Assam
About Assam
Assam is a state in northeastern India, located south of the Eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. It covers an area of 78,438 km2 (30,285 sq mi), and is the second largest state in northeastern India by area. As per the 2011 census, the state had a population of 31.2 million, and is the largest by population in the region. It shares international borders with Bhutan to the north and with Bangladesh to the southwest. It borders the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram to the south; and West Bengal to the west. It is connected to the rest of the India to the west via the Siliguri Corridor, a 22 km (14 mi) wide strip of land. Dispur is the capital of Assam while Dibrugarh is the second capital. Guwahati is the largest city and urban area in the state.
On the show — 4 mentions total
Elephants do get drunk quite often in India. An elephant expert in Assam claims, because of Indian rice wine — elephants love Indian rice wine, so they've stampeded villages and got their rice wine and stuff.
from 13: No Such Thing As A Funny Nazi, 2014-05-31 at 00:20:03 · read transcript
Other times Assam came up
They use a chili, which is the Naga Yolokia chilis. Have you heard of those? I've heard of the Naga ones, because that's from Naga in India, isn't it? Right. I think are they the ones that, yes, I think they're from Assam, and they were the hottest chili until 2007. They're a genuine hottest chili, like they've been used in cooking for hundreds of years. Yes, exactly, yes. They use that in a vodka.
No Such Thing As Milk From A Yak, 2017-06-02 · listen
Have you heard of those? I've heard of the Naga ones because that's from Naga in India, isn't it? Right. I think they're the ones that, yes, I think they're from Assam and they were the hottest chili until 2007. They're a genuine hottest chili like they've been using cooking for hundreds of years. Yes, exactly. They use that in a vodka and they on the Scoville scale are 250,000.
167: No Such Thing As Milk From A Yak, 2017-06-02 · listen
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