Ever thought about how the world's largest democracy impacts the global balance of power and human rights? Or how difficult it can be to assess the political leanings of news sources? We take you on an enlightening journey through these complex topics, weaving personal stories and thoughtful insights along the way. Join us as we dive into the political landscape of India, influenced heavily by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We examine the challenges of maintaining cultural identity amidst political complexities. Our lively debate allows us to explore these perspectives, often conflicting with our loved ones, and reflect on the importance of understanding.
We continue exploring global issues that affect us all, emphasizing the significance of our personal experiences. We ponder over India's unique position in the global political arena, and the rise of the Indian diaspora in shaping the world. The conversation gets livelier as we playfully debate the fashion merits of footwear like crocs under a hypothetical "Najam administration" and the potential implications it could have. We share a chuckle, reminding ourselves that it's not all just about the serious stuff.
We then tap into the excitement of sports, discussing the MLB draft's first pick, 17-year-old Arjun Namal, and the growing power of Asian Americans in the field. We also touch upon the struggles of finding direction, the need for pushing back against oppressive forces, and the importance of standing up for what's right. This episode is a melting pot of formidable discussions, personal anecdotes, and a dash of humor. We hope you'll join us in this enlightening journey and broaden your understanding of the world around us.
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An often belittling term, "ABCD (American Born Confused Desi)" is being redefined in new livestream/podcast series American Born Chatty Desis hosted by internet personalities Sandeep Parikh (The Guild, The Legend of Neil) and Omar Najam (Dimension 20). The two hosts (and a sometimes exciting guest) engage in front of a live chat, with a fast and loose format where they check in with their chakras and debate over their American roots v. Desi heritage! Come for the light hearted commentary, stay for the deep insights into life from the second generation point of view. We're here, we barely speak Hindi, get used to it.
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For me.
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behind me.
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That would be.
They're all alive, right no?
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Um, what if there's Simon?
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and oh, oh it's Simon and oh.
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Sounds like I'm cereal hey hey everybody, how's
it going?
You're the host.
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Yeah, so I'm gonna be kicking this off.
Welcome to ABC.
Before we get into the meatpotatoes of this folks, I want
to introduce you to our co-hostthis week voted.
Most likely to be co-host it'sSandy Parikh.
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Wow, thank you so much.
It's great to live up to mythank you.
It's great to live up to myyearbook Superlative.
I'm so Excited and, look, I'mgonna just flip it right back to
introducing our host.
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He's, uh, oh, you know, a worldleader even.
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I just more, more facial hair,and the world demands it.
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That's like a cheeapet kind of situation.
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daisies.
It's a podcast within a livestream, within our lives.
It's two American born daisies.
It's a pod duck in.
This is for anyone out therewho, like us, is navigating your
cultural identity and you justwant to chat it out.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Yes, and on tap for today, we get we do this in
three parts baby.
Yeah, we got our chakracheck-in.
We just check, we check in ouralignment, and today we're
talking about the C and ABCD.
Okay, listen, in our showobviously we redefined it as
chatty, but originally it'sAmerican born confused daisies,
and there's something that Ithink we're both pretty confused
(02:27):
about and that's uh, that'snorendra modi, our the prime
minister of india, recentlyvisiting the united states,
having this joint pressconference with president biden,
and I just don't think wereally know how to entirely feel
about about it, or, you know,they see politics in general.
So, yeah, let's do what we dobest when we're confused.
We're gonna chat it out, we'regonna chat it out?
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Number number two is we play alittle game and we're gonna have
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and we we're gonna get thrownsome, some topics from, from our
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(03:13):
the show with desi of the week.
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I can see three days into the future.
I don't know if you know thisabout me and the show was, was
Incredible, it was so good.
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looking like.
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I only see things in like feelings.
Um so, uh, I'll let's just saythis stay inside on friday, okay
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Um, what are you feeling?
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that leads to my demise.
All right, folks?
Uh, let's head into our firstact.
It's the chuck or check in.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Oh, all right.
So yes, we're checking with ourchakras and I will say I think
we're going to get a little bitof a Very disaligned maybe on
this.
Um so, prime minister narendra,mohdi for those of you who don't
know who what we're talkingabout.
He is the 14th prime ministerof india.
He's been serving since may2014.
Under his tenure, india hasexperienced, you know, arguably
(07:52):
democratic, backsliding Um andhas been described as directing
a political politics and is acontroversial figure.
Uh, over his hindu nationalistbeliefs depending on if you're
asking my dad, though, you mightget a different explanation.
Most recently, mohdi's uh, pjpparty.
(08:13):
That's the party that that,that sort of that he leads.
Uh, they lost control in the2023 party.
Uh, uh, oh boy, uh, karnatakastate elections to india's
opposition congress party, whichkind of dealt a big blow to his
ruling party, um, and which hehad fought hard to to try to
(08:35):
retain that power.
So that's so that.
So there's there's someshifting um balance and power.
But, really, like he also justcame to the us and so I think
you know, in the like, seeingour president um with you know,
india's president, there's a lotthat to sort of like
potentially unpack there, orIndia's Prime Minister, rather a
(08:56):
lot to unpack there in terms ofwhere we live in this.
So, yeah, let's talk about thatin.
Whatever we want to, is this,is this something that?
How do, how do you sort ofdigest Indian politics?
Speaker 1 (09:11):
That's.
You know, that's what a greatfirst question to start with,
because here's the thing is.
I'm not quite sure what thebest sources of Indian politics
analysis is.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Oh it's my, it's my uncle.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Oh yes, Sorry.
Yeah, you're right.
Well, that's a question there.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Just called Dillip uncle.
Yeah he's sure to pick up.
He answers every call.
Even if he's in a, even if he'swatching like a play, he'll
answer the call just out loud.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Yeah, okay, so that gets a little bit of a chocker.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
I like.
It's hard for me to fullyunderstand the like best, like
even in the US.
I struggle to be like on anongoing basis what's the best
sources of information for ananalysis per topic?
This is the problem.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
Oh sorry, I just chomping with, just like,
because we were talking a littlebit about this before, which
was just like I don't know what,like even when I read an
article that's from like, say,the times of India or the
Hindustan times or whatever itis, I'm like oh, is this, is
this their liberal rag?
Is this the?
Yeah, because this their Foxylike I'm not totally sure yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
So I need to, I need to bone up on that, even it's
what I so my kind of attempt isand I should be better about it.
I understand, but like what Iessentially do is I'll try to
look at like three different newsources.
So I'll be like what's BBCsaying, what's maybe?
Speaker 2 (10:46):
like our.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
NPR station saying, and then like what's a local
Indian source saying, and thenstart to look at the scatter
shot.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
You triangulate, you try to triangulate a position,
exactly yeah exactly, and it'snot always easy.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
And then from there I'll kind of like sometimes talk
to family or friends and getlike their impression and that
gives me more of the culturalheartbeat of what's happening,
because also a lot of my familyI don't agree with politically
and so it really is just gettingthat pulse and then I, you know
, can come to my conclusionsfrom there.
So how about you?
Speaker 2 (11:26):
I go to this random blog that I found, okay, that
describes whether or not youknow what, what the political
views of the, of the, thenewspapers are.
Oh really, yeah.
So, because I always forget.
And then I'm like, oh yeah, itsays here that's right under,
(11:46):
listed under centrist or centerleft or whatever.
You know, the telegraph is veryleft, you know right.
So it'll sort of sort of tellme.
But then I'm like, wait, can Itrust this block, Right?
I don't know.
I don't know what are theycenter left?
Are they?
Are they extreme, right?
I don't know.
So I mean, this is, it's achallenging, challenging thing.
(12:10):
I just know that.
Here's what I know.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Yeah, what do you?
Speaker 2 (12:15):
know.
Here's what I know.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Yeah, I love my dad, I love, I love my dad.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
I know that I love the matter.
Yes, okay, yeah, the man.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
This hits me in the heart chakra because I, you know
, my dad is a, is a is a liberalAmerican voter.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Right.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
He voted for.
He voted for Biden's, I mean.
I guess that depends on whereyou are for on the left spectrum
whether you consider that level, but you know he's always voted
Democrat.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Yeah, on the binary Right.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Yeah, on the binary, exactly.
But you know, is a proud outloud supporter of Modi, right,
and you know, when I try toengage him on the topic it's
challenging.
We get into some big arguments,because I have a tough time
(13:10):
with statements like you knowwell, it should.
You know it's time to just getthe Muslims out, right.
Or you know these brazenstatements I'm like that's not
you who?
Yeah, you, this is not the dadI was raised Like what is going
on here and I, yes, and so it'seven if, even if there is a
(13:36):
world in which Modi has done alot of good for India, you know
in terms of like bringing us upto speed or bringing India up to
speed, like technologically andhelping with you know
corruption, or getting the dirtymoney out or the black money
out.
They called it that he did andlike there's you know, suppose
(14:00):
you know Santa, santa Sanitationhas been good.
Like there's good, supposed youknow economically good things
that he's done.
It's hard for me when therhetoric right.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
That's it, yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
It's like when the rhetoric is so separatist or
like you know.
Oh, we're not just saying it,we're not just trying to get our
sanitation up to do, we'retrying to sanitize the country
from Right.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
It gets very scary.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
That's when you're like that is not OK.
Yeah, and I hear it from from alot of folks.
It, you know, maybe notnecessarily my dad saying that
specific thing, but I hear itfrom his group.
I hear it from the you know aCD.
I get the email chain sent overto me.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
The what's that notification.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
The what's that notifications and you're just
like this can't be good, yeah,so that's that's sort of where I
, where I, where I land withthat.
At the same time, you're likewell, india is a a linchpin
nation.
You know, india is the largestdemocracy in the world and I
(15:06):
feel very at this.
You know, moldy being at thehead of it makes it challenging
for me to like want to engage,because I know it's going to put
me in direct conflict with thevery ones that I love, yeah, and
so I, in some ways, I've beentrying to almost ignore it and
just kind of like, you know,just sort of drown it out and
(15:29):
that's.
I think what I'm realizing isthat's not OK, I can't, I can't,
I can't do that.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
It's so interesting because, like for a while I and
we and this is sort of the right, like you said, the confused
part.
Like you know, I live in theStates.
I've only really visited Indiaa couple times.
So for a while I was kind oflike, but where is my presence
in this conversation and howneeded is that aside from
(15:55):
outside?
You know perspective.
And then the conversationswithin my family started to
shift a little bit to the partwhere my dad expressed that he
was uncomfortable and he's fromPakistan, grew up in England but
is originally from Pakistan andwas talking about how a lot of
the anti Muslim sentiment andthe anti Pakistani sentiment is
(16:16):
like here's it.
And if it's enough for him tohear I was like, oh, that's
getting bad.
And then it occurred to me oneday where I was like, oh, I'm
half.
Oh wait, when I go to Indiathis could be a problem.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Yeah, what happens there does not stay there either
, you know exactly, yeah, wherethey are, yeah, yeah.
Sorry.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
No good, I mean like not that, like any rhetoric
where it's like we areculturally going to discriminate
is ever okay, but I think thatI was like I can talk about
something outside and thensuddenly I was like, wait a
second, no, I'm actuallydirectly affected by this.
Like I can speak of someonewho's like oh, I don't know if I
can go to like a wedding withthe way that things operate and
(16:57):
the way that people are talking,and it would take you all of
point two seconds to look up howschools are being affected, how
the way that most people inIndia dress affects their safety
on a fundamental basis, andthat entire dialogue is the kind
of thing where I feel like wesaw a lot of world leaders
(17:21):
during COVID.
We're just like I'll actuallyfind a different problem to
focus on, because I'm not goingto beat this and I don't want to
lose votes.
So, yeah, it's a thing that'snow become like a pretty big
topic in my family in terms ofus being like we actually do
need to talk about this.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
Yeah, and I think the you know, the thing that I'm
realizing too is that, likeIndia is even just like on a
global scale, right, it is thelargest democracy, not the most
populous place in the world it'sprojecting to be.
