The Bad Take Podcast Archives

The Bad Take Podcast Archives

This is the complete archive of the (now discontinued) conversational podcast I co-hosted with Himal Kotelawala. The podcast was active from 2018–2022. Originally hosted on Anchor, it was distributed on most podcast platforms using Anchor’s syndication tools. The show is archived here for posterity, complete with the original show notes first published at thebadtake.com.

The podcast’s logo was designed by me.

5 Jun 2022

Episode 21

Sri Lanka in Crisis: Is the Political Elite Doomed?

with Rajni Gamage

28 Feb 2020

Episode 20

A Matter of Words

Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero

31 Jan 2020

Episode 19

Planet Hunting

with Mahesh Herath

3 Dec 2019

Episode 18

Demystifying AI

with Nisansa de Silva

22 Nov 2019

Episode 17

Fidel off the Field

with Andrew Fidel Fernando

3 Nov 2019

Episode 16

At The Movies – Hollywood Ramblings

11 Oct 2019

Episode 15

At The Movies – We Live In A Society

26 Jun 2019

Episode 14

Major Throwback – ’90s Pop Culture in Sri Lanka

with Dilina Amaruwan and Chav

11 Jun 2019

Episode 13

Catching up on Twitter

20 Apr 2019

Episode 12

Cosmic Musings – Are we living in a simulation?

18 Feb 2019

Episode 11

Cosmic Musings – Where are all our neighbours?

29 Jan 2019

Episode 10

Congested

31 Dec 2018

Episode 9

A Conversation with Ajay Kamalakaran

with Ajay Kamalakaran

25 Dec 2018

Episode 8

Firing Squad

with Chav and Thimal Gajadeera

14 Dec 2018

Episode 7

At The Movies – Talking Movies

with Dilina Amaruwan

1 Dec 2018

Episode 6a

Back from the Beaches

26 Oct 2018

Episode 6

On Digital Demons

8 Oct 2018

Episode 5

On “Radicals” & Social Justice

30 Sept 2018

Episode 4

On Bus Music

with Indika de Silva

23 Sept 2018

Episode 3

At The Movies

21 Sept 2018

Episode 2a

Bonus: Sound Check

16 Sept 2018

Episode 2

On Atheism

9 Sept 2018

Episode 1

On Censorship, Hate Speech & Tolerance

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