We think about how every aspect of our lives—social, work, and personal—is dependent on tech platforms today. We ask ourselves: can we renegotiate our relationship with technology?

Hosts:⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ketaki Sharma⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sanaya Chandar⁠⁠⁠⁠

Production: ⁠Sourav Das⁠

Music: Aksheya Chandar (aka⁠⁠⁠ The Multiverse Concept⁠⁠⁠)

Social Media: Ayushi Bindra

We unpack why Severance the TV show of the 2020s, what sets it apart from other prestige TV, and the questions it poses about our lives – what is work, who we are, and how do we perform our different selves?Hosts:⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ketaki Sharma⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sanaya Chandar⁠⁠⁠⁠Production: ⁠Sourav Das⁠Music: Aksheya Chandar (aka⁠⁠⁠ The Multiverse Concept⁠⁠⁠)Social Media: Ayushi Bindra

We explore almost two decades of social media use and our evolving sense of “self” against the backdrop of wider technological and socio-cultural transformations. In Part 2, we go back to 2016 to understand the evolution of social networks into social media, and the political and commercial behemoths they are today.

Hosts:⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ketaki Sharma⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sanaya Chandar⁠⁠⁠⁠

Production: ⁠Sourav Das⁠

Music: Aksheya Chandar (aka⁠⁠⁠ The Multiverse Concept⁠⁠⁠)

We explore almost two decades of social media use and our evolving sense of “self” against the backdrop of wider technological and socio-cultural transformations. In Part 1, we go back to 2006 to offer a millennial perspective on social media use and relive what it meant to be the first generation to come of age online.

Hosts:⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ketaki Sharma⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sanaya Chandar⁠⁠⁠⁠

Production: ⁠Sourav Das⁠

Music: Aksheya Chandar (aka⁠⁠⁠ The Multiverse Concept⁠⁠⁠)

We talk about what makes Sally Rooney one of the zeitgeist defining English language authors of the 21st century and what her popularity says about modern love, intimacy, desire, and relationships. Guest: Ash Shah (Screenwriter and Fiction Writer).

Hosts:⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ketaki Sharma⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sanaya Chandar⁠⁠⁠⁠

Photo:⁠⁠⁠ Ketaki Sharma⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Production: ⁠Sourav Das⁠

Music: Aksheya Chandar (aka⁠⁠⁠ The Multiverse Concept⁠⁠⁠)

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References:

Books:

Intermezzo (2024) by Sally Rooney

Normal People (2018) by Sally Rooney

Conversations with Friends (2017) by Sally Rooney

Articles:

Sally Rooney: ‘Falling in love when I was very young transformed my life’ (The Guardian)

The Cult of Sally Rooney (Vox)

Sally Rooney on Normal People, with Kishani Widyaratna (London Review Bookshop)

“Reader, I Married Him” by Alice Evans

The relationship recession is going global (The Financial Times)

Good on Paper: Are Young Men Really Becoming More Sexist? (The Atlantic)

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We unpack the cult of ‘me time’ and our changing relationship with time five years after the pandemic, why we choose to spend most of it alone, and what makes up our diet of social interactions today.

Hosts:⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ketaki Sharma⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sanaya Chandar⁠⁠⁠⁠

Artwork:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Sanaya Chandar⁠⁠⁠⁠

Production: ⁠Sourav Das⁠

Music: Aksheya Chandar (aka⁠⁠⁠ The Multiverse Concept⁠⁠⁠)

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References:

The Anti-Social Century⁠ by Derek Thompson (The Atlantic)

• ⁠The Tyranny of Convenience⁠ by Tim Wu (NYT)

• ⁠The Overwhelm⁠ (The Guardian)

• ⁠Email Is Making Us Miserable⁠ by Cal Newport (The New Yorker)

• ⁠Is hybrid work the worst of both worlds?⁠ (The Economist)

• ⁠The Easiest Way to Keep Your Friends⁠ by Serena Dai (The Atlantic)

• ⁠“Protecting your peace” can kill your friendships⁠ by Allie Volpe (Vox)

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Hosts Ketaki Sharma and Sanaya Chandar unpack pop music fandom in 2024, how fans now feel an outsized sense of ownership over artists and their choices, and how this affects their relationship with the music at the heart of it.

Hosts:⁠⁠⁠ Ketaki Sharma⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠ Sanaya Chandar⁠⁠⁠

Artwork: ⁠Sripradha Ganesh⁠

Production: Yash Hirave (⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ |⁠⁠ LinkedIn⁠⁠)

Music: Aksheya Chandar (aka⁠⁠ The Multiverse Concept⁠⁠)

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In this episode, hosts Ketaki Sharma and Sanaya Chandar dissect the Ambani wedding and its transformation into a major media event in 2024. They explore how the wedding relates to power, privilege, and class dynamics in India, the motivations behind it, and what it reveals about the wedding industrial complex and the space it occupies in the Indian psyche.

Guest: Chirag Thakkar (Associate Publisher, Bloomsbury India)

Hosts:⁠⁠⁠ Ketaki Sharma⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠ Sanaya Chandar⁠⁠⁠

Artwork: ⁠Sripradha Ganesh⁠

Production: Yash Hirave (⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ |⁠⁠ LinkedIn⁠⁠)

Music: Aksheya Chandar (aka⁠⁠ The Multiverse Concept⁠⁠)

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