Leftover Lasagne with Nitin & Tony

Ep 49: Dopamine v Penicillin

Attention span has gone to the dogs. We look at our phones 100s of times every day, and can't do without meaningless scrolling. What does all this distraction mean?

Ep 48: Celeb-reality culture

After the dust settled at the spirited Gen Z led protests at Jantar Mantar, where India's rich and famous gave a rather weak account of themselves, Nitin and Tony take a

Ep 47: The clean floor problem

We notice the one dirty spot on the floor. We don’t notice the hundred that were cleaned. In this episode, we start with a simple question: why did many of us grow up he

Ep 46: The Prestige

How important is the writing to the effectiveness of a movie? How much of creativity is art, and how much is science? Nitin and Tony enjoy the magic of great story-tellin

Ep 45: Mixed Doubles with Gabriela Sabbatical and Leander off the Pace

Tony tunes in from Down Under and joins Nitin to revive Leftover Lasagne after a break... And to discuss the topic of taking career breaks. Why don't more people take wor

Ep 44: Optimistic about Ozempic

As GLP1 drugs get approval for Type 2 Diabetes treatment in India, Tony and Nitin get deep into Ozempic and its likes, debating the moral, ethical and commercial question

Ep 43: Hey AI! You Be I, I'll take UBI

Nearly a 100 years ago, John Maynard Keynes predicted that we would only need to work 15 hours a week. While he may not have got that part right (yet), the fundamental pr

Ep 42: Strays dogs, Dream11 and everything

Tony and Nitin train their guns at two hot button issues in India right now, and they also train their guns at each other. Hastha la vista baby! We are back! Like this p

Ep 41: Aging like fine swine - Two Dads vs the Uncle trap

As LoL enters its 40s, the co-hosts, both shuddering at the thought of entering their own 40s take a gander at age, life experience, wearing your stripes with grace and b

Ep 40: Labubu doll and Pickleball

Short-lived trends, long-lived trends, trends you see coming from a distance, trends that come out of nowhere... Tony and Nitin try to understand what's going on. And in

Ep 39: There is no such thing as a free gravy

In this madcap episode, Nitin and Tony get together to discuss the deterioration of society as evidenced by the fall in what's considered basic courtesy. Should you be gi

Ep 38: Misused maps, abused antibiotics and other idiotics

There are several things in the world that are plainly wrong, and we continue to use and abide by them inspite of knowing full well that they are incorrect. In this episo

Ep 37: Birkin Bags, B-school Tags, and Beer Brags #BrandedForLife

Trump's Tariff Tomfoolery has led to Chinese creators letting the cat out of the bag, and showing us the nuts and bolts of how luxury goods are made. Naturally, the int

Ep 36: Glibly Censuring Ghibli and Senseless Censoring

The latest episode of LoL explores what it means to be artistic from various current affairs angles. The recent Malayalam movie Empuraan has run into censor trouble over

Ep 35: What men don't get - ft. Nisha Dhage and Shruti Kapoor

Nisha Dhage makes a comeback to the podcast, and she's joined by first-timer Shruti Kapoor, to school the boys on what fashion means, from a women's PoV. If our fashion t

Ep 34: Tony and Guy Knit a Fashion tale

Why do we dress up the way we do? Tony and Nitin uncover layers on what fashion represents in our self-image and in the way we lead our leaves. Do they ultimately find ou

Ep 33: Culture Lessons from Drishyam

Kerala and Tamil Nadu sit next to each other in the southern tip of India. Yet, why is Malayalam cinema so remarkably different from Tamil cinema, and from all other Indi

Ep 32: The garden path to garner empathy

Nitin and Tony return after a month’s hiatus to celebrate one year of Leftover Lasagne! And in classic LoL fashion they try to figure out what the episode is about as the

Ep 31: 10000 steps for man... A giant sleep for mankind

The 21st century human meticulously uses technology to track his and her every movement, in a constant effort to stay fit / hit arbitrary health milestones / flaunt their

Ep 30: Fandom of stars, but stars want to be Phantom?

Leftover Lasagne is back in 2025! Join Nitin and Tony as they wonder about their fandom for stars, what it means, and how it differs from sports, to movies, to politics.