Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPrediction markets are a $150 billion industry. And they had money on Bengal and Tamil Nadu
Episode 742
West Bengal and Tamil Nadu declared their results yesterday. BJP swept Bengal after fifteen years of TMC rule. In Tamil Nadu, Vijay's TVK won, upendi…
1 month, 1 week ago
Your retirement may not survive its first bad year. This number could help
Episode 741
Market shocks hit retirees harder than anyone else. For those just retired or on the verge of it, a sharp early drop in portfolio value can cause dam…
1 month, 1 week ago
How one FMCG giant's complaint changed how IPL advertising works
Episode 740
In November 2024, one of India's biggest FMCG companies, Hindustan Unilever, started getting a barrage of complaints from its consumers, who said the…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
India's instant home help startups have a product people love and a business model people are breaking
Episode 739
Investors are calling India's home-services market quick commerce's next big moment. Instahelp, Snabbit, and Pronto are betting big on it. They're se…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Diet Coke disappeared from shelves. For many factory workers across India, so did their work
Episode 738
Diet Coke disappeared from Bangalore's shelves, and a teenager's frustrated Reddit post accidentally explained why: the Strait of Hormuz.
When the US-…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Rihanna said she'd never be a sellout. Then Reliance bought Sephora India
Episode 737
Last week, Rihanna was all over our social media feeds as she flew to Mumbai for the official India launch of Fenty Beauty. Now it is exclusively ava…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
IBM, Infosys, and Wipro entered Kochi. Only one emerged unscathed
Episode 736
At Kochi's Infopark, two models of the IT industry sit 500 metres apart.
Infosys and Wipro: sprawling campuses, thousands of engineers, margins built…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
A European royal family walked into India’s startup boom with a billion dollars…
Episode 735
Lightrock arrived in India with nearly a billion dollars and royal backing — the Liechtenstein dynasty's centuries-old fortune funding bets on around…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The future of telecalling in India is automated. And complicated
Episode 734
You pick up an unknown number. A bubbly voice starts selling you a credit card. You hang up in seconds.
Except now, that voice may not be human.
AI vo…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
AI is writing more code in India. Fewer eyes are checking it
Episode 733
A study gave 16 experienced developers the best AI coding tools available.
They predicted they'd be 24% faster. They felt 20% faster. They were actual…
1 month, 3 weeks ago