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Extra Shot of Chai!

Kavitha, Munni, Wrijoya

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Welcome to Extra Shot of Chai! We are Kavitha, Wrijoya, and Munni, just three friends who talk about Bollywood movies, gossip, and scandals—now we’re recording it! We live for the glitz, glamour, and all the drama of the Indian film industry. In this podcast, we dive into the hottest topics, the latest controversies, and serve up the spiciest gossip with a side of sass. Whether you're a die-hard fan or just Bollywood-curious, we promise our lively and witty discussions will keep you entertai ...
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Aur Batao

Hindustan Times - HT Smartcast

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Using her trademark wit and humour, RJ Stutee gets your favourite stars to laugh, share and confess. This is a Hindustan Times production, brought to you by HT Smartcast.
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I’m raising the first national and international conversation to explore courage and curiosity and why it makes a big difference to our mental, societal and democratic health. Scroll down for all episodes. I’m grateful to share my reviews below. I talk to award-winning, diverse, national and international artists about the role of courage and curiosity in their lives. What do these qualities really mean and why do they matter to our mental, societal and democratic health? Can the Arts change ...
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Film Roundtable was to created as space for artists in the industry to talk openly and freely about what is present for them at this unprecedented moment in time. Most of us have found ourselves, until just recently, in a sort of worldwide, collective pause. We have had an abundance of time to be quiet, to go inside ourselves, to listen, but most importantly to imagine the change we want to see in our own lives and careers as well as for the collective as a whole. A quality of life greater n ...
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Discover the world of independent film with Filmmaking Conversations with Damien Swaby! From industry professionals to the next generation of filmmakers, Damien Swaby brings his unique perspectives on indie filmmaking and the conversations that are taking place across the community. Listeners will find inspiration and guidance from conversations on the podcast and leave armed with the knowledge to make their own indie films. Tune in to Filmmaking Conversations with Damien Swaby today! Proud ...
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Hello! Welcome to Native Film Talk! The purpose of this podcast is to explore Native representation in film from the perspective of a Native, me. Native American representation in film is as old as the film industry itself, so there is a plethora of content available for review. I plan to watch movies, tv shows, and documentaries from the old westerns, i.e. The Searchers, The Outlaw Josey Wales, to more modern box office hits, Wind River, Hostiles, Magnificent Seven. Also I'd like to explore ...
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In this podcast, Lata Jha takes you through the financial performance of all that's buzzing in the entertainment world, be it films or shows from your favourite TV channel or streaming platform. This is a Mint production, brought to you by HT Smartcast.
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Inside Pop

Amita Patel & Sean David Johnson

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Inside Pop takes a deep dive inside the week in Pop Culture. Each week the hosts, Amita Patel and Sean David Johnson, bring their knowledge of the entertainment industry along with their diverse viewpoints to cover the stories you need to know about and care about. The duo bring a welcome diversity (they are African American and Indian; Male and Female, Gay and Straight, Married and Single) into the pop culture podcasting landscape.
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Welcome to the Hype Live Sessions podcast, your ultimate destination for all things lifestyle and entertainment! Join us as we dive into the latest news and captivating interviews across the spectrum of popular culture and beyond. Hosted by the brilliant mind behind The Hype Magazine, Editor-in-Chief Jerry Doby, Ph.D., this podcast delivers an unparalleled depth of insight and expertise. Dr. Doby's vast knowledge of the industry and his passion for uncovering the latest trends make each epis ...
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Bollywood Weekly

TiC Productions

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Bollywood Weekly is India's first ever podcast dedicated to Bollywood. Every week, we review the latest big theatrical release, and also provide views, opinions and random observations about the latest films, trailers, industry news, digital media and other relevant topics. Thoda funny or light-hearted rakhne ki bhi koshish kartein hain! There is only rule: no gossip, rumors, who’s dating who or any of that! We only focus on the things that matter - the movies themselves.
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The Signal Daily

