Episode Details

Friday Morning Chutkule - Laughter Therapy Punjabi Podcast - 13 March 2026

Friday mornings hit different when Yash and Ranjodh Singh are on air. Laughter Therapy on Radio Haanji 1674 AM wrapped up the week the way it always does - with the Punjabi community across Melbourne calling in, sharing chutkule, bolian and bujaratan, and generally refusing to let a single listener start their day in a bad mood.

If you missed this morning's show, here is what went down.

Friday's Laughter Therapy - How the Morning Came to Life

Laughter Therapy airs Monday to Friday on 1674 AM, and by Friday the energy from the whole week builds into something a bit looser, a bit warmer. Yash and Ranjodh Singh have been running this show long enough that the format feels easy - not scripted, not forced. Callers know what to expect, hosts know the community, and the chutkule flow without anyone needing a prompt.

The show runs in two parts. First the kids call in. Then the adults. The theme stays the same throughout: laughter, Punjabi language, and the kind of community connection that is genuinely hard to find at 8am on a weekday.

You can catch previous episodes of Laughter Therapy on the Radio Haanji podcast page if you want to hear how different each morning sounds from the last.

Kids Take the Mic - Chutkule, Bolian and Bujaratan

The first half of the show belongs to the kids. Children aged four to fourteen call in from across Melbourne and do what kids do best - they are honest, quick, and completely unpredictable.

Some share chutkule they have heard at home. Others try bujaratan - the Punjabi riddle tradition that has grandparents and grandchildren speaking the same language even when everything else feels different. Then there are the bolian, the rhythmic Punjabi verses that feel like a direct line back to Punjab no matter which suburb in Melbourne you are calling from.

There is something genuinely useful about this segment beyond the entertainment. Kids who are growing up speaking English at school and Punjabi at home get a space on actual radio where their language sounds celebrated rather than out of place. That matters. Ranjodh Singh and Yash both understand this, which is why they give the kids room to go off-script.

You can listen to how this segment sounds across different episodes on the Laughter Therapy podcast archive - each episode is its own thing.

Adults Keep the Laughter Going

The second half of the show switches to adult callers. The chutkule get a little sharper, the bolian a little more layered, and the back-and-forth between Yash, Ranjodh Singh and the listeners settles into something that sounds less like a radio show and more like a group chat that got on air.

Adult callers bring their own flavour. Some share jokes that have clearly been tested at the dinner table. Some go off on tangents that the hosts reel in - or let run, depending on how good the tangent is. The bolian in this segment often carry a bit more history, a bit more r