A Bit of Both

About A Bit of Both

Mihir and Prado discuss everything from films to clouds and from poetry to science.

Publisher

Pradyumna Gaikwad and Mihir Paranjape

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 May 2020

Latest episode

9 Oct 2020

Latest episodes

13 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Oct 2020

   Complaints and Foodstuff

   In this episode of A Bit of Both, Mihir and Prado complain about everyday things and the best way to type. Sticky Notes Permanent Pencils Lap-top laptops Tables and Chairs Ice-cream again Dvorak Keyboard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_keyboard_layout) Cortex’s Dvorak episode (https://www.relay.fm/cortex/29) ForeverStew (https://www.instagram.com/foreverstew/) Sourdough: The Starter Starter Co. (https://www.thestarterstartercompany.com/) Global Coffee Crisis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IN4ZcZAUbA) Covid-19 Pandemic stats (https://covid19.who.int/) Van Gogh Trees IRL (https://imgur.com/a/NjxR1rm) Van Gogh's Starry Night (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starry_Night) Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs) Sleep is the best thing! (https://youtu.be/ALy6e7GbDRQ)

2. 

   18 Sept 2020

   Going Green and Eating Ice-Cream

   In the episode, Mihir and Prado discuss what is an ice-cream and recycling plastic. Show notes: Live Sports during a pandemic (https://youtu.be/ONy6Btf3g7w) Mexican Wave Dave Chapelle’s “8:46” (https://youtu.be/3tR6mKcBbT4) UK socially distant concert (https://youtu.be/Rr63xigwPMM?t=110) Going Green doesn’t have to be this hard- Vox (https://youtu.be/BxKfpt70rLI) Can chemical recycling solve the plastic problem- CNBC You’re Wrong About Podcast- Acid Rain (https://rottenindenmark.org/2019/02/15/acid-rain/) | Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (https://rottenindenmark.org/2018/06/30/the-exxon-valdez-oil-spill/) Cap and Trade Model (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emissions_trading) Can these companies solve the plastic crisis- CNBC (https://youtu.be/fjHW5kBvonY) Fast Food e-receipts Daisugi- Earthbuddies.com (https://earthbuddies.net/daisugi/) Mihir’s gardening tips Mihir’s new herbs (https://imgur.com/a/AqgD5Pk) Ice-cream vs Frozen Yogurt Is Aamrakhand froyo? Is Mastani milkshake? Garden of Words (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2591814/) Final Years of Majuro documentary (https://youtu.be/3J06af5xHD0) HOMEWORK: AlphaGO documentary Eschatological Anxiety- Anthropocene Reviewed (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anthropocene-reviewed/episodes/anthropocene-reviewed-humanitys-temporal-range) Thwaites Glacier- Vox (https://youtu.be/XRUxTFWWWdY) Carbon footprints are broken- Kurtis Baute (https://youtu.be/bvhXtOps4MM)

3. 

   7 Aug 2020

   Tattoos and Wandering

   In this episode of A Bit of Both Podcast Mihir and Prado discuss our future Tattoos and the instinct of going on Road Trips. SHOW NOTES: Tattoo Forum (Reddit) (https://www.reddit.com/r/tattoos/) Prado’s Starry Night design (https://www.instagram.com/p/B8WvJfZAD26/) Prado’s Astronaut Tattoo design (Will stay secret till he actually gets it) Felix Baumgartner’s Jump from Space (https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-19943590) Ep. 10- Survivor Instinct and Hamilton (https://open.spotify.com/episode/7igVv6wNhyFyqx94ZCBlml) Order of the White Lotus Tattoo Design (https://www.reddit.com/r/TheLastAirbender/comments/7imqib/fan_content_my_fresh_order_of_the_white_lotus/) Talaria Tattoo Design (https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/mythology/images/0/0d/Hermes%27_Sandals.png/revision/latest?cb=20120518234005) Tattoos that move #1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJEFB32aNm4) Tattoos that move #2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCP6xFrRe0o) Pokemon Wallpapers (https://pokewalls.wordpress.com/) Pokeball Tattoo Design (https://data.whicdn.com/images/87730233/original.jpg) Pokedex (https://pokedex.org/) Pacman style Pikachu (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6a/77/7c/6a777c43c1b9c984439680502a1d81c0.jpg) We are Wanderers (Video) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA5XuOIilYc) Ep. 7- Travelling in the hills and Talking about it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omr9vUrSLKA)

4. 

   31 Jul 2020

   Survivor Instinct and Hamilton

   Mihir and Prado discuss the human instinct to be survivors and our obsession with Hamilton: The Musical. SHOW NOTES: Survivor Itch Hamilton (Album) (https://open.spotify.com/album/1kCHru7uhxBUdzkm4gzRQc?si=RyE9uTqxQDG-IIkIR9dPvQ) First performance at the White House (https://youtu.be/WNFf7nMIGnE) Final performance at the White House (https://youtu.be/_edbv-LPX9c) Detailed analysis of Hamilton lyrics (https://genius.com/albums/Lin-manuel-miranda/Hamilton-an-american-musical-original-broadway-cast-recording) Motifs of Hamilton (https://genius.com/Hamilton-editors-hamilton-motifs-annotated) Behind-the-scenes of Hamilton with Adam Savage (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJtitKU0CAejog4eKg-Y13a9LhqlqGyw2) Utsav (film) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088335/)

5. 