The Core Team

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You’ve read The Signal, and you’ve told us you love it. But you asked for more. A deeper dive into one story. So here it is, The Signal daily, an aural deep dive into one interesting story. Tune into The Signal Daily, wherever you listen to your podcasts.
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Sometimes it seems people are just born gifted and Zoom Rockman started his working artistic life from the age of eight, when he was self-publishing his own monthly comic, The Zoom, now considered a collector's item. Today Zoom is an award-winning political cartoonist, illustrator, puppet animator, and now the Director of his first animated one hou…
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How is popular knowledge of war shaped by the stories we consume, what are the boundaries of this knowledge, and how are these boundaries policed or contested by journalists producing knowledge from war zones? Based on years of fieldwork in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Ukraine, Conflicted: Making News from Global War (Stanford University …
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There She Goes Again: Gender, Power, and Knowledge in Contemporary Film and Television Franchises (Rutgers UP, 2023) interrogates the representation of ostensibly powerful women in transmedia franchises, examining how presumed feminine traits—love, empathy, altruism, diplomacy—are alternately lauded and repudiated as possibilities for effecting lon…
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Subatomic Writing: Six Fundamental Lessons to Make Language Matter (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023), by Johns Hopkins University instructor Jamie Zvirzdin, is a guide for writing about science—from the subatomic level up! Subatomic Writing teaches that the building blocks of language are like particles in physics. These particles, combined and arranged, fo…
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Send us a text In this episode of Extra Shot of Chai, we dive headfirst into Bollywood’s favorite formula—remakes! Join us as we dish on whether these remakes are improvements, disasters, or just star-power flexes. Why bother with fresh stories when you can take a perfectly good original, sprinkle in some Bollywood masala, and call it a day? Whethe…
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It is hard to discuss the current film industry without acknowledging the impact of comic book adaptations, especially considering the blockbuster success of recent superhero movies. Yet transmedial adaptations are part of an evolution that can be traced to the turn of the last century, when comic strips such as “Little Nemo in Slumberland” and “Fe…
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Dr. Shweta Kishore and Dr Kunal Ray’s Resistance in Indian Documentary Film: Aesthetics, Culture and Practice (Edinburgh UP, 2024) is a unique collection of essays on documentary cinema and practice that brings together multiple modes of scholarly, reflective and autoethnographic writing on documentary by scholars and creative practitioners. It tak…
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How do families care for each when they are divided over generations by powerful geopolitical forces beyond their control? In this episode, Hanna Torsh speaks with Lynnette Arnold about her new book Living Together Across Borders: Communicative Care in Transnational Salvadoran Families (Oxford University Press, 2024). Lynnette also shares her tips …
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Dissecting 45 million tweets from the period that followed the Brexit referendum, Brexit, Tweeted: Polarization and Social Media Manipulation (Bristol University Press, 2024) by Dr. Marco Bastos presents an extensive analysis of social media manipulation. The book examines emerging changes in partisan politics, nationalist and populist values, as w…
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In this #LiveSession, celebrated community leader and entertainment executive Michael “Harry-O” Harris discusses his challenges to U.S. Presidential Candidates to commit to putting an end to fleeting promises with his "O-Plan" that highlights the "Access and Redemption Agenda For Overlooked Communities" with our Editor-in-Chief Dr. Jerry Doby. Conn…
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Screening Big Data: Films that Shape Our Algorithmic Literacy (Routledge, 2024) examines the influence of key films on public understanding of big data and the algorithmic systems that structure our digitally mediated lives. From star-powered blockbusters to civic-minded documentaries positioned to facilitate weighty debates about artificial intell…
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Send us a text Hits & Misses – Our Take on Bollywood’s Best and Worst In this episode of Extra Shot of Chai, we’re dishing out our hot takes on Bollywood’s biggest hits and epic misses. Join us as we break down the movies that had us glued to our seats—and the ones that made us wish we could hit fast-forward. From iconic blockbusters to cringe-wort…
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Academic writing isn’t known for its clarity. While graduate students might see reading and writing turgid academic prose as a badge of honor—a sign of membership in an exclusive community of experts—many readers are left feeling utterly defeated. In his latest book, Academic Writing as if Readers Matter (Princeton University Press, 2024), Fordham …
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Listener note: This interview contains discussions of suicide. Youth and Suicide in American Cinema: Context, Causes, and Consequences (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022) explores the depiction of suicide in American youth films from 1900 to 2019. Anchored in Sociology, this multidisciplinary study investigates the causes and consequences of suicide and unc…
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Che “Rhymefest” Smith sat down with our Editor-in-Chief Dr. Jerry Doby, for an exclusive interview for The Hype Magazine, digging into his latest album, “James & Nikki: A Conversation” via Golden State Entertainment, the music, entertainment, and content vertical under the Golden State Warriors, with whom he signed in 2022. This project, inspired b…
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Join the conversation as the iconic visual media thought leader Steve Raze shares his incredible journey from Executive VP of AllHipHop.com to becoming a top TV producer and film executive with our Editor-in-Chief Dr. Jerry Doby. This is part one of a three-part series and Steve discusses how he created the groundbreaking Next 48 Hours series, cast…
