Ep 19 - Tiny questions, big digital world.

In this special LIVE episode of TwoPeas in a Pod, we sit down with children to have an honest, fun & thought-provoking conversation about technology, social media, screen time, online friendships & the future they’re growing into.

From surprising perspectives to unfiltered answers, this episode gives us a glimpse into how the next generation experiences the digital world differently from us.

Stay till the end for a candid Q&A session with the kids!

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Transcript

SPEAKER_05 0:16

On this very special episode of Two Piece in a Pod, we did something amazing. We did a live podcast recording with a bunch of eight and nine-year-olds from one of our favorite schools in the city.

SPEAKER_06 0:26

More than them having a takeaway from us. I think we had a lot of takeaways. Not think, I'm sure we had a lot of takeaways. Just the way they see things, their perspective on uh so many issues, and just how they operate and go about life was so beautiful, and we truly enjoyed having them with us for our recording because it was not only fun, it was so profound and a lot insightful than we thought it would be.

SPEAKER_05 0:49

Yeah, and the topic was uh responsible communication, digital media etiquettes, and content creation. We absolutely enjoyed recording this one because the little kids asked some of the most amazing questions we never even thought of before. So we can't wait for you to see this episode.

SPEAKER_06 1:05

And most of all, we thought that the kids would have a particular takeaway, but you'd be really surprised by the takeaway that they actually had. You gotta stick with the episode till the end to see what we're talking about. Can't wait for you to catch this one. Happy watching.

SPEAKER_05 1:20

Welcome to another episode of Two Piece in a Pod. Today it's going to be our first live podcast recording, and we are super excited because we have a bunch of nine-year-olds and eight-year-olds here observing how our podcast is done. So we are super excited, and this episode is super special because we're gonna have one of our very close friends, Metusha.

SPEAKER_06 1:44

She's a stand-up comedian. I think today we have all the elements that make this episode special, doesn't it, Anisha? We have the best audience, we have a fun topic we're going to dive into, and we have our most favorite guest, Mithusha, and we thought we'd discuss digital media today.

SPEAKER_05 2:00

Yes, and how to use it responsibly, and how digital media actually got her from um posting a very, very fun, uh, very casual video with her cousins during COVID time to uh where she did a 3,000 uh audience filled out in Massey Hall, in Toronto, numbers 10th audience in Massey Hall for Tamil Heritage Month, and she's one of our youngest guests. She's just 23 years old, and she does political science as her major. We're gonna talk about how social media and digital content kind of shot her into um stardom. Can we say that? Yeah, of course she's stardom. Yeah, like an independent young person. So please, we'd love to welcome Mithusha Shrikumar onto our podcast to peace in a pub. Hi, kids. Hi, hi, hi, hi. So glad you could join us.

SPEAKER_04 2:55

So happy to be here. Hi everyone. Hi, hi. It's still mourning, they're tired a little bit.

SPEAKER_05 3:02

They just finished the um photograph, class photographs.

SPEAKER_04 3:06

Oh nice, they have the foot photography classes? No, no, like the group photo. How was it, guys? How did it go? Good, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 3:16

So, yeah, today we're yeah, today they are all going they the unit of inquiry, UOI, is digital media, social media, and how to use it responsibly. So, I think there's no better person to have with us to talk about something like that.

SPEAKER_04 3:34

So I would say digital media is something very cool, especially nowadays. There's so many different things. I'm pretty sure you guys watch YouTube, right? Yeah, yeah. There's so many YouTube streamers and all of that. So there's so many ways to make it responsible. I think the main thing is having fun with it and using it with a sense of control, not let it use you. Right. So use it mindfully, and I think that's that's the best way to be responsible with it. Right.

SPEAKER_05 4:02

But we're gonna dive into the whole concept of how ideas become storytelling and people get to know so much when you actually sit down and have a conversation through podcast, or how you do it in your stand-up comedy. Like, you know, tell us uh all about how it all started.

SPEAKER_04 4:20

Um, it started with posting on TikTok and Instagram. Who knows TikTok here? Yeah, everyone knows. That's so cool. So it started off posting on TikTok with a 30-second video, which started off as an idea. Yeah, it started off as an idea. I always wanted to post uh videos where with my parents, with uh family, and speaking my native tongue, which is uh Tamil. So I think that brought up like a lot of different people just like me who related and all, and I just wanted something to like regroup everyone together, and uh it went from that to posting for like two years. Then I went into live performances. That is so nice.

