 --> 01:12:32,200 I think little people is the people who dwarfism. 1378 01:12:32,520 --> 01:12:35,800 Yeah, yeah, People who dwarfism. So instead of casting people 1379 01:12:35,800 --> 01:12:39,880 into office and they went with CGI with regular sized people. 1380 01:12:40,960 --> 01:12:44,720 Yeah, very problematic. Production, OK, now we move on 1381 01:12:44,720 --> 01:12:46,760 to the penultimate month of November. 1382 01:12:47,120 --> 01:12:48,920 OK, so. In the month of. 1383 01:12:48,920 --> 01:12:50,880 November. I don't have an exact date for 1384 01:12:50,880 --> 01:12:54,880 it, but somewhere in the month of November the United Nations 1385 01:12:55,320 --> 01:12:58,960 they released a list of the most populated cities. 1386 01:12:59,720 --> 01:13:04,200 No idea why they do this, what the reason we added it, but they 1387 01:13:04,200 --> 01:13:06,760 said they apparently changed some of the parameters or how 1388 01:13:06,760 --> 01:13:11,000 they kind of qualify and quantify populations in an urban 1389 01:13:11,000 --> 01:13:13,880 area like a city. So there was some reordering of 1390 01:13:13,880 --> 01:13:15,800 the ranking. Simple question. 1391 01:13:16,240 --> 01:13:22,480 Tokyo was #1 Previously, which city has overtaken Tokyo as the 1392 01:13:22,480 --> 01:13:29,960 most populated city as of 2025 November, based off of AUN study 1393 01:13:31,080 --> 01:13:32,160 which. Is the most. 1394 01:13:32,160 --> 01:13:36,800 Populated city according to the 2025 UN list, right? 1395 01:13:37,520 --> 01:13:39,240 Correct. Tokyo. 1396 01:13:39,240 --> 01:13:42,280 Used to be this is based on density or total population. 1397 01:13:42,280 --> 01:13:43,720 How? How are you looking at it? 1398 01:13:43,720 --> 01:13:44,760 Just total population? Just. 1399 01:13:44,760 --> 01:13:46,760 Total population, it's it's not Mumbai. 1400 01:13:46,760 --> 01:13:51,440 It's not Mumbai or Delhi. I wouldn't say New York either 1401 01:13:51,440 --> 01:13:53,600 because New York has a lesser population than Tokyo. 1402 01:13:53,840 --> 01:13:55,240 Just because you said these? Names. 1403 01:13:55,240 --> 01:13:57,680 I'm going to tell you very quickly, Delhi is at #4. 1404 01:13:58,600 --> 01:14:02,520 Mumbai is at number. 12 and New York is at #22. 1405 01:14:04,800 --> 01:14:08,480 So it's not the usual suspects. Tokyo is at #2 right now, in 1406 01:14:08,480 --> 01:14:09,400 fact. Yeah, I was just going to. 1407 01:14:09,400 --> 01:14:11,520 Say Tokyo in fact has not even slipped #2 but it's gone to 1408 01:14:11,520 --> 01:14:13,240 number 3. So which is number 2? 1409 01:14:13,840 --> 01:14:16,160 Can you tell me #2 you want to take a guess? 1410 01:14:18,160 --> 01:14:20,920 Oh well, actually you're still. Number one side out here, yeah 1411 01:14:21,200 --> 01:14:24,480 #2 is a neighboring country, Dhaka, yeah. 1412 01:14:24,600 --> 01:14:25,720 Dhaka is at #2. Right now. 1413 01:14:26,280 --> 01:14:29,600 OK, wild. Guests, is it? 1414 01:14:29,600 --> 01:14:31,600 Jakarta. You didn't even. 1415 01:14:31,680 --> 01:14:36,240 Let me get to my good hint, Yar. Jakarta. 1416 01:14:38,040 --> 01:14:39,560 OK, No, no, no. Now you can give me the hint. 1417 01:14:39,560 --> 01:14:41,240 I will listen patiently and look like I'm. 1418 01:14:41,240 --> 01:14:43,040 No, I I want to. Move on. 1419 01:14:43,080 --> 01:14:45,480 Even though that was a total. Guess I want to move on. 1420 01:14:45,480 --> 01:14:46,400 I don't like. You anymore? 1421 01:14:47,360 --> 01:14:48,880 No. OK, very well, yes. 1422 01:14:48,880 --> 01:14:52,960 Jakarta has been ranked number one by the UN list as of 1423 01:14:53,080 --> 01:14:58,280 November 2025, and the UN 2025 population estimate for Jakarta 1424 01:14:58,280 --> 01:15:02,880 is 41 million, close to 42,000,000 Actually 42,000,000 1425 01:15:02,880 --> 01:15:06,600 people in the city of Jakarta. Well, I don't know how. 1426 01:15:06,600 --> 01:15:11,600 Exactly they define it. Dhaka is at 36.5 million and 1427 01:15:11,600 --> 01:15:13,400 Tokyo is at 33.4. Million. 1428 01:15:13,400 --> 01:15:15,360 So they must have. Really changed the numbering 1429 01:15:15,360 --> 01:15:18,400 somehow because it has. I think there is geographical. 1430 01:15:18,920 --> 01:15:21,040 Limits of the city? Probably. 