Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20210607 | Asha is halfway through her PhD and working on an algorithm to develop empathy in artificial intelligence. When she meets up with her high-school crush Cyrus, now a charismatic creator and celebrant of secular rituals, she sees the opportunity to adapt her research into a revolutionary new social media platform bringing meaning into millions of lives.
She also falls back in love with Cyrus and they get married in a whirlwind of passion, ambition and excitement. Together with Cyrus's best friend Jules, they are invited to join the super-cool startup incubator Utopia, and their journey through the cutting-edge world of tech innovation begins.
As their app takes off, Asha finds herself confronting challenges to her marriage, her dreams for the future and her independence, and discovers the brave new world of tech is still, like the old one, dominated by men and their ambitions.
Episode 1/10: An old crush, a magic funeral, a wedding and a brilliant idea.
Tahmima Anam is a novelist, short-story writer and Harvard educated anthropologist. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Costa First Novel Award, and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Her other novels are The Good Muslim and The Bones of Grace. The Startup Wife owes its inspiration to her own experiences as executive director of a music technology startup founded by her husband.
Reader: Preeya Kalidas
Image: Tahmima Anam
A funny, high-octane story of love, work and ambition in the new startup world of tech. |
| 02 | 20210608 | Asha is halfway through her PhD and working on an algorithm to develop empathy in artificial intelligence. When she meets up with her high-school crush Cyrus, now a charismatic creator and celebrant of secular rituals, she sees the opportunity to adapt her research into a revolutionary new social media platform bringing meaning into millions of lives.
She also falls back in love with Cyrus and they get married in a whirlwind of passion, ambition and excitement. Together with Cyrus's best friend Jules, they are invited to join the super-cool startup incubator Utopia, and their journey through the cutting-edge world of tech innovation begins.
As their app takes off, Asha finds herself confronting challenges to her marriage, her dreams for the future and her independence, and discovers the brave new world of tech is still, like the old one, dominated by men and their ambitions.
Episode 2/10: People say there's no such thing as Utopia, but they're wrong.
Tahmima Anam is a novelist, short-story writer and Harvard educated anthropologist. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Costa First Novel Award, and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Her other novels are The Good Muslim and The Bones of Grace. The Startup Wife owes its inspiration to her own experiences as executive director of a music technology startup founded by her husband.
Reader: Preeya Kalidas
Image: Tahmima Anam
A funny, high-octane story of love, work and ambition in the new startup world of tech. |
| 03 | 20210609 | Asha is halfway through her PhD and working on an algorithm to develop empathy in artificial intelligence. When she meets up with her high-school crush Cyrus, now a charismatic creator and celebrant of secular rituals, she sees the opportunity to adapt her research into a revolutionary new social media platform bringing meaning into millions of lives.
She also falls back in love with Cyrus and they get married in a whirlwind of passion, ambition and excitement. Together with Cyrus's best friend Jules, they are invited to join the super-cool startup incubator Utopia, and their journey through the cutting-edge world of tech innovation begins.
As their app takes off, Asha finds herself confronting challenges to her marriage, her dreams for the future and her independence, and discovers the brave new world of tech is still, like the old one, dominated by men and their ambitions.
Episode 3/10: Fundraising, or the art of kissing frogs.
Tahmima Anam is a novelist, short-story writer and Harvard educated anthropologist. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Costa First Novel Award, and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Her other novels are The Good Muslim and The Bones of Grace. The Startup Wife owes its inspiration to her own experiences as executive director of a music technology startup founded by her husband.
Reader: Preeya Kalidas
Image: Tahmima Anam
A funny, high-octane story of love, work and ambition in the new startup world of tech. |
| 04 | 20210610 | Asha is halfway through her PhD and working on an algorithm to develop empathy in artificial intelligence. When she meets up with her high-school crush Cyrus, now a charismatic creator and celebrant of secular rituals, she sees the opportunity to adapt her research into a revolutionary new social media platform bringing meaning into millions of lives.