SPEAKER_06 4:59

Do you remember the first ever video you ever posted?

SPEAKER_04 5:02

Yeah, it was with my cousins.

SPEAKER_05 5:03

Tell us a little about it. Yeah, tell us about the video, how it happened, what made it happen.

SPEAKER_04 5:08

Did you all come up with a concept or how did we all sat down and we were like, today we want to make something cool? What should we do? And we just filmed on my phone and we posted on TikTok. It we just wanted to have fun.

SPEAKER_06 5:19

And it went viral, yes, it did. But did you think it would go viral?

SPEAKER_04 5:23

No, I never every time I post, I never expect it to go viral, and when it does, I'm I'm happy about it. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 5:30

Definitely. I mean, who will not be happy about it, right? But when you posted that video, I've seen that video. So it's basically your cousins just having fun, yeah, at the cost of another cousin, you know. But I'm so happy that it was such a sport about prancing around like a dolphin. But when did you think funny is the thing that you wanted to go with? I think um I are you like really funny from the time you were a child? Like, were you the one who always cracked jokes in a family function? Yeah, like when you're also down for dinner.

SPEAKER_04 6:00

I think I was a I was a class clown as well. I love being a class clown. Yeah, I'm pretty sure everyone here can relate. Is there a class clown in your class? Really? You and you as well. Nice. Oh, I could see I can see future YouTubers everywhere here. But um, yeah, I think I was always a class clown in school. Then I really that gave me confidence. And once I was started to be funny with my friends and all, I was like, wait, maybe this is something I could share to the world. What? Yeah, and um, yeah, that's how it's a special gift of mine. Yeah, yeah. And I also grew up watching YouTube, so there's Lily Singh, she's a famous Canadian YouTuber, and I saw her post YouTube videos and I got really inspired. I'm pretty sure they can relate who like they probably have instruments as well.

SPEAKER_05 6:45

I think they have uh who do you guys feed?

SPEAKER_04 6:49

Uh yeah, who else? You know what Aisha's feet? Who do you watch?

SPEAKER_05 6:56

Who yeah, you, yeah. Yeah, Deshna You.

SPEAKER_04 7:09

Oh, I used to watch that too. I would be with my cousins and be like, try not to laugh. Yeah, and then if you laugh, you have to do a dare. Yeah, I did the same thing.

SPEAKER_05 7:20

Why do you keep asking me to dare you? Now that you said it, I'm like, why? Oh no, I'm like, you know.

SPEAKER_04 7:28

Oh, they have questions.

SPEAKER_05 7:29

Yeah, no, I think they're all like, Wait, what YouTube do you watch? Ara.

SPEAKER_00 7:33

I watch shorts.

SPEAKER_05 7:34

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 7:35

And I watch Royal and Benanza. Oh, Benanza. Okay.

SPEAKER_05 7:40

Yes, Vedan.

SPEAKER_01 7:41

So so um, are you speech is actually inappropriate for yes?

SPEAKER_04 7:48

That's so that's another thing that we are going to talk about.

SPEAKER_05 7:53

Like, how do you create responsible, um, appropriate content without, like, you know, do you ever think about okay, is this comedy gonna offend somebody? Like, am I like, you know, what what do you think about before you post something online?

SPEAKER_04 8:08

Like, you know, because we always have to make sure it doesn't hurt anyone, it's always responsible, and we're being respectful to our environment and to the people, and that you're not doing anything that's you know, ruining community guidelines. I think that's very important. I think the best way to make content is by having fun and making sure everyone else is having fun and not gurning anymore.

SPEAKER_05 8:28

Yeah, so where do you get your ideas from? Like, how do you pick on your uh content, right? Like, okay, this is something that can be a joke. Okay, I'm gonna write it down. Like, what is the process? Like, how where does that come from?

SPEAKER_04 8:40

Um, by talking to my parents a lot, they give me good ideas. I think uh, you know, you can get inspired from your day-to-day life, like um anything funny that happens like at home, at school, and also by watching like responsible content that's like let's say movies and all, that really inspires me as well to post.

