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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
The White House state dinner for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi included for the first time millets as the main grain. And that caused quite a...
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- Added: Jul 03, 2023
- Length: 06:00
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Kolkata’s streets continue to clog with cars. The fate of an already established, cleaner transit option, teeters in the balance.
- Added: Apr 18, 2023
- Length: 06:00
Kolkata was the first city in India to have streetcars and the only city to still have them. And they carry within them a rich history of the city ...
- Added: Apr 11, 2023
- Length: 06:00
The short documentary Oscar win for The Elephant Whisperers is being widely celebrated in India because it's a first for India. But what will it me...
- Added: Mar 21, 2023
- Length: 06:00
The drums of Durga Puja, the biggest festival of the Kolkata calendar finally stopped beating last week.
But some are asking about such a big celeb...
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- Added: Oct 11, 2022
- Length: 06:00
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Cheetahs were declared extinct in India in 1952. Now they are being brought back from Africa.
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- Added: Sep 27, 2022
- Length: 06:00
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A ban on single use plastic went into effect in India last month. But food and beverage companies like Coca Cola and Pepsico are saying they cannot...
- Added: Aug 08, 2022
- Length: 06:00
Dr Sulochana Gadgil started studying the Indian monsoon when she was at Harvard in the 1960s. She's been tracking it back in India since 1971. And ...
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- Added: Jul 19, 2022
- Length: 06:00
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On world Environmental Day, Sandip rediscovers an old transit system that has potential for all of us.
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- Added: Jun 06, 2022
- Length: 06:00
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Growing up, Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller traveled the world with his family. On their trips, they always made time for a visit to the local zoo: in Ber...
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- Added: Feb 17, 2022
- Length: 28:06
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Writer Amitov Ghosh’s new book explores how the past informs our future, but can we learn from it?
- Added: Dec 17, 2021
- Length: 06:00
- Added: Dec 13, 2021
- Length: 02:00
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Suffering from pandemic blur Sandip takes solace in the familiar sounds of the seasons… and frogs.
- Added: Jun 28, 2021
- Length: 06:00
Every May 29th is Mt. Everest Day.
- Added: Jun 15, 2021
- Length: 06:00
In this episode, part thirty-eight of the multi-part BLUEprint series, we examine some statistics that show steps China is taking to confront the c...
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 05:38
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
The Sundarbans in Bengal, India have become a speeded up version of global climate change.
- Added: Jun 09, 2020
- Length: 06:00
"The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected." So states the sixth Ocean Literacy principle, a series of fundamental concepts to help us b...
- Added: Apr 29, 2020
- Length: 04:45
This week we bring you an abbreviated special edition of World Ocean Radio in response to the global Covid-19 pandemic. In this edition we'll reite...
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- Added: Mar 30, 2020
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reflects on a landscape of special importance to him on the coast of Iceland, and the ways th...
- Added: Feb 18, 2020
- Length: 05:52
The climate is in crisis, and the next generation is committed to and has been successful in raising awareness, demanding political action, seeking...
- Added: Jan 27, 2020
- Length: 05:31
Increasingly, people around the world are experiencing a fresh water crisis. More than 17 countries are under high water stress, and one fourth of ...
- Added: Oct 22, 2019
- Length: 05:25
As crazy weather makes headlines globally, Sandip Roy reflects on the monsoons of his past.
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- Added: Aug 05, 2019
- Length: 06:00
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This week marks International Tiger Day. And they certainly need one.
- Added: Jul 29, 2019
- Length: 06:00
