Don't Know, Do Care

Curious minds welcome, clueless takes guaranteed! Don’t Know, Do Care is a curious mix of comedy, commentary, and casually intense learning. Every episode, one of us brings a topic the others know nothing about and tries to "educate" them, just enough for them to feign interest. Do we learn anything? Absolutely not. Do we care about the topic? Probably not. Are we curious, though? Potentially yes. We're not experts by any stretch of our already stretched imagination, but we're just trying to get a bit smarter, one strange question at a time. Curiosity might have killed a cat, but will it kill us? Only time will tell. Join us on our journey to learn something you didn’t know you cared about.

Don't Know If The Trojan War Was Real 08/10/2026

Don't Know If The Trojan War Was Real Is the Trojan War a historical fact, or just the world’s most successful piece of ancient fanfiction? We all know the pop-culture version containing a thousand ships, an invincible heel, petty gods sabotaging boats, and a giant wooden horse that somehow fooled an entire city. But for historians, turning Homer’s Iliad into actual history is a total nightmare. In this episode, we treat the Trojan War like an ancient cold case. We look at why the Iliad isn't the military logbook people think it is and explore the real-life mound of Hisarlık in Turkey, a place with nine different layers of stacked cities. We revisit Heinrich Schliemann, the millionaire amateur who "found" Troy by accidentally bulldozing through the very historical layers he was trying to prove, and dive into Hittite clay tablets that suggest there really was a Bronze Age power struggle over a city called Wilusa. As always, this episode combines comedy commentary, offbeat learning, and quirky insights into one of those seemingly random topics that turns out to be alarmingly relevant today. It’s a lighthearted dive into ancient propaganda, messy archaeology, and why the line between history and myth is a lot blurrier than Hollywood wants you to think. Important links: Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/42367100

Don't Know Why The Media Loved Hitler 07/27/2026

Don't Know Why The Media Loved Hitler Last episode, we looked at how much of the Western media practically rolled out the red carpet for Benito Mussolini. This week, we move on to Adolf Hitler, and somehow, the reporting gets even stranger. Unlike Mussolini, Hitler wasn't treated like a visionary. He was treated like a joke. Major American newspapers described him as a loudmouth, a political clown, and a man whose moustache and mannerisms "suggest Charlie Chaplin." Journalists mocked his appearance, dismissed his supporters as gullible, and confidently predicted that once he entered government, the responsibilities of leadership would force him to become more moderate. The problem? Hitler himself had been very clear about what he wanted to do all along. People just refused to believe him. In this episode, we explore how the American and British press covered Hitler's rise to power, why so many influential publications underestimated him, and how the pursuit of "balanced" reporting often became an excuse to sanitise authoritarianism. We revisit Dorothy Thompson's famous interview with Hitler, examine The New York Times' attempts to present the "good" alongside the horrifying, and discuss why "both-sides journalism" can become dangerously misleading when one side is openly dismantling democracy. As always, this episode combines comedy commentary, offbeat learning, and quirky insights into one of those seemingly random topics that turns out to be alarmingly relevant today. It's lighthearted education about journalism, propaganda, political bias, and why dictators rarely succeed by hiding who they are. More often than not, they tell you exactly who they are. The real question is whether anyone chooses to listen. Important links: 1. How Journalists Covered the Rise of Mussolini and Hitler - 2. American Journalist Dorothy Thompson Underestimates Hitler - 3. Unrecognized Potential: Media Framing of Hitler's Rise to Power, 1930-1933 - 4. Prewar Nazi Germany and the Beginnings of the Holocaust - 5. HITLER SEEKS JOBS FOR ALL GERMANS - 6. HERR HITLER AT HOME IN THE CLOUDS - 7. A political history of the Daily Mail - 8. The British Press and Nazi Germany: Reporting from the Reich, 1933–39 - 9. Printing the Truth - 10. Recommendation of the week - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/42211565

Don't Know Why The Media Loved Mussolini 07/13/2026

Don't Know Why The Media Loved Mussolini We like to imagine that the media is at its best when democracy is at its worst. That journalists become fearless, newspapers hold power accountable, and propaganda is easily spotted for what it is. History suggests that's not quite the case. In the first episode of a two-part series, we look at how the global media covered Benito Mussolini’s rise to power, and it’s far stranger than most people realise. Long before he became synonymous with fascism, dictatorship, and World War II, Mussolini was being described by major newspapers as a moderniser, a visionary, and the man who had restored “order” to Italy. Why were journalists so willing to overlook political violence? Why did so many newspapers celebrate fascism as a practical solution to socialism? And why did business interests seem to matter more than democratic values? Along the way, we explore how Mussolini’s background as a journalist helped him understand, and eventually control, the press, creating an environment where censorship often wasn’t even necessary because self-censorship did the job just fine. As always, this episode blends comedy commentary, offbeat learning, and quirky insights into one of those seemingly random topics that turns out to have unsettling parallels with the present. It’s lighthearted education only because we occasionally make jokes to cope with the fact that history has a worrying habit of repeating itself. Because dictators don’t usually rise despite good press. Sometimes, they rise with it. Important links: 1. How Journalists Covered the Rise of Mussolini and Hitler - 2. MUSSOLINI, HOPE OF YOUTH, ITALY'S 'MAN OF TOMORROW - 3. MUSSOLINI AT WORK - 4. Mussolini’s fascists praised in 220 British newspaper reports - 5. The marketing of Mussolini : American magazines and Mussolini, 1922-1935 - 6. Italo-Ethiopian War - 7. Marzia Casolari-Hindutva Tie-up with Fascism in 1930s-Economic & Political Weekly - 8. RSS’s militant structure is modelled on Mussolini’s Blackshirts: Italian scholar of Hindutva - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/42042250

