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S1E11 - Coffeeism

Episode Notes Topic: Navin and Hrishi talk about their coffee obsessions, including the time when Navin's beard caught on fire because of it! Diversion: Hrishi and Navin talk about their vegetarian challenge - it's been more than 80 days, and they have some updates! Useful Links Our coffee comes from these responsible producers: Blue Tokai [https://bluetokaicoffee.com/] Flying Squirrel [https://www.flyingsquirrel.in/] Black Baza [https://www.blackbazacoffee.com/] Our Vegetarianism episode! [https://www.bantermen.com/2020/03/08/vegetarianism-an-internal-dilemma/] License Info All rights reserved (c) 2020 Hrishikesh Diwan and Navin Sigamany Cantina Blues – Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution license] (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]) Source: Incompetech Artist: Incompetech Forest Rhythm by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license Artist: Audionautix Reach Us! Leave us feedback and comments on our website [https://www.bantermen.com/] Follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/TheBantermen] Like us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheBantermen]

S1E10 - Bosses

Episode Notes Topic: Navin talks about some bosses he has worked with, and what he's learned from them. Diversion: Hrishi tells us how a real life political maneuver was inspired by one on TV. Useful Links Make Sure Your Work Is Aligned with Your Boss’s Expectations [https://hbr.org/tip/2018/04/make-sure-your-work-is-aligned-with-your-bosss-expectations] Proven Ways to Earn Your Employees’ Trust [https://hbr.org/2014/06/proven-ways-to-earn-your-employees-trust] 12 Ways Managers Can Establish A Trusting Relationship With Employees [https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2017/04/28/12-ways-managers-can-establish-a-trusting-relationship-with-employees/] Are You Setting Expectations For Employees The 'Right' Way? [https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2018/12/05/are-you-setting-expectations-for-employees-the-right-way/] 4 Basic Truths That Will Improve Your Leadership Skills Overnight [https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/4-basic-truths-that-will-improve-your-leadership-skills-overnight.html] How the West Wing helped outsmart Labour whips [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/feb/02/wrap.jamessturcke] License Info All rights reserved (c) 2020 Hrishikesh Diwan and Navin Sigamany Cantina Blues – Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution license] (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]) Source: Incompetech [http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100407] Artist: Incompetech [http://incompetech.com/] Forest Rhythm by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] Artist: Audionautix [http://audionautix.com/] Reach Us! Leave us feedback and comments on our website [https://www.bantermen.com] Follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/TheBantermen] Like us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheBantermen/]

S1E9 - Creators

Episode Notes Topic: Rishi talks about JK Rowling and other creators who cannot leave their creations well enough alone! Diversion: Navin shares his thoughts on the celebration of Holi Useful Links Rowling Outs Dumbledore: https://ew.com/movies/2007/10/20/jk-rowling-outs-dumbledore-gay/ [https://ew.com/movies/2007/10/20/jk-rowling-outs-dumbledore-gay/] History of discussing Dumbledore's Sexuality: https://ew.com/movies/2019/03/19/harry-potter-fantastic-beasts-jk-rowling-dumbledore-sexuality/ [https://ew.com/movies/2019/03/19/harry-potter-fantastic-beasts-jk-rowling-dumbledore-sexuality/] How do Wizards Poop? https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/91548/how-do-wizards-poop-jk-rowling-just-told-us [https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/91548/how-do-wizards-poop-jk-rowling-just-told-us] Other Schools (OG post): https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/wizarding-schools [https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/wizarding-schools] Reddit Thread on Japanese School Name: https://bit.ly/38Xm4TC [https://bit.ly/38Xm4TC] Changes in SW Re-releases: https://bit.ly/2IMzneH [https://bit.ly/2IMzneH] Trailer for Dear Mr Waterson, an excellent documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtmV7-f_j7Y [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtmV7-f_j7Y] Alan Moore on Adaptations: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/15/alan-moore-why-i-rejected-hollywood-interview [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/15/alan-moore-why-i-rejected-hollywood-interview] Arthur Conan Doyle on Sherlock Holmes (and more!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWjgt9PzYEM [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWjgt9PzYEM] The Many Forms of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: https://bit.ly/38MvvVz [https://bit.ly/38MvvVz] Holi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi] License Info All rights reserved (c) 2020 Hrishikesh Diwan and Navin Sigamany Cantina Blues - Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100407 [http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100407] Artist: http://incompetech.com/ [http://incompetech.com/] Forest Rhythm by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ [http://audionautix.com/] Reach Us! Leave us feedback and comments at https://www.bantermen.com [https://www.bantermen.com] Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBantermen [https://twitter.com/TheBantermen] Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBantermen/ [https://www.facebook.com/TheBantermen/]

