Stepwell Radio

Some rooms weren’t built with us in mind. We walked in anyway, did the work, and stayed. Not to prove a point, but because the work is ours too.

Behind the pastel silks and powdered wigs of 18th century France, a few lived in excess while many went hungry. Beauty was the display, and the gap was the story. We’ll be talking about all of this, so tune in.

Fathers. Sons. Husbands. Surnames. We inherited the rules before we were old enough to question them. But inheritance can run through daughters. Homes can follow mothers. Families can exist without marriage at the...

Your trust means the world to you. They promised to guard it. Then you gave your donations, service, the cards of your faith. But who’s holding the deck? Tune in as we ask what happens when belief passes through...

"Tonight’s the night” is the catchphrase of the famous serial killer, Dexter Morgan. Find out how the public turned a serial killer into a relatable character, what a meme means and how people end up perceiving certain...

Long before glass and steel, faith was shaped by hand, in stone, brick, and fire. From the sun-drenched carvings of the Solanki dynasty to the rock-cut shrines rising from the Pallava shores, Indic temple architecture...

Every culture has feared colour, controlled colour, or weaponised colour, just differently. Rome made purple treason. India built caste rules around who could wear what. The West built a whole design philosophy around...

War doesn't just cost lives and money…it costs land. Military bases, border walls, testing ranges: built without environmental review, impossible to challenge, and left behind long after the mission ends. Forests...

What happens when a conflict stretches beyond the headlines and into the everyday lives of people? Our latest episode looks at the Manipur conflict, exploring the events, histories, and human experiences that have...

Story of Earth captured through a Golden record. Images, sounds, music and greetings to something, we don’t even know truly exists. Floating in space, we don’t know when it will reach it’s destination but it still...

Poaching’s down, but that’s not the threat anymore. A government is quietly signing away the rhinos’ flood refuge for a hotel pool. Farmers who’ve worked that land for generations are branded encroachers. This is profit...

The Stepwell Radio and The Ahmedabad University Library are delighted to present a special World Book Day 2026 edition of Voices from the Bookshelf, featuring distinguished scholars Aparajith Ramnath, Neeraja Sankaran...

This show looks at how everything happening right now—wars, trade tensions, rising inequality—might not be random, but part of a bigger pattern. It explores how global power is shifting, and how democracy today often...

Somewhere between right and wrong, the most honest stories live. We grew up on perfect heroes—clean choices, clear morals, predictable endings. But the characters that stay with us? They lie. They fail. They cross lines...

<p>Trekking has always been more than just reaching the summit—it’s about the journey, the people, and the stories you collect along the way. But is that changing? In this episode, we dive into a thought provoking...