Figuring Out is a podcast for people who want to learn. It connects the world’s sharpest minds to the 1.4 billion Indians who want to win. Raj Shamani sits across from the world's top 1%: billionaires, leaders, entrepreneurs, athletes, and experts to give you a masterclass in what it takes to reach the top of a global stage. World’s best playbooks, strategies, and stories for the generation that wants to turn their ambitious dreams into reality. Figuring Out has become a place where the world comes to talk to India. And where India comes to learn from the world. Follow to become a part of it.
What this show covers
EntrepreneurshipgeopoliticsinvestingneuroscienceFounder Mindsetmemorysleepcareer growthIndiaIndia businessPresidential securityleadershipbusiness strategysports mindsetathlete journey
What listeners will find here
Saurabh Mukherjea on crisis risk, durable businesses, and protecting wealth
A possible financial crisis, rising debt, inflation, and overvalued markets are at the center of this long-form conversation with investor Saurabh Mukherjea. It also moves from macro risks to practical investing ideas like asset allocation, ETFs, currency shocks, and why strong, boring businesses can outperform.
A founder-operator’s take on AI timing, startup conviction, and where real opportunity sits
Startup building in the AI era is the focus here, as Sravanth Aluru discusses founder mindset, timing, exponential businesses, and the industries AI may truly disrupt. It blends practical startup questions with a long view on AI, robotics, data, and human capability.
Why your brain forgets, clings, and keeps chasing more
Memory takes center stage as neuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin explores why we forget, what makes some experiences stick, and how learning physically changes the brain. The conversation also stretches into sleep, personality, bias, babyhood, satisfaction, and the evolutionary roots of everyday emotions.
Scott Galloway on why the middle class feels broken—and what young people can do about it
Money, inequality, career strategy, and anxiety drive this wide-ranging conversation with Scott Galloway. He and Raj Shamani move from the shrinking promise of the middle class to AI, investing, networking, ambition, and the emotional cost of trying to get ahead.
Inside MI5 and MI6 with the former legal director who saw how the system really works
Intelligence agencies, secret identities, and the laws behind covert work are the focus of this conversation with former MI5 and MI6 legal director David Bickford. It moves from recruitment and operations to court evidence, organized crime, terrorism, and the personal cost of leading in that world.
Episodes
What the CIA Really Thinks About Trump & Russia | John Sipher | FO544 Raj Shamani
4 Aug 2026 · 1h 32m
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