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Shreya Dasgupta Mar 17, 2023

New episode of climate mini-series
Part 1 explored if we can pick a climate safe location for your home. Part 2 looks at how to climate proof your home and neighbourhood.
We explore:
🏡 What have cities and individuals done in the past to protect homes+neighbourhoods from climate extremes?
🏡 How can we reimagine future homes+neighbourhoods?

Listen on any podcast app

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LgpNXt5GJZktZwhSO93n4
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/s2e9-how-to-climate-proof-your-home-part-2-of/id1571010526?i=1000604409917

#science #climatechange #india #climate

S2E9 How to climate-proof your home [Part-2 of climate mini-series]

Listen to this episode from Imagined Tomorrow on Spotify. In this episode, we’re taking on a future you may not be able to choose and move to a climate safe location. Maybe it's a job you can't leave, or you can't afford to move, or there aren't many climate safe locations to pick from. How can you then keep your home, your neighbourhood safe from climate impacts? This is Part-2 of a 3-Part Climate mini-series. In this, experts take us through how an Indian city is learning to deal with climate extremes and poor city planning; and how current and future homes and neighbourhoods can be reimagined for future climate. Experts we spoke to for this episode (in order of appearance): Gopikrishna Warrier, managing editor at Mongabay India. Rajesh Kumar Chauhan, building contractor. Dr. Siddharth Singh, author of The Great Smog of India, which is a book on India’s air pollution crisis, and a researcher of energy transitions and climate action. Dr. Harini Nagendra, an ecologist who leads Azim Premji University's Center for Climate Change and Sustainability. People who helped make this episode: Imagined Tomorrow is created and hosted by Shreya Dasgupta. Theme music, sound design and editing by Abhijit Shylanath. Draft edits by Abhishek Madan. Thanks to Parvathy Nair, Parni Ray and Nihira Ram for their help. Get in touch via Twitter or email [email protected]. Transcript | References | Sound Credits: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR7vj2zUx9kSrGf1iAHXBgDKdHN0PakBajQslx3wI9Oib7PKewZAGSOLN623BpYSVYNZ5r9ZngpD3zE/pub

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Shreya Dasgupta Mar 10, 2023

*New episode of Imagined Tomorrow podcast*
Can you pick a climate-safe location for your home (in India)?  
🏡 What science would it take to know climate impacts for each neighbourhood in an Indian city?
🏡 And how can hyper-local climate data help(/harm)?

Hear from climate scientists Dr. Roxy Koll, Dr. Indu Murthy & Dr. Siddharth Singh + science editor Sandhya Ramesh.

Links
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/09ssxuKE9oFCQvmkbzvyOP
Others: https://linktr.ee/imaginedtomorrow

#science #climatechange #india #climate #climatecrisis

S2E8 Can you pick a climate-safe home? [Part-1 of climate mini-series]

Listen to this episode from Imagined Tomorrow on Spotify. How do you pick a home in a location that's safe from the unpredictable effects of climate change? Can scientists tell us what climate impacts each neighbourhood in an Indian city will see? In this episode, experts take us through what it would take to make hyper-local climate forecasts for city neighbourhoods, so you can choose a climate safe location to live in. We also see what we already know about future impacts and what we can do in the absence of forecast data. This is Part-1 of a Three-Part Climate mini-series. Experts we spoke to for this episode (in order of appearance): Sandhya Ramesh, Science Editor at The Print. Dr. Roxy Mathew Koll, a Climate Scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Dr. Indu Murthy, head of the Climate Environment and Sustainability sector at the Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy, a research-based policy think tank in Bangalore. Dr. Siddharth Singh, author of The Great Smog of India, which is a book on India’s air pollution crisis, and a researcher of energy transitions and climate action. People who helped make this episode: Imagined Tomorrow is created and hosted by Shreya Dasgupta. Theme music, sound design and editing by Abhijit Shylanath. Draft edits by Abhishek Madan. Abhishek and Abhijit voiced the characters in the fictional phone call. Thanks to Parvathy Nair, Parni Ray and Nihira Ram for their help. Get in touch via Twitter or email [email protected]. Transcript | References | Sound credits: Here Disclaimer: The names, characters, and incidents portrayed in the fictional story of S2E8 of Imagined Tomorrow are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred.

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Shreya Dasgupta Mar 1, 2023

*NEW EPISODE of Imagined Tomorrow* #podcast

What if, hypothetically, Jury Trials came back to our courts?

