Barely Researched Facts
Comedy
Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by ArtNowThus; an arts, events and content company. Born out of the infamous lockdown of 2020, the show is a trip down dissection lane – of words. Every episode, the hosts Ragini and Shar choose one word and deep dive into it. Every interesting fact we can find, we research – somewhat casually – and bring to you, pairing it with some good humour and casual chat between two friends.
Location:
India
Genres:
Comedy
Description:
Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by ArtNowThus; an arts, events and content company. Born out of the infamous lockdown of 2020, the show is a trip down dissection lane – of words. Every episode, the hosts Ragini and Shar choose one word and deep dive into it. Every interesting fact we can find, we research – somewhat casually – and bring to you, pairing it with some good humour and casual chat between two friends.
Language:
English
Contact:
07517470353
Website:
https://www.artnowthus.in/brf
Email:
info@artnowthus.in
Episodes
BRF Season II RECAP
1/7/2023
It’s time for the great recap episode! We’ve done so much this year that we’ve been proud of. We've celebrated days special to us and the world; we had guests on; we discussed everything under the sun – and the moon ! From the fascinating to the bizarre, from cults to dictatorships, from the gruesome (Krampus) to the ludicrous (Moonies cult). We’ve done our best to keep things interesting – which wasn’t very hard to do considering the world and indeed humanity’s ability to be downright...
Duration:00:08:42
BRF 34: Holiday - Seasons Beatings, Indian days of Rest and Rearranging Calendars
12/17/2022
Getting you right into the holiday spirit, this episode we’ve chosen the word “Holidays”. Ragini jumps right into that holiday spirit with the legend of Krampus, a horned beastly figure from central and eastern Alpine folklore - scaring the poop out of misbehaving kids everywhere since time immemorial. We widen the net and go hunting for the history of holidays, the weekend and how the “Day of Rest” has evolved on the Indian subcontinent and for its many inhabitants.
It's a holiday...
Duration:00:27:47
BRF 33: Number - The Fibonnaci Numbers, Pythagorean Cults, and a "Prime" Conspiracy
11/26/2022
This episode, we’ve chosen the word “Number”. Somehow, we’re back on the topic of cults - wait to find out how we’ve managed this. All we'll say is it has something to do with a right triangle, some misattributed discoveries (if you guessed Tesla, you’re wrong) and vegetarians who weren’t really vegetarians, which is a tale as old as time! We also obviously talk about the Fibonacci sequence, what it is, how it came to be and why the golden ratio might not be the all pervasive standard code...
Duration:00:36:55
BRF 32: Chill - The Etymology of Chill, Piloerection and Stoners Frustrating Anaesthetists Everywhere!
11/12/2022
This episode, we’ve chosen the word “Chill”. If there’s anything that we or indeed everyone in the world needs right now, it’s a chill pill. And we’ll give you a precise recipe for one - straight from the most medically reliable century in human history - the 1800s! While you’re digesting that recipe, you might experience a hint of piloerection - a common occurrence when listening to any of our episodes - worry not, we’ll explain what that means in the episode. And lastly, we go deeper into...
Duration:00:27:41
BRF Special Episode: 'Hunger' an audio drama
10/30/2022
We continue our audio drama special episodes with our second short story.
'Hunger' is also a short story written by Shar and narrated by Vidyuth Gargi, an actor and writer from Mumbai. Today's story is... interesting. Struggling to say more without revealing too much, so that's all we'll say. But take a listen.
Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by ArtNowThus, a media start-up based in India. Born out of the infamous lockdown of 2020, the show is a trip...
Duration:00:08:48
BRF Special Episode: 'Homecoming' an audio drama
10/29/2022
Today's episode is an experiment - we're celebrating World Audio Drama Day, with our own little tribute through storytelling.
'Homecoming' is a short story written by Shar and narrated by Yuki Ellias, a theatre director and actor from Mumbai. We don't want to ruin the story by telling you too much in the blurb, so take a listen and enjoy the tale.
Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by ArtNowThus, a media start-up based in India. Born out of the infamous...
Duration:00:07:27
BRF 31: Sun - Sun’s Out - Shields and Bums Out!
10/15/2022
Welcome to the seventh episode! This time we’re going the opposite direction to our fifth episode “Moon”. We discuss the importance, or lack thereof of perineum sunning - which is the scientific term for sun’s out, bums out folks! We also talk about that time North Korea landed the first man on the sun in a mere 21 hour long round trip. That happened, obviously. And then there's our newest space investigation superhero - the James Webb Telescope, and its superhero cape. Enjoy the...
Duration:00:24:31
BRF 30: Ferment - Fermented birds, 'High' Meat and God-level punning
10/12/2022
Part of our collaboration with the amazing Kobo Fermentary, Ragini and Shar kick things off by discussing some very interesting fermented foods and Ragini makes the best pun of her life!
Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by ArtNowThus, a content and events company based in India. Born out of the infamous lockdown of 2020, the show is a trip down dissection lane – of words. Every episode, the hosts Ragini and Shar choose one word and deep dive into it....
Duration:00:16:51
BRF 29: Moon - Werewolves on the Moon, Cults and Bare Bums!
8/27/2022
The moon’s gravitational pull is at its strongest during the New Moon and Full Moon. Today is a new moon - so you’ve guessed it - the simple creatures at Barely Researched Facts have chosen Moon as the word for today’s episode!
