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Footloose by Shre & Eish
by Eisha Sarkar
Footloose is a series of podcasts produced by Eisha Sarkar and Shreyasi Majumdar. They cover a range of topics from travel, books, music, films, human nature, animals, science, environment, history, art and spirituality. Eisha is a writer and educator who can make a rock talk. She makes great brekkies served with a dollop of sarcasm and Siracha. Shreyasi, a journalist and academic, is a lifelong lover of the natural world, pasta, art supplies, wombats, meme-worthy memes, pink stuff, sci-fi and Johnny Depp!
Episodes
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Footloose Review: Vegan hair gel and cream for Eisha's mop from Arata
Eisha has been bombarded with ads about hair creams, gels and masks for curly hair. Blessed with an untamed mop, she decided to try out Arata's curly hair gel and cream. Her love for chemistry means she reads and interprets each ingredient listed there in between giggles and smirks. Does she like...
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Shre and Eish do a recap of the first season of Footloose
As they close the first season of Footloose by Shre and Eish, they both chat about their favourites of the season and what worked for different age groups and audiences. After producing and editing 65 episodes of #TidyBytes and #Footloose over the last three months, Eisha deserves her two-month...
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Molecular biology, labels and holistic wellness: Sarada Raghavan talks about science, alternative therapy and Iryasa
In the final episode of this season of Footloose by Shre and Eish, Sarada Raghavan takes us through her journey from a student of life sciences and biochemistry at St Xavier's College, Mumbai, to working on biomarkers in Germany and then gradually starting her entrepreneurial journey in Singapore...
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To Korea, with love
Shre has achieved a new milestone in her life. She has watched over 150 episodes of K-dramas. No mean feat, says Eish, who cannot sit through a series longer than ten episodes. In this penultimate episode of Footloose by Shre and Eish, they talk about Korean entertainment and the Korean…
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Durians and Vegans
Shre is just back from a trip to the far north of New Zealand where she has been talking to avocado farmers for research. The conversation moves from avocados in New Zealand to durians, the intense-smelling fruit in Singapore, to the Gujarati delicacy, handvo, Eisha made for Shreyasi's parents in...
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Toddler Mom Groups and The Crow Story
Eisha's three-year-old son has just started preschool and so she has now entered a new group of toddler moms on WhatsApp. Here, she and Shre talk about the things they discuss on the group and the fact that Eisha has to teach her son The Crow And The Pitcher story but her son has never seen a…
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Shreyasi and Sushil talk about the monarch butterflies in their garden
Shre loves her butterflies and has studied them through her undergrad and graduation years. In this episode, she has a conversation with her husband Sushil about the beautiful monarch butterflies in their garden in New Zealand. #gardens #gardentalk #monarchbutterflies #caterpillars #swanplants...
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An eternal sufi, Waleed Hussain talks about his 40 Km walk from Agra to Fatehpur Sikri
In this episode of Footloose By Shre and Eish, Mumbai-based journalist Waleed Hussain walks the audience through his journey from Agra to Fatehpur Sikri. He followed the footsteps of the 16th-century Mughal Emperor Akbar to the home of the renowned Sufi saint, Salim Chishti. The heirless emperor...
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Beach finds in New Zealand: Sting Rays, Pufferfish and Indo-Pacific Man of War
In New Zealand, Shreyasi steps out with her dog, Koru, for some fresh air at the beach and sees a spectacular sunset. While most of us find shells, seaweed, driftwood and coconut shells on beaches, Shre has managed to find some unusual creatures in the sand. #beach #beachbaby #newzealand #travel...
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Seven Arches and a rocking cable car
The Pavagadh-Champaner complex near Vadodara in Gujarat is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2009, on a visit to Pavagadh with her cousin, Julian, Eisha took a ride in a rickety cable car. Julian was worried that they might fall and asked Eisha if there had been an accident and Eisha, the…
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Look where you jump, especially if you're in the middle of the ocean
Shre talks about the time she jumped out of a kayak in the middle of the ocean near Singapore. A figure waved to her from the beach. She waved back. When he started running into the water towards her, she discovered it was the lifeguard who thought she was drowning. Lesson learnt: If you jump…
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Shreyasi recites Colonel Fazackerley Butterworth-Toast
Shreyasi recites one of her childhood favourites from memory. Colonel Fazackerley Butterworth-Toast By Charles Causely Colonel Fazackerley Butterworth-Toast Bought an old castle complete with a ghost, But someone or other forgot to declare To Colonel Fazak that the spectre was there. On the very...
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Baths, Stews and Sufism: Waleed Hussain talks about civilizations and cultures
Eisha's friend from Bombay, Waleed Hussain, is a writer, editor, photographer, teacher and mentor. He has spent a good part of the last 20 years as a print and digital journalist and headed the newsrooms of two national dailies in Mumbai and New Delhi. A passionate journalist who has worked with...