She also falls back in love with Cyrus and they get married in a whirlwind of passion, ambition and excitement. Together with Cyrus's best friend Jules, they are invited to join the super-cool startup incubator Utopia, and their journey through the cutting-edge world of tech innovation begins.
As their app takes off, Asha finds herself confronting challenges to her marriage, her dreams for the future and her independence, and discovers the brave new world of tech is still, like the old one, dominated by men and their ambitions.
Episode 4/10: How to succeed in business and marriage at the same time.
Tahmima Anam is a novelist, short-story writer and Harvard educated anthropologist. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Costa First Novel Award, and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Her other novels are The Good Muslim and The Bones of Grace. The Startup Wife owes its inspiration to her own experiences as executive director of a music technology startup founded by her husband.
Reader: Preeya Kalidas
Image: Tahmima Anam
A funny, high-octane story of love, work and ambition in the new startup world of tech. |
| 05 | 20210611 | Asha is halfway through her PhD and working on an algorithm to develop empathy in artificial intelligence. When she meets up with her high-school crush Cyrus, now a charismatic creator and celebrant of secular rituals, she sees the opportunity to adapt her research into a revolutionary new social media platform bringing meaning into millions of lives.
She also falls back in love with Cyrus and they get married in a whirlwind of passion, ambition and excitement. Together with Cyrus's best friend Jules, they are invited to join the super-cool startup incubator Utopia, and their journey through the cutting-edge world of tech innovation begins.
As their app takes off, Asha finds herself confronting challenges to her marriage, her dreams for the future and her independence, and discovers the brave new world of tech is still, like the old one, dominated by men and their ambitions.
Episode 5/10: So we have to look for the assassin within.
Tahmima Anam is a novelist, short-story writer and Harvard educated anthropologist. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Costa First Novel Award, and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Her other novels are The Good Muslim and The Bones of Grace. The Startup Wife owes its inspiration to her own experiences as executive director of a music technology startup founded by her husband.
Reader: Preeya Kalidas
Image: Tahmima Anam
A funny, high-octane story of love, work and ambition in the new startup world of tech. |
| 06 | 20210614 | Asha is halfway through her PhD and working on an algorithm to develop empathy in artificial intelligence. When she meets up with her high-school crush Cyrus, now a charismatic creator and celebrant of secular rituals, she sees the opportunity to adapt her research into a revolutionary new social media platform bringing meaning into millions of lives.
She also falls back in love with Cyrus and they get married in a whirlwind of passion, ambition and excitement. Together with Cyrus's best friend Jules, they are invited to join the super-cool startup incubator Utopia, and their journey through the cutting-edge world of tech innovation begins.
As their app takes off, Asha finds herself confronting challenges to her marriage, her dreams for the future and her independence, and discovers the brave new world of tech is still, like the old one, dominated by men and their ambitions.
Episode 6/10: Stretching the runway, beating the numbers and hitting the big time.
Tahmima Anam is a novelist, short-story writer and Harvard educated anthropologist. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Costa First Novel Award, and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Her other novels are The Good Muslim and The Bones of Grace. The Startup Wife owes its inspiration to her own experiences as executive director of a music technology startup founded by her husband.
Reader: Preeya Kalidas
Image: Tahmima Anam
A funny, high-octane story of love, work and ambition in the new startup world of tech. |
| 07 | 20210615 | Asha is halfway through her PhD and working on an algorithm to develop empathy in artificial intelligence. When she meets up with her high-school crush Cyrus, now a charismatic creator and celebrant of secular rituals, she sees the opportunity to adapt her research into a revolutionary new social media platform bringing meaning into millions of lives.
She also falls back in love with Cyrus and they get married in a whirlwind of passion, ambition and excitement. Together with Cyrus's best friend Jules, they are invited to join the super-cool startup incubator Utopia, and their journey through the cutting-edge world of tech innovation begins.
As their app takes off, Asha finds herself confronting challenges to her marriage, her dreams for the future and her independence, and discovers the brave new world of tech is still, like the old one, dominated by men and their ambitions.
Episode 7/10: To change the world, first you have to reach the world.
