In this Podcast, Nikhil Mehra explains the legal ramifications of the current amendments to the IT act by the government of India. What does the GOI want and why are some Big tech companies complaining? Also, what happens to Twitter ...
In this podcast, Brad Polumbo shares his views on the recent turn of events in The United States of America which led to the mob storming the Capital Building and subsequent banning of President Donald Trump from Social Media platforms. ...
In the 13th Episode of Shastrartha Aarti Tikoo and Nikhil Mehra share their views about Press Freedom in India in the light of the arrest and the subsequent bail application of Arnob Goswami. There are many perspectives in this saga, ...
In this monologue, I will share my views on why we need secularism. There is a lot of confusion about what secularism actually means because of the way it has been practiced in India. But the question we need to ...
In this episode of The Carvaka Podcast, Dr. Gad Saad talks about his latest book “The Parasitic Mind How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense”. The book tries to explain how idea pathogens are infecting our minds and parasitizing us. ...
In this conversation, Anand Ranganathan speaks with Kushal about the double standards of social media platforms. A video of someone spitting on the Quran goes viral but Anand Ranganathan literally quoting a religious scripture gets his account suspended. What is ...
In this conversation, we try to unpack what are the best strategies that should be adopted when one criticises religion. Is burning books alright? Should we spit on books? Should we desecrate murtis? Should that be illegal? Is there a ...
In this podcast, Kanchan Gupta shares his views on the latest decision by Bloomsbury India to withdraw the publication of the book ‘Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story’. He explains how this industry works and how there is a small ...
In the 7th Episode of Shastrartha, I discuss Casual Casteism and Gender Insensitivity in Everyday Language with Pratyasha Rath, Abhinav Prakash and Abhijit Iyer. We try to understand the problems associated with language and its evolution. How we are used ...
I chat with Matthew McManus about free speech, cancel culture and its effects on society from a progressives perspective. This podcast was the result of Matt’s latest article on the subject. You can read the article here (https://areomagazine.com/2020/07/28/history-and-cancel-culture/) The article ...