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A show where Kenny Sebastian ( I am writing this description btw) talks to the funniest comedians from the Indian scene (sometimes to himself) about things he wishes people spoke about more in public. A some times funny and sometimes serious show where questions from the audience are discussed in depth and "no advice" is being given. Hit the follow button to be updated about the latest episodes, Go to the @simplekenpodcast on Instagram to ask questions or my personal profile @kennethseb to g ...
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STAND UP TO LIFE...AND NEWS! This is Stand Up Comedy...yes, but its also...newsy fun. We make news ka fun. News se fun. Kinda like GK...thoda PK! In any case, we take Indian or international news, find interesting angles, add what are hopefully jokes about the said news...and there...that's fun! Its news pe tadka? Samachaar se FunAchaar? These are getting worse. New shows every week!
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Mango Bae

Pranav and Usama

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Stand-up comedians and badmaashi boys Usama Siddiquee and Pranav Behari go way off the rails in this podcast about issues affecting the South Asian diaspora as well as immigrants in general. Rambunctious, irreverent, and incisive, Mango Bae is by desis but for everyone (even whites).
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Call Him Curious

HT Smartcast Originals

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The world is full of stories—some told, some hidden, and some that challenge everything we believe. Call Him Curious is where we bring those stories to life. Hosted by Shikhar Varshney, a seasoned podcaster, radio host, and storyteller from Hindustan Times, this show is about asking the questions no one dares to. From deep dives into Indian culture, art, business, and technology to candid conversations with creators, leaders, and change-makers—we’re here to fuel your curiosity. Hit subscribe ...
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the Birdy Num Num Podcast

Sanjay Manaktala

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The Birdy Num Num Indian podcast is all about inspiring the creative Indian.With over 35M views online spanning a career in IT and Stand Up Comedy, Indian-American comedian Sanjay Manaktala is the epitome of "because life begins after engineering." A good chunk of his guests also live by this philosophy. Every Monday and Thursday Sanjay talks creativity, dating, technology, life, current events and general life advice from the perspective of a 30 something Indian American guy traveling the w ...
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Facial Recognition Comedy

