SASSpod

About SASSpod

The South Asian Studies at Stanford (SASS) Podcast features conversations between the Center for South Asia at Stanford and guests who have a connection to Stanford as faculty, staff, students, or alumni. The podcasts feature a wide range of topics, ranging from poetry to politics, from manuscript collecting to music, from business to Bollywood. Every podcast consists of an informal and informative conversation about South Asia and its meaning in the world, in our lives, and at Stanford.

Publisher

Center for South Asia

Category

education · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 May 2020

Latest episode

15 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

107 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Jun 2026

   Collectives, sustainable agriculture, gender, and indigeneity: a conversation with recently awarded PhD Alexa Russo

   Lalita du Perron talks to recently awarded PhD Alexa Russo (https://anthropology.stanford.edu/people/alexa-russo) about collectives, sustainable agriculture, gender, and indigeneity.

2. 

   1 Jun 2026

   Women’s work, the beauty industry, and gig work in Mumbai

   Lalita du Perron talks to Isha Bhallamudi about her research on women gig workers in the informal beauty industry in Mumbai. What are the benefits and downfalls of doing gig work for women? What is the role of AI in managing the apps? Bhallamudi has her PhD from the University of California, Irvine, and then she had a postdoc in the Digital Civil Society Lab and Department of Communication at Stanford. Instagram handle: _ishacore Isha's website. (https://www.ishabhallamudi.com/)

3. 

   18 May 2026

   The Monster in your Path: The Private Life of Caste in India

   Lalita du Perron talks to Sharika Thiranagama (https://anthropology.stanford.edu/people/sharika-thiranagama) about her new book, how she came to this research in Palakkad, Kerala, after her earlier work on war in Sri Lanka, and all matters of caste, class, and identity.

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

26,230

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

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

Quality

45

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

82