1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,760 Welcome to Are you quizzing Me? I am Vineet Nair with my Co host 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:07,840 Aditya Kashyap. This is a quizzing trivia 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:10,920 podcast show. Join us as we dive deep into 4 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:14,440 history, science, pop culture and so much more. 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:21,080 Let's get quizzing. Welcome back to Are You Quizzing 6 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:25,680 Me? The best podcast by two Indians 7 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:29,080 who live in either Mumbai or Goa. 8 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,119 That's very specific. I hope there is no other podcast 9 00:00:32,119 --> 00:00:35,080 which does exactly what we do and the hosts live in Mumbai and 10 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,120 Goa. I Are you saying Modiji doesn't 11 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,640 live in Mumbai or Guwahati? Is that what you're saying? 12 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,440 Does he do a podcast with one other person, though? 13 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,160 Isn't his a solo affair? Oh, that's true. 14 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,080 That's true, Much like many of his press conferences. 15 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:52,000 But well, you know. I would not make such 16 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,240 politically charged statements. And the king of politically 17 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:00,280 charged statements is today. Our guest Hari Krishna is once 18 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:05,280 again back with us because Vineet is taking a day off and 19 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,720 HK kindly decided to step into his big big shoes. 20 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:11,760 So we have a special episode Are You quizzing me? 21 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:14,800 Episode #59. And we are joined by Hari 22 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:16,760 Krishna. Thank you once again HK for 23 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,880 joining us. Please avoid any political 24 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,120 statements which might get us cancelled. 25 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,320 So the list of things to avoid are avoid offending any film 26 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:26,000 directors for Arby's career sake. 27 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:31,040 Avoid offending any political character for both our lives 28 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:32,840 Sake I guess, at this point. So well, exactly. 29 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,040 Exactly. Is there anything you'd like me 30 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,800 to avoid HK? No, I think I would love. 31 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,640 We need to avoid falling sick so that I don't have to come in at 32 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:44,600 some short notice. Please take care of the need of 33 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,360 your health properly. That's all. 34 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,600 I love it when an episode starts with the guest saying that I 35 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,880 would like to not come. On this episode ever. 36 00:01:54,040 --> 00:02:01,400 Again, that always bodes well. We do wish we need the best of 37 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:05,400 health and he should be around very soon again. 38 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:11,039 But today since it was a special episode anyways, we decided to 39 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:14,280 do something special for this special episode and that was try 40 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,000 out something we have not tried before. 41 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:20,920 Audio questions Oh that is going to be exciting and hopefully 42 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:23,640 that will work. Otherwise we will have to re 43 00:02:23,640 --> 00:02:26,440 record this HK and we will give you another short notice. 44 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:30,000 In that case, since we are doing a special episode, I'm going to 45 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,080 do away with the usual stuff that Vineet does, the audience 46 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,480 question and all of that. That'll come back once Maneed 47 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,760 does so. What about the answer to the 48 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:41,800 question you had asked at the end of last episode? 49 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,680 I honestly forgot, no. Question it was, so I'm going to 50 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,120 skip it for today and I'm going to answer it once Vineet comes 51 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,040 back. Just Vineet privileges, guys. 52 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,800 Just Vineet privileges. I don't get to hear RT crack 53 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,760 those wonderful jokes. Only Vineet does. 54 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,400 You do not want to see how the sausage is made. 55 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:00,720 HK, I'm sparing you as one of our regular listeners, I can't 56 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:05,000 afford to lose you, so I will skip ahead to the actual 57 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,760 questions. All right, very exciting. 58 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,560 And the audio clips will be short. 59 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,080 Hopefully we will not get a copyright strike. 60 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:17,720 And let's start with the my first audio question, Where is 61 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:23,040 this particular cheer from? So I'm playing what is basically 62 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,200 a cheer or a call from a college, and I'm going to stop 63 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,000 right before they mention the college's name. 64 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,920 Try to figure out if you know which college this chair is 65 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:52,400 from. So in the audio clip I could 66 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:56,760 hear Beaver and I could hear 3.1415, something like that. 67 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,040 Was that right? Yes, that should ideally help 68 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:05,080 you get to the answer, but because it is perhaps not the 69 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,200 clearest on the audio, I'm just going to say the main parts 70 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,120 again. So it starts with one person 71 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,760 saying I'm a Beaver and the rest of the group responds with a 72 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,120 you're a Beaver and there are a couple of lines. 