Search a title or topic

Over 20 million podcasts, powered by 

Player FM logo
show episodes
 
Artwork

1
India’s Reforms Story

Mint - HT Smartcast

icon
Unsubscribe
icon
Unsubscribe
Monthly
 
It’s been 30 years since India opened up its economy, freeing it of the licence permit raj, improving access to capital, and introducing a New Industrial Policy. But what went on behind the scenes, and how have successive governments taken these reforms forward? In a series of seven conversations with economists, policymakers, thinkers and doers, Puja Mehra unpacks the story behind India’s reforms and finds out what’s likely to happen in the near future. This is a Mint production, brought to ...
  continue reading
 
Artwork

1
Ideas of India

Mercatus Center at George Mason University

icon
Unsubscribe
icon
Unsubscribe
Monthly+
 
Through conversations with top thinkers in the social sciences and beyond, economist Shruti Rajagopalan explores the ideas that will propel India forward.
  continue reading
 
Artwork

1
Heartland Labor Forum

KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio

icon
Unsubscribe
icon
Unsubscribe
Weekly
 
This podcast tracks the audio archives for the “Heartland Labor Forum” radio show. The Heartland Labor Forum is Kansas City’s only program about the workplace. It’s radio that talks back to the boss! Whether you’re a union member or your workplace isn’t organized, Heartland Labor Forum (HLF) has stories for you, guaranteed to inspire, educate, or enrage you.
  continue reading
 
Where the course of history has been decided on the battlefield. These are the battles that made us -- a detailed, entertaining, and tangent-free program about history's greatest battles. In this podcast we journey through the constancy of human conflict, where the fates of nations and the course of global history have been decided on the battlefield. This podcast delves into our world-history's most significant and seminal battles, exploring not just the events themselves but their profound ...
  continue reading
 
Artwork

1
FirstPeople.in

Vijay Oraon

icon
Unsubscribe
icon
Unsubscribe
Monthly
 
"Welcome to Firstpeople.in, the podcast channel bringing you closer to the voices, stories, and issues of India's tribal communities. Here, we explore the unique cultures, rich histories, and pressing social challenges facing Indigenous people across the nation. Join us as we delve into authentic narratives, uncover social issues, and connect with advocates and changemakers working toward an inclusive future for all." Website "Firstpeople.in Email @ [email protected]
  continue reading
 
PowWows.com brings you interviews and updates from Indian Country. Pow Wow Life introduces you to Native Americans across the United States and Canada from singers and dancers to tribal and business leaders. Recorded live each week on the PowWows.com Facebook Page! Watch our Facebook page to see the show live - watch and chat live with the guests. PowWows.com is your source for all things Pow Wow since 1996! Visit PowWows.com for Pow Wow photos and videos, Pow Wow Calendar, news, updates and ...
  continue reading
 
Artwork

1
Calling All Stations - The Transport Podcast

Christian Wolmar & Cogitamus Ltd

icon
Unsubscribe
icon
Unsubscribe
Monthly+
 
Christian Wolmar, Mark Walker and guests keep you up to date with the most engaging news stories, policy developments and interviews from across the world of transport. You can find more from Christian and the transport sector including interviews, articles, books and speaking engagements here: https://www.christianwolmar.co.uk, or join the conversation on social media by following: AllStationsPod on X (https://x.com/AllStationsPod)
  continue reading
 
Keeping It Real by Housing.com is India’s first real estate industry podcast, rich with sector highlights, explainers and discussions on hot topics and trends. You can catch the episode on Housing.com, on the Housing.com app, on Earshot.in, Spotify.com, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Gaana.com and JioSaavn.
  continue reading
 
In this series we explore the themes, trends and events shaping the dynamic world of emerging markets for equity investors.‘Emerging markets’ describes a very diverse group of countries with disparate cultures, political systems and economies. Trends like higher consumption, driven by increased middle-class wealth, and early adoption of new technology are producing companies that are innovators and disruptions.With equity markets populated by current and future market leaders, emerging marke ...
  continue reading
 
Artwork

1
Asian Review of Books

New Books Network

icon
Unsubscribe
icon
Unsubscribe
Weekly
 
The Asian Review of Books is the only dedicated pan-Asian book review publication. Widely quoted, referenced, republished by leading publications in Asian and beyond and with an archive of more than two thousand book reviews, the ARB also features long-format essays by leading Asian writers and thinkers, excerpts from newly-published books and reviews of arts and culture. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/asian-review
  continue reading
 