Don't Know About The World Cup's Smallest Nation 06/29/2026

Don't Know About The World Cup's Smallest Nation In this episode, we travel (metaphorically) to Curaçao, a country so small that many football fans had never even heard of it before the World Cup draw. Most people recognise the name because of the bright blue cocktail liqueur. Almost nobody expected it to become one of the smallest nations ever to play on football’s biggest stage. But this isn’t just a football story. It’s a story about colonialism, migration, identity, and what happens when a country understands its own strengths instead of obsessing over its weaknesses. We explore Curaçao’s fascinating history, from its Indigenous roots and Dutch colonial past to its role in the transatlantic slave trade, before diving into how this tiny island quietly built one of the smartest football projects in the world. Add footballing legends like Patrick Kluivert, Guus Hiddink, and Dick Advocaat to the mix, and what looked like an impossible dream slowly started looking inevitable. Of course, we couldn’t tell this story without eventually talking about India. With a population nearly 10,000 times larger than Curaçao’s, why are we still waiting for our World Cup debut? Is it really about talent or is it about institutions, planning, and the ability to build systems that actually nurture it? As always, this episode blends comedy commentary, offbeat learning, and quirky insights into one of those wonderfully random topics that ends up saying far more about society than sport. It’s lighthearted education that starts with an obscure Caribbean island and ends with a much bigger conversation about why some nations consistently punch above their weight while others keep talking about “potential.” Because sometimes the biggest lesson in football doesn’t come from Brazil, Germany, or Argentina, but instead, it comes from an island smaller than many Indian neighbourhoods. Important links: World Cup 2026: All you need to know about Dick Advocaat's Curacao - the tournament's smallest ever nation - Curaçao at the FIFA World Cup: Team profile and history - The rapid rise of Curacao in Concacaf - Curaçao - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/41852070

Don't Know Who Banksy Is (Or Do We?) 06/22/2026

Don't Know Who Banksy Is (Or Do We?) Most artists spend their entire careers trying to become famous. Banksy became one of the most famous artists on the planet by making sure nobody knew who he was. And somehow, that strategy worked so well that his anonymity became just as valuable as the art itself. In this episode, we dive into the strange, contradictory, and deeply fascinating world of Banksy. We look at some of his most iconic works, from Girl with a Balloon and Flower Thrower to the legendary painting that shredded itself moments after being sold at auction, and explore why his art manages to be simultaneously accessible, political, funny, and infuriatingly effective. But the real story begins when Reuters decided to treat the question of Banksy’s identity not as art-world gossip, but as a full-blown investigation. What follows is a genuinely bizarre detective story involving witnesses in war-torn Ukraine, old police records from New York, immigration data, aliases, graffiti crews, and the frontman of Massive Attack somehow finding himself in the middle of one of the biggest cultural mysteries of the last three decades. We unpack why Robin Gunningham has long been considered the leading candidate, how the theory connecting Banksy to Robert Del Naja gained traction, and why Reuters now believes they may have finally pieced together the strongest case yet for Banksy’s real identity. At the same time, we wrestle with a question that sits at the heart of the entire story: if anonymity is such a fundamental part of Banksy’s art, should anyone be trying to reveal who he is in the first place? As always, this episode combines comedy commentary, offbeat learning, and quirky insights into one of those seemingly random topics that turns out to be about much more than it first appears. It’s lighthearted education about art, celebrity, anonymity, journalism, and the strange ways modern society turns rebellion into a luxury product. Important links: 1. IN SEARCH OF BANKSY - 2. Banksy - 3. Banksy has been unmasked. But just how valuable is anonymity in the art world? - 4. Banksy has been unmasked (again). But does this major Reuters investigation actually tell us something new? - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/41707445

Don't Know When Japan Ruled (a part of) India 06/15/2026

Don't Know When Japan Ruled (a part of) India When people talk about World War II in India, the conversation usually jumps straight to Subhas Chandra Bose, the INA, and the fight against British colonial rule. What gets left out is the story of the only part of India that was actually occupied by another Axis power during the war: the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. And it is not a pleasant story. In this episode, we dive into the short but brutal Japanese occupation of the islands between 1942 and 1945. We explore how the Japanese rapidly captured the islands during World War II, why the Andamans were strategically important in the Indian Ocean, and how the occupation quickly descended into forced labour, starvation, torture, executions, and widespread terror. From the Homfreyganj massacre to the exploitation of local women as part of Imperial Japan’s infamous “comfort women” system, the episode examines a chapter of Indian history that rarely makes it into mainstream conversations. We also tackle one of the most controversial aspects of the story: Subhas Chandra Bose’s relationship with the occupation. Was he deliberately shielded from the truth by his allies, or did he choose to look the other way in pursuit of a larger anti-colonial goal? As always, this episode mixes comedy commentary, offbeat learning, and quirky insights into one of those seemingly random topics that turns out to reveal much bigger truths about empire, war, nationalism, and the uncomfortable moral compromises people make when confronting a greater enemy. Because sometimes history isn’t a story of heroes and villains. Important links: 1. Survivors of our hell - 2. The capture of the Andaman Islands, March 1942 - 3. Japanese Occupation in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Impact on Common Islanders - 4. The forgotten story of the Japanese ruling over (a part of) India - 5. The 2015 South Korean–Japanese Agreement on ‘Comfort Women’: A Critical Analysis - 6. Japanese occupation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 7. Rare footage of the Japanese occupation of the Andamans during World War II - 8. Netaji and hoisting of tricolour in the Andamans: What really happened in 1943? - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/41629570

Don't Know About 'The Salah Effect' 06/08/2026

Don't Know About 'The Salah Effect' Can a footballer make people less racist? It sounds like the setup to a terrible LinkedIn post, but it’s also a real question that researchers from Stanford and other institutions decided to investigate. And somehow, the answer may be yes. In this episode, we explore the bizarre and fascinating story of The Salah Effect, a term inspired by a 2019 study that examined whether Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah may have reduced Islamophobic attitudes and behaviours among football fans simply by being exceptionally good at football. The real story is about identity, prejudice, tribalism, and a weird little psychological concept called the parasocial contact hypothesis. We also dive into the famous study itself, which looked at hate crime statistics in Liverpool, analysed millions of tweets, and found some compelling evidence. As always, this episode mixes comedy commentary, offbeat learning, and quirky insights into something that initially sounds ridiculous but ends up revealing something surprisingly profound about human nature. It’s lighthearted education wrapped around one of those wonderfully random topics that somehow touches on psychology, sociology, politics, media, religion, and why football fans will happily structure their entire emotional wellbeing around a man they’ve never met. Because maybe prejudice isn’t always challenged through arguments. Maybe sometimes it gets nutmegged by an Egyptian winger. Important links: Can Exposure to Celebrities Reduce Prejudice? The Effect of Mohamed Salah on Islamophobic Behaviors and Attitudes - How Mo Salah may have reduced Islamophobia in Liverpool - The Salah effect - The ‘Mohamed Salah Effect’ is real – my research shows how he inspires Egyptian youth - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/41556845

Don't Know Why This Cult Is Orgasmic 06/01/2026

Don't Know Why This Cult Is Orgasmic This week, we dive into a story that starts with wellness, empowerment, mindfulness, and healing and somehow ends with forced labour, coercive sex, cult-like control, and prison sentences. We’re talking about OneTaste, the organisation that convinced thousands of people that repeatedly stroking someone’s clitoris for exactly fifteen minutes was a revolutionary spiritual practice called Orgasmic Meditation. What began in early-2000s San Francisco as a supposedly progressive movement centred on female pleasure eventually became one of the most bizarre and disturbing cult stories of the modern era. In this episode, we trace the rise and fall of OneTaste, from its founding by Nicole Daedone and Robert Kandell to its transformation into a multimillion-dollar business built around workshops, communal living, and increasingly invasive control over its members’ lives. We look at how trauma survivors were recruited with promises of healing, why the media spent years treating the organisation as a quirky sexual wellness experiment, and how celebrity endorsements and TEDx talks helped legitimise something that, in hindsight, had more red flags than a Soviet military parade. This episode blends comedy commentary, offbeat learning, and deeply uncomfortable reporting into a story about manipulation, charisma, pseudoscience, media failure, and the surprisingly lucrative business of selling enlightenment. Packed with quirky insights, weird historical detours, and the kind of random topics that somehow become darker the more you investigate them, it’s lighthearted education only in the sense that we occasionally laugh to stop ourselves from screaming. Important links: 1. OneTaste's website - 2. Touchy-feely “researchers” want to build community through the practice of orgasmic meditation — one stroke at a time - 3. The Pleasure Principle - 4. TEDxSF - Nicole Daedone - Orgasm The Cure for Hunger - 5. Inside Gwyneth Paltrow’s Exclusive Goop Health Summit with Cameron Diaz, Miranda Kerr and Nicole Richie - 6. Onetaste Founder Nicole Daedone Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Forced Labor Conspiracy - 7. My Encounter with the Orgasm Messiah - 8. Great Orgasms – Psychic Energy vs. Physical Technique with Ray Vetterlein, Master Practitioner of Extended Orgasm - 9. Anjuli Ayer: Navigating a Life of Spirituality, Business, and Controversy - 10. In 'Orgasmic Meditation' case, did a zealous media strategy backfire? - 11. Recommendation of the week - The Orgasm Cult - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/41473025

Don't Know Why HYROX is (not) a Big Deal 05/25/2026

Don't Know Why HYROX is (not) a Big Deal At some point over the last year, fitness quietly stopped being about six-packs and started becoming a personality. Suddenly everyone’s in a run club, waking up at unreasonable hours, posting Strava screenshots like stock market updates, and voluntarily paying money to suffer in public. Which brings us to this episode’s main character: HYROX . We break down what HYROX actually is, where it came from, and why it has exploded globally in such a short span of time. In reality, it’s basically a very organised way to discover new forms of exhaustion. But this episode isn’t just about the race itself. It’s about why people are suddenly obsessed with things like HYROX, run clubs, and endurance challenges in the first place. Because underneath all the fitness branding and motivational captions, there’s something much more interesting happening socially. Gyms are no longer enough. People don’t just want workouts anymore, they want experiences, goals, communities, identity, and maybe just a slightly more socially acceptable form of collective suffering. We also get into the rise of “Instagrammable fitness,” the strange status attached to events like HYROX, and whether these experiences are genuinely fulfilling or just the latest evolution of social validation culture. This episode is classic comedy commentary mixed with offbeat learning, packed with quirky insights about fitness culture, social behaviour, and why humans apparently need organised hardship to feel alive. Because honestly, HYROX may look like a fitness event, but it might actually be a very expensive way for adults to rediscover recess. Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/41405380

Don't Know If the Shroud of Turin is Indian 05/18/2026

Don't Know If the Shroud of Turin is Indian This week, we dive headfirst into one of the strangest objects in human history: the Shroud of Turin, a 14-foot piece of linen that is either the burial cloth of Jesus Christ… or the world’s most successful medieval scam. For centuries, this faintly creepy cloth has sat at the exact intersection of faith, science, history, and people confidently yelling at each other online. Because printed onto it is the image of a tortured man bearing injuries eerily similar to the Biblical description of the crucifixion. So we trace the bizarre history of the Shroud, from its sudden appearance in 14th-century France and accusations of forgery by medieval bishops, to fires, papal PR gymnastics, carbon dating tests, and increasingly complicated scientific studies that somehow keep making the mystery worse instead of better. And because apparently this story wasn’t chaotic enough already, we also get into the recent DNA study that found genetic traces linked to India, sparking exactly the kind of internet discourse you would expect. This episode is classic offbeat learning territory: a weird historical rabbit hole full of contradictory evidence, scientific detective work, Vatican ambiguity, and the kind of mystery that refuses to sit still, all wrapped in comedy commentary and packed with quirky insights. Because at the end of the day, the Shroud of Turin is less a solved mystery and more a centuries-long argument that nobody has managed to conclusively win. Important links: 1. Shroud of Turin - 2. Shroud of Turin - 3. The Shroud of Turin: An Overview of the Archaeological Scientific Studies - 4. Shroud of Turin, linked by believers to Jesus Christ, has an Indian DNA trace: Study - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/41320715

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Don't Know Who's Buying This Bulls**t (Psychological Theories Edition) 04/06/2026

Don't Know Who's Buying This Bulls**t (Psychological Theories Edition) This episode starts at a party, takes a hard left into pseudoscience, and ends with us aggressively side-eyeing half of modern psychology. We’re talking about bullshit psychological theories, the ones that sound legit, get repeated everywhere, and somehow survive despite having little to no actual scientific backing. From Stockholm Syndrome to the five stages of grief, we break down how these ideas became mainstream, and why they probably shouldn’t have. Along the way, we take detours into things like left-brain vs right-brain nonsense, the Mozart effect, primal therapy, and the particularly chaotic world of marketing psychology, where “science” is often just a very expensive rebrand of common sense. This episode is peak comedy commentary meets scientific frustration, packed with quirky insights, offbeat learning, and just enough research to make you question every “fun fact” you’ve ever confidently repeated. Like most of our episodes, this starts as one of those seemingly random topics and slowly turns into something more uncomfortable: a reminder that just because something sounds scientific… doesn’t mean it is. Important links: 1. Stockholm syndrome - 2. Five stages of grief - 3. An Empirical Examination of the Stage Theory of Grief - 4. Cautioning Health-Care Professionals: Bereaved Persons Are Misguided Through the Stages of Grief - 5. Inkblot Test - 6. Rorschach test - 7. Controversial psychology tests are often still used in US courts - 8. Insights from an inkblot - 9. Rorschach Inkblot Test: an overview on current status - 10. Learning styles - 11. Roundup on Research: The Myth of ‘Learning Styles’ - 12. Belief in Learning Styles Myth May Be Detrimental - 13. Did an honesty researcher fabricate data? - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/40736170

Don’t Know How Mangoes Took Over India 03/30/2026

Don’t Know How Mangoes Took Over India Summer is objectively the worst season. It’s hot, sticky, mildly unbearable… and yet, somehow, we all tolerate it for one reason: mangoes. In this episode, we take a deep dive into India’s favourite fruit, not just as food, but as a full-blown cultural phenomenon. From its origins in South Asia and its journey through Portuguese trade, to the fact that India produces nearly half the world’s mangoes, this is a story that’s way bigger than just something you eat after lunch. We talk about the absurd variety of mangoes across the country and how these names come from places, people, and occasionally very random backstories. We also get into why mango season is so painfully short, and why no amount of branding (“Har Mausam Aam”) can override the very specific weather cycle these fruits need to actually taste good. But mangoes don’t just stop at food. We explore how they became a symbol of luxury during the Mughal era, inspired the ambi pattern in fashion, and somehow went from royal gardens to being sucked directly from the seed in Indian households. This episode is classic comedy commentary meets offbeat learning, packed with quirky insights about history, agriculture, culture, and the very real emotional attachment we all seem to have with this fruit. It’s lighthearted education wrapped in one of those seemingly random topics that turns out to be much deeper than expected. Because at the end of the day, mango isn’t just a fruit. It’s a season, a personality trait, and for some of us… a lack of self-control. Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/40655020

Don't Know How the Dinosaurs Actually Went Extinct 03/23/2026

Don't Know How the Dinosaurs Actually Went Extinct If you grew up anytime after the 1980s, you probably think you know exactly how dinosaurs went extinct: one massive asteroid, one very bad day, end of story. The problem is… we didn’t actually know that for most of modern scientific history. In this episode, we go back to a time when the extinction of dinosaurs was basically a free-for-all of extremely confident guesses. We’re talking climate change, massive volcanic eruptions in the Deccan Traps, eggs that were somehow both too strong and too weak, and at least one theory suggesting dinosaurs just collectively decided to stop reproducing. Which, honestly, feels like a very low-energy way to go extinct. We talk about shocked quartz, the discovery of the Chicxulub crater, and the kind of planet-wide chaos that follows when something the size of a mountain hits Earth at absurd speeds. We also explore why this theory took so long to be accepted, how it competed with volcanic explanations, and how science actually works when multiple ideas are fighting for legitimacy. This episode is a mix of comedy commentary, offbeat learning, and genuinely fascinating scientific detective work. It’s lighthearted education that starts with ridiculous theories and ends with one of the most dramatic, evidence-backed stories in natural history. Along the way, there are plenty of quirky insights into how consensus is built, how evidence wins (eventually), and how even the biggest discoveries can take decades to land. Important links: Deccan Traps - Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary - Do We Know What Killed the Dinosaurs? - Chicxulub crater - . Ruthenium isotopes show the Chicxulub impactor was a carbonaceous-type asteroid - Walter Alvarez - Luis Walter Alvarez - How an asteroid ended the age of the dinosaurs - We Know the Origins of the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs - . Asteroid dust found at Chicxulub Crater confirms cause of dinosaurs’ extinction - How We Figured Out an Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/40570300

Don't Know How the Oscars Decide 'Best Picture' 03/16/2026

Don't Know How the Oscars Decide 'Best Picture' Every year, the Oscars announce their winners… and millions of people immediately react with some variation of “wait, that movie won?” In this episode, we dig into how the Oscars actually pick winners, and why the result often feels confusing, underwhelming, or completely disconnected from what audiences loved that year. We break down the preferential ballot system used for Best Picture, where Academy members rank films instead of voting for just one. The result is a slow elimination process that tends to reward consensus rather than passion. Then there’s the money. Studios routinely spend tens of millions of dollars on Oscar campaigns, designed to keep their film top of mind for busy voters. At that point, the Oscars start looking less like an award show and more like a carefully managed political campaign. The result is a system that doesn’t necessarily reward the most innovative or beloved film. Instead, it rewards the movie that feels respectable, timely, and broadly acceptable to thousands of industry voters. By the end of this episode, the Oscars will stop feeling mysterious. They’ll start feeling… oddly predictable. And once you see the system, it becomes very hard to unsee it. Important links: 1. What is preferential ballot voting? Here's how a movie wins ‘Best Picture' Oscar - 2. How are Oscars winners decided? Here's how the voting process works - 3. Academy Awards - 4. Oscar bait - 5. Oscar season - 6. Oscar academy demographics - 7. T-shirts, thongs and perfect twerking: Anora spent $18m on marketing – three times its budget - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/40485660

Don't Know About Feminism in India 03/09/2026

Don't Know About Feminism in India Every year around International Women’s Day, corporations suddenly remember that women exist. They post inspirational graphics, run aggressively mediocre ad campaigns, and pretend a century of labour struggles, suffrage movements, and fights for basic rights can be summarised in a pastel Instagram tile. This episode starts with that frustration and then moves somewhere much more interesting: the history of women-led movements in India that actually tried to change material conditions for women. Along the way, we also talk about the uncomfortable reality that feminism has always struggled with class and caste divisions. Even progressive movements have often been led by relatively privileged women, leaving the most marginalised communities to fight for representation inside the movement itself. This episode mixes comedy commentary, offbeat learning, and quirky insights into the history of socialist-feminist organising in India. It’s lighthearted education only in the sense that we try to keep the tone conversational while discussing extremely serious issues, everything from caste violence to climate displacement and gender-based violence globally. And if International Women’s Day is going to mean anything at all, it probably has to start there. Important links: 1. Bharat Stree Mahamandal - 2. Women in Modern India, Volume 4 by Geraldine Forbes - 3. Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti - 4. A Field of One's Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia by Bina Agarwal - 5. Dalit Mahila Samiti - 6. The Dalit Women’s Movement in India: Dalit Mahila Samiti by Jahnvi Andharia with the ANANDI Collective - 7. 137 women and girls killed every day by intimate partners or family members in 2024 - 8. Facts and figures: Ending violence against women - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/40354365

Don't Know How the British Drugged China 03/02/2026

Don't Know How the British Drugged China This episode, we dive into the deeply unhinged saga of the Opium Wars; the time Britain decided that if China wouldn’t buy enough British goods, it would simply get millions of Chinese people addicted to opium and then declare war when China tried to stop it. From the Treaty of Nanjing and the forced cession of Hong Kong, to extraterritorial rights and humiliating indemnities, this episode unpacks how gunboats and capitalism worked hand in hand. We also zoom out to India, where peasants were trapped in coercive opium contracts, pushed into debt cycles, and forced to prioritise poppy cultivation even during famine. Empire, it turns out, was extremely organised. As always, this isn’t a dry history lecture. It’s comedy commentary layered over uncomfortable facts, offbeat learning about trade policy turned military aggression, and quirky insights into how “free markets” somehow keep arriving on warships. If you’ve ever heard someone romanticise the British Empire as a civilising force, this episode exists to ruin that narrative, politely, but thoroughly. Important links: 1. The Opium Wars in China - 2. How Britain's opium trade impoverished Indians - 3. The paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research, USA on the Opium Wars - 4. Extract from Bodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian History - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/40270255

Don't Know Why Pink Is Feminine 02/23/2026

Don't Know Why Pink Is Feminine At some point in life, pink stopped being a colour and started being a personality test. It went from “just lightened red” to “this says something about you,” and nobody remembers signing up for that meeting. In this episode, we unpack how pink became “feminine”, and why that idea is way newer, way flimsier, and way more profit-driven than most people realise. We trace pink back to its original associations with power, war, and aristocracy (yes, pink used to be for boys), and then follow the extremely unserious but highly profitable retail decisions that flipped the script in the 20th century. Spoiler: it wasn’t biology. It wasn’t evolution. It was marketing. Along the way, we explore how pink didn’t just become feminine, it became loaded. It started carrying judgments about seriousness, power, masculinity, and worth. Wearing pink stopped being aesthetic and started being political. And in true Don’t Know, Do Care fashion, we blend comedy commentary, quirky insights, and just enough offbeat learning to make you mildly uncomfortable about your childhood wardrobe. Pink, as it turns out, is just a wavelength. The drama was entirely ours. Important links: 1. The Color Pink — History, Meaning and Facts - 2. The complicated gender history of pink - 3. How did pink become a girly color? - 4. Has Pink Always Been a “Girly” Color? - 5. Here’s How Pink Became A Girly Color - 6. Pretty in pink: The early development of gender-stereotyped colour preferences - 7. ‘Girls’ preference for pink is not innate’ - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/40189020

Don't Know Why GenAI is a Ponzi Scheme 02/16/2026

Don't Know Why GenAI is a Ponzi Scheme In this episode, we ask a question that feels mildly illegal to say out loud in 2026: is Generative AI basically a Ponzi scheme? From OpenAI’s eye-watering losses to Nvidia selling $40,000 GPUs like they’re limited-edition sneakers, we unpack the very small circle of companies pumping billions into each other while insisting this is the future of humanity. Microsoft invests in OpenAI. Nvidia invests in companies that buy Nvidia chips. Those companies build data centers to power tools that still hallucinate confidently incorrect nonsense. Everyone claps. The debt piles up. Repeat. This episode is peak comedy commentary meets uncomfortable finance reality. It’s offbeat learning about GPUs, venture capital, debt bubbles, and data centre mania, packed with quirky insights into how circular investing works when everyone is funding everyone else. Consider it lighthearted education about a not-so-light situation, blending tech skepticism with the kind of random topics that somehow connect Silicon Valley egos, environmental destruction, and your LinkedIn feed. If you’ve ever wondered who is actually making money in the AI boom, this episode might ruin the vibe. In the best way. Important links: 1. Zuckerberg’s Grand Vision: Most of Your Friends Will Be AI - 2. How AI Datacenters Eat the World - 3. The leading generative AI companies - 4. NVIDIA H100 Price Guide 2026: GPU Costs, Cloud Pricing & Buy vs Rent - 5. Inside the world’s most powerful AI datacenter - 6. Nvidia-backed Nscale raises $1.1bn in investor frenzy over AI infrastructure - 7. Tracking NScale's funding - 8. Nscale Contracts Approximately 200,000 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs with Microsoft to Deliver NVIDIA AI Infrastructure Across Europe and the U.S. - 9. The Oracle and Nvidia shebang - 10. Nscale Announces $433 Million Pre-Series C SAFE, Building on Historic $1.1B Series B Momentum - 11. Here's why concerns about an AI bubble are bigger than ever - 12. MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing - 13. 55% of businesses admit wrong decisions in making employees redundant when bringing AI into the workforce - 14. Company Regrets Replacing All Those Pesky Human Workers With AI, Just Wants Its Humans Back - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/40107540

Don't Know About the Logistics of Valentines Day 02/09/2026

Don't Know About the Logistics of Valentines Day If you’re listening to this around Valentine’s Day, there’s a good chance you’ve recently participated in one of the world’s most aggressive annual rituals of romance, panic, and procurement. In this episode, we take a long, uncomfortable look at Valentine’s Day, not as a celebration of love, but as a perfectly engineered, brutally efficient global logistics operation disguised as candlelight and overpriced roses. We peel back the soft-focus UI and dig into the operating system underneath. From why Valentine’s Day accounts for up to 40% of annual florist revenue, to how nearly 250 million roses are grown, cut, refrigerated, flown across continents, and delivered within a non-negotiable 72-hour window, this is offbeat learning at its most industrial. Love, it turns out, is less about emotion and more about timing, because flowers don’t get delayed, they die. By the end, Valentine’s Day looks less like a romantic milestone and more like a textbook case of planned obsolescence, where romance is profitable only if it expires on schedule. It’s one of those random topics that, once you see the machinery behind it, becomes impossible to unsee. Love may be priceless, but expressing it apparently comes with a refrigerated, air-freighted, non-negotiable bill. Important links: 1. Valentine's Day Wikipedia page - 2. More history of Valentine's Day - 3. Yet another Valentine's Day origin story - 4. Fairtrade Flowers in High Demand for Valentine’s Day - 5. Valentine's Day Trends and Statistics - 6. Valentine’s Day Spending Trends - 7. Flower Logistics from Kenya - 8. The flower power of Valentine’s Day - 9. Temporary Beauty: The Environmental Impact of Cut Flowers - 10. Hidden Costs of Valentine’s Day Flowers - 11. Yes, your mother loves the flowers, but maybe not the cost of flying them in - 12. Overview of flower production in Sub-Saharan Africa - 13. French group issues Valentine’s Day warning that cut flowers have a variety of pesticides - 14. The Slow Flowers Movement - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/40032930

Don't Know Why Walking Into Rooms Erases Memory 02/02/2026

Don't Know Why Walking Into Rooms Erases Memory Have you ever walked into a room and completely forgotten why you’re there; not in a poetic, existential way, but in a deeply annoying, brain-just-crashed way? This episode starts there and then happily spirals into the many ways our minds glitch, misfire, and occasionally gaslight us for no apparent reason. We explore a bunch of everyday brain “glitches”, not mental illnesses or rare disorders, just extremely common psychological bugs that most of us experience and have collectively decided to ignore. As always, this all comes packaged as comedy commentary with plenty of quirky insights and lighthearted education, including a game segment where we try to figure out which brain glitches are real and which ones are just psychology-flavoured nonsense. The result is a joyful mess of random topics, memory failures, optical illusions, fake disorders, and the comforting realisation that your brain isn’t broken, it’s just doing what any overworked system does from time to time: glitch. So the next time you feel like the universe is sending you a sign, maybe pause for a second. It’s probably just your brain rebooting mid-task, and honestly, that’s way less scary. Important links: 1. Why Walking through a Doorway Makes You Forget - 2. Why Time Seems to Slow Down in Emergencies - 3. What's the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon? - 4. All to know about the McCollough Effect - 5. What Is Capgras Syndrome? - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/39943615

Don't Know Who the Constitution Was Really Written For 01/26/2026

Don't Know Who the Constitution Was Really Written For In this episode, we talk about the Indian constitution, which felt like a good time to talk about the Indian Constitution on account of today being 26th January, India's Republic Day. As always, we don't talk about the constitution in a chest-thumping, flag-waving way, but in the messy, uncomfortable, historically accurate way it actually deserves. Because for a document that gets invoked constantly in public debates, it’s surprisingly misunderstood, misrepresented, and occasionally weaponised for reasons that range from sincere concern to complete nonsense. We unpack the RSS’s early objections to the Constitution, their bizarre obsession with the Manusmriti, and why replacing a modern constitutional framework with a religious law book full of caste violence, misogyny, and arbitrary nonsense would have been an unmitigated disaster. This is where comedy commentary becomes a survival mechanism, because some arguments genuinely don’t deserve seriousness. We also take the Constitution seriously enough to criticise it. Despite all this, the Constitution remains an extraordinary achievement even though it is flawed, amendable, and far better than the alternatives being screamed about today. Wrapped in quirky insights, lighthearted education, and a lot of uncomfortable truths, this episode sits squarely in Don’t Know, Do Care territory, where random topics like colonial bureaucracy, caste law, and farm protests somehow collide into one coherent argument. Important links: 1. RSS protesting the Constitution in 1949 – 2. ⁠F. Max Muller’s translation of the Manusmriti – 3. ⁠RSS writes a love letter to Manu – 4. ⁠RSS continues protesting the Constitution – 5. ⁠Archives of drafting of the Constitution – 6. ⁠Dakshayani Velayudhan, arguably the most exceptional member of the Constituent Assembly – Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/39860900

Don’t Know Why Every Merger Ends in Tears 01/19/2026

Don’t Know Why Every Merger Ends in Tears In this episode, we talk about something that sounds extremely boring but is secretly responsible for a lot of the world being the way it is: terrible mergers and acquisitions. Having briefly survived a career in finance, we try to explain why corporate mergers are almost never about innovation, efficiency, or “shareholder value”, and are almost always about a handful of executives making obscene amounts of money while everyone else pays the price. Despite the existential dread baked into all of this, the episode is full of comedy commentary, quirky insights, and offbeat learning that tries to make sense of why these corporate decisions keep repeating themselves. It’s lighthearted education only in the sense that we’re laughing so we don’t scream, bouncing across random topics like climate change, healthcare, beer, and why “cost savings” is just a polite way of saying “people will suffer.” If you’ve ever wondered why things keep getting more expensive, worse in quality, and harder to access while CEOs keep getting richer, this episode might help connect the dots. Important links: 1. ⁠LA Times article on Exxon and Mobil merger – 2. ⁠Pre-merger SEC filing of Exxon – 3. ⁠Post-merger SEC filing of ⁠ExxonMobil – 4. ⁠The Guardian on ExxonMobil as the 5th largest producer of GHG – 5. ⁠NPR on ExxonMobil suing their own shareholders – 6. ⁠Report by The Plastic Waste Makers Index – 7. ⁠One Percent Steps on the Hospital Merger Wave – 8. ⁠Article by the American Economies Liberties Project on hospital mergers – 9. ⁠Study by Washington Centre for Equitable Growth on the implications of hospitals mergers – 10. ⁠About the washing powder cartel case – 11. ⁠Stand Earth’s report on P&G destroying the world – 12. ⁠Article from the Atlantic titled The Downsides of 'Efficiency' – Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/39771645

Don’t Know Why We’re Casually Quoting Trauma 01/12/2026

Don't know why Bose hailed Hitler 01/05/2026

Don't know why Bose hailed Hitler This episode is about one of the most uncomfortable, complicated, and rarely discussed chapters of India’s freedom struggle - the time Subhas Chandra Bose and the Free India Legion briefly aligned with Nazi Germany to fight British colonial rule. It’s a story that doesn’t fit neatly into hero worship or outright condemnation, which is exactly why we felt the need to talk about it. We trace how Bose, ousted from the Congress and deeply frustrated with the pace of nonviolent resistance, landed in Berlin and helped form a legion of Indian prisoners of war under the German army. What begins as a strategic gamble slowly reveals its cracks as Nazi racism, propaganda, and indifference to Indian freedom become impossible to ignore. From the legion’s strange existence within the Wehrmacht and later the SS, to the deeply uncomfortable reality of Hitler’s contempt for Indians, this is offbeat learning at its most morally messy. Despite the heaviness of the subject, this is still Don’t Know, Do Care, which means there’s comedy commentary, moments of dark humour, and the occasional reminder that history is often shaped by desperation, ego, and very bad timing. It’s lighthearted education only in the sense that we’re trying to understand something heavy without pretending it’s simple, blending serious history with the kind of random topics that make you pause and rethink what you thought you knew. Important links: A website dedicated to Netaji - The Indian Legion of the German Armed Forces: Between Political Calculation and Nazi Propaganda - The Last Chapter of the Indian Legion - A letter to Jewish organisations by Sarmila Bose - Subhas Chandra Bose (1897-1945) by Prof. Satadru Sen - Our recommendation of the week - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/39603475

