
Radiolab
One of the first podcasts I ever really ‘nerded out’ on was WNYC’s Radiolab, as someone who had worked in commercial radio for many years, I was just simply blown away by the range and diversity of the topics that they covered and the depth of research with which this was done. This is one of my favourite episodes. It was our mutual love for Radiolab that got Samanth (Subramanian) and me chatting about ‘doing something like this for India’ that would eventually lead to The Intersection, Audiomatic’s first show. I actually didn’t think it would be possible to create an Indian version of Radiolab but Padmaparna and Samanth manage to do an incredible job. The Intersection just moved to its new home on Audible.in and will be back with a third season in the next few months.
Philosophy Bites and On Being
These days, I begin so many conversations with ‘As I get older’ and this should be no exception. As I get older, I’ve gotten more interested in philosophy (i.e. “will someone please tell me what’s the f**cking point of it all?”) and these two podcasts do a good job of addressing our existential crises.
Conversations with Tyler and Recode Decode
These are two podcasts I really like for businessy stuff — Tyler Cowen’s podcast and Kara Swisher’s podcast Recode Decode.