All Episodes - Bitches Brew
A monthly podcast about everything under under the sun by Aditi & Alina, two writers/filmmakers.Written & produced by Alina Gufran & Aditi SivaramanDesign by Ishanou MohindraMusic by Mallar Sen
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Self-Censorship - Season 2, Episode 04
We're back with our 4th episode on Self-Censorship where we discuss the Overton Window, Newspeak, the social desirability bias, mental health and how it intersects with self-censorship in a world where opinions are more polarized than ever and cancel culture is on steroids.
Body Image - Season 2, Episode 03
We chat with Ameira Sikand of the The Unmute Films about body image in a world where our bodies are subjected to hyper-scrutiny - no matter its size or shape. We discuss problematic sizing practises with brands, the conversation around body image, beauty magazines, tokenism & more.
Fathers - Season 2, Episode 02
Mirror episode from out First Season, Episode 07, we talk to our listeners to understand their relationship with their fathers.
Alternative Health Practises - Wisdom or Hogwash? Season 2, Episode 01
Much like drinking cow urine to treat Covid (just don't do that) or stinging yourself with live bee stings to treat everything from burns, wounds and Lyme disease, alternative health practises are all the range. Just this last month, @alinaguf has began taking amla d-mannose and neem supplements, apart from vitamin D doses. We routinely indulge in tarot readings, sound bath healing, forest bathing, tattoo-healing therapy - there's a multi-billion dollar wellness industry across the world. The very traditions that eastern medicine was rooted in like Ayurveda and Yoga, has now been turned to very profitable ventures of the western world. For our Season 1, Episode 1, we speak with people who're healing practitioners themselves, some believers and customers and cynics to try and decode what wellness means today and why exactly is a larger, younger population eschewing western/allopathic medicine. Tune in while you stay in & get vaccinated!
Episode 08 - Dreams
We're back after a short end of the year hiatus (for the year 2020 has been) with our new episode, Dreams. We've taken a very different creative direction with this. With Mallar Sen on the dreamy soundscapes and Ishanou Mohindra on the art, we've invited listeners to send in their dreams under confinement, as a result of the pandemic and weaved a narrative auralscape out of it. Some surreal, some too realistic to be comfortable - tune in to go on this atmospheric journey. Written & produced by Aditi Sivaraman & Alina Gufran
Mothers - 07
We're back with our eighth episode, Mothers, where we speak to our listeners about their relationship with their mothers - the good, the bad and the ugly. Massive thanks to: Medha Sinha Zayn Lohit Sonal Sher Rea MM Niharika Jain Diya Gupta Ragini Menon Malvika Tiwari Written & produced by Aditi Sivaraman & Alina Gufran Design by Ishanou Mohindra Music by Mallar Sen
Embarrassing Health Problems & Sexual Wellness - Part 2, 06
In this episode, Aditi and Alina speak with gynaecologist-obstetrician and water birth pioneer in India to discuss embarrassing health problems we all struggle to have a public discussion about.
Sexual Wellness & Embarrassing Health Problems - Part 1, 06
For the first part of our sixth episode, we speak with Apurupa Vatsalya, a sex educator and mental health first aider about sexual wellness, bodyful pleasure, self-pleasure, slut-shaming, erotica and more. Written & produced by Aditi Sivaraman & Alina Gufran Design by Ishanou Mohindra Music by Mallar Sen
News: Is It True? 05
For our 5th episode, which feels like a milestone of some sort, we speak to journalists, editors and writers to try and understand the onslaught of fake news, the state of broadcast journalism today and the ethics of journalism at large and the complicity of social media and Big Tech in further polarising public discourse. This particular episode made us contend with a lot of harsh realities about this country's fourth estate and perhaps, our own blind spots. A slight digression from from our usual fare but it's hard not to speak about this given what some of our media stands for today. A big thanks to Somya Lakhani Diya Gupta Luke Nikkanen Abhay Puri Vivek Gopal Written & produced by Aditi Sivaraman & Alina Gufran Design by Ishanou Mohindra Music by Mallar Sen
What's The Matter With Marriage - 04
For the fourth episode of Bitches Brew, Aditi & Alina speak with a host of people about their thoughts on marriage. Some personal, some peripheral - we navigate the tricky terrain of both good bits & bad bits. We'd like to thank the following people for making this happen: Siddharth Jain Surabhi Venkatesh Arnav Sanyal Jeevika Tyagi Niharika Jain Shipra Singh Shibani Bedi Esha Chaterjee Esha Seth Sonal Sher Written & produced by Alina Gufran & Aditi Sivaraman Design by Ishanou Mohindra Music by Mallar Sen
The Vogue Of Mental Health: Mental Health & Influencers
In the third episode of Bitches Brew, Alina and Aditi speak with Madhav Menon (therapist), Deepa Avula (dance movement therapist) and Roshini Kumar (influencer, photographer, body positivity activist)about the trend of mental health online, especially during the pandemic and how and if at all it's been co-opted by influencers. Design by Ishanou Mohindra Music by Mallar Sen
Episode 2 Part 2- Is free work, work? The balance between art and money.
e're back with the second episode of Bitches Brew where we discuss whether free work is work at all. In Part 2, Aditi and Alina chat with Meera Ganapathi (writer, editor and founder of the online magazine - The Soup, creative consultant), Arun Kale (founding editor of Helter Skelter, an independent arts and culture magazine based in India, and Astray, a website for creative people in India.) and Anjali Sivaraman (model/actor) about what work means to them.
Episode 2 Part 1 - Is free work, work? The balance between art and money.
We're back with the second episode of Bitches Brew where we discuss whether free work is work at all. In Part 1, Aditi and Alina chat with Tanmay Dhanania, actor/producer/artist and Anurag Banerjee, photographer, both based out of Mumbai about the highs and lows of the artistic process.
Love In The Time Of Corona
In the first episode of Bitches Brew, Aditi and I delve into what dating's been like during the pandemic in India in wake of one of the strictest lockdowns in the world. We speak to a couple of people Aditi met online and discuss hooking up with a doctor during a pandemic, much to his distaste.