The Morning Brief

From national headlines to hidden local gems, TMB has covered it all. Groundbreaking reports, trendspotting ahead of the curve – we've been your ears to the ground for 500 episodes!

To celebrate this milestone, we got you the whole team behind your favourite podcast in a candid freewheeling conversation about the audio stories they loved to tell during the year gone by. And the work that went into telling those stories. 

Listen to this fun conversation among the hosts of The Morning Brief podcast as they share behind the scenes and their experiences!

This incredible journey wouldn't be possible without YOU, our amazing listeners. We have had your ears, attention, and engagement through our journey. 

We would also like to hear from you! What have been your favorite episodes? What topics would you like us to explore in the future? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Here's to the next 500 episodes and beyond!

Don't miss out on the episodes that our hosts are talking about in this episode:

• Anupriya Nair on Jio Financial: What's Behind Ambani's Lending Ambition?
• Arijit Barman on Gautam Adani: Dharavi's New Dada
• Anirban Chowdhury on Fatigued & Flying: Why tired pilots are a wake-up call?
• Apoorva Mittal on Vile & Viral: Growing Toxic Work Culture
• Dia Rekhi on Business of Sleaze: The Dark Side of Live Streaming?
• Kalpana Pathak on The Uncertain Fate Of Asia’s Largest Refinery
• Kiran Somvanshi on Watch What You Eat?
• Mugdha Variyar on AI Gets Schooled
• Nidhi Sharma on Elections & Extremism: Ground report on the push for polling in the Naxal-infested Bastar
• Prachi Verma on Inside the High-Stakes World of IIT Placements
• Ratna Bhushan on Coca-Cola’s Mega Marketing Transformation
• Shabori Das on The Karobar of a Bar
• Shefali Bhatt on Nike to Plaeto: Legendary Designer Focuses on Indian Sneaker Heads and many more episodes here!

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The placement pressure is on! Is Job Mela going to give a jolt of joy? Host Prachi Verma travels to the high-stakes world of IIT placements as she speaks to students, and placement directors to gauge the sentiment far more muted than last year. Those in charge of placements reveal the new pressure and change in strategy to attract new recruiters as the lists get lighter. 

In this episode, Prachi Verma talks to:

• Dr Dhiraj K. Mahajan, Head of Training & Placement, IIT Ropar, 
• Dr Lalit Mohan Pandey, Head of Centre for Career Development at IIT Guwahati,
• Sreeradha Basu, Senior Assistant Editor, ET 

Tune in as we take you through the pressure inside IIT placement cells. 

Check out the other interesting episodes like Long Work Hours: Productive or Punitive?, The Great Indian Job Jhol, Vile & Viral: Growing Toxic Work Culture, ESOP Fables: Risks and Rewards, and more!

You can follow Prachi Verma on her social media: Twitter and Linkedin

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The Singhania scandal and saga may be the headlines right now but Indian family feuds have seen showbiz scale drama over the past 2 decades. As siblings and spouses squabble, the silent sufferers are the shareholders. In this episode Host Kiran Somvanshi questions the role of the board and regulation that needs to step in to ensure living room battles don't impact the boardroom. Weighing in on the matter industry veteran Harsh Mariwala, Chairman - Marico and advisor to many family settlements Ketan Dalal, Managing Director - Katalyst Advisors, Tune in!

If you like this episode, listen to more such conversations on TMB : The Hinduja hullabaloo, Does Infy need a Gen Next reboot?, Royalty Raj: HUL reopens Pandora's Box, ITC Demerger Drama: A Party-Spoiler for Investors & Much more

You can follow our host Kiran Somvanshi on her social media: Twitter & Linkedin

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India's informal waste management sector is a $100 bn opportunity. Recykal, a B2B tech startup, is trying to disrupt through a digital marketplace for the sale and purchase of trash. Tune in as ET’s Shishir Prasad and Richa Sharma speak to Recykal founder Abhay Deshpande to understand the marketplace for scrap, what caught the eye of marquee investors Morgan Stanley and Singapore-based Circulate Capital, among others and what it takes it to really clean up the mess. Listen to the latest episode of The Morning Brief podcast!

If you like The Corner Office Conversations, check out some interesting chats with Sam Altman, Nithin Kamath, Mithun Sacheti,  Adam Selipsky and a whole lot more!

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The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) kicks off in Dubai, marked by rising temperatures, a global energy crisis and conflicting climate goals due to changing priorities. The planet briefly breached the 2-degree Celsius warming threshold just ahead of the summit. Meanwhile, several nations have slowed down on their climate commitments, while India has proposed to increase coal production to meet rising demand. And, this could also very be the COP of irony, as The UAE, the host of COP28, reportedly plans to discuss fossil fuel deals alongside climate talks. Will COP28 be a turning point for climate action or another cop-out? Host Mugdha Variyar talks to 

• Urmi Goswami, ET’s resident climate and environment expert 
• Dhanpal Jhaveri, Vice Chairman & CEO, Everstone Group and EverSource Capital

Tune in!

