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A daily 5-min podcast explaining the most important finance and business happenings in plain English. India focused.
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Mar 24, 2023 • 7min
Why did top Bollywood songs disappear from Spotify?
In today’s episode for 24th March 2023, we explain the larger implications of the Spotify India and Zee Music face-off.

Mar 23, 2023 • 5min
India's post harvest loss problem
On Tuesday, the Mint reported that the government plans to run an onion irradiation pilot to reduce the rot and increase their shelf life before tossing them into storage. So, in today’s episode for 23rd March 2023, we use this story to dive into India’s broader post-harvest loss problem of not just onions, but all perishable crops. And how irradiation can be a tiny part of the solution.

Mar 22, 2023 • 5min
An explainer on the Black Sea Grain Initiative
In today’s episode for 22nd March 2023, we break down the Black Sea Grain Initiative and see what it has done to cushion the global food crisis.

Mar 21, 2023 • 7min
A story about artificially ripening real fruits
In today’s episode for 21st March 2023, we discuss calcium carbide as a commercial yet unethical fruit ripener and why fruit traders and vendors love it so much.

Mar 20, 2023 • 8min
Baba Ramdev can't sell his Patanjali shares?
In today’s episode for 20th March 2023, we explain why NSE and BSE have banned the promoters of Patanjali Foods from selling their shares

Mar 18, 2023 • 7min
Who controls the computer in your car?
Last week, Tata Technologies announced that it had filed its papers for an IPO. Think of Tata Tech as the company that supplies a bunch of tech that goes into engineering Tata Motors and making the supply chain of Jaguar Land Rover more efficient.
Now we don’t know when the Tata Technologies IPO will happen. And when it does, we’ll probably do a full-fledged explainer on it. But in the meantime, when we went down the rabbit hole of Tata Tech’s Draft Red Herring Prospectus, it opened our eyes to the world of auto technology stocks. And we found one listed company staring right in our faces — KPIT Technologies.
So in today’s episode for 18th March 2023, we explore the growing role of these auto tech companies in our lives.
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Mar 17, 2023 • 6min
An explainer on the High Seas Treaty
In today’s episode for 17th March 2023, we explain why the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty or what’s informally known as the High Seas Treaty is a massive win for the earth’s oceans.

Mar 16, 2023 • 6min
Why is WWE wrestling with regulators?
In today’s episode for 16th March 2023, we take a look at WWE’s (World Wrestling Entertainment Inc’s) attempt to legalise betting on wrestling matches.

Mar 15, 2023 • 7min
India’s pension problem
In today’s episode for 15th March 2023 we explain why there’s a furore over the pension system in India.

Mar 14, 2023 • 7min
The Swiss knife cutting through Toblerone
In today’s episode for 14th March 2023, we tell you how the Toblerone chocolate lost its Swissness.


