EPISODE · Jun 11, 2026 · 5 MIN
014 — The Scan, The Stew, and Earth
from Six Minutes of Silence · host Linu Conil
After a heavy week of news, a story that goes the other way.Researchers at the University of Michigan built an AI called Prima that reads brain MRI scans and produces a diagnosis in seconds — across 50+ neurological conditions, with 97.5% accuracy. When you walk into a hospital with a suspectedstroke, every minute matters. Prima can flag a stroke or a brain bleed in the time it takes to slide off the MRI bed. Sometimes — and we don't say this often enough on this show — AI doesn't take something from a person. It gives themtheir next twenty years.Plus — Google's Gemini went down globally this morning (a quiet reminder that AI is still made of duct tape and servers that catch fire on Wednesdays), Krisp (the noise cancellation tool for video calls), a Kerala chicken stew for the end of the week, and a poem.— TODAY'S TOOL —Krisp — Real-time noise cancellation for video calls. Removesbarking dogs, traffic, neighbour drilling. Free to start. https://krisp.ai— TODAY'S RECIPE —Kerala chicken stew. Heat 2 tbsp coconut oil + cinnamon + 3cloves + 2 cardamom + bay leaf. Add 2 sliced onions, ginger, 4 garlic cloves, 4 slit green chillies — sauté pale. Add ½ kg bone-in chicken, stir 2 min. Pour ½ cup thin coconut milk + ½ cup water, add diced potato + sliced carrot + salt. Simmer covered 15 min. Off heat: stir in ½ cup thick coconut milk, pinchcrushed pepper, curry leaves bloomed in 1 tsp coconut oil. Eat with appam or bread.— TODAY'S POEM —"Earth" — from Fifty Rooms of Silence by Linu Conil, published by Romanson, with an endorsement from Dr. Shashi Tharoor.📖Get the book on Amazon:https://www.amazon.in/Fifty-Rooms-Silence-Linu-Conil/dp/9348314556—Six Minutes of Silence is hosted by Linu Conil and produced byThe Bandrum Circuit in Trivandrum, Kerala. New episodes every weekday at 7 AM IST.Got a thought? Write to [email protected]
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After a heavy week of news, a story that goes the other way.Researchers at the University of Michigan built an AI called Prima that reads brain MRI scans and produces a diagnosis in seconds — across 50+ neurological conditions, with 97.5% accuracy. When you walk into a hospital with a suspectedstroke, every minute matters. Prima can flag a stroke or a brain bleed in the time it takes to slide off the MRI bed. Sometimes — and we don't say this often enough on this show — AI doesn't take something from a person. It gives themtheir next twenty years.Plus — Google's Gemini went down globally this morning (a quiet reminder that AI is still made of duct tape and servers that catch fire on Wednesdays), Krisp (the noise cancellation tool for video calls), a Kerala chicken stew for the end of the week, and a poem.— TODAY'S TOOL —Krisp — Real-time noise cancellation for video calls. Removesbarking dogs, traffic, neighbour drilling. Free to start. https://krisp.ai— TODAY'S RECIPE —Kerala chicken stew. Heat 2 tbsp coconut oil + cinnamon + 3cloves + 2 cardamom + bay leaf. Add 2 sliced onions, ginger, 4 garlic cloves, 4 slit green chillies — sauté pale. Add ½ kg bone-in chicken, stir 2 min. Pour ½ cup thin coconut milk + ½ cup water, add diced potato + sliced carrot + salt. Simmer covered 15 min. Off heat: stir in ½ cup thick coconut milk, pinchcrushed pepper, curry leaves bloomed in 1 tsp coconut oil. Eat with appam or bread.— TODAY'S POEM —"Earth" — from Fifty Rooms of Silence by Linu Conil, published by Romanson, with an endorsement from Dr. Shashi Tharoor.📖Get the book on Amazon:https://www.amazon.in/Fifty-Rooms-Silence-Linu-Conil/dp/9348314556—Six Minutes of Silence is hosted by Linu Conil and produced byThe Bandrum Circuit in Trivandrum, Kerala. New episodes every weekday at 7 AM IST.Got a thought? Write to [email protected]
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