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.
If 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.
**In this episode:**
00:00 Cold open — sweating & compliments
01:38 School lunch in America
09:34 Capitalism & working parents
20:15 The traffic ticket story
27:50 Back-to-school prep
29:19 Drones & the future of commuting
34:32 Gifts, Coach bags & ripped jeans
39:15 The rocket launch & Mahabharata
49:22 Plugs & outro
**Links:**
🎤 Book Vishnu for shows: vishnuvaka.com
🎭 Mahita's shows & life coaching: mahitavaka.com | @mahitavaka
🎟️ Jovarta (ticketing platform for artists & clubs): www.jovarta.com
📍 Catch Vishnu live: Philly (Punchline, Philly Nov 12) · Stress Factory NJ, opening for Russell Peters (Oct 10–11), Sep 24th Claude's Philly
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