The Filter Koffee Podcast

On this episode of the Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik talks to author Arundhati Bhattacharya. Arundhati shares what it really means to empower women in the current times, her journey towards the top of corporate hierarchy and the desperate need of change in the gender equality space across the country.

If you are avid Spotify consumer, this episode is for you! On this episode of the Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik sits with Neha Ahuja, Director, Head of Marketing at Spotify. They discuss about Spotify Wrapped 2022, a personalized analysis of users' listening trends across the year. Neha and Karthik and talk about what India listened to this year, top artists on Spotify and the rise of Podcast consumption in the year 2022.

On this episode, Karthik sits with Ajay Pratap Singh- CEO of Sportskeeda. Ajay discusses sports writing and the emotional grip of sports in India. They talk about what Indian fans love, what they don't and what keeps them engaged with sports in 2022. Ajay also talks about other sports beyond cricket, how millennials are transforming the way sports content is consumed and the diversification of consumer taste!

On this episode, Karthik sits with Anita Bhogle, author of the book 'Equal Yet Different'. They discuss gender inequality at workplace, the changing role of women and the need for the society to rise up to the change. An IIT, IIM Alumni, Anita breaks down gender disparity in the modern world and shares the phenomenon of career intentionality, the times of working women and the need for challenging gender roles.

On this episode, Karthik sits with Shiv Aroor- Anchor and Editor at India Today. They discuss the newest edition of Shiv's book 'India's Most Fearless 3. Shiv opens up on his passion of defense, his process of writing and what drives him to tell these stories. This and much more on the Filter Koffee Podcast!

Returning to the show after a long time, Harsh and Karthik break down the tech wonders of the world, discuss AI technologies DALL-E, GPD 3, Open AI and what the future holds in the tech space.

Have you heard about the Keeladi excavation? If yes, what were the first thoughts that came into your mind?

The advertising world has been a male-dominated one for a very long time. Though we have come a long way but still if we would switch on the television today, we would see women protagonists playing gender-stereotypical roles.

In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Yashraj Akashi, Senior Ambassador of TEDx Program and also the curator of TEDx Gateway.

On this episode of the Filter Koffee Podcats, Karthik is joined by Abhinav Mahajan, a fitness content creator. Karthik and Abhinav talk how are learnings of fitness from a lived experience.

On this episode of the Filter Koffee Podcats, Karthik is joined by Anoj, Co-Founder at Milaap. Anoj shares his early inspirations, his journey of founding milaap and how his time as an entrepreneur changed him for the better!

On this episode, Sunny Singh, founder of RoundGlass, discusses the importance of wholistic well-being and building a healthy, sustainable life.

On this episode, Karthik talks to Siddharth Raman, Deputy CEO, Sportz Interactive. They delve into their initial days of discovering their love for sports, and how Siddharth paved a new way to be in professional sports in capacities other than a player.

On this episode of the Filter Koffee Podcast, take a peek into the world of hostels and co-living with Pallavi Agrawal, Founder & CEO of goSTOPS.

On this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik and Nishtha get into the intricacies of gender equality, freedom and the essential change in societal outlook towards women.

In this episode, Karthik and Narayan Subramanyam, CEO of Ultraviolette Automotive. Together they discuss the importance of design in making quality automobiles and how creative design thinking helps brands make long-lasting products.

Karthik and Anjela explore the emergence of tech-based education during the times of COVID and how the same comes under scrutiny for its effectiveness.

In this week's episode, Karthik is joined by Unny Radhakrishnan, CEO of Digitas, India. Karthik and Unny talk about him being a part of this idealistic organization, and what kind of leader he is with roots in conscious capitalism and the larger good.

In this week's episode, Karthik is joined by Rahul Thappa, Watchmaker & Managing Director of Naviga. Rahul has a very unique passion that involves recreating luxurious watches which he refers to as building 'Frankenwatches.'

In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Vinit Karnik, Head of Sports, Esports, Media & Entertainment at GroupM South Asia & Author of Business of Sports.

In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Aaditi Pohankar, the lead actress of 'She', exclusively on Netflix.

In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Somesh Kamra, Co-Host of the Fight Mania Podcast and also the co-founder of Superhuman Gym.

In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Ritam Bhatnagar, founder of the India Film Project.

In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Virali Modi. Karthik and Virali talk about disability access being non-existent in India.

In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Svetlana Naudiyal, Programming Director, Asia, MUBI.

In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Hemant Soreng and Rajesh Nair, founders of Rusttik Travel.

In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Vaasanthi, Journalist and Author of Ganga's Choice. Vaasanthi is one of Tamil Nadu’s best-known writers.

In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Ujaala Chaudhuri as they talk about her adoption journey.

In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik speaks to Shubham Nag, Tattoo artist and creator of the community, Tattoo Cultr.

