The Times Of India Podcast
Times Of India
The Times of India podcast expands storytelling and reportage from India’s largest newsroom. We put the spotlight on ideas, people and stories that matter from Monday to Friday. To read views and analysis, please subscribe to TOI+ at https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-plus
Episodes
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Aug 2, 2021 • 22min
Mind games
The withdrawal of top stars from sporting events has put the focus on mental health in sports. Top coaches explain why mental toughness doesn't matter if an athlete's life lacks balance.
Jul 30, 2021 • 16min
Moving the needle
India planned to vaccinate all its citizens against Covid-19 by the end of 2021, but that increasingly seems unlikely. What went wrong and what can be done to protect the most vulnerable against the pandemic?
Jul 29, 2021 • 20min
Water woes in Cherrapunji
How did the world’s wettest place end up with acute water scarcity?
Jul 28, 2021 • 31min
Diary of a social economist
Kaushik Basu, who's out with a new book, on what it was like to get a ringside view of New Delhi politics when he served as the Chief Economic Adviser during UPA-2 government.
Jul 26, 2021 • 37min
Two pandemics and the medicine men of Mumbai
A century divides the bubonic plague and Covid that hit Mumbai. This is the story of how the city’s finest doctors saw the challenge then and now, and how the past is linked with what we are experiencing today.
Jul 23, 2021 • 22min
Out but not over
A reluctant BS Yediyurappa is being nudged to step down as CM of Karnataka on Monday. What does this mean for the state and the BJP.
Jul 22, 2021 • 35min
‘It’s our loss that filmmakers are embarrassed by songs’
A conversation with Javed Akhtar about the loss of songs in movies, how the pandemic will change Bollywood and the star power of Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan.
Jul 21, 2021 • 28min
Following Big Brother
Is the Pegasus snooping scandal the tipping point of government overreach?
Jul 19, 2021 • 24min
‘Americans have the watches, but we have the time’
The Taliban is on the march again in Afghanistan after a 20 year gap. The US has left without brokering peace, and now the country is plunged in chaos and civil war. We unpack and explain what’s going on in Afghanistan and why India should worry.
Jul 16, 2021 • 20min
A strategist gets his hands dirty
Will Prashant Kishor join the Congress for the biggest political challenge of his life?