SPEAKER_06 8:59

So, would you say your humor is inspired from what you observe and absorb a lot more than imagination? Um, it's I think I would say it's a little bit of both.

SPEAKER_04 9:10

A little bit of both. So there's my imagination and the way that's the best place to be. Best place to be is your imagination. That's a you need to use your creativity and use your imagination to your fullest. And I think the best way I convey my imagination by the help of looking at other media that are uh inspiring and especially especially responsible media that you see.

SPEAKER_05 9:31

Right, right. So, where who's more funny at home? Like, is it you or your mom or your dad or your siblings? Because you have four siblings. Three siblings, yeah, two brothers and one sister, and you're the youngest of them.

SPEAKER_04 9:44

I think um a mix of everyone, my whole family, siblings, what you do with your siblings, your parents. My parents are very funny, so I got it from them.

SPEAKER_05 9:55

Did you ever have to like you know take videos for your siblings? Like one of our uh kids here, like she was just telling how she's always taking videos of her brother, playing cricket and creating content for her. Have you ever walked around like taking home videos of yeah, yes?

SPEAKER_04 10:09

My sister, she's a dancer, so she would always make me film her dance videos. And when I was a kid, I wanted to make like um like funny uh like home videos. Yeah, so I did like a few TV shows where only seven people watched. It's okay, you know, the seven people matters. Um, I did it with my best friend and all, and we edited on iMovie. Yeah, back then that's that was how Vinny's kids have cap cut now. Okay. So yeah, I used to always do videos for my my sister.

SPEAKER_06 10:40

Right, that's amazing. But I also want you to tell our audience about what you actually do because I think if anybody can say digital media has helped them in shaping uh them to be whoever they are today, I think it's you. So can you tell them a little bit about who you are and what you do? Like diving into your journey of yeah.

SPEAKER_04 11:01

Hi, I am Milisha, and um I started posting, and then I actually am a comedian. I make people laugh for a living. Isn't that crazy? Yeah, I make people laugh for a living. So I go on stage, I say a few jokes, and then uh yeah, that's what I do basically, and it's very fun, and I think that's something that you guys can explore as well, especially the class clowns in the audience. You yeah. It's very fun, and I write them as stories and jokes, and I go around cities. So I went to Europe, I went to uh the United States of America, I went to like Paris, Germany, Switzerland. So I get to travel the whole world by doing what I love, which is making people laugh.

SPEAKER_06 11:47

That is so amazing. Yeah, now that you said you know, since you uh said that you actually start off by writing your ideas down. Can we dive into a little bit of your process of creating your jokes and your stand-up sets? So you get an idea and you write it down.

SPEAKER_04 12:03

Yeah, I write it down. I think how I could like convey this message in a funny way, or sometimes I write it with my mom. I'm like, okay, what could be funny today? And then whenever she's free, we I just place the camera, hit click, right, and like I film. So most of the time it's very like just on the on the go spot on the spot. Yeah, and um sometimes I write it down and I'm like, okay, what can be funny today? What happened this week that I can make funny content? Yeah, content of but in a responsible way, and then you just create it, you shoot it.

SPEAKER_06 12:35

Yeah, I shoot, I edit, and I post. Okay, so it's basically ideas to creating it and then editing it and then posting it to the public.

SPEAKER_04 12:43

But I always make sure I like what I do, do, and uh that's what matters. You need to like what you do and then love it before you post it to the world. And even if anyone says anything, if I like it, you keep it.

SPEAKER_05 12:55

Yeah, yes, that's very important, right? Like, but what were you doing when you were eight or nine years old? Did you know that you wanted to like be a stand-up comedian, or like were you sure that you wanted to be a content creator?

SPEAKER_04 13:09

I was sure that I wanted to create videos when I was eight or nine. I would take uh like you know, uh YouTube videos and post and all. I would post like gaming videos of me gaming on her, like you know, FIFA or anything, and I would just post it online. So I didn't know that I wanted to do stand-up though. I did not know until I was like 20 years old.

