Turn Down the Heat - MOOC (audio)

We’re back after a brief hiatus and we’re talking about Pasta! Popular instagrammer @anoosrini joined us for this episode and we had a ball. In what ended up being a 3hour record, we’ve tried to break it into two parts. Here we talk about the types of pastas, different flours used, and our kneading techniques. (Image Credit: David Adam Kess) The post Ep6: Nerd Kitchen – Pasta Part 1 appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

The Cabal does a bilingual film in its true spirit – with a bilingual guest. We are joined by LTP aka @localteaparty to talk about the L.V Prasad classic MISSIAMMA(1955), one of the famous films from the golden period, made in Tamil and Telugu with different casts. The post Episode 33: Missiamma appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

The cabal had the wonderful opportunity to converse about the film with @chinmayi the voice of @trishtrashers for our Valentine’s special on 96. Popular columnist and friend of the podcast @KrupaGe also joins us on this episode. We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did. The post Episode 32: 96 appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

We couldn’t get everyone together when Kaala released and published a blogpost instead. With Petta releasing, we wanted to ensure we did not repeat the same. So we hauled in everyone last weekend and some of us had pretty diverse opinions in this impromptu discussion on the film. We cover everything from the film references to the politics of the movie in the discussion! The post Episode 30: Petta appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

For our first venture into Hindi cinema, the cabal discusses the 2018 horror film Tumbbad. While most horror films tend to be morality tales, Tumbbad really differentiates itself by setting up mythology and universe that is entirely relatable. The gang loved watching the film and we hope you all do as well! The post Episode 29: Tumbbad appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

The Cabal, still recovering from the joy of India’s test series victory, finally convenes to talk about our thoughts on India’s historic test win. We’re joined by regular guest @sidvee and the doyen of Carnatic music, cricket aficionado Sangita Kalanithi Sri @sanjaysub to apply a critical lens to victory. As always, the discussion grew into a wide range of topics including Pujara, Bumrah, the inexplicable exclusion of Maxwell from the Australia side, and Sri Lanka’s entertaining test record. A huge thanks to @sanjaysub for giving us nearly an hour of his time in a particularly busy time of the year for him and as always to @sidvee for the insights. Also, Anantha commits the blasphemy of singing on a podcast that features Sanjay! We hope you enjoy this pod as much as we did recording it! The post 2018 India Australia Test Series Recap appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

In this episode we talk about one of 2018’s best Indian films, Mari Selvaraj’s Pariyerum Perumal. And to discuss this tale of a youth’s struggle with the power dynamics fueled by caste hegemony we are joined by guest Vijeta Kumar (@rumlolarum on Twitter). The post Episode 28: Pariyerum Perumal appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

We pickup the conversation from where we left off last time as we talk about the kinds of yeast, its life cycle and then get into the ambrosia of grad school life, Pizza! We’d like to thank @a_madteaparty for joining us and making this episode so much fun. The post Ep5: Nerd Kitchen – Yeast appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

@ajit_bhaskar and @maxdavinci are back with another episode in our food series. This time they are joined by special guest and high priestess of sourdough bread @a_madteaparty(Anita). Tune in to this fun episode as they talk about gluten, bread making and the science behind the role air plays in baking. The post Ep4: Nerd Kitchen – Air in Baking appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

The cabal gets together with special guest @sidvee to discuss the upcoming India Australia test series and as you can expect it’s full of hot takes. The best of course being @cornerd ‘s declaration “I think @ImVkohli is like me”. Put your headphones on for an interesting conversation team choices both on the Indian and Australian sides. The post India Australia Test Series Preview appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

This week the cabal talks about Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s 2011 cult classic Aaranya Kaandam. The film is available on Hotstar (though mangled beyond recognition) – as always please watch the film prior to listening! Music from this song which actually shows up in the background of the film to great effect. The post Episode 27: Aaranya Kaandam appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

The cabal continues its animated discussion on Virumandi in this pod. We cover the cast characters, specifically the women, the music, and the film’s penchant for drawing from the real world in this session. We’re joined by 2 special guests here; @jestme is on the pod again and the venerable @atlasdanced joins us this time with his unique brand of insights. The post Episode 26: Virumandi – Part 2 appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

For the 25th episode the Cabal (and our twitter followers) selected a Kamal Hassan fan favorite to revisit. We got so carried away with our discussion that we realized we needed 2 sessions to cover everything. Thanks so much to special guest @jestme for the time and insightful comments! Music for this episode from the phenomenal album for the same film.   The post Episode 25: Virumandi – Part 1 appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

In this episode, we talk about SS Rajamouli’s 2010 action-comedy “Maryada Ramanna”. The Cabal talks about everything that felt right in the movie and few that didn’t. Here we go. Links: Maryada Ramanna is inspired by Buster Keaton’s “Our Hospitality”. You can check it out on Youtube. The music for this pod is from this upbeat number. The post Episode 24: Maryada Ramanna appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

In this episode, we discuss one of 2018’s best Malayalam films thus far – Sudani from Nigeria. This is ostensibly a ‘light’ film, but we found that it sneakily packs weighty topics within the fluff. And everyone in the cabal liked it. You can listen to the music used in the pod here. The post Episode 23: Sudani from Nigeria appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

Our third episode in the series #NerdKitchen, we have special guest @gauravsabnis who joins @maxdavinci as they talk about the basics of heat transfer, ways to cook eggplant/brinjal and eggs. Watch out for the portions where Gaurav talks about the gooey texture of okra and a fascinating story of on boiling eggs at a higher altitude in Chile. Do let us know what you felt about the episode and topics that you would like us to cover in future episodes. The post Ep3: Nerd Kitchen – Heat and temperature appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

In the wake of a 4-1 drubbing of the “best touring Indian team in the recent past” , the cabal has been in a bit of a funk so apologies for the slight delay in the release of this pod. The cricketing world has moved on to the Asia Cup, but we haven’t so here are our thoughts on India, the series, and why the Indian cricketing narrative struggles with myth building. The post Cricket: 2018 India tour of England Post Series appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

With a resounding win in the third test India are poised to make a comeback in the test series. The Cabal sat down to revisit their predictions, review the first 3 tests, ponder Kohli’s otherworldly batting, and question the shoddy slip fielding in the series. As always, test cricket results in another extra long pod! Music for the pod from here. The post Cricket: 2018 India tour of England Mid Series appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

In the wake of Vishwaroopam-2 the gang decided to revisit @ikamalhaasan ‘s Vishwaroopam-1…. with mixed results. The gangs all here and it was still a fun discussion, so listen and give us feedback! Song for this episode from this cracker of a number. The post Episode 22: Vishwaroopam appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.

Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Angamaly Diaries, was a much feted movie from 2017 that every member of the cabal loved. So it is no surprise that episode 21 of the podcast marked the return of the cabal back to full strength to discuss this feature. Music for the pod from this sweet song. P.S: Some interesting reading/viewing material referenced in the pod Lijo Jose Pellissery breaking up the 11 minute one-shot take that serves as the climax of Angamaly Diaries The complete making of Angamaly Diaries Songs and Background Score, a blogpost by Prasant Pillai, the music director of Angamaly Diaries   Another blog post by Prasant Pillai on the making of the Angamaly Diaries soundtrack The post Episode 21: Angamaly Diaries appeared first on The Lewd Cabal.