If you like this episode, dive into additional episodes from The Morning Brief, delving into the same compelling topic: Is Climate Change Making You ill?, El Niño: Little Boy, Big Trouble, Investing in Earth - Earth Day Special, Are we also living in a Joshimath?, Ban vs Pause: The Plastic Dilemma, India plays bad cop to the developed world at COP27, and more! 

You can follow Mugdha Variyar on her social media: Twitter and Linkedin

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The Tata Group has a lot riding on the success of Air India. The original founder of the airline got it back in 2022 after 67 years of govt ownership. Since then, it has put its might behind shoring up the carrier’s fortunes-from placing a historic order of 470 Airbus and Boeing planes and putting in place a multi-billion dollar 5 year transformation programme, to appointing a top management team with global aviation experience. But legacy issues accumulated over two decades continue to haunt the carrier, even as it fast becomes one player in a fast forming airline duopoly in India. CEO and Managing Director Campbell Wilson tells host Anirban Chowdhury how he and his team are balancing the current challenges at Air India with its immense future potential. Listen to the latest episode of The Morning Brief podcast!


If you like this episode from Anirban Chowdhury, check out his other interesting episodes on Fatigued & Flying: Why tired pilots are a wake-up call, Vizhinjam Port: Can Adani make India a global shipping hub?, Bhilai to Burj: The Rs. 5,000 Cr Bollywood Studded Mahadev Book Scam and more!

You can follow Anirban Chowdhury on his social media: Twitter and Linkedin 

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In an age of shorter attention spans and higher health hazards, Coca-Cola is rewriting its marketing mantra as the 136-year-old beverage behemoth faces fast-moving and changing Gen Z. In an exclusive conversation, Manolo Arroyo, Global CMO of Coca-Cola Co. spills the beans to host Ratna Bhushan on the future of fizz and using AI to overhaul capturing consumer attention. 

If you like this episode from Ratna Bhushan, check out other interesting episodes on The Hard Battle for Soft Drinks, Brand Battles: Locals Vs The Giants, Cheeni Kum: The Bitter Truth of Aspartame and more! 

You can follow Ratna Bhushan on her social media: Twitter and Linkedin.

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Lace-up, Sneakerheads! We know you’ve got a Nike pair. But what if we told you we sat down with the man behind some of those kicks? Aaron Cooper, a former Nike designer, took us through his journey crafting sneakers for legends like Serena Williams, Michael Jordan and LeBron James. From responding to fan mails addressed to his office at Nike to taking on a new role as the Chief Design Mentor at Plaeto – an Indian footwear company, Aaron has remained passionate about affordable and empathetic design. Tune in to the latest episode of The Morning Brief podcast hosted by Shephali Bhatt for an insider's view on sneaker culture.

Check out the other interesting episodes like Copy vs Copyright: Whose Content Is It Anyway?, Brand SRK: The Baazigar of Bollywood, The Karobar of a Bar, Battle of the Bikes: Harley Davidson vs Royal Enfield, Game of 'Threads’, and more!

You can follow Shephali Bhatt on her social media: Instagram, Twitter and Linkedin

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Two decades after TCS, the Tata Group returns to Dalal Street with its 30th company ready to be listed. The investor interest is soaring much above the price band which is fixed at ₹475 to ₹500 per equity share. But aside from the ‘Tata Premium’ what does Tata Tech offer? What is the business model? Is Tata Motors being the promoter and biggest client a risk or a boost?  Why should an investor pick it over group competitor Tata Elxsi or KPIT? Tune in as Tata Tech CEO, Warren K. Harris breaks it down to ET’s Anupriya Nair and Ashutosh Shyam in the latest episode of The Morning Brief podcast.

If you like The Corner Office Conversations, check out some interesting chats with Sam Altman, Nithin Kamath, Mithun Sacheti,  Adam Selipsky and a whole lot more!

You can follow our host, Anupriya Nair on her social media: Twitter & LinkedIn.

You can follow Ashutosh Shyam on Linkedin

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The Tribals protesting road development, miles through the jungle to reach a polling station and Election Workers being air-dropped and picked for security! Get the ground report tales for what it takes to do polls in Naxal-infested Bastar with host Nidhi Sharma along with Anubhuti Vishnoi and Rahul Tripathi from ET’s political bureau. Tune in!

Check out the other interesting episodes like Caste Census: Data for Development or a Political Ploy?, State Elections 2023: The Political Playbook You Need to Know, The Young Chanakyas of Elections 2024, and more!

You can follow our host Nidhi Sharma on her social media: Twitter & Linkedin

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