73 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:22,680 And then it goes into E to the UDUDXE to the XDX cosine secant 74 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:30,680 tangent sine 3.14159 integral radical MUDV slipstick slider 75 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:32,960 rule. And that's where they mention 76 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,320 the name of the college. Oh, that's cool. 77 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,400 OK, OK. Do you know what college this 78 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,120 is? I'm guessing the person they're. 79 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,680 Referring to is Euler or no? I don't know if there's any 80 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,440 specific connection to Euler in this college. 81 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,200 It's just Beaver and mathematics basically. 82 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,640 OK, MIT is my first guess that I can think of. 83 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:57,240 Perfect. It is the MIT Beaver. 84 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:01,960 Beaver is the mascot for MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of 85 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:03,280 Technology. Do you want to tell me how did 86 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:05,720 you crack it so? Quickly, the first school that 87 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,240 came to Madrid thought of like taking math and engineering in 88 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,720 the US was MIT. But also why Beaver is really 89 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,360 interesting, like a story behind, like how they just 90 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,040 Beavers. It is the official mascot 91 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,920 because Beaver is considered the nature's engineer. 92 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:23,560 That makes sense. That's what I say. 93 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:29,640 It was adopted on January 17, 1914 by a group of MIT alumni. 94 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:33,120 The president of the college accepted it, and the Beaver has 95 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,760 since been named Tim as MIT. Spelled backwards, Tim the 96 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:55,680 Beaver is the mascot for MIT, and that's the lovely cheer. 97 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,880 I love it because I heard it randomly and what caught my 98 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:00,440 attention was just how nerdy it was. 99 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:06,080 Yeah, yeah, yeah. They do go 3.14159 with respect 100 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:07,400 for putting that in a song I know. 101 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:11,440 And I'm making it work and it rhymed with trigonometry stuff, 102 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,400 agent and sign 3.1. And people say π is irrational. 103 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:21,520 It is not. Well, both π and art is 104 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,760 irrational. There is nothing rational about 105 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,120 what we do here. Clearly. 106 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,200 I loved it. Very cool. 107 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,360 Cheer. All right, HK, that was my first 108 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,120 audio question. Let's hear yours. 109 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,320 Thank you for that delightful audio question to start us off. 110 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,320 So my next four questions are all courtesy this quiz league 111 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,040 they're taking part in. It's called B612 league and it's 112 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,520 like again, a wonderful sort of online quiz league. 113 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,600 And they end up bringing in a bunch of very delightful 114 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,440 questions that are accessible even if you're not American, of 115 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:51,480 hardcore quiz. And all of these four questions 116 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,400 have a sort of tech theme to them in a sense. 117 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:58,040 So these are all again courtesy the YouTube Anshuman Sharma and 118 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,400 is essentially provided a recipe, or if you want to be 119 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:05,640 more technical, an algorithm to create songs by any of these 120 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:09,040 artists, and no disrespect intended, all in good fun. 121 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:14,440 So the first recipe slash algorithm is basically step one. 122 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:18,640 Choose a topic like Heartbreak or Love or get inspired by a 123 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,600 weekend song. Step 2. 124 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,680 Write Punjabi lyrics that are kind of translated from a 125 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,160 weekend song. Use Chad GBT Step three. 126 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:31,320 Make retro beats that sound like you guessed it, a weekend sound. 127 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,240 Step 46 like you just woke up with a ton of water. 128 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:36,760 Tune of course. And Step 5. 129 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,240 Don't forget to make an aesthetic music video. 130 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,680 Now you'll hear what something like this that has been created 131 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,440 will sound like and you have to tell me which artist is being 132 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,680 referenced right now. Now put it all together and 133 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:50,840 that's it. You're done. 134 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,040 So since I know you're a great quizzer, I'm not going to give 135 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,640 you more than two guesses. There probably are a bunch of 136 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,200 artists that come to mind, but there should be one who comes to 137 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,880 mind more than any other. OK, interesting. 138 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:41,960 I think this is AP Dillo. It is AP Dillo well. 139 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:43,919 Done. Not an original AP Dillo song. 140 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:47,960 It has been exactly created by the algorithm that the YouTube 141 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:49,360 does. It's all like. 142 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,520 Oh, that is such a lovely hack to creating AP Dillo songs. 143 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,880 Do you credit AP Dillo? He does do something very unique 144 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:02,760 and very interesting and catchy. But you were like, it did sound 145 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:06,560 like a couple of other Punjabi singers, rappers that I've heard 146 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:08,720 of, but AP Dillo, a trendsetter. Here. 147 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:11,640 Love that, OK? That was a fun question. 148 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,560 Awesome. OK, so moving to my next 149 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:16,600 question. I'm going to play a piece of 150 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,800 music, but let me give you some background before I do. 151 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:24,680 This is a 1910 song by the vaudeville group The Leyton 152 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:28,240 Brothers. The lyrics were by Ren Shields 153 00:09:28,680 --> 00:09:32,600 and became one of the first hit recordings in the United States 154 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:37,200 through its 1911 recording by Arthur Collins. 