   24 Jul 2020

   Listening to Podcasts and Following Up

   Mihir and Prado discuss the best way to listen to podcasts and follow up on previous discussions. SHOW NOTES: Lockdown in India Herd Immunity in Sweden Overheard (Podcast) How to listen to a podcast? 99% Invisible (Podcast) Hello Internet (Podcast) Cortex (Podcast) Reply All (Podcast) Science Vs (Podcast) Slow Cinema As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (Film) Samsara (Film) Court (Film) (Not on Netflix anymore!) The Up Series (Films) Homework Extended “Bear” Follow-up “Midnight Sun” Follow-up Partial Eclipse (Photo by Prado) Annular Eclipse (Photograph) Eclipses and Phases of the moon Sun’s corona

6. 

   17 Jul 2020

   Midnight Sun and Favourite Bridges

   Pradyumna Gaikwad : https://pradyumnagaikwad.com/ (https://pradyumnagaikwad.com/) The Seen and the Unseen: Ep. 177 India's Economy in the Time of COVID 19 (https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/6/14/episode-177-indias-economy-in-the-time-of-covid-19/) Betelguese (https://www.space.com/what-betelgeuse-star-supernova-explosion-will-look-like.html) Midnight Sun (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_sun) "Bear" - origin (http://www.pitt.edu/~votruba/qsonhist/bearetymologyslovakenglishwelsh.html) Pune Bridges (https://www.whatshot.in/pune/heres-a-history-lesson-on-the-iconic-bridges-of-pune-c-22581) Xkcd Comic: James Webb Space Telescope (https://xkcd.com/2014/) Pune Metro (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pune_Metro) The Up Series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_(film_series))

7. 

   10 Jul 2020

   Travelling in the hills and Talking about it

   Mihir and Prado discuss their trip to Kodaikanal, in Kodaikanal. Show Notes: Kodaikanal Vlog (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-QjnuLSSWc) by Prado Zostel Backpacker Hostel (https://www.zostel.com/) Jeba's Hot Chocolate (https://goo.gl/maps/NcXYFDtpodNte1Hq6)

8. 

   3 Jul 2020

   Subtitles and Language

   Mihir and Prado discuss subtitles for films and quirks in languages. Prado's film: What's In A Name - Film (https://whatsinanamefilm.wixsite.com/film) What's In A Name - Crowdfunding video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddoB29efiDw) Show Notes: Wikipedia - RSS format (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS) How to change Netflix subtitles (https://help.netflix.com/en/node/100267) Your Name (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5311514/) Lateral Game Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xS-BIcu4ew) by Tom Scott NATO Phonetic Alphabet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet) A translator guesses languages (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0UeaG3Pp9I) Languages with one speaker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lNjnE_-Log) Wikipedia - Rosetta Stone (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone) TED - Language of the Indus Valley Civilization (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwYxHPXIaao) Pali language (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pali) Community S01 E02 Spanish rap (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9yxfP_wieg)

9. 

   26 Jun 2020

   Papers and Pens

   Mihir and Prado discuss his obsession with papers and pens. Show Notes: Popcorn Erasers Apsara Pencil

10. 

    19 Jun 2020

    Anthropocene Reviewed Reviewed

    Mihir and Prado discuss the Anthropocene Reviewed podcast by John Green. Show Notes: Andhadhun (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8108198/) Knives Out (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8946378/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11275.The_Wind_Up_Bird_Chronicle) Anthropocene Reviewed (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anthropocene-reviewed) Vlog Brothers by Hank Green and John Green (https://www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers) Crash Course (https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse) Munchkin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchkin_(card_game)) Monopoly Deal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_Deal)

11. 

    12 Jun 2020

    Evil Advertising

    Mihir and Prado discuss advertisements disguised as content on social media and other ethically ambiguous aspects of marketing. Show Notes: Fyre Festival: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyre_Festival) Fyre Festival Promo video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz5kY3RsmKo) Fyre (Netflix) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9412098/) |Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ0KNVU2fV0&t=2s) Fyre Fraud (Hulu) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7843600/) | Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljkaq_he-BU) Wisecrack's video on Fyre Festival and their lies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASoaHKRGXu4) Black Mirror: 15 Million Merits (Spoilers) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO1WPPLHDz4) r/LateStageCapitalism: Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/) "Creative" Coffee Campaign by Dunkin Donuts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmrc8ZJld8A) Pavlovian Conditioning: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning) Social Media Influencers: ABC Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SOFSjlU0fM) Influencers: BBC Article (https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47573135) Marketing is Evil: PsychologyToday Article (https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/how-do-life/201701/marketing-is-evil) Research Paper on the ethics of advertising (http://publicinterest.org.uk/think_of_me_as_evil.pdf) |Article in The Guardian by the author (https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/advertising-not-evil-values) Advertising is a poison we are hooked on: The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/oct/24/advertising-poison-hooked) Native Advertisment: Wikipedia (we called it disguised advertising) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_advertising) Wall-E is our future?: Wiscrack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48mf2QUtUmg)

12. 

    5 Jun 2020

    Avenging Endgame

    Mihir and Prado discuss Marvel's Infinity War: Endgame. Show Note: Time Travel from Prisoner of Azkaban (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg1A7fB9nrk) Fantastic Four reimagined (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DkNTe-WXoAATrl_.jpg)

13. 

    27 May 2020

    MCU Overanalysis

    In the first episode of A Bit of Both podcast, Mihir and Prado discuss the entangled saga that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Iron Man to Captain Marvel, a series spanning 22 movies. Show Notes: List of Marvel Movies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe_films) Dutch Angles (https://ssl-static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/6/8/6/9686aca61cae50d7/thor-disneyscreencaps.com-6872.jpg) Superhero shot from Age of Ultron (https://wearesecondunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/age-ultron-movie-screencaps.com-130.jpg)

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