The One Story
‘The One Story’ is TS Studio’s podcast series, where we narrate The Swaddle’s longform features at the intersection of health, gender, and culture.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 11 minutes
- Episodes
- 43
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
What Family Heirlooms Can Teach People About Their Identities
In this episode, we look at how heirlooms shape people's understanding of personal wealth, family histories and inter-generational trauma.
This piece was written and narrated by Saumya Kalia.
‘The…
00:17:13 |
Tue 31 May 2022
Why Usage of Trigger Warnings Persist Despite Research Suggesting They Might Be Counterproductive
In this episode, we look at trigger warnings on social media and what research shows about their limitations.
This piece was written and narrated by Devrupa Rakshit.
‘The One Story’ is TS Studio’s…
00:07:55 |
Tue 24 May 2022
What Pop Culture Misunderstands About Serial Killers
In this episode, we look at how pop culture disproportionately focuses on individual serial killers, at the cost of examining the violent systems within which they operate.
This piece was written an…
00:13:27 |
Wed 18 May 2022
How Climate Change May Be Shaping Our Romantic Choices
In this episode, we look at how climate consciousness has decisively made its way into the dating checklist for today's young generation.
This piece was written and narrated by Saumya Kalia.
‘The O…
00:10:41 |
Tue 10 May 2022
Will We Ever Get Our Attention Span Back?
In this episode, we look at the problems with viewing attention as a commodity, and why our thoughts are no longer our own.
This piece was written and narrated by Saumya Kalia.
'The One Story’ is T…
00:13:37 |
Tue 03 May 2022
How Some People in Abusive Relationships Found Comfort, Freedom Through Infidelity
In this episode, we look at how infidelity can be empowering for people stuck in abusive relationships, allowing them to regain self-esteem and agency.
This piece was written and narrated by Devrup…
00:08:21 |
Tue 26 Apr 2022
How Much Can Food Help People Heal From Trauma?
In this episode, we look at how intergenerational food rituals and eating traditions can help heal emotional injuries.
This piece was written and narrated by Saumya Kalia.
‘The One Story’ is TS Stu…
00:11:26 |
Tue 19 Apr 2022
How Novels Have Shaped Women’s Understanding of Sex in the Absence of Sex Education
In this episode, we look at how literature has helped many women recognize, and come to terms with, their sexual desires.
This piece was written and narrated by Devrupa Rakshit.
‘The One Story’ is …
00:09:17 |
Tue 12 Apr 2022
Society Idealizes Having a Great Memory. But What if It’s Better to Forget?
In this episode, we look at how the right balance between remembering and forgetting things can be the key to better relationships and mental health.
This piece was written and narrated by Devrupa R…
00:07:19 |
Wed 06 Apr 2022
Why It Can Be Harder to Get Over Almost‑Relationships Than Actual Ones
In this episode, we look at "almost-relationships," and how fantasies of what-could-have-been are sometimes the most difficult to move on from.
This piece was written and narrated by Devrupa Rakshit…
00:06:16 |
Tue 29 Mar 2022
How OTT Films Perpetuate an Upper Class, Caste Aesthetic for the Social Media Generation
In this episode, we look at the "class film" aesthetic in OTT films, and how, in their attempt to make everything "prettier," these narratives threaten to erase the idea of caste and class in Indian …
00:16:32 |
Wed 23 Mar 2022
Casteism Still Thrives in Elite Schools in India. What Would Anti‑Caste Education Look Like?
In this episode, we look at how an anti-caste pedagogy would respect the agency of all students, promote non-hierarchical relationships, and question how knowledge is transacted.
This piece was writ…
00:14:57 |
Tue 15 Mar 2022
How EdTech Firms Are Capitalizing on the Fear of a ‘Covid Learning Gap’
In this episode, we look at how edtech firms are using the “Covid learning gap” as a marketing tool that feeds on parents' insecurities about the impact of the pandemic on their children's developmen…
00:14:06 |
Tue 08 Mar 2022
How Being Guilt‑Tripped by Parents, Partners Can Leave Long‑Term Mental Scars
In this episode, we look at how Indian parents and partners use guilt, in the name of love, to manipulate individuals. This makes people more vulnerable to abuse in other areas of their life as they …
00:08:04 |
Tue 01 Mar 2022
How Schools, Colleges Socialize Indians Into Perpetuating Islamophobia
In this episode, we look at how microaggressions, discriminatory textbooks, and bullying from teachers and students alike make Islamophobia a defining feature of the Muslim experience in education.
00:12:24 |
Tue 22 Feb 2022
How Meftal Redefined the Cultural Relationship Between Pain and Femininity
Meftal, an over-the-counter drug, has become a period essential -- while transforming people's relationships with their bodies and feminity.
00:12:17 |
Tue 15 Feb 2022
How the Morning‑After Pill Became the Most‑Used Birth Control for Young Indian Women
Emergency contraceptives can put the control of women's reproductive rights into their own hands. But over-the-counter access and patriarchy drive pill misuse in young heterosexual women.
00:11:32 |
Tue 08 Feb 2022
How Self‑Care Went From Scented Candles to Affirmations, and Why It Still Doesn’t Help
The internet and social media package self-care as a one-size-fits-all solution. But what started as a tool of resistance for the marginalized is now restricted to able-bodied, upper class, and upper…
00:16:05 |
Tue 01 Feb 2022
Indian Adults Are Leading ‘Double Lives’ to Avoid Controlling Parents. But What’s the Hidden Cost?
Leading double lives is sometimes the only way for people to assert their identity without being disowned by families. But constantly feeling you are “on the run" can affect individual mental health.
00:09:47 |
Tue 25 Jan 2022
Urban Villages of India Are Being Erased by Development. How Can We Preserve Their Histories?
Stories from those at the periphery of cities are at risk of disappearing forever, if not recorded and archived for posterity. Oral histories can be a way to document these narratives.
00:09:53 |
Wed 19 Jan 2022
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