155 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,680 These names might not be familiar to most people. 156 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:43,360 Obviously it is from the turn of the previous century. 157 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:49,320 It was a phenomenon back then. However, it led to something 158 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:55,000 which is pretty much considered a pop culture landmark. 159 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:59,320 An icon that continues to exist till date and in fact has been 160 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:03,200 relevant very recently as well, has been in the news recently as 161 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,120 well. So I'm going to play the music. 162 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,120 Tell me even if you don't recognize what the music is, 163 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:11,960 tell me what pop culture icon do we still remember it through? 164 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:23,680 Here Goes? Down the Mississippi, steam the 165 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:26,640 whip or wheel. Commanded by the pilot. 166 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,760 Mr. Steamboat Bill the owner gave him orders on the strict 167 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:34,000 duty to try to beat the record of the Robert. 168 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,440 He leaves. Just heat up your engine. 169 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:40,480 Let the old smoke grow. Burn up all the cargo if you run 170 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,120 out of coal. If we don't beat that record 171 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,800 Billy Pole the mate, then we'll mail him a pair of Peter to the 172 00:10:46,800 --> 00:11:00,040 Golden game. I know this is the ship horns 173 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,440 and also saying Steamboat will another go is I think is this 174 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:05,520 like in Steamboat Willy the Mickey Mouse? 175 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,120 Is this kind of like a link to Mickey Mouse? 176 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,040 And I mean the reason it's also the news now is because that 177 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:14,200 particular clip has finally come into the public domain after 178 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,840 what, 75 years or something or after like a numerous 179 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:20,760 extensions. Oh yes, you have cracked that 180 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,200 beautifully. I was wondering if I should 181 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,800 remove the part which had the Steamboat Building, but I 182 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,080 imagine you would have still cracked it. 183 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:33,000 It is Steamboat Willy, the iconic portrayal of the very 184 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,200 original Mickey Mouse that was under trademark till earlier 185 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,800 this year. I think in January of this year 186 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,440 it went into public domain. And so anybody out there who 187 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,720 wants to use Mickey Mouse, the original Steamboat really 188 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:49,160 version, can today use it for their own creative purposes and 189 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:50,200 whatever they want to do with it. 190 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,600 It is no longer a registered trademark with the Walt Disney 191 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,960 Company and that's kind of cool, but let me give you a little bit 192 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:57,560 more background. So Steamboat Bill like I 193 00:11:57,560 --> 00:12:01,200 mentioned, 1910 Song became one of the first hit recordings in 194 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,160 the United States in 1911 by its recording through Arthur 195 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:07,200 Collins. The song is an extended 196 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:11,960 reference to a famed 1870 raced on the Mississippi River between 197 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,840 2 steamboats, and one of the steamboats was called Robert E 198 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,120 Lee and the other one was Natchez. 199 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:20,880 Robert E Lee, the Confederate General. 200 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:22,800 The song mentions his name as well. 201 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,280 So the other cultural impact that this song left was 202 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:31,560 Steamboat Bill Junior, which is a 1928 silent comedy film 203 00:12:31,560 --> 00:12:34,840 starring Buster Keaton. It is one of Buster Keaton's 204 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,480 more famous films. For those of you who might not 205 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,640 know who Buster Keaton is, he was an American actor, comedian 206 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,120 and director. He is best known for his silent 207 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,440 film work and physical comedy was basically stick. 208 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,840 So yeah, this one song left a lasting cultural impact. 209 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:54,080 The song was very famous on steamboats also for the longest 210 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,840 time. This is the song that Mickey is 211 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:00,760 humming in that trademark that Disney had been using for a 212 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:04,080 couple of years now of him while he's tearing this team boat. 213 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,800 All right. Well, Cracked HK, let's move on 214 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:10,840 to your next audio question. From music that has a lasting 215 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,800 cultural impact to I don't know how much cultural impact this 216 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:15,680 music is going to have No shade again. 217 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,520 But here's the algorithm for music by. 218 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,640 Which artists? Step one, decide how much you 219 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:24,280 want to party. A lot or a lot? 220 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:26,920 Lot. Write about the girl you want to 221 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:30,320 party with. Play 2 chords, a basic dipchick 222 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,440 Dipchick beat and brass inspired by DJ Snake. 223 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:37,280 And the last step, Sing like you want to entry into a club, but 224 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:38,640 you're also scared of your parents. 225 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,480 And put it all together and that's it. 226 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:44,400 You're done. Oh baby. 227 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:52,960 Meri yatiya party. Major tiya too much party. 