1431 01:15:21,040 --> 01:15:23,800 Probably. Administrative boundary and 1432 01:15:23,800 --> 01:15:26,160 whatnot. And every country, every place 1433 01:15:26,160 --> 01:15:28,960 defines it on their own. Do you want to take a guess as 1434 01:15:28,960 --> 01:15:31,800 to more because you also mentioned, just as a sidebar, 1435 01:15:32,000 --> 01:15:34,080 what is the most densely populated city? 1436 01:15:34,840 --> 01:15:35,960 It used to be the. World City. 1437 01:15:35,960 --> 01:15:38,320 Of Kowloon, right, Hong Kong has been a. 1438 01:15:38,320 --> 01:15:41,240 While, and again, I I guess I don't think if Kowloon 1439 01:15:41,240 --> 01:15:43,920 specifically counts as a city anymore, I think Hong Kong will 1440 01:15:43,920 --> 01:15:46,040 be counted as a city. OK, OK. 1441 01:15:46,040 --> 01:15:48,040 And don't ask me. Specifics. 1442 01:15:48,200 --> 01:15:50,480 OK, so is it Hong Kong this? Is a city that we know as a 1443 01:15:50,480 --> 01:15:51,840 city. I'm not, I'm not asking about 1444 01:15:51,840 --> 01:15:53,880 like a specific city within a city kind of situation. 1445 01:15:53,880 --> 01:15:56,480 And it's not Hong Kong, no, OK, this. 1446 01:15:56,480 --> 01:15:59,160 Is just side edition. Review No, no, I get it. 1447 01:15:59,160 --> 01:15:59,560 I get it. I. 1448 01:15:59,560 --> 01:16:02,080 Get any clues Used in Hong Kong and I. 1449 01:16:02,080 --> 01:16:04,440 Think I must have read that at some point, but I remember for 1450 01:16:04,440 --> 01:16:07,920 the longest time I reading that Dhaka is number one in terms of 1451 01:16:08,000 --> 01:16:11,880 population density. But but it's not Dhaka. 1452 01:16:11,880 --> 01:16:16,320 At least as of 2025. Dhaka is number 2 in the case of 1453 01:16:16,320 --> 01:16:19,000 density as well. OK, Dhaka is number. 2 is case 1454 01:16:19,000 --> 01:16:22,760 of density both the population. Total and population density 1455 01:16:22,760 --> 01:16:25,760 Dhaka number Southeast Asian. Southeast. 1456 01:16:25,760 --> 01:16:28,160 Asian, yes. Bangkok. 1457 01:16:28,200 --> 01:16:32,040 Is not that crowded over the density. 1458 01:16:32,040 --> 01:16:35,200 It's at #39 #39 yeah, no. But it is dense. 1459 01:16:35,200 --> 01:16:38,680 But I don't think it's enough for the much like Indonesia. 1460 01:16:38,680 --> 01:16:43,680 It is another archipelago nation, Philippines, Manila. 1461 01:16:44,200 --> 01:16:49,640 That's right, Manila is at. 41,000 people per square 1462 01:16:49,640 --> 01:16:51,560 kilometer. Talk about. 1463 01:16:51,560 --> 01:16:57,000 Cans of sardines. Dhaka is at. 30,000 And Karachi 1464 01:16:57,000 --> 01:17:01,400 is at #3 Indian cities #4 Kolkata #5 Mumbai. 1465 01:17:01,760 --> 01:17:04,520 Mumbai, OK. Asia is leading. 1466 01:17:04,520 --> 01:17:07,360 The pack, at least in this way, I think it's Mumbai. 1467 01:17:07,360 --> 01:17:09,720 Is more. Like you have concentrated areas 1468 01:17:09,720 --> 01:17:12,760 where the density is like really high, which is kind of adding to 1469 01:17:12,760 --> 01:17:14,280 the figure. But if you look at Mumbai as a 1470 01:17:14,280 --> 01:17:17,720 whole, it's not like like, is it that dense? 1471 01:17:17,720 --> 01:17:19,200 I mean if you ever been to Andheri. 1472 01:17:19,200 --> 01:17:21,880 Station in the evening, it does feel like it's very late. 1473 01:17:23,480 --> 01:17:24,720 No, I'm not going to. I'm not going to I'm. 1474 01:17:24,720 --> 01:17:26,880 Not going to argue the fact that we have a lot of people, but I 1475 01:17:26,880 --> 01:17:31,360 think like maybe you have a very large number of people focused 1476 01:17:31,360 --> 01:17:34,840 in certain areas like in Dharavi or in Matuga or something like 1477 01:17:34,840 --> 01:17:36,720 that. So then those kind of help. 1478 01:17:36,720 --> 01:17:39,640 Actually I would but. Technically Dharavi and stuff 1479 01:17:39,640 --> 01:17:42,360 might not be that much compared to the high rises right? 1480 01:17:42,640 --> 01:17:45,440 Just because of the number of people who are staying the same 1481 01:17:45,440 --> 01:17:46,440 area. Vertical. 1482 01:17:46,440 --> 01:17:48,000 Yeah, yeah, vertical. Is staying in the same? 1483 01:17:48,040 --> 01:17:51,360 Yes, a lot of skyscrapers. Which is why more people on the 1484 01:17:51,360 --> 01:17:56,160 same square footage and my God. Every Mumbai who's listening can 1485 01:17:56,160 --> 01:17:58,840 relate to this. There's just number of buildings 1486 01:17:58,840 --> 01:18:01,560 that are under redevelopment. So older buildings which are, 1487 01:18:01,560 --> 01:18:03,720 which have been taken over by builders and they're building 1488 01:18:03,720 --> 01:18:06,800 like skyscrapers there. Yeah, the whole. 1489 01:18:06,800 --> 01:18:09,280 City feels like. It's under siege at some point. 