It's one of the only you know,one of the only major
(17:59):
democracies that are producing,actually producing more children
, like, literally.
Like you know, populations aredeclining elsewhere, not not in
India, which means there was aninteresting graphic that I just
saw, the saw recently, where itshows like the population of
(18:20):
Indians into the of the world in2050.
It sort of shows like the ages,like the general ages of the
population, meaning that like,so, if you take they called it
prime age, which is, like youknow, I assume, 2030s, like how
young you are, like in terms ofworkforce, something that India
(18:40):
is going to be like at the top,and so in 2050, and you know, us
is kind of still up there,china still up there, but like
India is going to grow massivelythere and it's like a huge
demographic shift and expertsare saying that like, oh, that's
going to change global balanceof power and right now, india is
(19:02):
this really it's politically sointeresting because it doesn't
take a lot like.
I listened to this whole podcast, which you guys should, should,
listen to, by Mohammed Zee Sean.
Incredible, but India tends tobe neutral on, yeah, on so much,
and yet it's the world'sdemocracy.
And so if they're not standingup for human rights in, say,
(19:24):
yemen, or, you know, in these,you know in these African
countries that are in civil war,like if they're going to become
this economic global powerhouse, right yeah, like they need to.
We want them and us, I guess, byvirtue of that, them, us to be
on the right side of the humanrights.
(19:45):
Yes Coin right, yeah, thatshould be, that should be
important to us in the diaspora,even in the, you know, in the
ABCD, confused diaspora.
Like, yes, because, becausethat is going to represent us.
Like, think about, think aboutthe, you know, our Chinese
American friends and theirrelationship to their, to their
(20:06):
home country's government.
Yeah, it's not a great one formost of them.
Like, they're not going back,they're not sitting there, going
like, oh, I love you know, Ilove our communist autocratic
state.
Right, yeah, but like, but likeIndia, it's like a point of
pride, right To be.
Like, oh, india is like thelargest democracy in the world.
Like we're on the right side youknow we're pushed and so we're
(20:28):
at this tenuous place, rightwhen it could kind of shift, and
so our voices.
I think it's just.
If there's anything I wanted tocome out of this with and to
say to other confused, they seeis like me is that we can't, we
can't sit by and ignore itbecause, we feel like it's hard
(20:51):
for us to engage in it.
I think it's incumbent upon usto engage in it, yes, and so I'm
just going to hold myselfaccountable by saying let's get
more engaged in it.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
Oh, I love that you know.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
I love that you know at least an understanding of it.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Yeah, I'm going to throw up Third Eye Shocker for
this one, then, like, I thinkthat it is in terms of like that
being the basis of like takingyour energy and putting it there
.
Uh, that's, that's very, verytrue.
It's a thing to like because,again, zero point two seconds of
Googling the way that judgeshave immunity in India is a huge
(21:27):
element, and if this is thefoundation of how things are
going to be built.
it's going to make.
It's going to make a lot of theways that we get around having
a functioning society in Americalook like a joke, like, yeah,
to put it as easily as possible,so, yeah, yeah, taking a lot
(21:47):
more accountability and beingpresent in that conversation.
That's how we kind of started,where we both were like, well,
we're ABCDs, and now it's likeno, we are involved.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Like do you get this a lot?
I mean, I'm sure you get this alot.
Like, oh, you just don't.
Like yeah, you do, you don'tunderstand.
But better you don't just keepyour head out, like just I used
to you don't get it.
You've been born, you've beenin America your whole life.
You don't.
This doesn't.
How would you know?
You don't come here.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
You don't know and it's just a good thing where
I'll absorb it.
And now I will give thepushback of like right, but
imagine if this was you like.
Imagine if you were walkinghome from your university or
something like.
I'll actually give like that.
No, this is logical, like humanrights is not like some, like
very specific niche, likeinsight.
And yeah, it's been a thing thatI've had to kind of get to and
(22:32):
I'm now so comfortable with itwith my cousins and aunties and
uncles, just like when they I'llgive them pushback now Because
I get.
I get that all the time.
I get that all the time.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
Yeah, I think, and I think it's important to push
back and I think it's importantto get informed.
I you know I will say this.
Listening to that podcast, Ilearned so much from it.
I'm going to throw a couplelittle just a couple little
facts at you.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Yeah, or any with them.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
You get you, I'll say true or false, right A true or
false, ok.
Ok, then I learned from thisthing.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
OK.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
This is kind of I learned some wild things, true
or false.
More people speak English inthe US than India.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
I'll say true.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
The more people speak English in the US than India.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
There's more English speakers in the US than there
are English speakers in India,and it's false.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
No, there are more, yeah, just in sheer number Now,
obviously not percentage RightClose.
But more people speak Englishand India than in the US.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
OK, ok, you know the other one of these, yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
OK, ok, all right, but we're having fun, we're
having fun, we're having fun,this is fun.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Ok, democracy is at stake.
Here we go.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
There we go.
India has a minority populationthe size of Brazil.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
The, nor so the minority population.
So like what's that?
Like non Hindu, non indigenousHindu?
Yeah, population is thepopulation of Brazil.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Yeah, or smaller is is is the size of the country,
brazil size of the populationit's true Bing, bing, bing,
correct, correct, like thatwhole Brazil of minority.
Brazil of minority.
So when we're talking about theminority population, that's
being, you know, called out andpersecuted or made to feel
(24:20):
unwelcome we're talking about anentire nation, you know, brazil
size, nation of people, holysmokes.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
Right, it starts to give you some perspective?
Speaker 2 (24:29):
OK, you want some more.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Let's get some more.
Let's get some more.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
OK, ok, ok, OK.
This is the percent ofprofessors at Indian
universities that come fromoutside of India.
Speaker 1 (24:48):
OK, I can give you a few.
So this is interesting, yes,this.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
I'm going to tell yeah, why don't you guess?
Yeah, the percent of professorsat Indian universities that
come from outside of India,Obviously speaking to the idea
of, you know, bringing in newideas.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Yeah diverse.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
You know viewpoints and you know teaching the the.
You know who's going to be thenext leaders in India.
Right, right, what's theprofessor's perspective?
Speaker 1 (25:16):
Yeah, I'm going to say 38 percent.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
That might be closer to what the American number is.
I'm actually even sure, butit's five percent of professors.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
Five.
So so professors in Indianuniversities, 95 percent are are
from India from India.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
So meaning they don't necessarily get a very global
perspective.
That's a lot of what you know,mr Mohamed Zee Shan, who was
talking about in his, in his,like a political science, he,
you know, he went to ColumbiaUniversity and has all this
incredible, vast knowledge aboutforeign policy in India and it
just it speaks to.
You know, the, the, the, the.
(25:57):
The scale of the issue we'retalking about, which is, yeah,
if we want India to be ademocracy that's going to lead
the world, then it needs to berepresented.
Representative of aheterogeneous yeah, like you
know, that works together theminority population, the
(26:19):
majority population.
That, like, just you know youdon't need to know Society, yeah
you don't need to know facts,you know and figures to just
sort of understand the moralityof that.
Right Like that, we want Peoplein the minority population of
whatever country that they areliving in to be represented in
the leadership so that there canbe laws that make sure that
(26:40):
they are Taking care of and havea voice.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Right, yeah, there's sort of like a double edged
fallacy in a way.
Right With this, and then Ipromise you everyone the next
segment will be funny.
But like, but like, like.
It's a thing where, like you onsome level want to, when we're
talking about other cultures asAmericans, that like you want to
(27:04):
protect other cultures fromimperialism and colonialism,
just because that's it, like wego in and we're like everyone
now drinks Coca-Cola and youlove the American army.
That's like a thing that Americadoes around the world, but the
other, and so, when people arejust like we were cutting, that
we're going to protect whatmakes India, india right, like
we're going to keep India great,the other side of that sword
(27:25):
right, the other side of thatedge, is anyone who challenges
the ideas of the people whodefine what makes India, india,
are a threat.
And so you have people atuniversities, you have people
who are trying to push societyforward, to fight for human
rights, anything that.
Then those people and it's noteven questioning Indian values,
(27:47):
because there's the entireparadox of, like the Hindu
extremists who are like nosexuality and you're like dog,
look at your temple, like thisis who you're coming after,
really, but it is that fact ofwhoever gets to define Indian
identity holds the power to thensay we need to punish anyone
who questions the power I have,and that's the big issue and
(28:10):
that's the scary thing Likeyou're saying, in 2050, if
that's the case, it needs to bean open, breathing, healthy,
progressing society, versus onethat's holding on to this
sentiment, and anyone who saysyou're disagreeing with this
ambiguous sentiment, we're goingto punish you with physical
(28:31):
violence, with oppression, thatyou can't do that, and so that's
why those numbers are a littlescary to me.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
Yeah, yeah.
Well, ok, speaking of the nextsegment do we feel like we've?
Exhausted this Like have wetalked out this confusion enough
?
I mean, probably not.
This probably just scrapes thesurface in some ways.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
I like the.
I like the, the landing groundof.
Let's get involved in theconversation.
Yeah, let's take up that space.
Let's get there and if you arelike I know, but like I'm not,
you know, like I don't live inKolkata or something like that,
no, get involved.
Read as much news as you can,absorb as much as you can.
I'm going to be dedicated to it.
I'm going to be talking to myfamily.
I need to visit more.
Like it is something that'sgoing to affect all of us.
(29:14):
I'm going to be in 2050, I hope.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
I'll say this about the Indian diaspora right, we're
the largest diaspora in theworld, we're large, and Indians
in the diaspora become leadersof the free world.
This is true, right, like, yeah, you know, we got Kamala auntie
.
Yeah right, we're running.
Yeah, we're running Londonright now.
I think New Zealand right andwe got some.
(29:38):
We got some folks in the upperechelons in New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
I mean like that's in Canada doing stuff, yeah, but
it's true.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
But it's true and it's true, and that just means
it gives, you know, indiaincentive to stand up for
democracies, because then theycan, yes, in treat more easily
with democratic nations, and soit's important for us to care
about the democratic health ofthe world.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
That's all I'll say.
That's it.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
That's all, that's all I've under, that's all I've
been understanding in my reallybasic research.
But all right, listen, but Omar.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
Yes, Omar.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
What if we were politicians?
Speaker 1 (30:14):
What if we were politicians?
Speaker 2 (30:16):
That would be bad for the world.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
It would be terrible for the world that would be
absolutely terrible for theworld.
Speaker 2 (30:23):
It's because let's find out, because we're about to
have our ABCD prime ministerdebate.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
This is ABCD span.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
Seven thousand dollars, folks, that's how much
we've been coming in true Seventhousand seven.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
Yeah, we let we like.
Took a loan out on the Patreon.
Yeah he's brought to the bankLike here's how many patrons we
have and now we have to pay itback for the next, like 40 years
.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
But they own the Patreon.
The bank owns the Patreon.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
Oh man, that's amazing.
All right, we're here, ABCD.
Yes, here we are.
Speaker 3 (31:02):
So, for the debate twenty twenty three prime
minister election.
Omar, you are, of course theincumbent current prime minister
of.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
ABCD, as decided in the previous episode, sandy you
are here to challenge Omar andhis device in politics.
Speaker 3 (31:18):
So we're going to give you my opponent.
We're going to give you oneminute.
Who's your opponent?
Speaker 2 (31:23):
Sandy, and I said well, let's be simple, let's be
simple.
Speaker 3 (31:29):
So we're going to do it one minute time.
I know your responses thesetimes.
So you got to keep it succinct,you got to keep it, keep it
tight, the big style I got it.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
I just want to be clear.
I was saying boot like you'remy boo man.
I was like this is like it waslike a term of endearment.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
It's already flip flopping, already flip flopping.
So we're going to get, we'regoing to get, like an, we're
going to get a thing to argue.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
Yeah, so I'm going to present the topic to you, yeah,
omar, as the prime minister,who currently studying policy,
will define and defend yourpolicy in some deep you will.
