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From Santa Rosa to Salinas, farmworkers are harvesting as California burns. Workers are risking heat, smoke, and COVID-19 to pick grapes and harves...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 10:51
  • Purchases: 1
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As San Francisco’s heat wave hits 100º Sandip Roy recalls how to battle heat waves in his native Kolkata.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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It was just two years ago that India Supreme Court decriminalized homosexuality, but the real hope for change might not lie in politics.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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The furor over a Kamala seems much ado over very few syllables, but how one handles the mispronunciation can be telling.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Sandip wonders if the new normal is really normal?

  • Added: Aug 10, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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With the news of Olivia de Havilland’s death this week coinciding with the Indian celebration of Rakhi Purnima, Sandip reflects on how the holiday ...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: The TikTok logo
The social media app TikTok has taken India by storm, but a political storm may mean that time has run out for its users.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Yann Martel at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet in pre-COVID times, Credit: Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet
How can we possibly dream of a better future in the middle of a pandemic? One way is with the help of literature.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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When does phobia cross over into hate speech? Does a social media site need a bloodthirsty exhortation to deliver a 6-inch deep cut before it can act?

  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Chinatown in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
Why is it when there is tension between two countries, the fear always seems to end up at the dining table.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Johnson & Johnson Fairness skin creams
In the midst of Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. Johnson & Johnson has announced it will stop selling skin whitening creams.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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We bring you stories of "Living and Grieving in a Time of Covid 19." Each story crosses a line ... from before pandemic ... to after. The stories e...

Bought by Valley Public Radio, KCSB-FM, Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2020
  • Length: 54:52
  • Purchases: 11
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In the news recently, statues have been defaced and pulled down from their perches ala Saddam Hussein.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A crocodile in the Sundarbans, Credit: Sandip Roy
The Sundarbans in Bengal, India have become a speeded up version of global climate change.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Sandip's mango tree, Credit: Sandip Roy
When life gives you cyclones, make mango rice.

  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A local vegetable vendor, Credit: Sandip Roy
The COVID-19 lockdown has forced many street vendors inside, but now the sounds of the street are returning.

Bought by KGUA


  • Added: May 19, 2020
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Wooden toys at a past Charak Mela festival, Credit: Sandip Roy
In the year 1427, there will be no celebration. But Sandip remembers the Bengali New Year festivities from years past, the Charak Mela.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Sandip Roy's empty street in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
For these few weeks as humans suffer, the earth is healing itself.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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Sandip remembers his early childhood attraction to a group of mustacioed morons. Astrix and Obelix.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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Could the global outbreak of COVID-19 keep us apart, in more ways than just physical.

Bought by KFCF FM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Cauliflower samosas for Sandip's lunch, Credit: Sandip Roy
I am a samosa and I was meant to play a small but key role in India US diplomacy. This is my sad sad story.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Trump as Baahubali
Sandip Roy looks at all the ways Trump’s recent visit to India has been a benefit to all concerned.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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Sandip Roy spoke with James Crabtree about his new book "The Billionaire Raj."

  • Added: Feb 17, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: The police patrolling the Kolkata Book Fair, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip takes us to one of his favorite places, the Kolkata Book Fair, now in it’s 44th year!

  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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Mark Steiner has been the video buyer at Scarecrow in Seattle for almost 30 years. The world's largest indie video store now has more titles than A...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 1