In this episode, I start with a principle known as The Prime Directive from the Star Trek Universe. I then make an attempt to see this principle in a religious light thus trying to offer a possible explanation of origin of religious principles, their important and relevance even in today's day and age, dominated by science and technology.

In this episode, I share some thoughts about the dangers of quantification of human qualities. The episode is motivated by a recent trip and a description of what I observed during this trip forms a major component of this podcast.

In this episode, I talk about the importance of free speech and how it has been enabled and enhanced by many big tech companies and the platforms/services provided by them. Until of course, recently! I discuss how the major companies who may have once been considered champions of free speech, have now started hindering it.

In this ironically short episode, I comment on why I do not intend to deliberately restrict the lengths of my podcast episodes.

In this episode, I do some loud thinking on news, comedians and comedians who do news!

PS: Towards the end, I very confusingly say, "I am not against banning." This is a double negative by accident. I am against banning! It should be obvious from the next statement - "I believe in free speech."

We all have heard about E2E encryption and have soon begun to accept it as a private and secure form of communication. But is it really safe? What is needed in order to make E2E communication even safer? Enter Zero Knowledge Encryption. This podcast attempts to explain zero knowledge encryption in a non-technical and approachable manner.

Type 2 Diabetes is affecting more than a few hundred million people on the planet. What is the cause? What is the cure? In this episode we take a look at the disease in great detail, the many wrong assumptions and myths about it and more importantly - a cure!

Disclaimer: Not to be treated as medical advice.

Trivia: Recorded in a single 2.5 hour take! Please excuse voice, style and accent inconsistencies!

At the time of recording this episode, I am not being allowed by Google to access my Youtube account. I use this opportunity to comment on what happened. As a bonus, I explain how podcasts work and also offer thoughts on the banes of automation.

My thoughts on the unfortunately popular Whatsapp...