SPEAKER_05 13:29

Yeah. When was the first time you got a phone? I got my first phone at 17. And then the posting all started? 19. All right, yeah, so there's like a sense of like responsible process to the whole thing, yeah, and also how an idea becomes an entire stand-up comedy set. And is that a way of storytelling? Do you like use that as an opportunity to tell where you come from, what your story is, and like how the climate or the environment at home is. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 14:01

So tell us a little about that whole storytelling thing, how that plays into your I think the best part of posting video, especially about talking about you and your identity and who you are truly, is um very cool because you're showing like a little piece of you to the world, and people like relate to you and they come to you and they're like, Oh my god, this is so cool. This happened to my in my house, which is very cool. The relativity with people and the audience is something that's like that's what I wanted to create with my social media platform. So that was my main goal, to create a sense of relativity.

SPEAKER_05 14:33

So, when did that happen? That realization to think that okay, being yourself is really cool. You don't need to give in to trends, you don't give need to give in to peer pressure, or even sometimes I wouldn't say bullying is like a really harsh word, but has it ever happened to you where they've made you feel bad or a little bit uh not okay about who you are and where you come from? Like, I'm sure you struggled with it, but then from there to owning who you are, like tell us a little story about owning who you are and like being yourself, like is probably the coolest and the easiest thing to do.

SPEAKER_04 15:07

Being yourself is the most coolest and honestly the most funnest thing to do. Like everyone else is taken, and you're like you're yourself, right? So you have to choose yourself. Everyone else is taken. You can be, I can be you, and you can be me, right? So that's the best special thing about it is being yourself. I think being myself brought me to where I am and opened so many doors for me. And that realization kicks in that like in your teenage, you know, you just realize, like, wait, I love me, you know, and you have to always love yourself, right? You have to be like, I'm my biggest best friend, and yeah, that realization comes during with within time. Yeah, in different phases of your life, yeah. Yeah, sometimes it was hard, but again, you have to realize that everyone else has taken I am me and I just got to love myself.

SPEAKER_06 15:52

That is so nice. But like when you post your content, which part gives I mean, has a little more tension? Is it the creating part or seeing how people like it or seeing the feedback? Which part of it do you enjoy more, or which part gives you like the nerves or EVG?

SPEAKER_04 16:09

I think the part of creating is the best part. It's just so fun. I'm just like, what can I do? How can I edit? What can I, how can I cut the videos? I think that's the best part. And script writing it, it's it's the most funniest part, being in the creative zone.

SPEAKER_06 16:24

Right. Nice. But digital media, right? There are so many platforms. So if you have to explain digital media to somebody in simple terms, it's anything that is on a, you know, uh a digital device, right? Like something that you can consume from your phone, your laptop, your TV, through YouTube and different social media platforms, right? Um, how do you think it is helping us to have different media platforms? Like I'm sure there are there is a certain format or certain kind of content that does well on YouTube, but there is a particular kind of content that does better on Instagram and TikTok and stuff. So, how how do you think that helps content creators? Um is that adding to your advantage or is does that just make it more complicated having all these options?

SPEAKER_04 17:11

I would say it's uh it's at a it's an advantage because you can show different sides of you. On YouTube, I post vlogs where I show more like what I do on a day-to-day life, and on Instagram, it's more so like quick videos for 30 seconds where people can watch quickly and that's it. But YouTube shows uh gives me an advantage where I can be myself more and show more of me on a lengthier video. So it's cool to have different apps to show different points of views of who you are, right?

SPEAKER_05 17:39

Right, that's amazing. But I want you to, as the last takeaway from this short session, I want you to tell our audience now that they are actually getting the whole point of picking this topic is because they do digital, they're doing digital media and different kinds of social media, and how it is very important to be nice to each other. On that, do you when you get those mean comments? I'm sure all of us do, like, how do you react? Does it affect you? Like, does it definitely tell us a little about that?

SPEAKER_04 18:07

It does affect me, but you have to just realize that these are people behind the screen, and um if they have nothing, you if you have nothing to uh nice to say, you don't have to say anything at all. So you just ignore it.

SPEAKER_05 18:21

And also tell us a little bit about how important it is to be nice and kind and like you know, have a community online, which kind of like I think we are stepping into an era probably tomorrow when you have kids, like they will be a part of an entire society where we will not even understand the technology. I'm fully prepared. I'm already there. Yes, please go you taught me stuff that I didn't know existed. Like, I'm probably like you know, uh raising two boys and um two kids who would go and use apps and technology and gadgets, which I'm not gonna wrap my head around at all. Like, you know. So, how is it important to have a community since they are going to be a part of that world?