You'll then retort with yourstance on the issue, probably,
probably opposite, and otherwise, if you all agree, why should
they elect in the first place?
Speaker 2 (32:10):
OK, so I have to take the opposite.
Speaker 3 (32:11):
You have to take the opposite, I'm just saying like
you're not going to get electedif you just agree with it.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
I don't react, so like you know, if I make a good
point.
Let me run.
Speaker 2 (32:19):
I'm just going to agree the whole time.
Speaker 3 (32:21):
Yeah, one minute, just congratulate him, I just
want to be.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
It's going to be clear to the listeners at home,
and listeners live right now.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
Yeah it's.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
I mean, I think it will become fairly self-evident,
but we have not been shownthese categories.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
We have no idea what's going on.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
No, he was coming up so I'm sure I'm being occupied,
dave.
Speaker 1 (32:40):
Chappelle again.
I swear to God.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
All right, all right, let's go.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
First topic yeah Rocks have become a very
divisive thing on our show andin our culture today.
No going forward.
Do we excommunicate those whobear crocs or we make crocs
mandatory?
Speaker 1 (33:04):
Folks, hi, how's it going?
Your prime minister again.
It's so good to see you Listen.
You get up in the morning andyou have so many decisions to
make.
What you're gonna have forbreakfast?
Well, podcast you're gonna puton, probably ABCD.
That's what I listen to everymorning.
You know what decision I don'twant to make?
What am I gonna wear on my feeton my way out?
(33:24):
Jouples, converse, a mixture ofconverse, jouples those don't
exist.
Oh no, I have a headache.
Folks, let me make thisdecision easy.
It's crocs 24-7.
Only crocs.
Don't worry about the toughstuff.
That's what the government'sfor.
So me, as prime minister, I'lltake care of the difficult
(33:47):
decisions so you can take therest of your time hanging out
with your family or avoidingthem.
Either way, you're wearingcrocs.
Vote for me.
The rest of the time I donateto Sandeep.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Wow, how generous for someone who's trying to
autocratically command what typeof footwear you adorn yourself
every day.
I mean again, once again, theNajam administration from the
very top.
You're hearing it, people.
He wants to take away yourchoice in shoe.
Now are crocs awesome?
(34:27):
I'm a dad, of course they'reawesome.
I love my crocs.
They're incredible.
All these croc haters, get overit, just get over it.
It's weak.
But to demand that everyoneshould be wearing crocs at all
times and to give, to take thechoice away from the people in
the free market, this is anoutrage.
(34:49):
This is an absolute outrage.
You know that boo that was soendearing earlier has turned
into real booze.
I can't believe that you'd wantto force people to wear the
polka dotted whole shoes at alltimes.
This is disgusting, this is anoverreach and this is just
(35:10):
indicative of what a life underthat would continue under a
Najam administration would belike.
Speaker 3 (35:16):
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, mr Bariq.
Mr Bariq, I'm sorry, that'syour time, that's your time.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
I have 10 more things to say.
I wasn't just repeating myself.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Is that so we each get one, or is there a chance I
could kind of pop in and justgive a little?
Speaker 2 (35:35):
He gets a rebuttal yeah.
Speaker 3 (35:37):
But if that's it, if that's all we got, that's all we
got the plan here is you'regoing to get your one minute, a
piece each time, omar?
You have a large advantagebeing able to set your policy
right off the bat.
So giving you the opportunityto also retort is just a bit too
much for the ruling party.
Perhaps you can set that as anew law going forward if you
maintain the office.
Speaker 1 (35:51):
Yeah, but I could stay in power.
Okay, I'll let the peopledecide.
I'll let the people decide Allright.
Speaker 3 (35:59):
Next topic up here Family members who are on
extreme opposite sides of thepolitical spectrum.
From you, do they get secondsfor dessert?
Speaker 2 (36:09):
Is this?
Who's this?
Go to you.
Speaker 3 (36:12):
Yes, there's always the Omar to start with.
This is right now.
Speaker 1 (36:15):
Got it Okay.
Folks you have so much to worryabout these days.
You get up in the morningYou're like what kind of podcast
I listen to?
I know for me it's ABCD.
But one thing you shouldn'thave to worry about is how to
tell your family that they needto reflect on their political
(36:38):
viewpoints and how they describethem and decide them, which is
why I'm looking to put out a newlaw, a law that says folks who
have an extreme politicalreaction to you, they don't get
seconds in dessert.
Now they can have the first.
That's quite all right, butsecond, that's going to take
some harmonious dialogue thatthey will be the ones to
(36:58):
initiate.
It's an odd way to go aboutthis, but I'm looking to have a
society that works together and,hopefully, eats seconds
together.
The rest of my time is donated,Sorry.
Speaker 3 (37:13):
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
So, Mr Prime Minister, you'reout of time.
Speaker 2 (37:16):
I'm not even sure what you're saying.
Are you saying you're progiving them seconds?
Speaker 1 (37:21):
If they change their ways.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
Wow, once again, the regulation of free speech and
free consumption of deliciousgoods is is is large and in
charge.
He's all about regulatingeverything.
This is again, what disgustingbehavior by by.
Listen, if it's up to me, theonly way, the only way we're
(37:48):
going to work together is if andand to get into those messy
parts of the, the, those, thosesticky areas that we don't want
to talk about is if we'resharing some glob jamun.
Obviously, let's get.
Let's get through the stickyparts by smothering sticky glob
jamun into each other's mouths.
(38:09):
Yes, this is this is how theworld is going to come together,
and, and, and and.
Stick like Russ Malaya at theroof of your mouth is if we
share desserts, and, and, andour differences.
Speaker 1 (38:27):
My goodness.
Speaker 3 (38:31):
My appetite is gone.
Speaker 1 (38:32):
I know rebutable, my appetite is gone.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
No ad hominem attack by the Nijam administration.
Speaker 3 (38:42):
Next up here.
So, as part of the culturalreeducation of our community,
we're going to be setting amovie as a mandatory watch.
Okay, will that movie be Barbieor Up and Hymer, and why?
Speaker 1 (39:04):
Folks, I love having a good time as much as you truly
, I do.
I wake up in the morning.
I listen to ABC every singlemorning.
But listen, folks.
Speaker 3 (39:17):
Sometimes sometimes it's not a good time, like, for
example, our history.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
We've done things as a country that we need to really
take some some time and reflecton and and, hey, I wish I could
sit everybody down and enjoy aflick feature in the talented
Ryan Gosling, but I do thinkit's, it's it's.
We need to talk about warfare,what that does to people and how
affects other countries and howwe got there.
(39:43):
So so, please, please, watchBarbie.
I'm not going to make you do it, but please watch Barbie.
But we are going to sit down asa nation and we are going to
watch Up and Hymer all fivemiles of film of it and we're
going to have a seriousdiscussion.
Yeah, the rest of my time goesto Sandy.
Speaker 3 (40:01):
You have no time remaining on, mr Minister, but
thank you, that's very.
Speaker 1 (40:04):
I said what I said, yeah.
Speaker 3 (40:07):
Yeah, all right, mr Brick, the floor is yours.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
The, the clearly anti women stance.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (40:17):
Of Mr Nijam's fascist regime is just full born in
front of us.
Can you believe this?
Of course you know.
Directed by Greta Gerwig, that'sa threat to the Nijam
administration Clearly Wow.
So at our table we are, we are.
We are watching Barbie, we areenjoying this, this clever take
(40:43):
on on a beloved, if problematic,old toy, that that that so many
grew up with.
And the reframe, the brilliantreframing that Greta Gerwig is
going to do, is the type ofreframing we need to think about
for our country.
We need a reframe out of thisoppressive up and Hymer is
(41:10):
disgusting authoritarian bootson our neck administration.
I have so many more adjectivesto read though I have seven more
adjectives I have to break.
Speaker 3 (41:23):
Did somebody grab the mic Please?
Speaker 2 (41:25):
Fine, fine, fine.
I rest my case.
We're watching Barbie.
Speaker 1 (41:28):
I'm sorry.
One second Ring, ring, ring,hold on.
Hello, miss Emily Blunt.
Oh yeah, he's just ignoring thewhole fact that you're in this
movie.
Yeah, I'm sorry about that.
Speaker 3 (41:36):
Yeah, I'm sorry about that.
Speaker 2 (41:37):
I'm a credited ace on the bill.
Speaker 3 (41:43):
I think they would rubber down a junior.
We have to make sure that Matt.
Speaker 2 (41:45):
Damon was in.
Speaker 1 (41:48):
We have to make after after interstellar, we had to
make sure we had a surprise,matt Damon.
Speaker 3 (41:54):
Yeah, all right.
Next up, the legislature hasnailed down our new national
theme song to two possibleoptions.
Okay, you've got your line ofveto power to decide which of
these bounces are new nationalthing going forward.
Will it be my East servicesparty in the USA or rebel blacks
Friday, and why?
Speaker 1 (42:15):
Now, folks, it's important to look forward to
something.
You know me, I wake up everymorning.
I look forward to listening toABCD podcast.
The petition is the key, it'simportant to have direction and
I want us to have direction,which is why I'm saying Rebecca
(42:36):
Black's Friday is the directionwe're gonna go in.
It's Friday, it's Friday, nomatter what day it is.
It's good news that Friday'scoming down the road.
Now, maybe it's a Monday heyFriday's coming.
Maybe it's Tuesday hey Friday'scoming.
Wednesday, thursday Friday'scoming, it's Friday.
Well, guess what?
The song's right?
It is Friday, saturday.
Hey, friday was yesterdaySunday.
That's not too bad, but don'tworry, friday will come down the
(42:57):
road, so I'm gonna go Friday.
It gives us something to unifyand to celebrate.
And also I'd like to say thatMiley Cyrus says that she lands
at LAX and is able to see theHollywood sun while she's
turning right onto four or fiveor something like that.
That's not how you get aroundLAX.
Four or five don't work likethat.
That's so silly.
I relinquish the rest of mytime.
Speaker 3 (43:16):
Thank you as, again, you have no time remaining, mr
Prime Minister, but thank youfor taking to your allotted time
Mr Parikh the floor is yours.
Speaker 2 (43:24):
Which song has USA in it over and over again?
Which song is more patriotic?
I think the answer is obvious.
I mean my tummy's turning everytime I hear Mr Najam speak of
his croc edict and his forcedshodding of the American people.
(43:49):
I'm feeling kind of homesick ofa world where we aren't forced
to consume Oppenheimer, you know, like that Stanley Kubrick
movie that I can't rememberright now with our eyes peeled
(44:09):
open, barry Lyndon.
There's too much pressure andI'm nervous of a world in which,
you know, we don't have therights to watch a female film.
You know, this is terrible andthe Jay-Z song was on, and the
Jay-Z song was on Mr Parikh, ifyou could please respond.
(44:32):
I put my hands up.
Speaker 3 (44:33):
You know what you're going to do and then play my
song, the butterflies fly away,I'm nodding my head like yeah.
I'm moving my lips like yeah.
Speaker 2 (44:43):
The party in the USA.
It's a party in the USA.
Speaker 1 (44:47):
Where those butterflies gonna go.
Where those butterflies gonnago, you making a fly away.
Speaker 3 (44:52):
They just settled Interesting, interesting,
interesting, all right, Allright, this is the final topic
we have here.
Speaker 2 (44:58):
This word salad, I've seen a presidential debate.
Speaker 3 (45:02):
I know how these work .
The last and not least, this isprobably the most divisive
topic we have here.
Speaker 1 (45:07):
Oh no.
Speaker 3 (45:08):
May and or shall would Chuck Chuck would, and if
so, how much would may or shallthey chuck, If said, would chuck
, can chuck would?
Speaker 1 (45:20):
Now I'm of the firm belief that that you could do
anything you want if you putyour heart to it.
Now you know, every morning Iwake up it's not easy, it's a
struggle.
Sometimes I get that, I get up.
Sometimes it takes me a coupleminutes to get my ABCD podcast
going every single morning.
