The Swaddle

matters of the heart

A Requiem For the Human Heart

How the history of the organ is a barometer of human morality.

The Latest

The Real Green Revolution

Great Extraction in the Great Nicobar

Play

Power

Mahmood Mamdani on the Muslim Binary

As India’s Muslims are pushed into tests of patriotism, erased from public life, and cast as either compliant or suspect, Mahmood Mamdani’s work offers the language of exclusion.

Featured

Power

We're Reading Arundhati Roy Badly

AI Slop

The Missing Link

Browse Podcast Series

EP 06The Missing Link

Colonialism and The Gut

EP 05The Missing Link

Oceans and Memories

EP 04The Missing Link

Black Holes and Bodies

EP 03The Missing Link

Immortality and The Hydra

EP 02The Missing Link

Machines and Masculinity

EP 01The Missing Link

Butterflies and Borders

The Business of Being Literary

Who Has the Right to the Seas?

India and Sri Lanka remain trapped in a marine geo-conflict over the fishing economy. Who suffers most when the waters are under siege?

Palestinian History

Lina Soualem on Archiving Palestine

Sex 2.0

Robots, Virtual Intimacy and Sex in Space. Is This the Future of Sex?

Forgotten Crimes

Ep 2: A Sensational Trial

Nobin’s murder trial and Madhavchandra Giri’s adultery trial turned into spectator sports in Bengal. But was justice served?

Power

The Cult of the Teenage Messiah

Respectfully Disagree

Why Do We Love Rich People Dramas?

Why do we love Schitt's Creek and why does The Menu miss the mark? This week on 'Respectfully Disagree', we discuss class, opulence, and the optics of wealth.

Hot Girls For Walkable Cities

The Utopia of the Livable City

Marry Me Not

The End of the Marriage Plot

Objectified

The Story of The Bindi

In this episode, The Swaddle team explores the history of the bindi and how it has shaped debates around the appropriation of Hindu culture.

Unidentifying

I Have ADHD. Don't Call Me Neurodivergent.

In militantly insisting that they (we) simply be custom “accommodated” in a broken system, the neurodivergence movement is, paradoxically, guilty of considering the system faultless.

Power

Sonic Revolution: Punjab's 'Inquilabi'

utilitarian science

'Vestigial' Organs, and Other Lies About Our Bodies

Digital Divas

India's AI Influencers Are Here

Play

The Rewind

Are Zombies a Product of 19th Century Slavery?

We look at the creation of zombies, Voodoo practices, and capitalist American appropriation. ‘The Rewind’ is The Swaddle’s short series exploring lesser-known histories and how they relate to our lives today.