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Corn, cauliflowers, a resilient peach, and the elusive Head Potato Award
In this episode of Footloose with Shre and Eish, Shreyasi and her husband Sushil talk about their garden in New Zealand in which Sushil has planted pretty much all the fruits and vegetables you will see in a supermarket. Sprinkled with giggles and anecdotes, there's a lot to learn about patience...
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There are sea urchins and then there are sea urchins that wear hats!
In this micropod, Shre talks about her trip to Tioman, an island off the coast of Malaysia, where she accidentally stepped onto a sea urchin. Ouch! Obviously, that one wasn't wearing a hat! #seaurchins #oceans #tioman #malaysia #singapore #beach #beachvacation #travel #vacation #podcast…
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Of buzzy bees and Q-tips for pollinating eggplants
Shreyasi's husband, Sushil Shirke, is a passionate gardener and has grown all kinds of fruits, vegetables and flowers in their garden at home in New Zealand. In this episode of Footloose By Shre and Eish, he talks about bees and how he welcomes them into their garden by growing stuff they love…
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Eisha and Reagan Gavin share their stories of loss and grief
In this episode about love and loss, Eisha takes us back to 2016, when a rare type of miscarriage dashed her and her husband's hopes of becoming a first-time parent. Conditioned to move on like many South Asian women, she did the same until a holiday in the Andamans and a casual remark from a...
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Floatation tanks, Japanese blue sunglasses for weightloss, blue pea tea and oxygen bars
Shre and Eish guffaw through an episode where they discuss some of the weird health fads. Shreyasi talks about how her friend gifted her a coupon for sensory deprivation floatation tank experience at a spa, while Eisha talks about how she gifted her friend an experience at Le Noir Restaurant in...
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Debutante novelist Kashif Mashaikh talks about his book, Mortuary Tales, the role of literary agents and horror as a genre
Kashif Mashaikh's first book, The Mortuary Tales, released on June 14 and within a week shot up to #13 in the horror genre on Amazon India. In this episode of Footloose by Shre and Eish, he talks about writing, literary agents, characterization and how he was inspired by Stephen King, Aahat and...
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Eisha talks about how she whips up a good brekkie
In this episode of Footloose by Shre and Eish, Eisha talks about love for brekkies and how she mixes up all kinds of ingredients to serve a colourful plate of food with a very fine balance of taste, texture and flavour. #caprese #seekhkebab #pasta #momo #brekkie #breakfast #sattu #fish #chicken...
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Sexy Demi Moore legs, a bald pate and the mind's triumph over body: Sagar Tanna talks about his fight against cancer
Shreyasi's best friend, Sagar, was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 19 and his chances of survival were only 11%. Eighteen years since he fought the battle with cancer, Sagar, takes us through his darkest days and how he has managed to maintain a positive attitude throughout life. This…
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Singapore Stories: The World's First Orangutan Influencer
In this episode of Footloose by Shre and Eish, Eisha talks about her travels to Sarawak, Malaysia, where she failed to see a wild orangutan because of deforestation while Shreyasi talks about Ah Meng, a rescued Sumatran orangutan who became the poster-girl for Singapore Tourism. #orangutan…
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Empathy as a tool of manipulation and dark empaths
During the course of this pandemic, one term has cropped up again and again. Empathy i.e. putting ourselves in another's position and feeling what they feel. It is what sustains humankind. It is what drives us to help, support and care for others and make the world a better place. But in this...
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Waleed Hussain narrates his Hindi short story, Khidki (Window)
Waleed Hussain is a journalist with over 25 years of experience in the media and communications industry. In Footloose's first episode in Hindi, Waleed narrates his short story, Khidki. It's a story that was never written. He picked up his phone, switched on the recorder and the words flowed to...
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Singapore Stories: Clay caterpillars, pink dolphins, steel journalism and sustainable development
From graduating with a Life Sciences degree from St Xavier's College in Mumbai to making green clay caterpillars to study predation in forests in Singapore to working with pink dolphins and then writing on steel and commodities, Shreyasi talks about her non-linear career graph, her love of nature...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Footloose is a series of podcasts produced by Eisha Sarkar and Shreyasi Majumdar. They cover a range of topics from travel, books, music, films, human nature, animals, science, environment, history, art and spirituality. Eisha is a writer and educator who can make a rock talk. She makes great brekkies served with a dollop of sarcasm and Siracha. Shreyasi, a journalist and academic, is a lifelong lover of the natural world, pasta, art supplies, wombats, meme-worthy memes, pink stuff, sci-fi and Johnny Depp!
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Footloose is a series of podcasts produced by Eisha Sarkar and Shreyasi Majumdar. They cover a range of topics from travel, books, music, films, human nature, animals, science, environment, history, art and spirituality. Eisha is a writer and educator who can make a rock talk. She makes great...
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