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Gregory Zuckerman on his book "The Man Who solved the market: How Jim Simons Launched The Quant Revolution"
Gregory Zukerman writes for the Wall Street Journal. Over the last few decades he has written several books. In 2019 he wrote "The Man Who solved the market: How Jim Simons Launched The Quant Revolution" which became a runaway hit. It tells the story of a
Ananyo Bhattacharya on his book The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John Von Neumann
Ananyo Bhattacharya's "The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John Von Neumann" is a fascinating book about the Hungarian-American mathematician. It's a shame that most of us know little about the man. Dr Bhattacharya digs deep into the mathematic
Indicast #252: The solar eclipse saga
How does it feel to witness a solar eclipse? Aditya tells us his experience in this podcast where we dig into trivia and history of this beautiful astronomical phenomenon. Bangalore faces a water crisis. How can a country as big as India deal with water s
Indicast #251: India's Chess grandmasters rise
The Candidates Tournament is among the worlds most recognised Chess contests. This time round India has as many as five grandmasters competing for the top prize. Thats a big deal given that for around 30 years, it was Vishy Anand, the sole Indian grandm
Indicast #250: What social media does to our brains
Florida just passed a bill proposing to ban access to social media for kids under the age of 14. What does social media addiction do to our brains? We talk about the subject which is close to our hearts given that both of us have kids aged ten and five. T
Dennis Yi Tenen on his book Literary Theory of Robots: How Computers Learned to Write
In this podcast Prof Dennis Yi Tenen, a software engineer turned literary scholar, leans on history of computer programming to tell modern tales of Artificial Intelligence. How did robots learn to write so quickly? Is it a good thing? Do technologies like
Indicast #249: RIP Ameen Sayani
Its the end of an era. Ameen Sayani recently passed away. His voice lives on. In this podcast we talk a bit about how he started in the radio industry and made a mark for himself across four decades. And he is as humble as they come. Fali Nariman, a doye
Tom Wainwright on Facebook turning 20
In February this year Facebook celebrated its 20th birthday. Tom Wainwright, tech and media editor of The Economist has written a brilliant cover story on the company's evolution since it began in a dorm room at Harvard. With a market capitalisation of $1
Indicast #248: India's Supreme Court bans electoral bonds
India's Supreme Court vetoed a scheme that allowed folks to donate to political parties anonymously. Among the more popular vehicles was the electoral bond scheme introduced by the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017. Whereas the BJP figured it might make the
David Bodanis on his book, “The Art of Fairness:The Power of Decency in a World Turned Mean”
Do nice guys finish last? Not quite. David Bodanis brilliant book, The Art of Fairness:The Power of Decency in a World Turned Mean is filled with anecdotes of leaders from various fields who may have been fair and firm to get the job done but never mea