In short
The episode (Part 1/4) frames Mahatma Gandhi as a “horny holy man” and uses his early life to discuss British Raj history, the 1857 Indian mutiny, and India’s caste system (including how the British classified society via census). It also jokes about semen retention, Jainism, and bodily themes.
Guests
Horatio Gould and Matt Morandi. They discuss Gandhi, the British Raj, and modern “Rajcore” aesthetics; one guest references not having been to India (wife traveled), and they connect historical claims to contemporary culture.
Key claims
The British East India Company ruled via trade/ports and “divide and conquer,” using sepoys; the 1857 mutiny followed Enfield cartridge fat (cow/pig) and led to abolition of the Company and direct crown rule. Caste determines profession/marriage; British census/classification reinforced control. Gandhi’s upbringing is shaped by Jainism (ahimsa, non-violence; anekantavada, non-absolutism) and later by guilt tied to his father’s death and his own sexual life.
Notable examples
Enfield cartridge greasing; the 1857 mutiny; Queen Victoria becoming Empress of India (1876); Gandhi’s Jain vegetarian childhood; his 13-year-old marriage (1883); his father’s anal fistula death (1885); Gandhi’s childhood act of giving sweets to an “untouchable” friend.
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Chapters
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1:30 to 3:18
Hosts introduce the topic of Mahatma Gandhi and discuss his impact on non-violence.
“Of course you're gandy, well you wouldn't be.”
Exploring Gandhi's Character
3:18 to 4:50
Discussion on Gandhi's character, quirks, and how he challenges societal norms.
“Today is the start of a huge series on Mahatma Gandhi.”
The British Raj and Its Legacy
4:50 to 6:10
Hosts delve into the history and legacy of the British Raj and its significance.
“And it's styled off that kind of Raj style.”
Cultural Reflections on India
6:10 to 7:40
Discussion on personal experiences and cultural observations regarding India and its history.
“She had like seven weeks traveling there when she was like 21.”
Gandhi's Birth and Early Life
7:40 to 9:10
Hosts outline Gandhi's early life and historical context surrounding his birth.
“If Justin Bieber's used them once, I'd...”
Gandhi's Philosophy and Ideals
9:10 to 10:40
Exploration of Gandhi's philosophies and how they contrast with his personal life.
“Gandhi is born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in 1869.”
Final Thoughts on Gandhi's Legacy
10:40 to 14:01
Hosts reflect on Gandhi's complex legacy and its implications for future generations.
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Exploring Historical Slurs and British Raj
14:01 to 19:21
Discussion on the use of slurs in historical context and exploration of the British Raj's impact on India.
“i believe they were called coolies but that may be a slur sure again we're going to get into lots of ancient slurs.”
The Indian Mutiny of 1857
19:21 to 21:35
A look into the events of the Indian Mutiny, its causes, and its consequences.
“as it was called until recently when they started to call it some kind of rebellion.”
The Caste System in India
21:35 to 23:19
Discussion on the caste system in India, its implications on society, and personal anecdotes related to it.
“And they exploited existing social divisions already existing in India, such as the caste system, which we should get into because it's very funny.”
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Gandhi and His Social Class
23:19 to 26:51
Exploration of Gandhi's background, including his social class and its significance in Indian society.
“Anyway, they're called untouchables because no one would touch them because they handled poos.”
British Influence on India's Social Structure
26:51 to 28:01
Analysis of how British colonialism affected India's social structure and caste system.
“it must be said as to how much the British make the system worse or whether it's pretty entrenched before they get there.”
Humorous Banter on Anatomy
28:01 to 29:22
The hosts engage in a comedic discussion about an absurd anatomical feature.
“This is the guy with the biggest testes in the world.”
Introduction to Gandhi's Early Life
29:23 to 31:18
The hosts begin discussing Gandhi's childhood and family background.
“He is born in Porbandar, which is in Gujarat.”
Exploring Jainism and Its Influence
31:19 to 33:35
The hosts delve into Jainism and how its principles affected Gandhi.
“Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, which is non-violence, absolute non-violence.”
Gandhi's Shy Childhood and Political Awakening
33:35 to 36:29
Discussion on Gandhi's shyness, interests, and early political awareness.
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Gandhi's Early Marriage and Conflicts
36:30 to 42:00
The hosts discuss Gandhi's early marriage arrangements and personal struggles.
“And Gandhi is middle class merchant cast.”
Gandhi's Early Relationships and Family Life
42:00 to 43:36
Explore Gandhi's tumultuous relationship with his wife and the impact of his father's death on his psyche.
“and he's 13 fuck me his wife could not read or write to be fair she's only 13 yeah and Gandhi tries to teach her but attempts are fruitless and it starts a lifelong hatred of this woman Yeah, well, you know more than me.”
The Impact of Death and Guilt
43:36 to 45:28
Discuss how the concurrent events of his father's death and his own sexual experiences shaped Gandhi's feelings of guilt.
“So his dad genuinely dies of a broken bum, right?”
Gandhi's Complex Emotions and Shame
45:28 to 47:54
Analyze Gandhi's feelings of shame around his early sexual experiences juxtaposed with his father's death.
“I mean, this is maybe the ultimate post-nut clarity.”
Gandhi's Life in London
47:54 to 50:44
Discover Gandhi's transition to London, his studies, and how he adapted to a new cultural environment.
“So Gandhi goes on to have four sons over the next 10 years.”
Vegetarianism and Social Influence
50:44 to 53:14
Examine Gandhi's involvement with the London Vegetarian Society and his aspirations to become an English gentleman.
“You probably were walking through the same halls, you and Gandhi.”
Gandhi's Struggles and Aspirations in Law
53:14 to 56:01
Follow Gandhi's challenges in establishing a law practice in India after his education in London.
“There's an Edwardian mystic scene in these big cities.”
Gandhi's Early Challenges
56:01 to 58:30
Explore Gandhi's struggles with public speaking and his early career.
“I've got an Irish man with a red face yeah go and say the important thing is keep the pint It's in use constantly.”
Masculinity and Social Expectations
58:31 to 1:02:04
A humorous discussion on masculinity, social expectations, and self-expression.
“Yeah, he's boring as fuck, but he's tall.”
Gandhi's Journey to South Africa
1:02:05 to 1:05:52
A preview of Gandhi's upcoming chapter in South Africa and reflections on historical perceptions.
“No, it did poo on the carpet the other day, though.”
Transcript
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1:25Are you eating? No. No. No, sorry. Of course you're gandy, well you wouldn't be. As someone who wants to follow in your footsteps, where should I look to find such strength? Over there. I think you should look over there. What, look at that tree or something?
1:47I... Is that Cheeto dust in your beard? It's just part of my beard. That's strange, it really feels like you're snacking every time I look away. How dare you? I'm on hunger strike. Yeah, sorry. You've travelled all this way. Please, let me guide you in meditation. Of course, of course, Mahatma. Close your eyes. I want you to think. of the evil British are doing. Mm. Hum.
2:22Before we start a big... You were definitely eating then. You were definitely... Look at this! You're eating! You're not a hunger strike at all. I'll be honest with you. You're stuffing your face. Shh. The fasting isn't the main thing, okay? It's not? No, it's actually about semen retention. Right. Only by controlling your own sexual urges can you ever be master over your own destiny. Okay. Well, I guess maybe that's what I've been struggling with because often at weak moments I struggle... Sorry, are you using some sort of vibrating fleshlight? Ghandi! I'll give you a baby bell if you don't tell anyone.
