It’s an all-Newslaundry panel this week with Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone and Anand Vardhan. The conversation begins with speculation about Mehraj’s future career choices. Anand mentions bureaucracy while Manisha talks about the media. “If money isn’t your main priority, teaching is the best. The most satisfying in the long run,” adds Abhinandan. Then discussion shifts to what Abhinandan calls “the most exciting FIFA ever”, as the panel discusses all the controversial headlines, Messi’s big win and Qatar’s management of the tournament. “What was the stated objective of Qatar behind FIFA and was it counterproductive,” asks Abhinandan. Tune in!
Hafta letters: NL interviews, renouncing citizenship, podcast player issues
Song: Auld Lang Syne
Timecodes
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:42 - Headlines
00:12:26 - Mehraj’s Future
00:40:02 - Qatar and Fifa
00:58:19 - Subscriber mails
01:08:53 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Manisha
Bob Dylan on Music's Golden Era vs. Streaming
Highway 61 Revisited
The Physical Genius
Anand
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Mehraj
In Praise of Idleness
Abhinandan
Check out our previous Hafta recommendations.
Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Hassan Bilal.
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