Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy half of India's young doctors are drowning in debt
Episode 326
Young independent doctors in India are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Take F M, a 32-year-old psychiatrist who has a clinic in South Mumbai. …
1 year, 8 months ago
Daybreak News Wrap: Musk vs Brazil; why we can't trust online news; and Meta's cool new sunglasses
Episode 325
In this episode of Daybreak, hosts Snigdha and Rahel try something new — instead of the usual monologue or interview, they cover three of the biggest…
1 year, 8 months ago
Why replicating China's iPhone city model in India is a short-term fix for a long-term problem
Episode 324
What put iPhone city on the map is that it produces more than half of the world’s iPhone’s every single year. The global demand for the Apple iPhone …
1 year, 8 months ago
Is Flipkart bringing a knife to the fintech gun fight with Super.money?
Episode 323
Back in 2022, e-commerce giant Flipkart’s 35 billion dollar universe was left with a gaping fintech hole after the payments app Phonepe was spun off.…
1 year, 8 months ago
You can buy an EV in China. But can you afford to insure it?
Episode 322
Half of the world’s electric cars are on China’s roads, thanks to a wave of smart incentives for both consumers and manufacturers, such as tax breaks…
1 year, 9 months ago
Inside Flipkart: a high-pressure workplace thanks to its IPO dreams. And Walmart
Episode 321
A few years ago, Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy had set a target of 40% growth across all categories for Flipkart. But in 2023, it was still stuck…
1 year, 9 months ago
How a cab driver from Hyderabad became the face of India’s 8 million gig workers
Episode 320
Meet Shaik Salauddin, a 38-year-old cab driver from Hyderabad, who is fighting for the rights of eight million gig workers from across the country.
W…
1 year, 9 months ago
A new Indian startup is ditching the sportswear playbook to score a Puma-sized win
Episode 318
For nearly two decades, Abhishek Ganguly worked as the managing director of Puma, the German athleisure brand in India. In that period alone, the bra…
1 year, 9 months ago
Bajaj Finserv wanted to make waves in healthcare. So, it bought a wobbly ship.
Episode 317
Back when it was launched in 2020, Bajaj Finsev Health had a clear plan: it wanted to provide a complete healthcare package to its consumers.
And it …
1 year, 9 months ago
Subway is slowly doing away with what makes it Subway. Choice.
Episode 316
Subway, the globally popular sandwich-eatery chain, is now grappling with sweeping changes in India—and not for the better. For one, the world’s larg…
1 year, 9 months ago