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I love meeting people who are passionate about what they do. And Praveen Kumar is a shining example of it. He's been doing standup comedy professionally for about 8 years now. And I'm willing to bet that you'll still have a hard time finding someone who is as meticulous and hardworking as he is. He's done 4 standup specials till date. And his recent one, "36 Vayathinile" - was the first ever fully Tamil standup special. He's toured all over the globe, has performed to venues big and small and is one of India's most loved comics. In this episode, we'll find out a little bit more about what's happening behind it all and how it all started. Timestamp: 0:46 - Story of Praveen's standup journey 6:56 - Praveen's standup piece and its genesis 29:30 - Talking about Praveen's new special - Mr. Family Man 39:22 - Being a 'clean' comedian 41:13 - About standup in Tamil and his Tamil show 45:30 - Very slow general rapid-fire questions ;)

Baggy is a full-time standup comedian who has been doing this for the last 4 years now. Timestamps: 2:25 - Baggy's standup journey 11:10 - Life experiences for standup & topics 17:00 - Baggy's standup piece 25:10 - Costumes and theatricality in standup 34:00 - Baggy's niceness (or lack of it) 37:20 - Contextualizing content while touring 40:40 - Baggy's social media presence 44:30 - Very slow general rapid-fire questions About the podcast: As an adult, I've come to realise that conversations with people, especially new people, are difficult and rare. My goal with this podcast is to have (hopefully interesting) detailed conversations with people from different walks of life, take something that is central to them and sort of detail it out/break it down. If it gives you a slice of that person's life, is honest and feels like a good coffee date with a new friend, I'd consider myself very happy with the outcome Social media handles: @rabhinder Contact: rabhinder@gmail.com