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The Morning Brief
To make sense of the week’s hottest stories in business, economy, politics and markets, journalists from the Economic Times chat with reporters and industry leaders in this thrice-weekly (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) podcast.
Episodes
The Morning BriefWhen Grinch Almost Stole Gig Workers' Christmas
India’s gig economy is at an inflection point. Sold as a model of flexibility and scale, it now finds itself under scrutiny as workers protest shrinking…
The Morning BriefET in the Valley: Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y-Combinator.
What does it really take to break into the world’s most selective startup accelerator? In this episode, host Swathi Moorthy speaks with Ankit Gupta…
The Morning BriefBlood for Barrels: Venezuela Seizure, New Oil Wars and the India Angle
On January 3rd, 2026, Delta Force stormed Nicolás Maduro's compound in Caracas in Operation Absolute Resolve. Within hours, the Venezuelan president was…
The Morning BriefHow Legacy Brands Lost GenZ
Generation Z has divorced legacy brands. From fashion to food, skincare to supplements, young Indians are abandoning household names for Instagram-born…
The Morning BriefET In The Valley: Arvind Jain, Co-Founder And CEO Of Glean
Arvind Jain couldn't find his own company's data at Rubrik. So in 2019 before ChatGPT, before the AI boom, he built Glean, the first enterprise generative AI…
The Morning BriefAdani's Airport Playbook
Mumbai finally has its second airport — a long-awaited addition that could reshape how India’s busiest aviation market moves. Beyond the terminal…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation with Tobias Meyer, CEO, DHL Group
Global trade is entering a more complicated phase. It is no longer outpacing global GDP, and the ideas that once drove seamless globalization are increasingly…
The Morning BriefHow Will a Volatile ₹ Impact You in 2026?
In 2025, the Indian rupee has quietly become Asia’s worst-performing currency but the real impact isn’t just on trading screens, it’s inside…
The Morning BriefIndia Calls its Grasslands “Wastelands”; it’s a ₹1.3 lakh Crore Mistake!
Half your milk comes from animals grazing on land the government calls wasteland. The mutton in your biryani? Same story. We're talking ₹1.3 lakh crore…
The Morning BriefET in the Valley: Alex Bouaziz, Co-Founder & CEO at Deel
What does it take to build and scale a remote-first company across borders, regulations, and cultures? In this episode, host Himanshi Lohchab talks to Alex…
The Morning BriefIndia Rewrites its Nuclear Energy Rulebook
India’s nuclear energy framework is set for its most consequential reset in decades with the passage of the Shanti Bill. In this episode, host Anirban…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation with Stefan Oelrich, Head of Pharmaceuticals Division, Bayer AG
As the global pharmaceutical industry enters a period of profound transition, this episode of Corner Office Conversation examines what lies ahead. Hosts Vikas…
The Morning BriefMSMEs and the 7.3 Trillion Rupee Payment Problem
Why do small businesses still wait months to be paid, even when the law says 45 days? In this episode of The Morning Brief, we examine one of the most…
The Morning BriefFrom Age Gating to Content Rating, Microdrama Apps are Flouting Rules
From no age gating on sexual content to the absence of statutory warnings around smoking on screen, Microdrama apps are violating critical rules associated…
The Morning BriefET in the Valley: Ashish Thusoo, Co-founder and CEO, CurieTech AI.