Comedy Pop-Up Podcast Network

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Facial Recognition Comedy is a group of stand-up comedians who identify as women of Indian, South Asian, or Arab descent. It was founded to dispel the myth that “there can only be one,” as well as to emphasize that “we are not the same person.” In our podcast, FRC founders Fizaa Dosani, Pallavi Gunalan, and Zahra Ali sit down with a new guest each week to probe their unique perspectives, as well as discuss our own history, culture, and challenges as women of color.
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“SANCHAR SAATHI’s JAGGA AND SHERA…DHYAAN RAKHENGE TERA” || Baat Is Your Problem on 5 DEC, 2025 || PRADA has bought Versace for $1.4 BILLION…what!!…did they even try PALIKA Bazaar?! (0:35) || The potential BENEFITS of the SANCHAR SAATHI app are being completely ignored…we will not stand for that but we will stand up to that news (1:36) STAND UP…2न्य…
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The third live episode of Two Types of People is here! Thanks to the live audience who came for this show (Link is available on bookmyshow once a month/simpleken podcast instagram page). Type Types of People is a debate game where we choose a topic and defend it! Topics like Have Kids or don't, Eat a dish as presented or add your own twist to it an…
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Most Indian men were never taught the basics of looking and feeling their best how to dress sharp, approach women confidently, smell good, sit with perfect posture, or even pose naturally for photos. In this episode of Call Him Curious, Shikhar Varshney sits down with men’s coach San Kalra to break down a practical, no-nonsense “glow-up” guide tail…
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Is night-time brushing a must? Are sensitivity toothpastes just marketing? In this eye-opening dental podcast episode of Call Him Curious, Shikhar sits down with Dr. Prateek Jain, an expert dentist to bust the most common oral health myths, explore the truth about electric toothbrushes, and uncover what's really causing your bad breath and ulcers.F…
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“SHAHRUKH KHAN AND SALMAN KHAN ARE OUR NATURAL HISTORY…OK, U.A.E.!!” Baat Is Your Problem on 28 NOV, 2025 || SRK and SALMAN KHAN were invited to the opening of a museum in U.A.E. - guys, can we check if they’re back yet?! (0:42) || Delhi vaale VOLCANIC AISH kar rahe hain (1:52) || Let us thank America on American Thanksgiving for KFC and open racis…
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A chaotic, hilarious deep dive into the making of Problematic, the award-winning web series created by Pranav, Aditi, and this week's guest, Devin Fusaro. From chlamydia-mythology cold opens to behind-the-scenes drama, on-set chaos, fights, arrests, protest stories, donut sex scenes, audio-feed disasters, and Usama accidentally roasting crew member…
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It was a blast to have Jonita on Simpleken! If you are a regular listener of the show, you can clearly see that this isn't a usual episode. Most of the time we are unintentionally roasting each other but we did talk about the aspects of being a successful mainstream singer, producing your own indie album, working with legends like AR Rehman and sto…
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AIR INDIA…CLOGGED TOILET-COCKROACH-SEAT CHANGE!” Baat Is Your Problem on 16 NOV, 2025 > Mumbai limits pigeon dining options (0:45) | Miss Universe guy said what to Miss Mexico? (2:51) | Air India flight attendant beat a child…relax…in a game (3:50) | Deepika Padukone is the new voice of META AI (5:23) & Elon Musk wants you to chat racy (6:41) STAND…
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My wife is back on the show! The first episode of the new season started with her and the episode was so well received! All of you in the comments asked for her return so here she is! We answer all the questions you asked us, Questions like 'does she feel normal after the baby, how we make time for each other, what traits we admire about each other…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 5 NOV, 2025 Bill Gates, Smriti Irani, KYONKI SAAS BHI KABHI BAHU THI…those are not words we thought would ever be in the same sentence but it happened after Bill appeared on the daily Indian soap. Have other billionaires appeared on other Indian TV shows? YES! (No…not as far as we know but what’s the harm in imagining Mark Zu…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 2 NOV, 2025 Stand up…to life…and viral trends that young ones love and middle aged ones love to attempt and then the young ones mock the middle aged ones for even trying the trend and then the trend is no more! 6-7 is one of those trends in the USA and in Australia but has it reached Indian shores yet? If it does, it’ll proba…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 27 OCT, 2025 > (4:09) WOW MOMO vs. WOW BURGER - India mein ek court ne kaha hai ki WOW BURGER cannot use the term ‘wow’. That’s after another court had said they could. All you ‘Wow’ named establishments…restaurants, salons etc etc…you be careful, ok? But first…(1:28) NAYA TOOTHPASTE: ‘TOOTH HAIRY’ - SCIENTISTS were done fixi…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 27 OCT, 2025 (4:09) WOW MOMO vs. WOW BURGER India mein ek court ne kaha hai ki WOW BURGER cannot use the term ‘wow’. That’s after another court had said they could. All you ‘Wow’ named establishments…restaurants, salons etc etc…you be careful, ok? But first… (1:28) NAYA TOOTHPASTE: ‘TOOTH HAIRY’ SCIENTISTS were done fixing ev…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 22 OCT, 2025 (4:51) THE PARIS LOUVRE HEIST! It took thieves 7 minutes to steal jewels from the biggest museum in the world…museum loota hai ya 3.5 pack MAGGI BANAYI HAI?! But first… (1:19) CELEBRATION vs. MURDER! That is what the consideration is when singing Happy Birthday to a 116 YEAR OLD LADY….shhh! Too Loud! ****…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 19 OCT, 2025 (4:56) How can anyone know what the air pollution will be like in a week from now? We got the answer - PM PM PM YOJNA! (9:48) Hindustan Times ‘AIIMS’ to please you by providing TOP-LEVEL HEALTH info! Navbharat Times, sadly, does not have that power. But first… (1:58) NAIL SALONS! The most befuddling, baffling and…