1490 01:18:09,280 --> 01:18:12,920 This is like no place to stay, OK, since you did not let me get 1491 01:18:12,920 --> 01:18:15,560 there, but I wanted to. And the reason I wanted to do 1492 01:18:15,560 --> 01:18:19,040 this was because I thought the etymology of Jakarta was kind of 1493 01:18:19,040 --> 01:18:20,880 fun. Do you know where the name comes 1494 01:18:20,880 --> 01:18:22,320 from? I'm guessing it'll have some 1495 01:18:22,320 --> 01:18:24,280 kind of. Sanskrit origin you are very 1496 01:18:24,280 --> 01:18:26,160 correct in. Thinking that it has a few other 1497 01:18:26,160 --> 01:18:29,920 names through history, but the most accepted theory of it 1498 01:18:29,920 --> 01:18:32,240 Jakarta. The word Jakarta comes from it 1499 01:18:32,240 --> 01:18:36,640 is derived from the word Jayakarta Jakarta rather which 1500 01:18:36,640 --> 01:18:40,160 is Sanskrit. Jaya being victory and Kart 1501 01:18:40,160 --> 01:18:43,520 being achieving. So achieving victory is the 1502 01:18:43,880 --> 01:18:46,560 etymology of it and Victoria's deed. 1503 01:18:46,840 --> 01:18:51,160 And this came from the Muslim rubes of Fathahila, OK, which 1504 01:18:51,160 --> 01:18:52,800 successfully defeated and. Drove the. 1505 01:18:52,800 --> 01:18:57,040 Portuguese away from the city in 1527, OK, and they eventually 1506 01:18:57,040 --> 01:19:01,080 renamed it to Jayakarta, Jayakarta, however you might 1507 01:19:01,080 --> 01:19:03,960 pronounce it. And that over time evolved to 1508 01:19:04,120 --> 01:19:07,600 Jakarta, OK. The name Jakarta. 1509 01:19:07,600 --> 01:19:09,200 Comes from this very interesting. 1510 01:19:10,040 --> 01:19:12,200 Piece of history that maybe. A lot of us are not aware of 1511 01:19:13,080 --> 01:19:15,480 that was a. Really good piece of trivia. 1512 01:19:15,840 --> 01:19:19,840 Jakarta, Manila. Who knew but Vineet because you 1513 01:19:19,840 --> 01:19:21,160 very. Quickly cracked this. 1514 01:19:21,160 --> 01:19:23,240 I'm not going to let you off the hook that easy. 1515 01:19:23,240 --> 01:19:26,440 OK, OK, I'm going to. Tie it back to my. 1516 01:19:26,440 --> 01:19:31,480 First question, and I'm going to ask you, OK, in the movie Star 1517 01:19:31,480 --> 01:19:34,280 Wars, OK, there's a. Very interesting scene. 1518 01:19:34,280 --> 01:19:36,720 And you probably know Star Wars better than you know dumb and 1519 01:19:36,720 --> 01:19:38,640 number. Very interesting scene where 1520 01:19:38,640 --> 01:19:43,880 C3PO, yeah, the Droid is trying to warn our swashbuckling hero 1521 01:19:43,880 --> 01:19:47,960 Han Solo about the near impossible chance of surviving 1522 01:19:47,960 --> 01:19:50,520 an asteroid field. OK, what does? 1523 01:19:50,520 --> 01:19:51,200 Han. Solo. 1524 01:19:51,200 --> 01:19:57,120 Say in response, he mentions an. Odd odds, right in that look at 1525 01:19:57,120 --> 01:19:58,760 you you. Do know your Star Wars? 1526 01:19:58,760 --> 01:20:01,640 I'll give it to you, he says. Never tell me. 1527 01:20:01,640 --> 01:20:05,720 The odds, yes, yeah, yeah. Never tell me the odds, Vineet. 1528 01:20:05,800 --> 01:20:11,840 How is? This connected to 2025 never. 1529 01:20:11,840 --> 01:20:14,960 Tell me the odds. Trump has to be Trump. 1530 01:20:15,120 --> 01:20:22,680 Nope, not Trump 13th, or rather November of 13th, 2025 at 8:55 1531 01:20:22,680 --> 01:20:25,920 PM Eastern Time. Ah, Vineet, take the most 1532 01:20:25,920 --> 01:20:29,320 obvious guess, given that I told you that this is related to the 1533 01:20:29,320 --> 01:20:32,720 first question, which was about a space rocket launch. 1534 01:20:34,040 --> 01:20:37,160 So never tell. Me the odds again. 1535 01:20:37,160 --> 01:20:41,440 A Blue Origin nickname. Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding. 1536 01:20:42,040 --> 01:20:45,520 Correct. It is the name of the next 1537 01:20:46,000 --> 01:20:49,320 rocket that was launched in the next New Glen family rocket that 1538 01:20:49,320 --> 01:20:50,120 was launched. OK. 1539 01:20:50,520 --> 01:20:53,160 The second stage made it to orbit in January, but the first 1540 01:20:53,160 --> 01:20:56,840 stage was lost and it never landed back, which was the aim, 1541 01:20:56,880 --> 01:20:58,960 right. So after that failed attempt in 1542 01:20:58,960 --> 01:21:01,840 November, they managed to make that first stage land. 1543 01:21:02,040 --> 01:21:06,000 That was a successful landing. And that was the nickname given 1544 01:21:06,000 --> 01:21:08,200 in that case was never tell me the odds. 1545 01:21:08,200 --> 01:21:09,440 Tell me the odds. Yeah. 1546 01:21:09,520 --> 01:21:12,520 So in both cases. Referring to a film meme. 1547 01:21:12,520 --> 01:21:14,240 In the first case it was number number. 