29 - 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!!
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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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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!!
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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!!!
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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!!
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S2 E3 - in which we celebrate love stories - the first love song ever written and the first pop star, Sahir and Amrita, Layla and Patty Boyd, Ben Affleck and a toilet seat and much more!!
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