Footloose by Shre and Eish: There are sea urchins and then there are sea urchins that wear hats

In this micropod, Shre talks about her trip to Tioman, an island off the coast of Malaysia, where she accidentally stepped onto a sea urchin. Ouch! Obviously, that one wasn't wearing a hat!

#seaurchins #oceans #tioman #malaysia #singapore #beach #beachvacation #travel #vacation #podcast #footloose #explorer #seas #waterbaby #naturelover #wildlife #porcupinesofthesea #southeastasia #indianocean #footloosebyshreandeish #footloosewithshreandeish #shreyasimajumdar

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Of Buzzy Bees and Q-tips for Pollinating Eggplants on Footloose By Shre and Eish

Shreyasi's husband, Sushil Shirke, is a passionate gardener and has grown all kinds of fruits, vegetables and flowers in their garden at home in New Zealand. In this episode of Footloose By Shre and Eish, he talks about bees and how he welcomes them into their garden by growing stuff they love and once, when the bees failed to do their job, he decided to step in to pollinate eggplants using Q-tips or earbuds.

#gardening #homes #homeandgardens #pollination #bees #honeybees #savebees #diversity #flowers #flowergrowers #fruits #eggplants #earbuds #qtips #ecology #environment #nature #naturelovers #footloosebyshreandeish #brinjals

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Footloose with Shre and Eish: Eisha and Reagan Gavin share their stories of loss and grief

In this episode about love and loss, Eisha takes us back to 2016, when a rare type of miscarriage dashed her and her husband's hopes of becoming a first-time parent. Conditioned to move on like many South Asian women, she did the same until a holiday in the Andamans and a casual remark from a friend triggered a depression that lasted through another pregnancy and even after the birth of her child for several months. Among the many coincidences they share, 2016, was also the year, Reagan Gavin, Eisha's co-podcast host and co-producer of TidyBytes, lost his mother after she fought a long battle with sickness. In Footloose with Shre and Eish, he takes us through his mother's last days. 
#Footloosewithshreandeish #depression #miscarriage #loss #trauma #missedabortion #copingwithgrief #grief #ptsd #posttraumaticstressdisorder #hospital #multipleorganfailure #bombay #vadodara #andamans #pregnancy #motherhood #newmom #postnataldepression #timesofindia #timesgroup #journalists #stress
Cover pic: Reagan as a toddler with his mother, Dollie Ann Rasquinha
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Footloose by Shre and Eish: Floatation tanks, Japanese blue sunglasses for weightloss, blue pea tea and oxygen bars

Shre and Eish guffaw through an episode where they discuss some of the weird health fads. Shreyasi talks about how her friend gifted her a coupon for sensory deprivation floatation tank experience at a spa, while Eisha talks about how she gifted her friend an experience at Le Noir Restaurant in Singapore where he and his wife had dinner in pitch darkness. They then talk about oxygen bars and blue pea teas amidst giggles. Enjoy!

#singapore #newzealand #spa #healthfads #health #oxygentherapy #floatationtanks #sensorydeprivation #deadsea #lenoir #cafenoir #paris #oxygenbars #airppollution #rejuvenation #breathing #teas #bluepeatea #healthdrinks #detox #detoxteas #brew #edibleweeds #footloosebyshreandeish  #shreyasimajumdar #eishasarkar #scientificamerican #newscientist #science #inventions #innovation #discoveries #foldinghangers #amazon #japanesebluesunglasses #japan #redwinebath #redwine #meditation #podcast #podcasting #anchorapp #spotify #googlepodcasts

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Footloose by Shre and Eish: Debutante novelist Kashif Mashaikh talks about his first book, Mortuary Tales, the role of literary agents and horror as a genre

Kashif Mashaikh's first book, The Mortuary Tales, released on June 14 and within a week shot up to #13 in the horror genre on Amazon India. In this episode of Footloose by Shre and  Eish, he talks about writing, literary agents, characterization and how he was inspired by Stephen King, Aahat and Woh.