1548 01:21:14,240 --> 01:21:15,680 The second case it was Star Wars. 1549 01:21:15,680 --> 01:21:18,720 And I guess Star Wars Paid Off has never tell me the odds 1550 01:21:18,840 --> 01:21:22,600 worked for them technically. That scene was very 1551 01:21:23,120 --> 01:21:26,840 scientifically inaccurate because there are no asteroid 1552 01:21:26,840 --> 01:21:29,440 fields which are so populated that a small freighter can't 1553 01:21:29,440 --> 01:21:32,480 pass through it, interestingly. Enough if you actually look at 1554 01:21:32,480 --> 01:21:37,600 asteroid fields, what they don't show you is the the topography 1555 01:21:37,600 --> 01:21:40,280 of an asteroid field. It's it's amazing. 1556 01:21:40,280 --> 01:21:43,440 Like if you go watch videos, NASA videos I believe about 1557 01:21:43,440 --> 01:21:47,240 Saturn's rings, there are like mountains in the rings. 1558 01:21:47,480 --> 01:21:50,800 Like literally there are hundreds of meters, if not 1559 01:21:50,800 --> 01:21:53,040 kilometer long mountains in the rings. 1560 01:21:53,040 --> 01:21:55,040 And it's very tough to imagine it like this. 1561 01:21:55,040 --> 01:21:57,400 So I would encourage you to go look at YouTube videos of it. 1562 01:21:57,680 --> 01:22:00,400 But it's insane. How does it topography to rings? 1563 01:22:01,000 --> 01:22:04,600 And that is the last question for me for November. 1564 01:22:04,600 --> 01:22:08,200 I have tied it back to January. I handed to you Bring us home 1565 01:22:08,200 --> 01:22:11,720 with December. Boy, this is a long episode, OK? 1566 01:22:11,960 --> 01:22:17,240 So. Barsat Ki Raat is a movie from 1567 01:22:17,240 --> 01:22:18,640 1960. OK. 1568 01:22:18,920 --> 01:22:22,440 It was a defining romantic musical film directed by PL. 1569 01:22:22,440 --> 01:22:25,680 Santoshi. Produced by R Chandra, the film 1570 01:22:25,680 --> 01:22:28,440 starred Madhubala, Bharat Bhushan and Shyama. 1571 01:22:28,920 --> 01:22:31,800 Barsat Ki Raat became a blockbuster success, ranking as 1572 01:22:31,800 --> 01:22:35,640 the second highest running film of 1960 and the 20th highest 1573 01:22:35,640 --> 01:22:38,760 earner of the 1960s in the Indian box office. 1574 01:22:39,160 --> 01:22:43,880 The soundtrack composed by Roshan Lal of the Roshan family 1575 01:22:44,160 --> 01:22:48,400 was considered one of the finest in Indian cinema with particular 1576 01:22:48,400 --> 01:22:53,480 critical and audience praise The song Zindagi Bhar Nahi Bhulengi 1577 01:22:53,800 --> 01:22:56,560 from Say That Again. The song. 1578 01:22:56,560 --> 01:22:58,960 Zindagi bhar nahi bhulengi again you. 1579 01:22:58,960 --> 01:23:01,280 Non Hindi speaker try doing Hindi things right. 1580 01:23:08,320 --> 01:23:10,800 I'm just going to embarrass myself. 1581 01:23:10,800 --> 01:23:12,440 In this whole, yeah, let's go on. 1582 01:23:12,440 --> 01:23:15,960 Let's see. The song Zindagi Bhar. 1583 01:23:15,960 --> 01:23:19,280 Nahi Bhulegi was from the same film and it topped musical 1584 01:23:19,280 --> 01:23:22,360 charts that year. There is a beautiful qawwali in 1585 01:23:22,360 --> 01:23:25,280 the movie, which was sung by a veritable powerhouse ensemble of 1586 01:23:25,280 --> 01:23:30,360 singers Mohammad Rafi, Manna De Asha Bhosle, Sudha Malhotra and 1587 01:23:30,360 --> 01:23:33,200 SD Batish. Aditya is smiling, so he 1588 01:23:33,200 --> 01:23:37,040 obviously knows the answer. But how did this song gain 1589 01:23:37,040 --> 01:23:39,600 renewed relevance in December 2025? 1590 01:23:40,080 --> 01:23:42,400 And since you're smiling, I want a very specific answer. 1591 01:23:44,400 --> 01:23:47,280 Just like you my. Social media has also been 1592 01:23:47,280 --> 01:23:52,240 flooded by Durander reels. We have spoken about the film. 1593 01:23:52,240 --> 01:23:54,000 You have watched it. I watched it, I also liked it. 1594 01:23:54,280 --> 01:23:59,440 And do you get to him in just the promotion of this film that 1595 01:23:59,440 --> 01:24:03,080 it was a trailer, it was a teaser and the high build and 1596 01:24:03,080 --> 01:24:06,800 the word of mouth spread and it is done through insane amount of 1597 01:24:06,800 --> 01:24:08,160 money at the box office right now. 1598 01:24:09,480 --> 01:24:10,720 I. Believe the song. 1599 01:24:10,720 --> 01:24:14,120 That you're referring to, which is the caravan to Karavan Ki 1600 01:24:14,120 --> 01:24:16,960 Talash hai. That qawwali was featured in the 1601 01:24:17,200 --> 01:24:19,520 trailer first is where I heard it, and of course it's in the 1602 01:24:19,520 --> 01:24:21,720 film also. Yeah, the music of the. 1603 01:24:21,720 --> 01:24:23,760 Movie is. Phenomenal, yes. 1604 01:24:24,360 --> 01:24:26,240 Shashat Sasdev. Has obviously done a phenomenal 1605 01:24:26,240 --> 01:24:28,760 job, but he has used these old songs, he has, he has remixed 1606 01:24:28,760 --> 01:24:32,280 them, he has made them funkier, made them more electronic or 1607 01:24:32,280 --> 01:24:35,080 dance, whatever different genres that he has incorporated. 