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May 17, 2017 • 20h 47min
#JustSports 35: French Open analysis, Trouble in Cricket Australia, Success of Chelsea and more
Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. This week they discuss the French Open and if any player could pose a challenge to Rafael Nadal who is posed to win his tenth Roland Garros title. The two also wonder if the absence of Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova would affect the upcoming Grand Slam. Khan and Puri opine on the trouble brewing between Cricket Australia and its cricketers. Moving on to football, they talk about Chelsea's successful run in the Premier League. Listen up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 12, 2017 • 8h 44min
Hafta 119: Republic Tv, the AAP fiasco, Rigged EVMs and more
Last week Arnab Goswami launched his channel Republic TV and we can't stop watching him as he announces scoop after scoop. Samrat, author and columnist joins the hafta gang this week to talk about Arnab Goswami and his style of journalism. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan also discuss the blasphemy case against Stephen Fry, Kapil Mishra's corruption allegations against Arvind Kejriwal, the Aam Aadmi Party's EVM hacking demonstration on the floor of the Delhi assembly and Madhu Kishwar's appointment to the Academic Council in Jawaharlal Nehru University. Listen Up, there's a lot more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 12, 2017 • 86h 35min
Chhota Hafta Episode-119
NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak of the complete episode where Samrat joins us to discuss to discuss Republic TV's launch, the blasphemy case against Stephen Fry, Kapil Mishra's corruption allegations against Arvind Kejriwal and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 11, 2017 • 15h 51min
#JustSports 34: Champions League Final, English Premier league, Tennis, IPL & more:
Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. Will Juventus be able to stop the Madrid juggernaut in the Champions League finals? Are the EPL and IPL top 4s a done deal? Oh, and the Joker has a brand new team. All this and more on this week's Just Sports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 10, 2017 • 84h 34min
NL Interviews Antra Dev Sen
On self-censorship, almost always being in the pink, the future of ‘alternative media’ and her favourite publication. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 10, 2017 • 41h 6min
NL Interviews Aman Sethi
Aman Sethi speaks to Manvi Dhillon about his book, azaadi, oral history, breaking from the journalistic trope, being obsessed with what people “do”, suspension of judgment while writing and making A Free Man as “porous” as possible, hitting the circuit and returning to journalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 9, 2017 • 48h 38min
The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap – Episode 43
This week, Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the trailers for Salman Khan's Tubelight and Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk. Then there are ads to discuss, from Tata Tea's Jaago Re ad campaign to the Skore condom one, featuring Chris Gayle. The two also go over the furore over Stephen Colbert's homophobic Donald Trump joke and the blasphemy investigation against Stephen Fry's . All this and more discussed and dissected in this episode of the Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 5, 2017 • 52h 55min
Hafta 118: World Press Freedom Day, AAP fiasco, Justice CS Karnan & more
It was World Press Freedom Day on May 3 and we kick off this week's Hafta with a discussion on the current state of media in India, especially the television news media -- did Arnab Goswami kill TV journalism? Atul Chaurasia, executive editor at Newslaundry, joins the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan and Manisha Pande to discuss the Aam Aadmi Party fiasco and the murder of a Muslim man in Bulandshehar by alleged Hindu Yuva Vahini members. The team also discusses Justice CS Karnan's non-bailable warrants against seven Supreme court judges and Hasan Minhaj's performance at White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Oh, and we have three song dedications this week!Listen up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 3, 2017 • 29h 2min
NL Interviews: Sunil Khilnani
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May 3, 2017 • 22h 57min
NL Interviews: Simon Winchester
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