S1E8 - Vegetarianism

Episode Notes Main Topic: Navin on his internal dilemma with environmental vegetarianism Diversion: Rishi on why we say See Saw and never Saw See (Ablaut Reduplication) Useful Links Environmental Vegetarianism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_vegetarianism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_vegetarianism] Lent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent] The merits of giving up meat for Lent: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/vegetarian-vegan-giving-up-meat-lent-why-and-how-to-do-it-a7606031.html [https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/vegetarian-vegan-giving-up-meat-lent-why-and-how-to-do-it-a7606031.html] Food Walk with Navin (part of The Hyderabad Walking Company): https://www.thwc.in/tours/old-hyderabad-food-walk-evening-tour-3-hours/ [https://www.thwc.in/tours/old-hyderabad-food-walk-evening-tour-3-hours/] Are human beings truly 'designed' to be meat eaters? (TL;DR - No!) https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/05/19/478645426/humans-are-meathooked-but-not-designed-for-meat-eating [https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/05/19/478645426/humans-are-meathooked-but-not-designed-for-meat-eating] The Next Dilemma? Vegetarianism vs Veganism: https://bbc.in/38wP1W0 [https://bbc.in/38wP1W0] The Tweet That Sent Rishi Down a Linguistic Rabbit Hole: https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1230446578323927043 [https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1230446578323927043] Ablaut Reduplication: https://www.rd.com/culture/ablaut-reduplication/ [https://www.rd.com/culture/ablaut-reduplication/] License Info All rights reserved (c) 2020 Hrishikesh Diwan and Navin Sigamany Cantina Blues - Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100407 [http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100407] Artist: http://incompetech.com/ [http://incompetech.com/] Cover art photo (c) by Navin Sigamany Reach Us! Leave us feedback and comments at https://www.bantermen.com [https://www.bantermen.com] Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBantermen [https://twitter.com/TheBantermen] Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBantermen/ [https://www.facebook.com/TheBantermen/]

S1E7 - Adieu, Facebook!

Episode Notes Main Topic: Rishi on why and how he 'quit' Facebook a year and a month ago and how that has gone Diversion: Navin talks about knocking people up (!) Useful Links Facebook admits to Cambridge Analytica problems: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/technology/mark-zuckerberg-testify-congress.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/technology/mark-zuckerberg-testify-congress.html] Did Facebook learn anything from the Cambridge Analytica problems: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/opinion/sunday/facebook-privacy-breach-zuckerberg.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/opinion/sunday/facebook-privacy-breach-zuckerberg.html] An in-depth piece from Wired on Facebook's horrible 2018 from early 2019: https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-15-months-of-fresh-hell/ [https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-15-months-of-fresh-hell/] Facebook's Trust Problem: https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/1/31/21115104/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-liked-understood-trust [https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/1/31/21115104/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-liked-understood-trust] How to set all past posts on your timeline so they're private: https://www.facebook.com/help/236898969688346 [https://www.facebook.com/help/236898969688346] Deactivating/ Deleting your Facebook Account: https://www.facebook.com/help/250563911970368?helpref=hc [https://www.facebook.com/help/250563911970368?helpref=hc]globalnav Counterpoint: Stay on Facebook but make it useful! https://www.popsci.com/dont-delete-facebook-change-it/ [https://www.popsci.com/dont-delete-facebook-change-it/] Rishi's Final Post to his Facebook Timeline: https://www.facebook.com/hrishidiwan/posts/10157177371194391 [https://www.facebook.com/hrishidiwan/posts/10157177371194391] Knocker Uppers Defined: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker-up [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker-up] A BBC Feature on Knocker-Uppers: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35840393 [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35840393] Life of a Knocker Upper: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/11/28/the-life-of-the-knocker-upper/ [https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/11/28/the-life-of-the-knocker-upper/] License Info All rights reserved (c) 2020 Hrishikesh Diwan and Navin Sigamany Cantina Blues - Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100407 [http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100407] Artist: http://incompetech.com/ [http://incompetech.com/] Cover art Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/tRL_Rkh6D8o [https://unsplash.com/photos/tRL_Rkh6D8o] Reach Us! Leave us feedback and comments at https://www.bantermen.com [https://www.bantermen.com] Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBantermen [https://twitter.com/TheBantermen] Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBantermen/ [https://www.facebook.com/TheBantermen/]