Join us, as we take you through a bit of history of jury trials in India, and a bit of speculation about the future, where lawyer and bioethicist Rohin Bhatt shares their thoughts on whether jury trials can ever have a place in India, or if it’s just a bad idea.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/204HZZUfj22qBoINrvsKRT

YouTube/ApplePodcasts/Others: https://linktr.ee/imaginedtomorrow

#india #podcast #history

S2E7 Can we see Jury Trials in India again? | Short

Listen to this episode from Imagined Tomorrow on Spotify. In the last episode, we explored what if Indian courts used Artificial Intelligence or AI. This episode, we flip this, and ask - What if we got more people into our courts, and got jury trials back? Can it work, or is it a bad idea? Rohin Bhatt, a human rights lawyer and bioethicist, helps us through this thought experiment. We cover two things: A bit of history to see what jury trials looked like in India in the past. And then, we find out why jury trials may, or may not, work in India. People who helped make this episode: Imagined Tomorrow is created and hosted by Shreya Dasgupta. Theme music, sound design and editing by Abhijit Shylanath. Script edits, re-listens by Abhishek Madan. Research help by Parvathy Nair. Get in touch with us at [email protected]. You can also follow us on YouTube. Transcript and references: Coming soon.

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Shreya Dasgupta Feb 23, 2023

*New Episode of Imagined Tomorrow*

What If Indian Courts Had AI?
What can this AI-legal future look like? What should it not?

You'll hear from lawyer and scifi writer Gautam Bhatia, lawyer Ameen Jauhar & Dr. Saptarshi Ghosh of IIT Kharagpur - a big thank you to them!

Listen:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5qnYtzRGMXnp12vhKpjfrh 
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/s2e6-what-if-indian-courts-had-ai/id1571010526?i=1000601189734 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz1GbxdP59U 
Others: https://linktr.ee/imaginedtomorrow
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5qnYtzRGMXnp12vhKpjfrh 

#podcast #science #ai #india #sciencefiction

S2E6 What if Indian courts had AI?

Listen to this episode from Imagined Tomorrow on Spotify. Indian courts are tricky to navigate - after all it's all humans handling the endless sea of rules, procedures and formalities. Humans who can be intelligent and compassionate. Also, humans who can be slow, and prone to mistakes and biases. But what if there was artificial intelligence (AI) to help out? In this episode, we find out: What can AI do for the Indian judiciary and what should it not? How easy would it be to have an AI-powered legal future? And what are some things we should be wary about? Experts we spoke to for the episode: Ameen Jauhar, a Senior Resident Fellow at the Vidhi Center for Legal Policy. Dr. Saptarshi Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Gautam Bhatia, a constitutional lawyer and a science fiction writer and editor. People who helped make this episode: Imagined Tomorrow is created and hosted by Shreya Dasgupta. Theme music, sound design and editing by Abhijit Shylanath. Draft edits by Abhishek Madan. Shivalika and Abhijit voiced the characters in the fictional phone call. Parvathy Nair helped with the fiction piece and the research. Nihira Ram helped with the production. Get in touch via Twitter, or email [email protected]. Have a question for us about how we make the episodes? Write to us, and we will answer them in our final episode of this season. Transcript and references: Find here. Disclaimer: The names, characters, and incidents portrayed in the fictional story of S2E6 of Imagined Tomorrow are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred.

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Shreya Dasgupta Feb 20, 2023

T R Shankar Raman (has moved)Feb 8, 2023

The next webinar of the Ecological Restoration Alliance-India #eraindia on "Experience with Ecological #Restoration of Degraded #Mangroves in Indian #Sundarbans" will be an online talk by Dr Krishna Ray on Zoom: 21st February, 4:00- 5:00 pm. Register here on our website: https://era-india.org/event/experience-with-ecological-restoration-of-degraded-mangroves-in-indian-sundarbans/

Experience with Ecological Restoration of Degraded Mangroves in Indian Sundarbans - ERA India

About the project Dr. Krishna Ray and her team have been working on ecological restoration of degraded mangrove patches outside the protected areas in

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Shreya Dasgupta Feb 16, 2023

*New Episode of Imagined Tomorrow*

What If We Had To Live Inside Clean Air Domes?

🏙️What would these domes look like?
🏙️Where would we build them?
🏙️Who gets to live inside these domes?

You'll hear from: Dr. Pallavi Pant, Dr. Rohit Negi, Mr. Jai Dhar Gupta

Listen:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ieVdq3tLHc18LZatRCGdX
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/s2e5-living-inside-a-clean-air-dome/id1571010526?i=1000599845636
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj5r6HLGfcM
Others: https://linktr.ee/imaginedtomorrow
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ieVd

