Latest Indicast Podcast Episodes
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...
Gavin Jackson on his book, "Money In One Lesson"
Indicast - All Podcasts - March 26, 2023 14:33 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsYou don't need to be an economics buff to enjoy Gavin Jackson's "Money In One Lesson". The fascinating book breaks down money and charts its history in a user-friendly manner. In this podcast Gavin talks about stuff like this: What's common between most of the monetary system, including banks, a...
Ludwig Siegele, The Economist's top tech guru on ChatGPT
Indicast - All Podcasts - March 19, 2023 14:33 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsLudwig Siegele, considered among the top tech gurus at The Economist, has covered the global tech industry since 1995. He sees the same excitement and chatter around ChatGPT in the Silicon valley as there was when the internet was born. In this podcast, Ludwig shares his views on the new sensatio...
Philip Coggan on his book, "Surviving the Daily Grind: Bartleby's Guide to Work"
Indicast - All Podcasts - March 05, 2023 14:33 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsPhilip Coggan's "Surviving the Daily Grind: Bartleby's Guide to Work" is an amusing account on corporate world's oddities. For instance, "Why so many managers pollute their utterances with so much inane jargon?" If we had a rupee for each time someone uses the word, "holistic" or recommends other...
Annie Lowrey on her book, "Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World"
Indicast - All Podcasts - March 05, 2023 14:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsAnnie Lowrey's "Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World" is a richly reported book which brings to light some personal and often harrowing accounts of folks who could benefit instantly through cash transfers. Annie travelled to t...
Tom Standage on his book, "A Brief History of Motion"
Indicast - All Podcasts - February 26, 2023 14:33 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsTom Standage has authored seven history books. His most recent one charts the history of the wheel to self-driving cars and everything in between. Whereas the wheel remains among the most important inventions of mankind, it took thousands of years before we found mass applications for it. In this...
Indicast #241: The Adani Way
Indicast - All Podcasts - February 16, 2023 14:33 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThe Adani Group has been hit with a bunch of allegations from Hindenburg Research, an American investment firm that specialises in making bets against companies that it considers are overvalued. What does it mean for the conglomerate? Tech layoffs may have made the news but how bad will the impen...
Indicast #241: The Adani Way
The Indicast Show - February 16, 2023 14:33 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThe Adani Group has been hit with a bunch of allegations from Hindenburg Research, an American investment firm that specialises in making bets against companies that it considers are overvalued. What does it mean for the conglomerate? Tech layoffs may have made the news but how bad will the impen...
Indicast #240: India's census is delayed again
The Indicast Show - February 10, 2023 14:33 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsOnce in ten years India conducts a massive exercise to count its population and collect vital data about its citizens. This time round the census, normally a once-in-a-decade-affair has been postponed yet again. Why? We delve into some of the reasons. And scientists in Switzerland have figured ou...
Indicast #240: India's census is delayed again
Indicast - All Podcasts - February 10, 2023 14:33 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsOnce in ten years India conducts a massive exercise to count its population and collect vital data about its citizens. This time round the census, normally a once-in-a-decade-affair has been postponed yet again. Why? We delve into some of the reasons. And scientists in Switzerland have figured ou...
Indicast #239: That sinking feeling
Indicast - All Podcasts - January 20, 2023 14:33 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsJoshimath in the Himalayas is sinking. With cracks all over buildings, hotels and streets, the place may crumble any moment. We segue into the tallest mountain in the world, which isn't Everest. And back on land some companies are offering employees to nap at work, not an old concept but fairly n...
Indicast #239: That sinking feeling
The Indicast Show - January 20, 2023 14:33 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsJoshimath in the Himalayas is sinking. With cracks all over buildings, hotels and streets, the place may crumble any moment. We segue into the tallest mountain in the world, which isn't Everest. And back on land some companies are offering employees to nap at work, not an old concept but fairly n...
Indicast #238: India's oddly terrifying dead-ends
The Indicast Show - January 08, 2023 14:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsAs Covid-19 ravages China, many countries, including India, brace themselves and start taking adequate measures. Whereas the death toll from covid may not be as high as before, Indians in the country continue to find other oddly terrifying ways to die. In related news a report reckons that the mo...
Indicast #238: India's oddly terrifying dead-ends
Indicast - All Podcasts - January 08, 2023 14:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsAs Covid-19 ravages China, many countries, including India, brace themselves and start taking adequate measures. Whereas the death toll from covid may not be as high as before, Indians in the country continue to find other oddly terrifying ways to die. In related news a report reckons that the mo...
Point Blank with RB Ramesh, India's chess grandmaster-turned-coach
Indicast - All Podcasts - January 03, 2023 14:33 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsRB Ramesh started coaching when he was just 22 years old. His training institute "Chess Gurukul" has spawned champions who have brought over 100 medals for India in various competitions. Just last year his student, Praggnanandhaa or Pragg became the youngest player to defeat Magnus Carlsen, a gia...