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Deep diving into the mind of a musician like Ritviz is why I created Simple Ken. It's a long time coming! He was delighted to hear that we are only going to get into why we does what he does and how he gets there. Ritviz was my introduction to electronic music in India. It's incredible what he has achieved at such a young age. His songs like Udd Ga…
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Baat Is Your Problem | Oct 4, 2025 (0:57) This news is not for kids …who are unfamiliar with IATA airport codes…A Rajya Sabha MP is not comfortable with Gaya Airport’s code - which is - GAY. We try and hide the Kochi Airport code from him. (2:20) A dude in Croatia thinks he has the world record for holding his breath for 29 minutes…my wife is not g…
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The second episode of Simple Ken Live is here! The OG panelists are back (Shamilk couldn't join us due to an unfortunate tree accident) but the debates and the fighting is back! Hope you guys enjoy this episode! From topics like Court Marriage to huge Marriage celebration, PDA vs no PDA and cheating in exams is wrong, We have a zesty show for you! …
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In this episode of Call Him Curious, join host Shikhar as he sits down with Nikhil Doda, COO & Co-founder of Lahori Zeera, to uncover the incredible business journey behind one of India's fastest-growing beverage brands.From a simple idea to producing over 50 lakh bottles a day, Nikhil reveals the mindset shifts and strategies that built Lahori Zee…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 20 SEP, 2025 Kashish Kapoor of Bigg Boss fame recently said nothing of significance in an interview…said she was asked by a famous cricketer to meet…somewhere…where…by which cricketer exactly…we don’t know…that’s why we clicked on an article and made it our… Aao, hamare saath gumrah ho jao! CLICK! CLICKBAIT OF THE WEAK!…
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We have Kusha Kapila on Simple Ken! We have been friends off camera for a while and finally we had a chance to sit down and welcome her to the SimpleKen family. As you know, Kusha does a 1000 things, so this finally happening was a big treat :) We spoke about her love for food, perseverance in the field, her entrepreneurship journey and also the ro…
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Ever wondered how viral creators go from funny reels at home to millions of loyal fans? In this heartwarming, funny, and brutally honest episode of Call Him Curious, Shikhar Varshney sits down with one of India’s most loved Instagram creators — @Ankuragarwalvines00 From middle-class observations and classic Bollywood nostalgia to navigating fame, f…
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Mango Bae is back with indie rock legend Anand Wilder (co-founder of Yeasayer, now flying solo with his new album Psychic Lessons). In his record-breaking fourth appearance, Anand talks about making music in the TikTok era, why Cracker Barrel logos matter more to America than statues, and a wild Dublin story that proves everyone's racist (yes, even…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 3 SEP, 2025 RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat says Indian women should have 3 babies. This raises the below listed questions: Do we have enough IPL teams to accommodate new babies aka future cricketers? How are we telling women to…do…things…in 2025? Won’t too many babies lead to an overcrowded job market? Will too many babies - cute as…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 31 AUGUST, 2025 This is an apology show. Why? Because, we are so ashamed we didn’t do justice to the ‘Delhi Stray Dogs’ story that came and went…we…did…nothing. The doggy tail is still tedhi ki tedhi. Well, we thought, to make up for our unprofessionalism, we should use this Ambani Zoo - Vantara - news and then say how sorry …
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We finally have Yashraj on the show! The reason I say finally is because we have been friends for a while but due to the perils of chasing a career in Mumbai, we never had the luxury of time to sit down together and have a conversation. Well thanks to the new season of Simple Ken, we finally sit down and talk about the journey to mainstream success…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 28 AUG, 2025 Say sweet dreams to Dream11…and other similar online money-based apps. But here’s the thing…people are gonna be people…and they want what they want…which means none of these apps will disappear! What will they do? How will they plot their return? Will they learn from history? What the heck was CHAUSAR11? Are they…
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What if we told you that most of what you believe about skincare might just be wrong? In this myth-breaking episode of Call Him Curious, host Shikhar Varshney sits down with none other than celebrity dermatologist Dr. Jayshree Sharad — India's go-to skin expert who treats everyone from Bollywood A-listers to real people battling real skin issues. T…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 23 AUG, 2025 Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar and so many of their star-colleagues are getting into side businesses…non-acting stuff…side hustles! SRK and AK should star in a movie that allows them to promote their side businesses… “Side Hustles: Tera Part-Time Khatam”: Akshay Kumar as the owner of a property dealership called …
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Baat Is Your Problem | 20 AUG, 2025 IN THIS EDITION OF “SAMACHAAR / QUICK-VICHAAR”… (0:46) Can’t talk about the 100K subscribers AWARD! Yet. (2:20) Air India flight mein roach (COCKROACH) ka drama…we found the safety announcement. (6:02) Australian LAWYER admits to using A.I. for a criminal case…how did the judge find out?…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 16 AUGUST, 2025 Tamannaah Bhatia of Stree 2 fame says she uses saliva to treat her pimples…! Her…own…saliva…right? Or is it like - “Ramu Kaka, idhar aayiye?!” We “found” this ad that Sephora “created” to try and sell Tamannaah’s unique sanjeevni booti type saliva cream! (they didn’t…but we did!) *************…
