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August 31, 2026 · 43 min
Build Wealth in Real Estate with a W2 Job | Andrew Postell
Is it possible to build generational wealth through real estate without quitting your day job? In this episode of The Sunday Draft, Raj sits down with Andrew Postell—a veteran real estate investor with 25 years of hands-on experience and 15 years in
August 25, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
Stop Chasing Followers. Start Chasing Purpose.
Most people chase followers first and hope purpose shows up later. Zhara York — teacher, author, mentor, and real estate professional — thinks that’s exactly backwards. In this episode of The Sunday Draft, we talk about why validation-driven succ
August 17, 2026 · 49 min
Cartoons, Obama, and India with Matt Damon: The Peter Moore Story
Peter Moore spent 30 years in magazines — 10 years as articles editor at Playboy, then two decades running Men’s Health, where he landed a rare 20-minute interview with President Obama in the Oval Office and traveled to rural India with Matt Damon f
August 10, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
Points, Miles & Travel Hacks (What Actually Works)
Linda King has spent years traveling the world and helping others do it smarter — and this week she’s sharing the real tips most people never hear: how to actually score an exit row for a few hundred dollars, why you should save your points for long
August 2, 2026 · 58 min
Is the Internet Still Real? (with Ross Thorpe, founder of Rooverse)
Ross Thorpe, founder of Rooverse, on building a human-only social platform, why 71% of images online are now AI-generated, and what it's doing to how we think.
July 27, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
The Fixer: 33 Years Inside the Middle East with CBS News' Amjad Tadros
Amjad Tadros, the fixer who arranged access for CBS News and 60 Minutes across the Middle East for 33 years, on his book The Fixer and three decades of history.
July 19, 2026 · 54 min
India's Gen-Z Movement Crisis: Why Modi's Government Reacted Now
Raj and returning co-host Kanti Kumar unpack India's Cockroach Janata Party protest movement, the Jantar Mantar hunger strikes, and the Modi government's first reaction.
July 12, 2026 · 48 min
Why Socialism Struggles: An Economist Takes on the Mamdani Effect
Economist Dr. Doug Cardell joins to unpack democratic socialism, the Mamdani effect in New York, and five concrete reforms he proposes to fix American politics.
July 6, 2026 · 57 min
Why Companies Aren't Getting ROI on AI (with Brenn Hill)
Engineering leader Brenn Hill breaks down the AI ROI myth, why token-based pricing fails for business planning, and his cost/verification/intent-clarity framework.
June 29, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min
Think Your Way Out of Billionaire-Driven AI Replacement
Mohammed Nabil on AIDOP, a methodology for using AI to sharpen your own thinking, and a vision of collective intelligence and global citizen governance.
June 22, 2026 · 59 min
"We Left a Piece of Us There" — Everest Base Camp Trek, Part 1
Varun and Aneesh relive their March Everest Base Camp trek: the Lukla flight, Namche Bazaar, altitude sickness, and the truth behind the Sherpa "scam" headlines.
June 14, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min
Piff-Paff Politics: The Cockroach Party, One Month In
A one-month report card on India's Cockroach Janata Party protest movement, its five-point manifesto, and the fear that it succeeds just enough to be absorbed.
June 7, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min
Are We Enabling AI to Replace Us?
Raj and his oldest friend Nidhin, both IT veterans, on the Mercor story, whether AI displacement hits in two years or five, and what happens after the jobs go.
May 31, 2026 · 1 hr 34 min
Raising Them in Your Cage — AMA with a Child Psychologist
Child psychologist Tvarita Iyer Vemuri on Culture-Bound Syndromes, how parents pass anxiety to children through inherited rituals, screen addiction, and neurodivergence.
May 29, 2026 · 26 min
Troll Wars: Explaining Indian Culture to the Internet
Addressing the most common misconceptions and online trolling points about India's diverse population, languages, food, and traditions.
May 17, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min
Is the Era of Cheap Oil Over?
Raj and Varun unpack the shifting landscape of global energy, geopolitical power plays, and whether America is ready to pivot away from cheap oil.
May 11, 2026
The War That Broke America’s Spirit
Spirit Airlines collapsed overnight. Raj and Varun unpack what it revealed about jet fuel, the Strait of Hormuz, and the assumption that oil would always be cheap.
May 3, 2026
From Invisible Children to ICE Detention — The Story So Far | The Sunday Draft LIVE
One month in, Alicia flips the format and interviews Raj about why he started The Sunday Draft — and walks through the stories the show has covered so far.
April 27, 2026 · 31 min
Monthly AMA on Child Psychology, Social Media, Screen Time & AI
Child psychologist Tvarita Iyer Vemuri launches a monthly AMA series, tackling teen tech addiction, the parental mirror effect, and print vs. digital reading.
April 26, 2026 · 56 min
The Meenu Batra Case: Withheld From Due Process
A Sikh court interpreter with 35 years in the US has been detained for over 40 days under a legal paradox: the same protection that bars her deportation is being used to justify holding her indefinitely.
April 19, 2026 · 48 min
Can Art Survive War?
How ongoing conflict and political decisions under both the Trump and Modi administrations are putting art and cultural heritage at risk — and what's lost when culture becomes collateral damage.
April 5, 2026 · 1 hr 35 min
The Child Brain Trap: Social Media, AI, and What's Happening to Our Children
The first generation to grow up entirely inside the algorithm is here. What research from Pew, LocalCircle, and child psychologists reveals about anxiety, screens, and developing brains.
March 29, 2026 · 39 min
The Hindu Gym Owner Who Took a Muslim Name — and Paid the Price
A Hindu gym owner in India legally changes his name to Mohammed Deepak — a story about identity, belonging, and what tolerance looks like when it's actually tested.
March 22, 2026 · 27 min
Introducing The Sunday Draft
The debut episode: Raj and Kanti on why they started a podcast that reads like a Sunday newspaper over coffee — context and perspective instead of hot takes.