Rukmini SEpisode 119: Making Datasets Talk To Each OtherS V. Subramanian, Prof of Public Health & Geography at Harvard, joins me to talk about why granular data matters and how to fix the…1 min read·Jul 19, 2021----
Rukmini SEpisode 118: India’s Data DeficitThe economists Paul Novosad and Sam Asher join me to speak about India’s data deficits going into the pandemic and how to fix it.2 min read·Jul 14, 2021----
Rukmini SEpisode 117: Vaccines and Variants Part IIIn this episode, I speak to John Burn-Murdoch, the FT’s data journalist, about new UK data on vaccine effectiveness against B.1.617.21 min read·May 31, 2021----
Rukmini SEpisode 116: Variants and Vaccines Part IIn this episode, I examine India’s faulty vaccine effectiveness data and look the UK for better real-world numbers.1 min read·May 28, 2021----
Rukmini SEpisode 115: The Variant StoryOn this episode, I get to the bottom of variants, and what B.1.617 in particular means for India.1 min read·May 20, 2021----
Rukmini SEpisode 114: The Road AheadAfter a break, the podcast returns to take stock of India’s horrifying second wave, and thinks about the road ahead.2 min read·May 15, 2021----
Rukmini SEpisode 113: This One YearExactly one year ago, we put out our first episode. For this anniversary episode, I put the data aside and reflect on the year gone by .1 min read·Mar 25, 2021----
Rukmini SEpisode 112: Did We Go Too Far With Sero-surveys?Dr Anup Malani who led multiple IDFC sero-surveys across the country joins me to understand how not to over-interpret sero-surveys.1 min read·Mar 22, 2021----
Rukmini SEpisode 111: Maharashtra, and the Limits of ‘Herd Immunity’How can numbers in Maharashtra rise again, when the first wave was so severe? I ask a range of experts.1 min read·Mar 9, 2021----
Rukmini SEpisode 110: Kerala, and the Hazards of Declaring Success & FailureWhy did Kerala’s epidemic curve not follow the same trajectory as the rest of the country? The answer could lie in how we define success.1 min read·Mar 1, 2021----