3:18Welcome back to Finn vs. History. I'm joined by Horatio Gould. Matt Morandi. And it's a big one. Today is the start of a huge series on Mahatma Gandhi. I didn't know much about Gandhi. I thought he was a bit annoying. Sure. I know he's a big deal. Yeah. I had no idea how horny he was. Yeah, it's crazy. I had no idea. um one i mean joins a long tradition of horny holy men horny indians well this is this is the long road to show me your bobs uh now and it makes so much sense when you realize the father of the nation was a real fucked with a same retention fucking perv oh my god it's this is great stuff we're finally listeners in the british raj finally you've been wanting this since we started the series now there's not a tiktok account that exists called raj core but if there was that i haven't followed i thought you're gonna say i can't find one right i i want to you know you see those accounts where it's like the 80s financial core yes and it's like finance guys in the 80s you live in new york in the 1980s and it's milan yeah you've got big suits and you're drinking whiskey you want to have the way i wake up in the british raj yes and it's not because that's what's waking up now that's sadikistan in 2030 right i want to wake up in the british raj i want to be you know in a in a plinth helmet i want to be drinking a cool drink gin and tonic gin and tonic or an iced tea being fan being fanned by a punker waller i want to be carried on a sedan chair i want to be telling people off even though i'm wearing big shorts funny for the indian subjects we're being told off ordered around by a man wearing a safari suit with big shorts giant shorts the biggest shorts has ever been go what are you doing get over there wearing shorts humiliating absolutely humiliating to them i guess like the british raj is a huge part of british history it's the jewel of the uh crown of the british empire but you never learn about it it's not it's such a like a blind spot in british history right yeah you know much more about gandhi than you do about all the other stuff all the fun stuff but the right the raj is uh but also the architecture like before the killjoy came along well this is the this is the biggest killjoy there's ever been this is a guy walking into the room going all right no shut it down No, no, I don't like any of this.
5:36Everyone's eating too much. Yeah. Dishoom is styled off of the old... What are they called? Those fucking cafes? Whatever fucking... Bombay cafe. Bombay cafe. Yeah. And it's styled off that kind of Raj style. You know, Rajcore. I'm saying people should make more Rajcore. Yeah. I've never been to India. Have you? No. No, I'd love to go. My wife's been... She went there for like seven weeks. Imagine there's good bits and bad bits of India. As there is anywhere. Yeah, it's true. I mean... I've been to Birmingham. No. I've not been to India, but my wife went. She had like seven weeks traveling there when she was like 21.
6:15And I said, while I was doing this, doing Gandhi, and I said, you know, what's your main takeaway from India? You know, you spent seven weeks there. She traveled large swathes of the country, this amazing culture with this huge, diverse history of different things. I said, what's the main takeaway? She went, the guys are so horny. Really? She went, every man is like more horny than the last it's like a russian doll of horny horny guys and what's up i've seen a lot of videos of people just like masturbating out of windows yeah yeah and that's like polite yeah do you think partly do you think the because i saw someone say that basically the the uh arranged marriage yes once they took that started taking that away you've never learned how to riz anyone because it's your mum just sorts that out for you yes so you never have to pick up it's like the first time you have to buy pants when your mum's been buying you pants for christmas until you're whatever.
7:05I mean, it's not stopped for me. No, sure. Because my mum doesn't know what to get me. Or you've transitioned it to your wife. So you go from mum to wife. Yes, my wife doesn't buy my pants. Does she not? No, mum buys my pants. That's mum's job. Does mum still buy pants? Sometimes, yeah. I don't, I forget to buy my own pants. Yeah. I've got other things on. And you rattle through them, imagine, at a quicker rate than most. They're many a single use, yeah. Justin Bieber wears a new pair of Calvin Klein's every day. opens a box every morning. Really? Is he selling the used ones? No. Is that why? I would use a single...
7:40If Justin Bieber's used them once, I'd... I'd buy those. Yeah, I'd buy those. But it's like a second-hand car. If you're inflating the price because Justin Bieber's worn them, then that's bullshit. Okay, it's like a game of girl bathwater. A pair of pants. You know what they say when a pair of pants leaves the forecourt, it's lost£5 ,000 already. Is that what they say? About cars, yeah. What circles are you hanging around with? It says you're driving a car off a four-crawler. You lose five grand. Right, right. So wearing pants out of the toilet, you've already lost 10 grand on the pair of pants.
8:11So I'm not paying over the odds for Justin Bieber's pants. Well, if Justin Bieber is just throwing these pants away, we need to set up a thing. We need to set up a deal. Where are these pants going? Just put it down a chute that we have a bucket at the bottom. We'll just collect all these pants. Why has he got... These are perfectly good pants. Imagine the feeling of a new pair of pants every day. The hedonism. Yeah, that's too much. Every single day. That's too much. because a new pair of pants does feel amazing but every single day you gotta have some you get the fluff though you get the little fluff from like black pants yes so he must have constant but these expensive Calvin Klein's I imagine that you know they're well designed and are they briefs or are they trunks I actually don't know enough details to be honest fart pants now we did we once bought my dad a pair of those for Christmas flatulent pants as a joke yeah but I think he did use them he's particularly can you just go hell for leather in those he's particularly bad at Christmas yes you have like a sort in the same way that we've talked about brian johnson having a sauna ice pack for your balls yeah you gotta have fart pants are when you have a kind of herb herb pack around your ass so you're fighting herbs out into the yes yeah you're farting through a prism of scent well charlie seems disgusted by that things what i will say is that the smell's not better it's just weird i'm gonna talk about this on the other pod but yeah sometimes it's very suspicious when a bathroom smells too much of fresh breeze yeah what have you done in here what's going on here fuck you know it's not the crime people hate it's the cover-up you know it's watergate isn't it it's the fact he was caught the two nicks and down it wasn't the fact they did a big poo it was that you went in and went this smells too much of air freshener you're lying to me you're covering something up anyway uh yeah i was just thinking sorry flat-shirmed pants because you can have flat-shirmed pants in the back ice pack in the back so you can just honk in the sauna and you can be there being like i've been farting constantly and i'm gonna and i'm gonna carry on my sperm count still high so I'm going to carry on my lineage.
9:59I'm absolutely nailing this sauna. We're talking about Mahatma Gandhi. We're talking about the British Raj. Gandhi is born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in 1869. Do you want to play this? I would love to play this. I just want to say that Gandhi's life spans 1869 to 1948. Jealous. I'm so jealous of the history. The golden age. The golden age of the earth. I'm so jealous of the history that he, you know, it's my favourite time span 69 the real summer of 69, 1869 to 1948 he takes in eugenics, phrenology Rourke's drift Social Darwinism World War II, Nuremberg the Titanic, Rise of Hitler crazy Freud Propel Fitness Water with Gatorade electrolytes, zero sugar and vitamins.
