NL Hafta
Hosted by Abhinandan Sekhri and Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan and Rinchen Norbu and Raman Kirpal and Shardool Katyayan · Newslaundry.com
4.7from 353 ratings
- 1,284
- Episodes
- 148
- Transcribed
- 353
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
- 454M
- YouTube views
About NL Hafta
Weekly wrap of events of the week peppered with context, commentary and opinion by a superstar panel. Click here to support Newslaundry: http://bit.ly/paytokeepnewsfree (http://bit.ly/paytokeepnewsfree) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Newslaundry.com
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Oct 2014
- Latest episode
- 10 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
148 of 1,284 episodes have a transcript.
10 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
NL Hafta 610 Snippet : Democracy, With a Punchline: Why Those in Power Fear Satire
3 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
NL Hafta 609 Snippet: ‘Is Judiciary the Greatest Threat to Indian Democracy?’
26 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
NL Hafta 608 Snippet :Ex-Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa Breaks Down the SIR Crisis
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NL Hafta 610 Snippet : Democracy, With a Punchline: Why Those in Power Fear Satire
Published 10 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Like I remember reading Raak Darbari when I was a kid. And it felt so relevant. It made you so angry. Good satire makes me angry actually. I don't laugh easily. But good satire makes me angry about the things that are happening. I think the more difficult it gets like government right now is trying to clamp down on social media, Instagram, Facebook and this and that. They will be exhausted because people have enormous creativity as the young ones have shown us. Every generation comes with its own humour and also one of the one human tendency is to they enjoy laughing at power. No matter how much you have celebrated them in the initial years once you put them on a pedestal And especially in India, they want to bring them down. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on NL Hafta
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Manjul
- Rachita Taneja
- Sanjay Rajoura
- Ashok Lavasa
- Anupam Manur
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 453,601,913
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 82 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 271 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 85 / 100
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- Quality
- 93
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts NL Hafta?
Abhinandan Sekhri and Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan and Rinchen Norbu and Raman Kirpal and Shardool Katyayan host the show. Published by Newslaundry.com.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does NL Hafta take guests?
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