228 00:13:54,880 --> 00:14:03,320 Party, party, party party Party Party Party, party. 229 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:22,880 OK, this is, I believe, by YHS Yo-yo Honey Singh. 230 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:25,200 No, it's not. Yo-yo Honey Singh. 231 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:30,160 OK. Then it has to be Badshah. 232 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,400 It is Badshah. Bonus points if you can tell me 233 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,880 his original name before he took on the title. 234 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:39,880 Of Badshah. Oh wow, I have no clue. 235 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,360 I have no clue. I thought his parents saw him 236 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,200 and he looked like he's going to become a rapper one day, so they 237 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,320 just called him Bacha. That's what the history books 238 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,160 will say later, but I think the real fact is that his actual 239 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,880 name is Aditya Pratik Singh Sisodia, so you can see why he 240 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:56,280 had to change his. Name to Bacha. 241 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,120 Hey, I'm sorry, what is this shade being thrown at the. 242 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:03,440 I think that's a lovely name, but I get it. 243 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,920 I don't think you can make it in the rap industry with the name 244 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:07,280 Aditya. I don't think anybody's going to 245 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,160 take you seriously. MC Aditya. 246 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:10,160 No, doesn't work. Yeah. 247 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,760 All right. Next one is a clip that I'm 248 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,120 going to play. And this is from an interview 249 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,440 with Jimmy Fallon on his Tonight Show. 250 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:25,200 The guest is a music producer, A musician himself, and he's 251 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:30,040 talking about a very famous song and an inspiration that he found 252 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:34,320 which was used in the song. So when you're on a street 253 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,400 corner in Australia, you press the button and then when it when 254 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,920 the walk sign turns on, you hear this like rhythmic sound that I 255 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:42,760 that I love. And so we recorded it and it 256 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:49,680 sounds like this. It's got like it's it's got like 257 00:15:49,760 --> 00:16:00,840 a like a groove perfect. That's bizarre. 258 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:03,960 All right. So you heard that piece of music 259 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,120 and the person singing over it is Jimmy Fallon, so you can 260 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,280 ignore that. The music director and the 261 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,280 musician I mentioned, his name is Phineas. 262 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:17,120 He collaborated with a very famous singer-songwriter and 263 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:22,200 used this sound as the high hats in that very famous song. 264 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:24,800 Can you tell me which song this is? 265 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:27,640 Did he collaborate the band or one person? 266 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,400 With one person, I'll give you a little bit more context to the 267 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:36,040 song itself. Released in March 2019, it 268 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,800 topped the US Billboard Hot 100 and multiple other international 269 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:43,880 charts in the US. It ended the record-breaking 19 270 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:48,000 week run of Old Town Road and that's when the song came 271 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,480 around. It received several other 272 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,320 awards, including Record and Song of the Year at the Grammy 273 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,440 Awards as well. So it won a Grammy too. 274 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:03,080 OK, yeah, it sounds like, but that's probably Jimmy Fallon. 275 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,800 I'm maybe focusing too much on Jimmy Fallon then, because he he 276 00:17:05,839 --> 00:17:07,400 sounds like he's singing Uptown Funk. 277 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:10,400 Oh, no, I would. Advise against listening to the 278 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:14,599 Jimmy Fallon part of it. Just focus on the sound itself. 279 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,760 The reason I chose this question is because when I saw this 280 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:22,040 interview, and I think I saw only a clip of it, I was struck 281 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,000 by how obvious it is. Once you think about it, and 282 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,160 once you go back and listen to the song itself, that that is 283 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,680 what the sound is. Those are the best slash worst 284 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:34,320 questions. But it is one of those questions 285 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,680 that you would probably remember, Yes, also for you 286 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,280 because I also feel like we encountered this in Singapore. 287 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,440 So this is obviously an Australian thing. 288 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:45,520 It happens at traffic stops and traffic signals in Australia 289 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:47,840 when pedestrians are trying to cross the road in Australia. 290 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,680 But I think this was there in some parts of Singapore as well. 291 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:56,320 So at least with me, it seemed to spark some sense of, oh, I've 292 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,200 I've seen this or heard this before, so I assumed you might 293 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:01,600 have as well, having lived in Singapore. 294 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,680 So tell me if it is ringing any bells. 295 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,720 Oh my God, I presume it's a pop sound. 296 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:11,840 Yes, electropop, dance pop, trap pop. 297 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:18,040 But basically. 2019 And it dethroned Old Town Rd. 298 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:22,760 Because I yeah, the the I feel like it's probably a trap to 299 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,120 just think of the familiarity because it's going to be like 300 00:18:25,120 --> 00:18:26,840 one of the special that's only obvious in hindsight. 