Dostcast

About Dostcast

Dostcast is the only Indian podcast with the widest range of conversations and interviews. Politicians. P*rnstars. Performers. Philosophers. No topic is out of bounds. No guest is too taboo. No conversation is too unsafe for this show. Watch or listen to Dostcast every Tuesday and Friday at 8 PM Indian Standard Time. About the host: Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer and content creator. He studied advertising and religion at Boston University and returned home to setup the best conversation network for Indians. And unlike, most Indian podcast hosts, Vinamre actually does his research.

Publisher

Vinamre Kasanaa

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Oct 2020

Latest episode

18 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

491 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Oct 2026

   There's something I need to tell you...

   Subscribe to My Newsletter: https://www.dostcast.com/newsletter Get your Neo1 here: https://neosapien.ai/shop?utm_source=dostcast&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=dostcast_podcast&utm_content=video_description =========================================================== Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== I’m back after a month away, and this one is just me, no guest. I got married, moved out of Bombay, and spent the gap reading instead of recording. So I sat down and answered everything you have been asking: how I met my wife, why I kept it private, the scam that is the Indian wedding industry, growing older, wasted potential, and my honest take on the politics everyone keeps dragging me into. Half of this is me talking to myself as much as to you. It feels good to be back. Timestamps: 00:00:00 – I Got Married Last Month 00:01:06 – How I Met Her 00:02:08 – Why I'm Keeping it Private 00:02:22 – Why I Finally Married 00:06:03 – The Wedding Industry Scammed Me 00:11:04 – Marriage Ended My Workaholism 00:12:26 – Nobody Marries Anymore 00:20:05 – Future of Dostcast 00:22:45 – I Feel Everything Too Deeply 00:25:31 – I Wasted My Twenties 00:34:52 – How I Look At Art 00:37:07 – Why I Stopped Networking 00:39:05 – My Favourite Cocktail Bars 00:41:19 – My Honest Take On Politics 00:45:36 – Alcohol Made Us Human 00:47:37 – Conclusion ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: dostcast@egiplay.com

2. 

   2 Oct 2026

   WTF India: Are We Losing the Plot? | Dostcast Live 02 w/ Suhel Seth

   Buy his book: https://amzn.in/d/03KByIGf Get your Neo1 here: https://neosapien.ai/shop?utm_source=dostcast&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=dostcast_podcast&utm_content=video_description Full episode summary powered by Neosapien: https://dostcast.notion.site/Suhel-Seth-Episode-Notes-9b436616963e82d5bad7015b9e4ec547?source=copy_link ===================================================== Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== Suhel Seth is one of India's most recognisable public voices, a marketing man, author, and commentator who has spent decades in the rooms where power actually sits. He has advised prime ministers, briefed Vajpayee's 1999 campaign, and counts the Tatas among his closest associations. His new book, WTF India: Are We Losing the Plot, turns that insider's eye on everything urban India complains about and then forgets by morning. Blunt, funny, and completely unwilling to let anyone, including himself, off the hook. In this episode, Vinamre and Suhel discuss: • Why "jugaad", "chalega", and "don't worry" are the three phrases killing India, and the Anand Mahindra tweet that started it all • The Gurugram rant that went viral, flood deaths, leaking new airports, and 71 of India's top 100 companies sitting in a city that doesn't work • Bribes as a way of life, from a death certificate for his own mother to the cop who arrested the DJ instead of the complainant • Indira Gandhi, the licence Raj, and why he blames her for ruining "the idea of India" • The Cancer Express, free treatment nobody knows about, and his unbuilt idea for a 3,000-bed hospital on Ayodhya land • Education versus knowledge, Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore, and why he reads a book a day Is India even a democracy, 42% vote shares, election spending in the crores, and what politicians confess to him in private Follow Suhel Seth on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suhelseth/ X: https://x.com/Suhelseth Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Intro 00:02:34 – Suhel Seth On Jugaad Culture 00:05:19 – Leaking Parliament And Monsoon Flooding 00:07:18 – Delhi Air Pollution And Gurugram 00:09:50 – Civic Sense At Taj Bengal 00:12:46 – Star News And Rupert Murdoch 00:15:13 – Gurugram Rant That Went Viral 00:18:14 – Bribes, Speed Money, Death Certificates 00:21:14 – WTF India Is About Solutions 00:25:54 – What Politicians Admit In Private 00:28:35 – Dhan Mill And Sainik Farms Illegal 00:29:35 – How Indira Gandhi Damaged India 00:31:44 – Cancer Express And Tata Hospitals 00:34:47 – Education As India's Change Agent 00:43:34 – Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore Housing 00:48:08 – Sofitel Smoking Bluff Story 00:53:01 – Is Indian Democracy Really Democratic 01:00:57 – India As A Civilizational Legacy 01:04:27 – Audience Q&A 01:16:09 – Chandrasekaran And Tata Sons Future ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: dostcast@egiplay.com

