Indicast - All Podcasts
Indicast is India's longest running and most popular Indian podcast network. This is the mother feed of all the shows produced by Indicast including a current affairs new show, a business news show, a tech show from an Indian perspective, a bollywood movie review show and a conversational interview show. Expect a good discussion with few laughs in our special India focused content. Individual show feeds are available at http://www.theindicast.com
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 165
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2025
Will Cockrell on the mavericks of Mount Everest
Will Cockrell’s book, “Everest Inc” tells the story of “The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World”. It is a refreshing take on climbers who may not have a background in m…
00:53:15 |
Sat 24 Aug 2024
Carl Öhman on what happens to our data after we die
In his short and punchy book, "The Afterlife of Data", Carl Öhman writes about "What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You Should Care". After crunching lots of numbers, he found that …
00:47:04 |
Sun 18 Aug 2024
Geoff White on digital transformation of money laundering
Geoff White is an investigative journalist who has covered financial crime for over two decades. His latest book is titled "Rinsed - From Cartels to Crypto: How the Tech Industry Washes Money for the…
00:43:32 |
Sat 27 Jul 2024
Dr Erica Thompson on how mathematical models can lead us astray and what we can do about it
We live in a world that is increasingly being dictated by data. But the models that govern different outcomes need a lot of work. Dr Erica Thompson's fascinating book, "Escape from Model Land: How ma…
00:46:44 |
Mon 15 Jul 2024
Kelly Clancy on her book, “Playing with Reality: How Games Have Shaped Our World”
Games have shaped humanity for thousands of years. The premise of Kelly Clancy's book is that games play us. In this podcast Dr Clancy, a neuroscientist talks about games people or companies play to …
00:49:24 |
Sat 06 Jul 2024
Tamal Bandyopadhyay's roller coaster affair with banking
Tamal Bandyopadhyay is a prolific journalist who has covered the world of finance for many decades. He has authored several books. In this podcast he gives us a glimpse into his latest book, "Roller …
Sat 06 Jul 2024
Indicast #255: India wins T20 World Cup
India beat South Africa to lift the T20 World Cup. The finals, at Barbados, was a closely fought affair with both sides being on top of the other throughout the match. In India 67 students scored a p…
00:41:27 |
Sun 30 Jun 2024
Indicast #254: India loves gold
Gold prices touched a record high last month. We talk about India's fascination with gold. Jim Simons, arguably the world's most successful investor died in May. We talk about his legacy. And in spor…
00:45:35 |
Sun 23 Jun 2024
Cognitive neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf on what reading does to the brain
Maryanne Wolf is a cognitive neuroscientist who conducts research on “what the brain does when it reads and why some children and adults have greater difficulty learning how to read than others”. She…
Sat 22 Jun 2024
Gregory Zuckerman on his book "The Man Who solved the market: How Jim Simons Launched The Quant Revolution"
Gregory Zukerman writes for the Wall Street Journal. Over the last few decades he has written several books. In 2019 he wrote "The Man Who solved the market: How Jim Simons Launched The Quant Revolut…
00:32:19 |
Sun 16 Jun 2024
Indicast #253: Democracy counts, for whatever it’s worth
India delivers a shock verdict to the Bharatiya Janata Party during the general elections. Narendra Modi’s BJP has done remarkably well and only lost out on the vote by 0.8 per cent as compared to th…
00:37:30 |
Sun 16 Jun 2024
Alex Duff on his book, "Smart Money: The Fall and Rise of Brentford FC"
Alex Duff talks about how Brentford football club used data and analytics to improve and retain its spot in the English Premier League. His book, "Smart Money: The Fall and Rise of Brentford" is a fa…
00:51:17 |
Sat 01 Jun 2024
Ananyo Bhattacharya on his book The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John Von Neumann
Ananyo Bhattacharya's "The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John Von Neumann" is a fascinating book about the Hungarian-American mathematician. It's a shame that most of us know little abou…
00:53:59 |
Wed 01 May 2024
Indicast #252: The solar eclipse saga
How does it feel to witness a solar eclipse? Aditya tells us his experience in this podcast where we dig into trivia and history of this beautiful astronomical phenomenon. Bangalore faces a water cri…
00:42:25 |
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Indicast #251: India's Chess grandmasters rise
The Candidates Tournament is among the world’s most recognised Chess contests. This time round India has as many as five grandmasters competing for the top prize. That’s a big deal given that for aro…
00:33:00 |
Tue 09 Apr 2024
Indicast #250: What social media does to our brains
Florida just passed a bill proposing to ban access to social media for kids under the age of 14. What does social media addiction do to our brains? We talk about the subject which is close to our hea…
00:42:26 |
Sun 07 Apr 2024
Dennis Yi Tenen on his book Literary Theory of Robots: How Computers Learned to Write
In this podcast Prof Dennis Yi Tenen, a software engineer turned literary scholar, leans on history of computer programming to tell modern tales of Artificial Intelligence. How did robots learn to wr…
00:51:04 |
Wed 27 Mar 2024
Indicast #249: RIP Ameen Sayani
It’s the end of an era. Ameen Sayani recently passed away. His voice lives on. In this podcast we talk a bit about how he started in the radio industry and made a mark for himself across four decades…
00:37:53 |
Mon 25 Mar 2024
Tom Wainwright on Facebook turning 20
In February this year Facebook celebrated its 20th birthday. Tom Wainwright, tech and media editor of The Economist has written a brilliant cover story on the company's evolution since it began in a …
00:35:22 |
Sat 02 Mar 2024
Indicast #248: India's Supreme Court bans electoral bonds
India's Supreme Court vetoed a scheme that allowed folks to donate to political parties anonymously. Among the more popular vehicles was the electoral bond scheme introduced by the Bharatiya Janata P…
00:34:15 |
Sat 17 Feb 2024
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