Many of the objects we grew up with have disappeared with time -- and overall, progress is a damn good thing. But many of these lost objects also represent a different way of doing things and of living life, and some of that would have been worth holding on to.

Welcome to Episode 77 of Everything is Everything, a weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma and Ajay Shah.

In this episode, Amit and Ajay share objects from their past -- and what they represented then and mean now.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 00:00 Packaging 00:13 Intro: What's in the Bag? 06:33 Chapter 1: Mixtapes 12:01 Chapter 2: Letters by Hand 22:02 Chapter 3: Playboy 26:45 Chapter 4: Diary 31:06 Chapter 5: Old Books 33:52 Chapter 6: Address Book 39:20 Chapter 7: Filofax and Recipes 43:10 Chapter 8: Visiting Cards 45:09 Chapter 9: STD Booths 50:34 Chapter 10: Maps 53:10 Chapter 11: Landline Phones 57:37 Chapter 12: Cash

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Hinduism contains multitudes -- and is contained by multitudes. Any simple story you tell about it is bound to be false.

Welcome to Episode 76 of Everything is Everything, a weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma and Ajay Shah.

In this episode, Amit and Ajay put together a potted history of Hinduism that goes beyond simple narratives and acknowledges its complexity. They also try to make sense of the historical circumstances and incentives that shaped it.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 00:00 Packaging 00:13 Intro: Not a Name, But a River 03:32 Chapter 1: The Early History 17:09 Chapter 2: The Role of Religion 20:07 Chapter 3: The Puranic Period 29:35 Chapter 4: The Arrival of Islam 34:43 Chapter 5: The Open-Source Epics 37:56 Chapter 6: The Missionaries 46:20 Chapter 7: Colonialism 52:18 Chapter 8: The Movements Within Hinduism 58:14 Chapter 9: Arriving at Hindutva 1:05:43 Chapter 10: The Question of Caste 1:11:09 Chapter 11: Hinduism Today 1:14:45 Chapter 12: Recommendations

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The study of humanity is the study of humanity. Everything is everything. And yet, different disciplines of study have imprisoned themselves in silos, refusing to learn from each other.

Welcome to Episode 75 of Everything is Everything, a weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma and Ajay Shah.

In this episode, Amit and Ajay discuss a great paper from Biju Rao that talks about what economists can learn from anthropologists and sociologists -- and how only a multidisciplinary approach can reveal the world.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 00:00 Packaging 00:13 Intro: How We Read and Why 09:08 Chapter 1: Economics, Anthropology, Sociology: The Sad Divergence 18:01 Chapter 2: Cognitive Empathy 22:43 Chapter 3: The Importance of Words 24:27 Chapter 4: Process Matters 26:22 Chapter 5: The Power of Participation 28:32 Chapter 6: The Incentives Within Academia 49:06 Chapter 7: Learn the Thumri 54:12 Chapter 8: Recommendations

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