Stepwell Podcast
1) 13: 'A Suitable Boy' and other stories, with Mira Nair
In the finale of the Stepwell podcast, Patrick French talks to the acclaimed director Mira Nair about why she shifted from documentary film-making to fiction, her adaptation of Vikram Seth's masterpie...Show More
2) 12: The Evolution of India's Right Wing, with Swapan Dasgupta
Author Swapan Dasgupta details the history of the Hindu nationalist movement in India, discusses figureheads like Savarkar and Deendayal Upadhyaya and talks about the current Indian right wing, repres...Show More
3) 11: The history of the present, with Maya Jasanoff
On the latest episode of the Stepwell podcast, Patrick French and renowned Harvard historian Maya Jasanoff explore themes of globalisation, imperialism, identity and how these factors shape the modern...Show More
4) 10: How Indian Democracy works, with Mukulika Banerjee
Patrick French talks to Mukulika Banerjee, the Director of the South Asia Centre at LSE, about why India votes, why the 2019 elections were radically different, how our voting system could be improved...Show More
5) 9: The need for interdisciplinary collaboration, with Simon Goldhill
The Professor of Greek Literature and Culture from Cambridge University joins academician Patrick French to discuss how collaborative, interdisciplinary work can solve complex problems.
6) 8: With every breath: Why music matters, with Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan
In this episode, Patrick French talks to the wonderful Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan about how their journeys into music started, what they have learnt along the way, their views on current methods...Show More
8: With every breath: Why music matters, with Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan
24:45 | Apr 13th, 2019
7) 7: Conservatism in India, with Shruti Kapila
On this episode of the Stepwell podcast, Patrick French talks to Shruti Kapila, a Historian at Cambridge University, about how Conservatism can be seen as a disposition rather than an ideology. Kapila...Show More
8) 6: Cotton trade and the emergence of capitalism, with Sven Beckert
Join the historian and author of "Empire of Cotton" in conversation with Patrick French about how cotton trade, slavery and colonialism played a role in the emergence of capitalism.
9) 5: "Missing" women in Indian Democracy, with Shamika Ravi
The Economist and Director of Research at Brookings India talks about economic growth, factors working against getting more women in Parliament and much more.
10) 4: The people who are keeping our planet alive, with Jim Skea and Minal Pathak
Can climate change be mitigated? Patrick French talks to climate scientists Jim Skea and Minal Pathak of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change about how they weigh the evidence on global warmi...Show More
4: The people who are keeping our planet alive, with Jim Skea and Minal Pathak
33:34 | Feb 16th, 2019