Brilliant Bruce Springsteen and Gulzarsaab stories about practice, about doing the small things right and how genius is hard work in Amit Varma's latest shorturl.at/atFU5

Populism is on an upsurge across the world.

It is a danger to democracy & civilisation.

But what does that term mean? What do populists everywhere have in common?

Ajay Shah & I lay out The Populist Playbook in episode 42 of Everything is Everything: youtube.com/watch?v=6PZKyB…

One of my favourite episodes!

My favourite line - ‘The public sector has a skill deficit, the private sector has a trust deficit and the NGO sector has a scale deficit’. Neatly sums up so many issues! 😌

Populism is on an upsurge across the world.

It is a danger to democracy & civilisation.

But what does that term mean? What do populists everywhere have in common?

Ajay Shah & I lay out The Populist Playbook in episode 42 of Everything is Everything: youtube.com/watch?v=6PZKyB…

If you haven't yet seen Ajay Shah & I talk about four papers we love, do watch, it was much fun shooting it: youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3818…

We also discussed Wittgenstein's masturbation. Why would you want to miss that?

What a great episode! So much insight, so much inspiration!

We often think of academic papers as boring—but papers contain ideas, & ideas change the world.

Ajay Shah & I talk about four papers that mean a lot to us in episode 41 of Everything is Everything: youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3818…

(Three papers & an essay, actually. Kindly adjust!) 🙂

When he travels, he's a man of reflection.

When he creates, he's a man of action.

Utsav Mamoria joins me in episode 376 of The Seen and the Unseen to chat about his philosophy towards travel, creating and life: seenunseen.in/episodes/2024/…

So much to think about in this one! 🙂

Time to re-up this: Amit Varma Ajay Shah

The importance of how the price of a wicket varies from format to format.

youtu.be/ySnSEQwyBJ4?si…

Amit Varma Ajay Shah what an amazing episode.

Best 46 mins (and maybe 46 days in the rabbit hole) you will spend - youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3818…

This is a public service.

Well done, @rukmini & co!

Finally, after much urging, the good Prem Panicker has made his Substack debut: prempanicker.substack.com/p/60-days

And he's promised daily updates. 🙂

Essential listening on Government and policy. Another great episode. So many TILs !