1608 01:24:35,360 --> 01:24:38,160 And with this particular Qawwali also, I like when you hear the 1609 01:24:38,200 --> 01:24:41,160 original 1 which is in black and white and that's why I remember 1610 01:24:41,280 --> 01:24:44,280 people posting reads about it. And these names is where what 1611 01:24:44,280 --> 01:24:46,480 led me to the answer because I remember that they were all 1612 01:24:46,480 --> 01:24:50,200 these famous people in the Qawwali and the vibe is so 1613 01:24:50,200 --> 01:24:54,120 different but he has made that vibe fit so well for both the 1614 01:24:54,120 --> 01:24:58,360 trailer and the movie. Just just props the man for very 1615 01:24:58,360 --> 01:25:01,480 good marketing for his film or whoever did the marketing for, 1616 01:25:02,080 --> 01:25:04,400 funnily enough, the movie. Was criticized for not doing 1617 01:25:04,400 --> 01:25:07,400 enough marketing and people were speculating that it was they had 1618 01:25:07,400 --> 01:25:09,800 spent so much money on the movie itself that Jio Studios had 1619 01:25:09,800 --> 01:25:12,760 refused to give them any money for marketing that props. 1620 01:25:12,760 --> 01:25:15,360 To Jio Studio for not doing anything more than just that. 1621 01:25:15,360 --> 01:25:18,000 Because I think that's the problem recently, I think 1622 01:25:18,000 --> 01:25:20,040 everybody's just been doing the same thing into the marketing. 1623 01:25:20,040 --> 01:25:23,240 Just go up here or like a Kapil Sharma show or like do some, you 1624 01:25:23,240 --> 01:25:25,120 know, some YouTube specials or whatever. 1625 01:25:25,120 --> 01:25:26,880 Like it's just it's just become so predictable. 1626 01:25:27,680 --> 01:25:30,360 Do a Curly Tales interview, like everybody's doing the same 1627 01:25:30,360 --> 01:25:33,400 thing. And in this case, maybe because 1628 01:25:33,640 --> 01:25:36,800 Ranveer Singh admittedly is a loose cannon, does some very, 1629 01:25:36,800 --> 01:25:40,520 very few things. It is good to not let him. 1630 01:25:40,880 --> 01:25:43,280 Come out in the front and lead the marketing charge. 1631 01:25:43,600 --> 01:25:46,000 Let the movie and the art speak for itself. 1632 01:25:46,480 --> 01:25:48,520 It worked out for them. It's the highest grossing. 1633 01:25:48,800 --> 01:25:52,280 Indian film of 2025 right now. Which is interesting that for an 1634 01:25:52,280 --> 01:25:53,120 aerated. Film that. 1635 01:25:53,120 --> 01:25:55,480 It's doing so well you can't even take your kids to the film. 1636 01:25:56,240 --> 01:25:58,280 Yeah. So please come. 1637 01:25:58,280 --> 01:26:00,680 Back to the trivia. So you answered it correctly. 1638 01:26:00,680 --> 01:26:04,800 Yes, it is the NATO karva Ki talashe hai, nakoi humsaar ka 1639 01:26:04,800 --> 01:26:06,600 talashe hai. So this song is called Ishq 1640 01:26:06,600 --> 01:26:08,520 Jalakar. That's the title of the song 1641 01:26:08,520 --> 01:26:12,320 Ishq Jalakar. And the 2025 Dhurander 1642 01:26:12,320 --> 01:26:16,200 adaptation by composer Shashwat Sachdev honors this legacy by 1643 01:26:16,200 --> 01:26:19,000 integrating the lyrics of the original qawwali into a 1644 01:26:19,000 --> 01:26:21,960 contemporary composition. Rather than merely recreating 1645 01:26:21,960 --> 01:26:25,680 the classic, he recontextualized it into a modern musical 1646 01:26:25,680 --> 01:26:27,960 narrative about a spy's emotional journey. 1647 01:26:28,160 --> 01:26:30,800 Right, right, right. The soundtrack of Durander. 1648 01:26:31,000 --> 01:26:35,080 Features 11 Hindi songs and marks a historic achievement, 1649 01:26:35,800 --> 01:26:40,000 Durander became the first Bollywood film to have every 1650 01:26:40,000 --> 01:26:43,920 track from its soundtrack chart simultaneously within the 1651 01:26:43,920 --> 01:26:46,880 Spotify Global Top 200. Oh wow. 1652 01:26:47,160 --> 01:26:52,520 Global top 200 is impressive. Wow, OK, Global top 200 and. 1653 01:26:53,000 --> 01:26:56,760 This basically is the first time a Bollywood movie is done that 1654 01:26:56,760 --> 01:27:01,600 all 11 songs featuring simultaneously in the Spotify 1655 01:27:01,600 --> 01:27:05,160 Global Top 200, which is a fantastic achievement but well 1656 01:27:05,160 --> 01:27:07,880 deserve a. Great soundtrack, Sachdeva. 