But let me tell you what Awoodchuck can chuck as much wood
(45:45):
as you want.
Now I know I'll put a lot ofregulations in place.
That scares some folks, but I'mhere just to make the hard
decisions, so you don't have to.
I'm here to answer that call at2 am, so you don't have to.
I'm here to do the things thatnight that are quite frankly
illegal for a government to do.
So you don't have to or knowabout it.
And yeah, we'll profit fromthose decisions.
(46:06):
You won't.
You don't have to.
I think a woodchuck chuck.
A woodchuck chuck as much as awoodchuck wants.
Because hell, this is Americaand it ain't just a party in the
USA, it's a family in the USA.
Thank you very much.
I relinquished the two secondsI had.
Speaker 3 (46:22):
All right, mr Parikh Laura Shores.
Speaker 2 (46:24):
I don't think the question is how much would a
woodchuck chuck?
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
The question is literally awoodchuck.
Can a woodchuck chuck wood inthis climate, with no health
care?
Yeah, you know.
You know, with the minimum wagestagnating, in a world where
(46:47):
we're dealing with inflation,the woodchuck can't even support
its woodchuck family right now.
It's got a hole.
It's got to be chucking wood.
It's got to be a greeter atWalmart.
It's got to be waiting tables.
It's got to be doing three jobsat the same time just to make a
living in a nijam led world.
It's time, if the woodchucks us, all woodchucks out there, we
(47:07):
got to look each other in theeye.
We got to stop chucking woodfor the man and the man is nijam
, it's in his name and and allletters of man are in his name.
And he's the man and he'sholding us down and we're not
going to be able to chuck.
We're not chucking wood for youanymore.
We're going on strike.
The woodchucks are going onstrike.
Speaker 3 (47:30):
So that concludes our topics.
Wow, you started the electionin which, yet at this time, I
like that you really embracedthe autocracy.
Speaker 2 (47:41):
You were like, yeah, I regulate, yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's.
Yeah, I'm going to be the onethat profits.
I think I have to.
I respect that.
Speaker 1 (47:55):
I have to.
I don't want you to have toworry about that.
Speaker 2 (47:58):
You know I, yeah it's so much harder to do your taxes
when you have too much.
Speaker 1 (48:01):
Let us have all your information but still not
process your taxes for you.
Speaker 2 (48:06):
Wow, everyone's going for Omar and Jom.
I can't believe you guys arejust all anti labor.
This is really something.
But listen to that At a time.
Speaker 1 (48:14):
He's watching.
He's over your shoulder in thevoting booth, whispering in your
ear like the Elzebub himself.
Don't let him do that.
I want you to vote with yourheart.
I want you to vote with yourheart, ok.
Speaker 2 (48:29):
You got to do that for the four right now.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (48:33):
Whether you're sitting in the front seat,
whether you're sitting in theback seat, it's Friday.
It's Friday Going to get down.
It's Friday.
Speaker 2 (48:42):
I'll tell you, it'll be a single party in the USA If
Omar and Jom is able to keep uphis voter suppression tactics
fewer choices you got to make.
Speaker 1 (48:52):
Now you can focus on your family.
You can focus on which flavorDoritos you kids want.
I have based this entirecharacter off of one ad.
That was the Scottish politicalad, where it's like you clearly
have too much to worry about.
Let us tell you how to vote.
Speaker 2 (49:08):
Oh my gosh, that's amazing.
Oh God, yeah, clearly, I thinkthe thing I learned is that both
of us would be terriblepoliticians.
Speaker 1 (49:19):
That's, that's for sure.
Yep, yeah, and by that we'd begreat.
Speaker 2 (49:24):
Right.
Speaker 1 (49:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (49:26):
I mean, we certainly have the gift of just talking
until someone tells us to stop.
Speaker 1 (49:31):
Yeah, which is like I feel like kind of, all you need
you, me and Ted Cruz, all weneed is just like one one
outdated pop culture referenceand that really would solidify
to us is like a working senator.
Speaker 2 (49:44):
Well, you know, Mr.
Speaker 1 (49:45):
Burns.
Speaker 2 (49:45):
one Tom said All right, where's the vote at?
What are we doing here?
Speaker 3 (49:51):
It's currently at five to six.
Speaker 2 (49:53):
We're about time All right, so we'll let it go, we're
going to let it run, we'll letit run.
While we move to Desi of theweek.
Speaker 1 (50:05):
Yes, oh, I'm so excited about this.
This week, our day to the weekis totally not political.
We are going over to somebeautiful summertime sports.
Are you ready for this, sandy?
Speaker 2 (50:18):
Oh, I'm ready, I know you're a fan, I'm so excited we
are talking about Arjun themall.
Yes.
Speaker 1 (50:26):
Yes, yes, yes.
The Toronto Blue Jays selectedhigh school shortstop Arjun
Namal with the number 20 pick inthis year's MLB amateur draft.
Arjun the mall Arjun the malljust an incredible, incredible,
incredible player at age 17.
They're one of the youngestplayers in this year's class and
(50:49):
the Blue Jays are betting thathe'll mature into an even more
powerful player.
The Blue Jays amateur scoutingdirector, shane Farrell, said
the team favored the shortstopout of Strawberry Crest High
School in Dover, florida,because his tool package
combined with the age andoverall and overall upside.
Speaker 2 (51:06):
And he makes a mean biryani I think the team needs
it.
Speaker 1 (51:13):
But an absolute powerhouse of an athlete.
Speaker 2 (51:17):
How cool is this.
Yes, we have an Indian dudevoted, or sorry, drafted, in the
first round of the freaking MLBdraft.
Speaker 1 (51:28):
But why?
Speaker 2 (51:29):
so cool.
I mean not in, certainly never.
I don't think ever happened.
When I was younger I would haveflipped out like I was the kid.
I don't know if you youidentify with it.
I'm a huge baseball fan.
I was the kid that laid out allmy baseball cards, memorized the
stats, would just like sitthere all day as if it was my
office, like sorting my baseballcards.
Like you moneyball I, Imoneyballed.
(51:51):
I just I just loved immersingmyself in baseball.
So like if I had, you know, anArjun Namal a card, yeah, I
would be like I would.
I would be freaking.
I'm going to get, I'mdefinitely going to get his card
.
I haven't got a baseball cardin so long that I'm getting this
dude's baseball card come hellor high water, I hope.
You know you never know.
With draft picks, especially inthe MLB, it's very, you know,
(52:15):
no one's guaranteed anythingbecause he's the kid 17.
But this is really sweet,fucking cool for me.
You know, for me personally,and I know that's why he did.
It was for me, but this is, I'mjust loving it, he.
So I'll give you some morestats.
He was ranked number eight onthe athletics top 10, top 100
prospects.
OK that's huge.
And let's see his high schoolcoach not biased at all said I
(52:40):
don't think I've ever seenanybody hit with the same amount
of power that Arjun is with.
Like I love that he's a powerhitter too.
Like he's not like you know,and bless each year, each year,
his heart, you know.
But like yeah, I would haveguessed if the first Indian dude
to be like yeah, drafted, wouldhave been like a slap hitter.
Like that would have been mylike a slap hitting.
Like amazing shortstop who likebarely hits 250.
(53:02):
No, the student hits for powerand average like that is so
fucking cool we're used to like.
Speaker 1 (53:08):
We're used to like like my parents would be like
did you hear about the like theIndian athlete?
I'm like oh, which one themascot Like.
So that's where we.
Speaker 2 (53:19):
That's the realm we plan.
Speaker 1 (53:20):
This is amazing.
This is massive.
I'm so excited for this entirecareer.
Speaker 2 (53:25):
I'm bummed he's on the blue jays because I'm
obviously a red sex fan, butlook, it is just big he's.
He's the 20th pick which, atslot value, is 3.7 million 5
million bucks.
Speaker 1 (53:35):
So holy smokes.
Speaker 2 (53:38):
I'm not just saying this that he invests and becomes
a patreon on our show at thehighest one million dollar tier.
Speaker 1 (53:43):
Yeah, but you wouldn't miss it.
You wouldn't miss it.
Speaker 2 (53:47):
Where I just like.
Any time you text me, I show upwith whatever food you, you,
you home cooked food you want.
That's.
That's what the one milliondollar tier is Just become your
and also the cameo servant.
Fucking prime ministers, man,they just sit back and do
whatever.
Yeah, but very cool, we'resuper stoked.
(54:09):
Good time for for it, for youknow, indian Americans.
And sports, yes, right nowthere's also the major league
cricket.
Speaker 1 (54:18):
It's just starting up this year, so you know, this is
cool, this is wild.
Speaker 2 (54:23):
By the way, we might talk about this more and more in
depth later, but there is an LAmajor league cricket team
called I feel like it's thecoolest name ever the night
riders.
The night riders.
Speaker 1 (54:35):
That's perfect.
That's perfect.
Speaker 2 (54:38):
And David Hasselhoff, I believe, is the, the, the
mascot.
Speaker 1 (54:42):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (54:43):
He, just him, he just comes out and waves a little
bit.
He does.
He does like seven back handsprings and just bounce.
Speaker 1 (54:52):
Yeah, I did leave and no one, actually no one knows
who he is, because it's a Daceyaudience that doesn't get the
reference.
Speaker 2 (54:58):
Well, what they know is the Pajabi MC song that kind
of has the night riders.
Speaker 3 (55:01):
Yeah, you're right, and they're like.
Speaker 1 (55:05):
OK, yes, this is good , all right.
Speaker 2 (55:08):
I think the captain of the team is also an Indian.
I mean, maybe that's notsurprising, but the captain of
the team is an Indian.
Speaker 1 (55:14):
But this is so cool.
There's like I am gettingCongratulations, man yeah
congratulations, this is huge.
We're a little on this, soexcited.
Speaker 2 (55:24):
Has the poll yet when are we at?
Speaker 3 (55:25):
The poll.
The polls are in.
Who's who is it?
I don't think you're going tobe happy with this.
Speaker 2 (55:32):
I can look, it's still 50, 50 exact tie which.
Speaker 3 (55:37):
I believe, according to our bylaws, in the event of
an exact tie, the incumbentloses their position and the
challenger takes over.
Speaker 2 (55:46):
I love that law, Dude .
I love that law we elect Sunday.
Speaker 3 (55:50):
Bariq, congratulations on winning this
election.
So yeah, yep, yep, that's areal no but the people voted in
class in classic form withoutgetting a majority vote.
You have been elected primeminister.
I think it's very fitting.
Speaker 2 (56:04):
Yeah, you know exactly.
Tie goes to change.
You know that's what we do here.
We got it.
Speaker 1 (56:10):
We got it, just change the laundry and you're
out how we won't forget this.
Speaker 2 (56:15):
My future.
Speaker 1 (56:15):
We'll forget that.
We'll rise again.
Speaker 2 (56:17):
We won't come out as we have the woodchuck contingent
on our side.
We're going to know your anklesand you keep that you know that
ankles were beat.
Speaker 1 (56:25):
Imagine we're beavers with an alarm clock of run
water.
We don't sleep.
Speaker 2 (56:28):
Yeah, go watch your warm movies.
Oh, we will, oh, we will, oh,we will.
Speaker 3 (56:36):
It's going to be seven hours long and her ears
won't be able to register noiseafter it.
But we will.
Speaker 1 (56:42):
Yeah, we will.
Speaker 2 (56:44):
All right, it sounds like we'll just be Blah All
right, all right, folks, andthat's the show.
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But instead of saying it, maybewe should sing it.
Sing it, shit, sean.
The new government is a singlesecond of this.
Speaker 3 (57:41):
The new government is already falling apart,
completely unprepared.
Speaker 2 (57:47):
We got to pick different genres for this.
Next time we're picking a genreat the beginning of the show
for us to do the final, thefinal names, I think it'll be 80
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Oh.
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For me.
Is there someone behind us?
Other people know what's.
No, I think it's man is therehall behind you?
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That would be.
They're all alive, right no?
