All Things Policy
Takshashila Institution
Ever wondered how automation will change the world? Maybe you puzzle over what India could do to ease traffic congestion, or how China's aircraft carriers will transform Indian Ocean geopolitics? All Things Policy, a daily podcast brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, brings you all the answers. Every weekday, our researchers break down complex economic and geopolitical ideas through the lens of current events. For everyone from the busy executive to the curious student, All Things Policy is all you'll need to understand the world (and appreciate your breakfast) better.
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Oct 21, 2022 • 39min
Evaluating India's Efforts to Tackle Manual Scavenging
Mahek Nankani and Priyal Lyncia D’Almeida discuss some key data points and recommendations to address the issue in this episode of All Things Policy.
Oct 20, 2022 • 32min
Why does India get only 1.64% of all global tourists?
Sridhar Krishna and Anupriya Mohta discuss how the Indian tourism industry has been on a decline since a little before the pandemic. However this sector has an opportunity to contribute close to 2.4M jobs per year over the next decade.
Oct 19, 2022 • 30min
Analysing India’s Higher Education Sector
What are some potential solutions to improve access and quality in higher education? Sarthak Pradhan and Suman Joshi discuss these questions in this episode of All Things Policy.
Oct 18, 2022 • 35min
Supreme Court Ruling on Expanding Abortion Rights
Shambhavi Naik, Harshit Kukreja and Shrikrishna Upadhyaya analyse the judgement and its implications from a policy, medical science and legal viewpoints.
Oct 17, 2022 • 28min
Escalation in the US-China Tech War
In this episode, Pranav Satyanath is joined by Pranay Kotasthane to unpack the contents of these documents, the objectives of the regulations and their implications for the future.
Oct 14, 2022 • 35min
What is Millennial Subsidy and Why is it Coming to an End?
Shrikrishna Upadhyaya hosts Ritul Gaur and Saiyed Kamil to discuss millennial subsidy, economic cycles and the future of start-up funding and innovation.
Oct 13, 2022 • 31min
Biological Reasoning: Kinship and Policy
People tend to undertake costly behaviour for their family and kin. In this episode of All Things Policy, Harshit Kukreja and Carl Jaison unpack this "kinship" behaviour and discuss its implication for public policy.
Oct 12, 2022 • 26min
FIFA WC 2022 & Future of Sports OTT market in India
Dr. Harshit Kukreja hosts Carl Jaison who shares his thoughts on Viacom18’s decision to make the FIFA WC available to stream for free, the long-term strategy of the Reliance-owned subsidiary and the future of the sports OTT market in India.
Oct 11, 2022 • 25min
Vaccine Nationalism
Priyal D'almeida talks to Mahek Nankani about what Vaccine Nationalism is, it's implications on LMICs and what are the ways to tackle it.
Oct 10, 2022 • 30min
Social Media’s Rule of Three
Shrikrishna hosts Pranay Kotasthane to discuss three interrelated mechanisms, namely, reference networks, Overton Window and disproportionate rewards for extreme content, understanding which could contain the key in cracking the social media problem.
