6 episodes

Sub Station is a coping mechanism devised by Aadhithya Kota & Viraj Anand to gain control of their mutual crippling addiction to YouTube. Tune in as they journey through tech, science, journalism and viral phenomenon on the platform.

Sub Station: A Youtube Show Viraj and Kota

    • TV & Film

Sub Station is a coping mechanism devised by Aadhithya Kota & Viraj Anand to gain control of their mutual crippling addiction to YouTube. Tune in as they journey through tech, science, journalism and viral phenomenon on the platform.

    5: The Evolution of a Meme

    5: The Evolution of a Meme

    In this episode, Viraj and Kota try something different and just show each other a bunch of videos. They discuss how a meme evolves, argue about whether robots will take over the world, and laugh about how disciplined a japanese moving company is. 

    Videos discussed in this episode:



    Hot Food

    Hot food but its a piano and bass dub

    Hot food vocoded to the bass dub

    Bill Wurtz

    How the Internet Changed Storytelling

    Joe Rogans Podcast

    David Dobrik

    Lily Singh hosting a late night show

    Lily Singh ( Superwoman ) on Burnout

    Peter Mckinnon reacts to Hollywood camera techniques

    Hershey's Commercial 

    Cinecom net

    Conversation with my 12 year old self

    Boston Dynamics Robot

    ColdFusion's video about Boston Dynamics 

    CGP Grey's Video: Humans Need Not Apply

    57 Years apart, a boy and a man talk about life

    Billie Eilish: Same Interview, One Year Apart

    Billie Eilish video made by Takashi Murakami

    Prateek Kuhad on Colors

    Japanese Moving Company

    • 1 hr 2 min
    4: Folding Phones & Better Worlds

    4: Folding Phones & Better Worlds

    In this episode, Viraj and Kota discuss what a utopian earth would look like, how a smartphone should fold, and why Jack Black might just be Youtube's favourite celebrity. 



    Youtube videos discussed in this episode:

    The New Zealand Shooting

    Jill Keats

    Abdul Azeez

    Daoud Nabi

    Better Worlds Series

    Theory of Flight

    Model Dog

    St. Juju

    A Sun Will Always Sing:

    Overlay

    Folding Phones

    Samsung Galaxy S10 lineup: 

    The Bezel-less Smartphone: Xiaomi Mi Mix!

    Samsung Flexible OLED display

    Samsung Galaxy S8

    iPhone X

    The Essential Phone

    Using An Infrared Camera To Show How Face ID Works

    In-Glass Fingerprint Sensor

    Vivo NEX S

    Xiaomi Mi Mix 3: The Ultimate Slider?

    Samsung Infinity Flex Display

    Google adding folding phone API

    The foldable Royole FlexPai

    Xiaomi foldable phone

    MKBHD Video about folding phones

    Samsung Galaxy S10

    Samsung Galaxy Fold

    Huwawei Foldable Phone

    TCL foldable Phone

    Nubia Alpha Bendable Phone

    Corning’s Foldable Glass

    Nokia Communicator

    The new Sony Xperia lineup

    Jablinsky Games

    How Amul Butter is made

    1 Mil

    Comedians in cars getting coffee

    My next guest needs no introduction

    Hasan Minha’s Patriot Act

    • 1 hr 17 min
    3: Artificial Intelligence

    3: Artificial Intelligence

    Viraj and Kota discuss why news publishers hate Youtube, why AI could kill us all, and how to catch fish near a rice field. 



    Videoes discussed in this episode:

    MKBHD on Youtube Rewind 

    Casey Neistat on Youtube Rewind 

    Youtube's Tweet about Youtube Rewind 

    Radiolab's episode on Facebook Moderators 

    A Brief History of Youtube Adpocalypse

    Pewdiepie says death to all jews 

    The Times article that triggered the Adpocalypse 

    Casey Neistat's interview with Head of Youtube Business

    John Oliver's story on Alex Jones 

    Jack Conte

    Nick Bostrom's Super Intelligence 

    The Conference on Artificial Intelligence

    marI/O 

    Kurzgesagt: Why Beautiful things make us happy

    skillshare kurzgesagt 

    That's Hot Meme

    Jaiden Animations 

    Primitive Tool

    swimming pools 

    Catching Fish and Eels

    Tyler Nicole Dean

    Australian catching a Mudcrab

    Primitive Technology building a furnace

    Primitive Technology trying to make iron pellets

    Primitive Technology Wordpress Blog

    Tiled roof hut 

    Sweet potatoes 

    Blower 

    • 1 hr 27 min
    2: Pewdiepie vs T-Series

    2: Pewdiepie vs T-Series

    Viraj and Kota discuss Youtube Rewind, the cutest Rocket Landing, the end of all memes, and oh yeah.... Bitch Lasagna.

    Videoes Discussed in this episode:

    Youtube Rewind 

    Google Year in Search 

    Youtube Rewind Verge Article 

    Pewdiepie vs T-series 

    Mr Beasts Billboards

    Pewdiepie donating to the CRY Foundation 

    Colin and Samir on T-series 

    Mumbaikar Nikhil   

    Being Indian 

    All India Bakchod 

    MKBHD Smartphone Camera Test 

    SpaceX Soft Landing 

    Falcon Heavy Launch 

    Everyday Astronaut 

    How not to land a rocket 

    Falcon 9 landing on the droneship

    Colin and Samir on Article 13 

    Film Theorists on Article 13 

    Everything's A Remix 

    Verge's Video on GDPR

    how 10 hours of whitenoise was demonetised 

    Tom Scott: Earworm

    • 1 hr 8 min
    1: The Vox Media Network and the future of video editing.

    1: The Vox Media Network and the future of video editing.

    Viraj and Kota discuss how comedy works perfectly for the Youtube algorithm, the future of video editing, and how awesome the Vox Youtube channel is.

    Videos Talked about in this episode:

    Bo Burnhams Kanye Rant:

    All India Bakchod:

    Vulfpeck:

    Group FaceTime with 30 Youtubers

    Video editing on the iPad Pro

    Why Ramen is so Valuable in Prison

    Jazz Album Artwork

    Rapping Deconstructed

    Kanye Deconstructed

    The secret rhythm behind Radiohead's “Videotape”

    How the triplet flow took over rap

    Why rappers love Grey Poupon

    Vox Borders

    Why Cuban cab drivers earn more than doctors

    Cuba’s Internet

    Johny Harris

    Mona Lisa Overrated

    Jackson Pollock Overrated

    Planet Earth 2 Vox

    Snapchat Filters 

    Verge Science

    Ninety Seconds on the Verge

    This is my Next

    • 35 min
    Why are we doing this podcast?

    Why are we doing this podcast?

    Clickbait is a coping mechanism devised by Aadhithya Kota & Viraj Anand to gain control of their mutual crippling addiction to YouTube. Tune in as they journey through tech, science, journalism and viral phenomenon on the platform.

    Youtube channels discussed in this episode:


    MKBHD
    Verge
    Casey Neistat
    CGP Grey
    Hello Internet

    • 27 min

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