In this episode we discuss the scientific implications of plonking a werewolf on the moon before we spend some time deciding what exactly qualifies an organisation as a cult that ruins lives, breaks up families, and causes havoc in people’s lives. And then we chat...
Duration:00:32:15
BRF 28: Revolution - Scientific, planetary, political and everything in between
8/12/2022
Our word this episode is an Independence Day special. We’re going with revolution - expect all things revolutionary and all things revolving. 15th August is the Indian Independence Day. Which got us thinking - why isn’t the Indian independence movement referred to as a revolution? There’s a little bit about the famous White Revolution in India though, and a very famous ad mascot associated with it.
Also, it turns out Pluto’s done with our solar system and does not want to sit with the rest...
Duration:00:36:58
BRF 27: Prank - Rick rolling, Pythagoras and Saddam Hussein!
7/30/2022
This episode had us punning on the fly, talking about a poltergeist from our (and your) collective childhoods, morbid humour in a dictatorship, our favourite redhead Rick Astley along with activist of vegetarianism and little known mathematician Pythagorus and his prank cup!
Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by ArtNowThus, a content and events company based in India. Born out of the infamous lockdown of 2020, the show is a trip down dissection lane – of...
Duration:00:24:37
BRF 26: Telegram - Big Eared Telepathic Aliens and the last telegram ever sent!
7/15/2022
It's the anniversary of the last telegram sent, so we did an entire episode on telegrams.
We talk about the last telegram ever sent (obvio), communicating telepathically and telegraphically with big-eared Martians, and why in the world the unstoppable telegram had stops in it. Answers to all your burning telegram questions in the episode right here. Listen in!
Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by ArtNowThus, a Mumbai-based experiential arts company. Born...
Duration:00:30:04
BRF 25: Power - Gun toting shrimps, Powerpuff Girls and more!
7/1/2022
Welcome back to Season 2 - and we're starting things off with this power packed episode!
We talk about a gun toting shrimp (not making it up), a broken circle and a vertical stroke, the tapestry of 80s, 90s pop culture that is the Powerpuff Girls and how Iceland heats …. literally everything!
Duration:00:21:03
BRF PodActs #10 - An Incredible Hostage Rescue... using a pop song
6/20/2022
In 2010, the Columbian army ran an audacious rescue mission and sent hidden messages to hostages, using a pop song.
This segment is from Episode 18 - Signal. Scroll down over to take a listen to the full episode.
Duration:00:12:38
BRF PodActs #9 - Pride
5/31/2022
Going all the way back to our first ever BRF Shorts On Us. Take a listen to Pride...
Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by ArtNowThus. Born out of the infamous lockdown of 2020, the show is a trip down dissection lane – of words. Every episode, the hosts Ragini and Shar choose one word and deep dive into it. Every interesting fact we can find, we research – somewhat casually – and bring to you, pairing it with some good humour and casual chat between two...
Duration:00:12:05
BRF PodActs #8 - The story of Agni and his millennia long indigestion
5/20/2022
This is a story about the god of Fire and a 1000 year long indigestion. And while that line is a hook, the story is worth the bait!
Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by ArtNowThus. Born out of the infamous lockdown of 2020, the show is a trip down dissection lane – of words. Every episode, the hosts Ragini and Shar choose one word and deep dive into it. Every interesting fact we can find, we research – somewhat casually – and bring to you, pairing it with...
Duration:00:08:55
BRF PodActs #7 - Geek Stuff (May The Fourth special)
5/6/2022
What does being a geek say about your personality (apart from the fact that we're geeks)?
Also, why do superheroes wear their underpants outside their pants?
Mysteries unraveled in today's May The Fourth special PodActs edition.
Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by ArtNowThus. Born out of the infamous lockdown of 2020, the show is a trip down dissection lane – of words. Every episode, the hosts Ragini and Shar choose one word and deep dive into it....
Duration:00:08:27
BRF PodActs #6 - The History of Birthdays
4/22/2022
Where did our grand and not-so-grand birthday traditions begin from? Find out in this short of a short.
Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by ArtNowThus. Born out of the infamous lockdown of 2020, the show is a trip down dissection lane – of words. Every episode, the hosts Ragini and Shar choose one word and deep dive into it. Every interesting fact we can find, we research – somewhat casually – and bring to you, pairing it with some good humour and casual...
Duration:00:07:35
BRF PodActs #5 - Myth Busting : Does A Duck's Quack Echo?
4/1/2022
Ragini and Shar record this one in the same room - whaaaat!
Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by ArtNowThus, a Mumbai-based experiential arts company. Born out of the infamous lockdown of 2020, the show is a trip down dissection lane – of words. Every episode, the hosts Ragini and Shar choose one word and deep dive into it. Every interesting fact we can find, we research – somewhat casually – and bring to you, pairing it with some good humour and casual...
Duration:00:04:58
BRF PodActs #4 - Otzie's Hat
3/20/2022
The world's oldest fashion icon - hit that play button to find out all about it!
Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by ArtNowThus, a Mumbai-based experiential arts company. Born out of the infamous lockdown of 2020, the show is a trip down dissection lane – of words. Every episode, the hosts Ragini and Shar choose one word and deep dive into it. Every interesting fact we can find, we research – somewhat casually – and bring to you, pairing it with some...
Duration:00:05:27