The Inconceivable! Desis Podcast
A podcast dipping into pop culture, books, movies… and discovering their Indian connections. By Raghavendra Iyer and Satish Viswanath.
- Update frequency
- every 33 days
- Episodes
- 20
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2017
Episode 032: Dunkirk
Show published: Aug 3, 2017 Download the show here Our take on Christopher Nolan’s latest war epic, ‘Dunkirk’. Everything we loved (a lot), things we hated (very little), and things we were trying to…
Thu 03 Aug 2017
Episode 031: Inconceivably Marveling Groot
Show published: May 31, 2017 Download the show here We restart podcasting with the big spectacular that started the summer: ‘Baahubali 2’. And a small movie called ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2′. Th…
Wed 31 May 2017
Episode 030: A Rogue One Episode
Show published: Jan 18, 2017 Download the show here We have a slightly belated discussion about ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’, aka the One True Prequel movie in the Star Wars Universe. CGI actors in…
Wed 18 Jan 2017
Episode 029: Khel Khiladiyon Ka - Bollywood Sports Movies
Show published: Dec 22, 2016 Download the show here In honor of ‘Dangal’ releasing, we talk about sports movies in Bollywood with a very special guest - author Diptakirti Chaudari. There’s actually b…
Fri 23 Dec 2016
Episode 028: Written By Salim-Javed
Show published: Dec 02, 2016 Download the show here We take the excuse of reviewing Diptakirti Chaudhari’s excellent book ‘Written By Salim-Javed’ to reminisce about one of great writing couples of I…
Sat 03 Dec 2016
Episode 027: Hatching Twitter
Show published: Oct 07, 2016 Download the show here We review Nick Bilton’s tale of Twitter: Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal, and try to understand why it is …
Fri 07 Oct 2016
Episode 026: How We Learned to Love the Superstar
Show published: Aug 26, 2016 Download the show here We talk about what we loved or hated about the Superstar’s latest release ‘Kabali’.. plus of course why we love Rajni at all - his classic performa…
Fri 26 Aug 2016
Episode 025: As Marvel and DC Superheros Fight, So Do We
Show published: Aug 01, 2016 Download the show here Taking a cue from this year’s superhero spectaculars, we try to not to fight about whether Batman V Superman sucked or whether Civil War was over-h…
Wed 03 Aug 2016
Episode 024: Go Fourth and Debate Star Wars
Show published: May 04, 2016 Download the show here In honor of Star Wars Day, we revisit the “classic” debate about the prequels (Episodes 1-3). Why they should be reviled. And why they may be bette…
Wed 04 May 2016
Episode 023: Masters of Doom
Show published: Apr 07, 2016 Download the show here For our (roughly) one-year anniversary, we finally got back to podcasting to review ‘Masters of Doom’Doom still gets modded, even in 2016 Watch Rom…
Fri 08 Apr 2016
Episode 022: The (Bollywood) Martian AKA Mangal Pandey Ki Mangal Katha
Show published: Jan 22, 2016 Download the show here Ever wonder how Bollywood would remake ‘The Martian’? Now you know. Follow us via iTunes | Twitter | Facebook | Feed
Fri 22 Jan 2016
Episode 021: Divyashakti Ki Lalkaar
Show published: Jan 04, 2016 Download the show here We take on the latest Star Wars movie, “The Force Awakens”.. what we loved, what we hated, how it should have been a sequel to Divyashakti (1993).A…
Mon 04 Jan 2016
Episode 020: Navratri
Show published: Dec 14, 2015 Download the show here In the finale of our trilogy on Indian festival season, we talk about Navratri, Durga Pujo, Vijayadashami.. and everything related.Everything Navra…
Sun 13 Dec 2015
Episode 019: Ganesh Chathurthi
Show published: Nov 21, 2015 Download the show here We spoke about Ganesh Chathurthi (when it happened back in September), and made it the 2nd in our trilogy of episodes on Hindu festivals.Fun (but m…
Sun 22 Nov 2015
Episode 018: The Diwali Episode
Show published: Nov 11, 2015 Download the show here Today is Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. The Inconceivables get together to discuss the origin of Diwali, how it shaped their life growing up…
Thu 12 Nov 2015
Episode 017: Back to the Future
Show published: Oct 22, 2015 Download the show here In honor of the well-loved trilogy finally getting its day in the future.. we talk about why its so lovable and why we love it so much. Plus of cou…
Thu 22 Oct 2015
Episode 016 - Foundation
Show published: Sep 23, 2015 Download the show here Foundation - Isaac AsimovFoundation Foundation and Empire Second FoundationOther Sci-fi masterpiecesRendezvous with Rama - Arthur C. Clarke Dune - …
Wed 23 Sep 2015
Episode 015: Shakespeare in Bollywood
Show published: Sep 12, 2015 Download the show here Romeo and JulietQayamat Se Qayamat Tak Ek Duuje Ke LiyeRam-LeelaJoshThe Comedy of ErrorsAngoor Do Dooni ChaarThe Taming of the ShrewJamai Raja AanH…
Sun 13 Sep 2015
Episode 014: Comic Book Entertainment
Show published: Aug 27, 2015 Download the show here Satish and Raghu talk about comic book movies, their recent TV interpretations.. and what has been accomplished with them in the desi sphere. Oh an…
Thu 27 Aug 2015
Episode 013: A Historical Take on Indian Cricket and IPL
Show published: Jul 29, 2015 Download the show here Examining the history of Indian Cricket (literally!) - all the way back from the 1900s and how today’s IPL parallels it all while taking it forward…
Wed 29 Jul 2015
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