1657 01:27:07,880 --> 01:27:10,280 Has. Done a phenomenal job, yes, now 1658 01:27:10,280 --> 01:27:11,840 coming back. To our audience question which I 1659 01:27:11,840 --> 01:27:13,720 asked at the beginning of today's episode, which is also 1660 01:27:13,720 --> 01:27:15,120 related to something that happened this year. 1661 01:27:15,440 --> 01:27:18,680 KFC collaborated with an Australian brand founded by Nick 1662 01:27:18,680 --> 01:27:22,840 Murkovich and Alex Tomic to create a unique product inspired 1663 01:27:22,840 --> 01:27:25,320 by KF CS iconic 11 herbs and spices. 1664 01:27:25,640 --> 01:27:29,560 The product was described as like biting into a hot, juicy 1665 01:27:29,560 --> 01:27:34,160 piece of KFC Original Recipe chicken, and it is marketed as a 1666 01:27:34,160 --> 01:27:37,760 full on flavor takeover. Originally conceived as an April 1667 01:27:37,760 --> 01:27:40,960 Fools prank, the real version of the product was priced at $13 1668 01:27:40,960 --> 01:27:44,680 per item and quickly sold. Out after it's. 1669 01:27:44,680 --> 01:27:47,960 Release. What product am I talking about? 1670 01:27:48,960 --> 01:27:51,320 You said it was. Initially not meant to be real, 1671 01:27:51,320 --> 01:27:54,720 it was just just a marketing gimmick, I was supposed. 1672 01:27:54,720 --> 01:27:56,640 To make it a prank and then. Somebody was like, yeah, I think 1673 01:27:56,640 --> 01:27:58,880 we actually can make this, and they ended up actually making 1674 01:27:58,880 --> 01:28:00,800 it. Limited edition run priced at 1675 01:28:00,800 --> 01:28:04,560 $13 with an optional $59 accessory. 1676 01:28:04,840 --> 01:28:07,520 Was this in? Conjunction with another brand? 1677 01:28:07,520 --> 01:28:10,280 Was this like a promotion for some other thing or was it just 1678 01:28:10,280 --> 01:28:12,680 a KFC thing so they collaborated with another? 1679 01:28:12,680 --> 01:28:15,160 Brand because they themselves couldn't produce this product. 1680 01:28:15,160 --> 01:28:17,360 So then they collaborated with another brand, which is the one 1681 01:28:17,360 --> 01:28:20,320 I was talking about, founded by Nick Markovich and Alex Tomic. 1682 01:28:20,960 --> 01:28:22,160 Do you want the name of that brand? 1683 01:28:22,160 --> 01:28:23,800 So then that might help you get to the answer. 1684 01:28:24,120 --> 01:28:26,200 Yes, please. The brand high. 1685 01:28:26,200 --> 01:28:30,320 Smile also makes other products of the same type with flavors 1686 01:28:30,320 --> 01:28:33,960 such as chocolate, blue Raspberry, cotton candy, mango 1687 01:28:33,960 --> 01:28:35,680 sorbet. This can't be. 1688 01:28:36,400 --> 01:28:38,400 Vapes, right? I don't think KFC will do that. 1689 01:28:38,400 --> 01:28:41,240 That will be bad for its image. No, but. 1690 01:28:41,240 --> 01:28:42,520 AKFC. Flavored vape. 1691 01:28:42,520 --> 01:28:47,040 Wow Labooboo. No, it's not labooboo. 1692 01:28:47,240 --> 01:28:49,800 Edible Laboos. Edible. 1693 01:28:49,800 --> 01:28:51,280 Boulez. No, never mind. 1694 01:28:51,560 --> 01:28:56,680 OK, so I'll give you the answer. Believe it or not, this was AKFC 1695 01:28:56,760 --> 01:29:00,640 flavored toothpaste. Smiles. 1696 01:29:00,640 --> 01:29:02,320 OK, that makes sense. High smile. 1697 01:29:02,360 --> 01:29:03,160 Yeah. OK. 1698 01:29:03,680 --> 01:29:06,240 Toothpaste. High Smile is an Australian. 1699 01:29:06,240 --> 01:29:09,480 Oral Care brand founded in 2014 by Nick Markovich and Alex 1700 01:29:09,480 --> 01:29:13,360 Tomic, started as a teeth whitening kit company and then 1701 01:29:13,360 --> 01:29:15,720 gained popularity through influencer marketing innovative 1702 01:29:15,720 --> 01:29:17,480 products. With the flavours I mentioned, 1703 01:29:17,800 --> 01:29:20,840 the option of $59 accessory was an electric toothbrush. 1704 01:29:22,160 --> 01:29:24,880 This company is known for. Collaborations with major brands 1705 01:29:24,880 --> 01:29:29,320 like KFC and The Simpsons. OK, this happened in April. 1706 01:29:29,320 --> 01:29:32,280 So this was KFC flavour toothpaste. 1707 01:29:32,640 --> 01:29:35,000 Now tell me that doesn't sound like just imagine brushing your 1708 01:29:35,000 --> 01:29:38,080 teeth and instead of all that mint you're just getting KFC 1709 01:29:38,080 --> 01:29:43,040 flavour in your mouth, no. No, sorry, I don't know. 1710 01:29:43,040 --> 01:29:44,280 I'm. Very curious about that. 1711 01:29:44,280 --> 01:29:46,200 One yeah, no appeal for wear doubt so. 1712 01:29:46,200 --> 01:29:49,240 That's all the. Questions for this episode we 1713 01:29:49,240 --> 01:29:53,920 are ending 2025 with a bang or maybe a whimper, depending upon 1714 01:29:53,920 --> 01:29:56,680 whether you like the questions or not so. 1715 01:29:56,920 --> 01:29:59,960 Aditya, what are your? Pop culture recommendations for 1716 01:29:59,960 --> 01:30:01,880 this episode It's an interesting. 