{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Fly and a Butterfly podcast with Vishnu Vaka and Mahitha Vaka","title":"Back to School, Here We Go Again | Fly and Butterfly Ep 16","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/30cbd293\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3299,"description":"Episode 16 of Fly & Butterfly! This one goes everywhere — from the sad state of American school lunches (turns out the same companies feeding your kids are feeding prisons) to why \"women's empowerment\" started as wartime marketing, a courtroom showdown over a $90 ticket with a cop in an unmarked Hyundai, predictions about drones replacing highways, and a genuinely emotional story about watching a rocket launch and what it means to have someone be \"the fire\" behind you.\nIf you've ever wondered why your kid eats lunch at 10:45am, why nonprofits keep more of your donation than you think, or what the Mahabharata has to do with staying away from negative people — this episode has you covered.\n**In this episode:**\n00:00 Cold open — sweating & compliments\n01:38 School lunch in America\n09:34 Capitalism & working parents\n20:15 The traffic ticket story\n27:50 Back-to-school prep\n29:19 Drones & the future of commuting\n34:32 Gifts, Coach bags & ripped jeans\n39:15 The rocket launch & Mahabharata\n49:22 Plugs & outro\n**Links:**\n🎤 Book Vishnu for shows: vishnuvaka.com\n🎭 Mahita's shows & life coaching: mahitavaka.com | @mahitavaka\n🎟️ Jovarta (ticketing platform for artists & clubs): www.jovarta.com\n📍 Catch Vishnu live: Philly (Punchline, Philly Nov 12) · Stress Factory NJ, opening for Russell Peters (Oct 10–11),  Sep 24th Claude's Philly\n**Subscribe for new episodes** and let us know in the comments what you want us to talk about next!","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/J5lkWfd_kMCVwf_HuY-mYUooVuHnsQi_iG7h-b1VCIM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85YWU2/OGY1Y2VhOWIwMWFh/MmI1ZDBkYjEyZjg3/MzdhZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}