The Cārvāka Podcast
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The Cārvāka Podcast
The Cārvāka Podcast is a series of long-form conversations hosted by Kushal Mehra. The podcast covers a wide range of subjects where Kushal speaks with a wide range of guests to talk about sports, philosophy, public policy, current affairs, history, economics, etc.
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UGC Notification Controversy
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Tushar Gupta and Nikhil Mehra about the 2026 UGC notifications that have led to a storm on social media. What are...
Bangladesh Boycotts T20 World Cup
In this podcast, Kushal chats with Nikhil Mehra and Aadit Kapadia about the entire back and forth between the Bangladesh Cricket Board and the BCCI an...
Carney Visits China And Davos Summit As Trump Responds
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Darshan Maharaja and Kirk Lubimov about the recent trip of PM Mark Carney to China and Qatar. They also talk about...
Canada Amends Bill C-9 On hate Speech
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Mark Sandler from ALCCA and Rishabh Saraswat from COHNA about the recent proposed amendments on the Bill C-9. This...
Performative Politics Is Annoying
In this monologue. Kushal shares his views on performative politics. He will try to explain what he means by that and how it tends to backfire in the...
BJP Wins BMC Elections
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Aadit Kapadia about the recently concluded municipal elections across 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra whe...
India-USA Trade Deal And Tariff War
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Abhijit Chavda about the current India-USA trade deal that has been pending for a while. The Americans have levied...
Anti-Government Protests In Iran
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Catherine Perez-Shakdam and Abhijit Iyer-Mitra about the latest eruption of Anti-Government protests across Iran....
Rising Extortion Cases In Canada
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Darshan Maharaja as they discuss the alarming rise in shootings and subsequent extortion demands in Surrey and Bra...
BCCI And ICC Vs Bangladesh Cricket Board
In this podcast, Kushal and Aadit discuss the lame attempt by the Bangladesh cricket board to not play the T20 World Cup in India. The ICC has told th...
US Attacks Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro Arrested
In this podcast, Kushal talks with Abhijit Iyer-Mitra about the attack on Caracas, Venezuela where American troops conducted precision airtsrikes and...
Is The Gig Economy Exploitative?
In this podcast, Kushal and Tushar Gupta talk about the latest controversy around the entire gig economy of India. Are gig workers being exploited? Ar...
Competitive Bigotry In India
In this monologue, Kushal talks about the trend of competitive bigotry in India. Whether it is Bajrang Dal goons attacking Christmas celebration or Is...
BMC Elections 2026
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Aadit Kapadia on the upcoming BMC elections on January 15th 2026.
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Tragic Death In Edmonton In ER after nearly 8-hour wait
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Darshan Maharaja and Kirk Lubimov about the tragic death of a 44-year-old father of three who died after waiting i...
Khalistani Immigration Scam In Australia And New Zealand
In this podcast, Kushal chats with The Sangha Show as they discuss how the Khalistanis are trying to repeat the same immigration scams in Australia an...
Aravalli Hills Controversy
In this podcast, Kushal chats with Tushar Gupta about the recent Aravalli Hills controversy where everyone was accusing the central government of comp...
Should R&AW Influence Cinema? #dhurandhar
In this podcast, Kushal talks with Abhijit Iyer-Mitra about a very basic questioni.e should intelligence aencies influence cinema? It is a known fact...
India World T20 Squad Announced
In this podcast, Kushal and Aadit talk about the recently concluded T20 series where India beat South Africa 3-1. They also talk about the ongoing ash...
Bangladesh Violence
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Abhijit Iyer-Mitra about the current state of affairs in Bangladesh where a Hindu man was lynched by a mob and pro...
Should Movies Indulge In Propaganda? #dhurandhar
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Kamlesh Singh about all the noise around the movie Dhurandhar. A section of the society has accused the movie make...
Bondi Beach Islamist Terror Attack
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Harris Sultan about the terror attack at Bondi beach Sydney where a father and son duo started firing randomly on...
Karnataka Hate Speech Bill 2025
In this monologue, Kushal talks about The Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2025. This bill is scheduled to be tabled for a dis...
Municipal And Urban Governance Reforms
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Tushar Gupta about an order by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs that talks about the constitution of a wo...
Indigo Crisis
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Sanjay Lazar about the Indigo flight cancellation crisis and the overall handling of it by Indigo and the governme...
Kerala And Mumbai Hijab Bans
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Nikhil Mehra about the controversy surrounding the ban on wearing Hijab inside the educational premises i.e the cl...
The Illusion Of Privacy
In this monologue, Kushal talks about privacy in the current day and age. Privacy is buzzword that gets peddled every now and then by wannabe internet...
Who Broke The Ram Mandir? Babar Or Auragazeb
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Aabhas Maldahiyar about what the Ram Mandir Inscriptions say specifically when it comes to who broke the Ram Mandi...
Pakistan's 27th Amendment And Asim Munir Vs Imran Khan Continues
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Sushant Sareen about the Pakistani 27th amendment that gives Asim Munir unabashed powers in Pakistan. They also ta...
How To Consume Content In A Biased Landscape?
In this monologue, Kushal wants to talk about how we should consume content in a digital and social landscape where social media companies keep pushin...
India And Canada Takes Serious Steps In Rebuilding Their Relationship
In this podcast, Kushal and Darshan Maharaja look at all the latest developments as far as Canada and India are concerned. PM Modi and Carney met rece...
India Lose To South Africa
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Aadit Kapadia and Nikhil Mehra as they review the recently concluded 2 match test series where South Africa beat I...
Gursewak Singh Bal and Nine Others Arrested For Helping Fugitive Ryan Wedding
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Canadian journalist Sameer Kaushal about the arrest of Canadian Blogger Gursewak Singh Bal along with 10 others wh...
India's New Labour Codes
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Tushar Gupta about the latest reform initiated by the current BJP led NDA government where New Labour codes are be...
Ashes 2025 Preview
In this podcast, Aadit and Kushal preview thr upcoming Ashes in Australia. They also talk about the wonderful victory of South Africa over India in th...
Political Islam Vs Political Hinduism
In this monologue, Kushal wants to talk about the ongoing tussle between political Islam and political Hinduism in India. How is it affecting the Indi...
NDA Sweeps Bihar
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Aadit Kapadia and Tushar Gupta as they analyse the sweeping victory of NDA in the Bihar assembly elections of 2025...
India vs South Africa Preview
In this podcast, Kushal and Aadit preview the upcoming India vs South Africa test series. They also talk about the recently concluded India vs Austral...
Delhi Air Pollution Protest
In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Tushar Gupta about the Delhi Air Pollution Protest and the ongoing crisis in Northern India where people cannot ev...
Individualism Vs Nationalism In A Civilisational State
In this monologue, Kushal shares his thoughts on Nationalism and its relevance. What does nationalism mean in an Indian context? When Indians say they...