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In this exclusive interview, Olskool Ice-Grē, one-half of the legendary duo Abstract Mindstate, discusses with our Editor-in-Chief Dr. Jerry Doby, the advancement of Adult Contemporary Hip Hop (ACH), his decades-long journey with Kanye West and GOOD Music, and the next chapter of Abstract Mindstate. Learn how Ice-Grē is working to expand Hip Hop’s …
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Pong. The Legend of Zelda. Final Fantasy VII. Rock Band. Fortnite. Animal Crossing: New Horizons. For each of the 40 years of video game history, there is a defining game, a game that captured the zeitgeist and left a legacy for all games that followed. Through a series of entertaining, informative, and opinionated critical essays, author and tech …
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Send us a text Breaking Down Bollywood - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai In this episode of Extra Shot of Chai, we’re taking a closer look at a Bollywood classics: "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai". Join us as we break down the plots, characters, and scenes that just don't make sense. From puzzling decisions to unbelievable scenarios, we’re here to question it all with a mi…
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Conducting Original Research for Your Library (Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited, 2024) is a concise manual for professionals in the field, this book helps librarians master the skills to conduct, interpret, and analyze their own original research. Many working librarians discover that original research would help them advocate for their libraries, bu…
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Filling a gap in the literature, Inclusive Cataloging: Histories, Context, and Reparative Approaches (ALA Editions and Core, 2024) provides librarians and catalogers with practical approaches to reparative cataloging as well as a broader understanding of the topic and its place in the technical services landscape. As part of the profession's ongoin…
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In many countries, censorship, blocking of internet access and internet content for political purposes are still part of everyday life. Will filtering, blocking, and hacking replace scissors and black ink? This book argues that only a broader understanding of censorship can effectively protect freedom of expression. For centuries, church and state …
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Sunaura Taylor is an artist, writer, activist, academic and mother. Sunaura is the Assistant Professor in the Division of Society and Environment and the director of the Disabled Ecologies Lab at the University of California, Berkely. A skilled artist, her artworks have been exhibited at venues such as the CUE Art Foundation, a contemporary art spa…
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Tonye Ekine is one of the top 40 British Rising Stars recognized by the Royal Society of British Artists. He is also recently back from the world renowned, Venice Biennale, where he was selected for a highly prestigious fellowship with the British Council. In its 60th anniversary year, the Venice Biennale attracted half a million visitors to celebr…
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What's it like to be the least likely artists to have two hit, number one albums on Decca Records, one of the world's most iconic labels? Decca Classics, discovered and pursued singing nuns, the Poor Clares of Arundel in West Sussex, to record with them. The debut album, 'Light for the World,' sold out of cds within 24 hours, had 60 million streams…
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A first for the series, a mother and daughter, discussing parallels between their work. They have both successfully bypassed conventional and formal routes into painting and publishing winning awards and five star reviews. Following her teaching career, Yeside Linney, is a mostly self-taught artist who has quickly accrued multiple awards, including…
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Princeton University Press publishes some of the best books every year, racking up accolades and launching the careers of thousands of scholars. As an editor at the New Books Network and a frequent host, I love speaking with Princeton UP authors. A striking feature of many PUP books is the quality of writing. Their books are simultaneously detailed…
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Send us a text In this episode of Extra Shot of Chai, we're diving into the most sensational scandals that have rocked the Bollywood industry. Join us as we uncover the controversies, secrets, and gossip that have made headlines. From shocking revelations to hidden truths, we explore the stories that have shaken up the film world. Tune in for a spi…
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How and Why We Make Games (CRC Press, 2024) delves into the intricate realms of games and their creation, examining them through cultural, systemic, and, most notably, human lenses. It explores diverse themes such as authorship, creative responsibility, the tension between games as a product and games as a form of cultural expression, and the myth …
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Shadows. Smoke. Dark alleys. Rain-slicked city streets. These are iconic elements of film noir visual style. Long after its 1940s heyday, noir hallmarks continue to appear in a variety of new media forms and styles. What has made the noir aesthetic at once enduring and adaptable? Sheri Chinen Biesen's Through a Noir Lens: Adapting Film Noir Visual …
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n this special Star Trek Day episode on the New Books Network, hosted by Dessy Vassileva from Vernon Press, we celebrate over 55 years of Star Trek with a deep dive into the book Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier (Vernon Press, 2023). Co-editors Emily Strand and Amy H. Sturgis join the discussion to explore how Star Trek has shaped sci…
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Evacuee Cinema: Bombay and Lahore in Partition Transit, 1940–1960 (Cambridge UP, 2022) offers a new history of the partition. Based on previously unexamined archives and rare films, it investigates key questions around film production, partition and the provenance of the nation in South Asia: How did partition transform the dynamic and transcultura…
