Peddlers in Politics

What's the 'great' deal? (Conversation on greatness)

The quarantine has seen many new content creators come to life, all competing for internet attention, and that prompts the thought- what makes something great? Priyam identifies checkpoints for greatness, and Ved questions society's constructs on fame as a prerequisite, as the duo go deep into what makes things endure, whether great works are ever even spotted, and a lot more!

Peddlers in Politics

The U.S. elections are all over the news, and Priyam updates Ved on the latest, while analyzing the curious phenomenon of populism in our times. The duo discuss the reasons for populism, the people who practice it and their attitudes and techniques.

Two Peas in a Political Pod? (Indira Gandhi v Narendra Modi)

As the 45th anniversary of the Emergency in India approaches, the duo compare and contrast the tenures of Indira Gandhi and Narendra Modi as prime ministers of India, exploring the similarities and the differences- both political and personal- that underpin the regimes of two of India's most recognizable leaders.

What's In A Memory?

It's Ved's birthday! Priyam calls him and the two friends discuss the artificiality of celebrations, how people choose to remember people and events, the tools of social remembrance, the culture of pulling down statues, what statues represent, the formation of society's intuition and it's imagination of the future, and a whole lot more...

The Conundrum of Choice

Post the lockdown, going out to earn or staying safe at home is a dilemma many are facing. That thought sparks a discussion on choice, and the duo dissect the paradigm of choice and how the decisions that we make relate to the ideas of agency, technology, and the market, and if people today actually have as much freedom to choose as they think they do.