Episode 11 - All about Underdogs and Surprise Winners - through tennis, cricket, battles, Roman emperors, boxing, baseball and Hollywood we relate tales of fortitude, luck and loads of chutzpah!!

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FACT OF THE MATTER

RATHINDRA BASU and JOY BHATTACHARJYA

29 episodes

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Spies in the White House? Alcoholic rat armies? Conan Doyle as a sports reporter? In this series, Rathindra Basu and Joy Bhattacharjya, two senior media professionals and trivia enthusiasts from India, have fun with facts and news from the world of music, books, film, sports, history, science, language etc. Every other week, they will share interesting anecdotes, funny news items and decipher interesting word origins. Fans of trivia can also try contest questions and see Joy and Rathin try to fool each other as well! Reach out to Joy and Rathin at factofthematterindia@gmail.com.

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Episode 11 - All about Underdogs and Surprise Winners - through tennis, cricket, battles, Roman emperors, boxing, baseball and Hollywood we relate tales of fortitude, luck and loads of chutzpah!!

FACT OF THE MATTER

38 minutes 25 seconds

4 years ago

Episode 11 - All about Underdogs and Surprise Winners - through tennis, cricket, battles, Roman emperors, boxing, baseball and Hollywood we relate tales of fortitude, luck and loads of chutzpah!!

" Beware of barking at underdogs; don't fight with people who have nothing to lose." - Dory Previn - Lyricist, song writer and poet.

In this episode, it’s all about surprise winners and underdogs as FACT OF THE MATTER, focuses on tales of amazing victories, crushing upsets and stunning comebacks in the face of insurmountable odds. In Main Course, feast on stories from the world of tennis and cricket as Joy sings paeans about a few unlikely super stars who shot their way to stardom!! Rathin talks of medieval battles where the Swiss managed to beat a big Austrian army and also goes to Hollywood to chat about a few Oscar Night upsets!! In Believe It or Not, Joy opens up about his Claudius fixation (the Roman emperor no less!!) and Rathin focuses on boxers and basketball artists who reach for the stars and fall down hard as well!! Plus all the regular sections like Cute Words and Phrases, Bare Naked Lies and audience questions!! Don't fret if life has been giving you a ton of lemons lately!! Breathe in the heady aroma of these amazing tales of pluck and luck - and maybe you will soon start making your very own lip-smacking lemonade!!

We love to hear from you!! So write to us at factofthematterindia@gmail.com. Rate us and berate us!! Follow us on Twitter - @joybhattacharj and @rathindrabasu. Find us on all leading podcast platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music.

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