India, Aug. 31 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday recalled his appearance on the Lex Fridman podcast and revealed the story of a German football player and coach who got inspired by a topic he raised there.

In a pre-recorded Mann Ki Baat episode, PM Modi revealed that the German athlete was so inspired by the topic that he contacted the Indian Embassy in Berlin to express his interest in working on the project.

"In the recent past, I took part in some podcasts. One of them was with Lex Fridman, a world-famous podcaster. We talked about a lot of things in that podcast, and people around the world listened to it. While talking, I casually raised a topic. A German athlete connected with the topic and did his own research. He contact...