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Sounds like I'm cereal hey hey everybody, how's
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You're the host.
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Yeah, so I'm gonna be kicking this off.
Welcome to ABC.
Before we get into the meatpotatoes of this folks, I want
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Most likely to be co-host it'sSandy Parikh.
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Wow, thank you so much.
It's great to live up to mythank you.
It's great to live up to myyearbook Superlative.
I'm so Excited and, look, I'mgonna just flip it right back to
introducing our host.
You know, he's, uh, he's, he'sa leader.
He's, uh, oh, you know, a worldleader even.
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is that Is that it's just notenough facial hair.
I just more, more facial hair,and the world demands it.
The world wants it.
Oh my no, john.
Ladies, gentlemen, Like aforehead goatee.
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What is the forehead goatee?
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I don't know, I guess a unibrow gone mad.
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I want a border around your face, not your head,
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That's like a cheeapet kind of situation.
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It's a podcast within a livestream, within our lives.
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This is for anyone out therewho, like us, is navigating your
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Yes, and on tap for today, we get we do this in
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Yeah, we got our chakracheck-in.
We just check, we check in ouralignment, and today we're
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Okay, listen, in our showobviously we redefined it as
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and I just don't think wereally know how to entirely feel
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So, yeah, let's do what we dobest when we're confused.
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Real quick, I don't know I wasgonna say this never mind, let's
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I can see three days into the future.
I don't know if you know thisabout me and the show was, was
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I only see things in like feelings.
Um so, uh, I'll let's just saythis stay inside on friday, okay
.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Um, what are you feeling?
Oh, man, gift of the badge, Istay inside and that's the thing
that leads to my demise.
All right, folks?
Uh, let's head into our firstact.
It's the chuck or check in.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Oh, all right.
So yes, we're checking with ourchakras and I will say I think
we're going to get a little bitof a Very disaligned maybe on
this.
Um so, prime minister narendra,mohdi for those of you who don't
know who what we're talkingabout.
He is the 14th prime ministerof india.
He's been serving since may2014.
Under his tenure, india hasexperienced, you know, arguably
(07:52):
democratic, backsliding Um andhas been described as directing
a political politics and is acontroversial figure.
Uh, over his hindu nationalistbeliefs depending on if you're
asking my dad, though, you mightget a different explanation.
Most recently, mohdi's uh, pjpparty.
(08:13):
That's the party that that,that sort of that he leads.
Uh, they lost control in the2023 party.
Uh, uh, oh boy, uh, karnatakastate elections to india's
opposition congress party, whichkind of dealt a big blow to his
ruling party, um, and which hehad fought hard to to try to
(08:35):
retain that power.
So that's so that.
So there's there's someshifting um balance and power.
But, really, like he also justcame to the us and so I think
you know, in the like, seeingour president um with you know,
india's president, there's a lotthat to sort of like
potentially unpack there, orIndia's Prime Minister, rather a
(08:56):
lot to unpack there in terms ofwhere we live in this.
So, yeah, let's talk about thatin.
Whatever we want to, is this,is this something that?
How do, how do you sort ofdigest Indian politics?
Speaker 1 (09:11):
That's.
You know, that's what a greatfirst question to start with,
because here's the thing is.
I'm not quite sure what thebest sources of Indian politics
analysis is.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Oh it's my, it's my uncle.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Oh yes, Sorry.
Yeah, you're right.
Well, that's a question there.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Just called Dillip uncle.
Yeah he's sure to pick up.
He answers every call.
Even if he's in a, even if he'swatching like a play, he'll
answer the call just out loud.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Yeah, okay, so that gets a little bit of a chocker.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
I like.
It's hard for me to fullyunderstand the like best, like
even in the US.
I struggle to be like on anongoing basis what's the best
sources of information for ananalysis per topic?
This is the problem.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
Oh sorry, I just chomping with, just like,
because we were talking a littlebit about this before, which
was just like I don't know what,like even when I read an
article that's from like, say,the times of India or the
Hindustan times or whatever itis, I'm like oh, is this, is
this their liberal rag?
Is this the?
Yeah, because this their Foxylike I'm not totally sure yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
So I need to, I need to bone up on that, even it's
what I so my kind of attempt isand I should be better about it.
I understand, but like what Iessentially do is I'll try to
look at like three different newsources.
So I'll be like what's BBCsaying, what's maybe?
Speaker 2 (10:46):
like our.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
NPR station saying, and then like what's a local
Indian source saying, and thenstart to look at the scatter
shot.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
You triangulate, you try to triangulate a position,
exactly yeah exactly, and it'snot always easy.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
And then from there I'll kind of like sometimes talk
to family or friends and getlike their impression and that
gives me more of the culturalheartbeat of what's happening,
because also a lot of my familyI don't agree with politically
and so it really is just gettingthat pulse and then I, you know
, can come to my conclusionsfrom there.
So how about you?
Speaker 2 (11:26):
I go to this random blog that I found, okay, that
describes whether or not youknow what, what the political
views of the, of the, thenewspapers are.
Oh really, yeah.
So, because I always forget.
And then I'm like, oh yeah, itsays here that's right under,
(11:46):
listed under centrist or centerleft or whatever.
You know, the telegraph is veryleft, you know right.
So it'll sort of sort of tellme.
But then I'm like, wait, can Itrust this block, Right?
I don't know.
I don't know what are theycenter left?
Are they?
Are they extreme, right?
I don't know.
So I mean, this is, it's achallenging, challenging thing.
(12:10):
I just know that.
Here's what I know.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Yeah, what do you?
Speaker 2 (12:15):
know.
Here's what I know.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Yeah, I love my dad, I love, I love my dad.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
I know that I love the matter.
Yes, okay, yeah, the man.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
This hits me in the heart chakra because I, you know
, my dad is a, is a is a liberalAmerican voter.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Right.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
He voted for.
He voted for Biden's, I mean.
I guess that depends on whereyou are for on the left spectrum
whether you consider that level, but you know he's always voted
Democrat.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Yeah, on the binary Right.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Yeah, on the binary, exactly.
But you know, is a proud outloud supporter of Modi, right,
and you know, when I try toengage him on the topic it's
challenging.
We get into some big arguments,because I have a tough time
(13:10):
with statements like you knowwell, it should.
You know it's time to just getthe Muslims out, right.
Or you know these brazenstatements I'm like that's not
you who?
Yeah, you, this is not the dadI was raised Like what is going
on here and I, yes, and so it'seven if, even if there is a
(13:36):
world in which Modi has done alot of good for India, you know
in terms of like bringing us upto speed or bringing India up to
speed, like technologically andhelping with you know
corruption, or getting the dirtymoney out or the black money
out.
They called it that he did andlike there's you know, suppose
(14:00):
you know Santa, santa Sanitationhas been good.
Like there's good, supposed youknow economically good things
that he's done.
It's hard for me when therhetoric right.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
That's it, yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
It's like when the rhetoric is so separatist or
like you know.
Oh, we're not just saying it,we're not just trying to get our
sanitation up to do, we'retrying to sanitize the country
from Right.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
It gets very scary.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
That's when you're like that is not OK.
Yeah, and I hear it from from alot of folks.
It, you know, maybe notnecessarily my dad saying that
specific thing, but I hear itfrom his group.
I hear it from the you know aCD.
I get the email chain sent overto me.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
The what's that notification.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
The what's that notifications and you're just
like this can't be good, yeah,so that's that's sort of where I
, where I, where I land withthat.
At the same time, you're likewell, india is a a linchpin
nation.
You know, india is the largestdemocracy in the world and I
(15:06):
feel very at this.
You know, moldy being at thehead of it makes it challenging
for me to like want to engage,because I know it's going to put
me in direct conflict with thevery ones that I love, yeah, and
so I, in some ways, I've beentrying to almost ignore it and
just kind of like, you know,just sort of drown it out and
(15:29):
that's.
I think what I'm realizing isthat's not OK, I can't, I can't,
I can't do that.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
It's so interesting because, like for a while I and
we and this is sort of the right, like you said, the confused
part.
Like you know, I live in theStates.
I've only really visited Indiaa couple times.
So for a while I was kind oflike, but where is my presence
in this conversation and howneeded is that aside from
(15:55):
outside?
You know perspective.
And then the conversationswithin my family started to
shift a little bit to the partwhere my dad expressed that he
was uncomfortable and he's fromPakistan, grew up in England but
is originally from Pakistan andwas talking about how a lot of
the anti Muslim sentiment andthe anti Pakistani sentiment is
(16:16):
like here's it.
And if it's enough for him tohear I was like, oh, that's
getting bad.
And then it occurred to me oneday where I was like, oh, I'm
half.
Oh wait, when I go to Indiathis could be a problem.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Yeah, what happens there does not stay there either
, you know exactly, yeah, wherethey are, yeah, yeah.
Sorry.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
No good, I mean like not that, like any rhetoric
where it's like we areculturally going to discriminate
is ever okay, but I think thatI was like I can talk about
something outside and thensuddenly I was like, wait a
second, no, I'm actuallydirectly affected by this.
Like I can speak of someonewho's like oh, I don't know if I
can go to like a wedding withthe way that things operate and
(16:57):
the way that people are talking,and it would take you all of
point two seconds to look up howschools are being affected, how
the way that most people inIndia dress affects their safety
on a fundamental basis, andthat entire dialogue is the kind
of thing where I feel like wesaw a lot of world leaders
(17:21):
during COVID.
We're just like I'll actuallyfind a different problem to
focus on, because I'm not goingto beat this and I don't want to
lose votes.
So, yeah, it's a thing that'snow become like a pretty big
topic in my family in terms ofus being like we actually do
need to talk about this.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
Yeah, and I think the you know, the thing that I'm
realizing too is that, likeIndia is even just like on a
global scale, right, it is thelargest democracy, not the most
populous place in the world it'sprojecting to be.
It's one of the only you know,one of the only major
(17:59):
democracies that are producing,actually producing more children
, like, literally.
Like you know, populations aredeclining elsewhere, not not in
India, which means there was aninteresting graphic that I just
saw, the saw recently, where itshows like the population of
(18:20):
Indians into the of the world in2050.
It sort of shows like the ages,like the general ages of the
population, meaning that like,so, if you take they called it
prime age, which is, like youknow, I assume, 2030s, like how
young you are, like in terms ofworkforce, something that India
(18:40):
is going to be like at the top,and so in 2050, and you know, us
is kind of still up there,china still up there, but like
India is going to grow massivelythere and it's like a huge
demographic shift and expertsare saying that like, oh, that's
going to change global balanceof power and right now, india is
(19:02):
this really it's politically sointeresting because it doesn't
take a lot like.
I listened to this whole podcast, which you guys should, should,
listen to, by Mohammed Zee Sean.
Incredible, but India tends tobe neutral on, yeah, on so much,
and yet it's the world'sdemocracy.
And so if they're not standingup for human rights in, say,
(19:24):
yemen, or, you know, in these,you know in these African
countries that are in civil war,like if they're going to become
this economic global powerhouse, right yeah, like they need to.
We want them and us, I guess, byvirtue of that, them, us to be
on the right side of the humanrights.
(19:45):
Yes Coin right, yeah, thatshould be, that should be
important to us in the diaspora,even in the, you know, in the
ABCD, confused diaspora.
Like, yes, because, becausethat is going to represent us.
Like, think about, think aboutthe, you know, our Chinese
American friends and theirrelationship to their, to their
(20:06):
home country's government.
Yeah, it's not a great one formost of them.
Like, they're not going back,they're not sitting there, going
like, oh, I love you know, Ilove our communist autocratic
state.
Right, yeah, but like, but likeIndia, it's like a point of
pride, right To be.
Like, oh, india is like thelargest democracy in the world.
Like we're on the right side youknow we're pushed and so we're
(20:28):
at this tenuous place, rightwhen it could kind of shift, and
so our voices.
I think it's just.
If there's anything I wanted tocome out of this with and to
say to other confused, they seeis like me is that we can't, we
can't sit by and ignore itbecause, we feel like it's hard
(20:51):
for us to engage in it.
