Gopal MS, who documents Mumbai under the social media handle @SloganMurugan, and sociologist Ishita Dey explain what smell can tell us about our cities and what it says about us.

Author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explains why he feels chat models and AI do a poor job of interpreting our myths and faiths.

Behishta Khairuddin talks to TOI's Manash Gohain about how she completed her masters in chemical engineering from IIT-Madras, which included making a lab at home using her sister's microwave and borrowed beakers.

TOI journalist and author of When Ardh Satya Met Himmatwala, Avijit Ghosh, talks about why he takes a kinder view of 1980s Hindi films, a decade marked by many big changes.

Subodh Jain, a former member of the Railway Board, and author-railway historian Arup Chatterjee join us to understand the issues raised by the train accident in Odisha that left 275 dead.

Prof Sanjay Kumar, co-director of Lokniti, talks about their latest survey that assesses what people think of the biggest issues. He also explains what opposition parties may still be getting wrong.

Olympian swimmer Nisha Millet talks about what the wrestlers' protest has achieved, her own experience of sexual harassment as an athlete and why she won't stay silent about the protest.

TOI's Akaash Dasgupta joins us to talk about the IPL season, that dramatic finale and what happens if Dhoni doesn't turn up to play next year.

Bimal Patel, the architect and urban planner behind the Central Vista project that includes the new Parliament building, talks about why most people will be pleasantly surprised by his work and the perils of working in polarised times.

Journalist and activist Jatin Desai talks to TOI's Bhavika Jain about how hundreds of fishermen keep getting jailed for venturing into Pakistan and how things can be improved.