Artwork

1
London Property - Home of Super Prime

London Property - Home of Super Prime

icon
Unsubscribe
icon
Unsubscribe
Weekly+
 
PROPERTY WEALTH - TRANSFORM CHALLENGES INTO OPPORTUNITIES With Specialist Knowledge and Reach London Property is a digital marketplace that aims to address inefficiencies and complexity in the London real estate market. The company provides informative and educational content from industry leaders through podcasts and videos, with new content released weekly. The platform covers various aspects of the real estate experience, including buying and selling, finance, law, tax, construction, desi ...
  continue reading
 
Artwork
 
Tempers fly as the newsmakers of the week face-off in this award-winning show. Anchored by Sanket Upadhyay, this weekly program has politicians battlling wits with a live audience.
  continue reading
 
Loading …
show series
 
Why did so many rulers throughout history risk converting to a new religion brought by outsiders? In his award-winning Unearthly Powers (2019), Dr. Alan Strathern set out a theoretical framework for understanding the relation between religion and political authority based on a distinction between two kinds of religion - immanentism and transcendent…
  continue reading
 
Send us a text 🎙️ London Property Podcast: Market Insights Special 🏘️ Join top researchers Marcus Dixon (JLL) and Tom Bill (Knight Frank) as they unpack the complex London real estate landscape. Discover: ✅ Prime Central London market trends ✅ Impact of non-dom changes ✅ Overseas investment opportunities ✅ Government policy effects ✅ Price growth p…
  continue reading
 
Dire warnings of famine in Gaza, a broken ceasefire and the threat by the Israeli government of a new “intense” offensive which would forcibly displace Palestinians to an area in the south of Gaza and perhaps out of the strip altogether, plus the latest release of a US hostage. This is the war between Israel and Gaza 19 months on from the deadly at…
  continue reading
 
In 2022, Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. But she wasn’t the first actress of Asian origin to be nominated. In 1935, Merle Oberon was nominated for Best Actress for the role of Kitty Vane in The Dark Angel, only her second film in the U.S. film industry. But no one knew Oberon was Asian. Her pu…
  continue reading
 
 Gordon’s fall shattered what remained of Egyptian authority in Sudan. The region, once claimed in maps and ledgers, slipped into the hands of the Mahdist state. But in Britain, the loss reverberated beyond strategy. It struck the national psyche... a public accustomed to victory saw one of its most revered officers abandoned and butchered. The out…
  continue reading
 
Christian experiences in person London's brand new Silvertown Tunnel and the mandatory cycle shuttle bus [2:18]; elaborates on striking new figures for the construction costs of HS2 [09:55]; releases a narrative of his book 'Liberation Line' by engaging AI bots [19:35} and welcomes proposals to lower the age requirement for train drivers in Great B…
  continue reading
 
The fall of Vizcaya’s capital was both a tactical defeat and the moment the spine of Basque resistance snapped. With it went the last coordinated defense of autonomy in the north. From that point forward, there would be no organized Basque military stand, no political bargaining power, and no seat at the table in the war that continued to rage acro…
  continue reading
 
UAW founder Walter Reuther was famous, his brother Roy wasn’t, but he made important contributions to both the labor and civil rights movements. Roy’s son, Alan joins us this week […] The post Alan Reuther: From Flint to Selma: How Roy Reuther Shaped Labor & Civil Rights in America and Bert Nash Mental Health Workers Organize appeared first on KKFI…
  continue reading
 
Send us a text UK Real Estate Trends to Watch in 2025 🎙️ In this episode, we break down the biggest forces shaping the UK property market right now: 🇺🇸 US buyers are heading for the Cotswolds as political uncertainty fuels demand for UK countryside homes. 👵🏽 Over-50s are becoming first-time buyers in record numbers, chasing stability over investmen…
  continue reading
 
President Trump has signed a minerals deal with Ukraine, which will give the US access to some of Ukraine’s natural resources. The US president also said he’d like to take over Greenland and even Canada. Why? Well one reason may well be the rare earths and critical minerals found there. Critical minerals are vital for almost every industry from the…
  continue reading
 
Today my guest is Rajmohan Gandhi, a historian and biographer involved in efforts for trust-building and reconciliation and author of more than fifteen books, of which the most recent is Fraternity: Constitutional Norm and Human Need. He taught history and politics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1997 until his retirement in …
  continue reading
 