From big data’s earliest breakthroughs to AI-driven software automation, Ashish Thusoo has been at the centre of enterprise technology’s biggest…
The Morning BriefET CEO Roundtable
India’s economy appears strong on the surface: high growth, low inflation, rising global interest and a confident narrative around the “India…
The Morning BriefHow Quick Commerce is Triggering a Health Crisis for Gen Z
India’s quick-commerce boom is masking a growing public-health crisis. A new analysis reveals that half of all packaged foods sold on these platforms are…
The Morning BriefWrappers to Winners: Why Google Chose India for Its First AI Futures Fund
Google and Accel have teamed up to launch their first-ever AI Cohort in India, a pre-seed program designed to back the country’s most ambitious AI…
The Morning BriefET in the Valley: Krish Ramineni, Co-founder & CEO at Fireflies.ai
Fireflies started as a small experiment by two young engineers trying to fix a simple workplace problem: remembering what was said in meetings. A decade later…
The Morning BriefHow IndiGo and Air Travel Unravelled
India’s biggest airline didn’t just stumble, it unravelled. When IndiGo collapsed, thousands were stranded, but the real story runs much deeper…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation: Diego Bianchi,, Vice President, Global Hubs, Sazerac
Bourbon is having a moment and Sazerac wants India to be its next big frontier. In this episode, of the Corner Office Conversation ET’s Ratna Bhushan…
The Morning BriefBCG India Head on India’s Manufacturing Test
India wants manufacturing to power its next big leap from 17% to 24% of GDP, and eventually to a $30 trillion economy. But how realistic is that in a world of…
The Morning BriefExplaining the Govt’s U-Turn on its Sanchar Saathi App
India's government ordered every smartphone to pre-install its Sanchaar Saathi cybersecurity app then quietly withdrew the mandate within weeks after Apple and…
The Morning BriefET in the Valley : Mohit Aron, Co-Founder, Nutanix And Founder, Cohesity
This episode of “The Morning Brief” ET in the Valley series we go inside the mind of one of Silicon Valley’s most quietly influential…
The Morning BriefMeesho's Market Moment
A zero-commission bet that rewired India’s e-commerce playbook. In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Samidha Sharma and ET’s Pranav Mukul…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation with Arun Kumar Parameswaran, Executive Vice President & MD Salesforce
How will the rise of the agentic enterprise redefine the future of work, technology and scale for Indian businesses? Host Anirban Chowdhury speaks with Arun…
The Morning BriefIndia’s Labour Law Reboot
India's biggest overhaul of labour laws has officially taken shape, reshaping how millions of workers and thousands of businesses will operate. In this…
The Morning BriefPrashant Jain's Reality Checks on the Markets Bull Run, IPO Valuations and More
Is India’s stock market truly overheating, or is this simply the new normal? From stretched small- and mid-cap valuations to the frenzy in consumption…
The Morning BriefET in the Valley: Grant Lee, Co-Founder & CEO of Gamma
Born out of a consultant’s irritation with endlessly formatting slide decks, Gamma has grown into a tool that found global momentum during the…
The Morning BriefViral to Valuation: Building Women’s Cricket as a Brand
India’s Women in Blue have just delivered a World Cup win that electrified the nation, but what comes after the euphoria? In this episode of The Morning…
The Morning BriefCorner office Conversation with Nandini Piramal of Piramal Pharma, and Arjun Juneja of Mankind Pharma
India’s pharmaceutical industry is at an inflection point and in this episode, two of its young influential leaders break down where it’s headed…
The Morning BriefWho will Buy Bankrupt Byju’s?
Byju’s, once India’s biggest edtech success story, is now fighting for survival. Its parent company, Think & Learn, has run out of money and is…
The Morning BriefWhy Run Clubs are Exploding as India’s Latest Social Spaces
India’s metros are seeing an unexpected dawn ritual take hold. Before sunrise, thousands gather on streets and promenades not chasing medals, but…
The Morning BriefET in the Valley: Databricks Co-founder Patrick Wendell
The real future of AI’s trajectory is being shaped by players who can convert deep data, cloud-first design, and measurable gains into sustainable…
The Morning BriefTerrorism 2.0
When terror walks in wearing a stethoscope or carrying a university ID, how do you even begin to see it coming?”The Delhi car blast has forced India to…
The Morning BriefDigital Gold: The Hype and The Blind Spots
Digital gold is booming - but is it safe? India’s love for gold has gone digital. From ₹1 micro-purchases to 24x7 vault-backed convenience, digital gold…
The Morning BriefPhysics Wallah Founders on IPO, Growth and Losses
Edtech star Physics Wallah has taken a bold leap - from the virtual classroom to Dalal Street. What began in 2016 as Alakh Pandey’s YouTube channel for…
The Morning BriefET in the Valley: Replit Founder and CEO Amjad Masad
Software no longer needs to be written - it can now be imagined. In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Himanshi Lohchab sits down with Amjad Masad…
The Morning BriefNobel Laureate James A Robinson On Power and Prosperity, AI and Society
Why do nations rise - and why do they fail? In this special edition of The Morning Brief, ET’s Executive Editor Sruthijith KK speaks to James A…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation with Apollo’s Dr Preetha and Suneeta Reddy
Apollo Hospitals’ 42-year journey is coterminous with the story of how India has been trying to modernise its healthcare. In this episode Host Vikas…
The Morning BriefAnother Big Betting Scam!!
