Podcast Episodes

Should there be a ceiling on salaries of top management?

After Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced its decision to lay off 12,000 employees, Nasscom (National Association of Software and Service Compa…

1 year, 3 months ago

Trump’s 25% tariffs: Would India be better off without a rushed trade deal?

U.S. President Donald Trump announced has 25% tariffs on imports from India, “plus a penalty”. While this has been on the cards, there was some expec…

1 year, 3 months ago

Does India need to decriminalise teenage relationships?

Senior advocate Indira Jaising,  in a written submission to the Supreme Court recently, saidthat consesual sex between teenagers aged 16 to 18 must n…

1 year, 3 months ago

At 19, Divya Deshmukh Makes Chess History for India

It was a final like no other — two Indian women, face to face, with a world title on the line.

On one side of the board sat Koneru Humpy, one of the …

1 year, 3 months ago

How would NISAR expand our understanding of the Earth?

On July 30, the India-US space collaboration crossed a historic milestone with the successful launch of NISAR, or the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Ra…

1 year, 3 months ago

Kamchatka earthquake: How come 8.8 on Richter scale but zero casualties?

The Richter scale is used to measure the strength of an earthquake. Theoretically, the maximum reading that’s possible is 10. The most powerful quake…

1 year, 3 months ago

Is ICJ's ruling on climate change merely symbolic?

In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on July 23, 2025, announced countries and territories are obligated to combat climate …

1 year, 3 months ago

Behind the scenes: How the data and science teams measured heat stress

The podcast episode features interviews with the four journalists behind Taking on the Heat, a data-driven story on heat stress in Chennai. The story…

1 year, 3 months ago

What is India doing about its child trafficking problem

Nearly all of us have seen an instance of it: a child working at a streetside tea shop, begging at a traffic light or perhaps even as a domestic help…

1 year, 3 months ago

Did a Wall Street Giant Crush India’s Small Options Traders?

More than a year ago, on options expiry days, which are trading sessions when bets are settled, Mayank Bansal began to notice something odd. Prices w…

1 year, 3 months ago