English. French. Italian. Hindi. Greek. Russian. All these different languages can trace their roots to the same origin: Proto-Indo-European, spoken in 4000 BC in the steppe that crosses from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. Whether by migration, diffusion or conquest, the Indo-European languages spread west across Europe, east across Central Asia, …
  continue reading
 
The Anabaptists, alongside the Lutheran and Reformed churches, were the third major current in the sixteenth century Reformation movements. From their beginnings, the Anabaptists were highly diverse and yet they shared some central beliefs and practices for which they were quickly persecuted – for example, defenselessness and nonresistance, the ref…
  continue reading
 
Send us a text London Property Market Update The capital is facing a major property downturn, with 8 of the UK's hardest-hit postcodes in London. Prime property prices have fallen 42% since 2015. High interest rates, stricter regulations, and post-pandemic changes have cooled demand. Many landlords are selling up, making it a buyer’s market. Short-…
  continue reading
 
A cornerstone of the evangelization of early New Spain was the conversion of Nahua boys, especially the children of elites. They were to be emissaries between Nahua society and foreign missionaries, hastening the transmission of the gospel. Under the tutelage of Franciscan friars, the boys also learned to act with militant zeal. They sermonized and…
  continue reading
 
Tension is high in Indian administered Kashmir following the killing on 22nd April of 26 civilians almost all of whom were Hindu tourists. They were visiting Pahalgam - an area often described as the “Switzerland of India”. Militants opened fire on them and in the days since relations between India and Pakistan, which both claim Kashmir in full but…
  continue reading
 
In 1968, Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution, asserting his control of China 15 years later, Deng Xiaoping launched the reform and opening up period, putting China on the path to becoming an economic powerhouse. But what happens in between these two critical periods of Chinese history? How does China go from Mao's Cultural Revolution to Den…
  continue reading
 
It’s May Day and this week the Heartland Labor Forum is celebrating International Workers Day with songs to raise the spirit, an interview from 1997 with Studs Terkel on the […] The post HLF-May1-2025-May Day! – Songs, History, and Rants to Celebrate Worker Power appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
  continue reading
 
One of the most exciting transport projects anywhere in the UK is the South Wales Metro which is now fully taking shape and promises to transform travel in and around the Cardiff Capital Region. In an extended interview, Christian hears from the person widely acknowledged as the visionary behind this metamorphosis - Mark Barry, Professor of Practic…
  continue reading
 
Send us a text Mortgage rates dip under 4%, with lenders competing and Bank of England expected to cut rates 🏘️ Labour's renters rights bill introduces major changes, potentially extending eviction processes to 8+ months 🌍 Prime London property attracting US buyers, seen as a stable investment amid global uncertainty 🏗️ Build-to-rent sector rapidly…
  continue reading
 
 The fall of the Alamo ignited a fierce, unrelenting resistance to Santa Anna’s advance, forging the resolve that would drive his army into the dirt and wrest from him the independence of Texas. The Alamo. February 23 - March 6, 1836. Texian Forces: ~ 189 Texans. Mexican Forces: 4,000 - 6,000 Soldiers. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Hardi…
  continue reading
 
What do you do when the head of state comes after your union with 6,000 cops and a license to kill? We’ll get advice from John Dunne who had his […] The post Remembering the British Miners’ Strike after 40 Years with Miner John Dunn appeared first on KKFI.By KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
  continue reading
 
The battle for Sevastopol, and the wider fight for Crimea, siphoned off critical German divisions from the southern push toward the Caucasus, delaying the drive for oil and momentum. At the same time, it gutted Soviet naval power in the Black Sea, silencing it for nearly two years and leaving the coastline exposed and vulnerable. Sevastopol. Octobe…
  continue reading
 
The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer wants the UK to become “one of the great AI superpowers”. Earlier this year the government published a plan to use artificial intelligence in the private and public sectors to boost growth and deliver services more efficiently. Once mainly the preserve of the tech community, AI really entered public awareness wi…
  continue reading
 
Today my guest is Prachi Mishra, who is a Professor in the Department of Economics, and Director and Head of Isaac Center for Public Policy at Ashoka University. Prior to joining Ashoka, Prachi was Chief of the Systemic Issues Division and Advisor in the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund. We spoke about the current state of the…
  continue reading
 
Chris Stowers, longtime photographer, credits a fellow journalist for the title of his latest memoir, Shoot, Ask...and Run (Earnshaw, 2025). The journalist’s advice to a young Chris, just starting out, went like this. Shoot: Take the photo when the opportunity arises. Then, if someone notices that you took a photo, “ask” for permission to use the p…
  continue reading
 