Tahmima Anam is a novelist, short-story writer and Harvard educated anthropologist. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Costa First Novel Award, and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Her other novels are The Good Muslim and The Bones of Grace. The Startup Wife owes its inspiration to her own experiences as executive director of a music technology startup founded by her husband.
Reader: Preeya Kalidas
Image: Tahmima Anam
A funny, high-octane story of love, work and ambition in the new startup world of tech. |
| 08 | 20210616 | Asha is halfway through her PhD and working on an algorithm to develop empathy in artificial intelligence. When she meets up with her high-school crush Cyrus, now a charismatic creator and celebrant of secular rituals, she sees the opportunity to adapt her research into a revolutionary new social media platform bringing meaning into millions of lives.
She also falls back in love with Cyrus and they get married in a whirlwind of passion, ambition and excitement. Together with Cyrus's best friend Jules, they are invited to join the super-cool startup incubator Utopia, and their journey through the cutting-edge world of tech innovation begins.
As their app takes off, Asha finds herself confronting challenges to her marriage, her dreams for the future and her independence, and discovers the brave new world of tech is still, like the old one, dominated by men and their ambitions.
Episode 8/10: Bringing Marco on board.
Tahmima Anam is a novelist, short-story writer and Harvard educated anthropologist. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Costa First Novel Award, and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Her other novels are The Good Muslim and The Bones of Grace. The Startup Wife owes its inspiration to her own experiences as executive director of a music technology startup founded by her husband.
Reader: Preeya Kalidas
Image: Tahmima Anam
A funny, high-octane story of love, work and ambition in the new startup world of tech. |
| 09 | 20210617 | Asha is halfway through her PhD and working on an algorithm to develop empathy in artificial intelligence. When she meets up with her high-school crush Cyrus, now a charismatic creator and celebrant of secular rituals, she sees the opportunity to adapt her research into a revolutionary new social media platform bringing meaning into millions of lives.
She also falls back in love with Cyrus and they get married in a whirlwind of passion, ambition and excitement. Together with Cyrus's best friend Jules, they are invited to join the super-cool startup incubator Utopia, and their journey through the cutting-edge world of tech innovation begins.
As their app takes off, Asha finds herself confronting challenges to her marriage, her dreams for the future and her independence, and discovers the brave new world of tech is still, like the old one, dominated by men and their ambitions.
Episode 9/10: Nobody wants to be married to the Messiah.
Tahmima Anam is a novelist, short-story writer and Harvard educated anthropologist. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Costa First Novel Award, and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Her other novels are The Good Muslim and The Bones of Grace. The Startup Wife owes its inspiration to her own experiences as executive director of a music technology startup founded by her husband.
Reader: Preeya Kalidas
Image: Tahmima Anam
A funny, high-octane story of love, work and ambition in the new startup world of tech A funny, high-octane story of love, work and ambition in the new startup world of tech. |
| 10 | 20210618 | Asha is halfway through her PhD and working on an algorithm to develop empathy in artificial intelligence. When she meets up with her high-school crush Cyrus, now a charismatic creator and celebrant of secular rituals, she sees the opportunity to adapt her research into a revolutionary new social media platform bringing meaning into millions of lives.
She also falls back in love with Cyrus and they get married in a whirlwind of passion, ambition and excitement. Together with Cyrus's best friend Jules, they are invited to join the super-cool startup incubator Utopia, and their journey through the cutting-edge world of tech innovation begins.
As their app takes off, Asha finds herself confronting challenges to her marriage, her dreams for the future and her independence, and discovers the brave new world of tech is still, like the old one, dominated by men and their ambitions.
Episode 10/10: When a piece breaks off, the whole comes crashing down.
Tahmima Anam is a novelist, short-story writer and Harvard educated anthropologist. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Costa First Novel Award, and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Her other novels are The Good Muslim and The Bones of Grace. The Startup Wife owes its inspiration to her own experiences as executive director of a music technology startup founded by her husband.
Reader: Preeya Kalidas
Image: Tahmima Anam
A funny, high-octane story of love, work and ambition in the new startup world of tech. |