Topic: Bangalore

The show processes a wave of early Mother's Day donations and international support from Bangalore, India, and various Nordic countries. Producers like Samuel Lichtenstein and Benjamin Garcia achieve knighthood, while others are promoted to the rank of Baron. The hosts discuss the "boob" donation meme ($80.08) and the "Cinco de Mayo" birthday of the "baby Dvorak."

Donors from Tijuana, Madrid, Bangalore, and South Africa are acknowledged, providing a global snapshot of the show's support. A donor from Bangalore, the "Silicon Valley of India," offers to provide a local perspective on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration. The connection between Modi's campaign and Western marketing figures is noted as a point for future investigation.

The Indian government is investigating a "cyber terrorism" campaign where morphed photos of violence in Myanmar were circulated via SMS to trigger panic in Assam. Over 60 million text messages were sent in a single day, leading to a mass exodus of people from Bangalore and other cities. Authorities have traced the messages to radical outfits in South India and Bangladesh, describing it as a coordinated cyber war.

In an attempt to attract a new listener demographic in India, the hosts review Bollywood news concerning actors Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapoor. The discussion centers on their film "Teri Meri Kahaani" and the actors' public profiles, including a humorous sidebar regarding their physical heights.

Reuters has reportedly outsourced a significant portion of its financial journalism and back-end technology to Bangalore, India. Journalists in India now cover thousands of medium-sized firms in New York using the internet and email. The hosts characterize this as "call center journalism," where the news is treated as a commodity business rather than active reporting.