Podcast: Isn't all currency just pieces of paper?

Money has as much value as the giver and receiver agree to confer on it.

Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson

· Dec 19, 2016 · 03:30 pm

Podcast: Is liberty primarily a western notion?

Indian philosophy has been seeped with liberalism because of the metaphysics of polytheism that has been present in the subcontinent for millennia.

Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson

· Dec 05, 2016 · 03:30 pm

Podcast: Why India should not think in terms of equality or justice

Both are western concepts, imposing one overarching structure, while the Indian thought has always celebrated diversity, says Devdutt Pattanaik.

Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson

· Nov 22, 2016 · 08:30 pm

The Myth and Culture Podcast: Can you criticise India and still be a patriot?

Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson trace the the birth of nationalism.

Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson

· Oct 24, 2016 · 03:30 pm

Podcast: Why Bollywood lead actors are not cast in the same mould as heroes elsewhere

The classic concept of the hero going on a journey and being transformed is missing in our films.

Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson

· Oct 10, 2016 · 12:30 pm

Podcast: Can we Indians live without anger?

Is the path to social justice through rage? And can we even achieve it?

Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson

· Sep 26, 2016 · 03:30 pm

Podcast: What we lose when we lose the feminine instinct

When did aggression become the global default mode and when did compassion become deglamourised?

Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson

· Sep 12, 2016 · 03:30 pm

Podcast: Is democracy about equality or authority?

Do societies really believe in equality?

Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson

· Aug 29, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Podcast: Can freedom of speech and political correctness go hand-in-hand?

At a time when noisy debates make for prime time TV and people jostle between offending and being offended, we look at how India lost its capacity for dialogue.

Devadutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson

· Aug 13, 2016 · 10:45 am