Postcards From Nowhere with Utsav Mamoria Podcast
1) How a failed musician gave rise to Journalling
If youâre even remotely interested in mental health, youâd have heard about the benefits of journalling. While it may seem like an obvious thing today to put your feelings down on paper, the positive ...Show More
2) How Modern Accounting Invented the Sketchbook
Happy New Year! In the first episode of 2025, we travel back to Florence in the medieval ages, and how the adoption of double-entry system of accounting inadvertantly led to the rise of sketching, and...Show More
3) Why did we Evolve to Become Funny?
Did you know that no other animal really laughs? The closest to laughing is the "play sounds" that some apes make when tickled. So then how come humans laugh? And why did we evolve to wield and percei...Show More
4) Why Men Cannot See As Many Colours
In this episode, we explore the connection between language and the perception of colour, and why colours may not be as black and white as we imagine them to be. For instance, the sky wasnât observed ...Show More
5) How the Japanese Yakuza birthed the Video Game Industry
In this episode, we trace the unexpected origins of video gamesâin the notorious Japanese crime syndicate, the Yakuza. Tune in to find out how a lost Portuguese ship that stumbled on Japanese shores a...Show More
6) Behind the Japanese Obsession with Perfection
In this episode, we travel to medieval Japan to trace the origins of Kodawari, or the Japanese pursuit of perfection, that is still proudly held by artists, artisans, fashion designers, and chefs in t...Show More
7) The Art of Spying on Whales
In this episode we talk about the magnificent elusive creatures who can hold their breath for over a hundred minutes, who possess a sound-based navigation system thatâs better military systems, and wh...Show More
8) The Last Papermakers of Buddhism
Today, we explore the disappearing art of Buddhist papermaking in India, which is only practised by less than 10 Tibetan households in a remote village in Arunachal Pradesh. Invisible to the observer,...Show More
9) How a 17th Century Couple's Art Found Its Way into Radiohead and Coldplay
In this episode, we discuss the artistry behind something we across everywhere around us that we donât pay attention to: fonts. We trace the history of the couple in mid-18th century whose carefully h...Show More
10) How Ferment in English Middle Ages gave rise to Google Search
In this episode, we go back to a time when Science was considered blasphemy, reading was synonymous to reading the scriptures, and a University meant a religious guild, and trace the history of a refe...Show More