Podcast Episodes

Daybreak 2025: Four stories we slowed down for

Episode 652

This episode is a look back at four Daybreak, The Ken stories that stayed with us in 2025.

After three years of making the show, a few episodes each year stand out because they captured something shif…

Published on 16 hours ago

When private equity acquires schools, the price may be quality education

Episode 651

Private equity is reshaping India’s schools. A relaxed New Education Policy and rising demand for international curricula have opened the doors for global operators to buy up chains across the countr…

Published on 1 day, 14 hours ago

Can Duolingo keep India speaking when AI can translate everything?

Episode 650

AI is changing how people learn languages and India is where the shift is showing up first. Duolingo has scale here but very little conversion. At the same time AI tools now offer practice, feedback,…

Published on 4 days, 21 hours ago

The super consultants saving India’s elite from themselves

Episode 649

From the very public Ambani family feud to the private struggles of the Raymond family, the transfer of wealth and power has often been messy.

With over 850,000 millionaires in India, and many of them…

Published on 5 days, 15 hours ago

The Ken: Stories that shaped 2025

Episode 648

In this episode, we bring you two reported stories from The Ken's newsroom that stayed with us this year.

The first, reported by Nuha Bubere, looks at Flipkart at a moment of pressure and at how its …

Published on 6 days, 22 hours ago

Orange is the new healthcare bet Amazon won't commit to

Episode 647

Buried deep in Amazon's app is a partnership with Orange Health Labs for at-home diagnostics—it's third healthcare experiment in India after pharmacy and telemedicine.

The strategy? Target existing c…

Published on 1 week ago

The disruption playbook is now open source

Episode 646

Traditional case competitions are boring theater—companies toss out fake problems, students present cookie-cutter solutions nobody uses. The Ken flipped the script. It revealed something interesting:…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Indian robotic-toys maker Miko is running where Silicon Valley ones stumbled

Episode 645

The consumer-robotics graveyard is littered with well-funded American startups. Moxie, Jibo, Anki—all raised millions, then collapsed under cloud costs and thin margins.

Enter Miko, a Mumbai company …

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

Why Uttar Pradesh's industrial success stops at Noida

Episode 644

Uttar Pradesh now makes more than half the smartphones produced in India. Big electronics companies have set up factories in and around Noida. A place once known for small industries is suddenly part…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

How India became the world's biggest AI lab, and not an architect

Episode 643

India has the engineers, the users, and the ambition to be an AI superpower. 

But as OpenAI floods the market at ₹399/month, Google invests $15 billion, and global giants harvest Indian data, a critic…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago