PRX - Pieces for Format: Interstitial

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

209 results


Freedom of the Spirit (goodbye Stephen Hawking)
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Piece image
The Indian Science Minister tried to capitalize on Stephen Hawking’s death, but to what end?

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering Sridevi
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: English Vinglish movie poster
Sandip Roy remembers the iconic Indian actress Sridevi.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Goodbye NAM
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: New America Media Logo
Sandy Close, a MacArthur genius with an idea a minute, created an organization of ethnic media providers 20 years ago so as to fill in the gaps of ...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
You Too?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Piece image
The "MeToo" hashtag carries more weight than your average social media meme.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Saint sharing in Kolkata
From: KALW
Piece image
The arch diocese of Kolkata was set up in 1886. The Jesuit missionary St Francis Xavier who came to India in 1542 was made its patron saint. But th...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Fundamental Privacy
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Gay Pride marchers in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
The Indian Supreme Court caught everyone by surprise, including Sandip Roy. Did the court unwittingly decriminalize being gay?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
India at 70
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Piece image
Sandip Roy reflects on India’s journey as it turns 70.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Cow Spotting in India
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Piece image
India is one of the world’s biggest exporters of beef, even though much of India does not eat beef. New laws concerning animal welfare were seen a...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Not in My Name
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Not in My Name protest, Credit: Sandip Roy
On a rain-drenched monsoon evening recently a bit of old American history found new life on the streets of India.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy's Dispatch - Spelling Foreign
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: 12 year old Ananya Vinay, Credit: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
The Scripps National Spelling Bee has a new winner. 12 year old Ananya Vinay. Another Indian American. That’s not news anymore. But Ananya Vinay’s ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Just Like Family
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Piece image
Alex Tizon recently wrote about his family’s slave, Lola. Some praise Alex TIzon for his courage in confronting a dark chapter in his family’s hist...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Air India to the rescue?
From: KALW
Piece image
Air India’s reputation is of a sort of futzy dowager, very uncool. Even its mascot a Maharajah in a red coat and turban with a pointy mustache see...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
A Rose by any other name
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Endurance Amarawa, Ibgiya Malu Chukwuma and Precious Amalcima, Credit: Virendra Singh Gosain/Hindustani Times
There have been other mob attacks in India before thre Nigerians were beaten in a mall in Delhi on March 27. Each time the government promises stri...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Same Old Chickens
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Piece image
Used as Indian Americans are to being heralded as the model minority, their feathers might be ruffled by the stories of harassment coming out of th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Outsourcing the Dream?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Piece image
Perhaps an unwelcoming America is not such a bad thing for the rest of the world. It’s as if the American Dream itself is being outsourced back to ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Goodbye Carrie
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Carrie Fisher as Leia and Harrison Ford as Han Solo in "The Force Awakens", Credit: Lucasfilm
There was much more to Carrie Fisher than Princess Leia. But some things, good, bad or simply pop define us as people, and become placeholders for...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 03, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reflections from Kolkata Pride
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Piece image
I hope when equal rights comes, there will still be room for that ambiguity. That we don’t always need to walk in a straight line.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 12, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
NO Money, money, money
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Piece image
A currency note is a promise. The Indian government is holding that promise in abeyance, even breaking that trust, by promising a better future.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Kolkata and the Mother
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Sunita Kumar with her painting of Mother Teresa, Credit: Photo by Sandip Roy
Many would say she’s just being officially canonized, she was always a saint. But over the past week as international media descended on this city ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2016
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 2
Happy Birthday Mother Teresa
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Piece image
Last week Kolkata was busy celebrating a birthday with flowers, candles, cards and songs. It was Mother Teresa’s 106th birthday/ By the time the n...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
The Sacrifice of Khizr Khan
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Khizr Khan at the DNC Convention
Khizr Khan did something few have been able to do in this bitter and vulgar presidential election.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 01, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Hindu Sena Loves 'The Donald'
From: KALW
Caption: Donald Trump & Shalabh Kumar
Whether or not Trump makes it to the White House he's already proving very useful to those who were until dismissed as the fringe.

Bought by WDBM and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 2
Orlando
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Piece image
That most basic of human gestures of intimacy, a kiss, can still be deadly.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Goodbye Mr. Universe
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Manohar Aich, Credit: Bishan Samaddar
While the world was marking the passing of Muhammad Ali, another giant in the world of sports in India died in Kolkata to far less notice.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 06:00