1717 01:30:01,880 --> 01:30:05,200 Year there have been a lot of sad and depressing things so I'm 1718 01:30:05,200 --> 01:30:08,000 going to recommend two things which were like you feel good. 1719 01:30:08,640 --> 01:30:13,320 I didn't plan it to be so, but it became that where Israel and 1720 01:30:13,560 --> 01:30:18,040 being Jewish and the idea of Zionism and all of those things 1721 01:30:18,040 --> 01:30:21,680 which are which are deeply, deeply political and and in some 1722 01:30:21,680 --> 01:30:25,880 cases very controversial. On the other hand, these two 1723 01:30:25,880 --> 01:30:30,000 shows which were so definitively Jewish, I thought were 1724 01:30:30,240 --> 01:30:33,800 interesting representation of a culture which perhaps if nothing 1725 01:30:33,800 --> 01:30:37,000 else is also misunderstood, right or are not very widely 1726 01:30:37,000 --> 01:30:39,320 understood. And these two shows I loved and 1727 01:30:39,320 --> 01:30:42,120 these two shows I watched recently, perhaps a little too 1728 01:30:42,120 --> 01:30:44,360 late. The first one probably a lot of 1729 01:30:44,360 --> 01:30:45,800 people have heard is nobody wants this. 1730 01:30:45,800 --> 01:30:49,800 I just saw both the seasons. Really good show, nice light 1731 01:30:49,840 --> 01:30:52,440 watch I've seen. Comparisons to when. 1732 01:30:52,440 --> 01:30:55,120 Harry Met Sally, and I get it. I get it. 1733 01:30:55,120 --> 01:30:58,400 It has that vibe to it. It's two attractive people 1734 01:30:58,400 --> 01:30:59,920 falling in love. It's just in this case, one of 1735 01:30:59,920 --> 01:31:04,360 the people happens to be a rabbi, The other person is, I 1736 01:31:04,360 --> 01:31:07,520 think, an atheist or agnostic, and then she's trying to figure 1737 01:31:07,520 --> 01:31:10,000 out if she fits. Into this. 1738 01:31:10,000 --> 01:31:11,960 World and this culture. Interesting show. 1739 01:31:12,280 --> 01:31:17,800 The other one I think so good. Long story short, same person 1740 01:31:17,800 --> 01:31:23,080 who's made Bojack Horseman. It is just funny funny and it's 1741 01:31:23,080 --> 01:31:27,040 by the way an animated series. It's so funny, so good. 1742 01:31:27,040 --> 01:31:31,200 The animation is also, it is reminiscent of, but it is 1743 01:31:31,280 --> 01:31:32,960 different and has its own identity. 1744 01:31:33,920 --> 01:31:35,200 If you loved. It you should definitely. 1745 01:31:35,200 --> 01:31:38,720 Watch this show as well. And this is also about Jewish 1746 01:31:38,720 --> 01:31:43,320 family and talks about being Jewish and and being I guess 1747 01:31:43,320 --> 01:31:45,200 family in general, family drama in general. 1748 01:31:46,080 --> 01:31:49,160 On both those counts, go watch these two shows. 1749 01:31:49,960 --> 01:31:51,280 Perhaps a good way? For us to understand. 1750 01:31:51,280 --> 01:31:52,840 About a culture we don't know too much about. 1751 01:31:53,720 --> 01:31:56,200 Great recommendations. Aditya, I am now going to 1752 01:31:56,200 --> 01:32:05,040 recommend my list of Malayalam movies of 2025 which it's been 1753 01:32:05,040 --> 01:32:05,960 a. Bumper year for. 1754 01:32:05,960 --> 01:32:09,000 Malayalam movies. We've had some really, really 1755 01:32:09,000 --> 01:32:12,200 amazing movies, many of which I have recommended in the podcast 1756 01:32:12,200 --> 01:32:16,960 before, since Aditya claims to also have watched Malayalam 1757 01:32:16,960 --> 01:32:21,320 movies. This could be a barometer we'll. 1758 01:32:21,320 --> 01:32:23,520 Just see how many of these movies Adidas actually watched. 1759 01:32:23,560 --> 01:32:27,120 OK so my top Malayalam movies of 2025. 1760 01:32:28,200 --> 01:32:32,080 First one I would recommend is Todarum which was basically a 1761 01:32:32,080 --> 01:32:35,040 family drama which was celebrating Mohanlal the actor. 1762 01:32:35,360 --> 01:32:36,760 So good. What a great. 1763 01:32:36,760 --> 01:32:37,320 Film. Wow. 1764 01:32:37,320 --> 01:32:38,880 Amazing. I just loved it. 1765 01:32:38,880 --> 01:32:40,920 No, I haven't seen it. Yeah, you have it, obviously. 1766 01:32:41,360 --> 01:32:45,280 A Loka Chapter 1 Chandra that became the highest grossing 1767 01:32:45,520 --> 01:32:48,400 female led movie in India of all time. 1768 01:32:48,520 --> 01:32:50,840 It's also one of the highest top ten highest grossing Indian 1769 01:32:50,840 --> 01:32:54,080 movies of 2025. I missed it in. 1770 01:32:54,080 --> 01:32:56,200 The theatre that I did not want to watch it on my TV, so I'm 1771 01:32:56,200 --> 01:32:59,040 waiting for maybe the second part to come and release of the 1772 01:32:59,040 --> 01:33:00,800 first part. I'll watch it in the theatres. 