Best The Nato Sessions Podcasts (2025)

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Zelenskyy, Trump, Europe and China 22:36

2M ago22:36

22:36

Is it possible to summarise modern Russian war history, the European and Pacific geopolitical situation, and the interactions between Zelenskyy, Trump, and Putin in 20 minutes? Well, I've given it my best shot! Here are my thoughts on current events, packaged as a digestible little snack. I hope you enjoy it, comments and feedback are welcome.…

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802: You need to run your party 55:29

3M ago55:29

55:29

Thyagu returns to the pod crew to discuss movies, some cricket, some politcking and a lot of autos. The sound quality still continues to be subpar but work and investment is being done. Or so one hopes.

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801: That is how bad we are 50:20

4M ago50:20

50:20

The pod is back. Some might argue that the pod never went anywhere in the first place but juvenile arguments aside, the pod is back, and back with mostly the same nonsense and some new. Trump, Cricket, Movies are all covered, as ever, and well of course, the L&T Chairman makes an appearance.

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4. An Honest Perspective from a Kiwi Cop 44:21

1+ y ago44:21

44:21

With crime in NZ at an alarmingly high rate, what better time to hear from someone on the front line? Eamon is a Police officer in Auckland and has had to respond to countless challenges and constant danger in his work. I'm sure I speak for many kiwis when I say cheers for all the mahi and sticking your necks out to keep us safe.Stay tuned to hear …

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706: Guys who have actually played cricket 1:05:40

1+ y ago1:05:40

1:05:40

Where the pod - along with a very special guest - delves into the World Cup.

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705: It was so pedestrian 45:04

1+ y ago45:04

45:04

Where the pod finally returns, discusses hiatus reasons and then delves into Leo.

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3. The Protein Breakthrough That Would Change Everything 38:25

2y ago38:25

38:25

In this episode, your host Marcus Taylor is joined by Chris Simcock, who works for Leaft. Leaft is on the cusp of isolating the most abundant protein on the planet, rubisco, which is found in the green leaves of plants. Numerous companies have tried and failed to extract it in bulk in a usable form. The first to do so will change the landscape of o…

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1. Ukraine, NATO & COVID in New Zealand (Re-Upload) 31:01

2y ago31:01

31:01

By Markuta

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704: What a riveting content 49:49

2y ago49:49

49:49

Where the pod goes back to being a general-purpose pod, starting with Maamanan, touches upon a man not payting his bills, shines a spotlight on Soren Iverson and his comedy, stealthily approaches Coding Ninjas, discusses leaving movies half way through before moving on to the top topic of the week - the Apple Vision Pro, before finally finishing up…

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703: Cinematically, it worked 45:47

2y ago45:47

45:47

Where the pod delves deep into PS2.

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702: It's just more eerie 55:35

2y ago55:35

55:35

Where the pod goes into Vetri Maran's Vidudhalai Part 1 in depth.

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701: You can vaguely hear something 38:09

2y ago38:09

38:09

Where the pod embarks on a new season with more of the same nonsense, traversing through a non-review of Pathu Thala, a review of Nanpagal Nerathu Mayakkam, some discussions on Kailasa's UN expedition and some other myriad topics. Links: https://food.ndtv.com/news/wait-what-man-sues-restaurant-chain-for-serving-boneless-chicken-wings-3862583/amp/1 …

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614: Massive scale comedy piece 1:05:05

2y ago1:05:05

1:05:05

Where the pod starts off with the Ukraine war, meanders striahgt into the chip war, and then takes a sharp turn into Thunivu, Mallu movies, and Mari Selvaraj on Kamal before settling on some silliness at Twitter.

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613: Whipping up jingoism 41:26

2+ y ago41:26

41:26

Where the pod meanders - rather unpreparedly - through the budget, wades into the Hindenburg row, samples some bloody sweet Leo, plays through the Asia and indeed the World Cups and finished on the passing of Gen. Musharraf and Vani Jairam.

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612: I don't have much faith 57:54

2+ y ago57:54

57:54

Where the pod continues to look back at 2022. Why, is as yet unknown. Lack of content, most likely.

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611: Passive aggressive rhetorical questions 48:30

2+ y ago48:30

48:30

Part 1 of where the pod looks back at 2022 through the lens of wins and fails in sport and tech.

