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  • Elon Musk, Netflix, and Zelenskyy
    May 5 2022

    In the fourth episode of the show, Saarthak and Shivam talk about Netflix's subscriber loss, Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, and everything that's the talk of the town in Taking Temperature — the first section of the podcast. They go on to dissect the word Dadaism in Vogue Vocab. In Fact Factory, they talk about an interesting fact related to the longest six in the history of IPL. In Close Call, the final section, they converse about the art of framing questions with Duttnath Thakur, a veteran quizzer and a former member of our society.

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    53 min
  • Russia, Olympics, and Gandhi
    Mar 5 2022

    In our third episode of the show, Ashiv and Muskan talk about Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, the demise of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, and everything that's the talk of the town in Taking Temperature — the first section of the podcast. They go on to dissect the word DOT (Devasthal Optical Telescope) and reveal why it's in the news, in Vogue Vocab. In Fact Factory, they talk about the interesting ways in which big crowd scenes were shot in Ted Lasso and Gandhi. In Close Call, the final section, they converse about the transition from online to offline quizzing with Amlan Sarkar, a former President of Qnights: The Ramjas Quiz Society, who was also generous enough to give us a glimpse of his exceptional musical talent towards the end of the episode.

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    31 min
  • The Flintstones, Startups, and Virat Kohli
    Jan 23 2022

    In our second episode of the show (and the first one of the new year), Varun and Yuvraj talk about Virat Kohli's decision to step down as India's Test captain, startups, and everything that's the talk of the town in Taking Temperature — the first section of the podcast. They go on to dissect the word Deltacron and reveal why it's in the news, in Vogue Vocab. In Fact Factory, they talk about a very interesting fact related to some of the most favourite cartoons of our growing up years. In Close Call, the final section, they converse with Chinmay and Yatharth, the founders of Quizadilla, a quizzing organization that originated as a WhatsApp group, and is now taking the quizzing circuit by storm.

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    19 min
  • Kamala Harris, IPOs, and Mount Fuji
    Nov 25 2021

    In our very first episode, Nilesh and Varun talk about Kamala Harris, IPOs, and everything that's the talk of the town in Taking Temperature — the first section of the podcast. They go on to dissect the word La Niña and reveal why it's in the news, in Vogue Vocab. In Fact Factory, they talk about a very interesting fact related to an advertising conglomerate. In Close Call, the final section, they converse with Roerich Bansal, the founder of the society, and talk about the evolution of college quizzing over the years.

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    40 min