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Remembering Lata Mangeshkar
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A Saraswati festival in Kolkata bids farewell to her human incarnation Lata Mangeshkar, Credit: Bishan Samaddar
Lata Mangeshkar was the story of independent India. Most Indians had never known an India without her.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
Remembering Tutu
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Sandip Roy and Bishop Tutu in 2008 in San Francisco
If there ever was a life to celebrate rather than a death to mourn it was Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
A Plant By Any Other Name....
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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
Same As It Ever Was
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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
The Women of Afghanistan
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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
Kabuliwalas
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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
Cancel Curry
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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
Are the Olympics Worth It? Athletes and Historians Weigh In
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this week’s episode, we take a look at what it takes (and costs) to host the world’s largest sporting event during a global crisis. We hear from...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Vaccine Trouble
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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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
Making Sense of a Growing Refugee Crisis
From: Mateo Schimpf
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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
When Your Country Doesn’t Trust You (AAPI Heritage Month Story)
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we hear from US Congressman Andy Kim about how the power competition between China and the US creates fear and anxiety on the home...

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  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Facing Our Climate Future
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we talk about climate policy with former California Governor Jerry Brown, oceanographer Sylvia Earle and former Colombian president Juan...

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  • Added: May 05, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
20 Years in Afghanistan: Was it Worth it?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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US military forces have occupied Afghanistan for almost 20 years and now, President Biden says it’s time to end the war. But Afghanistan is still f...

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dispatch 382 - COVID Twitter Wave
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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
Can We Vaccinate 7.9 Billion People?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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If you live in the United States, there’s a good chance you’ve already been vaccinated, or at least have an appointment booked, but people who live...

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The World Doesn’t Revolve Around You
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we look at what happens when you think you know what you’re doing and don’t listen to the people you are trying to help. Our guest...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Vax Fest India
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Screen shot from India Today
Apparently Indians pay attention to nothing unless it’s turned into a festival. Sandip Roy wonders if that may help stop COVID-19.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
From Nobel Peace Prize to Civil War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we talk with Senior Fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations Michelle Gavin about how this happened, Amnesty ...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Exporting America's Gun Problem
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, journalists J Brian Charles and Ioan Grillo join us to talk about how complicated gun violence is, and how tighter gun laws could ...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Syrians Reflect on Ten Years of War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The Syrian people are caught in the crossfire and have essentially lost their country. A decade of war has killed an estimated 600,000 people and d...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Namaste Alabama
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The yoga pose Gajasana, hand-drawn illustration in Sritattvanidhi, 19th century Mysore Palace manuscript, Credit: Unknown palace artist in Sritattvanidhi, 19th century (before 1868) - Own scan of Sjoman, Norman E. (1999). The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace. Abhinav Publications
The Alabama house of representatives recently voted to let school officials decide if they want yoga to be allowed in public schools. But there’s ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Israel Heads to the Polls Again, But What About the Palestinians?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this week’s episode, we get two perspectives on the Middle East's political transitions, one Israeli and one Palestinian.

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Part V: "Who is to Blame?"
From: Jed Alexander
Series: The Whistleblower Project
Caption: Picture of Lance Williams, Credit: Provided by Lance Williams
Interview with investigative journalist, Lance Williams who broke the story on the use of steroids in professional sports. He also co-wrote the boo...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 18:14
Why They’re Protesting in Burma
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Burma was supposed to be a transitioning democracy, and the power-sharing agreement between its military and civilian leadership was regarded as on...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dispatch #375 - Implicitly Explicit
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Joe Pugliese/Harpo Productions
The casual racism of starchy royals was never particularly secret, but in all the debates about whether the Royals are racist or whether Harry and ...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1

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