EP-418 | Desi Nostalgia, Truck Shayari, Politics & Friendship | ANI Podcast with Teen Taal

In the latest edition of ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash, we are joined by Kuldeep Mishra, better known as Sardar, the Executive Editor of The Lallantop; Asif Khan, fondly known as Khancha, the Executive Editor of India Today Group Digital; and Kamlesh Singh, or Tau, a senior journalist and columnist. Together, the trio host Teen Taal, one of India’s most popular Hindi podcasts.From hostel tales and small-town stories to politics and friendship, the guests explain why sometimes the most meaningful conversations come from what they call “therapeutic bullsh*t.” Don’t miss this “most useless podcast ever.”Timestamps00:00 – Introduction04:06 – Melodi Trend05:48 – How Teen Taal Team Met09:26 – School Life: Then vs Now17:46 – Political Ideologies26:38 – Teen Taal's Show Format28:37 – How Teen Taal Started33:33 – The Lallantop & Teen Taal37:57 – How Kamlesh Tau Entered Journalism43:58 – Truck Wali Shayari47:06 – Kamlesh Tau's Childhood Stories49:08 – Original Idea Behind Teen Taal56:51 – Photography: Then vs Smartphone Era1:03:47 – Teachers & Schooling1:18:22 – Story Behind Teen Taal Characters1:26:08 – Journalism: Then vs Now1:32:17 – Weird Food Combinations1:36:16 – Culture & Tradition of Eating Paan1:43:18 – Urbanisation1:55:02 – India's Stray Dog Issue2:08:38 – India's Urban-Rural Divide2:11:40 – Two-Wheelers in India2:17:35 – NEET Paper Leak2:27:18 – Aditi Rao Hydari's Cannes Look2:34:51 – Incentives for Having More Children2:39:40 – Migration Within India2:58:36 – Criticism of Teen Taal