SPEAKER_04 19:04

See, it's very important to be nice online because some apart from being nice to each other in person. Yes, it's very important to be nice online and to each other in real life. You if you have nothing nice to say online, you shouldn't say anything at all. Everyone has a little heart where like it breaks a little when you see something mean. So, whenever I get those mean comments and all, I'm I just think to myself, I know who I am, I'm true to who I am, and I'm not gonna let this affect me. And um, I should just be nice so I get niceness back. And being nice, like brought me you because that's how we became friends. That's right, yeah. By you know, helping each other on Instagram and on content. So it's very important to be nice to each other.

SPEAKER_05 19:43

Yeah, back in the days it was called pen pal, like you'd write to somebody, right? And we were pen pal, yeah. Our uh housemates from the phenomenal short episode, a live podcast session that we recorded for the wonderful kids of this school, and we're so happy that we got to do with them. So I think who was yeah, we're gonna open the floor for questions. Yeah, either in Afia ma'am or like Numeda ma'am. Who are the ones who are gonna ask us questions and be a part of this podcast?

SPEAKER_02 20:15

Yeah, this question is for Metusha. Okay. Can you tell us how your childhood was?

SPEAKER_04 20:22

Oh, that's such a cute question. My childhood was honestly playing outside all the time, was playing soccer, football, sorry, football all the time, playing with my cousins. That's how my childhood was my day-to-day playing and going to school.

SPEAKER_02 20:37

How do you decide which topic to talk about?

SPEAKER_04 20:43

Like on videos?

SPEAKER_05 20:46

Is that question for her or for us? For her? Okay, looks like she doesn't have any questions for us today.

SPEAKER_04 20:53

The last one is fine. Okay. Um I I decide topics on whatever that like sometimes the things that happen to me in my childhood, something funny that happened to me in my childhood. I'm just like, oh my god, wait, this is something funny, let me talk about it. Or something that my parents do. Anything that happens with them is just a topic, and I post a video.

unknown 21:13

Okay, okay.

SPEAKER_02 21:14

Is this a question for us?

SPEAKER_05 21:16

Is this for us? Wow, we're so excited. Do you learn something new every day? Of course we do. You taught me something yesterday, which I wrote down in my journal. Minus A, right? Yeah, that's not just that. Every day we learn something new from everybody we meet, right? So, yes, I think we do learn something new, and then we have our guests, we learn something new on a whole hour or so more than that. So, yeah, thank you so much.

SPEAKER_06 21:45

Different days, but if you are just uh, you know, if you notice things every day, if you put in an effort to notice things, I think all of us can learn something new every day.

SPEAKER_05 21:55

You've always told us. I learned a lot from you. Yeah, you always tell us to look at The good in everything and everyone, even if me and Itti are having a little conversation about something we didn't like, you always walk in and you always tell us, no, but guys, think about it. Yeah. Like you know, you're so profound, so we learn things from you too. I think all of it from YouTube.

SPEAKER_06 22:19

I think you learn all of that from your class, your teaching from this amazing community you're a part of.

SPEAKER_05 22:24

Okay, which YouTube, which home are you going to every day to watch on YouTube and you can go back. Thank you. Good job, Vitade. That's a nice question. Next we have Vedanta. Come on, you can come on and like squeeze yourself. Nice. You have prepared. Hi Vedan. Hi Vedan, good morning. How are we today? Good. Good. Good morning. Nice, nice. Yes.

SPEAKER_03 22:58

So um. Are some of your ideas related to saving water? On podcast? Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 23:09

Ideas on podcasts. Podcast. Podcast. Podcast on the podcast for us.

SPEAKER_07 23:14

Is that question for us?

SPEAKER_04 23:16

Okay. Yeah, okay. Some of my videos. Um honestly, no, but I'm learning it from you now that I should convey that message because it's very important to save water. Right?

SPEAKER_06 23:33

Okay, next question. Is it the only question you've never? Oh, but that is so good. That's a very important to care about the planet. Do you always care about the planet? That's amazing.

