Spies in the White House? Alcoholic rat armies? Conan Doyle as a sports reporter? In this series, Rathindra Basu and Joy Bhattacharjya, two senior media professionals and trivia enthusiasts from India, have fun with facts and news from the world of music, books, film, sports, history, science, language etc. Every other week, they will share interesting anecdotes, funny news items and decipher interesting word origins. Fans of trivia can also try contest questions and see Joy and Rathin try to fool each other as well! Reach out to Joy and Rathin at factofthematterindia@gmail.com.
FACT OF THE MATTER
Claim This Podcastby RATHINDRA BASU and JOY BHATTACHARJYA
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Spies in the White House? Alcoholic rat armies? Conan Doyle as a sports reporter? In this series, Rathindra Basu and Joy Bhattacharjya, two senior media professionals and trivia enthusiasts from India, have fun with facts and news from the world of music, books, film, sports, history, science, language etc. Every other week, they will share interesting anecdotes, funny news items and decipher interesting word origins. Fans of trivia can also try contest questions and see Joy and Rathin try to fool each other as well! Reach out to Joy and Rathin at factofthematterindia@gmail.com.
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January 7, 2023
S2 E6 - The "Awards" Special - from bad sex in fiction, weird book titles and Knights of the Garter to the Ig-Nobel, Darwin and Turnip awards and their many illustrious winners!!
<p>In our sixth episode this season<strong>, </strong><strong>FACT OF THE MATTER, rounds off the year by diving straight into the Awards Season - with a difference</strong>!! In <strong>Main Course</strong>, Joy and Rathin stay off the regular award season and focus on a few off-beat ones for a change - like the Ig-Nobel, the Darwin and the Turnip awards. Get to know more about bad sex in fiction, weird book titles, automobile inspired sex scenes and a garter or two as Joy skillfully unravels story after story!! So award yourself a quick break, grab a ringside seat and join us on yet another tour-de-farce into the world of awards!!</p> <p><strong>We love to hear from you!! Write to us at </strong><u><strong>factofthematterindia@gmail.com</strong></u><strong>. Rate us and berate us!! Follow us on Twitter - @joybhattacharj and @rathindrabasu. Find us on all leading podcast platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Amazon Music.</strong></p> <p><strong>Visit our website - https://anchor.fm/factofthematter</strong></p>
December 25, 2022
S2 E5 - Joy and Rathin return after a break with a lot of words - literally! - words of the year, retronyms, backronyms, contronyms and Joy's quirky updates featuring sideburns and testicles!!!
<p>In our fifth episode this season<strong>, </strong><strong>FACT OF THE MATTER, </strong>decides to go back a step and find out the many wonderful facets of words and their meanings!! In <strong>Main Course</strong>, hear about words of the year like woman, goblin mode and homer and why they were searched and checked worldwide - and get a load of quirky trivia on the origin of words like sideburn, testament and salary among others. Kick off the Christmas holidays by doing nothing except putting on your earphones and block off every other noise - as you gently doze off to the smooth droning sound of Joy and Rathin making a mess of the English language!!</p> <p><strong>We love to hear from you!! So write to us at </strong><strong>factofthematterindia@gmail.com</strong><strong>. Rate us and berate us!! Follow us on Twitter - @joybhattacharj and @rathindrabasu. Find us on all leading podcast platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Amazon Music.</strong></p> <p><strong>Visit our website - https://anchor.fm/factofthematter</strong></p>
April 3, 2022
S2 E4 - in which we investigate old and new crime fiction, noire detective movies and more - as we trip through Holmes, Poirot, Knives Out, Mountbatten, Sikander Singh and gumshoes from Pinkerton's!!
<p><strong>Jack Reacher ordered espresso, double, no peel, no cube, foam cup, no china, and before it arrived he saw a man’s life change forever.</strong></p> <p><strong>Opening lines of The Hard Way – a book by Lee Child where the central character is Jack Reacher, a retired military investigator.</strong></p> <p>In our fourth episode this season<strong>, </strong><strong>FACT OF THE MATTER, </strong>enters the shadowy world of murder, detection, macabre plots and pure crime!! In <strong>Main Course</strong>, learn about inspirations and connections - as <strong>Joy</strong> links in Lord Mountbatten and Roger Ackroyd and how an Indian may have been the reason for the Silver Blaze story by Conan Doyle. <strong>Rathin</strong> shares the virtues of having an I-Phone if you want to escape from being a murder suspect in movies and some interesting new Indian detectives who are winning hordes of new fans!! In <strong>Believe It or Not</strong>, we try and unearth some craziness around the Russia Ukraine crisis and temper it with some wholesome goodness as well!! Plus all the regular sections like <strong>Cute Words and Phrases</strong>, <strong>Bare Naked Lies</strong> and <strong>audience questions</strong>!! So get off that sofa, flex your knees and dig in as the game truly is afoot!!</p> <p><strong>We love to hear from you!! So write to us at </strong><strong>factofthematterindia@gmail.com</strong><strong>. Rate us and berate us!! Follow us on Twitter - @joybhattacharj and @rathindrabasu. Find us on all leading podcast platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Amazon Music.</strong></p> <p><strong>Visit our website - https://anchor.fm/factofthematter</strong></p>
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