301 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,400 So I'm just going to try to see if I can go ahead the other way. 302 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,440 I don't know if this helps, but it was the Record of the Year 303 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:36,960 and Song of the Year at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. 304 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:42,200 Was not there Dua Lipa solo artist? 305 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,400 Again, this is not Taylor Swift it. 306 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:45,480 Isn't Taylor Swift? It's. 307 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:49,440 Completely drawing a blank. I know how it feels. 308 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,240 Let me see if I can give you another hint. 309 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,920 OK, so I'm just going to tell you a little bit of a summary as 310 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:01,440 to what the song speaks about. Let me see if that gets you to 311 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:05,120 the answer. In the lyrics, the singer taunts 312 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,160 a lover for being a terrible person. 313 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,040 As the song progresses, she suggests that she's tougher than 314 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:15,200 him, singing in a nonchalant, self effacing murmur. 315 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,760 According to reviewers, the song also discusses themes such as 316 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:22,120 misandry, gloating, sarcasm, and naughtiness. 317 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:26,400 During the track's half spoken chorus, the singer elaborates on 318 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:29,760 a relationship with fellow men and women, rejecting their 319 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:34,600 expectations of her. And very iconically, this song 320 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:39,840 is also divided into two halves. The 1st is at a faster 135 beats 321 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:42,800 per minute and the latter is slow at 60 beats per minute. 322 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,520 Tell me if you're able to crack where this song is from. 323 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:51,040 The other song I. Think of is, but I know there's 324 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:55,520 one other stuff is this song, like, you know that ABCDENJ is 325 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,760 that. No, no. 326 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,600 Maybe the wrong time. Oh Lord. 327 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:01,880 OK. One last hint. 328 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:03,680 HK I'm going to tell you who the artist is. 329 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,880 Tell me what the song is. OK, the artist is. 330 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:08,520 Billie. Eilish. 331 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:11,720 OK, no, I won't be able to guess. 332 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:13,720 I don't listen to Billy. I list that much at all, so I 333 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:17,280 have zero idea. I'm pretty sure you have heard 334 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,040 of this song, if not actually heard the song, but yeah, it 335 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:21,480 might not be your most familiar song. 336 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:25,080 I heard it quite a bit because it became a pretty popular dance 337 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:29,360 track in 2019 and I encountered it a fair bit in my dance 338 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:32,520 journey back then. So I'm going to tell you what 339 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:34,800 the song is. It is bad guy. 340 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:39,480 Never heard of it. Yeah, Here's the audio clip from 341 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:40,960 the interview where it continues. 342 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,240 That's wait, that happens in Australia. 343 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,440 That's that's just every time you cross the street in 344 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:46,320 Australia. You hear that? 345 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,920 Wow. All right, so then you use that 346 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:51,320 for the song Bad Guy. Yeah. 347 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,520 The thing people think are high hats and Bad guy is actually 348 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,720 just that. Duh. 349 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:02,840 Here's the. Here's the. 350 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,640 That is insane. That is insane. 351 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,800 Wonderful. OK, back to me. 352 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,800 Back to question three or four in the set I have again. 353 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,760 Going back to YouTube, Anshuman Sharma. 354 00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:21,880 Here's the recipe for a song by which artist? 355 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:26,400 Step one, write a romantic song with an Urdu word like Arzoo or 356 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,920 Tanhai or ashiqui? Step 2. 357 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:32,640 Create a melody inspired by sad Indian classical music. 358 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,400 Step three, add contemporary dipchik beats and very fast 359 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,360 tabla. You put it all together and you 360 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:40,400 get this artist. I have a feeling where they can 361 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,160 guess this even without hearing the music. 362 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,680 I presume you might be able to honestly with it. 363 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:50,440 I'm trying to figure out who could it be. 364 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:55,560 The Dupchik beats threw me off because if not for that I could 365 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,320 have taken some guesses, but the beats part threw me. 366 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:03,160 OK, here. Put it all together and that's 367 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,160 it. You're done. 368 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:34,120 Oh man, is this Himesh Reshammiya that we are listening 369 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,880 to? The man, the myth, The legend 370 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:38,120 himself. Yes indeed. 371 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,120 The algorithmified Himesh Reshammiya no. 372 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,400 No, no, you don't know who is the algorithm and who is the 373 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:47,800 man. OK, like please don't say. 374 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:52,120 Algorithm indeed, indeed. No, I was thinking somebody a 375 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:55,720 lot more recent, but Himesh is timeless. 