3. 

   29 Sept 2026

   “Modi Is Careless With His Security…” — Ex-IB Director’s EXPOSE | Dostcast w/ Yashovardhan Azad

   Get your Neo1 here: https://neosapien.ai/shop?utm_source=dostcast&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=dostcast_podcast&utm_content=video_description Full episode summary powered by Neosapien: https://dostcast.notion.site/Yashovardhan-Azad-Policing-Power-and-National-Security-Episode-Notes-3dc36616963e80e3bc82c5d386970f69?source=copy_link ======================================================== Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DostcastClips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== Yashovardhan Azad spent his career at the top of Indian security. He headed the Special Division of the Intelligence Bureau that runs VIP protection, and he personally handled security for the Prime Minister, the President, and the Indian cricket team's 2004 tour of Pakistan. He is also the son of a former Bihar Chief Minister, so he watched power operate from both sides. His book, Policing the Republic, pulls apart why Indian policing is broken and who keeps it that way. He talks like a man with nothing left to protect: names, dates, and stories most officers take to the grave. Follow Yashovardhan Azad on: X: https://x.com/yashoazad?lang=en Website: https://yashoazad.in/ Buy His Book Policing the Republic: https://www.amazon.in/s?k=9789361315923 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Coming Up 00:01:47 - His Father Vs The Coal Mafia 00:04:01 - India's Secret Transfer Mafia 00:07:05 - Inside Pakistan For Cricket Diplomacy 00:08:28 - Peshawar Was A Nightmare 00:11:22 - "Will They Spare Sachin?" 00:16:22 - Three Hotels, Later Bombed 00:17:37 - Z+ Security Tiers Explained 00:20:39 - The PM's 20-Minute Nightmare 00:22:39 - Modi's Jhalmuri And Broken Protocol 00:24:41 - Abdul Kalam's Bravest Question 00:27:24 - Trump Attack, Rushdie Stabbing 00:29:45 - Gandhi Family SPG: Revenge? 00:32:02 - Rahul Gandhi's Security Breach 00:33:15 - Honest Officers Get Punished 00:36:41 - "Transfer Me, I Don't Care" 00:43:38 - Student Riots And Gabbar Singh 00:46:14 - Jailed MPs Voted In Parliament 00:48:35 - Divya Mittal And Lateral Entry 00:53:46 - Naxals Ran A Parallel Government 00:55:44 - Hidma's Killer Battalion 01:03:58 - How Police Bribes Work 01:07:07 - The Peer Gate Riot 01:11:13 - When Can Police Beat You 01:14:49 - One Drug Law, Two Rules 01:18:14 - Communal Riots From Inside 01:20:48 - What Do Police Protect 01:22:43 - Home Ministry And NEET Mess 01:27:11 - CBI Protects The Ruling Party 01:32:25 - Officers Of A Lost Era #ajitdoval #naxals #naxalattack #indiapakistan #modi ==================================================================== Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft. He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching. With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes. Follow Vinamre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcast ==================================================================== Contact Us: For business inquiries: dostcast@egiplay.com

Who has been a guest on Dostcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Monika Halan
• Suraj Narredu
• Arvind Vijaymohan
• Devansh Jain
• Vivek Krishnan

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

724,249,137

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

4.5 / 5

2,744 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 88 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

81

Social presence

97

YouTube

93

Engagement

97

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