SPEAKER_04 23:44

How do you say water? Give me some tips.

SPEAKER_03 23:47

So basically, when when I take I take shorter showers, fair enough. Fair enough. And also I have many water bottles. I don't fill all of them because sometimes I don't drink so much water and uh yeah. So so I only fill one bottle at at a time, and then when I want to refill, I refill it. That's a good way. That's a really good way. That's amazing. That's really good. That's very important.

SPEAKER_05 24:22

I learned something from you today. Yeah, thank you so much, Vedan. Thank you. Can you take the mic off you? Yeah. Thank you. Who do we have next? Whom do we have next? Can you first let me put on the mic? Is it okay if I put on the mic on you? Great. Okay, and introduce yourself. My name is Ada. Yeah. Ada.

SPEAKER_00 24:50

Hi. Hi, hi Ada. Hello. So my first question is for you guys. What made you decide to start a podcast and what decided you to make more episodes? Why didn't you just stop?

SPEAKER_06 25:04

So basically, my sister and I, we always wanted to do something together as sisters. We thought of a bunch of ideas and then we narrowed down to podcasts because we love talking and we love talking to each other. We love talking to others. And so we decided we do the podcast.

SPEAKER_05 25:22

And we had something going on in our life which taught us a lot. So it became like a storytelling to for our listeners and our audience to let them know that they were not alone in anything and to look at the bright side of life always. I think life will throw you challenges. I'm sure you have little squabbles with your friends in school. But next day, like, I mean, that's something that we learn from you kids. Because no matter what, the next day you all come to school with a big smile, happy faces, you all are friends. No matter what fight or quarrel or what kind of free play mess you guys get into, you guys are always friends. So I think that was one thing as adults, we all should remind ourselves and talk about it. That what happened yesterday is yesterday, and we move on and we do some great things. And we decided to do an episode because consistency is the only way you will get from point A to point B and to the finish line, right? So that's why that's a great question, Ara. Thank you so much for asking us that. Is that your only question?

SPEAKER_00 26:18

No, yeah. And also, how did you learn editing by yourself, or did somebody help you with it?

SPEAKER_04 26:25

I learned it on my own by just clicking, taking like the app and clicking a few little things. I'm not the best, but I'm still learning. I feel like editing is something, it's a process that you keep learning every day. You have to put a little bit of time every day to learn how to like properly use some of the like options because it's all the apps are always updating, right? But like by just you know, you can take like a random video on YouTube if you don't want to film yourself, you can put it on like Cap Cut or anything, and you can just learn how to trim first, or like you know, play with by putting an audio in the background, like these small, small things, and then after you will have already like a really good video by learning how to trim, cut, and like play with audios.

SPEAKER_05 27:07

Yeah, that's all right. Can I take in my car up? Thank you so much, Ara, thank you so much. Thank you. Yay, hi. Sai doesn't need any introduction, but still, I want you to introduce yourself to Hi.

SPEAKER_03 27:25

My name is Sai, and I'm studying in Privatri Mudamai and Shivnana School Channel.

SPEAKER_04 27:30

Oh, nice, hi, nice to meet you, Sai.

SPEAKER_03 27:32

What's your question first? What's your favorite step in making a podcast?

SPEAKER_05 27:38

My favorite step in making a podcast, I think um it's the part where we have conversations going. And uh the whole point of um saying something that would make someone feel better, like by the end of the whole one hour or like lesser than one hour that they listen to us. So, say someone listens to us and they feel like, hey, okay, maybe I also went through the same thing. They are talking about it, and well, I'm not alone in it. So that's my favorite part of the podcast.

SPEAKER_06 28:06

What's yours, Dave? I think I like all the processes, apart from just watching the lineup. Time and time again to just make sure your output that you upload is perfect, that you have to see the video multiple times. That's the only part I don't enjoy so much. But other than that, I like I enjoy all the processes, every stage, even the stage of picking what to talk about, the stage where we just talk and we shoot it. And then the most favorite stage would be to see how much it connects with, you know, the audience and how much the audience resonates with it, and how people actually enjoy watching it and how they relate to it and how it makes them happier. Because our podcast, The Two Piece in a Pod, the heart of it is that it should leave you feeling one perder. One person happier, it should make you laugh, smile, whatever it is, but one person better. So knowing that it has made someone feel one person better, that is my most favorite part. And also having kids like you, you know, experiences like this. So this is also my favorite part.

