Pops in a Pod

Academic results has been dominating headlines and social media over the last week. The Pop duo discuss the importance that marks and grade play in life and the factors that affect it. They are joined by five guests who share their perspectives and also their journeys. 

Here are the five guests who expressed  their  opinions on academics and marks:

Animesh Das

Denzil Lewis

Rohit Mascarehanas

Santosh aka SKaM

Harshad Palsule

Nadir currently leads the Business Development division at a digital agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content and writing.  www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/  

Peter is a marketing guy. He has a decade experience with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi 

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On this episode, Nadir Pop and Peter Pop are joined by Gaurav Chintamani. Known as the bassist of Indian fusion rock band Advaita, he is also a music producer, teacher, husband and a dad of two. In recent months, Gaurav has gone viral on social media for his covers of the Beatles songs along his 6 year old son, Ishaan.

In a lengthy chat, the Pop duo speak to Gaurav about Ishaan & the Beatles, the balance between being a parent and musician and also becoming a parent during the pandemic.

The episode features Gaurav and Ishaan singing Beatles Penny Lane and also Get off from The Dirt Machine EP It's About Time

Nadir currently leads the Business Development division at a digital agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content and writing. www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/

Peter is a marketing guy. He has a decade experience with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi

Get in touch with the Pops on [email protected] .

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In their first in-studio episode, Nadir Pop and Peter Pop are joined by power couple Varun Duggirala and Pooja Jauhari.

Varun Duggirala is co-founder and content chief, and Pooja Jauhari is CEO of, The Glitch, India's leading full-service creative agency. Varun also hosts 3 podcasts, and is the author of Everything Is Out of Syllabus – an instruction manual on optimising life for happiness and high performance. Pooja is also the founder of Seat At The Table – an unbiased investment and advisory initiative. Varun and Pooja are parents to Leia, their daughter.

They tell the Pop duo about how not letting work and home overlap has worked for them as a couple that works together, meeting each other halfway, progressing and growing in life together, their parenting styles being different from their own parents, and parenting in a pandemic.

Hosted by: Nadir Kanthawala and Peter Kotikalapudi

Guests: Varun Duggirala and Pooja Jauhari

Recorded at Island City Studios

Audio Engineer: Hersh Desai

Editor: Yash Hirave

Producer: Husein Haveliwala

Partners: Shure

These sessions were recorded using Shure mics and headphones and if you think we sound good, you now know why. When it matters most to you, rely on Shure to deliver an amazing sound performance, whatever stage you’re on. Here is a list of some of the equipment we used that you may consider adding to your shopping bag. :)

MV7 - Podcast Microphone

MV7X - Podcast Microphone

SM7B - Studio Microphone

SRH440 - Professional Studio Headphones

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Nadir currently is the Director of Growth at an integrated marketing agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content and writing. www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/

Peter is a podcaster producer. He has a decade experience in marketing working with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi

One of the realizations that Nadir Pop & Peter Pop had on the previous episode To Buy or Not to Buy - Pre school edition was that their kids have too much stuff. This week the Pop Duo speak to Freyan Bhujwala & Kanika Vasudeva from The Share Bear thesharebear.in on sustainable living, mindful parenting and promoting a circular economy, in an easy and convenient manner. Their vision is to normalise the buying and selling of pre-loved items

Kanika has a post-graduate degree in Social Communications and Media from Sophia’s Polytechnic, Mumbai. She has been part of the PR and Marketing team at Sony Pictures, has worked with Idream Productions and UTV and spent nine years at Fox Star Studios as VP International, Sales and Distribution.

Freyan has a post-graduate degree in Marketing and Advertising from St. Xavier’s Institute of Communication, Mumbai. She worked with JWT Advertising, was part of the marketing team at Fox Star Studios, and went on to become Head of Marketing at Maddock Films.

A must listen episode for all parents.

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Nadir currently is the Director of Growth at an integrated marketing agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content and writing. www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/

Peter is a podcaster producer. He has a decade experience in marketing working with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi

The Pops kick start the year with an episode on fitness but not the traditional kind.

Aadhar Malhotra joins Nadir Pop & Peter Pop to discuss the different forms of martial arts. They also discuss the right age for kids to start learning martial arts and the role parents and external teachers play.

Aadhar Malhotra has been training in martial arts for the past 11 years under his teacher Shifu Kanishka Sharma and has been teaching under him since 2013. A former military & law enforcement instructor (under Shifu Kanishka), Aadhar has been trained in various arts such as Jeet Kune Do, Filipino Martial Arts, & Muay Thai along with arts such as Shaolin Kung Fu, Wing Chun and others.

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Nadir currently leads the Business Development division at a digital agency. Prior to this Nadir spent a decade in TV and digital video production – producing, directing, developing content, and writing. www.linkedin.com/in/nadir-kanthawala-47249814/

Peter is a marketing guy. He has a decade experience working with companies ranging from startups to public listed companies. www.linkedin.com/in/peterkotikalapudi