Cricket, cash and the dark web of betting — the scandal has come full circle. The Enforcement Directorate has frozen over ₹11 crore in assets belonging…
The Morning BriefGroww’s ₹6,600 Cr Leap - Fintech’s Big Market Test Begins
India’s largest retail broker is making its debut on Dalal Street - but can Groww sustain its blistering rise once the markets start asking harder…
The Morning BriefET in the Valley: ElevenLabs Co-Founder Mati Staniszewski
What began as a simple idea—to change how we hear and interact with voices—has turned into a global tech movement. In this brand-new limited…
The Morning BriefIs Women’s Cricket in India Finally Out of the Shadows?
It was indeed historic — India’s women’s cricket team finally lifted their first-ever ODI World Cup trophy on home soil, ending decades of…
The Morning BriefOML CEO on the Creator Economy’s Next Wave
From indie music festivals to global comedy tours, Only Much Louder (OML) has long been the backstage engine of India’s creator revolution. In this…
The Morning BriefFizz, Froth and Fail: Inside Bira 91’s Meltdown
Once hailed as India’s coolest craft beer brand, Bira 91 is now facing a sobering reality, mounting losses, unpaid dues, investor mutiny and a probable…
The Morning BriefPeyush Bansal on Vision, Valuation and the IPO Verve
From selling contact lenses in 2010 to building a global eyewear brand across India, Japan, and the Middle East, Lenskart's journey mirrors the rise of…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation with Knight Frank’s William Beardmore-Gray and Shishir Baijal
India’s real estate is at an inflection point. In this episode of Corner Office Conversation, hosts Anirban Chowdhury and Kailash Babar talk to Knight…
The Morning BriefRebel Foods’ chief on Building Brands, Tech, and an IPO on the Horizon
Rebel Foods disrupted India’s dining landscape by proving that you don’t need high streets to build high-value brands. From Faasos and Behrouz…
The Morning BriefBooking’s APAC Chief on Travel Trends, AI, and Loyalty
Travel is getting smarter, deeper, and more digital. Booking.com’s Asia-Pacific MD Laura Houldsworth joins Brand Equity’s Anirban Roy Choudhury to…
The Morning BriefExporting Bollywood: Strategy, Scale, Survival
From Lagaan to RRR, Indian cinema has gone truly global. But behind the glitz of overseas premieres and record-breaking box offices lies a fast-changing…
The Morning BriefA Spoonful of Death
In India the so-called pharmacy of the world children are dying from the very medicines meant to heal them. The Morning Brief’s latest audio deep dive…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation with Sridhar Vembu, CEO, of Zoho Corporation
What happens when a small Indian software firm quietly evolves into a global SaaS powerhouse without external funding or data monetization? In this episode of…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation with Gunjan Soni, Country Managing Director, Youtube India.
India is YouTube’s fastest-growing market home to a young, ambitious generation that’s transforming from viewers into global creators. In this…
The Morning BriefCaste, Controversy and Campaigns: Inside Bihar’s Big Poll
The stage is set for one of India’s most riveting political contests, the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025. Nine-time Chief Minister Nitish Kumar faces…
The Morning BriefHooked in 90 Seconds: The Micro Drama Boom
What if binge-watching your favorite show took less time than making a cup of coffee? Welcome to micro dramas: Bite-sized, 90-second stories turning our…
The Morning BriefExplaining RBI’s Raft of Deregulations
In its boldest liberalization push in years, the RBI has announced 22 deregulatory measures in a single day, the highest in its modern history. Among other…
The Morning BriefChabahar Sanctions: India’s Western Deadlock
The future of India’s most ambitious overseas port project hangs in the balance. With the US reinstating its sanctions for Iran’s Chabahar Port…
The Morning BriefVineet Nayar says the Tech Industry is at an Inflection Point, Not Crisis Mode
Vineet Nayar, the former HCL Technologies CEO who once flipped corporate hierarchies on their head is now reimagining classrooms at scale through Sampark…
The Morning BriefDissecting 2025’s Biggest IPO: Tata Capital
Tata Capital is about to drop 2025’s biggest IPO. In this episode of The Morning Brief, we bring you exclusive comments from Rajiv Sabharwal, MD & CEO of…