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In June, a presidential debated ended the candidacy of incumbent President Joe Biden. On September 10th, Vice President Kamala Harris and Former President Donald Trump debated in Philadelphia and two flash polls done by CNN and YouGov declared Harris the winner. Political scientists know that debate wins don’t necessarily translate into November vi…
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Send us a text In this episode of Extra Shot of Chai, we’re spilling the chai on Bollywood’s most talked-about couples. Why are they together? Is it true love, or just a great marketing strategy? Join us as we speculate on the romances that leave us scratching our heads and ask the ultimate question: What if the ones who broke up stayed together? T…
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It is commonly proposed that since the mid-2000s, the slasher subgenre has been dominated by unoriginal remakes of "classics". Consequently, most original slasher films have been ignored by academics (and critics), leaving the field with a limited understanding of this highly popular subgenre. The Metamodern Slasher Film (Edinburgh UP, 2024) correc…
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Across the humanities and social sciences, scholars increasingly use quantitative methods to study textual data. Considered together, this research represents an extraordinary event in the long history of textuality. More or less all at once, the corpus has emerged as a major genre of cultural and scientific knowledge. In Literary Mathematics: Quan…
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Are you a musical theatre fan who loves TikTok? Or are you curious about how this social media app has changed musical theatre fandom - and even the concept of the musical itself? TikTok Broadway: Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age (Oxford UP, 2024) takes readers inside the world of TikTok Broadway, where fans create, expand, and canonize mu…
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Send us a text Lights, Camera, Crime? The Dark Side of the Indian Film Industry... In this episode of Extra Shot of Chai, we're diving into some of Bollywood's most suspicious and chilling stories—those famous suicides and suspicious deaths that have left everyone talking. Join Kavitha, Wrijoya, and Munni as we chat about the rumors, conspiracies, …
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Show Notes In this episode, we explore: Linda Booker’s transition from a career in art direction to documentary filmmaking at the age of 40. The journey of creating her upcoming documentary, "Minnie Evans: Draw or Die," which sheds light on the life and art of the remarkable self-taught artist, Minnie Evans. The deep connection between Minnie Evans…
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Scholars, critics, and creators describe certain videogames as being “poetic,” yet what that means or why it matters is rarely discussed. In Game Poems: Videogame Design as Lyric Practice (Amherst College Press, 2023), independent game designer Jordan Magnuson explores the convergences between game making and lyric poetry and makes the surprising p…
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If you enjoy video games as a pastime, you are certainly not alone—billions of people worldwide now play video games. However, you may still find yourself reluctant to tell others this fact about yourself. After all, we are routinely warned that video games have the potential to cause addiction and violence. And when we aren’t being warned of their…
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In Batman and The Joker: Contested Sexuality in Popular Culture (Routledge, 2020), Chris Richardson presents a cultural analysis of the ways gender, identity, and sexuality are negotiated in the rivalry of Batman and The Joker. Richardson's queer reading of the text provides new understandings of Batman and The Joker and the transformations of the …
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Episode Summary: In this episode, we sit down with Curtis, a Filmmaker, Cultural advocate, and Executive Director of the nomadic cinema and The Luminal Theater (founded in 2015 ) to discuss his journey in the film industry. Influenced by his West Indian heritage and passion for storytelling. Curtis shares his experiences co-founding the New Voices …
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We are familiar with the idea of a formal representative, and perhaps the idea of a formal political representative readily comes to mind. Roughly, this is someone who has been selected by an official process to hold a political office where he or she is tasked with promoting, advocating, and speaking for a constituency. However, we are also famili…
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In their latest book, Fandom is Ugly: Networked Harassment in Participatory Culture (NYU Press, 2024), Mel Stafill highlights the importance of considering contemporary public culture through the lens of fan studies The Gamergate harassment campaign of women in video games, the “Unite the Right” rally where hundreds of Confederate monument supporte…
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What is reading? In What Readers Do: Aesthetic and Moral Practices of a Post-Digital Age (Bloomsbury, 2024) Beth Driscoll, an Associate Professor in Publishing, Communications and Arts Management at the University of Melbourne, explores this question by situating reading in a variety of contemporary social contexts. The book’s analysis engages with…
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Journalism has been in a state of disruption since the development of the Internet. The Metaverse, or what some describe as the future of the Internet, is likely to fuel even further disruption in journalism. Digital platforms and journalism enterprises are already investing substantial resources into the Metaverse, or its likely components of arti…
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Send us a text In this episode of Extra Shot of Chai, we're shining a spotlight on Bollywood's most overrated and underrated actors and actresses. Join us as we debate who’s truly got the star power and who might just be riding the Nepo train. Are they the real deal or just reel-deep? Tune in for a cheeky and lively discussion that’s sure to stir u…
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Episode Overview:In this episode, Damien is joined by Jessica, a talented video producer and editor working at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. They delve into the intricate world of digital media production, dance film, and live streaming, shedding light on the dynamic creative processes behind the scenes at one of New York City's most icon…
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