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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.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 19, 2023
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
The TV show "Friends" might have been about a group of close-knit white New Yorkers but somehow it resonated in many corners of the world including...
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- Added: Oct 30, 2023
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
Wes Anderson's new adaptations of Roald Dahl short stories have won a lot of critical praise. Sandip notices that two of them neatly sum up two co...
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- Added: Oct 10, 2023
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
Barbie has made the color pink a"thing," but in India a Bollywood film is even more pink and it celebrates a shade of pink called Rani Pink.
- Added: Aug 08, 2023
- Length: 06:00
One of the most memorable lines from Oppenheimer the film comes from the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita. Sandip explains our abiding cultural ...
- Added: Jul 31, 2023
- Length: 06:00
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the new book "Overtone Singing," a comprehensive tome that addresses the physics ...
- Added: May 06, 2023
- Length: 28:29
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
Sandip Roy is getting nostalgic after Naatu Naatu wins an Oscar for best song in a film, and a real Indian production at that!
- Added: Mar 14, 2023
- Length: 06:00
Pathaan, the biggest Bollywood hit of recent times is being hailed as the return of its star Shah Rukh Khan. But a lot more is being read into its ...
- Added: Feb 07, 2023
- Length: 06:00
The French author Dominique LaPierre died recently and that made Sandip Roy think of the author's legacy on his hometown of Kolkata.
- Added: Jan 24, 2023
- Length: 06:00
Long ago, German immigrants brought their brewing traditions to the United States. More recently, brewers from the U.S. have begun bringing America...
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- Added: Aug 04, 2022
- Length: 28:51
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jun 21, 2022
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
In Search of Bengali Harlem is a transformative journey, not just for Alaudin Ullah, but for our understanding of the complex histories of South As...
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- Added: May 10, 2022
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
Many towns and cities are indelibly tied up with certain books and films. But few changed the fortunes of a town like a 1974 Bengali film named Son...
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- Added: May 03, 2022
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
The “In Memoriam” segment of the 2022 Grammy awards failed to remember one very important icon, Lata Mangeshkar. While many fans of Indian music an...
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- Added: Apr 11, 2022
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
It’s been a sad 2022 for music in India. Even while India was mourning the loss of its greatest singer, Lata Mangeshkar, the empress of song, it lo...
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- Added: Feb 22, 2022
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
For Indians Lata Mangeskhar was like Edith Piaf to French or Barbara Streisand to Americans.
- Added: Feb 15, 2022
- Length: 06:00
Despite the cliché of the unfunny German, there is a rich tradition of comedy in German culture. Soraya Nelson visits comedy clubs in Berlin and in...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Feb 03, 2022
- Length: 27:41
- Purchases: 1
When the Sex and City reboot “Just Like That” chose to go multi-culti Indian, they decided to make it a Diwali episode and have Sarah Jessica Parke...
- Added: Jan 11, 2022
- Length: 06:00
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
How many people will you meet in your lifetime? How many will you remember? Fascinated by the countless chance encounters in their own lives, Susan...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Sep 16, 2021
- Length: 28:45
- Purchases: 1
The opening ceremonies of the 2020 Olympics was filled with Manga touches, but Manga is not all about silly cuteness.
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Jul 26, 2021
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
By the 1920s, people had begun using coin-operated record booths to create audio souvenirs — immortalizing their thoughts and feelings on a disc. C...
Bought by HowSound and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jul 15, 2021
- Length: 28:54
- Purchases: 2
A new documentary explores Allen Ginsberg’s time in India.
- Added: Jun 01, 2021
- Length: 06:00
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