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Having a podcast and not having Rohan Joshi on? I have finally absolved myself of my sins and invited The MOJOROJO on my long recording of me talking... Unlike other guests, Rohan will get a three part series. This is the first episode where we discuss pop-culture fictional characters that shaped our childhood! From Batman, Neo, Marty Mcfly to Moga…
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In this unfiltered episode of Call Him Curious, host Shikhar Varshney sits down with Punjabi singer @NinjaMusic01 for a heart-to-heart that goes beyond the music.From his journey as Amit to Ninja, the guidance of his Guruji, and the special bond with Sidhu Moosewala—including unheard, unreleased songs—to his devotion to Mahadev and the realities of…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 13 AUGUST, 2025 First, we are KIDDING Mumbai police…about this Khakee: ImMobile skit we have done… (nervous laughter)… …y’all do a bang up job but the thing about calling mobile phone thieves and asking them to courier the phone back…is…um…well…NOT FUNNY…not all all…who said it was funny… …so that’s why we DIDN’T do a skit ba…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 10 AUG, 2025 IN THIS EDITION OF “SAMACHAAR / QUICK-VICHAAR”… (0:30) New Bollywood Hit… “Teri Palkon…mein infection lag raha hai…please consult a doctor!” (2:33) America says…Keep your shoes on now! (3:22) Can Tridev help us fix the world now…let’s consult the Tridev Prophecy! (5:42) The saddest town in India where kids have o…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 6 AUGUST, 2025 First, kudos to science for creating this technique where a baby can be created by 3 parents! Second, boo science for creating this technique where a baby can be created by 3 parents! The point is…we got not idea…our show overall is not samajhdaar enough to say anything so we thought…hey!…what about Pati, Patni…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 3 AUG, 2025 IN THIS EDITION OF “SAMACHAAR / QUICK-VICHAAR”… (0:25) Delhi University says more and more students want to study ZOOLOGY! Zoology kyon ji? Pareshaan hain Mataji aur Pitaji! (2:31) India has BANNED DIRTY, VULGAR APPS! No, don’t worry, the list doesn’t include Netflix. We managed to speak with the CEO of the ULLU a…
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In this episode, Shikhar lifts the curtain on misunderstood, misrepresented, or rarely discussed facets of Indian mythology with Devdutt Pattanaik—from why only men dominate myth-writing, to the secret truths of Bhairav temples and the so-called “death of curiosity” in today’s Insta-reel culture. Expect candid takes on the Mahabharata, the real mea…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 1 AUG, 2025 IN THIS EDITION OF “SAMACHAAR / QUICK-VICHAAR”… (0:42) A survey in India has revealed the states that use the most abusive, foul, gaali-laden language. Um…you forgot this state! (2:08) Weekly Cricket Weakly - England crowds are bored by Indian batters and their slow batting styles. So much that they chant boring, …
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Baat Is Your Problem | 30 JULY, 2025 A guy was running a fake embassy in Ghaziabad…fake embassy, fake offices, fake country names…like Saborga and Poulvia and Londonia! Wait, wait, wait…but my wife and her boss visit Londonia every week! In fact, voh loag vahin hain iss vakt. I should call her. *************…
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Ever wondered who’s behind the voice that made your childhood feel like magic? In this episode of Call Him Curious, host Shikhar Varshney sits down with India’s most iconic voice artist — Sonal Kaushal, known to millions as The Motor Mouth and the voice behind Doraemon, Chhota Bheem, Harley Quinn, and dozens more.This is not just an interview. It’s…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 26 JULY, 2025 Ravindra Jadeja will be Ravindra Badhe-Ja…Arshdeep and Akash Deep will both be ‘DEEP’ FRIED and KL Rahul will not be allowed because he sounds like a salad ingredient - Kale! What does all that mean? It is all part of the 5 ways…the ONLY 5 WAYS cricket can seep into American culture! By the way, everything start…
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It's the first Simple Ken Live show! We put up the link to the tickets only to the Simple Ken Followers! We couldn't do a better format than Two Type of People! We got such an amazing response to it with the last two episodes, So in the new season it comes back in an even better way! The line up of these comics are my all time favourite people in m…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 22 JULY, 2025 A court will decide if Bata, Liberty, Relaxo and other footwear companies have copied the Crocs style. This case sounds boring… so the judge decided to liven things up by making it a musical case…a jugalbandi…a…shoe-galbandi. The Crocs lawyer was ready. But were the Relaxo and Bata guys prepared to argue their p…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 17 JULY, 2025 Fujairah in U.A.E. has added music to rumble strips on a highway… By using technology? Or is there a line of classical musicians lined up along the highway just waiting for cars to come by!! GURGAON can perhaps take a lesson and not only make people forget about the road potholes but also make money at the same …
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Baat Is Your Problem | 13 JULY, 2025 IN THIS EDITION OF “SAMACHAAR / QUICK-VICHAAR”… (0:47) Oil is well in Delhi…well, now. It wasn’t going to be if the government had continued its mission: “OLD CAR BAYKAAR” and denied petrol to older cars (5:06) Scotland is sick and tired of Seagulls…the birds…the pretty white Seagulls…because they’re attacking! …
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Mr Kanan Gill is back! I don't know if many people know this but when I had come up with the idea of Simple Ken five years ago I wanted to co-host it with Kanan. It was something he felt he wouldn't be fully able to commit to but what ended happening was him being a regular part of it anyway. Now the episodes he features in are my personal favourit…
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Baat Is Your Problem | 9 JULY, 2025 Pharrell Williams and Louis Vuitton had a fashion show “inspired” by the Indian clothing tradition… KRRISH…NANDU a.k.a Shakti Kapoor…cricket jerseys… and hamare doodhwale uncle ki shorts… …with models walking on a “Saanp Seedhi” ramp!… (Will Gucci do a “Ludo” ramp?) …but without any Indian fashion icons like Kara…
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