I think it's incumbent upon usto engage in it, yes, and so I'm
just going to hold myselfaccountable by saying let's get
more engaged in it.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
Oh, I love that you know.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
I love that you know at least an understanding of it.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Yeah, I'm going to throw up Third Eye Shocker for
this one, then, like, I thinkthat it is in terms of like that
being the basis of like takingyour energy and putting it there
.
Uh, that's, that's very, verytrue.
It's a thing to like because,again, zero point two seconds of
Googling the way that judgeshave immunity in India is a huge
(21:27):
element, and if this is thefoundation of how things are
going to be built.
it's going to make.
It's going to make a lot of theways that we get around having
a functioning society in Americalook like a joke, like, yeah,
to put it as easily as possible,so, yeah, yeah, taking a lot
(21:47):
more accountability and beingpresent in that conversation.
That's how we kind of started,where we both were like, well,
we're ABCDs, and now it's likeno, we are involved.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Like do you get this a lot?
I mean, I'm sure you get this alot.
Like, oh, you just don't.
Like yeah, you do, you don'tunderstand.
But better you don't just keepyour head out, like just I used
to you don't get it.
You've been born, you've beenin America your whole life.
You don't.
This doesn't.
How would you know?
You don't come here.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
You don't know and it's just a good thing where
I'll absorb it.
And now I will give thepushback of like right, but
imagine if this was you like.
Imagine if you were walkinghome from your university or
something like.
I'll actually give like that.
No, this is logical, like humanrights is not like some, like
very specific niche, likeinsight.
And yeah, it's been a thing thatI've had to kind of get to and
(22:32):
I'm now so comfortable with itwith my cousins and aunties and
uncles, just like when they I'llgive them pushback now Because
I get.
I get that all the time.
I get that all the time.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
Yeah, I think, and I think it's important to push
back and I think it's importantto get informed.
I you know I will say this.
Listening to that podcast, Ilearned so much from it.
I'm going to throw a couplelittle just a couple little
facts at you.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Yeah, or any with them.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
You get you, I'll say true or false, right A true or
false, ok.
Ok, then I learned from thisthing.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
OK.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
This is kind of I learned some wild things, true
or false.
More people speak English inthe US than India.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
I'll say true.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
The more people speak English in the US than India.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
There's more English speakers in the US than there
are English speakers in India,and it's false.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
No, there are more, yeah, just in sheer number Now,
obviously not percentage RightClose.
But more people speak Englishand India than in the US.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
OK, ok, you know the other one of these, yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
OK, ok, all right, but we're having fun, we're
having fun, we're having fun,this is fun.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Ok, democracy is at stake.
Here we go.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
There we go.
India has a minority populationthe size of Brazil.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
The, nor so the minority population.
So like what's that?
Like non Hindu, non indigenousHindu?
Yeah, population is thepopulation of Brazil.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Yeah, or smaller is is is the size of the country,
brazil size of the populationit's true Bing, bing, bing,
correct, correct, like thatwhole Brazil of minority.
Brazil of minority.
So when we're talking about theminority population, that's
being, you know, called out andpersecuted or made to feel
(24:20):
unwelcome we're talking about anentire nation, you know, brazil
size, nation of people, holysmokes.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
Right, it starts to give you some perspective?
Speaker 2 (24:29):
OK, you want some more.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Let's get some more.
Let's get some more.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
OK, ok, ok, OK.
This is the percent ofprofessors at Indian
universities that come fromoutside of India.
Speaker 1 (24:48):
OK, I can give you a few.
So this is interesting, yes,this.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
I'm going to tell yeah, why don't you guess?
Yeah, the percent of professorsat Indian universities that
come from outside of India,Obviously speaking to the idea
of, you know, bringing in newideas.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Yeah diverse.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
You know viewpoints and you know teaching the the.
You know who's going to be thenext leaders in India.
Right, right, what's theprofessor's perspective?
Speaker 1 (25:16):
Yeah, I'm going to say 38 percent.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
That might be closer to what the American number is.
I'm actually even sure, butit's five percent of professors.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
Five.
So so professors in Indianuniversities, 95 percent are are
from India from India.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
So meaning they don't necessarily get a very global
perspective.
That's a lot of what you know,mr Mohamed Zee Shan, who was
talking about in his, in his,like a political science, he,
you know, he went to ColumbiaUniversity and has all this
incredible, vast knowledge aboutforeign policy in India and it
just it speaks to.
You know, the, the, the, the.
(25:57):
The scale of the issue we'retalking about, which is, yeah,
if we want India to be ademocracy that's going to lead
the world, then it needs to berepresented.
Representative of aheterogeneous yeah, like you
know, that works together theminority population, the
(26:19):
majority population.
That, like, just you know youdon't need to know Society, yeah
you don't need to know facts,you know and figures to just
sort of understand the moralityof that.
Right Like that, we want Peoplein the minority population of
whatever country that they areliving in to be represented in
the leadership so that there canbe laws that make sure that
(26:40):
they are Taking care of and havea voice.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Right, yeah, there's sort of like a double edged
fallacy in a way.
Right With this, and then Ipromise you everyone the next
segment will be funny.
But like, but like, like.
It's a thing where, like you onsome level want to, when we're
talking about other cultures asAmericans, that like you want to
(27:04):
protect other cultures fromimperialism and colonialism,
just because that's it, like wego in and we're like everyone
now drinks Coca-Cola and youlove the American army.
That's like a thing that Americadoes around the world, but the
other, and so, when people arejust like we were cutting, that
we're going to protect whatmakes India, india right, like
we're going to keep India great,the other side of that sword
(27:25):
right, the other side of thatedge, is anyone who challenges
the ideas of the people whodefine what makes India, india,
are a threat.
And so you have people atuniversities, you have people
who are trying to push societyforward, to fight for human
rights, anything that.
Then those people and it's noteven questioning Indian values,
(27:47):
because there's the entireparadox of, like the Hindu
extremists who are like nosexuality and you're like dog,
look at your temple, like thisis who you're coming after,
really, but it is that fact ofwhoever gets to define Indian
identity holds the power to thensay we need to punish anyone
who questions the power I have,and that's the big issue and
(28:10):
that's the scary thing Likeyou're saying, in 2050, if
that's the case, it needs to bean open, breathing, healthy,
progressing society, versus onethat's holding on to this
sentiment, and anyone who saysyou're disagreeing with this
ambiguous sentiment, we're goingto punish you with physical
(28:31):
violence, with oppression, thatyou can't do that, and so that's
why those numbers are a littlescary to me.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
Yeah, yeah.
Well, ok, speaking of the nextsegment do we feel like we've?
Exhausted this Like have wetalked out this confusion enough
?
I mean, probably not.
This probably just scrapes thesurface in some ways.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
I like the.
I like the, the landing groundof.
Let's get involved in theconversation.
Yeah, let's take up that space.
Let's get there and if you arelike I know, but like I'm not,
you know, like I don't live inKolkata or something like that,
no, get involved.
Read as much news as you can,absorb as much as you can.
I'm going to be dedicated to it.
I'm going to be talking to myfamily.
I need to visit more.
Like it is something that'sgoing to affect all of us.
(29:14):
I'm going to be in 2050, I hope.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
I'll say this about the Indian diaspora right, we're
the largest diaspora in theworld, we're large, and Indians
in the diaspora become leadersof the free world.
This is true, right, like, yeah, you know, we got Kamala auntie
.
Yeah right, we're running.
Yeah, we're running Londonright now.
I think New Zealand right andwe got some.
(29:38):
We got some folks in the upperechelons in New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
I mean like that's in Canada doing stuff, yeah, but
it's true.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
But it's true and it's true, and that just means
it gives, you know, indiaincentive to stand up for
democracies, because then theycan, yes, in treat more easily
with democratic nations, and soit's important for us to care
about the democratic health ofthe world.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
That's all I'll say.
That's it.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
That's all, that's all I've under, that's all I've
been understanding in my reallybasic research.
But all right, listen, but Omar.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
Yes, Omar.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
What if we were politicians?
Speaker 1 (30:14):
What if we were politicians?
Speaker 2 (30:16):
That would be bad for the world.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
It would be terrible for the world that would be
absolutely terrible for theworld.
Speaker 2 (30:23):
It's because let's find out, because we're about to
have our ABCD prime ministerdebate.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
This is ABCD span.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
Seven thousand dollars, folks, that's how much
we've been coming in true Seventhousand seven.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
Yeah, we let we like.
Took a loan out on the Patreon.
Yeah he's brought to the bankLike here's how many patrons we
have and now we have to pay itback for the next, like 40 years
.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
But they own the Patreon.
The bank owns the Patreon.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
Oh man, that's amazing.
All right, we're here, ABCD.
Yes, here we are.
Speaker 3 (31:02):
So, for the debate twenty twenty three prime
minister election.
Omar, you are, of course theincumbent current prime minister
of.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
ABCD, as decided in the previous episode, sandy you
are here to challenge Omar andhis device in politics.
Speaker 3 (31:18):
So we're going to give you my opponent.
We're going to give you oneminute.
Who's your opponent?
Speaker 2 (31:23):
Sandy, and I said well, let's be simple, let's be
simple.
Speaker 3 (31:29):
So we're going to do it one minute time.
I know your responses thesetimes.
So you got to keep it succinct,you got to keep it, keep it
tight, the big style I got it.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
I just want to be clear.
I was saying boot like you'remy boo man.
I was like this is like it waslike a term of endearment.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
It's already flip flopping, already flip flopping.
So we're going to get, we'regoing to get, like an, we're
going to get a thing to argue.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
Yeah, so I'm going to present the topic to you, yeah,
omar, as the prime minister,who currently studying policy,
will define and defend yourpolicy in some deep you will.
You'll then retort with yourstance on the issue, probably,
probably opposite, and otherwise, if you all agree, why should
they elect in the first place?
Speaker 2 (32:10):
OK, so I have to take the opposite.
Speaker 3 (32:11):
You have to take the opposite, I'm just saying like
you're not going to get electedif you just agree with it.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
I don't react, so like you know, if I make a good
point.
Let me run.
Speaker 2 (32:19):
I'm just going to agree the whole time.
Speaker 3 (32:21):
Yeah, one minute, just congratulate him, I just
want to be.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
It's going to be clear to the listeners at home,
and listeners live right now.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
Yeah it's.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
I mean, I think it will become fairly self-evident,
but we have not been shownthese categories.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
We have no idea what's going on.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
No, he was coming up so I'm sure I'm being occupied,
dave.
Speaker 1 (32:40):
Chappelle again.
I swear to God.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
All right, all right, let's go.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
First topic yeah Rocks have become a very
divisive thing on our show andin our culture today.
No going forward.
Do we excommunicate those whobear crocs or we make crocs
mandatory?
Speaker 1 (33:04):
Folks, hi, how's it going?
Your prime minister again.
It's so good to see you Listen.
You get up in the morning andyou have so many decisions to
make.
What you're gonna have forbreakfast?
Well, podcast you're gonna puton, probably ABCD.
That's what I listen to everymorning.
You know what decision I don'twant to make?
What am I gonna wear on my feeton my way out?
(33:24):
Jouples, converse, a mixture ofconverse, jouples those don't
exist.
Oh no, I have a headache.
Folks, let me make thisdecision easy.
It's crocs 24-7.
Only crocs.
Don't worry about the toughstuff.
That's what the government'sfor.
So me, as prime minister, I'lltake care of the difficult
(33:47):
decisions so you can take therest of your time hanging out
with your family or avoidingthem.
Either way, you're wearingcrocs.
Vote for me.
The rest of the time I donateto Sandeep.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Wow, how generous for someone who's trying to
autocratically command what typeof footwear you adorn yourself
every day.
I mean again, once again, theNajam administration from the
very top.
You're hearing it, people.
He wants to take away yourchoice in shoe.
Now are crocs awesome?