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11:51Chris Tarrant is born 10th of October 1946. Thank you, Charlie. He's there for that. Yeah. Where were you? Where were you when Chris Tarrant was born? I've played cricket against his son. So have you, Charlie? Toby, yeah. We play cricket against his son and he got me out. His son's a rapid bowler. So we're all linked in this story. We're all linked to Chris Tarrant and Chris Tarrant's linked to Gandhi. Is that what we're saying? Yeah. Gandhi did not want to be a millionaire. He did. So he wouldn't have gone on that show. Who wants to be a millionaire? there not not me not thank you um first one get the first one out four episodes got to get it out you give an excuse for the whole table to have some now i've ordered accents for the table all right we'll all be chipping in picky bits everyone's everyone having picky bits okay so 1869 this is before chris tarrant is born pre-tarrant pre-tarrant we're living in a pre-tarrant well when gandhi's born and it is after um it is after napoleon has died okay so it's after napoleon and it's before chris tarrant right pre-tarrant post napoleon that's when gandhi is born it's sandwiched between two great men two great men two men who could not ultimately invade russia yeah uh one tried one didn't anyway that's irrelevant he is not known as Mahatma till later on but he's known to history as Mahatma which means great soul sure it should mean fucking horndog yeah that's what really it should be Mahondog Gandhi Mahondog Randy really and ultimately I mean he goes on to he goes on to inspire you know Martin Luther King Rosa Parks the IRA any kind of civil rights IRA what were the IRA taking from him I don't know if it's very Gandhi fucking blowing up a pub no it's not um but i mean i don't know that yeah but they probably would have said oh yeah him as well i know we're just like martin is the king and also you've got two minutes to get out that pub i don't think martin was doing that anyway um so let's just do a lovely let's you know let's let's have a soak in the warm bath of the british raj who's pouring the water uh i believe they were called coolies but that may be a slur sure again we're going to get into lots of ancient slurs.
14:07It's a terrific topic. Punkawala is a really fun word that I've been trying to bring back. And what is a Punkawala? A Punkawala is someone who fans you. The white man. The white man? I think it is. It doesn't necessarily need to be racialized. It's an Indian man in a nappy and a hat, chef's hat. And they've got a big fan and their job is to cool down the man in the big shorts. but this is all british raj is just reflecting on your youth right it's reflecting on the golden age when you're when things seem so positive and good yeah do you know i mean now now we're an old man in a chair at a care home yeah stories no one cares about yeah but we when our eyes close we're reminiscing about our well i mean i'm a young man and i'm reminiscing about the raj when i was never there but i'd love to be first things first uh india before uh the raj you know it is ruled by various different hindu and muslim empires the mughals are a massive one they did the taj mahal yeah we did we talked about that in our piracy series the the mughals uh the big the biggest biggest piracy highest ever was against the mughals going on hajj um they're going on hajj and um a majority hindu the hindu empires uh then the dutch east india company arrive and the british take that over or or whatever but they send basically like um they send it's a company right it's a company so it's only like bt yes go take over india right well it's b it's bp in iran yeah basically yeah so obviously they arrive there and they go what the fuck you guys are all native americans right called indians and then uh then they're like oh no this is actually india and then the british east india company rules india for the mcdonald's empire sort of yeah it is weird that it was ruled by a company yeah uh couple hundred years but i don't think did the british india company own all of they didn't own india but they essentially trading ports yeah and then they managed to divide and conquer a bit and it wasn't until the armies of the army are there and the crucially the indian the army is mainly indians they were called sepoys which is the asian soldiers fighting for the british india company uh to defending their interests their trade routes and is the ultimate way they managed to do this with such a small force just a company basically with because india was one of the richest countries in the world at this point had the biggest textile industry and it was taken over by mcdonald's basically yes it's because of uh divide and conquer they said this about you right well actually they think this about you and just getting them all to fight brilliant yeah classic classic but also they were mainly using indian uh soldiers right and then uh the indians against the indians to take over india yeah brilliant uh but the indians got annoyed that uh their enfield rifle their standard issue rifle was the cartridges were greased with cow and pig fat which is upsetting to both hindus and muslims right of course double whammy which is a you know a great way to maybe solve indian pakistani tensions now let's rub stuff in cow and pig fat yeah and go look well what would you're a goat fat what was the goat i'm very fat yeah so um i mean it's sort of insult to injury isn't it because it's not i mean you could use like butter or ghee they love that's ghee yeah can you butter up um your cartridges uh well it's just fat isn't it i mean surely you can or olive oil yeah so on may the 10th 1857 the indian soldiers the sepoys uh shot their officers they really don't like the cows being used i mean this is i mean chill out guys you know we get it now can we just charlie because this will come up a lot why are cows so holy in india what's going on there the cow is a holy animal because the cow can just wander free they symbolize life and non-violence well that's bollocks because i've been on a stag do and was chased by a herd of cows uh the cows are the most people every year yeah and so hindus yeah well that's bollocks i'm not but i'm not a believer in hinduism because i think cows symbolize violence yeah fucking units 20 deaths from cow per year in the uk generally on uh on my stag do phil wang wrote about this in his book we were i must have talked about this on the pod we were going through a field to a brewery and we were so hung over and the cows will turn as one of the hive mind and they pick on the weakest member of the group which was me and ivo and john kearns john kearns was at the back completely like i mean he was john kearns hung over as a sort of he's gone he's completely gone can't function and then he just sees the cows and he goes i'm not going through that field and starts walking the other way but then the cows follow him as one terrifying mob rule is cows anyway hindus violent criminals they're terrorists they are terrorists all cows are terrorists every time you eat a burger is a victory and yet the hindus see the cows as being uh holy uh even cow dung and urine are considered sacred.
19:11Okay. It's all getting a little bit perverted now, isn't it? Yeah. It's getting a bit piss playy. Agree to disagree, India. Anyway, so this sparks the Indian mutiny, as it was called until recently when they started to call it some kind of rebellion. Tragedy. The Indian mutiny is a tragedy. They shoot British officers, and the British react robustly, executing many soldiers and consistently suppressing the revolt over the following 18 months. This is in 1857. And this uprising ultimately leads to the abolition of the East India Company. McDonald's shut down and shifts to the direct rule of the British crown.
19:49But the East India Company were pretty brutal and there was no restraint at all. I mean, McDonald's workers aren't having a good time, are they? Yeah. So that's partly why the British government had to come in. And it's not even a transferable skill. It's not like, oh yeah, I can cook. I worked at McDonald's. You can operate a 3D printer for chips. It's Foxton's. It's the guys who work there being in charge of millions of people, basically. Yeah, yeah. And not doing a great job. So by the time Gandhi is born, the British crown was in direct control of India. I think Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India in 1876.
20:21At some point, we take the Koh-i-Noor diamond. That's still a big thing. We'll do a whole episode of Koh-i-Noor because the lifespan of the Koh-i-Noor... That's quite a big... We'll just do a patron. A whole episode on a stone. You'd be surprised. The lifespan of the Koh-i-Noor is crazy. What do you mean? It's over like 800 years it's been taken by so many different empires and whoever has the Koh-i-Noor dies like normally in horrible ways. Yeah, it's like, it's an amazing story of the Koh-i-Noor. What, like that, like Indiana Jones? Very much so. Is it the philosopher's stone? It's also the founding stone of Afghanistan and there's, there's Iran have a claim to it or some shit.
20:52Like it's, it's crazy where it's all gone. Well, we're not giving that back then. No, God no. I think in fact, when the queen died, there was a big, they all were like, right, give us the Koh-i-Noor back. Fuck off. Fuck off, that's going on Camilla's head. That's clearly for Camilla. that Camilla's got the cover. If it's that sacred and it's on Camilla's head. Now, the British Raj is obviously aesthetically brilliant. But from the Indian perspective, one could argue that it's slightly exploitative. That one is not in the room with us right now. I don't know where he is. As in one person has made an argument ever.
21:29One uppity guy has made the point that the British were extracting cotton, salt, indigo and tea to support British industries. Yeah. And they exploited existing social divisions already existing in India, such as the caste system, which we should get into because it's very funny. And it puts our class system to shame, I feel. Oh, we got nothing on the Indians, man. We got nothing. But I don't, I quite like this. This is something that we could definitely take from the Indians, I think. Know where you are staying in your lane. We've got upper, middle, lower class, really. Yeah. Let's spread out even more.
