Akshar Patel of the Emissary joins the podcast to talk about caste, religion, farm laws, elections, political ideology, and more in modern India. Jacob and Akshar explore what caste really means, how religion and caste affect Indian politics, and explore Akshar’s idea of Ideologues v. Identitarians in Indian politics. They apply some of these insights […]

On the rocky banks of South India’s Tungabhadra River, an enormous ruined city lies crumbling… In this episode, we look at the Vijayanagara Empire of Southern India, a civilization that has all but faded from memory in many parts of the world. Find out how this remarkable society rose up out of an age of […]