Don't Know, Do Care
Curious minds welcome, clueless takes guaranteed! Don’t Know, Do Care is a curious mix of comedy, commentary, and casually intense learning. Every episode, one of us brings a topic the others know nothing about and tries to "educate" them, just enough for them to feign interest. Do we learn anything? Absolutely not. Do we care about the topic? Probably not. Are we curious, though? Potentially yes. We're not experts by any stretch of our already stretched imagination, but we're just trying to get a bit smarter, one strange question at a time. Curiosity might have killed a cat, but will it kill us? Only time will tell. Join us on our journey to learn something you didn’t know you cared about.
Mayong, Assam: A beautiful village with rhinos, riverbanks… and apparently, shape-shifting sorcerers who turn bullets into fish. That is, if you believe the truly unhinged travel blogs and SEO clickbait out there.
In this episode, we unspool the myth of “India’s land of black magic” and how a small village got buried under internet nonsense, why mainstream media couldn’t be bothered to fact-check, and how bad tourism copywriters turned folklore into fantasy fiction. Spoiler: th
/episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/38069545Whey, dal, sattu, tofu, (insert anything else you want here) - in this episode, we try to figure out if we’re doing protein the whey we should. Spoiler: we’re probably not.
We talk desi diet myths, gym bro science, and the rising panic of hitting protein goals in your 30s without turning into a spreadsheet. Is sattu legit? Is pea protein just vibes? Why does everyone suddenly care about macros?
If you’ve ever Googled “high protein vegetarian diet” and immediate
/episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/38069550Why does “+” mean add? What even is “@”? And why did school kids accidentally name the ampersand?
In this episode, we deep-dive into the bizarre origin stories of the everyday symbols we type, tap, and totally take for granted, from ancient math hacks and monk scribbles to the merchant roots of the @ sign and the absolute chaos behind the humble equal sign.
Also featuring: toddler mispronunciations, Alan Tudyk appreciation, and an asterisk that might just represe
/episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/38069555What if India had its own Area 51? What if it was in Ladakh? And what if over 100 soldiers reported UFOs but no one blinked?
In this episode, we dive headfirst into the Kongka La Pass conspiracy: from CIA reports and humanoid sightings to Google Earth wipes and suspicious yellow spheres in the sky. There’s military drama, alien tourism, and a very real quote about “clapping alien cheeks.” You're welcome.
Come for the mystery. Stay for the mountain-based madness.
/episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/38069560This week, we fly headfirst into Superman’s lesser-known stories; from memory-erasing kisses to Communist Kal-El, from the time he roasted the KKK on radio to the shocking fact that he wasn’t even supposed to fly (say what?)!
Also in this episode: Indian Superman (yes, it exists), why Kryptonite was invented for smoke breaks, and a very heated debate on whether Clark Kent is the disguise or the real deal.
Cape not required. Nerd rage guaranteed.
It’s our first-ever bonus quiz episode!
We battle it out, tenable style, over very serious topics like “languages we should probably know,” “Olympic sports with balls,” and “Shakespeare plays we definitely forgot.”
There’s fake confidence, real confusion, and a bottle of wine (or beer) on the line. One of us wins. One of us buys.
This is Don’t Know, Do Guess; our new monthly quiz series where knowing stuff is optional, but losing grace
/episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/38069570Why are MBTI types on LinkedIn bios and why are people proud of them? Why do consultants love putting everything into a 2x2? And what exactly do we do with a SWOT analysis once it’s made?
In this episode, we tear into some of the most overhyped, oversimplified, and overused business theories; from the Myers-Briggs cult to Maslow’s misunderstood pyramid, the 10,000-hour myth, and the classic consultant trap of “strategic-looking nonsense.” Also, a frog gets eaten. Sort of (Only me
/episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/38069575In this episode, we share the weirdest info we could find; the kind that make you go “Wait, what?” and then proceed to ruin your entire day. But given that it's Monday, are we really ruining it any more than it already is? Be honest with yourself.
From the original use of chainsaws (brace yourself) to poop particles on your toothbrush, zombie fungi, cows with regional accents (yes, we tried some), and frogs getting married for rain, it’s a slippery slope of fun, filth, folklore,
/episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/38069580Don’t know why every YouTube thumbnail looks like it’s screaming at you? Same. In this episode, we dive face-first into the chaotic world of clickbait thumbnails, limbic system hijacking, and the ancient part of your brain that’s somehow obsessed with faces that look like they just lost everything in 24 hours.
We talk about why your brain can’t resist dramatic thumbnails, how your amygdala is basically getting manipulated every time you open YouTube, and why more content choices
/episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/38069585Don’t know about carbon lock-in? Neither did we. That is until we realized we might be stuck in the world’s biggest escape room powered by coal, oil, and fossil fuel regret.
In this episode, we try to make sense of carbon lock-in, the not-so-fun reality where green energy and clean energy solutions aren't the magical exits we hoped for. We ask why fossil fuels still have a grip on our systems, whether solar panels are as green as they claim, and how clean en
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