The Untold Stories
By Akshaya
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Episodes: 41
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In a world of specialists, "The Untold Stories" takes a generalist view of the human experience. Join me for explorations that connect the dots between seemingly unrelated fields, from science and art to business and philosophy on every alternate days. Follow to discover the perspectives you didn’t know you were missing.
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Air quality and brain health — how pollution is quietly damaging cognition
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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China’s String of Pearls Strategy — Beijing has established port agreements across South Asia, East Africa, and the Pacific in a quiet strategic arc.
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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The Singapore Housing Experiment That Housed 80% of Its Citizens in Government-Built Flats; it Works
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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The Planet Made Entirely of Diamond That Orbits a Pulsar 4,000 Light Years Away; PSRJ1719-1438b is the compressed remnant of a white dwarf. It's roughly the mass of Jupiter.
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Why People Make Better Decisions for Others Than for Themselves; Psychological distance makes you a better advisor than a participant. The bias is systematic and consistent across cultures.
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May 30, 2026 |
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The Gift Card Graveyard: $3 Billion Left Unspent Every Year; The gap between receiving a gift card and using it is called 'breakage.' Companies budget for it. You're funding it.
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May 29, 2026 |
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Humans Are Bioluminescent — We Just Glow Too Faintly to See.
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May 27, 2026 |
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How the Sneaker Industry Manufactured Its Own Scarcity; Nike dropped 500 pairs on purpose. The line was the product.
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May 25, 2026 |
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The Quiet War Being Fought Under the Ocean Right Now; Submarine cables power the internet. Someone keeps cutting them.
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May 23, 2026 |
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How AI Is Diagnosing Cancer Before Doctors Even Suspect It. A retinal scan now predicts heart disease with 90% accuracy.
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May 21, 2026 |
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Why Cats Were Worshipped in Ancient Egypt and Feared in Medieval Europe. One animal. Two civilizations. Two completely opposite conclusions.
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May 19, 2026 |
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How a Tiny Worm in Your Gut May Be Running Your Mood The microbiome-brain axis is stranger than anyone expected.
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May 17, 2026 |
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How Airport Lounges Print Money You Never See. The most profitable square footage in modern infrastructure.
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May 15, 2026 |
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Structural Batteries: Emerging tech is turning the actual frames of cars and laptops into batteries; instead of a separate battery pack, the carbon fiber structure itself stores the electrical energy.
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May 13, 2026 |
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Psychological safety at work — why motivation and recognition are the new productivity metrics.
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May 11, 2026 |
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Pacemakers Were Invented After a Wiring Mistake, Wilson Greatbatch grabbed the wrong resistor and accidentally built a heartbeat.
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May 09, 2026 |
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The Bangladesh model — how one of the world’s poorest nations became a garment superpower.
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May 07, 2026 |
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The 4-day workweek experiments — results from around the world.
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May 05, 2026 |
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Micro credentials vs. degrees — which one actually gets you hired in 2026?
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May 03, 2026 |
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The IKEA Effect; Why we value things more when we've assembled them ourselves — and what it means for design
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May 01, 2026 |
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Why Coca-Cola Is Cheaper Than Water in Mexico; Infrastructure, sugar subsidies, and the geography of thirst.
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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The "Accidental Rise of Botox": How a deadly toxin became a multi-billion dollar beauty tool.
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Banning Unsold Clothes Destruction: The EU banned the destruction of unsold apparel to promote a circular economy.
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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The "Broken Heart" Syndrome: The actual biological condition where emotional stress mimics a heart attack.
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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A janitor who built a Fortune 500 company.
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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The Unclaimed Baggage Center: Where all lost airline luggage goes to be sold.
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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Flying Electric Ferries: Stockholm's "flying" electric ferries have been declared a resounding success by Swedish transport authorities for reducing emissions on city waterways.
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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The Rentable Brain: A startup has begun renting access to living human brain cells grown on silicon chips for $300 a week.
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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The Mona Lisa's Mailbox: The painting has its own mailbox at the Louvre to handle the thousands of love letters it receives.
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Hyperloop Trials: China is moving forward with a Hyperloop train designed to exceed 1,000 km/h in 2026.
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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Kodak – The company that invented digital cameras… but ignored its own future.
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment – Delayed gratification and success
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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China’s Ghost City Experiment, ‘Ordos’ - The City That Waited
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Life In The Metaverse – The Future Of Digital Worlds
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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The Billion Dollar Fraud ; Rise And Fall Of Theranos.
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Varosha - The Luxury City Abandoned Overnight.
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Auroville - The City Without Money | India’s Real-Life Utopia Experiment
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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MKDecoded - Breaking Down The Most Secret Experiment In History.
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Claudette Colvin - The Teenager Who Refused Before Rosa Parks.
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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The Town Inside One Building - Whittier Alaska.
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Mansa Musa - The Richest Person Ever
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Mar 11, 2026 |