(34:27):
I'm a dad, of course they'reawesome.
I love my crocs.
They're incredible.
All these croc haters, get overit, just get over it.
It's weak.
But to demand that everyoneshould be wearing crocs at all
times and to give, to take thechoice away from the people in
the free market, this is anoutrage.
(34:49):
This is an absolute outrage.
You know that boo that was soendearing earlier has turned
into real booze.
I can't believe that you'd wantto force people to wear the
polka dotted whole shoes at alltimes.
This is disgusting, this is anoverreach and this is just
(35:10):
indicative of what a life underthat would continue under a
Najam administration would belike.
Speaker 3 (35:16):
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, mr Bariq.
Mr Bariq, I'm sorry, that'syour time, that's your time.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
I have 10 more things to say.
I wasn't just repeating myself.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Is that so we each get one, or is there a chance I
could kind of pop in and justgive a little?
Speaker 2 (35:35):
He gets a rebuttal yeah.
Speaker 3 (35:37):
But if that's it, if that's all we got, that's all we
got the plan here is you'regoing to get your one minute, a
piece each time, omar?
You have a large advantagebeing able to set your policy
right off the bat.
So giving you the opportunityto also retort is just a bit too
much for the ruling party.
Perhaps you can set that as anew law going forward if you
maintain the office.
Speaker 1 (35:51):
Yeah, but I could stay in power.
Okay, I'll let the peopledecide.
I'll let the people decide Allright.
Speaker 3 (35:59):
Next topic up here Family members who are on
extreme opposite sides of thepolitical spectrum.
From you, do they get secondsfor dessert?
Speaker 2 (36:09):
Is this?
Who's this?
Go to you.
Speaker 3 (36:12):
Yes, there's always the Omar to start with.
This is right now.
Speaker 1 (36:15):
Got it Okay.
Folks you have so much to worryabout these days.
You get up in the morningYou're like what kind of podcast
I listen to?
I know for me it's ABCD.
But one thing you shouldn'thave to worry about is how to
tell your family that they needto reflect on their political
(36:38):
viewpoints and how they describethem and decide them, which is
why I'm looking to put out a newlaw, a law that says folks who
have an extreme politicalreaction to you, they don't get
seconds in dessert.
Now they can have the first.
That's quite all right, butsecond, that's going to take
some harmonious dialogue thatthey will be the ones to
(36:58):
initiate.
It's an odd way to go aboutthis, but I'm looking to have a
society that works together and,hopefully, eats seconds
together.
The rest of my time is donated,Sorry.
Speaker 3 (37:13):
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
So, Mr Prime Minister, you'reout of time.
Speaker 2 (37:16):
I'm not even sure what you're saying.
Are you saying you're progiving them seconds?
Speaker 1 (37:21):
If they change their ways.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
Wow, once again, the regulation of free speech and
free consumption of deliciousgoods is is is large and in
charge.
He's all about regulatingeverything.
This is again, what disgustingbehavior by by.
Listen, if it's up to me, theonly way, the only way we're
(37:48):
going to work together is if andand to get into those messy
parts of the, the, those, thosesticky areas that we don't want
to talk about is if we'resharing some glob jamun.
Obviously, let's get.
Let's get through the stickyparts by smothering sticky glob
jamun into each other's mouths.
(38:09):
Yes, this is this is how theworld is going to come together,
and, and, and and.
Stick like Russ Malaya at theroof of your mouth is if we
share desserts, and, and, andour differences.
Speaker 1 (38:27):
My goodness.
Speaker 3 (38:31):
My appetite is gone.
Speaker 1 (38:32):
I know rebutable, my appetite is gone.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
No ad hominem attack by the Nijam administration.
Speaker 3 (38:42):
Next up here.
So, as part of the culturalreeducation of our community,
we're going to be setting amovie as a mandatory watch.
Okay, will that movie be Barbieor Up and Hymer, and why?
Speaker 1 (39:04):
Folks, I love having a good time as much as you truly
, I do.
I wake up in the morning.
I listen to ABC every singlemorning.
But listen, folks.
Speaker 3 (39:17):
Sometimes sometimes it's not a good time, like, for
example, our history.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
We've done things as a country that we need to really
take some some time and reflecton and and, hey, I wish I could
sit everybody down and enjoy aflick feature in the talented
Ryan Gosling, but I do thinkit's, it's it's.
We need to talk about warfare,what that does to people and how
affects other countries and howwe got there.
(39:43):
So so, please, please, watchBarbie.
I'm not going to make you do it, but please watch Barbie.
But we are going to sit down asa nation and we are going to
watch Up and Hymer all fivemiles of film of it and we're
going to have a seriousdiscussion.
Yeah, the rest of my time goesto Sandy.
Speaker 3 (40:01):
You have no time remaining on, mr Minister, but
thank you, that's very.
Speaker 1 (40:04):
I said what I said, yeah.
Speaker 3 (40:07):
Yeah, all right, mr Brick, the floor is yours.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
The, the clearly anti women stance.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (40:17):
Of Mr Nijam's fascist regime is just full born in
front of us.
Can you believe this?
Of course you know.
Directed by Greta Gerwig, that'sa threat to the Nijam
administration Clearly Wow.
So at our table we are, we are.
We are watching Barbie, we areenjoying this, this clever take
(40:43):
on on a beloved, if problematic,old toy, that that that so many
grew up with.
And the reframe, the brilliantreframing that Greta Gerwig is
going to do, is the type ofreframing we need to think about
for our country.
We need a reframe out of thisoppressive up and Hymer is
(41:10):
disgusting authoritarian bootson our neck administration.
I have so many more adjectivesto read though I have seven more
adjectives I have to break.
Speaker 3 (41:23):
Did somebody grab the mic Please?
Speaker 2 (41:25):
Fine, fine, fine.
I rest my case.
We're watching Barbie.
Speaker 1 (41:28):
I'm sorry.
One second Ring, ring, ring,hold on.
Hello, miss Emily Blunt.
Oh yeah, he's just ignoring thewhole fact that you're in this
movie.
Yeah, I'm sorry about that.
Speaker 3 (41:36):
Yeah, I'm sorry about that.
Speaker 2 (41:37):
I'm a credited ace on the bill.
Speaker 3 (41:43):
I think they would rubber down a junior.
We have to make sure that Matt.
Speaker 2 (41:45):
Damon was in.
Speaker 1 (41:48):
We have to make after after interstellar, we had to
make sure we had a surprise,matt Damon.
Speaker 3 (41:54):
Yeah, all right.
Next up, the legislature hasnailed down our new national
theme song to two possibleoptions.
Okay, you've got your line ofveto power to decide which of
these bounces are new nationalthing going forward.
Will it be my East servicesparty in the USA or rebel blacks
Friday, and why?
Speaker 1 (42:15):
Now, folks, it's important to look forward to
something.
You know me, I wake up everymorning.
I look forward to listening toABCD podcast.
The petition is the key, it'simportant to have direction and
I want us to have direction,which is why I'm saying Rebecca
(42:36):
Black's Friday is the directionwe're gonna go in.
It's Friday, it's Friday, nomatter what day it is.
It's good news that Friday'scoming down the road.
Now, maybe it's a Monday heyFriday's coming.
Maybe it's Tuesday hey Friday'scoming.
Wednesday, thursday Friday'scoming, it's Friday.
Well, guess what?
The song's right?
It is Friday, saturday.
Hey, friday was yesterdaySunday.
That's not too bad, but don'tworry, friday will come down the
(42:57):
road, so I'm gonna go Friday.
It gives us something to unifyand to celebrate.
And also I'd like to say thatMiley Cyrus says that she lands
at LAX and is able to see theHollywood sun while she's
turning right onto four or fiveor something like that.
That's not how you get aroundLAX.
Four or five don't work likethat.
That's so silly.
I relinquish the rest of mytime.
Speaker 3 (43:16):
Thank you as, again, you have no time remaining, mr
Prime Minister, but thank youfor taking to your allotted time
Mr Parikh the floor is yours.
Speaker 2 (43:24):
Which song has USA in it over and over again?
Which song is more patriotic?
I think the answer is obvious.
I mean my tummy's turning everytime I hear Mr Najam speak of
his croc edict and his forcedshodding of the American people.
(43:49):
I'm feeling kind of homesick ofa world where we aren't forced
to consume Oppenheimer, you know, like that Stanley Kubrick
movie that I can't rememberright now with our eyes peeled
(44:09):
open, barry Lyndon.
There's too much pressure andI'm nervous of a world in which,
you know, we don't have therights to watch a female film.
You know, this is terrible andthe Jay-Z song was on, and the
Jay-Z song was on Mr Parikh, ifyou could please respond.
(44:32):
I put my hands up.
Speaker 3 (44:33):
You know what you're going to do and then play my
song, the butterflies fly away,I'm nodding my head like yeah.
I'm moving my lips like yeah.
Speaker 2 (44:43):
The party in the USA.
It's a party in the USA.
Speaker 1 (44:47):
Where those butterflies gonna go.
Where those butterflies gonnago, you making a fly away.
Speaker 3 (44:52):
They just settled Interesting, interesting,
interesting, all right, Allright, this is the final topic
we have here.
Speaker 2 (44:58):
This word salad, I've seen a presidential debate.
Speaker 3 (45:02):
I know how these work .
The last and not least, this isprobably the most divisive
topic we have here.
Speaker 1 (45:07):
Oh no.
Speaker 3 (45:08):
May and or shall would Chuck Chuck would, and if
so, how much would may or shallthey chuck, If said, would chuck
, can chuck would?
Speaker 1 (45:20):
Now I'm of the firm belief that that you could do
anything you want if you putyour heart to it.
Now you know, every morning Iwake up it's not easy, it's a
struggle.
Sometimes I get that, I get up.
Sometimes it takes me a coupleminutes to get my ABCD podcast
going every single morning.
But let me tell you what Awoodchuck can chuck as much wood
(45:45):
as you want.
Now I know I'll put a lot ofregulations in place.
That scares some folks, but I'mhere just to make the hard
decisions, so you don't have to.
I'm here to answer that call at2 am, so you don't have to.
I'm here to do the things thatnight that are quite frankly
illegal for a government to do.
So you don't have to or knowabout it.
And yeah, we'll profit fromthose decisions.
(46:06):
You won't.
You don't have to.
I think a woodchuck chuck.
A woodchuck chuck as much as awoodchuck wants.
Because hell, this is Americaand it ain't just a party in the
USA, it's a family in the USA.
Thank you very much.
I relinquished the two secondsI had.
Speaker 3 (46:22):
All right, mr Parikh Laura Shores.
Speaker 2 (46:24):
I don't think the question is how much would a
woodchuck chuck?
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
The question is literally awoodchuck.
Can a woodchuck chuck wood inthis climate, with no health
care?
Yeah, you know.
You know, with the minimum wagestagnating, in a world where
(46:47):
we're dealing with inflation,the woodchuck can't even support
its woodchuck family right now.
It's got a hole.
It's got to be chucking wood.
It's got to be a greeter atWalmart.
It's got to be waiting tables.
It's got to be doing three jobsat the same time just to make a
living in a nijam led world.
It's time, if the woodchucks us, all woodchucks out there, we
(47:07):
got to look each other in theeye.
We got to stop chucking woodfor the man and the man is nijam
, it's in his name and and allletters of man are in his name.
And he's the man and he'sholding us down and we're not
going to be able to chuck.
We're not chucking wood for youanymore.
We're going on strike.
The woodchucks are going onstrike.
Speaker 3 (47:30):
So that concludes our topics.
Wow, you started the electionin which, yet at this time, I
like that you really embracedthe autocracy.
Speaker 2 (47:41):
You were like, yeah, I regulate, yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's.
Yeah, I'm going to be the onethat profits.
I think I have to.
I respect that.
Speaker 1 (47:55):
I have to.
I don't want you to have toworry about that.
Speaker 2 (47:58):
You know I, yeah it's so much harder to do your taxes
when you have too much.
