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Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary was celebrated on October 2. While he is revered in India, his charisma drew some Americans to him, Americans wh...
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- Added: Oct 03, 2023
- Length: 06:00
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On this episode, we talked about a couple of new books that help to celebrate Pink Floyd's iconic Dark Side of the Moon album as it turns 50 this y...
- Added: Oct 02, 2023
- Length: 28:06
On this episode, we talked about a new book that serves as a companion to the Bach cello suites. Cellist Steven Isserlis has created a great book t...
- Added: Oct 02, 2023
- Length: 27:09
Khalistan - a word that used to be on the front pages of Indian newspapers in the 1980s has resurfaced in headlines thanks to the diplomatic row be...
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- Added: Sep 25, 2023
- Length: 06:00
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India’s famous “toilet man,” Dr. Bindeswar Pathak, died last month at the age of 80. But he was far more than just an inventor and business man. Sa...
- Added: Sep 19, 2023
- Length: 06:00
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about a couple of recent books that explore the ways that the black metal genre has evo...
- Added: Sep 16, 2023
- Length: 27:19
Joe Biden and other world leaders landed in Delhi to a grand multicolored G-20 welcome. But the beautification of the city left some of its reside...
- Added: Sep 11, 2023
- Length: 06:00
On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about the music of Beck, which is discussed song by song in a new book that you can bor...
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- Added: Sep 09, 2023
- Length: 28:42
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This week they celebrated “Teacher’s Day” in India, but this year a teacher is in the news for all the wrong reasons.
- Added: Sep 05, 2023
- Length: 06:00
India became the first nation in the world to pull off a soft landing on the moon's south pole.
- Added: Aug 29, 2023
- Length: 06:00
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill's new autobiography "Easily S...
- Added: Aug 26, 2023
- Length: 28:30
The death of a Kolkata teen allegedly because of ragging, or hazing, has re focused attention on bullying in schools and colleges.
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- Added: Aug 22, 2023
- Length: 06:00
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On this episode, we talked about a new book in the 33 1/3 series that documents the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, whose early efforts intro...
- Added: Aug 19, 2023
- Length: 28:30
India celebrated its 77th Independence Day this week. Sandip talks to novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni about the turbulent and traumatic years o...
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- Added: Aug 15, 2023
- Length: 06:00
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On this episode, we talked about "Switched On," the great new biography of Bob Moog that documents his life and work. We would have a very differen...
- Added: Aug 12, 2023
- Length: 28:30
Barbie has made the color pink a"thing," but in India a Bollywood film is even more pink and it celebrates a shade of pink called Rani Pink.
- Added: Aug 08, 2023
- Length: 06:00
On this episode, we talked about "The Names of Minimalism," a new music history book that approaches the genre from the perspective of rivalries an...
- Added: Aug 05, 2023
- Length: 28:00
One of the most memorable lines from Oppenheimer the film comes from the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita. Sandip explains our abiding cultural ...
- Added: Jul 31, 2023
- Length: 06:00
On this episode, we talked about the music of Toby Driver, and his essay in the book Arcana Volume IV, which you can borrow from the library. Drive...
- Added: Jul 29, 2023
- Length: 28:19
The release of Barbie the movie seems the perfect excuse to look for the origins of patriarchy with science writer Angela D Saini.
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- Added: Jul 25, 2023
- Length: 06:00
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On this episode, we talked about the great new book "On Minimalism," a reassessment of this musical movement full of primary-source documents and r...
- Added: Jul 22, 2023
- Length: 28:27
The creators of social media apps claim they are trying to create community. But what they really want is keep us trapped in their community rooms ...
- Added: Jul 17, 2023
- Length: 06:00
On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about the book "Recombo DNA," an in-depth biography of the band Devo that focuses on th...
- Added: Jul 15, 2023
- Length: 28:31
Sandip takes a ride back in time on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, one of the oldest mountain railways in India and part of the UNESCO World Heritag...
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- Added: Jul 12, 2023
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we discussed the book "Who Cares Anyway: Post-Punk San Francisco and the End of the Analog Age" b...
- Added: Jul 08, 2023
- Length: 28:23
