About this podcast
The Two by Two podcast is a premium business podcast from The Ken that investigates, discusses and breaks down the most important business stories around you.
Hosted from The Ken's newsroom by business journalists Rohin Dharmakumar and Praveen Gopal Krishnan, Two by Two will feature guests and experts from across the industry and academia to talk about issues no one else is talking about.
Episodes
- Connecting 110 Dots (Season Finale) · 1 h 18 min · Season 2 Episode 60“If you had to pick out of all these patterns and themes that we spoke about, which one are you the most sure about for the next season? Two by Two is taking a short break before…
- The hyperindependent Bangalorean walks into a hospital rave · 1 h 9 min · Season 2 Episode 56On 22 August, a hospital in Bengaluru hosted a “rave party” in its corridors, with kombucha and hospital props. Enough people were bemused and outraged. A week later, a "peptide…
- Three times Uber said no to leaving India · 58 min · Season 2 Episode 55In February of 44 BC, Mark Antony offered Julius Caesar a crown in front of a Roman crowd, and Caesar pushed it away. Antony offered it again; Caesar refused again. One more…
- Nykaa would rather be premium than be fourth · 1 h 11 min · Season 2 Episode 54Inside Myntra, there’s a spreadsheet that lists the competitors it’s tracking closely. Nykaa Fashion is not on it. To find it, you open a dropdown called "others" and scroll past…
- Ather's Rs 1 lakh scooter walks into TVS and Bajaj's market · 1 h 6 min · Season 2 Episode 53Ather took eleven years to sell its first half-million scooters, watched Ola raise more money and build bigger factories, and cut its own valuation by 44% to get its IPO away…
- Rewind : The numbers behind OpenAI, Gemini, and Perplexity’s deals with Phonepe, Jio, and Airtel · 1 h 28 min · Season 2 Episode 52No new episode this week, we're on a break. So, here's one from November 2025 that just became relevant again: Perplexity's free year with Airtel has begun expiring, and the…
- 2025 Year-end special · 55 min2025 is done. Forty-eight episodes. Hundreds of guests. Endless banter between Rohin and Praveen. This year, Two by Two covered stories from Bengaluru to the world including…
- 60 seconds for every 2025 episode · 55 minAs we try to wind down this year, Rohin and Praveen do something they’ve never done before: go through every single episode they recorded this year. All 48 of them. In 60…
- Deepavali Break · 1 min · Season 2 Episode 12
- No Explainers, No Takeaways: One Year of Two by Two · 1 h 12 min · Season 1 Episode 53Join Rohin and Praveen as they celebrate the one-year anniversary of the 2x2 podcast, reflecting on 52 episodes of business and strategy discussions. This special ‘vibes’ episode…
- 2024 Year-end special · 56 min · Season 1Welcome to the year-end special edition of Two by Two. We’ve released 22 episodes of Two by Two since our inaugural edition in July. We’ve covered an incredible breadth of…
- Happy Deepavali! · 3 min · Season 1Happy Deepavali, dear listeners! On account of Deepavali, the Two by Two team is also taking a small break. But don't worry; we'll be back with our regular programming next week…
