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Who Is Malala?

The Cult of the Teenage Messiah

How the world turned Malala Yousafzai into a brand of hope while letting real change slip by.

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Hot Girls For Walkable Cities

The Utopia of the Livable City

Marry Me Not

The End of the Marriage Plot

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Society

Diana Edulji on Women's Cricket in India

From the DD archives: Diana Edulji on paving the way for women's cricket.

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Power

We're Reading Arundhati Roy Badly

AI Slop

The Missing Link

Browse Podcast Series

EP 06The Missing Link

Colonialism and The Gut

EP 05The Missing Link

Oceans and Memories

EP 04The Missing Link

Black Holes and Bodies

EP 03The Missing Link

Immortality and The Hydra

EP 02The Missing Link

Machines and Masculinity

EP 01The Missing Link

Butterflies and Borders

Power

Who Has the Right to the Seas?

India and Sri Lanka remain trapped in a marine geo-conflict over the fishing economy. Who suffers most when the waters are under siege?

Palestinian History

Lina Soualem on Archiving Palestine

Sex 2.0

Robots, Virtual Intimacy and Sex in Space. Is This the Future of Sex?

Forgotten Crimes

Ep 2: A Sensational Trial

Nobin’s murder trial and Madhavchandra Giri’s adultery trial turned into spectator sports in Bengal. But was justice served?

Unbollywood

When Did Bollywood Abandon the Farmer?

Sleazy Chic

How We Loved and Lost the Black Turtleneck

Respectfully Disagree

Why Do We Love Rich People Dramas?

Why do we love Schitt's Creek and why does The Menu miss the mark? This week on 'Respectfully Disagree', we discuss class, opulence, and the optics of wealth.

In Retrospect

On 'Newstrack,' or Digital News Before Digital News

Society

Who Wants to Live Forever?

Objectified

The Story of The Bindi

In this episode, The Swaddle team explores the history of the bindi and how it has shaped debates around the appropriation of Hindu culture.

Unidentifying

I Have ADHD. Don't Call Me Neurodivergent.

In militantly insisting that they (we) simply be custom “accommodated” in a broken system, the neurodivergence movement is, paradoxically, guilty of considering the system faultless.

Society

Will Thirst Save Our Democracy?

post-nuclear culture apocalypse

The National Film Awards, Face-Shapewear, and Why Nothing Makes Sense

Society

We look at the creation of zombies, Voodoo practices, and capitalist American appropriation. ‘The Rewind’ is The Swaddle’s short series exploring lesser-known histories and how they relate to our lives today.