In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik speaks to Pamela Gale Malhotra, Co-Founder & Trustee of SAI Sanctuary.

"You shouldn't just talk about Plan A's or Plan B's, because whatever you think of doing, most of the time it doesn't go as planned."

The business of entertainment has probably changed a lot in the last 5 years than it did for decades before that. In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast,

Karthik Nagarajan is in Conversation wit Vishal Menon about Malayalam Cinema

In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik speaks to Rohan Alva, a High-Court Advocate from Delhi and an author.

In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik speaks to Priyanka Pulla, a freelance journalist.

In this episode, Karthik speaks to Ajit Andhare, COO of Viacom18 Studios. Karthik and Ajit talk about his early days in Unilever and Juggernaut, the shift that he made in his career path, and how he built his journey on believing his convictions.

In this episode, Karthik speaks to Rachna Bisht, Author of 1971 - Charge of the Gorkhas.

In this episode, Karthik speaks to Poulomi Pavini Shukla - the Supreme Court lawyer who is also the flag bearer for the rights of orphans in India.

In this episode, Karthik speaks with Devaiah Bopanna - one of India's most sought-after creator entrepreneurs.

In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Pradeep Magazine, sports journalist and author of the book Not Just Cricket

In this episode, Karthik speaks with Gautam Chintamani, Author of Midway Battle and Dark Night.

In this episode, Karthik speaks with Sriya Sundaresan - cofounder of the data-led climate organization Transition Zero and one of the speakers at the recent COP26 in Glasgow.

This week on The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Rajnish Kumar, author, and former SBI chairman.

This week on The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Swapna, Founder of Kathavani.

This week on The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Jenny Pinto, Founder of Oorja.

This week on The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Samir Patil & Ritesh Mehta, Co-Founders of ScrollStack.

This week on The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by an independent filmmaker and producer, Radhika Lavu.

In this episode, Karthik speaks to Priya Mirza - professor of Political science at the Zakir Hussain College in New Delhi. Priya is the host of the new podcast - The Longest Constitution.

In this episode, Karthik speaks to Sandeep Bhushan, Director, Consumer & Media, Facebook (South Asia).

In this episode, Karthik speaks to author Manreet Sodhi who recently published 'Lahore' - the first book in her trilogy on the partition of India.

In this episode, Karthik speaks to Megha Tata - MD of Discovery Communications, South Asia. They speak about how India is one of the most complex markets for entertainment and infotainment, how customization at scale is the norm.

In this episode, Karthik speaks with Vedashree Khambete Sharma, Author of Fatal Mistakes.

In this episode, Karthik speaks with Anant Roongta, Managing Director of Famous Studios.

In this episode, Karthik speaks with Nirupama Subramanian - A leadership coach and author of 'Powerful', her new book.

In this episode, Karthik speaks to Vishnu Varadhan, Director of Shershaah.

In this episode, Karthik speaks to Sameer Nair - CEO of Applause entertainment.

In this episode, Karthik speaks to Nikhil Taneja, Co-founder, and CEO of Yuvaa - an organization that is trying to empower young Indians and get their voice heard.

In this episode, Karthik speaks to Jon Lefkovitz - independent filmmaker and teacher of cinema, from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. They speak about Jon's new documentary film - Sight & Sound - the cinema of Walter Murch.

This week on the Filter Kofee Podcast, Karthik speaks to Avinash Pant, Director - Marketing for Facebook (India).

In this episode, Karthik speaks with veteran publisher Sridhar Balan about his book 'Off the shelf - on the book, book people and places' (Speaking Tiger, 2019).

This episode features a former Indian Olympian Equestrian and an author, Imtiaz Anees.

This episode features excerpts from a live panel discussion that Karthik hosted in June 2021, for an internal event at WPP, celebrating Pride month.

In this episode, Karthik speaks with Pooja Jauhari - CEO of The Glitch, a leading digital advertising agency.

In the 100th episode of the show, Karthik speaks to Prem Panicker - acclaimed writer and journalist and former managing editor of Rediff and Yahoo India.

The second wave of the Covid pandemic in India caught the government and health infrastructure by a rude surprise and after a point, it was evident that the citizens were on their own.

In this week's episode of Filter Koffee, we have Zain Memon, co-founder of Memesys Culture Lab.

In this episode, Karthik speaks with Sid Sheth, founder of Trillium Beverages that makes Thirsty Fox - a fast-growing, award-winning, single-origin, craft cider from Maharashtra.

In this episode, Karthik speaks to Nethra Kumanan - The first Indian woman to qualify for the Olympics in sailing.

In this episode, Karthik speaks with Dr. Nandita Iyer - author of the new book 'Everyday superfoods' and creator of SaffronTrail.com.

