Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIndia’s study-abroad lenders are forced to choose their plan B. It's India
Episode 806
Amit was a computer science student who used to have a loan, a plan, and a flight to Canada. But then the college his visa depended on was derecognis…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
India solved the wrong oil problem first
Episode 805
India is the world's top sunflower oil buyer, and Black Sea attacks have sent it hunting across South America. Shipments from Russia and Ukraine are …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Assam's tech dreams run on water that drowns it every year
Episode 804
Assam is enduring some of its worst flooding in years, with the death toll inching to a hundred and lakhs affected. It is also happens to be the stat…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Indian pharma isn't scared of a 100% tariff (yet)
Episode 803
Last Tuesday, Trump announced 100% tariffs on generic medicines imported into the US. By Wednesday, Indian pharma stocks were already falling even th…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Burger King India finally works but its stock still refuses to celebrate
Episode 802
Burger King India is one of the country's better-run quick-service chains. Gross margins are at record highs, restaurant-level profits have doubled, …
2 months, 4 weeks ago
IT jobs are being remade. Accenture and TCS are the first dominoes to fall
Episode 801
When Accenture employees in Pune walked into their appraisal meetings in May, they expected the routine conversations. Instead, they found out things…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
From Bengaluru to Mumbai to Pune, metro projects are colliding with India’s monsoons
Episode 800
In September 2022, Bengaluru's worst urban floods in recent memory swallowed the Outer Ring Road, including areas like Bellandur, Marathahalli, Mahad…
3 months ago
Third Wave built a coffee brand. Now it's betting against it
Episode 799
No coffee chain in India is clearly profitable. Third Wave Coffee, which lost 110 crore rupees in FY24 with nearly 70% of its stores in the red, is t…
3 months ago
OpenAI's next product is a companion. Its own research says that's the problem
Episode 798
OpenAI's own research found that its heaviest users were also its loneliest and most emotionally dependent. The top 10% kept triggering classifiers b…
3 months ago
India's monopoly moment
Episode 797
From airports to cricket broadcasts, India’s family conglomerates keep turning up everywhere. According to the 2024 Barclays-Hurun report, one family…
3 months ago