22:01No, no, no. Like make sub-genres. Yeah. So if you're a sewage worker, you are born a sewage worker and if you marry someone who's not a sewage worker then you are outcast. And you are treated as sewage. Yes. You are sewage. You are sewage. I'm putting on you because you're sewage. So the Hindu caste system is insane even by British class standards. Have you been to India, Charlie? No. No. You've got a vibe of someone who you look like you've got beads in your house instead of doors. Big Kareem pants. No, I've not managed to go yet. No. I'd like to though. Yeah. You've got priests who are the highest class, warriors, second, merchants, which is the sort of class that Gandhi is born into, laborers, manual labor.
22:44And then we come to the untouchables or Dalits, who are people who basically, they butcher animals and they clean toilets. Right. So they touch shit with their bare hands. And so you're born into doing that. So, I mean, it's like being born as an Indian, the stakes could not be higher. As a baby, you're like, am I... Please. Come on. Please not poo handling. Please not poo handling. Oh, fuck. You're going to handle poo just like your father handled poo and his father handled poo. But couldn't I... What if I didn't tell someone I'm untouchable? Well, supposedly... I'm untouchable. There's no ethnic...
23:24Anyway, they're called untouchables because no one would touch them because they handled poos. He's fucking untouchable. No, it's the opposite. Don't touch him. He touches poo. It's not like, yeah, it's not, it's not the goat conversation.
23:40So, but then, you know, when you realize that people are born into these jobs, essentially, it makes it easy. Like you were born into racist podcasters. Yeah, I can't help it. And then you realize that people, some people are born into these Show Me Your Bobs cast. Yeah. And that's why they're so, the horny Indian. That's their, they can't help it. That's the cast. You know? I have to comment on the Sydney... Where are your barbers? That's their... It's their lineage. It's their hierarchy. And society would fall apart if they weren't doing it. Exactly. Gandhi is born into the merchant class. His family.
24:14His family kind of middle class. And intermarriage is strictly forbidden. Or rather... Between the classes. Between the classes. What I find weird about the untouchables. So it's butchers, poo workers. It feels like they have a thing about hygiene and stuff. Even though I've seen their street food videos. Well, no, but I think they are untouchable. That's the untouchable. Well, from my perspective, yes. Because what, it's like using, they'll grow like a long nail out, and then they'll, have you not seen these? Oh, no, I've seen a lot of them. And then you'll get raw chicken, and you'll use the nail on your foot to chop it in half.
24:46Yeah. So, okay, right. But I imagine they're being like, I'm not shaking your hand, you touch poo. I've got to use my chicken toenails. It's very funny to be looking down on someone as the guy with putting raw chicken on your toes. Congratulations, India. you've made diarrhea airborne and contagious uh yeah easiest yeah yeah yeah firm stool difficulty hard mode yeah your cast determines your profession your social circle and crucially who you can marry uh now elevate your circle is a big thing that manosphere people say but that doesn't apply do that your circle is your circle your circle is poo touches so deal with it i think it's the indian manosphere deal with it yeah we all touch poo deal with it And if you were a poo-toucher and you married someone who was a lawyer, the lawyer, both you, you'd have to live at the outskirts of the village.
25:41You'd be shunned. Both of you would be shunned. And that's still very much at play today. Yeah, and I guess there's a... Because Daniel Sloss was telling that story about when he was performing in India and afterwards, when everyone had left, just these loads of guys came out of a van to take all the chairs. and he was like trying to shake their hand and they're like, don't touch them. They're literally just like... Chairs? No, they came out to pack up all the chairs. The theatre, people were... Wow. But he hadn't seen them there. They only arrived after the gig. In a van. In a van. They came out, got rid of all the chairs and Sos was trying to like shake their hand, say thanks for that and they're like, do not touch them.
26:17To be fair, having done a lot of work in regional theatres, I don't hate that. Well, Swindon Arts Centre. I do think... The untouchables. Yeah, I do think the tech here, Swindon Arts Centre is untouchable. uh yeah 100 and you know i'm about to go to many other regional theaters and i will be i'll be keeping that in mind don't shake their hand you know these guys otherwise i will be you know it's they're not poo touchers but they're fucking cheeto eaters and um slushy drinkers and uh yeah god knows what's under their fingernails yeah um so now there's a debate amongst scholars it must be said as to how much the British make the system worse or whether it's pretty entrenched before they get there.
27:00But it's certainly a method of control because the Brits arrive in the Raj and at Iberia, this is the late 19th century, they immediately start to classify things, census. It's the age of classification. And so they're using caste to, I mean, that's what classic FM should be. What classification FM? Reading out phrenology types. I'd listen to that, Alexander Armstrong. wrong um anyway no so they arrive there and they go okay so this is your cast system so let's get the callipers out and see how big their forehead is and if that means that they're a sewage worker by design because of the shape of their nose you know it's all it's all it's science do they do they actually have the is it phrenology in the car system or is it just because you have your surname but i didn't know if there was like a skull shape but the brits arrive and think ah Okay.
27:44East meets West. Yeah. Fusion. Fusion cuisine. Phonology in the car system. Yeah. Right. Do the people who touch poo have big hands? Is that why they're poo touchers? Because they're sort of shitting into baskets or something. Charlie, if it wasn't already clear, you're an untouchable. Yeah. You're the untouchable of this podcast. You're the untouchable of this podcast. What is that? This is the guy with the biggest testes in the world. Wow. I've seen this. He can sit. Oh, no. Fuck. Wow. He's got elephant. He's got elephant. unbelievably skinny legs which really oh exercise ball oh where's he from he's in Delhi so he's got to be fair he does look quite tired he feels a bit he looks a bit sick of life how does he sleep he doesn't need a chair apparently because he can just sit on sit on his balls well yeah when there's something to that that's quite nice it's like a beanbag it's like a I don't think it would be a beanbag I don't think it is comfy you know when you sit down and you catch your ball God.
28:44Yeah, that must suck. Imagine him busting. He must be like a fucking Boxing Day tsunami coming out of there. I think I'd kill myself. I think I'd kill myself. Really? If you had balls that big? Yeah, I couldn't do that. No, that's a lot, isn't it? It is a lot. Because also, it would just proportionally, you'd be like, no, my dick's not small. I've just got the biggest balls I've ever seen. I like that that's one of the big problems. It's actually above average. Come and sit on my balls. I mean, sex must be difficult. Is that why the Karmusutra exists? I think so, yeah. Christ. So let's get into Gandhi's early life.
29:26He is born in Porbandar, which is in Gujarat. And his father's a political official. He's the youngest of six, but the favourite child of his parents, supposedly. And he grows up living an ascetic vegetarian lifestyle because his mother and dad are Jainist. Jainist. Do you know about Jainism? Jaina. Do you know about Jainism? No, I confuse it with Jainism, which is the - What's Jainism? That's - Where you put a glass jar up your arse. No, it's the Jamaican one. Jain, Prius Jain. Oh, right. This is Jainism. No, Jainism is the thing where you - Jainism, Jaina. You do not kill a living thing. Right.
30:01So it means, and it's like, that's a huge part of the philosophy. So much so that you're always watching where you walk so you don't step on bugs. you have a mouth covering so you don't swallow a fly accidentally. So it just means it's like this obsession with like not causing any death or damage or violence whatsoever. Right. Which I imagine played a part. Yeah. Potentially. God it's a mental health condition though watching where you walk to that extent. Yeah. Well you walk if you accidentally step on a snail. Then you're so upset. What happens if a Jainist steps on a bug? Because their whole thing is trying to stop stepping on a bug but what if you do it?
