Attention Pliss! with Arnab Ray
191 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsAttention Pliss! podcast hosted by Arnab Ray aka GreatBong covers politics, movies, sports, current affairs, and just about anything that caught his attention. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
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#188 - Who Will Win the Elections?
May 20, 2024 07:59 - 15 minutes - 14 MBWho will win the Elections? I predict it (caution: I predicted KKR and SRH will finish bottom of table too) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#187 Israel and Palestine
November 14, 2023 12:44 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBMy take on some of the persistent narratives of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#186 - Justin Trudeau
September 24, 2023 07:10 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBArnab talks about Mr. Trudeau and his face-off with India --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#185 - The Jawan Review
September 11, 2023 04:50 - 42 minutes - 39 MBSuhel joins Arnab in this discussion on Jawan. #SpoilerAlert --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#184 - Rajdeep Sardesai and the Middle Class
August 09, 2023 14:13 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBIs the Middle Class communal? Why is Rajdeep Sardesai angry at the middle class? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#183 - Lust Stories 2
August 09, 2023 14:11 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBArnab reviews Lust Stories 2. Warning: May contain spoilers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#182 - There is no data breach
June 13, 2023 08:47 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBArnab talks about the two tech topics of the day: The "alleged" data breach of Cowin and Why aren't Indians producing innovation "allegedly"? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#181 - IPL Roundup
May 23, 2023 06:12 - 1 hour - 98.8 MBA negativity-filled roundup of this year's IPL with max --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#180 - Killer robots are coming
May 19, 2023 12:58 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBElon Musk wants a 6 month moratorium on AI research. The godfather of AI sounds a dire warning on AI. Will ChatGPT destroy the world? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#179 - Removing the Mughals from history
April 11, 2023 06:21 - 21 minutes - 20.5 MBIn which I deal with the controversy of "reduction in syllabus" for NCERT history text books. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#178 - The Oscars So Woke...No It Really IS NOT
March 21, 2023 07:29 - 24 minutes - 19.4 MBIf the Oscars genuinely consider diversity to be objective, they need to remove their colonial lens on other cultures like Indian. No, RRR is NOT Bollywood, one can get Indian dancers in LA to do a 15-second routine, and we make good content that is not people dancing or elephants. Also, please NO Jimmy Kimmel of the Man Show --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#177 - Cinema Marte Dam Tak
March 03, 2023 03:05 - 21 minutes - 17.3 MBAn interview with the director of Cinema Marte Dam Tak, Vasan Bala, where we talk about the beautifully poignant documentary on the so-called "B-grade" movie industry. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#176 - Budget 2023 Analysis with Dr. Alok Ray
February 08, 2023 13:32 - 58 minutes - 47.2 MBDr. Alok Ray discusses 2023 Budget, the effect of Adani, and other things. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#175 - How to Manage Being Laid Off
January 24, 2023 05:40 - 22 minutes - 17.9 MBAs Big Tech lay off employees by the thousands with a "sorry", here are some tips for managing the pain of being laid off --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#174 - IPL Auctions with Maxdavinci
January 03, 2023 05:38 - 1 hour - 106 MBIndian Premier League 2023 Auction Roundup with MaxDaVinci. Recorded before Rishabh Pant's accident. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#173 - Birthday 2023
January 02, 2023 06:42 - 54 minutes - 43.5 MBArnab answers listener (and viewer) questions. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#172 - Working Hardcore at Twitter
December 20, 2022 09:36 - 27 minutes - 21.8 MBElon Musk wants Twitter engineers to work hardcore, to put in more hours. Is he exploiting labor? #SpoilerAlert, the answer is NO. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#171 - On Kantara
December 05, 2022 06:05 - 26 minutes - 21.1 MBWhere Radhakrishna (a new guest on my podcast) and I discuss the underlying themes of Kantara, and why it works as well as why Bollywood does not. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#170 - Twitter, Amazon, and Meta
November 28, 2022 05:38 - 31 minutes - 25.4 MBBloodbath in tech, but the smartest people in the world want you to believe they innocently overestimated how much they would grow. All of them. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#169 - On Rohit Sharma
November 21, 2022 06:52 - 19 minutes - 15.6 MBMoving forward from T20 World Cup, Arnab talks about Rohit Sharma --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#168 - World Cup T20 Semi-finals predictions
November 08, 2022 04:28 - 32 minutes - 25.8 MBWorldcup predictions and round-up. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#167 - The Wire Does a Ranaji Maaf Karna...
October 27, 2022 12:02 - 15 minutes - 12.3 MBThe Wire apologizes for its Meta story and the apology is an apology. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#166 - Being Happy During Festivals
October 04, 2022 05:23 - 17 minutes - 14.1 MBArnab talks about happiness and Durga Pujo for people who are no longer young (ahem middle aged). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#165 - Indian Matchmaking
September 22, 2022 13:13 - 18 minutes - 14.6 MBThe cringe fest on Netflix is actually a takedown on traditional Indian/Hindu marriage. I wonder why no one gets that. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#164 - Rant on India's Elimination
September 07, 2022 10:02 - 22 minutes - 17.9 MBI told you so. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#163 - Has Bollywood lost it?
