Navya Naveli Nanda's guide to podcasting

Brut India

“It’s not something I am passionate about.” Will film industry’s loss be a gain for India’s growing podcast scene? Navya Naveli Nanda answers this and more in this chat with Brut’s Nihal Ranjit.

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00:00I am in the studio with...

00:02You have to introduce yourself.

00:04Oh wow, my name is Nihal. What's up guys, what's up?

00:06I don't know how to beatbox.

00:08Go for it yo, in 3, 2, 1.

00:12Okay. There she is.

00:14Hi.

00:16My name is Nihal, nice to meet you.

00:18Navya, nice to meet you.

00:20Ladies and gentlemen, today we have with us

00:22Navya Naveli Nanda who has

00:24started her own podcast.

00:26Congratulations. Thank you.

00:28You have every urge not to beatbox into this.

00:30Yeah, it's... I mean I had the urge to

00:32keep tapping the mic which is really annoying

00:34because when you're wearing the headphones it's like...

00:36But I'm feeling a beatbox collab right now.

00:38You can. Shall we? Shall we together?

00:40I don't know how to beatbox.

00:42Go for it yo, in 3, 2, 1.

00:46Okay.

00:48I'm just spitting in this mic.

00:50Not we, that was you. I was pretty fine.

00:52I wasn't ready. I would have polished my beatboxing

00:54if you told me. Yeah, I should have. Okay.

00:56So, what is the name of your show?

00:58So, the show is called What the Hell

01:00Navya. Hmm. Yes.

01:02Interesting name, I know. Yes. Amazing

01:04follow-up question. Why is it

01:06called that? Because I think

01:08that was something that my mom

01:10and my nani said at least 10 times

01:12in every episode because I'm a bit

01:14all over the place as a person

01:16and they felt the need to keep

01:18saying that to me. Okay.

01:20We just felt it was a great name

01:22for the show. So, you'd consider yourself

01:24a conversationalist?

01:26Yeah, but I don't know if I'm a good conversationalist.

01:28That's for you to decide. I think that's

01:30really cool because I'm terrible. Okay.

01:32I'm also quite bad. Hmm. But I actually

01:34host a show called Brute Sauce where I

01:36introduce celebrities and I do a terrible job

01:38at that. How is that big for you? It's really bad

01:40and I wanted some advice from you. Oh, okay.

01:42How do I keep the conversation going, right?

01:44Because sometimes I'll find myself in a lift

01:46with the celebrities and

01:48it is so awkward. Have you tried beatboxing?

01:50I hope that's a good icebreaker.

01:52That's my go-to when it's too quiet.

01:54I'll just start tap dancing out of nowhere.

01:56Or you can try beatboxing. I'll try beatboxing when it's quiet.

01:58But I don't know actually because I'm a very

02:00awkward person by nature.

02:02So, in social situations, I don't

02:04actually even know how to have small talks.

02:06I'm the worst person to ask advice

02:08on this particularly.

02:10For the people watching

02:12at home, right, we would love

02:14some advice from you on how to start a podcast.

02:16What would be some insight?

02:18Okay, number one, be a good conversationalist.

02:20So, I don't know if you should start a podcast.

02:22I'm joking.

02:24That was unnecessary.

02:26I'm joking. I think

02:28at least

02:30how we started off was we knew

02:32exactly what we wanted to talk about. I think that's a

02:34good starter because then you come in and you're just silent.

02:36So, it would be nice to know what you're

02:38going to talk about. So, we knew we

02:40wanted to be in the space of women

02:42and have conversations around women.

02:44I would say to choose really

02:46good hosts, people that you're comfortable with.

02:48And for me, obviously, I was really comfortable

02:50with my mom and my nani.

02:52So, that was nice. We had a great

02:54kind of dynamic together which is really important.

02:56So, I think they'll learn a lot

02:58if we were to do a mock podcast

03:00right now. Maybe a two-minute mock podcast.

03:02Am I the host or are you the host?

03:04How about I be the guest?

03:06I'll be the guest.

03:08Why don't you introduce me

03:10to your podcast? Oh my god, okay.

03:12Hi,

03:14everyone. Welcome to my podcast

03:16What The Hell, Navya. And today,

03:18I'm in the studio with...

03:20You have to introduce yourself.

03:22My name is Nav. What's up, guys?

03:24Happy to be here.

03:26And it's really nice to have you here today.

03:28So, I'd love to know

03:30kind of what you do.

03:32So, I run a business.

03:34I started a candy business

03:36actually. What is the name of the candy?

03:38It's called Jugal Chutney.

03:40That's the candy brand. And where can we buy

03:42your candy? It's available everywhere.

03:44DMart's near you.

03:46It focuses on sour candy.

03:48And we also have one chocolate bar.

03:50It's called the Jugal Bar.

03:52The reason why I started this is because

03:54I put my face as the

03:56gummy so that I can tell people that I'm a

03:58snack and no one can refute it.

04:00Commission statement with this brand.

04:02This is your first and last appearance on this show.

04:04Thank you for joining us on

04:06What The Hell, Navya today.

04:08So, I'm sure you're

04:10tired of answering this but

04:12why not take the

04:14film route? I think I'm just

04:16not very good at it to be honest.

04:18I don't believe

04:20that you should do something for the sake of doing it.

04:22I think you should do it, one, if

04:24you are 100% passionate about

04:26it. It's not something I'm passionate about.

04:28I think I'm doing exactly what I love doing.

04:30And two, I think

04:32I wouldn't be very good at it.

04:34I think my skill set lies

04:36elsewhere. And how many film

04:38offers have you received? None. I don't know.

04:40That's a lie. Come on.

04:42I'm sure some have come and you're like, nah, I'm good.

04:44I wish they'd know. None of them have come.

04:46Actually, it's surprising. Thank you so much for taking

04:48the time to do this interview. Thank you. And I will

04:50get out of your hair. Okay.

04:52You don't have to, but thanks.

04:54You can just freeze in the

04:56studio together. Alright then.

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