Ishaan Kapoor is a research assistant at the University of Oxford working on molecular and circuit neuroscience. He is the creator and host of the Matter File podcast. Matter File presents the stories of individual countries to help understand the context behind their current state. It is an audio edited volume that journeys through history to explore what led to the current geopolitical and socio-economic landscape of countries today. The podcast has been curating episodes to help better understand the current protests and politics of Thailand, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and the border tensions in Nepal.