1773 01:33:01,280 --> 01:33:02,480 The third movie I would. Recommend. 1774 01:33:02,480 --> 01:33:05,680 Is Rekha Chitram. It's a gripping investigative 1775 01:33:05,680 --> 01:33:10,640 mystery thriller which blends both real events from a real 1776 01:33:10,640 --> 01:33:14,120 product movie production in the 1980s with this fictional story 1777 01:33:14,400 --> 01:33:17,120 and it's a it's an amazing, very well done blend. 1778 01:33:17,720 --> 01:33:20,560 Then there's a recently released movie called Avahedum, which is 1779 01:33:20,560 --> 01:33:23,960 a dark comedy exploring voyeurism and you know, small 1780 01:33:23,960 --> 01:33:26,520 town morality streaming right now so you can catch on 1781 01:33:26,520 --> 01:33:29,080 streaming ending was a little weak, but it's still worth a 1782 01:33:29,080 --> 01:33:31,080 watch. Dies array, which I've already 1783 01:33:31,080 --> 01:33:32,840 recommended. It's a psychological horror 1784 01:33:32,840 --> 01:33:35,880 thriller well worth watching because we don't rarely get 1785 01:33:35,880 --> 01:33:40,240 movies of that week in India, Rome this I'm not mentioned, but 1786 01:33:40,240 --> 01:33:43,480 I definitely it's one of the best police dramas. 1787 01:33:43,640 --> 01:33:49,280 But the ending is dark and when I mean dark, it is bleak and 1788 01:33:49,280 --> 01:33:51,920 just dark. So don't go into it if you're 1789 01:33:51,920 --> 01:33:53,920 not a fan of those kind of movies. 1790 01:33:53,920 --> 01:33:55,840 But it's a very realistic police drama. 1791 01:33:56,160 --> 01:33:58,600 Bunman again, I think I must have mentioned on it. 1792 01:33:58,600 --> 01:34:02,080 It's about a comedy drama featuring a blistering 1793 01:34:02,080 --> 01:34:05,680 performance by Basil Joseph Kalam Kaaval, which I recently 1794 01:34:05,680 --> 01:34:10,800 watched December released. It's Mammuti the legend playing 1795 01:34:10,800 --> 01:34:16,680 a serial killer and it's phenomenally acted. 1796 01:34:16,800 --> 01:34:19,320 Very well scripted movie, you can definitely check that out. 1797 01:34:20,080 --> 01:34:25,440 And finally 2 movies, Naiveta which is again a social crime 1798 01:34:25,440 --> 01:34:30,960 thriller and Eco with a mystery drama with a cracker of an 1799 01:34:30,960 --> 01:34:33,720 ending. It's the same people who created 1800 01:34:33,720 --> 01:34:36,400 Kishkinda Kante. Obviously there are much better 1801 01:34:36,400 --> 01:34:39,480 or more art house movies and things which don't feature on my 1802 01:34:39,480 --> 01:34:41,880 list or my best movies, but these are the ones I recommend 1803 01:34:41,880 --> 01:34:45,240 because I really enjoyed all of these movies as movies 1804 01:34:45,240 --> 01:34:47,160 themselves. I I will also. 1805 01:34:47,160 --> 01:34:49,440 Since we did recommend some things and I just remembered a 1806 01:34:49,440 --> 01:34:52,240 book I had read recently and because I guess we were talking 1807 01:34:52,240 --> 01:34:55,040 about these Jewish stories, it is a book. 1808 01:34:55,040 --> 01:34:57,720 By a Palestinian. Author it's called enter ghost. 1809 01:34:57,720 --> 01:35:03,120 It's it's a read that takes you through a journey and if you are 1810 01:35:03,120 --> 01:35:07,880 interested in knowing about a perspective that you are perhaps 1811 01:35:07,880 --> 01:35:10,640 again, similar to how I recommend the first two shows. 1812 01:35:10,880 --> 01:35:14,120 This isn't light, obviously. But yeah, check out Enter Ghost. 1813 01:35:14,120 --> 01:35:16,600 This is by a very celebrated author. 1814 01:35:16,600 --> 01:35:20,000 Her name is Isabella Hamad, Palestinian author. 1815 01:35:20,200 --> 01:35:23,520 So yeah, cultures that we are not so well aware of in India 1816 01:35:23,520 --> 01:35:26,160 and maybe other people who are listening to us. 1817 01:35:26,160 --> 01:35:28,720 Go check out these different sources and learn more. 1818 01:35:29,640 --> 01:35:31,080 Great. That's all the time we have for 1819 01:35:31,080 --> 01:35:32,680 episode. Little bit of housekeeping for 1820 01:35:32,680 --> 01:35:36,480 our regular listeners. We are posting quizzes every 1821 01:35:36,480 --> 01:35:39,640 Thursday on our Reddit subreddit, so please go check 1822 01:35:39,640 --> 01:35:41,560 out there. You can check out the question, 1823 01:35:41,560 --> 01:35:44,120 you can try answering it. 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