#mortuarytales #author #debutbook #novel #shortstories #hussainzaidi #goldenpen #footloosebyshreandeish #literaryagents #publishing #stephenking #horror #aahat #sony #zee #OTT #scripttoscreen #amazon #westland #kashifmashaikh #darklit #creepy #crime #pandemic #covid19 #indianwriters #bloggers #creativewriting #fiction #nonfiction #books #booktalks #authortalks

Cover pic: Kashif Mashaikh

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Eisha talks about how she whips up great brekkies in Footloose by Shre and Eish on Spotify

In this episode of Footloose by Shre and Eish, Eisha talks about love for brekkies and how she mixes up all kinds of ingredients to serve a colourful plate of food with a very fine balance of taste, texture and flavour.

#caprese #seekhkebab #pasta #momo #brekkie #breakfast #sattu #fish #chicken #protein #basa #tilapia #noodlesforbreakfast #sobanoodles #hakkanoodles #shanghainoodles #eggs #proteinbrekkies #nocarbbrekkie

Cover pic: Chicken seekh kebab with cherry tomatoes, pimento stuffed green olives and fresh dill

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Footloose by Shre and Eish: Sexy Demi Moore legs, a bald pate and the mind's triumph over body: Sagar Tanna talks about his fight against cancer

Shreyasi's best friend, Sagar, was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 19 and his chances of survival were only 11%. Eighteen years since he fought the battle with cancer, Sagar, takes us through his darkest days and how he has managed to maintain a positive attitude throughout life. This recording was 1 h 3 m long, which Eisha cut down to under 29 minutes. Initially, she and Shre had decided they'd make two episodes out of it. But then Eish told Shre, "If I remove baldness, it's too sad." To which, Shre responded, "I never thought I'd hear anyone say that!"

#cancer #chemotherapy #demimoore #mindoverbody #cancersurvivor #bigc #leukemia #terminalstagecancer #positiveattitude #thinkpositive #baldness #hospital #threeidiots #musicastherapy #hairloss #engineering #obc #quotasystem #generalseats #financialinstability #hospitalisation #doctors #oncologists #haematologists #bloodcancer #bloodcells #science #biology #sariumrabhar #breakshackles #expectations #family #supportsystem #disease #attitude #logicalreasoning #depression #fightcancer #lifegoals

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Footloose by Shre and Eish: The world's first orangutan influencer

In this episode of Footloose by Shre and Eish, Eisha talks about her travels to Sarawak, Malaysia, where she failed to see a wild orangutan because of deforestation while Shreyasi talks about Ah Meng, a rescued Sumatran orangutan who became the poster-girl for Singapore Tourism.

#orangutan #borneo #forests #sarawak #kuching #malaysia #palmoil #deforestation #ecologicaldisaster #habitatloss #environment #singapore #ahmeng #singaporetourism #singaporestories #southeastasia #apes #primates #singaporetourism #footloosebyshreandeish #podcasting #podcasts #anchorapp #spotify #influencer #travel #tourism #intothewild #rainforests #rescuedanimals #stopanimaltrafficking #sumatra #michaeljackson #durian #wildlife

Cover pic: Ah Meng with Sam Alagappasamy

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Waleed Hussain narrates his Hindi short story, Khidki on Footloose with Shre and Eish

Waleed Hussain is a journalist with over 25 years of experience in the media and communications industry. In Footloose's first episode in Hindi, Waleed narrates his short story, Khidki. It's a story that was never written. He picked up his phone, switched on the recorder and the words flowed to form this piece. We will bring you more such stories in this season.

#hindi #hindistorytelling #storytelling #khidki #window #womensstories #narration #footloose #footloosebyshreandeish #podcasting #hindiepisode #journalism #stories #waleedhussain

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Footloose with Shre and Eish: Empathy as a tool of manipulation and dark empaths

