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Indicast #252: The solar eclipse saga
Indicast - All Podcasts - April 18, 2024 14:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsHow does it feel to witness a solar eclipse? Aditya tells us his experience in this podcast where we dig into trivia and history of this beautiful astronomical phenomenon. Bangalore faces a water crisis. How can a country as big as India deal with water shortages? Generative artificial intelligen...
Indicast #252: The solar eclipse saga
The Indicast Show - April 18, 2024 14:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsHow does it feel to witness a solar eclipse? Aditya tells us his experience in this podcast where we dig into trivia and history of this beautiful astronomical phenomenon. Bangalore faces a water crisis. How can a country as big as India deal with water shortages? Generative artificial intelligen...
Indicast #251: India's Chess grandmasters rise
Indicast - All Podcasts - April 09, 2024 14:33 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThe Candidates Tournament is among the world’s most recognised Chess contests. This time round India has as many as five grandmasters competing for the top prize. That’s a big deal given that for around 30 years, it was Vishy Anand, the sole Indian grandmaster who represented India. In politics, ...
Indicast #251: India's Chess grandmasters rise
The Indicast Show - April 09, 2024 14:33 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThe Candidates Tournament is among the world’s most recognised Chess contests. This time round India has as many as five grandmasters competing for the top prize. That’s a big deal given that for around 30 years, it was Vishy Anand, the sole Indian grandmaster who represented India. In politics, ...
Indicast #250: What social media does to our brains
The Indicast Show - April 07, 2024 14:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsFlorida just passed a bill proposing to ban access to social media for kids under the age of 14. What does social media addiction do to our brains? We talk about the subject which is close to our hearts given that both of us have kids aged ten and five. The great Indian general elections are roun...
Indicast #250: What social media does to our brains
Indicast - All Podcasts - April 07, 2024 14:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsFlorida just passed a bill proposing to ban access to social media for kids under the age of 14. What does social media addiction do to our brains? We talk about the subject which is close to our hearts given that both of us have kids aged ten and five. The great Indian general elections are roun...
Dennis Yi Tenen on his book Literary Theory of Robots: How Computers Learned to Write
Indicast - All Podcasts - March 27, 2024 14:33 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn this podcast Prof Dennis Yi Tenen, a software engineer turned literary scholar, leans on history of computer programming to tell modern tales of Artificial Intelligence. How did robots learn to write so quickly? Is it a good thing? Do technologies like ChatGPT make us lazy? Not quite, says Pro...
Indicast #249: RIP Ameen Sayani
Indicast - All Podcasts - March 25, 2024 14:33 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIt’s the end of an era. Ameen Sayani recently passed away. His voice lives on. In this podcast we talk a bit about how he started in the radio industry and made a mark for himself across four decades. And he is as humble as they come. Fali Nariman, a doyen of law in India also died. And Open AI r...
Indicast #249: RIP Ameen Sayani
The Indicast Show - March 25, 2024 14:33 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIt’s the end of an era. Ameen Sayani recently passed away. His voice lives on. In this podcast we talk a bit about how he started in the radio industry and made a mark for himself across four decades. And he is as humble as they come. Fali Nariman, a doyen of law in India also died. And Open AI r...
Tom Wainwright on Facebook turning 20
Indicast - All Podcasts - March 02, 2024 14:33 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn February this year Facebook celebrated its 20th birthday. Tom Wainwright, tech and media editor of The Economist has written a brilliant cover story on the company's evolution since it began in a dorm room at Harvard. With a market capitalisation of $1.2trn and 3bn users, Facebook operates in ...
Indicast #248: India's Supreme Court bans electoral bonds
Indicast - All Podcasts - February 17, 2024 14:33 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIndia's Supreme Court vetoed a scheme that allowed folks to donate to political parties anonymously. Among the more popular vehicles was the electoral bond scheme introduced by the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017. Whereas the BJP figured it might make the whole thing more transparent by doing away...
Indicast #248: India's Supreme Court bans electoral bonds
The Indicast Show - February 17, 2024 14:33 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIndia's Supreme Court vetoed a scheme that allowed folks to donate to political parties anonymously. Among the more popular vehicles was the electoral bond scheme introduced by the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017. Whereas the BJP figured it might make the whole thing more transparent by doing away...
David Bodanis on his book, “The Art of Fairness:The Power of Decency in a World Turned Mean”
Indicast - All Podcasts - February 17, 2024 14:33 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsDo nice guys finish last? Not quite. David Bodani’s brilliant book, “The Art of Fairness:The Power of Decency in a World Turned Mean” is filled with anecdotes of leaders from various fields who may have been fair and firm to get the job done but never mean or condescending. In this podcast David ...
Zeke Faux on his book, “Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall”
Indicast - All Podcasts - January 27, 2024 14:33 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThe cryptosphere is, well, cryptic. Even the best of the best find it hard to explain the whole thing without fumbling. Zeke Faux has managed to put it all together in his fascinating book, "Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall". Zeke planted himself within the crypto-mad c...
Indicast #247: Deep fake is on steroids
The Indicast Show - January 20, 2024 14:33 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsDeep fake is a real and present threat to humanity. With India's general election round the corner, the government has urged both social media platforms and netizens to beware of such videos. The Ram Mandir is slated to open in January. And in sports, India and South Africa play the shortest matc...
