Jaipur Bytes
Jaipur Literature Festival
Jaipur Bytes, the official podcast of the Jaipur Literature Festival, is your gateway to enriching and entertaining conversations featuring the finest thinkers, writers, speakers, and doers! Hosted by music programmer & broadcaster Sarthak Kaushik and writer & itihasology's founder, Eric Chopra, the podcast guarantees an eclectic mix of cross-genre discussions traversing diverse themes and ideas. With a constellation of the world's most eminent trailblazers, here's your chance to listen to authors, diplomats, historians, filmmakers, artists, and the unsung heroes of the arts.
Episodes
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Mar 11, 2019 • 51min
The Great Mughal Debate: What did the Mughals do for Us?
Audrey Truschke, Parvati Sharma, and Rana Safvi in conversation with Ira Mukhoty. This episode is a live session from day 3 of #ZEEJLF2019.
Mar 7, 2019 • 44min
Ancient DNA: Who We Are and How We Got Here
Daniel E. Lieberman and David Reich in conversation with Tony Joseph. A session that brings together two of the most highly regarded geneticists and paleoanthropologists of our age. Everyone knows about DNA. It is the essence of our being, influencing who we are and what we pass on to our children. But its information can’t be used without a machine to decode it. The ribosome is that machine. David Reich tells the story of Who We Are and How We Got Here while Daniel E. Lieberman speaks of The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease. Together, they discuss the emerging picture that is one of many waves of ancient human migrations where all populations living today are a mix of ancient ones and often carry a genetic component from archaic humans. Chaired by writer and journalist Tony Joseph. This episode is a live session from day 1 of #ZEEJLF2019.
Mar 4, 2019 • 47min
Beginnings and Endings
Anjum Hasan, Andrew Sean Greer, Jayant Kaikini and Mahesh Rao, moderated by Paul McVeigh. This episode is a live session from day 5 of #ZEEJLF2019.
Feb 28, 2019 • 55min
Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians
Boria Majumdar, Rajdeep Sardesai and Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Prayaag Akbar. This episode is a live session from day 2 of #ZEEJLF2019.
Feb 25, 2019 • 45min
Finding Radha
Alka Pande, Bulbul Sharma, Devdutt Pattnaik, Pavan K. Varma and Yudit Greenberg in conversation with Malashri Lal, introduced by Namita Gokhale. This episode is a live session from day 1 of #ZEEJLF2019.
Feb 20, 2019 • 25min
How to be Human: Ruby Wax in conversation with Jerry Pinto
Ruby Wax (actress, comedian, mental health campaigner, lecturer, and author of 'How to be Human) in conversation with journalist and poet Jerry Pinto. This episode is a live session from day 1 of #ZEEJLF2019.
Feb 18, 2019 • 42min
The Theatre of the Political: Shashi Tharoor, Pavan Varma, Sreenivasan Jain
Shashi Tharoor, author and Member of Parliament, and Pavan Varma, National General Secretary and National Spokesman of the Janata Dal, in conversation with journalist and anchor at NDTV, Sreenivasan Jain. This episode is a live session from day 2 of #ZEEJLF2019.
Feb 13, 2019 • 42min
Cellphone Nation: Ravi Agrawal, Assa Doron, Robin Jeffrey, Barkha Dutt
Robin Jeffrey and Assa Doran, discuss their book 'Cellphone Nation: How Mobile Phones Have Revolutionized Business, Politics and Ordinary Life in India', with Ravi Agrawal, author of 'India Connected: How the Smartphone is Transforming the World's Largest Democracy', in a conversation moderated by awarding-winning journalist Barkha Dutt. This episode is a live session from day 3 of #ZEEJLF2019.
Feb 11, 2019 • 43min
The Underground Railroad: Colson Whitehead in conversation with Kanishk Tharoor
Colson Whitehead, recipient of the MacArthur Genius Fellowship, discusses his 2016 Pulitzer Award-winning novel 'The Underground Railroad' with Kanishk Tharoor.
Feb 7, 2019 • 31min
Woman in the Window: AJ Finn in conversation with Amrita Tripathi
What did she see? A.J. Finn’s best-selling noir novel, The Woman in the Window, is a gripping and unputdownable psychological thriller currently in development as a major film. In conversation with writer and journalist Amrita Tripathi, Finn (real name: Dan Mallory) speaks of his engagement with the genre of suspense fiction, his literary influences, the impact of Hitchcock on his work and imagination, as well as his personal struggles with depression and agoraphobia. A must for all true crime aficionados. This episode is a live session from day 1 of #ZEEJLF2019.