376 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:59,520 Himesh has been around for as long as I can remember now, and 377 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,680 I remember being a big fan of Himesh when his music first came 378 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,200 out. It was just one of those catchy 379 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,040 tunes. And you know, you can make fun 380 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:07,480 of these people, you can parody them. 381 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,080 But there's just something so iconic about just singing when 382 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:13,840 the nasal tone and drawing that little thing that it it just 383 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,440 sticks with you. You can't help but remember the 384 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:18,160 songs. I I feel it. 385 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,040 Yeah, definitely. OK. 386 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:24,480 So my last question is, I think the one that is probably going 387 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,320 to get a copyright strike, but I'm going to risk it. 388 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,600 Here's the audio clip from a famous song. 389 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,040 I'm going to give you a little more context after your further 390 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:52,920 song. Now that you've heard that piece 391 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,600 of music, I'm assuming you don't already know who the artist is 392 00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:00,680 or what the name of the song is. I can guess. 393 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,240 My guess is it's Justin Timberlake, but that's what 394 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,840 sounds very similar to, but I don't know that the answer. 395 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,440 Oh, perfect. Yes, it is a Justin Timberlake 396 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,880 song. It is a 2003 song. 397 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:17,880 OK, what? Iconic ad campaign was this song 398 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,440 associated to, and the name of the song would basically give 399 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:26,880 you what ad campaign it was. Did it sound familiar to any ad 400 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:28,520 Jingle that you might have heard? 401 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,400 When? Was the ad campaign, was it same 402 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:32,160 time as A? Song. 403 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:35,400 Or was it much later? Around the same time, Pretty 404 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:37,320 much the same time. OK. 405 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:41,080 OK, let me give you a little bit more context. 406 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:47,480 So this song was written as a Jingle for this famous company 407 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,840 based on a pre-existing German campaign. 408 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:55,440 Timberlake was paid $6 million to sing the Jingle. 409 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,840 Despite this, he has since regretted the deal. 410 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:02,120 It has been credited as being written by multiple artists 411 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:07,360 including Pharrell Williams, and was produced by The Neptunes, 412 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,040 which is an American songwriting and production duo composed of 413 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:15,880 Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo. It was released as a single on 414 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,360 November 20th, 2003. Became a charted in a few 415 00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:23,280 European countries, reaching the top 20 in Greece, Ireland and 416 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,600 the Netherlands. But the ad campaign is pretty 417 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,080 much global, and the company isn't European. 418 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,480 But the inspiration for the ad is from somewhere in Germany. 419 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,000 Yeah. So it's a company, a global 420 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,520 company. They paid just to be like a bomb 421 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:41,760 to make this ad campaign. See the thing with ad chickens, 422 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,200 It's very annoying. They're memorable, but like 423 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,000 they're not memorable enough that sometimes you don't 424 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,400 remember the company. There is no way that you don't 425 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,000 remember this ad campaign, the tune, and the company. 426 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,680 Damn. OK and 2003. 427 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,760 So for context, I was like 10 years old when this came out, OK 428 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:03,160 Was it a product targeted at me at 10 year old or no? 429 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,160 Yes, this product was targeted at you. 430 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,080 Let me also tell you what the name of the German ad campaign 431 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:15,000 was. OK, ich Lib S ich liebe S OK, my 432 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,880 German obviously sucks. Just gonna spell it out 433 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:24,560 ICHLIEBES. OK, so. 434 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,720 It looks like or it loves like something like that I presume. 435 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:32,960 I love. I love you. 436 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:37,360 I guess, OK. I'm Is it the McDonald's? 437 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:40,080 I'm Is it that one? Is that it? 438 00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:42,360 I'm loving it. Actually, I love it. 439 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:43,920 Would have been a better translation. 440 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,840 I'm loving it. Ad campaign was first conceived 441 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,680 in Germany under the McDonald's Germany branch, and they loved 442 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,200 the Jingle so much they wanted to create an English version of 443 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:55,920 it. They hired Justin Timberlake to 444 00:26:55,920 --> 00:27:00,160 sing it and I'm loving it as an actual Justin Timberlake single 445 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:04,440 from 2003. It is not one of his best works. 446 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,040 I have heard the song multiple Times Now. 447 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,720 At this point it is annoying at. Best but. 448 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,480 The song itself, will created the iconic. 449 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:25,320 I'm loving it at campaign, so you got that perfectly. 450 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,720 Moving on to very cultured question and this, I'm going to 451 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,240 ask you to guess this without the audio. 452 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,920 I'm fairly certain you can guess this without the audio, so I'm 453 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,640 going to try to challenge Abby a little bit. 454 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:40,520 So this is again another algorithm slash recipe for to 455 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,240 regain the song by which artist. So step one, pick a relatable 456 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,320 topic like heartbreak or proposals. 