Indicast #247: Deep fake is on steroids
Indicast - All Podcasts - January 20, 2024 14:33 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsDeep fake is a real and present threat to humanity. With India's general election round the corner, the government has urged both social media platforms and netizens to beware of such videos. The Ram Mandir is slated to open in January. And in sports, India and South Africa play the shortest matc...
Kenneth Miller on his book, “Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep”
Indicast - All Podcasts - December 29, 2023 14:33 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWe spend almost a third of our lives sleeping. Give or take. And yet until fifty years ago, scientists didn’t know much about sleep. Kenneth Miller shines a spotlight on the subject in his fabulous book, Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep. Why do we...
Indicast #246: Clowning glory
The Indicast Show - December 17, 2023 14:33 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsAfter 17 harrowing days 41 men were rescued from a collapsed tunnel in Uttarkhand. It was one heck of an effort. The International Clown festival concluded earlier this year. In this episode, we talk about all things clowning and delve into its history. And the Indian Space Research Organisation ...
Daniel Knowles on his book, “How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It”
Indicast - All Podcasts - December 17, 2023 14:33 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn this podcast, Daniel Knowles reflects upon a world with fewer cars. The use of a car becomes less effective once everyone has got one. Anyone who has been stuck for hours in Mumbai or New York traffic should know. Are electric cars a solution? What can we learn from places like Singapore, Toky...
Indicast #246: Clowning glory
Indicast - All Podcasts - December 17, 2023 14:33 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsAfter 17 harrowing days 41 men were rescued from a collapsed tunnel in Uttarkhand. It was one heck of an effort. The International Clown festival concluded earlier this year. In this episode, we talk about all things clowning and delve into its history. And the Indian Space Research Organisation ...
Indicast #245: How the Ukraine war has impacted Surat's diamond industry
The Indicast Show - November 27, 2023 14:33 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsSurat's diamond industry has suffered from the prolonged war in Ukraine. Nine out ten diamonds on the planet are polished in the diamond capital of India. But after America slapped sanctions on trade with Russia, workers in Surat suddenly find themselves with lesser work than before. Wages have b...
Indicast #245: How the Ukraine war has impacted Surat's diamond industry
Indicast - All Podcasts - November 27, 2023 14:33 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsSurat's diamond industry has suffered from the prolonged war in Ukraine. Nine out ten diamonds on the planet are polished in the diamond capital of India. But after America slapped sanctions on trade with Russia, workers in Surat suddenly find themselves with lesser work than before. Wages have b...
Indicast #244: India loves junk food
The Indicast Show - November 18, 2023 14:33 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIndia has a junk food problem. It is a big one. In this episode we talk a bit about why that is happening and some of the science behind it all. And have you tasted the world's fourth best cheese? It's from India. A year after FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange folded, Sam Bankman-Fried, the firm's...
Indicast #244: India loves junk food
Indicast - All Podcasts - November 18, 2023 14:33 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIndia has a junk food problem. It is a big one. In this episode we talk a bit about why that is happening and some of the science behind it all. And have you tasted the world's fourth best cheese? It's from India. A year after FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange folded, Sam Bankman-Fried, the firm's...
Indicast #243: India embraces IVF
The Indicast Show - November 12, 2023 14:33 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsFirstly, a very Happy Diwali to everyone. Indian couples are increasingly embracing In Vitro Fertilization, often the last hope for having a baby. While it is a boon for millions of new parents, it is also a painful and demanding process on women. India has placed a multi-billion dollar order on ...
Indicast #243: India embraces IVF
Indicast - All Podcasts - November 12, 2023 14:33 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsFirstly, a very Happy Diwali to everyone. Indian couples are increasingly embracing In Vitro Fertilization, often the last hope for having a baby. While it is a boon for millions of new parents, it is also a painful and demanding process on women. India has placed a multi-billion dollar order on ...
Indicast #242: India wants Bharat or does it
Indicast - All Podcasts - November 05, 2023 14:33 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIt has been quite the year. And some of it has been rather grim. The Israel and Hamas conflict has been deadly. Thousands of civilians have lost their lives. Closer home, some folks insist on renaming India to Bharat. In cricket, the World Cup is on and India is on song. And Bishan Singh Bedi jus...
Indicast #242: India wants Bharat or does it
The Indicast Show - November 05, 2023 14:33 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIt has been quite the year. And some of it has been rather grim. The Israel and Hamas conflict has been deadly. Thousands of civilians have lost their lives. Closer home, some folks insist on renaming India to Bharat. In cricket, the World Cup is on and India is on song. And Bishan Singh Bedi jus...
Kiran Verma, on a 21,000 km walk to raise awareness on blood donation
Indicast - All Podcasts - August 27, 2023 14:33 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsKiran Verma has pledged to walk a staggering 21,000 km across India to raise awareness around blood donation in the country. His NGO, Simply Blood, world's first virtual blood donation platform, connects donors and seekers in real time. In this podcast Kiran talks about what got him to quit his d...
Dr Anna Lembke on her book, "Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence"
Indicast - All Podcasts - June 17, 2023 14:33 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsDr Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist and the chief of the Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine. She has treated patients with addiction of all kinds including alcoholism and drug use. And behavioural ones such as smartphone and the internet. Her book Dopa...
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