Material Analysis Podcast
1) Episode 33 - Sedition
In this episode, Chandu, Bela, and Pramod historicise the concept of sedition and laws made on it, the fundamentally antisocialist nature of these laws, the history of various colonial laws on seditio...Show More
2) Episode 32 - Malthus
In this episode, Chandu and Bela discuss the proposed population control bill from the Indian state of UP, what it is like as a policy, the history of population control, and its politics.
3) Episode 31 - The Second Wave
In this episode, Chandu and Dhileep discuss the medical emergency of the second wave of the covid pandemic hitting India, and the political-economic causes of the same Note: When this episode was rec...Show More
4) Episode 30 - Retrospective
As was characteristic of 2020, even its recap is three months late. Chandu, Pramod, and Bela talk about their feelings about last year, and recap some major and some not so major events that happened
5) Episode 29 - Hatred
In this episode, Bela, Pinky, Dhileep, and Chandu discuss the political production and reproduction of hatred and how to think about it systematically.
6) Episode 28 - Food
After taking a month long break the pod is back. In this episode, Pinky, Bela, Pramod, and Chandu deviate from their usual political analysis and talk about something they rather like, food! They disc...Show More
7) Episode 27 - Police Brutality
In this episode, Dhileep and Chandu discuss police brutality, abolition and justice, in context of police violence from Tamil Nadu to the United States
8) Episode 26 - Amphan
In this episode, Pramod, Bela, and Chandu discuss the cyclone Amphan and the response to it Amphan relief contacts and details: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BmyPazZDnhSXLQ-UzCnLlDPuRUwDmaA...Show More
9) Episode 25 - Don't Fear the Reaper
Bonus episode for May Day In this episode, Bela, Chandu, and Pinky talk about the cultural and artistic depiction of pandemics and plagues in various ages and societies Music: Danse Macabre Painting...Show More
10) Episode 24 - Blackpill
In this episode, Pramod, Bela, Chandu, Shiuli, and Dhileep talk about the asinine and baffling month long mismanagement of the pandemic, and the political conundrum therein Happy May Day