457 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:52,200 Step 2 Pick a fancy Urdu word like Zulfi or rahe or palke. 458 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,680 Step three, play simple twin turn chords. 459 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,120 Pretend you're about to cry and sing. 460 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:02,480 Step four, play any acoustic instrument for the fields with 461 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,840 acoustic drums too. No bass. 462 00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:11,240 OK, what is the music you said? What is the chord that you 463 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,880 mentioned? Simple Tun Tun chords. 464 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,600 Pretend you're about to cry and say yeah, Tun Tun, That's what 465 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:23,320 it says. OK, because I haven't heard the 466 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,800 music yet, I'm just going to try to guess what this could be. 467 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:27,800 Is it by any chance Pratik Kuhad? 468 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,240 Just the description. Is enough but. 469 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,640 Please play the music for everyone's benefit. 470 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:40,000 Put it all together and that's it. 471 00:28:40,200 --> 00:29:28,240 You're done. And this is not his original 472 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,640 song, by the way. This is just a random song 473 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:34,040 created using this algorithm, so it makes it, I think, doubly 474 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,840 funny to to think that you could place it in one of his works as 475 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:38,160 well. But. 476 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:43,800 It is very apparent and it is. I'm surprised it's not an 477 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,640 original because it sounds actually all of the songs that 478 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,480 we have played so far. This is a genius. 479 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,080 Who is the person again? Anshuman Sharma. 480 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:55,240 YouTube, Anshuman Sharma. OK, well, that is I guess the 481 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,200 part of our pop culture recommendation of the day. 482 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,640 Go check out Anshuman Sharma's YouTube video channel. 483 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:03,440 I guess this is the end of the audio questions and that brings 484 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:04,840 us to the end of the episode as well. 485 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,640 So thank you HK. That was a really fun episode. 486 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,080 I am keeping my fingers crossed that we do not get a copyright 487 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,000 strike. If Anshuman is upset that we use 488 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,240 his music, let us know. Anshuman, reach out to us. 489 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,560 We'll invite you as a guest on this podcast and you can 490 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:21,640 hopefully get some publicity out of it. 491 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,800 But thank you so much SK for stepping in at the very last 492 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:27,040 minute and we are hoping Vineet recovers quickly. 493 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,760 Regardless, you should keep going back for such fun 494 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,280 episodes. Is there any pop culture 495 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:33,880 recommendation you'd like to share today? 496 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,960 I'll just open it up to you since you are here as a guest. 497 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:41,840 Tell us any movie, music, a book you read, a lot I know, so share 498 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,240 that. Or or honestly, YouTube videos, 499 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:47,600 Instagram, anything. Well, I recently watched this 500 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:48,600 movie. I don't know whether it's still 501 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,080 screening in theaters, but if you can, please do check it out. 502 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,960 It's called Anatomy for Fall. I don't know whether it's been 503 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,240 mentioned already on the show, but wonderful, wonderful movie. 504 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,880 It really leaves you thinking a lot once you're done. 505 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:02,720 Also in terms of like how to some degree kind of relatable 506 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,520 some of the core struggles in the movie are. 507 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,720 And also kind of it's a very, very, very introspective look at 508 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:11,600 like what relationships are about and how it appears to the 509 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,720 outside world as well. Beautifully acted, beautifully 510 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:18,000 directed, kind of very simple setup in the sense, but 511 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:21,080 wonderful movie. Yeah, I'd mentioned this, I 512 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,720 believe in one of the previous episodes, but yeah, a double 513 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,520 recommendation is all you need to make sure that you go check 514 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:27,920 it out. Any other book you order, 515 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,080 Anything you're reading right now that you think is worth 516 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,120 sharing with everyone? I'm not fully through this book 517 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,400 yet, but if you've heard me come on this podcast or before, I'm 518 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,880 not going to mention again, but this is wonderful podcast that 519 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,760 I'm a big fan of. I know Aditya is a big fan of as 520 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,080 well called 99% Invisible. So Roman Mars, who's the 521 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:48,280 showrunner of 19% visible, he's doing a book read through of 522 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:49,800 this book called The Power Broker. 