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The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

by Amit Varma

The Seen and the Unseen, hosted by Amit Varma, features longform conversations that aim to give deep insights into the subjects being discussed. Timeless and bingeworthy.

100 episodes
EN language
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1
Ep 439: Janhavi Nilekani Threw the Other Shoe
4:03:14 Mar 9, 2026
2
Ep 438: V Ravichandar is Heading North by Northwest
4:06:44 Feb 23, 2026
3
Ep 437: Gautam John is Figuring it Out
4:12:49 Feb 9, 2026
4
Ep 436: Rukmini and the Numbers
2:50:33 Jan 26, 2026
5
Ep 435: A Primer on China
3:47:57 Jan 12, 2026
6
Ep 434: An Ode to Meanderness
2:55:19 Dec 29, 2025
7
Ep 433: The Life and Times of the Takshashila Institution
3:48:34 Dec 15, 2025
8
Ep 432: Vasant Dhar's Lifetime in Artificial Intelligence
3:27:40 Dec 1, 2025
9
Ep 431: Ghazala Wahab and the Hindi Heartland
3:39:18 Nov 17, 2025
10
Ep 430: Aneesh Pradhan: A Life in Hindustani Music
4:46:03 Nov 3, 2025
11
Ep 429: Rudraneil Sengupta is Embedded
3:25:58 Oct 20, 2025
12
Ep 428: The Solitary Writer Meets the Impossible Man
4:24:26 Oct 6, 2025
13
Ep 427: The Boy Who Loved Cricket -- The Vijay Lokapally Story
3:41:11 Sep 22, 2025
14
Ep 426: The Life and Music of Shubha Mudgal
4:45:55 Sep 8, 2025
15
Ep 425: The Life and Times of Gurcharan Das
7:54:14 Aug 25, 2025
16
Ep 424: Gitanjali Babbar and the Didis of GB Road
3:55:28 Aug 11, 2025
17
Ep 423: Minar Pimple's Life in Social Work
9:24:54 Jul 28, 2025
18
Ep 422: The Past and Present of Cricket
3:00:19 Jul 14, 2025
19
Ep 421: Ira Mukhoty's Quest for Unseen Histories
6:04:22 Jun 30, 2025
20
Ep 420: Siddhartha Basu Is in the Hot Seat
4:10:06 Jun 16, 2025
21
Ep 419: India's MSME Landscape -- Some Useful Frameworks
4:40:23 Jun 2, 2025
22
Ep 418: What Just Happened Between India & Pakistan?
2:29:46 May 19, 2025
23
Ep 417: Caste and the Census
2:15:39 May 5, 2025
24
Ep 416: Kavitha Rao Chases Chatto and Roy
2:55:15 Apr 28, 2025
25
Ep 415: Ramki and the Ocean of Stories
4:49:24 Apr 14, 2025
26
Ep 414 : The Spectacular Life of Prahlad Kakar
3:37:11 Mar 31, 2025
27
Ep 413: Shaheen Mistri Goes to School
3:12:53 Mar 17, 2025
28
Ep 412: Probal DasGupta Goes to the Himalayas With Books in His Bag
6:03:17 Mar 3, 2025
29
Ep 411: Vishal Nevatia Finds His True North
4:46:27 Feb 17, 2025
30
Ep 410: Shruti Rajagopalan Remembers the Angle of the Light
6:48:00 Feb 2, 2025
31
Ep 409: Salil Tripathi and the Gujaratis
6:13:50 Jan 20, 2025
32
Ep 408: Amitava Kumar Finds His Gulmohar Tree
2:49:35 Jan 6, 2025
33
Ep 407: Sarbpreet Singh Finds His Sikhism
4:31:56 Dec 23, 2024
34
Ep 406: Sathya Saran and the Shaping of the Indian Woman
3:30:54 Dec 9, 2024
35
Ep 405: The Forces That Shaped Hinduism
5:53:01 Nov 25, 2024
36
Ep 404: Part 2: Devdutt Pattanaik and the Stories That Shape Us
6:09:30 Nov 12, 2024
37
Ep 404: Part 1: Devdutt Pattanaik and the Stories That Shape Us
5:59:59 Nov 12, 2024
38
Ep 404: Devdutt Pattanaik and the Stories That Shape Us
12:08:38 Nov 11, 2024
39
Ep 403: Shikha Dalmia Is the Unpopulist
3:08:22 Oct 28, 2024
40
Ep 402: Ajay Shah Brings the Dreams of the 20th Century
10:26:59 Oct 14, 2024
41
Ep 401: Finding Love in Modern India
6:26:04 Sep 30, 2024
42
Ep 400: Life Lessons That Are Priceless
2:12:55 Sep 23, 2024
43
Ep 399: Divya Prakash Dubey: Ek Jeevani
6:40:03 Sep 16, 2024
44
Ep 398: Eve Fairbanks Examines a Fractured Society
4:21:42 Sep 9, 2024
45
Ep 397: Larry White and the First Principles of Money
4:04:59 Sep 2, 2024
46
Ep 396: Mohammed Zubair and Pratik Sinha Are Fighting for Us
5:20:50 Aug 26, 2024
47
Ep 395: Tanvi Madan Is the Kid Who Asked Why
4:15:13 Aug 19, 2024
48
Ep 394: Arnold Kling and the Four Languages of Politics
2:54:26 Aug 12, 2024
49
Ep 393: Amrita Agarwal Wants to Solve Healthcare
4:22:12 Aug 5, 2024
50
Ep 392: Biju Rao Won't Bow to Conventional Wisdom
3:54:19 Jul 29, 2024
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