Here’s the 215th edition of my weekly series, The Last 7 Days, weekly recommendations of What To Read, What To Listen and What To Watch.
What To Read:
- How green is your electric vehicle, really? || EVs are in the middle of an obesity epidemic. Read more here.
- How Indian Farmers Are Using AI To Increase Crop Yield? Read here.
- Science is closing in on the frailties of old age. Check it out here.
- Here’s how to stop caring so much about what other people think, says psychotherapist. Read it here.
- The inflation battle enters the hard last mile. Read more here.
What To Listen:
*The attached links redirect to Spotify, but you can search for these episode titles wherever you listen to your podcasts.
- On The Decoder with Nilay Patel, Discord CEO Jason Citron makes the case for a smaller, more private internet, how he sees Discord in the landscape of other platforms, Discord’s evolving business model, and more. Listen to it here.
- In Part 2 of this School of Greatness episode with Matthew Hussey, they explore what it truly means to change for someone you love, and how to identify if you’re dating a high-value person, the hard-hitting questions you need to ask early in a relationship to set the stage for lasting love, and more. Listen here.
- With endocrinologists Dr. Deena Adimoolam and Prof. Anne Cappola, and urologist Prof. Mohit Khera, Science Vs podcast deep dives into hormone hacking, focusing on the internet talk on special supplements, diets, exercises, and prescriptions to tame our cortisol, boost our testosterone, and tackle our estrogen. Check it out here.
- On Happy Sad Confused, Zack Snyder talks about his REBEL MOON films, Batman & Superman controversies, casting stories, WATCHMEN, & more. Listen to it here.
- Podcast Recommendation of the Week: The Rich Roll Podcast (A master-class in personal and professional development, ultra-athlete, wellness evangelist and bestselling author Rich Roll delves deep with the world’s brightest and most thought provoking thought leaders to educate, inspire and empower you to unleash your best, most authentic self.) Check it out here.
What To Watch:
- On Galatta Plus, Fahadh Faasil opens up about his recent blockbuster Aavesham, working with director Jithu Madhavan, the phrase “Re-introducing FAFAA”, the recent success streak of Malayalam films, his experience of working with Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and his upcoming films. Watch it here.
- On Unfiltered with Samdish, Vidya Balan deep dives into her relationship with money, process of getting into her character, her surprise box-office hit Kahaani, from Gobi Manchurian to gutkha, from international cinema to what troubles her, her journey with her healer, her relationship with religion and much more. Check it out here.
- When an asteroid landed on the Yucatan peninsula 66 million years ago, it turned our planet into a debris field of chemicals that, eventually, fostered human life. Sean B. Carroll, author and esteemed biologist, unpacks the consequences of this collision, and claims we, as a species, should feel fortunate that we’re on this planet at all. Watch here.
- Movie Recommendation 1 of the Week: Aatmapamphlet (Marathi) (Ten-year-old Ashish falls head-over-heels in love with his classmate, Srushti. While he grows up, the country goes through several socio-economic changes.)
- Movie Recommendation 2 of the Week: Varshangalkku Shesham (Malayalam) (Two young men leave their hometown to chase their dream of becoming big in the world of 1970s and ’80s South Indian cinema.)
You can check out the previous editions of The Last 7 Days – here.
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