523 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:52,040 It's a massive book. It's like probably a little 524 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,520 intimidating in terms of it's like around 1500 pages and 525 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:56,560 whatnot. Feels like it's you're reading 526 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,400 an epic and the story, right? And it's a story of this one man 527 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:02,560 called Robert Moses who was responsible for shaping how New 528 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,640 York appears. And I think it's a wonderful 529 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,360 book. Like, I've only been to New York 530 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:07,800 once. I don't think I even saw 531 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,720 anything that Robert Moses had particularly done. 532 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:13,600 But I think it's a wonderful book to look at how New York in 533 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,560 the 50s, sixties was. And you can draw a lot of 534 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,520 parallels to how cities in India are right now. 535 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,320 And you also kind of are left with the question of do we want 536 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,120 or need a Robert Moses like character. 537 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,280 There's a lot of recent surveys that show that Indians are 538 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,760 amongst the ones who are most likely to believe that like an 539 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,200 authoritarian government is going to help them get better or 540 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,800 do better and whatnot. That book kind of challenges a 541 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:38,280 little bit of what are the costs of having a person like that? 542 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,120 Because Robert Versus was many things, but he was also a very 543 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:44,600 strong individual and he kind of bulldoze through everyone around 544 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,840 him to get his vision on the board. 545 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,920 And the vision that is that still persists now many years 546 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:51,120 later. And this book is kind of a 547 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,560 journey of that. Yeah, I guess we all need to 548 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,600 realize that the better dictator was inside of us all along. 549 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,200 It was the friendship we made along the way. 550 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,800 That was the British. No, all all opinions mentioned 551 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,960 on this podcast are entirely of the guest. 552 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,160 We do not take any responsibility for whatever I've 553 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:12,680 said. I actually, I'm glad you gave 554 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:16,160 that recommendation because I've also not read the book, but I 555 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,600 have been listening to the episodes and I think they have 556 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,480 done their second episode or the first official episode and they 557 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:25,200 did a sort of a prologue kind of thing with Conan O'Brien of all 558 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,640 people, who is also a big fan of Power Broker. 559 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,520 The first episode where they discussed chapter one also 560 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:32,120 featured Robert Caro. Yeah. 561 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,560 The author, yeah. OK, great. 562 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,280 I would let you go, except I also know that you are 563 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:42,680 aficionado of music clearly, as the episode also suggests. 564 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,080 So I'm going to ask you if you have any music recommendations. 565 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,080 Any artists that you think we should listen to, You follow a 566 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,800 bunch of Indian classical musicians, so any artists that 567 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:53,840 we should all listen to. I think they've been. 568 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,560 In the news a little recently. Also, I think they want the 569 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,040 Grammy kind of really recently, but if you haven't heard, you 570 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,280 should check out Shakti. Basically the greats of many 571 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,840 different kind of musical talents. 572 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,240 Zakir Hussain, you have Shankar Mahadevan. 573 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,679 You have John McLaughlin, who's a very famous kind of jazz 574 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:10,960 guitarist. And you have Selva Ganesh, I 575 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,800 think, who's the son of Vikram, another famous Katham player. 576 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,920 And think Ganesh of Ganesh Kumaresh, if I'm not mistaken, 577 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,880 who are famous violist. It's kind of Indian power group. 578 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:23,080 They have a great performance on NPR Tiny Disk, which was good, 579 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,320 which I really enjoyed. Apart from that, I've been in 580 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:28,560 that sort of space of like, you know, listening to jazz and 581 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:30,560 whatnot. And so Snarky Puppy was another 582 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,800 amazing band that I recently started hearing. 583 00:34:33,159 --> 00:34:36,639 American jazz rock band, you can call them. 584 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,600 OK, lovely. It is a bit embarrassing that 585 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:43,040 NPR and Grammy was how I found out about this Indian 586 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:46,400 collective. Because given the names and the 587 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,080 stature of all of those musicians, I should have 588 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,080 encountered it before. But I'm glad I found them now. 589 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:52,600 I also heard it recently. The NPR episode especially, was 590 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,719 really great. Tiny Desk, Right. 591 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:55,719 That is a Tiny Desk. Yeah. 592 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:56,840 A. Tiny Desk, yes. 593 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,880 Check it out on YouTube. The only recommendation I have 594 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:04,320 is a movie which I watched last night and I have been thinking 595 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:05,680 about it continuously since then. 596 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,480 It is Lapata Ladies, Kiran Rao's film. 597 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:12,080 It has come out very recently, so do check it out. 598 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,560 It is one of the best films I have seen in a long, long time. 599 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,120 So go check out Lapatha Ladies and all of the recommendations 600 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:20,320 that HK gave. And that brings us to the end of 601 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:21,960 the episode. Thank you so much for sticking 602 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,240 around. We'll see you next week. 603 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:26,000 Thanks, HK.