30:36Because if you're looking on the floor do they send themselves to prison? hitting a lamppost you know if a janus steps on a bar direction because it's dependent on whether the app was intentional or extends although the ultimate goal is to minimize violence at all times karma isn't it so right bad karma glen hoddle stuff right so just but they're trying to accumulate value still it's still it's still like investing in bitcoin but is glen hoddle a janus uh in a way yes he is well yeah he's saying that anyone in a he's basically saying stephen hawking's stepped on loads of bugs in a past life. He's walking through a beehive in a river.
31:11That's why he's like that. Anyway, look, so Gandhi's parents are Jainist and these principles, these three principles,
31:24Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, Ahimsa, which is non-violence, absolute non-violence. and then anekandavada which is non-absolutism now for this one i think you need to give it the indian accent because i think you're struggling with the pronunciation if you don't anekandavada yeah that's that's better it's better i mean it's like i've told you it's like when i went to hungary and i took the i did a borat accent when i was trying and the guy was like yes yeah yes exactly yeah my wife and i was like okay i'm speaking hungarian then um anekandavada is non-absolutism which is crazy because uh well actually we'll get into gandhi's uh he does he's very against partition because he thinks everyone can live together but uh i wouldn't say he has multiple viewpoints no he's quite one time sure starting or growing your own business can be intimidating and lonely at times your to-do list may feel endless with new tasks and lists can easily begin to overrun your life so finding the right tool that not only helps you out but simplifies everything as a built-in business partner can be a game changer for millions of businesses, that tool is Shopify.
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34:00Listen to the free audiobook now. Anyway, and then... It's quite one note. Aparigaha. Aparigaha with non-attachment. Right. So this ultimately teaches that the path to liberation involves purifying the soul from karma through strict self-control, i.e. being veggie. That is self-control, though. Yes, it's worse than how I eat. Yeah. Just trying to avoid eating steak, that is a lot of self-control. Whereas you eat steak and then you drink fiber powder in the evenings. Well, there's a bit of the gandy about me sometimes. We'll get to the obsession with bowel movements and fiber. But he's also a fiber maxer.
34:43A fiber maxer? Yeah. Is he? okay is that what you are are you saying you're a fiber max i want the i i aspire to be a fiber maxer but i often fall short are you fiber mogging me is that what you're saying i don't know i don't know how much fiber you have i'm beef mogging you right now i'm beef mogging phoebe yeah phoebe's getting beef mogged yeah she gets beef mogged every day can't help with a beef mogged drive by beef mogged well that just sounds like a flasher like a real lesbian slur you fucking beef mogger she is a veggie woman sorry she's vegetarian yeah um as yeah beef mogger vegetarian they're both they're both dykes come on yeah she's getting falafel max
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35:24every weekend she gets falafel maxed phoebe doesn't have a mic so she can't No, it's a common reply. Chickpea mogger over there. Anyway. Right. So he's a shy child, Gandhi. He's a reserved child. Can we get a photo of young Gandhi up? Because he's so famous for how he is as an old man, and he suits being an old man, a little bald, little bird man. But as a child, what is he? Yeah, he's got sort of slick hair. No, he sort of looks like him there, I suppose. Now, he's a high-achieving student, supposedly, although he does go on to be a very, very bad lawyer, which we'll get to. But he doesn't like playing sports because he's shy.
36:03So he doesn't like cricket or football. And instead, he prefers long walks as a child. It's a bit weird, isn't it? Yeah, he's a very like, he's that kid at school. He's this conservative 15-year-old activist where he's on TikTok in a gilet. He won the debate competition. Yeah, how the fuck do you think this at 15? So he's going on long walks, which gives him, quote, a hardy constitution. Right. So he has his political awakening as a boy when he tries to give his friend Uka some sweets. So Uka is an untouchable. And Gandhi is middle class merchant cast. Gandhi's like, well, fuck it. I'm going to give you some sweets.
36:43And then Gandhi's mum tells him off for disrespecting the social order. Yeah. Touching the untouchable. Yeah. And Gandhi says, well, fuck you, mum. So this is emo Gandhi. This is emo Gandhi. Fuck you, mum. I don't like the social order. I want to give my mate some sweets. Right. And then Gandhi later takes up smoking. Fucking hell. This is rock and roll. Eating meat. And on one occasion, theft. This is the fuck you, mum era of Gandhi. Yeah. Steals a piece of gold. And then he writes a confession to his dad, who tears up the note and doesn't respond. But he's smoking. He's eating meat. I mean, this is not the Gandhi.
37:17This is not the Gandhi we... We know and love. Yeah. What? When I first tried smoking, I would hide in my hedge from my parents. and I'd spray Lynx Africa into my mouth. Because I didn't want them to know. And how does it taste? It tastes horrible. Lynx Africa into your mouth. Yeah. So if you kissed a girl and your breasts tasted of Lynx Africa, you're already, you know, Lynx maxing them. Were you Lynx Africa maxing? Yes. You got her? I was, I was. Did you get the shower gel for Christmas? I had like head to toe Lynx the box set. Every Christmas, and I get links Africa shower gel deodorant box set yeah uh who came up with the links Africa smell because it's such is there been a more definitive smell of an era yeah no I mean like I was a teen during the Africa years sure yeah I mean I I doused myself in that but but do you know who came up with the links Africa smell like I want to know what was the team like when they they they got that final moment it must have been like the celebration when they found that it's a smell that took the country by a storm yes and it I mean it doesn't also it doesn't smell like Africa not at all not when I went at least and Gottlieb 1995 often referred to let's see the mother of Lynx Africa go back the mother of Lynx god I wonder what she smells like Christ let's go and Gottlieb it was designed to offer a more subtle exotic scent compared to previous harsher utilitarian men's deodorants.
38:54So it was a revolution in men's deodorant. Yeah, because it was the first one that you were like, hey. Fucking hell, it was getting closer to perfume. It was sexy. It was, exactly. It made me feel, you know, it made me feel confident in myself. It made me feel like I was an Arab man walking through Harrods, doused in oils. All the perfumes of Arabia. There she is. In reality, I was in... Look, she's got a black and white photo. Yeah, no, she's a genius. In reality, in reality Charlie was busting fags in his head and spraying it into his mouth because we're teenage boys but she had a genius idea to make can I make a teenage boy feel like an Arab man like a rich Arab man yeah and she nailed it yeah now what on earth shout out friend of the show Lynx Arabia I want to smell that that's what I want to Anne is Anne still alive is there a still is there a Lynx Arabia is Lynx still around maybe she kidnap Anne and lock her in a Lynx Arabia's a construction company okay Yeah, I'm putting all that.
39:49Lynx India is... Probably a link to the Bin Ladens. Lynx India is not the smell you want. To be fair. To be fair. Lynx India, yeah, it doesn't have the same branding, I feel. It's harder to get that off the shelves, Lynx India. Toilet paper. Right. Now, Gandhi is betrothed three times before the age of seven. So he's playing the field. Is it a fuckboy? Well, no. This is his parents going, you're going to marry them. Right, right. No, he's not married them yet. He's just like, it's arranged. he's a heartbreaker yeah but his first two betrothals they both die it's a bit suspicious yeah but but this is the age of I mean it's the late 19th century in India kids are dying it's most likely the suspect when a woman dies it is isn't it the husband yeah the six year old husband where were you on the night of the murder who was the murder Ugandhi eventually marries Kasturuba Gokuldaskapadia in 1883 they are both 13 oh yeah man cool 13 year old bride 13 year old groom the only way it's howling at the moon the only way you can say a woo is if you're also 13 yeah i know i know yeah if you're you're not 13 so i understand that if you're a bit playing gandhi but that wasn't clear.