Indicast #237: Welcome 2023!
Indicast - All Podcasts - December 30, 2022 14:33 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsAs 2022 drew to a close, another sporting legend passed away. We pay a small tribute to Pele who brought football to millions of homes and made it the beautiful game we know of and grew up to. Closer home in India Mukesh Ambani just completed 20 years as the boss of the Reliance empire. And inter...
Indicast #237: Welcome 2023!
The Indicast Show - December 30, 2022 14:33 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsAs 2022 drew to a close, another sporting legend passed away. We pay a small tribute to Pele who brought football to millions of homes and made it the beautiful game we know of and grew up to. Closer home in India Mukesh Ambani just completed 20 years as the boss of the Reliance empire. And inter...
Indicast #236: How prodigies work
The Indicast Show - December 20, 2022 14:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsRishi Rajpopat, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge solved a 3,500 year old Sanskrit puzzle. We scratched our heads to understand how folks like him and Pragg, the teenage chess sensation, who recently won the Arjuna award, function. And in sports, Argentina wins the world cup.
Indicast #236: How prodigies work
Indicast - All Podcasts - December 20, 2022 14:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsRishi Rajpopat, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge solved a 3,500 year old Sanskrit puzzle. We scratched our heads to understand how folks like him and Pragg, the teenage chess sensation, who recently won the Arjuna award, function. And in sports, Argentina wins the world cup.
Indicast #235: All eyes on Qatar
Indicast - All Podcasts - November 12, 2022 14:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThe World Cup is round the corner. The world's biggest spectacle is also mired with controversies, some of which we talk about in this episode. A village in Sangli, western Maharashtra goes offline for a couple of hours daily in the quest for a digital detox and in international news, more than 1...
Indicast #235: All eyes on Qatar
The Indicast Show - November 12, 2022 14:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThe World Cup is round the corner. The world's biggest spectacle is also mired with controversies, some of which we talk about in this episode. A village in Sangli, western Maharashtra goes offline for a couple of hours daily in the quest for a digital detox and in international news, more than 1...
Indicast #234: Of bat, ball and British politics
The Indicast Show - October 30, 2022 14:33 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsAfter a year-long nap, we are back to cover some familiar ground by talking a bit about the ongoing ICC T20 Men's Cricket World Cup. Zimbabwe and India pulled off improbable wins in the tournament. Whereas players get cracking on the field, viewers place their bets on a number of gambling apps, a...
Indicast # 234: Of bat, ball and British politics
Indicast - All Podcasts - October 30, 2022 14:33 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsAfter a year-long nap, we are back to cover some familiar ground by talking a bit about the ongoing ICC T20 Men's Cricket World Cup. Zimbabwe and India pulled off improbable wins in the tournament. Whereas players get cracking on the field, viewers place their bets on a number of gambling apps, a...
Indicast # 233: India at COP26
Indicast - All Podcasts - November 14, 2021 14:33 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIA very Happy belated Diwali to one and all. As COP26 draws to a close, countries make their promises and hope to keep them to make a difference to the worsening climate crisis. Where does India stand? In sports, Rahul Dravid has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian men's cricket team. ...
Indicast #233: India at COP26
The Indicast Show - November 14, 2021 14:33 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIA very Happy belated Diwali to one and all. As COP26 draws to a close, countries make their promises and hope to keep them to make a difference to the worsening climate crisis. Where does India stand? In sports, Rahul Dravid has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian men's cricket team. ...
Indicast # 233: India at COP26
The Indicast Show - November 14, 2021 14:33 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIA very Happy belated Diwali to one and all. As COP26 draws to a close, countries make their promises and hope to keep them to make a difference to the worsening climate crisis. Where does India stand? In sports, Rahul Dravid has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian men's cricket team. ...
Indicast #232: Of Air India and love hotels
The Indicast Show - November 03, 2021 14:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIn an episode which is all over the place, we start with what on earth are NFTs or Non Fungible Tokens. Aditya is excited about Air India being taken over by the Tatas. Meanwhile, why are Indians so kicked about their spiritual leaders? In sports, Pakistan is on a song in the ongoing T20 World Cu...
Indicast # 232: Of Air India and love hotels
The Indicast Show - November 03, 2021 14:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIn an episode which is all over the place, we start with what on earth are NFTs or Non Fungible Tokens. Aditya is excited about Air India being taken over by the Tatas. Meanwhile, why are Indians so kicked about their spiritual leaders? In sports, Pakistan is on a song in the ongoing T20 World Cu...
Indicast # 232: Of Air India and love hotels
Indicast - All Podcasts - November 03, 2021 14:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn an episode which is all over the place, we start with what on earth are NFTs or Non Fungible Tokens. Aditya is excited about Air India being taken over by the Tatas. Meanwhile, why are Indians so kicked about their spiritual leaders? In sports, Pakistan is on a song in the ongoing T20 World Cu...
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