Shortcast over Coffee

If you are a coffee connoisseur, this episode is just for you. Not many people start their day without a cup of coffee, it maybe drip coffee from a nearby convenient store or a fancy white chocolate mocha. I sit down with Social anthropologist and the author of the book Making Better Coffee Dr. Edward Fischer to discuss the history, evolution and waves of coffee culture. This is part 2 of a two pa...

Today, we are privileged to have Dr. Telle Whitney joining us, the co-founder of GHC and a longstanding CEO of the Anita Borg Institute. She has wielded significant influence in the industry, reshaping the path for women in technology. In this interview, Dr Whitney delves deeply into her collegiate journey at the University of Utah and Caltech. She intricately outlines her motivations for relocati...

My next guest, Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, has done pioneering work in the field of 3D fingerprinting. Fingerprint technology has been a widely debated topic over the years. Dr. Lakhtakia, along with his co-researchers, works on a technique for creating 3D holograms of fingerprints. His research has been featured in the 2012 PBS documentary Forensics on Trial and on CNN. He is among the world's for...

Our guest today is nothing short of a modern day Roebuck when it comes to cricket writing. Jarrod Kimber has probably done everything in the field of cricket journalism. From being a blogger to a documentary filmmaker to now a YouTuber, his channel features some of the best cricket analysis you'll ever find on the internet. His whacky sense of humor and in-depth analysis make him an absolute f...

"Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time because you've grown all you are going to grow...but I'm still growing." said Sir Edmund Hillary. My guest today did exactly that to Mount Everest. He failed the first time but scaled it the second. He is the living, breathing, and walking example of the Gen Z term YOLO (You Only Live Once). Ace mount...

This is Part 2 of my conversation with Chef Srijith Gopinathan. For continuity, please check out part 1 before moving over to part 2. In this episode, we discuss how Indian cuisine, with its different techniques, has carved a niche for itself. We also talk about his life before and after the Michelin star and dealing with bad patrons.

In the world of food, earning a Michelin star is like winning an Oscar - very difficult and very rare. Our guest today has two! Earning two Michelin stars is almost impossible. Only around 140 restaurants in the world hold that distinction. Today we have with us Chef Srijith Gopinathan. His love for food and obsession with detail helped him build a business that includes two of the best Indian res...

This is the second part of a two part series with Krish Ashok. Ashok is a modern day da Vinci, a genuine polymath. He's a techie a writer and a musician among many other things. He is most well known as the author of the book Masala Lab where he breaks down cooking to its first principles and busts some popular myths about the process. In this episode, we talk about the trail of curry, how it made...

Today we have with us, Krish Ashok. Ashok is a modern day da Vinci, a genuine polymath. He's a techie a writer and a musician among many other things. He is most well known as the author of the book masala lab where he breaks down cooking to its first principles and busts some popular myths about the process. This is episode one of my conversation with Ashok. In this episode, we talk about instrum...

Today we have with us, Dr. Felix Bast. Dr Bast is a professor at the Central University of Punjab in Bathinda and a well known algal taxonomist. He also served as an expedition scientist for the 36th  Indian Antarctic Mission 2016-17 and has discovered seven new plant species. He was also invited as in-residence intern with the President of India in 2015 as a part of the president’s Inspired Teach...