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Literally blocking out the sun may sound extreme, but scientists are debating whether using dust particles to reflect sunlight away from the Earth ...
- Added: May 03, 2024
- Length: 03:57
Talking about climate change is never easy. Today, we get some tips from five experts on how to do it gracefully.
- Added: Apr 29, 2024
- Length: 04:35
We’ve celebrated Earth Day in the United States for more than 50 years. Today, we’re taking a look at what made the first Earth Day in 1970 such a ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 04:00
Last week we learned that individuals’ home water consumption doesn’t really make a dent in the water supply, and the benefit of personal water con...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 03:37
Saving water might not seem all that important in a humid climate like Rhode Island. But actually, there are plenty of reasons why water conservati...
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- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 03:26
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Today, we’re taking a look at how we dispose of our food. Next time you’re scraping a plate, should that food go into compost, your sink disposal, ...
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- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 03:32
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A new food fight has erupted in India.
And it’s about one of the most famous dishes to come out of India, one that every other Indian restaurant in...
- Added: Apr 02, 2024
- Length: 06:00
Today’s question comes from a listener here in Rhode Island. They’ve been following local efforts to pass a bottle bill- that’s where you get money...
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- Added: Mar 11, 2024
- Length: 04:00
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Christmas traditions around the world have different origins and different meanings -- not all Santa and elves, sometimes funny, many surprising.
- Added: Dec 19, 2023
- Length: 03:00
Sanjay Patel was the first South Asian to make a Pixar film, Sanjay’s Super Team, but after 20 years with the studio he was ready for a new adventure.
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- Added: Dec 19, 2023
- Length: 06:00
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“Looking like a wow" is the hot new viral craze in India. Sandip brings us the story and what it means for a boutique owner from New Delhi to sudde...
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- Added: Nov 27, 2023
- Length: 06:00
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The coronation of King Charles came with its own special dish - a coronation quiche. But Sandip Roy says that does not have quite the glamour of hi...
- Added: May 09, 2023
- Length: 06:00
It’s that time of the year again when dictionaries around the world try to sum up the year in a word or two.
- Added: Jan 03, 2023
- Length: 06:00
In Bethlehem there was no room at the inn for baby Jesus. But in India there’s always room at the Christmas party.
- Added: Dec 22, 2022
- Length: 06:00
From the World Cup to Pride Parades, Kolkata is a city that loves to turn everything into a festival.
- Added: Dec 20, 2022
- Length: 06:00
India does not have a spot in World Cup football. But Kolkata, as usual, has two teams in the game.
- Added: Nov 29, 2022
- Length: 06:00
In the season premiere of our 11th time around the fiscal year of the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund, the Granite City Radio Theater broug...
- Added: Oct 30, 2022
- Length: 02:02:26
Diwali is not just the Indian festival of lights. It's also a festival of sweets!
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- Added: Oct 18, 2022
- Length: 06:00
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At the Kolkata Book Fair Sandip wonders if anyone comes to the book fair anymore for actual books, and then 4 handwritten poems proved that they do.
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- Added: Apr 04, 2022
- Length: 06:00
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The New York Times “Spelling Bee” word game really took off during the pandemic lockdown. But Sandip finds the Bee to be a bit exiguous.
- Added: Nov 16, 2021
- Length: 06:00
In a bitterly polarized world bristling with fake news, cancel culture and troll armies, Abba reminds us that being likable is not somehow a mark o...
- Added: Nov 09, 2021
- Length: 06:00
Impossible, McPlant or zingers and crispers, whatever you call them they’re all big business. Sandip Roy takes a bite of plant-based meat products.
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- Added: Sep 13, 2021
- Length: 06:00
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In today's Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack strolls through the 48th annual Lemonade Art Fair on t...
- Added: Jun 24, 2021
- Length: 25:20
Will Rogers thought about peace often, but didn't always trust it
- Added: Mar 09, 2021
- Length: :59
Some of Will's greatest jokes about Congress
- Added: Mar 02, 2021
- Length: :59