41:16No, no, that's me. It looked like you see two 13-year-olds get married and you're going, oh, oh. No, it's because I'm imagining being 13, marrying a 13-year-old. That didn't come across. Right, sorry. It seemed like you now seeing two 13-year-olds. No, but that's fine. Because if I was Charlie, I'd be like, two 13-year-olds married? Oh, what? Both off the market. If you were Charlie? Yeah. Don't try and shift this. Yeah, you're the pedo. today I'm the pedo am I is that the game yeah who's got the pedo hat who's got the pedo who has to hold the pedo bear today today I'm the pedo bear you've got the conch you've got the kid right okay so now it's a triple wedding with his two brothers Indian weddings are big yeah and he's 13 fuck me his wife could not read or write to be fair she's only 13 yeah and Gandhi tries to teach her but attempts are fruitless and it starts a lifelong hatred of this woman Yeah, well, you know more than me.
42:15Well, yeah, because Gandhi, obviously, his big thing is peace, love, togetherness, and unity. Yeah. But it's funny, the background is that he absolutely hates his missus. Right. Can't stand her. Yeah. So that's, imagine from that, imagine being 14 and being like, oh, fucking ball and chain. Fucking hell. The wife. Fucking hell. Spray yourself links Africa. Fucking eat me alone, would you? Yeah. No, that is crazy. But we'll get to that. And I guess semen retention's easier if you hate your wife. Well, we'll get to that as well. There's a lot of good stuff coming up. Gandhi's father, and this is crucial, Sigmund Freud, who's about at this time, would have had a field day with this, right?
42:48Gandhi's father, Karam Chand, dies in 1885 from an anal fistula. Now, what's a fistula? I don't know what that is. What's a fistula? Charlie's head shot up. Shot up. That's what we need. Anal fistula. You're actually needed now. Is that piles? Is that death by piles? That's very sad, and I'm invested. What is tea? Fistula anal, what is tea? It's a small infected tunnel developed between the end of the bowel and the skin near the anus, usually following an anal abscess. That's horrifying. Foul smelling discharge. So this is, for so many reasons, this is the defying moment of Gandhi's life, seemingly.
43:24Yeah, I think it is. I think it's fair to say this. All of these, you don't have to be a psychologist to work this shit out. No. This is like on a platter why he ends up being so obsessed with both bowel movements and semen retention and his weird thing with sex. So his dad genuinely dies of a broken bum, right? And then, now, Now, there's a big thing in Hindu culture where you're meant to be at your father's bedside. You're meant to be there when your parents die. Maybe just your dad, but you're meant to be there. Right. And he's caring for him. It's like when you go to your granny in Scotland and be like, it'd be ideal if this was right now.
43:59Yeah. And, you know, the pillow's just there. No. So you're meant to be there. And so he's been caring for him, I think, for a few months. and then at the moment that his dad dies, Gandhi is busting. At the same moment. Ramming it home, is railing his wife, who's very pregnant. 14-year-old wife. His 14-year-old pregnant wife. His 15-year-old pregnant wife. Bloody hell. And his dad dies. There's a lot going on in that house. It's a busy house. It's a busy house. You always want Nick Knowles to come in and be like, all right, what's going on? What's going on here, guys? What's going on? he's dying yeah she's pregnant you're pregnant you're fucking can everyone chill out right so Gandhi's dad dies and he's like you know he's freaking busted it does seem like that just same moment maybe this is how you make a Gandhi is if your dad dies at the same moment you come there's like there's like in the house there's at the same time something just happened Charlie little soundscape Okay, you be Gandhi's dad dying from an anal fistula and I'll be Gandhi and you be the 15-year-old bride.
45:12Oh, God. No, I can't. Fuck. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Fuck. Ow. What do you mean he's dead? Hell of a post-coital, that is. Hell of a post-coital. Post-nut clarity. Fuck me. I mean, this is maybe the ultimate post-nut clarity. It doesn't, it never ends. It's a lifelong post-nut clarity. Genuinely. Post-buck clarity. Post, but, no, not his dad. No, no, no, no. Gandhi had post-nucularity. Yeah, but his dad had post-but clarity. No, his dad died painfully of an anal fistula. No, fistula, right. Fistula. It's not post-but clarity. No. But yeah, this really, really fucked up Gandhi. He felt so much guilt and shame around this.
45:56Yeah, the shame, because, and then days later, his first child dies. It was like, it's like having a wank you shouldn't and then having to speak to normal people. there's like a there's a there's a guilt and shame that's just there yeah and he's carrying that with him his whole life well it's like you have you have a wank and then the postman comes around you're like oh no he knows he knows he's judging me he can tell to be fair i should i should put my trousers on um he describes how his mind was at the same moment in the grip of lust while his dad passes away yeah but like obviously that is quite like a but to dwell on it this much which is a bit weird.
46:33Like I get it that how this could fuck you up a bit, but also get over it. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? You don't need to make it. That's a weird thing to make part of your personality. You're 15 and you're getting laid. I mean, I mean, it's like,
46:49dad's dead. Okay. That's shit. But also secretly, I just got laid. You know, you're 15. I guess what's weird about this is if you are doing a Freudian analysis, this is something you discover about him that he might not know truly about himself like his maybe family members say i think it was this but he's telling everyone yeah yeah yeah this will fuck me up that's when i'm starting to be suspicious yeah i'm like this because i'm doing it for attention yeah i'm doing this because i wasn't by my dad's yeah uh bed no what he's saying is yeah when my dad died i was actually having sex that's how he's doing it he's 15 me and my dad died but you know why i wasn't there i was fucking i was having fucking sex and she's pregnant which i've had it before you know he's such a such a little horned off I'm so guilty.
47:33I got so much shame about that. I got so much shame about how much fucking pussy I was getting at 15. Yeah. God, I'm fucking... Yeah, I'm such a dog. Yeah. It's a shame. I'm so fucking disgusting how much sex I was having at 15. No, I couldn't say goodbye to my dog because I was fucking... I was pretty preoccupied and fucking balls deep with my wife. You know, his friend's dad dies. At least you've got to say goodbye to him. I didn't get to say goodbye. I wasn't there. I wasn't there. I was too busy. That's what I was doing. I was fucking shagging. I was too busy getting fucking laid. What are you doing?
47:59Your dad died. What? See him by his deathbed, fucking pussy. Yeah. I was in pussy, mate. I was fucking ramming it home. Yeah. Didn't get to say goodbye to him. It's pretty sad, actually. Anyway. So Gandhi goes on to have four sons over the next 10 years. He's a father of four, aged 25. Come on. God. I mean, that's a reason to fucking retain your semen, isn't it? But then Gandhi goes to London. He is encouraged to study professionally. This is like in the franchise. This is like the third film. which is a bit gandy goes to london is not the best of the no the trilogy uh but he arrives in london in 1888 months before friend of the pod jack the ripper starts hitting women for six could gandy be well he's come both sickos and weirdos he's come from a cricket culture is he stepping off the boat and immediately ferrari coleying reverse reverse sweeping Mary Ann Shirley into the stance.