Speaker 1 (48:01):
Let us have all your information but still not
process your taxes for you.
Speaker 2 (48:06):
Wow, everyone's going for Omar and Jom.
I can't believe you guys arejust all anti labor.
This is really something.
But listen to that At a time.
Speaker 1 (48:14):
He's watching.
He's over your shoulder in thevoting booth, whispering in your
ear like the Elzebub himself.
Don't let him do that.
I want you to vote with yourheart.
I want you to vote with yourheart, ok.
Speaker 2 (48:29):
You got to do that for the four right now.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (48:33):
Whether you're sitting in the front seat,
whether you're sitting in theback seat, it's Friday.
It's Friday Going to get down.
It's Friday.
Speaker 2 (48:42):
I'll tell you, it'll be a single party in the USA If
Omar and Jom is able to keep uphis voter suppression tactics
fewer choices you got to make.
Speaker 1 (48:52):
Now you can focus on your family.
You can focus on which flavorDoritos you kids want.
I have based this entirecharacter off of one ad.
That was the Scottish politicalad, where it's like you clearly
have too much to worry about.
Let us tell you how to vote.
Speaker 2 (49:08):
Oh my gosh, that's amazing.
Oh God, yeah, clearly, I thinkthe thing I learned is that both
of us would be terriblepoliticians.
Speaker 1 (49:19):
That's, that's for sure.
Yep, yeah, and by that we'd begreat.
Speaker 2 (49:24):
Right.
Speaker 1 (49:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (49:26):
I mean, we certainly have the gift of just talking
until someone tells us to stop.
Speaker 1 (49:31):
Yeah, which is like I feel like kind of, all you need
you, me and Ted Cruz, all weneed is just like one one
outdated pop culture referenceand that really would solidify
to us is like a working senator.
Speaker 2 (49:44):
Well, you know, Mr.
Speaker 1 (49:45):
Burns.
Speaker 2 (49:45):
one Tom said All right, where's the vote at?
What are we doing here?
Speaker 3 (49:51):
It's currently at five to six.
Speaker 2 (49:53):
We're about time All right, so we'll let it go, we're
going to let it run, we'll letit run.
While we move to Desi of theweek.
Speaker 1 (50:05):
Yes, oh, I'm so excited about this.
This week, our day to the weekis totally not political.
We are going over to somebeautiful summertime sports.
Are you ready for this, sandy?
Speaker 2 (50:18):
Oh, I'm ready, I know you're a fan, I'm so excited we
are talking about Arjun themall.
Yes.
Speaker 1 (50:26):
Yes, yes, yes.
The Toronto Blue Jays selectedhigh school shortstop Arjun
Namal with the number 20 pick inthis year's MLB amateur draft.
Arjun the mall Arjun the malljust an incredible, incredible,
incredible player at age 17.
They're one of the youngestplayers in this year's class and
(50:49):
the Blue Jays are betting thathe'll mature into an even more
powerful player.
The Blue Jays amateur scoutingdirector, shane Farrell, said
the team favored the shortstopout of Strawberry Crest High
School in Dover, florida,because his tool package
combined with the age andoverall and overall upside.
Speaker 2 (51:06):
And he makes a mean biryani I think the team needs
it.
Speaker 1 (51:13):
But an absolute powerhouse of an athlete.
Speaker 2 (51:17):
How cool is this.
Yes, we have an Indian dudevoted, or sorry, drafted, in the
first round of the freaking MLBdraft.
Speaker 1 (51:28):
But why?
Speaker 2 (51:29):
so cool.
I mean not in, certainly never.
I don't think ever happened.
When I was younger I would haveflipped out like I was the kid.
I don't know if you youidentify with it.
I'm a huge baseball fan.
I was the kid that laid out allmy baseball cards, memorized the
stats, would just like sitthere all day as if it was my
office, like sorting my baseballcards.
Like you moneyball I, Imoneyballed.
(51:51):
I just I just loved immersingmyself in baseball.
So like if I had, you know, anArjun Namal a card, yeah, I
would be like I would.
I would be freaking.
I'm going to get, I'mdefinitely going to get his card
.
I haven't got a baseball cardin so long that I'm getting this
dude's baseball card come hellor high water, I hope.
You know you never know.
With draft picks, especially inthe MLB, it's very, you know,
(52:15):
no one's guaranteed anythingbecause he's the kid 17.
But this is really sweet,fucking cool for me.
You know, for me personally,and I know that's why he did.
It was for me, but this is, I'mjust loving it, he.
So I'll give you some morestats.
He was ranked number eight onthe athletics top 10, top 100
prospects.
OK that's huge.
And let's see his high schoolcoach not biased at all said I
(52:40):
don't think I've ever seenanybody hit with the same amount
of power that Arjun is with.
Like I love that he's a powerhitter too.
Like he's not like you know,and bless each year, each year,
his heart, you know.
But like yeah, I would haveguessed if the first Indian dude
to be like yeah, drafted, wouldhave been like a slap hitter.
Like that would have been mylike a slap hitting.
Like amazing shortstop who likebarely hits 250.
(53:02):
No, the student hits for powerand average like that is so
fucking cool we're used to like.
Speaker 1 (53:08):
We're used to like like my parents would be like
did you hear about the like theIndian athlete?
I'm like oh, which one themascot Like.
So that's where we.
Speaker 2 (53:19):
That's the realm we plan.
Speaker 1 (53:20):
This is amazing.
This is massive.
I'm so excited for this entirecareer.
Speaker 2 (53:25):
I'm bummed he's on the blue jays because I'm
obviously a red sex fan, butlook, it is just big he's.
He's the 20th pick which, atslot value, is 3.7 million 5
million bucks.
Speaker 1 (53:35):
So holy smokes.
Speaker 2 (53:38):
I'm not just saying this that he invests and becomes
a patreon on our show at thehighest one million dollar tier.
Speaker 1 (53:43):
Yeah, but you wouldn't miss it.
You wouldn't miss it.
Speaker 2 (53:47):
Where I just like.
Any time you text me, I show upwith whatever food you, you,
you home cooked food you want.
That's.
That's what the one milliondollar tier is Just become your
and also the cameo servant.
Fucking prime ministers, man,they just sit back and do
whatever.
Yeah, but very cool, we'resuper stoked.
(54:09):
Good time for for it, for youknow, indian Americans.
And sports, yes, right nowthere's also the major league
cricket.
Speaker 1 (54:18):
It's just starting up this year, so you know, this is
cool, this is wild.
Speaker 2 (54:23):
By the way, we might talk about this more and more in
depth later, but there is an LAmajor league cricket team
called I feel like it's thecoolest name ever the night
riders.
The night riders.
Speaker 1 (54:35):
That's perfect.
That's perfect.
Speaker 2 (54:38):
And David Hasselhoff, I believe, is the, the, the
mascot.
Speaker 1 (54:42):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (54:43):
He, just him, he just comes out and waves a little
bit.
He does.
He does like seven back handsprings and just bounce.
Speaker 1 (54:52):
Yeah, I did leave and no one, actually no one knows
who he is, because it's a Daceyaudience that doesn't get the
reference.
Speaker 2 (54:58):
Well, what they know is the Pajabi MC song that kind
of has the night riders.
Speaker 3 (55:01):
Yeah, you're right, and they're like.
Speaker 1 (55:05):
OK, yes, this is good , all right.
Speaker 2 (55:08):
I think the captain of the team is also an Indian.
I mean, maybe that's notsurprising, but the captain of
the team is an Indian.
Speaker 1 (55:14):
But this is so cool.
There's like I am gettingCongratulations, man yeah
congratulations, this is huge.
We're a little on this, soexcited.
Speaker 2 (55:24):
Has the poll yet when are we at?
Speaker 3 (55:25):
The poll.
The polls are in.
Who's who is it?
I don't think you're going tobe happy with this.
Speaker 2 (55:32):
I can look, it's still 50, 50 exact tie which.
Speaker 3 (55:37):
I believe, according to our bylaws, in the event of
an exact tie, the incumbentloses their position and the
challenger takes over.
Speaker 2 (55:46):
I love that law, Dude .
I love that law we elect Sunday.
Speaker 3 (55:50):
Bariq, congratulations on winning this
election.
So yeah, yep, yep, that's areal no but the people voted in
class in classic form withoutgetting a majority vote.
You have been elected primeminister.
I think it's very fitting.
Speaker 2 (56:04):
Yeah, you know exactly.
Tie goes to change.
You know that's what we do here.
We got it.
Speaker 1 (56:10):
We got it, just change the laundry and you're
out how we won't forget this.
Speaker 2 (56:15):
My future.
Speaker 1 (56:15):
We'll forget that.
We'll rise again.
Speaker 2 (56:17):
We won't come out as we have the woodchuck contingent
on our side.
We're going to know your anklesand you keep that you know that
ankles were beat.
Speaker 1 (56:25):
Imagine we're beavers with an alarm clock of run
water.
We don't sleep.
Speaker 2 (56:28):
Yeah, go watch your warm movies.
Oh, we will, oh, we will, oh,we will.
Speaker 3 (56:36):
It's going to be seven hours long and her ears
won't be able to register noiseafter it.
But we will.
Speaker 1 (56:42):
Yeah, we will.
Speaker 2 (56:44):
All right, it sounds like we'll just be Blah All
right, all right, folks, andthat's the show.
Speaker 1 (56:49):
As always, if you want to see our lovely faces,
the VOD and other ways to hangout with us are in the show
notes.
If you could do us a huge favor, please write and comment
wherever podcasts are available.
That helps us out.
So much.
Comment, suggestions, feedbackcan be sent to ABCD podcast show
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Speaker 2 (57:10):
And go to DesiQuestcom.
That's our sponsor, that'sgoing to be our next show that
we're so excited to TTRPG.
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Speaker 1 (57:24):
Joy.
Oh, so good, so good, and wewant to send a huge, huge thank
you to our Patreon supporters.
But instead of saying it, maybewe should sing it.
Sing it, shit, sean.
The new government is a singlesecond of this.
Speaker 3 (57:41):
The new government is already falling apart,
completely unprepared.
Speaker 2 (57:47):
We got to pick different genres for this.
Next time we're picking a genreat the beginning of the show
for us to do the final, thefinal names, I think it'll be 80
zero, technic.
The last people I'd like tothank are the Patriots who put
money into our bank, whichinclude Joshua Ryan Talbium,
carlo who's act, benjamin Low,hunter P Brown, my render,
holland Holland, jared evaded,michael long, christian Romero,
(58:09):
danny's corner, rayling Fox isSelena B, adam Nickerson, nebish
, heretic, nervous wreck.
Sarah H grassy, santa Cruz todeck a cut up with Jeremy
O'Brien a Veruca.
Sal Varun, moldy board Ali, alloxen free.
Phillip Dyson, captain's leg ohGod, he got a cutino.
And you know this girl, she'sgot the spark, she's the one and
only.
Laura Clark, and we love to hitthe Mac with scribbles and flap
(58:31):
Jack.
And the thing about this lastguy he's got a gorgeous face,
he's the sexiest man in Ohio andhis name is the real Brandon P.
Speaker 1 (58:41):
This shows produced by Diego, and now the show is
technical director and sounddesigner self-neval.
The show's executive producersare Sandy Parikh and Anansha.
This is edited by Sean Mayer,Music by Herschel Sosodia,
Javier Singh and Malik Saveri.
This has been an effing funnyproduction.
And quick shout out to ourfriend Monroe, who left a party
to tune in.
(59:01):
I just wanted to shout that outon behalf of our Monroe.
Speaker 2 (59:04):
Monroe left.
Speaker 1 (59:06):
Just left was like, oh, all right, all right, I'm
going to go check this out.
Speaker 2 (59:10):
Forget real people in in front of my face.
Come hang out with us virtualpeople.
I love it.
Speaker 1 (59:16):
I'm having work.
Oh, sandy Parikh, I've beenyour host over in a jam and I
say we will get back in power.
Mayor Checkers, the Aligning'smother and chutney.
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