SPEAKER_03 29:10

What's your experience on being a stand-up comic?

SPEAKER_04 29:13

Um, it's very fun, but to be honest, as soon as you hear the people laugh a little and all, it's like, wow, I made it. I made someone laugh, you know. It's like making someone, like Rafe said, making someone's day a little bit better and making someone laugh. That's that's like my favorite part.

SPEAKER_05 29:32

Do you have another question for us? Is that all? No, thank you, Sandy. Oh, thank you so much. Shandaravanka Rakh question. Who do we have next? Hello, Ishna Ishna here shares Rudra's birthday. Oh, no way. Your birthday is soon then, right? It will try to do that. Can I put this sooner? How are we today? Are we good? Great. So So, what is the goal of your idea? My idea? Um, I think relatability. That's the whole goal of it, right? So uh we talk about a lot, a lot of stuff, but we talk about stuff where we I want to connect with the person who's listening to me. So when we make our podcast, we don't talk to a bunch of people. We always keep in mind that we're talking to that one person who's listening to us, that we resonate with that one person. So it's I think that's the goal of the idea to make somebody feel one person better and not alone in whatever they're going through. I think that's the goal, wouldn't you say? Yes. I think or were you distracted by the dude?

SPEAKER_06 30:41

No, him shaking the leg was distracting me a bit, but yeah, I think the goal uh is, like I said, one person better. However, it is that better can be defined by any emotion, be happy through laughing, smiling, or just knowing that, hey, okay, someone else is going through what I'm going through, or someone else is saying something that is helping me, or I'm learning something, that better can be categorized differently, but that one percent better. If an audience can feel one percent better, I think that's our goal. The way I see it.

SPEAKER_02 31:11

So, are your jokes gonna be liked by people around the world?

SPEAKER_04 31:16

That's a very good question. Um, I think anyone that comes from like uh, you know, um an immigrant family or someone that's like you know, with with the people of color, I think that's the most of the people that resonate with my videos. Uh, but I've been recognized like some little corners of the world and all. So people do watch like from every little point of the world. Like I got recognized here in Chennai and I'm from Canada, which is very cool.

SPEAKER_05 31:46

Is that all in everything else? Thank you so much. Can I remove this mic? Thank you so much. That sounds really good.

SPEAKER_07 31:58

Hi, Ali.

SPEAKER_05 31:59

Hi, Adam. How are we today? Good? Can I put on this mic? Yeah, yeah. Do you want to introduce yourself to our guests?

SPEAKER_02 32:06

My name is Ali. Where's your chip?

SPEAKER_05 32:10

Where's your chip? Come on, come on. Loud it, louder, louder, louder. Are you bored of us already? No. Are we boring you guys? No. Do we guys make you feel one person better today? Yes, nice. Okay, come on. Um let's ask the question, like as though we're driving a range over. Okay? Is this for whom? This one is for whom?

SPEAKER_02 32:30

Um Medusha.

SPEAKER_05 32:33

He called you on tea.

SPEAKER_02 32:41

Does your idea convey a social message?

SPEAKER_04 32:45

Um, I think the social message my ideas convey is identity and to be true to yourself.

SPEAKER_02 32:53

Can it be presented with dance, music, and other forms of art?

SPEAKER_04 32:57

Yeah, I actually dance in some of my my uh videos where I do you like Tamil songs? Yeah. What's your favorite tumble song? Um tell me what.

SPEAKER_01 33:09

Um Powerhouse?

SPEAKER_04 33:13

Powerhouse! Yeah, wow, we can have the little songs. So see me too. I would I would listen to Powerhouse and all, and I would dance and I would edit into like dance uh dance mood and all, and I'll just post it, something fun like that. Would you would you want to do a dance to Powerhouse wouldn't? Yeah, yeah, that would be really cool. You should do it.

SPEAKER_02 33:34

How much will it cost to convert the idea into a podcast?