During the course of this pandemic, one term has cropped up again and again. Empathy i.e. putting ourselves in another's position and feeling what they feel. It is what sustains humankind. It is what drives us to help, support and care for others and make the world a better place. But in this episode of Footloose by Shre and Eish, Eisha talks about the darker side of empathy and it's use as a tool of manipulation and data-gathering.  #empathy #footloose #footloosebyshreandeish #darkempaths #empaths #humannature #humankind #psychology #terrorists #criminals #psychopaths #narcissists #mafiosi #intelligence #intelligenceagencies #journalism #journalist #internationalrelations #refugees #children #manipulation #gaslighting #intuition #relationships #emotions #sensitivity #information #safespace #anchorapp #spotify #podcast #podcasting

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Footloose by Shre and Eish: Singapore Stories; Clay caterpillars, pink dolphins, steel journalism and sustainable development

From graduating with a Life Sciences degree from St Xavier's College in Mumbai to making green clay caterpillars to study predation in forests in Singapore to working with pink dolphins and then writing on steel and commodities, Shreyasi talks about her non-linear career graph, her love of nature and conservation and importance of sustainable development. 
#environment #ecology #pinkdolphins #singapore #mumbai #stxavierscollege #lifesciences #naturalsciences #nationaluniversitysingapore #nus #cetaceans #malaccastrait #macritchiereservoir #fragmentedforests #forests #caterpillars #predation #science #limegreencaterpillars #butterflies #acoustics #echolocation #naturalists #bukittimah #nostalgia #clementipark #sentosa #malaysia #steelplants #blastfurnace #shipbreaking #bangladesh #india #china #sustainability #economic #social #ecological #sustainabledevelopment #sdg #sikkimmanipaluniversity #biology #ecowarrior #conservation #footloose #tidybytes #footloosebytidybytes #newzealand #journalism #commoditiestrading
Cover picture: Shreyasi and Sushil with pink dolphin, Splash
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My new podcast channel: Footloose by Shre and Eish

Footloose is a series of podcasts produced by Eisha Sarkar and Shreyasi Majumdar. They cover a range of topics from travel, books, music, films, human nature, animals, science, environment, history, art and spirituality. 

Eisha is a writer and educator who can make a rock talk. She makes great brekkies served with a dollop of sarcasm and Siracha. 

Shreyasi, a journalist and academic, is a lifelong lover of the natural world, pasta, art supplies, wombats, meme-worthy memes, pink stuff, sci-fi and Johnny Depp! 

In this final episode of TidyBytes, Eisha talks about her love of birds and conservation

With lockdowns in the wake of the pandemic, humans have been forced inside and Nature has had a chance to rejuvenate herself. In this final episode of this season of TidyBytes, Eisha talks about how she developed ornithology as a hobby since college over the last 21 years, wetlands in Gujarat, bird photography and bird-feeding. We thank all our listeners from all corners of the world for their love and support.

Cover picture: Cormorants at Nalsarovar near Ahmedabad shot by Eisha

#birdwatching #ornithology #bnhs #salimali #birdsofindiaandpakistan #southasianbirds #pandemic #lockdown #birdphotography #birds #migratorybirds #flamingos #wetlands #wetlandconservation #ramsar #iran #birdsofgujarat #starindia #sparrows #pigeons #birdfeeding #feedingbirds #feeders #crows #brownkites #gujarat #nalsarovar #wadhwana #vadodara #rufustreepies #blackbird #khandala #bombay #jamnagar #dahod #dang #saruscranes #residentbirds #terrestrialbirds #sunbirds #beeeaters #flycatchers #tidybytes #tidybyteswithreaganandeisha

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TidyBytes: Jumping frogs, splashing salamanders, hungry sharks and kangaroo insurance

After the devastation wreaked by cyclone Tauktae, Reagan finds an unwanted guest in a bucket of water in his bedroom. In this episode of TidyBytes, Reagan and Eisha discuss their encounters with animals and pests, between many laughs and some squirms.

Cover pic: Eisha feeding wild kangaroos in Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia

#animals #amphibians #reptiles #tauktae #cyclone #mumbai #tidybytes #tidybyteswithreaganandeisha #pests #kangaroos #caribou #moose #lizard #spiders #monitorlizard #pythons #vadodara #australia #brisbane #brissy #huntervalley #newsouthwales #nsw #sharks #crocodiles #crocodileinsurance #kangarooinsurance #barackobama

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