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
David Bodanis on his book, “The Art of Fairness:The Power of Decency in a World Turned Mean”
Do nice guys finish last? Not quite. David Bodani’s brilliant book, “The Art of Fairness:The Power of Decency in a World Turned Mean” is filled with anecdotes of leaders from various fields who may h…
00:49:52 |
Sat 17 Feb 2024
Zeke Faux on his book, “Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall”
The cryptosphere is, well, cryptic. Even the best of the best find it hard to explain the whole thing without fumbling. Zeke Faux has managed to put it all together in his fascinating book, "Number G…
00:48:36 |
Sat 27 Jan 2024
Indicast #247: Deep fake is on steroids
Deep fake is a real and present threat to humanity. With India's general election round the corner, the government has urged both social media platforms and netizens to beware of such videos. The Ram…
00:36:04 |
Sat 20 Jan 2024
Kenneth Miller on his book, “Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep”
We spend almost a third of our lives sleeping. Give or take. And yet until fifty years ago, scientists didn’t know much about sleep. Kenneth Miller shines a spotlight on the subject in his fabulous b…
00:52:08 |
Fri 29 Dec 2023
Daniel Knowles on his book, “How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It”
In this podcast, Daniel Knowles reflects upon a world with fewer cars. The use of a car becomes less effective once everyone has got one. Anyone who has been stuck for hours in Mumbai or New York tra…
00:39:34 |
Sun 17 Dec 2023
Indicast #246: Clowning glory
After 17 harrowing days 41 men were rescued from a collapsed tunnel in Uttarkhand. It was one heck of an effort. The International Clown festival concluded earlier this year. In this episode, we talk…
00:32:40 |
Sun 17 Dec 2023
Indicast #245: How the Ukraine war has impacted Surat's diamond industry
Surat's diamond industry has suffered from the prolonged war in Ukraine. Nine out ten diamonds on the planet are polished in the diamond capital of India. But after America slapped sanctions on trade…
00:33:20 |
Mon 27 Nov 2023
Indicast #244: India loves junk food
India has a junk food problem. It is a big one. In this episode we talk a bit about why that is happening and some of the science behind it all. And have you tasted the world's fourth best cheese? It…
00:39:06 |
Sat 18 Nov 2023
Indicast #243: India embraces IVF
Firstly, a very Happy Diwali to everyone. Indian couples are increasingly embracing In Vitro Fertilization, often the last hope for having a baby. While it is a boon for millions of new parents, it i…
00:47:03 |
Sun 12 Nov 2023
Indicast #242: India wants Bharat or does it
It has been quite the year. And some of it has been rather grim. The Israel and Hamas conflict has been deadly. Thousands of civilians have lost their lives. Closer home, some folks insist on renamin…
00:40:17 |
Sun 05 Nov 2023
Kiran Verma, on a 21,000 km walk to raise awareness on blood donation
Kiran Verma has pledged to walk a staggering 21,000 km across India to raise awareness around blood donation in the country. His NGO, Simply Blood, world's first virtual blood donation platform, conn…
00:28:25 |
Sun 27 Aug 2023
Dr Anna Lembke on her book, "Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence"
Dr Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist and the chief of the Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine. She has treated patients with addiction of all kinds includin…
00:53:51 |
Sat 17 Jun 2023
Gavin Jackson on his book, "Money In One Lesson"
You don't need to be an economics buff to enjoy Gavin Jackson's "Money In One Lesson". The fascinating book breaks down money and charts its history in a user-friendly manner. In this podcast Gavin …
00:36:03 |
Sun 26 Mar 2023
Ludwig Siegele, The Economist's top tech guru on ChatGPT
Ludwig Siegele, considered among the top tech gurus at The Economist, has covered the global tech industry since 1995. He sees the same excitement and chatter around ChatGPT in the Silicon valley as …
00:34:33 |
Sun 19 Mar 2023
Philip Coggan on his book, "Surviving the Daily Grind: Bartleby's Guide to Work"
Philip Coggan's "Surviving the Daily Grind: Bartleby's Guide to Work" is an amusing account on corporate world's oddities. For instance, "Why so many managers pollute their utterances with so much in…
00:45:43 |
Sun 05 Mar 2023
Annie Lowrey on her book, "Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World"
Annie Lowrey's "Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World" is a richly reported book which brings to light some personal and often ha…
00:42:23 |
Sun 05 Mar 2023
Tom Standage on his book, "A Brief History of Motion"
Tom Standage has authored seven history books. His most recent one charts the history of the wheel to self-driving cars and everything in between. Whereas the wheel remains among the most important i…
00:51:54 |
Sun 26 Feb 2023
Indicast #241: The Adani Way
The Adani Group has been hit with a bunch of allegations from Hindenburg Research, an American investment firm that specialises in making bets against companies that it considers are overvalued. What…
00:35:38 |
Thu 16 Feb 2023
Indicast #240: India's census is delayed again
Once in ten years India conducts a massive exercise to count its population and collect vital data about its citizens. This time round the census, normally a once-in-a-decade-affair has been postpone…
00:27:25 |
Fri 10 Feb 2023
Indicast #239: That sinking feeling
Joshimath in the Himalayas is sinking. With cracks all over buildings, hotels and streets, the place may crumble any moment. We segue into the tallest mountain in the world, which isn't Everest. And …
00:35:34 |
Fri 20 Jan 2023
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