48:57We don't know. There must be a theory. Charlie, is there a theory that Gandhi's Jack the Ripper? Because it seems, you know, it seems like... The Tendulkar of East London. The idea that Gandhi was Jack the Ripper is a modern internet conspiracy theory originating from short-form content. It is based on the weak premise. Well, don't judge us. Don't kick out of bed yet. Weak premise Gandhi was a law student in London in 1888, coinciding with the murders. Well, look, you've got to be in London to be accused. At that time... Why is he there? He was an immigrant. Why is he there? Yeah. Why is he there?
49:28Was he in Brick Lane? Where was he living? Had the Indians, had the Indian restaurant business conquered Brick Lane at this point? Well, maybe he was trying to kill everyone to clear the way for what it is now. It's very much Gandhi's Brick Lane now. Let's make the premise stronger for the conspiracy theory. The Indian equivalent to Jack the Ripper is... No, where was Gandhi living in London? There was a guy active in 1985, 86 called Ripper Chandran. And he'd kill people with a hammer. Right. 14 people. Do we know who he is, though? Are you saying that could be Gandhi before he came to... No, this is in the 1980s.
50:05Muth Kuti Chandram. And then you've got Ramaph Ragav, who's going to have Psycho Ramen. That's one of those really spicy, innocent ramens. Yeah, I had a Psycho Ramen in Melbourne, actually. It was called Godfire Ramen. Right. And I'd had it, like, maybe an hour before my show. Yeah. show was in the bin. Really? So I just couldn't. I was just sweating. I'd shat my guts out. I was like, I was like a raisin up there. Yeah. No. I'd do it again though. God, Melbourne's good. Anyway. Right. So he studies English literature for a year at UCL, but then he enrolls in law school. Same university as Charlie.
50:44Charlie. Went also. You probably were walking through the same halls, you and Gandhi. Yeah. You don't have to be sexually and anally fucked up to go here, but it helps. He lived in West Kensington. Okay. So, you know, it's pre-Elizabeth Lyon. So it is tough to link him to the murders, I think. Anyway, so his mother makes him vow not to eat meat, drink alcohol, or have sex outside of his marriage. And he's like... At uni, but it's freshers, mum. Yeah. Mum, it's freshers. And he's obviously, he's introduced like, yeah, I... Sad story, actually. My dad died and I wasn't there. I was getting fucking laid.
51:18Dad died fucking sad as shit. Ask me where I was. Yeah, ask me where I was. Where were you? It's your dad's little life. Mine's not. do you know where i was this week um and interesting fact about it interesting fact on freshers week they had a roman toga night and he just wore that for the rest of his life now he was a new class of indians was emerging by 1888 called the brown sahibs which is a post-colonial term or is it a colonial term yeah it sounds like we're in 1888 to describe someone who behaves like a british uh master which is what sahib means despite not being white cultural appropriation so these are people who are educated in british law and expected to help run the colonial administration now in the colonial context an indian degree was seen as inferior to a british one so anyway so so gandy feels uh he wants to become a barrister so he's got to study in london but this means that he's excommunicated from his caste because his caste are merchants and he's going above his station i think so yeah um so he says and as he arrives in london he says everything was strange the people their ways even their dwellings i was a complete novice in the matter of english etiquette and continually had to be on my guard right his landlady uh tries to give him vegetarian food but he describes it as third rate i bet it was that's fucking arrogant to say that she's trying her best right you're you're a fucking falafel maxer yeah and you're vegetarian food in london in the 1880s though probably was charlie what is vegetarian food in the late 19th century please it's surely it's like it's beans isn't it porridge A lot of porridge.
52:50Porridge, yeah. Porridge, savoury pastries, vegetable cutlets. Centred on no fish, no flesh, no fowl. No fish, no flesh, no fowl. Is that like the vegetarian, no blacks, no Jews, no Irish? No dogs or whatever. Lentil soup, vegetable pie, maize mash. Maize mash. Vegetable goose, Phoebe's salivating. I can't believe it. Maze mash. You're maize maxing for lunch, am I? Yeah. so gandy joins the london vegetarian society which is not a slur um for gay people he's an lvs card carrying member oh you remember the london vegetarian society a friend uh he had made um took him out for dinner in holborn one night and after ordering a starter of soup gandy asked the waiter if the food vegetarian and the friend said come on mate this is why you're embarrassing me you're embarrassing me he said quote you are too clumsy for decent society if you can't behave yourself go wait outside and this encounter influences gandhi's desire to become an english gentleman so he starts to buy suits and watches haircuts takes up ballroom dancing uh learns french and latin and starts to become an active in radical politics in london obviously the 1890s in london very very fruity time edwardian society very fruity there's a lot of like uh similar to the russian revolution that you know before that in the late 90th century.
54:13There's all the kind of mystics. There's an Edwardian mystic scene in these big cities. A cult sort of stuff. Sort of. I mean, not as bad as Russia, but like, I listen to some. What is it? Is it like, let's get a peasant with a big dick and say he's a witch sort of stuff? Not quite to that extent. It's like, let's have a vegetarian meal for once. I don't know. So he joins the executive committee of the Vegetarian Society. Again, not a slur. And he finds public speaking very difficult and is described as a, quote, drone. I mean, that doesn't change. No. He's a drone for the rest of his life. He doesn't fire you up.
54:46No. No. Very much the Theresa May of the Indian political scene. So he resigns from the committee after repeatedly failing to speak in any meetings. Gandhi goes to Paris as well in 1890 for the Great Exhibition, and he sees the unveiling of the Eiffel Tower. You and Gandhi are quite similar with your views on Paris, I believe. We have similar opinions on Paris, yes. he says he's impressed with the churches in Paris he did not take well to the culture yep I agree or the tower he said the frivolities of Parisian life is being in evidence in every street I agree this is where you're most in line with Gandhi me and Gandhi you know we're stop clocks and we only overlap on our opinions on Paris I'm not a fan of semen retention if anything what's the opposite semen what is it abundance abundance it's like you know the prostate you need easy work yes it's like a Guinness if you don't run a car for too long it's bad for it it's a Guinness pump you've got to keep the line fresh you've got to keep it moving through the line that's why Guinness is good or bad that's why the Devonshire that's why I've got the Devonshire down down there yes top drawer over my thigh interviewing fucking posh bricks about why the best pint why I've got the best pint why I've got the best pint in London yeah I've got an Irish man with a red face yeah go and say the important thing is keep the pint It's in use constantly.
56:07And you want to be in the back room of the Dept. Christ. That's for celebs. Yeah. But now Gandhi's in Paris and he is called to the bar in 1891, but he leaves for India just afterwards. And he tries to establish a law firm in Bombay, but he is so bad at public speaking that he can't even cross-examine witnesses. Right. he also had no knowledge of Indian law because he'd been in London what is it is he nervous or boring hey is he nervous or is he just very boring I think you can be both but is that the impression that we get is he is he like bricking it he's a shy meekish small man you know fish out of water well he is but then he's fucking railing his 15 year old pregnant wife while his dad dies yeah behind it's closed doors though I mean it's always the quiet ones isn't it yeah it's always you know oh I couldn't possibly speaking public i can't fucking you know i've got a 13 year old wife yeah oh no i'm very shy i couldn't possibly speak couldn't possibly speak um i guess he's like uh what's the word uh ponderous or pensive i suppose yeah or he could be just very very thick but this is something i also want to get smart enough to know when that if you're silent people assume yeah that you're more clever or you're wise charlie you know the more you speak the more thick you appear he's an idiot savant yes what gandhi it's yeah there's i've always thought this is that just you maintain aura by not saying anything you every time you open your mouth you risk you know yeah take away from your mystique yeah exactly hey yeah i pooed in my hands for three years and threw it in the toilet you didn't have to say that charlie but it's interesting he's a short man i feel it's harder for short men to be the have silent mystique yes so i think that's where to do the the bathrobe you know that whole thing shave your head sometimes a tall guy is tall privilege a six or four guy who doesn't speak you do assume that he's just like you don't add a lot of boringness to him you just kind of assume that he's holding but he doesn't have to yes no short guys are yippy they have to be well like small dogs yeah you have to be you have to you can't just be you can't just be aloof and silent if you're five foot four you gotta be like constantly look at my car yeah Yeah, you've got to be doing that.
