Episode 11 - All about Underdogs and Surprise Winners - through tennis, cricket, battles, Roman emperors, boxing, baseball and Hollywood we relate tales of fortitude, luck and loads of chutzpah!!
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" Beware of barking at underdogs; don't fight with people who have nothing to lose." - Dory Previn - Lyricist, song writer and poet. In this  episode, it’s all about surprise winners and underdogs as FACT OF THE MATTER, focuses on tales of amazing victories, crushing upsets and stunning comebacks in the face of insurmountable odds. In Main Course, feast on stories from the world of tennis and cricket as Joy sings paeans about a few unlikely super stars who shot their way to stardom!! Rathin talks of medieval battles where the Swiss managed to beat a big Austrian army and also goes to Hollywood to chat about a few Oscar Night upsets!! In Believe It or Not, Joy opens up about his Claudius fixation (the Roman emperor no less!!) and Rathin focuses on boxers and basketball artists who reach for the stars and fall down hard as well!! Plus all the regular sections like Cute Words and Phrases, Bare Naked Lies and audience questions!! Don't fret if life has been giving you a ton of lemons lately!! Breathe in the heady aroma of these amazing tales of pluck and luck - and maybe you will soon start making your very own lip-smacking lemonade!! We love to hear from you!! So write to us at [email protected]. Rate us and berate us!! Follow us on Twitter - @joybhattacharj and @rathindrabasu. Find us on all leading podcast platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music. Visit our website - https://anchor.fm/factofthematter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/factofthematter/message
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