SPEAKER_05 33:40

Well, it is a little yes, it is a little expensive, but we but we work for it. My sister does a lot of other jobs. She's a content creator, she's a director, she's a script editor, and then there's then me who takes care of super cool in our money. It is a little expensive because of the production value, but you can do a podcast without any of this production value, with just like two uh phone cameras, and you can edit it out at home. It's not so difficult.

SPEAKER_06 34:08

If you want to do it, you can still money, yeah, and upload it yourself, edit it yourself and upload it and you know.

SPEAKER_05 34:15

That's how Madisha is minting lots of money, and we are still figuring it out.

SPEAKER_04 34:20

I do everything on my own. My phone, my edits, and you can do it.

SPEAKER_05 34:25

You can do it, it's not so expensive at all. So, yeah. Is that all? Yeah, all right. Thank you so much, thank you. Those were nice questions.

SPEAKER_04 34:35

Do we have somebody else with questions? When you said powerhouse, I thought it was like which English sounds of that. That is all is that all we have?

SPEAKER_05 34:46

Yeah, okay. This was one of the most fun sessions we've actually had. We were so happy to see all your beautiful bright faces first thing in the morning, right? Yes, I was so happy to see this. This is one of a kind experience for us because I'm sure Medusha never had uh an eight, nine, ten-year-old audience, and we never ever did a live podcast. Thank you so much, teachers, for bringing them out here and thinking that our podcast could like yes, could be. You did? Oh my god, did you guys have many days? Ajul, what did you learn from today's session?

SPEAKER_07 35:32

Be true to yourself.

SPEAKER_05 35:33

Be true to yourself! Ajil, that's very nice. Very nice, Arjun. Don't ever change yourself from anyone, okay? Be true to yourself. That's a very good thing. Yes? Yes.

SPEAKER_01 35:46

Um, I learned that um the one who came and asked questions at the interviewer, and the one that's answering the questions is called the interviewer. Okay, that's great. That's good.

SPEAKER_05 35:57

Okay, but we are going to have somebody whom we've never spoken to before. How about you? Can you tell me your name? I've never heard your name. Vanya. Oh, you're the new kid who made friends immediately, you know. Rudra Dev was so happy. Now, you know, there's a new girl called Vanya, and she's friends with everyone. She's such a nice person. So yeah, tell me, Vanya.

unknown 36:17

Um, I learned that I should like that.

SPEAKER_05 36:20

Yes. Yes. Yes, we're so glad that was a message that we've done. Yeah, that makes us so happy. Yes, Gautama.

SPEAKER_07 36:29

I learned that you should believe in yourself.

SPEAKER_05 36:33

You should be? You should believe in yourself.

SPEAKER_06 36:35

Absolutely. Hungry person.

SPEAKER_05 36:36

Hung a person. Dyan, I've never heard you ask me or say anything, so I want to hear a little from you. What did you learn from today?

SPEAKER_01 36:44

I learned honestly to want to be honest. Nice. Honest.

SPEAKER_05 36:49

What did you learn? Oh, great. I love it.

SPEAKER_06 36:54

Nothing, you don't want to tell me anything, Drewab. It's so amazing that today we spoke about digital media, but the takeaways that all of y'all had had it was something a lot more personal than just that. It had a lot to do with your identity, yourself, believing in yourself and being, you know, just honest. And I think this is so nice to see that uh the younger generation really has a lot more integrity. And rather than just being carried away by digital means. No, always remember that.

SPEAKER_05 37:23

Be yourself, be honest, love yourself first, and believe in yourself. And I think you should remember that till even when you grow up and when you're as old as we are, right? And that's gonna be the best part of you ever, ever, ever. Thank you so much.

SPEAKER_06 37:38

I'm sure you all will be creating in your own ways and means, but whenever you're creating, just remember to be nice and remember to really, really, really enjoy the process. So thank you so much for being such a wonderful.

SPEAKER_04 37:51

Thank you, PY3 Kabini and Mudalek teachers, Kabini Cloud over here.

SPEAKER_05 37:58

Such a great morning.

SPEAKER_04 38:00

Thank you guys. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much for the best comments.

SPEAKER_05 38:04

That was Two Piece Sunaphore live recording with Nidushar Nidusha Shri Kumar and PY3 kids from this amazing school, Shrimadar. Thank you. Thank you, guys.