Sound + editing by @mudeth
#india #science #podcast #environment

S2E5 Living inside a clean air dome

Listen to this episode from Imagined Tomorrow on Spotify. This episode, we take on a thought experiment — The air outside is getting so polluted that people in Indian cities start living inside clean air domes. What would these clean air domes look like? Where would we build them? And who gets to live inside these domes? Experts we spoke to for the episode: Dr. Rohit Negi, an associate professor at Ambedkar University, Delhi. Dr. Pallavi Pant, Air quality scientists based in Boston. Mr. Jai Dhar Gupta, clean air activist and entrepreneur. Mr. Rajat Sodhi, architect and founder of the Bubbles Project. People who helped make this episode: Imagined Tomorrow is created and hosted by Shreya Dasgupta. Theme music, sound design and editing by Abhijit Shylanath. Draft edits by Abhishek Madan. Shivalika and Abhijit voiced the characters in the fictional ad. Parni Ray co-wrote the fiction piece and helped with the research. Parvathy Nair supported the production process. Get in touch via Twitter, or email [email protected]. Have a question for us about how we make the episodes? Write to us, and we will answer them in our final episode of this season. Transcript and references (coming soon)

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Shreya Dasgupta Feb 9, 2023

Deus Feb 8, 2023

Miss Kohima (#Nagaland) 2019 beauty pageant contestant was asked: “If PM of our country Modi invites you to chat with him, what would you say?”

She replied: “If I were invited by the PM of India, I would tell him to focus more on women instead of cows.”

Shreya Dasgupta Feb 9, 2023

*New Episode of Imagined Tomorrow*
Poop surveillance for Indian wildlife
Where Dr. Arjun Srivathsa tells us why he sniffs animal poop of different kinds, what food each reminds him of, and why it all matters.
Listen on:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3QrRKCTxZmsG5fg9WlctJ7
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../s2e4-can.../id1571010526...
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPZ1WzBpOAI
Others: https://linktr.ee/imaginedtomorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPZ1WzBpOAI
#india #science #wildlife #conservation #podcast

S2E4 Can poop save India's wildlife | Short

Listen to this episode from Imagined Tomorrow on Spotify. Animal poop: you want to step over it, but many scientists in India bow to it, sniff it, take detailed photos, and bring some of it home (okay fine, to their labs). Welcome to the world of animal poop surveillance. In this episode, we talk to wildlife scientist, Dr. Arjun Srivathsa, who tells us why researchers like him in India are so passionate about animal excretion. And how poop can help save India's threatened species. People who helped make this episode: Imagined Tomorrow is created and hosted by Shreya Dasgupta. Theme music, sound design and editing by Abhijit Shylanath. Script edits, re-listens by Abhishek Madan. Get in touch with us at [email protected]. Follow Shreya on Twitter @ShreyaDasgupta. You can also follow us on YouTube. Transcript and references: Coming soon.

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Shreya Dasgupta Feb 2, 2023

Shreya Dasgupta Feb 1, 2023

*New Episode of Imagined Tomorrow*
Welcome to poop surveillance — a future where scientists and governments monitor a city’s collective poop and pee, or sewage.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Qv6v9KOnFwXjDS50xIjsu
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/s2e3-welcome-to-poop-surveillance/id1571010526?i=1000597477984
Others: https://linktr.ee/imaginedtomorrow
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbp8NWxMsto

Featuring experts Dr. Farah Ishtiaq, Dr. Varsha Sridhar,
and Mr. S. Vishwanath aka Zenrainman.

Theme music, sound design and editing by @mudeth

S2E3: Welcome to poop surveillance

Listen to this episode from Imagined Tomorrow on Spotify. You flush and forget about your poop. But your poop doesn’t forget you. It can be a goldmine of information about your body. This is why people around the world are increasingly monitoring what folks let out in sewage – to learn about entire communities and cities. Experts say, monitoring a city’s collective poop can keep us safe. It can also bring in some surprising perks to secure our future. So, we imagine a future where Indian cities have full-blown sewage surveillance systems. What secrets can sewage reveal about us? And are there things we should be wary about? Experts we spoke to: Dr. Varsha Sridhar, a molecular biologist and the CEO of a company called Molecular Solutions Care Health. Dr. Farah Ishtiaq, an evolutionary ecologist, and expert in infectious zoonotic diseases at the Tata Institute for Genetics and Society. Mr. S. Vishwanath, an urban planner, an expert in all things water, and the director of the Biome Environmental Trust. Dr. Deep Kumar Raman, a pathologist who answered several of my questions. People who helped make this episode: Imagined Tomorrow is created and hosted by Shreya Dasgupta. Theme music, sound design and editing by Abhijit Shylanath. Script edits, re-listens by Abhishek Madan. Rahul Menon voiced Puneet, the fictional reporter, and Mathew Vetticad voiced Abhijeet, the fictional news anchor. Parni Ray, Parvathy Nair, and Nihira Ram supported the production process. Audiomatic helped us record the voiceovers for the fiction piece Mae Mariyam Thomas and Riya Mukherjee offered generous mentorship during Spotify SoundUp India program. Get in touch with us at [email protected]. Follow Shreya on Twitter @ShreyaDasgupta. Transcript and references:

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Shreya Dasgupta Feb 1, 2023

Finally finished Machinehood by SB Divya, and it was quite excellent imo. Love sci-fi set in India (even if partly) #sciencefiction #books