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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Jul 12, 2022 • 34min
Insights from Biology: Deep Dive into Learning Biases
In this episode, Priyal Lyncia D'almeida and Harshit Kukreja discuss cultural-gene convolution, costly information hypothesis and learning biases.
Jul 11, 2022 • 27min
Geoengineering and Why it Matters
The climate crisis is worsening everyday and there's a need to find some mitigation factors. This is where the field of geoengineering comes in. Priyal D'Almeida discusses with Arjun Gargeyas the pros and cons of geoengineering.
Jul 8, 2022 • 35min
The Role of Ideology in Xi Jinping’s Policies
In this episode, Manoj Kewalramani speaks to Joseph Torigian, Asst. Professor at the School of International Service at the American University in Washington DC, about his new paper Xi Jinping and Ideology.
Jul 7, 2022 • 38min
Parental leave policy - perspectives on the way forward
The idea of gender neutral parental leave policies is gaining ground. What would this look like? Why is it important ? What can we do to make it more equitable? Shambhavi Naik, Sridhar Krishna, Sowmya Nandan and Suman Joshi discuss this.
Jul 6, 2022 • 34min
Immigration in India
In this episode, Aarushi Kataria and Sudisha Mishra trace the history of immigration in India with an emphasis on Bangladeshi immigrants, address some pertinent questions on immigration, and discuss the role these immigrants pay in India economy.
Jul 5, 2022 • 28min
14th BRICS Summit
In this episode, Manoj Kewalramani and Megha Pardhi discuss the outcomes of the BRICS summit and China's objectives in the BRICS.
Jul 4, 2022 • 33min
How can policies governing Non-Timber Forest Produce be made more sustainable?
In this episode, Rohan Pai talks to Ananya Rao about her experiences from Chhattisgarh around NTFP policies in action and the benefits of integrating NTFP trade with CFRR-based governance.
Jul 1, 2022 • 43min
Closing the Women's Data Gap
Aarushi Kataria and Atish Padhy discuss Caroline Perez’s 2019 book, Invisible Women to understand the data bias and the urgency in bridging the existing gap as our world runs on data.
Jun 30, 2022 • 46min
Evaluating India’s trade policies
What were the features of India’s pre-1991 trade policy? How has it evolved? What are some policy lessons for the current context? Anupam Manur talks to Sarthak Pradhan about changes in India’s trade policy.
Jun 29, 2022 • 31min
Decoding Bihar's unemployment crisis
Aarushi Kataria and Sudisha Mishra discuss the reasons why these riots are directly related to unemployment, why Bihar is heavily job-deprived and what this means socio-economically.