Christian mission in the modern era has generally been conceptualized as a Western endeavor: “from the West to the rest.” The rise and explosive growth of world Christianity has challenged this narrative, emphasizing Christian mission as “from everywhere to everywhere.” Dr. Las Newman contributes to this revitalized perspective, interrogating our u…
  continue reading
 
 The North Vietnamese defeat marked the terminal collapse of their ambitious 1968 campaign: an orchestrated “General Offensive” designed to fracture American resolve and ignite a nationwide uprising, brought to its knees by the very forces it sought to outmaneuver. Khe Sanh. January 21 - April 5, 1968.  American and South Vietnamese Forces: ~ 6,000…
  continue reading
 
President Trump’s fury with China shows no sign of abating. High tariffs - first imposed by the US but now on both sides - are giving way to a very real trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. China’s President Xi Jinping is refusing to blink - so far - and in the past week he's been on the road in South East Asia, visiting Vietnam, Ca…
  continue reading
 
September 2 will mark the 80th anniversary of Japan’s formal surrender to the United States aboard the USS. Missouri, ending the Second World War. The U.S. decision to drop two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—what drove Japan to surrender, at least in popular history—is still controversial to this day. How did the mass…
  continue reading
 
Send us a text Dive into the booming Spanish real estate market with Eduardo Moriano, exploring Madrid's transformation into a global investment hub. Discover emerging trends, investment opportunities, visa options, and why Spain is attracting international buyers from tech entrepreneurs to luxury investors. Learn about the country's economic poten…
  continue reading
 
Send us a text Second Home Tax Dilemma A deep dive into new UK tax policies affecting second homes, exploring the tension between local housing needs and tourism-dependent economies, particularly in areas like Burnham Market, Norfolk. Blackstone's European Real Estate Triumph Highlighting Blackstone's successful $10.6 billion fund raise, signaling …
  continue reading
 
We see their work everywhere: big cities, small towns, schools, tall and short buildings. These craftsmen are bricklayers and masons. Many can be called artists. This week on the Heartland […] The post Labor Leader Series: Dustin Himes from Bricklayers & Allied Craftsworkers Local 15 and Rep Tobias Schlingensiepen: Fighting Fascism from Germany to …
  continue reading
 
Join me for an interview with D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, star of the new war drama Warfare, directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland. We talk about his intense role, the training that went into it, and what it means to portray real-life experiences on screen. After the interview, I share my personal review of the film — no spoilers, but if you want to g…
  continue reading
 
Britain’s failure to seize Fort Stanwix played a critical role in the collapse of their strategy to divide the colonies. Without control of the fort, they were unable to secure the Hudson River corridor or dominate central New York, objectives that had been essential to cutting the American rebellion in half. That one position, held against the odd…
  continue reading
 
Send us a text Adam Bowers, a hospitality expert, shares insights on London’s evolving property market, especially in food and beverage. He points out the move away from big chains toward unique, curated concepts — a shift encouraged by major landlords like Cadogan and Grosvenor. Bowers highlights challenges like regulatory changes and rising costs…
  continue reading
 
Rarely has it been so difficult to see the wood for the trees. The trees being Donald Trump’s new tariffs announced on what he called Liberation Day and which took effect this week, plus the immediate responses to them. And the wood being the economic strategy that lies behind it all.​​​​That strategy seems to evolve on a daily basis. Having vowed …
  continue reading
 
Today my guest is Sajith Pai, who is a Partner at Blume Ventures, an early stage Indian venture fund. He is also a well known writer, and the author of the annual Indus Valley Report. We spoke about the trends in the latest Indus Valley Report, the stratifications in Indian consumer markets, investor sentiment, policies and infrastructure to foster…
  continue reading
 
Chinese travelers first made their way to the Maldives in the Indian Ocean in the 14th century, looking for goods like coconuts, cowries, and ambergris. That started centuries of travel to the islands, including one trip by famed sailor Zheng He. Then, quickly, the Maldives—and the broader Indian Ocean—vanished as Ming China turned inward. Bin Yang…
  continue reading
 
Send us a text The Property Bulletin discussed succession planning for farmers, emphasizing the need to list and value all assets, including debts and investments. Mortgage lenders are easing affordability tests, with Santander allowing higher borrowing limits, potentially benefiting first-time buyers but risking higher house prices. Ground rent is…
  continue reading
 
Loading …
Listen to this show while you explore
Play