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610: It's in the public sphere now 44:41

2+ y ago44:41

44:41

Where the pod starts with a wrap (not the edible kind), meanders all over the Middle East in the guise of discussing the World Cup, making detours in Iran as well, before turning to matters closer to home with some politics, some movies and some lament on the current state of the media. Links to stuff: Spotify Wrapped Breaking Buddh Naai Sekar retu…

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609: It just felt needless 42:35

2+ y ago42:35

42:35

Where the pod finally gets around to discussing VTK. And then closes with some world cup related news. Stuff from the pod: Qatar Bans Beer Sales at World Cup Stadiums - The New York Times (nytimes.com) E. Deepak is beaten Paid fans Pound Road

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608: The situation is under control 35:56

2+ y ago35:56

35:56

Twitter. Not much else. Links to stuff: Let that sink in Fake Eli Lilly Twitter Account Claims Insulin Is Free, Stock Falls 4.37% Lockheed Martini Twitter layoffs Meta layoffs Ligma Johnson had it coming

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607: I started reading a different book 43:48

2+ y ago43:48

43:48

Where the pod delves into Ponniyin Selvan. Links to stuff: Aravind Krishnamoorthy on the Other Banana pod : https://whereistheotherbanana.com/2022/10/10/episode-118-the-sound-of-ponniyin-selvan-with-anand-krishnamoorthi/ FM on Rupee/Dollar : https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/fm-nirmala-sitharaman-says-indian-rupee-is-weak…

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606: It was not even mildly amusing 34:23

2+ y ago34:23

34:23

Where the pod has an anti-movie agenda with topics as diverse and broad-ranging as the India Pakistan match, the tensions between Rohit and Virat fans, RaGa's yatra, Stalin and PTR and DNA tests in Gujarat. Oh and happy deepavali, folks. Belatedly, anyway.

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605: Lots To Unpack There 41:46

2+ y ago41:46

41:46

Where the pod moves with the stars to unravel Ranjith's latest.

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604: Shock, Surprise, Happy, Whatever 32:46

2+ y ago32:46

32:46

Where the pod starts with the release, and indeed the non-release of PS1, moves on to shooting stars in the sky and water under the earth, while detouring through Gujarat and taking a tea break at the Cine Cafe.

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603: Irony died a gruesome death 34:48

2+ y ago34:48

34:48

Where the pod starts off with RaGa and the RSS, veers into Xi amongst other international news and, of course, talks a bit about some movies including PS1 and other myriad nonsense.

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602: Wrong Choice of Words 32:53

2+ y ago32:53

32:53

Where the pod pays respects to the departed Queen (long live the Queen), talks about the eternal Indian prince-in-waiting, moves around the non-burning jungles looking for cheetahs, and then talks about other bits and bobs, mostly nothing.

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601: He has given some more gyaan 31:17

2+ y ago31:17

31:17

Where the pod tries to stick to 30 minutes but fails uncatastrophically (though without the intro and the outro, the content is still less than 30 minutes - and, per usual, less than 2 minutes of anything non-nonsensical). Lincoln records, Sun news and indeed all and sundry are discussed.

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600: We should keep them guessing 32:59

2+ y ago32:59

32:59

Where the pod returns amidst rejoicing amongst few (perhaps the hosts only, perhaps) and widespread facepalming amongst the many (perhaps the audience) with a meta episode that discusses what the new season will look like, and how money may be made. Not that anyone cares, of course.

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514: I left Coimbatore. Life happened. 55:19

3y ago55:19

55:19

Where the pod begins with PS1 (not the Sony or the gundumani one), moves on swiftly to India's Oscar entry (not Ravichandran) and then to Varisu, Rajith, Ayeshari, Coimbatore, DD News and British politics. The end note is a rather solemn note with a nod to the passing of Pratap Pothen with a fitting outro tribute.…

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513: Memefest in the Middle of Work 1:04:23

3y ago1:04:23

1:04:23

Where the pod starts with an innocuous whatsapp greeting and then goes full politico with fiery discussions on Agnipath and, religious rabble-rousing about the RSS and great opinions about Maharashtra, finishing with some onion rings which, contrary to popular belief, are just so.

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512: Background Music and Guns 54:49

3y ago54:49

54:49

Where the bigguns, Mr. Kumar joins the pod to discuss the recoming of the Nayagan with all the big guns of the latest installment of the LCU - Vikram.

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511: How the Queen would clap 59:02

3y ago59:02

59:02

Where the pod begins in legandary fashion, veers on to Vikram-related topics, looks back at 35 years of Nayagan, jumps in and out of short reviews of an assortment of movies and shows before finishing with the replacement for Valimai update.

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510: McDowell's will call it Scotch 50:29

3y ago50:29

50:29

Where the pod begins at sunnambu kaava, moves on to not-so-fantastic beasts, and ends with some high-tea, with segues into badminton, Nepal incursions, TR's Hindi excursions, biryani-related news items and some touching upon Vikram and GVM.

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2. Inside Brazil's Largest Favelas 34:26

3y ago34:26

34:26

Today, your host Marcus Taylor describes his experiences inside some of the largest Favelas in South America. Behind the guns and the drugs lies a complex society, woven into a maze of narrow alleys, stacked houses, and endless stairs that wind up Brazil's most iconic mountain valleys. Intergang violence, shootouts with police, and human traffickin…

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509: The man who dislikes vowels 54:32

3y ago54:32

54:32

Where the pod starts discussing parties attended by politicians, and meanders towards political parties themselves with detours though some movies, international news and myriad other nonsense.