58:22But a tall guy often can get away with being incredibly boring because he just stands there and is tall. Well, he's got being tall, isn't he? Yeah, exactly. For girls, like, well, he's great. Yeah, he's boring as fuck, but he's tall. So I feel small when I'm next to him. So he gets rejected for a part-time job as a teacher because he didn't have a degree from an Indian university. I think he even, there was a case where he stands up to, like, cross-examine a witness. in India and then he genuinely gets stage fright and just sits down and then he gives the defendant back his money and he's like sorry I can't I can't do this he's the opposite if your lawyer did that he's the opposite of Alan Dershowitz he's the opposite yes it's possible to ejaculate when nervous Charlie what are you trying to say maybe he's just in court coming all the time I think no I think famously he famously he didn't he didn't come much after a certain point tried to hold it in but in a very horny way yeah i think it's i think there's a point you know on the scale of like you can be you've been coming a lot and it's horny and then also you've been coming not enough and it's still if you're writing type in books about semen retention like there's there's a whole like there's a world of literature about semen retention the powers that be your fucking library wall isn't it you've got a leap on ladder these books like you're suspicious aren't you you don't see oh these guys aren't horny this is if you're writing this no if there's a book deeply wrong yeah the semen retention revolution what is it charlie doesn't it imply that you're using it for something else i don't think so like you're retaining it well i've got a project no but one great long edge supposedly i mean we'll get into this and later on in the series supposedly it changes your characteristic or it helps you in some way as i say i've got the guinness pumps down there so i'm i'm regularly flushing the line so paddy was telling about this guy you met who uh he he thinks that like masturbating is terrible for you but he saves it up and we'll have one a month but he'll like uh um he'll like sort of flirt with himself so he'll like light candles it'll be like a three-hour session like sting like tantric masturbation yeah yeah yeah so you know he thinks that like you you do have a lot more power if you retain your semen but you'd still need to get it out at some point yes but just make that really special you know play nice music i think that's fucking weird of course it's weird it's really weird imagine being walked it's bad enough being walked in on just sort of trying to get one done as quickly as possible if you fucking change the bed sheets and lighten candles and got potpourri all over yourself like a fucking american beauty and then you're put cologne on to masturbate rubbing one out god how did marriage affect um how much you masturbate um it's definitely gone down really yeah because you're with her or just you've got too much i have a wife but also libido gone as your the ferocious oh yeah yeah as you age definitely definitely libido goes down really and it's a relief you want that it's a relief yeah you can't be in your 40s why are you shaking your head charlie i don't i think it's i don't think it has to be relief depends what you're doing well i'm not you know i'm not not like what you're doing i'm not lighting candles to rub one out.
1:01:44To untrically wank. It's really if you're doing weird stuff, but if you're just having like a lovely time with yourself or your partner, then... I guess when the... Yeah, but I guess you don't have kids, Charlie. No, you also don't have domestic work. Yeah. What do you mean? As in... So he doesn't even know. Yeah, exactly. I've never heard of it. You have flatmates. You have a lizard. You have a lizard. And does anyone clean that tank out? No. No, it did poo on the carpet the other day, though. It was? It pooed on the carpet. Right, so who's cleaned that up? us and who's us no not me no of course you're too busy you can shirk domestic duties you're too busy doing five hour wank sessions yeah exactly so imagine it's just you and someone else you're doing the solo karma sutra and then the lizards have put on the carpet they're like Charlie I'm going out I've got to go out I'm having a three hour wank and you're like I can't come out because I'm locked in wanking three hours with myself in my bedroom yeah yeah you're listening to fucking whale music and you're greasing your pole in cow fat right but that what's wrong with that well what's wrong with that yeah what's in what so you're saying that you don't have any responsibility to anyone other than the lizard no yeah so there's nothing wrong with that now my point is i have domestic duties his life is a prison so he's a prison so he doesn't want to be looking out you want to be like me no no no no i'm that's why i said it's a relief i'm not you yeah he's one of those pedos who turns himself in well hang on who's like i need to be off the streets right you're like oh it's better for society if i'm in prison i don't think i think the analogy that's what you were saying to me it's like better i'm not the pedo today you're like look to be honest i'm a danger to the both 13 myself and
1:03:25anyway yeah in 1893 gandhi is contacted by a distant cousin in south africa 1893 south africa again where's that tiktok page right uh they need a lawyer when was that 1879 okay right so gandhi makes a voyage in april that year and in our next episode we will deal with gandhi's south african chapter we don't hear about gandhi's and i'll tell you now it's it's a whole fucking fruit preserve this next episode you think gandhi's gonna be uh you think he's gonna take certain opinions yeah he does not it's a rather bitter marmalade yes um if you're a fan of gandhi if you're a fandy uh the next episode will be challenging for your opinion of it uh he's this is when gandy really embraces the 1890s wouldn't you say yes spirit of the age yes which is something i've been accused of um but i don't live then so i guess it's you're like god it wasn't everything better than 90s they're like yeah fucking a way sorry 1890s yeah yeah oh london in the 90s it'd be great if you got you know those endless documentaries about how great london was in the 90s sort of like stuart mcconey is a talking head or like those weathered faces of people who've like clearly smoked every cigarette in london just like oh it was different back then it'd be funny if you get called on thinking it was about the 1890s oh it was amazing it's just a different time it's amazing the energy in the city was so different it's not like that you know you just measure someone's head and go you're thick go home anyway uh that episode along with uh every episode in this four-part series on the horniest holy man there's ever been is Already out on our Patreon, where we recently passed 30 ,000 members.
1:05:11He's the only man because he's obsessed with sticking in a hole. Exactly. That's why he signed up, basically. Exactly. And, Gann, listen, if you want to talk about semen retention, there is an army of semen-retented men who, I mean, that's involuntary semen retention. Right. Well, they're in SEM. I don't know. It's in there somewhere. We'll work it out in the break. That's on the Patreon and on our Patreon exclusives. this fortnight we'll be talking about hinduism and i think we will be reviewing the karma sutra yeah and maybe the solo karma sutra as we talked about charlie's solo karma sutra um anyway that's on the patreon uh if not we'll see you on thursday for the next chapter in our gandhi epic goodbye goodbye
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Chapters:
00:00 - Does Your Mum Buy Your Pants?
06:56 - Accents For The Table
10:54 - Fin’s Stag Do
16:09 - You Are Sewage
20:08 - Classification FM
25:21 - My Wife!
29:52 - Lynx Africa In The Mouth
34:00 - `AWOOO!
38:02 - `Ask Me Where I Was
41:59 - Psycho Ramen
44:35 - Mum It’s Freshers
46:28 - Semen Abundance
50:21 - An Idiot Savant
52:35 - Semen Retention Revolution
57:26 - The Fruit Preserve
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