In this episode, Karthik speaks with Snehal Pradhan - former Indian cricketer about the extraordinary imbalance between the men's and women's game in India.

In this episode, Karthik speaks to Tamseel Hussain, who is the Founder and CEO of PLUC.TV. PLUC

In this episode, Karthik speaks with Tenzing Niyogi - CEO of Ultimate Kho Kho about what it takes to start a new sports league in India.

In this episode, Karthik speaks to the founder of Tickle.life - Shakun Sethi.

In this episode, Karthik speaks to Vikram Mehra - MD of Sa re ga ma India Ltd., about Carvaan

In this episode, Karthik speaks to journalist and author Aakar Patel

Blockchain as a technology is reaching maturity. From riding the hype of cryptocurrencies over the last few years to being on the verge of solving real-world problems, it has come a long way.

In the early months of the lockdown, regular news reporting was largely restricted to government announcements. With print practically unavailable, there was a deafening silence in terms of meaningful journalism in those initial months. In this

In this episode, Karthik speaks with Naveen Munjal - Managing Director of HERO Eco Group and Hero Electric Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. As an entrepreneur, Naveen is widely recognized for his role in shaping the Indian Electric Two-Wheeler Industry. Karthik

India is currently the third-largest startup ecosystem in the world and is home to 21 unicorns valued at $73.2 billion collectively. In this episode, Karthik speaks with Bala Srinivasa

In this episode, Karthik speaks with Vivek Ram, a celebrated animation artist who has worked in films like Madagascar, Superman returns, fast and the furious, and the Incredible hulk. He has also been a part of the academy award-winning team

In this episode, Karthik speaks with Lux Narayan about his book - Name Place Animal Thing. Lux is a serial entrepreneur, a Ted Speaker, stand-up comedian, and pursuer of multiple other passions that range from flying to molecular

In this episode, Krish Ashok returns to the Filter Koffee Podcast, only this time as an author. His book - Masala Lab has taken social media by storm and is off to great reviews.

In this week's episode, Karthik speaks with Tomy Mathew Vadakkancheril - Founder & Promoter of Fair Trade Alliance Kerala. Besides being a champion for fair trade, Tomy is also an entrepreneur who heads a successful FMCG company

In this episode, Karthik speaks with Arzan Khambatta - the celebrated sculptor from Mumbai who specializes in creating art out of scrap metal. Arzan's work can be seen in many landmarks across mumbai, the most popular ones being the

In this episode, Karthik discusses both the emotion and the science behind Nostalgia, with one of its biggest practitioners - Hari Krishnan. Hari is an artist, meme-maker, life coach and also an adman. Hari is a unique commentator of

What a year it's been for us all! We could all use a nice way to finish it off in high spirits (both literally and figuratively). So, to round it off, we have got a banger of a year ender for you!

On this week's episode, Karthik speaks with Viggnesh - the founder of the Madras Coffee Movement. They discuss the history of coffee globally and also in India. They speak about the trading history that chronicles the setting up of Coffee

India has always had one of the highest absolute shortage of blood units in the World. There are many reasons for it - most of them are cultural in nature. The pandemic has only made things even worse. One of the few organizations to make

In the 75th episode of the show, Karthik speaks with Hemu Ramaiah - founder of The Landmark store. They look back at the journey that began in the basement warehouse of a building in Nungambakkam, Chennai, which would become a retail phenomenon in India.

Shasvathi Siva is an entrepreneur and also evangelist and an activist for normalizing the concept of 'divorce' and helping remove the social stigma around it. In this episode,

In this episode, Karthik sits down with a friend - Nikhil Mayne. Nikhil is a principal partner at Mindshare and an influential name in the branded content business.

In this episode, Karthik sits with Rakesh Dhareshwar - amateur wild life photographer. They speak about what wildlife photography takes and the story behind the great pictures that we get to see in the end.

Kerala has been in the news a lot recently, mostly in a positive way. The state has always had a unique culture that seeps into everything from its approach to nature, health, women, families and most importantly, society.

Gunjan Arya has been associated with OML right from the times of the first NH7 Weekender - first as a partner and then as an employee and now as its CEO.

In this week's episode, Karthik speaks to Swati Bhargava - Co-founder, CashKaro about growing up in Ambala, moving from investment banking into the start up world and the experience of pitching to angel investors, including Mr. Ratan Tata.

Disrupting a business through digital media is a topic that is so well narrated and discussed on stage, that it's almost a cliche at this point. However, in reality, it is a fairly rare art form.

Jaideep Giridhar is a career journalist who has been chronicling popular culture from the early 2000s - a time when India would change forever. One of his earliest gigs was being the editor at Rave

This week on #TheFilterKoffeePodcast, Karthik speaks with Salone Sehgal – one of the most important voices from Indian gaming and e-sports community. Salone has been an investor in interactive media for over 14 years