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November 8 2025
Taylor Swift’s fans struggle to make sense of their beloved pop icon’s new album.
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October 18 2025
A mix of desi beats, rock & roll, and electronic bangers for your Diwali party.
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September 13 2025
As music festival season kicks off, we recommend a list of six Indian artists.
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July 26 2025
The splainer team curates podcasts on music history, artist deep dives and trivia.
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June 14 2025
Classical music seems to be having a moment from ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ to ‘Four Seasons’.
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May 3 2025
The splainer team recommends thoughtful, quirky podcasts on sexuality, heartbreak, booty calls and more.
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April 26 2025
A hybrid mix of tunes and podcasts that offer the pleasures of the car radio experience—except waaay better!
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April 12 2025
Narendra Kusnur reintroduces us to Bach whose music is deeply infused in our cultural bloodstream.
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March 29 2025
A pawdcast, a purrcast, and everything you need to care for your furry friend.
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March 22 2025
A guide to an iconic form of theatre rooted in opera—and made famous by Broadway.
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February 22 2025
From culinary histories to celebs on their ghar ka khana, here’s our list of fave food podcasts.
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February 15 2025
Classical is Classical, and Jazz is Jazz. And when the twain meet, they make sweet, sweet music.
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February 8 2025
An excellent playlist that celebrates being unhitched—just in time for the V-Day madness.
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January 25 2025
Our drive time playlist that combines eclectic music and intriguing podcasts.
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January 18 2025
These lofi, downtempo tracks are all you need to put your feet up and relax.
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January 11 2025
Narendra Kusnur introduces us to the delightful hybrid of pop and classical music.
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January 3 2025
The splainer team has a fantastic list of podcasts of varied hobbies to help you get started!
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December 20 2024
An excellent NYE playlist that has you covered from pregame to after-party winding down.
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December 14 2024
Narendra Kusnur offers a festive dive into Christmas carols—and their unusual origin stories.
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November 30 2024
Grab your popcorn and tune in for our favourite pods and vods on film and TV shows.
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November 23 2024
We’ve ditched the cliché for the hatke—no Bollywood, Tollywood or even ho-hum ‘indie’ tracks.
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November 16 2024
Narendra Kusnur offers a pop culture guide to the greatest tenors—and their pop music gems.
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October 26 2024
The best Halloween podcasts including Indian noir, paranormal tales and even real-life monsters.
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October 19 2024
Narendra Kusnur continues his pop culture history—taking us from Old Spice commercials to EDM tracks.
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September 28 2024
The greatest hits of Western classical music and their Hollywood—and in some cases, Bollywood—incarnations.
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August 31 2024
Narendra Kusnur offers a delightful look at ballet music—from ‘Swan Lake’ to ‘The Nutcracker'.
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August 24 2024
Discover the magical madness created by the collab of heavy music with opera.
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August 17 2024
The team recommends their favourite pods and vods—with an emphasis on the entertainment biz.
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August 10 2024
Press play for a love letter this Independence Day—in Hindi—with a smattering of Tamil.
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July 27 2024
The third installment of our unique series on Western classical music—and its influence on pop culture.
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July 20 2024
Y’know those tunes that you instantly recognise—but just can’t name? Not any more.
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July 13 2024
A delightful multilingual playlist from the splainer fam that takes you from a Coorg coffee estate to Tokyo.
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June 29 2024
The second of a unique series on Western Classical music—and its influence on pop culture.
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May 18 2024
The first of a unique series on Western classical music—and its influence on pop culture.
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April 27 2024
Feeling blue? Going green? Back to black? Here’s a playlist to add some colour to your Spotify.
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April 20 2024
Funny, philosophical—and informative. These podcasts will get you ready and raring for summer travel.
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March 16 2024
The best podcasts about stuff that’s really intriguing—from Diana to the Vijayanagara empire.
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March 2 2024
First.wav curates awesome, lesser-known Coke Studio performances for you to discover.
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February 24 2024
March to these Mardi Gras beats—from classics to Grammy-winning jazz funk.
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January 13 2024
Allow a cool dusk to settle in with the reflective refrains of Raga Marwa.
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December 22 2023
What does winter sound like in Hindustani music? Discover the joys of contemplation.
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December 16 2023
Here’s the 2023 playlist—the big hits and the down low ones you may have missed.
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December 9 2023
Independent music journalist Anurag Tagat introduces us to Manipur's indie rock scene.
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December 2 2023
Check out the top 10 indie Indian tracks picked by music aficionados first.wav.
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November 18 2023
Harini Calamur returns with a new instalment of her highly popular guide to Hindustani music.
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October 28 2023
Spooky season is upon us—tune into the best Halloween-themed podcasts for frights and scares!
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October 14 2023
Harini Calamur returns with a new instalment of her highly popular guide to Hindustani music.
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September 30 2023
Nirmal and Aarthi offer a list of intelligent, poetic and moving podcast recommendations.
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September 9 2023
Harini Calamur returns with a new instalment of her highly popular guide to Hindustani music.
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August 26 2023
Nirmal offers a list of intelligent, nerdy and moving podcast recommendations.
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August 19 2023
A Humming Heart recommends the best new indie music for your weekend playlist.
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August 12 2023
Harini Calamur offers a lovely Independence Day edition of her Hindustani music guide.
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July 22 2023
A Humming Heart recommends the best new indie music for your weekend playlist.
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July 15 2023
A banger K-pop playlist to introduce you to contemporary music from South Korea.
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July 8 2023
Harini Calamur returns with a new instalment of her highly popular guide to Hindustani music.
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June 24 2023
A Humming Heart recommends the best new indie music for your weekend playlist.
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June 10 2023
Harini Calamur returns with a new instalment of her highly popular guide to Hindustani music.
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May 27 2023
A Humming Heart recommends the best new indie music for your weekend playlist.
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May 20 2023
Advisory Editor Sooraj Rajmohan lists his fav rock music from the 70s to the present.
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May 13 2023
Harini Calamur returns with a new instalment of her popular guide to Hindustani music.
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May 6 2023
The splainer fam has the perfect playlist to make you want to hit the road again.
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April 22 2023
A Humming Heart recommends the best new indie music for your weekend playlist.
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April 15 2023
Nirmal offers a list of intelligent, funny, and moving podcast recommendations.
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April 8 2023
Need tunes for your run? Check out this amazing playlist curated by the splainer fam.
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April 1 2023
Harini Calamur returns with a new instalment of her popular guide to Hindustani music.
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March 25 2023
A Humming Heart recommends the best new indie music for your weekend playlist.
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March 18 2023
Priyanka Gulati pulls together the perfect playlist of techno tracks with cool vibes.
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March 11 2023
Harini Calamur returns with a new instalment of her series decoding classical music.
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February 25 2023
A Humming Heart recommends the best new indie music for your weekend playlist.
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February 18 2023
Nirmal offers a list of intelligent, funny, and moving podcast recommendations.
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October 19 2022
Podcaster Ameya Nagarajan picks out her top podcast recommendations—with a few special Indian ones.
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October 5 2022
Entrepreneur extraordinaire and podcaster Pooja Dhingra shares her own favourite podcasts to tune into!
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