Episodes

  • #7 - Deepak Shenoy's Money Wise - Books from Abhinav - Abhinav's podcast
    Nov 28 2021

    In this episode, I discuss Deepak Shenoy's new book, Money Wise: Timeless lessons on building wealth.

    The book is available here - https://amzn.to/3cZ8Rhw

    The lessons I learnt from Morgan Housel's Psychology of Money are available here - https://ahansaraman.in/2021/07/24/psychology-of-money/

    Check out Deepak's podcast on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7KRnGSkSGnqn1eUiFUrUqJ?si=kfAP96J6TEWCbzsKu_7Ktg

    This is a great introduction to Deepak on Amit Varma's The Seen and the Unseen - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5xFbocWc37lfRTtPPHmzbu?si=gedtgHdQQzaloxJKVWQ-bg

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    5 mins
  • #6 Randall Munroe's What if? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
    Nov 20 2021

    Randall was a roboticist at NASA before moving on to making webcomics (XKCD). I look at his book which answers weird questions like whether you can stir up tea fast enough to heat it, whether if all Britons united, they could paddle their little island, and more.

    The book is available here - https://amzn.to/3DGuUFi.

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    4 mins
  • #5 - Malcolm Gladwell's David & Goliath - underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants.
    Oct 30 2021

    I review Malcolm Gladwell's David & Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the art of battling giants. I also discuss the etymology of eavesdropping.

    I discuss similar books on my blog - ahansaraman.in and my newsletter - ahansaraman.substack.com.

    Check out this Ted talk by Gladwell on Choice, Happiness and Spaghetti Sauce - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIiAAhUeR6Y.

    Some of his books are:

    David & Goliath - https://amzn.to/3GKSp22.

    Outliers - https://amzn.to/3nKA2kS.

    Tipping Point - https://amzn.to/3nGjRFi.

    This podcast is also available on Youtube, Google Podcasts and wherever you get your favourite podcasts.

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    7 mins
  • #4 - Michael Lewis' The Big Short
    Oct 22 2021

    I discuss Michael Lewis's The Big Short and share some trivia on the discovery of Sucralose.

    The Big Short is available here - https://amzn.to/3C1Ynst

    Gregory Zuckerman's The Greatest Trade Ever is available here - https://amzn.to/3nh2pqU

    I blog frequently here - https://ahansaraman.wordpress.com and run a newsletter here - https://ahansaraman.substack.com

    This podcast is also available on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/47W5Vih0caDIrtWNIh3zdy?si=_v3xwlkHTnSqiTXYWv5AKw ), Google Podcasts, and wherever you get your favourite podcasts from.

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    6 mins
  • #3 - Jeffrey Archer's Over my Dead Body
    Oct 16 2021

    I discuss Archer's latest instalment in the William Warwick series, what worked for me, what didn't, and how Bayer created a mind-'blowing' alternative to cold medicine.

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    6 mins
  • #2 - Manu Pillai's The Courtesan, The Mahatma & The Italian Brahmin
    Oct 9 2021

    I discuss Manu's book on interesting stories from multiple centuries, why he is an enjoyable author, and how a tyre manufacturer flipped the food industry.

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    8 mins
  • Pilot
    Oct 1 2021

    I discuss Give and Take by Adam Grant and on when rational customers would pay more for a second hand good than for a fresh mint condition good.

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    14 mins
  • Trailer - Abhinav's Podcast
    Sep 25 2021

    I discuss books, trivia and more. Created as part of the Podcast Lab, organised by the India Film Project and Anchor by Spotify.

    In today's episode, I discuss Adam Grant's Give and Take and when rational customers would pay more for a used good.

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    1 min