September 07, 2022 04:06 - 40 minutes - 32.7 MBDiptakirti Chaudhuri, Bollywood expert, is the guest today where we discuss the diminishing returns of Bollywood blockbusters and whether boycotts do work and the controversies of Bollywood narratives. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#162 - Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav
August 15, 2022 08:04 - 20 minutes - 16.2 MBWhy Rana Ayyub's writing is like Mithunda movies in his Ooty years, the need for national symbols, historic falsehoods on Twitter, and why we need to remember. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#161 - Jamie Alter interview
August 09, 2022 07:44 - 47 minutes - 37.9 MBArnab talks with Jamie Alter on the relevance of ODIs, India's chances in the T20 World Cup and our favorites. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#160 - Partha Chatterjee
August 01, 2022 06:56 - 21 minutes - 17.6 MBArnab talks about Partha Chatterjee's interrogation by ED, the cash found in the house of his confidante, and what it says about corruption in Bengal. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#159 - Attacked by liberals and IT cell
July 25, 2022 11:53 - 24 minutes - 19.7 MBArnab talks about the brouhaha over his viral Tweet thread. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#158 - IPL 2022 Roundup
May 31, 2022 06:17 - 40 minutes - 38.8 MBA season closing analysis of the IPL teams of 2022. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#157 - Gyanvapi mosque
May 23, 2022 14:14 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBGyanvapi Mosque controversy; should we correct history & if so how? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#156 - Freedom of speech
May 09, 2022 11:11 - 21 minutes - 17.2 MBFreedom of Speech and Why It Should Apply To Twitter --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#155 - Kashmir Files
March 27, 2022 04:55 - 34 minutes - 27.4 MBArnab talks about the reviews and reactions to Kashmir Files --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#154 - No time to die
March 08, 2022 10:19 - 20 minutes - 16.5 MBBond goes out with a whimper, let down by lazy writing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#153 - Putin And The Attack on Ukraine
February 28, 2022 09:45 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBWhy is Putin Attacking Ukraine and Why Now --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#152 - Budget 2022 with Dr. Alok Ray
February 07, 2022 04:56 - 48 minutes - 38.7 MBDr. Alok Ray, who has been a professor of economics at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, Cornell University, University of Pittsburgh among other places, analyzes Budget 2022. And for those who dont know, Dr. Alok Ray is Arnab's father. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#151 - Kohli “leaves” the Indian captaincy
January 17, 2022 13:08 - 17 minutes - 20.1 MBArnab talks about Kohli and his legacy as a captain and the politics behind his departure. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#150 - Birthday cake and answers to your questions
December 31, 2021 05:57 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBArnab answers all your #askarnabray questions --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#149 - Munawar Faruqui and Freedom of Speech
December 21, 2021 09:13 - 29 minutes - 23.5 MBArnab talks about the double standards of what you can say in India and what you can’t. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#148 - Farm Bills withdrawn and what it says about BJP
December 06, 2021 04:49 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBIn this episode, Arnab analyzes the withdrawal of the 3 farm bills and why this marks the lowest point of the BJP government at the center (no wonder Mamata Banerjee is making a play for the throne right now !) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#147 - Vir Das and Kangana
November 18, 2021 06:28 - 18 minutes - 15.2 MBArnab discusses Kangana Ranaut and Vir Das and personal brand creation in the world of social media eco-chambers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#146 - India's Performance in T20 World Cup
November 02, 2021 13:45 - 29 minutes - 23.4 MBArnab analyzes India's performance in the ongoing T20 world cup and looks at the *cricketing* reasons (you need to say this nowadays) why India is on the verge of elimination; still hoping they make it to the semi-finals. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#145 - India Pakistan World Cup T20 game analysis
October 25, 2021 07:19 - 17 minutes - 14 MBArnab analyzes the India Pakistan T20 game, reminding viewers of what he had predicted before the game, but also accepting that there is no joy in "I told you so" when India loses to Pakistan. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#144 - India Pakistan T20 World Cup Game--Pre-Game Thoughts
October 24, 2021 10:43 - 19 minutes - 16 MBWhy Pakistan start favorites in the India Pakistan T20 World Cup Round of 12, & should India play Pakistan in ICC tournaments --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#143 - Squid Games
October 13, 2021 06:55 - 18 minutes - 14.6 MBArnab deconstructs Squid Game, the global pop culture phenomenon, and tries to analyze the metaphors behind each of the games, and for the narrative in general. #SpoilerAlert --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#142 - IPL 2021, How did the teams do
October 11, 2021 03:30 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBRecorded before the thrilling playoffs, Arnab looks at how the teams did In 2021 and retentions going forward. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
#141 - The True Legacy of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
October 05, 2021 12:57 - 28 minutes - 22.8 MBArnav tries to forge a middle path in assessing Gandhi's contribution to history between the extremes of unquestioned devotion and trenchant criticism --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
Attention Pliss! with Arnab Ray #140
September 26, 2021 07:57 - 34 minutes - 27.3 MBOn Aunty Ki Ghanti, Maidan-e-Jung, Mumbai Diaries and the Chutzpah of Bush. New Zealand and England withdraw from touring Pakistan, Mumbai Diaries on Amazon Prime is terrible, and George W Bush is now a progressive. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support
Attention Pliss! with Arnab Ray #139
September 16, 2021 16:30 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBOn AOC and her appearance at the Met, and why this is not something that should make socialists happy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/appodcast/support