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508: Walkman broke Mic Mohan 1:01:20

3y ago1:01:20

1:01:20

Where the pod meanders from one thing to the other touching diverse topics such as Beast, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the IPL, one person Marathoning-from-home, Edharthu Thevaillada, Mic Mohan's filmography through the lens of his comeback, twitter, other social media, and ends with a discount on Sunny Leone. Well, not exactly but sort of.…

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507: Then it's a bit of a farce 53:32

3y ago53:32

53:32

Where the pod veers into territory that includes a non-discussion about Manmadha Leelai, some discussion about neighbors - Pakistan and Sri Lanka, some football, and ends with a message of peace.

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506: He lost his own seat 57:42

3y ago57:42

57:42

Where the pod delves into world-level topics such as the fallout of war, of national-level topics such as some files of Kashmir, and of local-level topics such as Mr. Rangan's next destination. Oh, and there are also some mega monologues by one host, with said host, channeling his inner-SPB, or so he thought.…

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505: Where is your NATO? 1:02:26

3y ago1:02:26

1:02:26

Where the pod delves into the war in Ukraine but not before flipping the script by providing the Valimai update first. And post-war (in the pod, anyway), moves on to other matters such as movies, randomness, and a goodbye to Warne.

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504: This could have been two hours 40:55

3+ y ago40:55

40:55

Where the pod meanders bladely toward Gandhi Mahans, Romanians in Coimbatore, and godmen advising the NSE.

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503: This is like TASMAC outsourced 51:24

3+ y ago51:24

51:24

Where the pod delves into the budget, disects it, understands that it understands nothing, perhaps because there is nothing to understand, and so neatly segues into the more familiar topics like RaGa, movies and wellofcourse some movies.

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502: First to fly so low 43:40

3+ y ago43:40

43:40

Where there is meandering discussions that envelope everything from Trudeau being a national disgrace to a 19 year old flying the globe with grace. In between, there are pitstops at the Canadian economy, resignation of German navymen, tennis, mythology, a meta-wedding, and wellofcourse #chennaisnow

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501: Don't look U.P 49:22

3+ y ago49:22

49:22

A new year brings a new season, and, with it, the same old rubbish. This time, however, there is less cinema and more general nonsense including (but not limited to) Netflix, Kazakstan (not Borat), renaming India, the UP elections, Djokovic, and the virus. Oh, and Valimai, well, remains to be the gift that keeps on giving.…

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413: At the end of conference, Biryani 1:06:46

3+ y ago1:06:46

1:06:46

Where the pod gets stuck into a time-loop of the usual self-referential nonsense, get out of it to discuss the time loop of Maanaadu, make some segues into random nonsense, get to the Biryani at the end, and, at the end, provide Valimai controversy and burning Tesla news.

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412: What Avinasi might say 53:48

3+ y ago53:48

53:48

Where we are joined again by Kumar (or, as one of the hosts calls him, "big gun") to have a "serious" discussion about Jai Bhim that takes detours through such places as Superstarville, RandomNewsTown, and a Coimbatore Navy base.

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411: Marvelous Mr. Muni 47:54

3+ y ago47:54

47:54

Where there is discussion about movies that have been watched / not watched / will never(?) be watched amongst some flood talk, some vaccine talk, and a whole lot of completely useless talk.

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410: Doctor at large, brother the farce 45:58

3+ y ago45:58

45:58

Where there is a medical diagnosis of Doctor, some unseen speculation about Annathe, random cricket and other things replete with Deepavali bombs going off in the background. Oh, and there is some Anbuselvan as well.

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409: Friendship in palaces 45:35

3+ y ago45:35

45:35

Where there is live recorded intermittent commentary of India-Pakistan interspersed with talk about Vinodhaya Sitham, Blue Shirt's Anti-Indian, Friendship, Sardar Udham, the chronological-taxonomical-nomenclature of the Aranmanai-Muni-Kanchana axis, Ted Lasso, and, wellofcourse, sir makes an entry, and so does SRK's family travails.…

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408: Worse than Thooriga 41:28

3+ y ago41:28

41:28

The episode that is officially worse than that rendering of Thooriga where, despite the best efforts of the host, Darlings are discussed.

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407: Live recorded session 44:47

3+ y ago44:47

44:47

Where there is a clear dip in audio quality (there cannot be a dip in quality itself for there is nowhere more to dip) because of a first-time-ever live recording of the session. There was discussion of Family Man and a couple of other things - most importantly one number of epic fish meals.

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406: Nine emotions with no guitar strings attached 1:18:17

4y ago1:18:17

1:18:17

Where there is a long long overdue talk of the anthology that is Navarasa. All the usual suspects make an appearance, and a couple of unusual ones do as well. And wellofcourse, the 60 minute barrier has been surpassed.

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