Don't know why art heist is (practically) a hobby 12/22/2025

Don't know why art heist is (practically) a hobby In this episode, we fall headfirst into the gloriously stupid, occasionally brilliant, and deeply human world of art heists, sparked by the now-infamous 2025 Louvre heist. Yes, that Louvre. The one with the Mona Lisa, absurd security, and apparently a blind spot for people wearing high-vis jackets. What begins as an exploration of the genius of the heist quickly turns into a full-blown spiral through history’s slickest, dumbest, and most unintentionally hilarious museum robberies. The episode also celebrates the truly unhinged side of art crime with thefts so ridiculous they feel like rejected sitcom plots, while asking the obvious question: why do people even do this? The answer, it turns out, is a chaotic mix of ego, organised crime, bad planning, and watching National Treasure one too many times. Wrapped in comedy commentary, packed with quirky insights, and disguised as lighthearted education, this is classic offbeat learning territory, where random topics somehow make perfect sense. Important links: 1. All the relevant deets of the recent Louvre heist - 2. Some of the most notorious museum heists throughout history - 3. Greatest heists of all time - 4. Some of the most embarrassing art heists of all time - 5. The Sneakiest, Dumbest, and Craziest Art Heists in History - 6. Even more information about the Louvre heist - 7. The burned Van Gogh paintings - 8. The largest burglary in English legal history - 9. The New Year's Eve heist - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/39484800

Don't know why 'The Sun' doesn't shine 12/15/2025

Don't know why 'The Sun' doesn't shine In this episode, we wade into the swampy, sensational, deeply unserious world of The Sun, a British tabloid so notorious that calling it a “newspaper” feels like an insult to both news and paper. What started in the 1960s as an optimistic, politically neutral publication meant to reflect “the age we live in” quickly devolved into a right-wing chaos machine famous for Page 3 girls, fabricated scandals, culture-war tantrums, and front-page headlines bold enough to make even WhatsApp forwards blush. It’s the perfect playground for our brand of comedy commentary, because honestly, The Sun makes parody redundant. We dig into the history behind its rise and rot. And because this tabloid never met a boundary it didn’t want to violate, we also explore its long list of invented stories, sexist attacks, the Hillsborough disaster, Elton John libel cases, and that one deranged Meghan Markle column that genuinely made the whole country break character. The Sun has delivered decades of material that proves offbeat learning doesn’t always have to be wholesome. This is the story of a paper that shaped a nation, ruined a few reputations (and its own), and is now slowly being outlived by memes. If you love random topics wrapped in skepticism, humour, and just enough outrage to keep things spicy, this deep dive into Britain’s most infamous tabloid is very much your episode. Important links: 1. Link to Kapow's IGT episode - 2. About The Sun’s “coverage” of the Hillsborough tragedy – 3. YouGov UK survey on trust on media – 4. ‘Historic Newspapers’ about The Sun – 5. The pre-fucked version of The Sun – 6. ‘The Conservation’ speaking about the change of ownership of The Sun – 7. Wikipedia of The Sun – 8. BBC’s coverage of The Sun swinging from the Left to the Right and back repeatedly – 9. The Guardian’s coverage of The Sun being its sexist, disgusting self – 10. ‘Press Gang: How Newspapers Make Profits from Propaganda’ book – 11. The Sun’s sexist attack on Meghan Markle – Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/39398320

Don't know how the NYT picks "Bestsellers" 12/08/2025

Don't know how the NYT picks "Bestsellers" In this episode, we dive into the mysterious, manipulative, and occasionally unhinged world of the New York Times Bestseller List, that shiny sticker every book seems to have, even the ones that read like rejected BuzzFeed headlines. What starts as casual airport doomscrolling quickly unravels into a full-blown investigation: Who actually decides this list? Why is the methodology secret? And is it really possible to buy your way onto it? (Short answer: lol yes.) It’s comedy commentary meets publishing nerdery, packed with quirky insights about how the book world really works, plus the kind of offbeat learning and lighthearted education that only comes from three people realising the entire system might be held together with vibes and Excel sheets from 1997. If you’ve ever wondered why every acquaintance suddenly claims to be a “bestselling author,” this episode finally explains it, or at least makes you laugh through the confusion while we pretend to understand the NYT’s secret sorting hat. Important links: 1. What does #1 NYT Bestseller even mean - 2. The quintessential Wikipedia page - 3. NYT's 'secret methodology' - 4. Another viewpoint on the NYT Bestseller list - 5. NYT Bestseller list explained - 6. Some shady truths about the NYT Bestseller list - Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/39289205

Don't know how Israel's PR outruns its reality 12/01/2025

Don't know how Israel's PR outruns its reality In this episode, we dive into the wild, worldwide PR machine known as Hasbara, Israel’s official strategy to shape global opinion, rewrite narratives, and “explain” things that probably shouldn’t have to be explained. What starts off as a lesson in public diplomacy quickly turns into a crash course in how coordinated messaging, mass disinformation, and a whole lot of lobby money can bend reality in real time. Somehow, all of this still makes room for quirky insights, offbeat learning, and the kind of comedy commentary you’d expect when three confused people attempt to decode one of the most sophisticated propaganda machines on the planet. It’s messy, infuriating, and unexpectedly educational. If you’ve ever wondered why the same talking points echo across headlines, think tanks, comment sections, and your uncle’s WhatsApp forwards, this episode might finally explain. Important links: 1. Wikipedia talking about Hasbara – 2. The New York Times article on Hasbara – 3. The wonderful ad man, Carl Spielvogel – 4. About the baby cosplaying a suicide bomber – 5. Haaretz article on the baby photographed – 6. Jewish Voice for Liberation explaining how Hasbara works – 7. Israel’s new funding into Hasbara – 8. To volunteer with Tech for Palestine – 9. Kapow’s Instagram handle – Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week. Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen! /episode/index/show/87bb72d6-c9c3-4f23-a172-ed898c844eb7/id/39216100

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