Leftover Lasagne with Nitin & Tony

In the backdrop of the Ed Sheeran - Macklemore situation, and Neha Bora and the student protests in India, the lasagne boys sit down for episode 50 to talk about standing up for causes. Should one stand up for every cause? Should everyone stand up for a cause? Join us for a discussion that goes around in circles. Long live the revolution.

Attention span has gone to the dogs. We look at our phones 100s of times every day, and can't do without meaningless scrolling. What does all this distraction mean?

After the dust settled at the spirited Gen Z led protests at Jantar Mantar, where India's rich and famous gave a rather weak account of themselves, Nitin and Tony take a good sharp look at what it means to be a celebrity in the modern times of infinite attention economy. As Salman Khan would say "is it over bro" for our role models?

We notice the one dirty spot on the floor. We don’t notice the hundred that were cleaned.In this episode, we start with a simple question: why did many of us grow up hearing about apartheid, but never about Mabo?Why do we notice loud, visible problems but miss the quiet systems working underneath our lives. From history and news, to AI agreeing with us, to podcast edits, to relationships and housework, we explore why absence is harder to see than presence.If you’ve ever complained about one small mistake and ignored all the invisible effort around it, this one’s for you.We also talk about the excellent audio series Hi, I’m Eddie, which tells the story behind the Mabo decision:https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/discover/podcasts/hi-im-eddie

How important is the writing to the effectiveness of a movie? How much of creativity is art, and how much is science? Nitin and Tony enjoy the magic of great story-telling as they revisit a film they are both incredibly fond of - Christopher Nolan's The Prestige. If you like Leftover Lasagne, chances are you will enjoy Moolakadai - a relay short-story co-written by Tony, Nitin and best friend of the pod Prashant DP. Check it out: https://substack.com/home/post/p-185384796