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Daybreak

Daybreak

Business news is complex and overwhelming.

The Ken

777 episodesEN

Show overview

Daybreak has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 777 episodes. That works out to roughly 180 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 11 min and 14 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 128 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 258 episodes published. Published by The Ken.

Episodes
777
Running
2022–2026 · 4y
Median length
12 min
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

Business news is complex and overwhelming. It doesn’t have to be. Every day of the week, from Monday to Friday, Daybreak tells one business story that’s significant, simple and powerful. Hosted from The Ken’s newsroom by Snigdha Sharma and Rachel Varghese, Daybreak relies on years of original reporting and analysis by some of India’s most experienced and talented business journalists.

Latest Episodes

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How many ‘bad’ schools make a good private equity investment?

Jun 28, 202613 min

A new class of gig-workers in India are teaching robots to do the dishes

Jun 25, 202628 min

Why Instagram wants to be on your TV now

Jun 24, 202611 min

India's IT sector bet its future on AI access it doesn't actually control

Jun 23, 202613 min

Google and Perplexity paid Jio and Airtel a fortune to reach Indian users. OpenAI paid nobody

Jun 22, 20269 min

Why Mamaearth's 2022 bet on a little-known drone startup is paying off in unexpected places and for unexpected players

Jun 21, 202618 min

India built UPI for the economy. Gamblers built an economy on UPI

Jun 18, 202620 min

When the monsoon fails, India's AI dreams fail with it

Jun 17, 202612 min

Zepto's DRHP underlines the inevitable cost at the heart of quick commerce

Jun 17, 202617 min

Sovereign AI, American law

Jun 15, 202614 min

Why Amazon seems so calm about being awfully late to quick commerce

Jun 14, 202612 min

Can Adani do with apples what Mahindra did with grapes?

Jun 12, 202613 min

India's mango paradox

Jun 10, 202612 min

Analysts say gas prices are about to crash. India still can't afford to celebrate

Jun 10, 202613 min

LIC has lost its throne to SIPs. It’s still the smartest investor in the room

Jun 9, 202610 min

NEET’s switch from pen-and-paper to computer: damned if you do, damned if you don’t

Jun 7, 202611 min

Why Big Tech is tokenmaxxed out

Jun 4, 202611 min

Google is now Andhra Pradesh's first private electricity company. You'll be paying for that

Jun 4, 202624 min

The AI gold rush is over. The emperors are cashing out

Jun 2, 202613 min

Why Swiggy wants to stay out of the Flipkart-Amazon spending war

Jun 1, 202611 min
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