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Caption: A view from the Jhandi mountains, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip yearns for the life of traveler.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Saleem Kidwai, Credit: Sharif Rangnekar
Sandip Roy looks at the influence of Salem Kidwai who, in his understated way, helped the gay movement in India.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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John Hoffman and Peter Staley talk science, politics, and telling the truth.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2021
  • Length: 27:55
Caption: the McDonald's P.L.T.
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
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The view from Robert Clark's studio in Brooklyn, Credit: Robert Clark
After 20 years in Afghanistan Sandip is left with the tragic ghosts of memory.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Anti-Cholera inoculation in Calcutta in 1894. Picture from the  Wellcome Collection. , Credit: Courtesy Chinmay Tumbe
There are many conversations to have concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, but pandemics were common not too long ago. Maybe we should pay attention in...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: "Nightmare" by Shamsia Hassani, Credit: Shamsia Hassani
With all the talk about the women and girls of Afghanistan, Sandip wonders if it was ever really about them at all.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Poster for "From Kabul to Kolkata" photography exhibition
Even though the touching stories in books and delicious kebabs in tiny restaurants are part of our enjoyment of “diversity,” they are also a remind...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Curry, three ways, Credit: Sandip Roy
While “curry” may be a lazy umbrella term for the thousands of Indian dishes that go by that name, Sandip considers the difficulty in cancelling it.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A screen shot of the opening video about the refugee Olympic team, Credit: International Olympic Committee
Whether they win any medals or not, the refugee hold up a mirror to a world coming apart all around us. And coming as they do from all over the wor...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: For sale...but how much?, Credit: Erin Meehan Breen
group discussion of Covid caused housing problems in Tahoe and solutions in the works.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 04:01
Caption: A Bengali newspaper in Kolkata is excited about Sameer Banerjee's Wimbledon victory., Credit: Sandip Roy
A little reflected glory is probably innocuous enough, but DNA is not sufficient evidence of belonging to a particular culture.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Dylan's Press Conference 1965
Radio presenter and podcaster Ben Burrell talks about his love for Bob Dylan... despite his flaws!

  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 17:07
Caption: Nik Sharma author of the Flavor Equation
Nik Sharma's latest book is the Flavor Equation which breaks flavor down to its component parts - from mouthfeel to aroma, even sound.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Mount Everest, Credit: Stephen Alter
Every May 29th is Mt. Everest Day.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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As India tries to pick up the pieces of the pandemic, what happens In India wont stay in India since India was the pharmacy to the world.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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Co-host Ray Suarez explores one of the underlying tensions that fuels the Israeli-Palestinian crisis by focusing on a single house in East Jerusale...

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  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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A new documentary explores Allen Ginsberg’s time in India.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A film poster for Satyajit Ray's "The Diamond Kingdom."
One of Satyajit Ray’s most political movies was actually a children’s movie written for his son. But it resonates with adults as well.

  • Added: May 25, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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In this episode, journalist Hana Baba talks with former refugee Maryan Hassan and author Ty McCormick, whose new book "Beyond the Sand and Sea" tel...

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  • Added: May 19, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Ray in his study on the cover of Krittibas magazine
While we know all directors through their films, the remarkable Indian director Satyajit Ray left so much more… on paper.

  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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This May is the centenary of Satyajit Ray’s birth, a good excuse to revisit his films. We start with the Apu Trilogy.

  • Added: May 10, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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India’s most famous filmmaker would have turned 100 this Sunday.

  • Added: May 04, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A "reminder" from India's Chamber of Commerce, Credit: Sandip Roy
As India’s second wave of COVID-19 batters India, Twitter is becoming the go to for communication.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Josh Morris, 15, onstage in Harlem.
While New York City reopens, Harlem musicians continue one of jazz's most revered traditions at the historic Minton's Playhouse.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 04:20